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Evening star., 1961-11-22

shirt ran the old ST. Louis Browns and
wanted to shift to Baltimore he was voted
down by small, anti-Veeck clique of A. L.
owners. At the same time, permission was
given to Lou Perrin to transfer the Braves
from Boston to Milwaukee
1t all depends on the mood of the club
owners and the popularity of the man ask
ing for transfer. Veeck was good for base
ball, both prior to relinquiShing the Browns
and later with the White Sox. But to some
reactionaries he moved too fast and was
too flamboyant. On one score Veeck could
never be criticized. With Bill the public
came first.
1t will be interesting to see how such
non-baSeball men as Finley and Friday
operate, especially when the winter meet
1ngS of the minors and majors are con-
Quoted next week in Florida They virtually
are the cerebral core of the AS. Hank
Bauer, the field manager, qualities as a
professional and Hank can't be sure how
long he will be job-holder
1t may have been with some dismay
that Bauer read of Finley's recent tribute:
Hank Bauer is going to make us an out
standing manager" His predecessor, Joe
Gordon, heard even more lavish praise
shortly before he was baniShed early last
summer.
FOR A COUPLE OF AMATEURS, Finley
and Friday are brave pair They are
running a club that obviously needs
strengthening. 1t follows they are giving
away know-how to rival wheelers and
dealers in the trade market And if they
DON'T make any moves they can't expect
to improve on the ninth-place tie with
the new Senators in 81.
There probably never has been such
front-office turnover. First, Gordon, fol-
lowed by Lane. Also departed are Bill
BergeSch, assistant general manager;
Gordon Smith, publicity director; Hank
Peters, director of farm clubs; George Sell
kirk, director of player personnel, and seven
scouts.
Bergesch, Selkirk, all of the seven
scouts and even the clubhouse functionary
Clayton Reid, quit their jobs. Most, If not
all, were quickly snapped up by other clubs.
Next week in Tampa and Miami Beach,
site of the winter meetings, Messrs. Finley
and Friday undoubtedly will meet up with
Lane, who will be looking the other way
Frantic frankie, holding no letter of rec
ommendation from his last boss, frankly
admits he's job hunting.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
WXM LOSE OR DRAW
Among the office Seekers: Frank Lane
BY FRANCIS STANN

1T MUST HAVE COME as a shock to
the Chicago White Sox, st. Louis Cardinals
and Cleveland Indians to hear that when
they were paying Frank Lane handsomely
to run their ball clubs those many years
they weren't hiring much of baseball
brain.
In case you missed this studied opinion,
1t was uttered by Charles o. Finley, owner
of the Kansas City Athletics. "I brought
Lane to Kansas City for $4,000 a year."
Finley declared publicly. II found out
after short time that he didn't know any
more about baseball than I do"
Finley is an insurance man. He had no
time for baseball while he was making his
fortune. Thus Lane must have frittered
away most of his adult life if he didn't
learn more about the game than Finley
But if Lane is not profound baseball
man, as his ex-boss so Subtly suggests,
Finley himself stands to be criticized as a
business executive Having fired The Trader
he repeatedly now must pay him $25, 900 a
year for the next seven years Plus a new
Cadillac every two years in addition to the
Mercedes Benz he received last January as
a starter.
y
FINLEY HAS REVEALED, further, that
he and his insurance sidekick, Pat Friday,
may continue to run the Athletics I'm still
trying to get some solid men in my organi-
zation," he says, "but they must be loyal"
Lane, he insists, was not loyal.
IF don't" Finley adds with charm
ing modesty, then two insurance punkS
like myself and Friday will run the ball
club think we can do as good a job as
anyone else in baseball" That statement
right there ought to whittle down the sizes
of such as George Weiss, Buzzy Bavasi,
Bill Dewitt and Ed Doherty.
Other American League owners aren't
braying about it from the hilltops but they
are unhappy about the Kansas City
situation. Finley has alienated the citys
big newspaper The Kansas City Star, along
with its big broadcaSting outlet He also
talks of moving the franchise to another
city, probably one in Texas
Charley o. suspects that he is being
sabotaged in Kansas City by group which
has been trying to nail him ever since he
bought the ball club. IF things get rough
for me-" he is quoted, I'll ask the league
for permission to move elsewhere"
GETTING PERMISSION to move isn't
always easy and sometimes it is impossible,
as Bill Veeck can attest. When The Sport
Evening star., 1961-11-22
Irish, Orange
Still at Odds
On Result

Ch1CAGO, NOV. 10 NAR) -
Notre Dame has a 17-15 victory
over Syracuse in last Saturdays
controversial football game, but
Syracuse is claiming a 1914
victory over the Irish.
Commissioners Bill Reed of
the Big Ten and Asa Bushnell
Of the Eastern College Athletics
Conference yesterday issued a
joint statement that the game
officials erred in allowing the
Irish an extra play after time
ran out. On the play Joe Per-
kowski booted a 41-yard field
goal to wipe out the 1914
Syracuse lead and give Notre
Dame a 17-l5 triumph"
Notre Dame shunted aside
the commissioners statement
as ambiguous and illogical. :"
Syracuse Athletic Director Lew
AndreaS says:
we believe absolutely Syra-
cuse won the game, 15-I4."
That's the way matters
stand. But Walter Byers, ex-
ecutive director of the Nation
al Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton, said the matter should be
settled by the institutions in
volved in consultation with the
commissioners and Gen. Bob
Neyland, Tennessee athletic
director and chairman of the
NCAA Rules Committee. The
Rules Committee, Byers said,
is the final authority on inter-
probation of the rules.
Syracuse had hopes that the
NCAA' would rule on the mat
ter. But according to Byers'
statement, this is not the
NCAA's problem.
Notre Dame is in no mood to
concede the victory to Syra-
cuSe in the manner which
Cornell did to Dartmouth in
the 1910 season. In that game
Cornell apparently had won,
7-3, by scoring a touchdown on
the games final play. Two
days later Referee Red Friesell
discovered he had permitted
Cornell a fifth down on which
the game-ending touchdown
was scored.
Syracuse had a 1914 lead
over Notre Dame when the
Irish tried a field goal by Per-
kowski with three seconds to
play. The attempt was short,
but a roughing the kicker pen
atty was called. Syracuse was
penalized Is yards, although
time had run out, and Notre
Dame was given another shot.
This time Perkowski made
good.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
WISMER ATTACKS
STAND BY FOSS
BY the Associated Press

Harry WiSmer, owner of the
New York Titans in the Ameri-
can Football League, told the
Associated Press today he in
tended to try to sign the COL
lege players allotted him in the
secret draft which Commits
sioner Joe FosS declared null
and void earlier today.
Foss. in Washington, said the
premature draft violated an
agreement and that the only
official draft would be the one
scheduled for December 2.
"Foss knew about this early
draft despite his denials," Wis
mer said, "and if he didn't
know about it then he is a
very poor commissioner. Milt
Woodard, the executive assist
ant to the commissioner, also
knew about it because I talked
to him about it."
Wismer added that under
the circumstances, he would try
to sign Ernie Davis of Syracuse,
his No. l choice. as soon as
Davis completed his college
eligibility.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
Liberty Bowl
Bid Accepted
BySyracuse
Philadelphia Come
Lists 9 Teams as
Possible RiYuIs

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. %
(AP) P).-Syracuse University has
accepted an invitation to be the
host team in the third annual
Liberty Bowl football game
here December 16, it was an
nounced today.
Syracuse has a So record
for the 1861 season with Bos-
ton College to play on Satur-
day.
Coached by Ben Schwartz
walder, the Orange rated sec
ond. a fraction behind Penn
State. in the latest poll for the
Lambert Trophy, emblematic
of Eastern college football su-
premacy.
One of the three defeats
pinned on Syracuse was last
Saturdays controversial 17-15
decision to Notre Dame.
Ambrose CBu0 Dudley, head
Of the Liberty Bowl, said Syra-
cuse's opponent would come
from among Duke, Louisiana
State, Miami CFla.O, Colorado,
Missouri, Kansas, the winner
of the Army-Navy game and
possibly Notre Dame.
Syracuse has defeated Ore
gon State, Nebraska, Holy
Cross, Pittsburgh. Colgate and
West Virginia. 1t lost to Penn
State and Maryland in addi-
ton to Notre Dame.
The Liberty Bowl game will
be played in the 100,000-seat
Philadelphia Stadium. Penn
State was the host team the
first two years of the bowl,
beating Alabama in 1859 and
oregon last year.
Evening star., 1961-11-22

the World Series Ito the YAM
kees) which I hoped we would
have Won"
Robinson, the leagues out
standing rookie when he broke
in with the Redlegs in 1856,
batted 1923 over the 1861 sea-
son, hitting 81 homers, driving
in 124 runs and stealing %
bases.
A late-season slump cost him
any chance he had of leading
the league in home runs or RBI.
Cepeda was the pace-setter in
both departments with 46 hon.
ers and 142 RBI.
First Red Since 1910
The slugging Redlegs out
fielder, a high school teammate
of pro basketball star Bill Rus
sell, is the first Cincinnati play
er to win the MVP award since
Frank Mccormick won it in
1910.
Dick Groat, the 1860 winner,
failed to gain a single point
this year. So did Ernie Banks,
the 1858 and 1859 winner.
RobinSon'S throwing arm was
just about recovered last season
after several years of mystic
riouS ailments. 1t was feared
five years ago that the ailment
might cost him his baseball
career.
Frank collected 176 hits and
scored lit runs while appear
ing 153 games. He had 80
doubles and seven triples.
rs Players Named
The 24-year-old Cepeda,
rookie of the year in 1858,
batted .311 for the Giants with
1872 hits in 585 trips.
Pinson, only %, trailed by
eight points in the league
Evening star., 1961-11-22
Foss Cancels Secret Draft
Held by AFL Club Owners

night that Harry Wismer, the
New York owner, gave the
names of the players selected
by the Titans. Other club own
ers refused to reveal their lists,
some saying it was because
there might be changes made
before the official draft and
others that they thought the
league office should release
them.
However, the latter was i'm
possible, since the lists never
aad been submitted to the
league office, FoSS said.
RozelIe Blasts AFL
FoSs, a winner of the Medal
Of Honor as a Marine and for
mer Governor of South Dakota,
obviously took his action with
the knowledge that he might
be fired by the AFL club owners.
However, he has another year
to go on his contract.
He said when the secret draft
was revealed that it was en-
barrassing to him that the
club owners would do this with
out his knowledge. And he said
today, in announcing that he
was voiding it, that he had
heard it being talked of and
spoke to a club owner, telling
him it was wrong, and thought
he had prevented it being done.
Yesterday, Pete Rozelle, Ma
tional Football League Com
missioner, blasted the AFL's
sneak draft as a "discredit to
pro football" and warned that
Evening star., 1961-11-22
Robinson Landslide Choice
As National Leagues MVP

BOSTON, Nov. % (AP).-
Frank Robinson, carefree,
lusty hitting outfielder who
provided the backbone for the
Cincinnati Reds drive to their
first pennant in 81 years last
season, today was named the
National Leagues most val
liable player Of 1861.
Robinson made a runaway
Of the balloting, gaining all but
one Of 16 first-place votes. One
members of a special commit
tee of the Baseball Writers As
ISOLATION of America named
the 26-year-old rightfielder to
second place.
Robinson polled 219 of a pos
sible 224 points. Far back in
second place with lit points
was San Francisco'S Orlando
Cepeda, who paced the Ma
tional League in home runs and
runs batted in.
Cincinnati Outfielder Vada
PinSon, Robinson's roommate,
nailed down third place with
104 points.
Roberto Clemente of Pitts
burgh was fourth with 81 and
Redlegs' Pitcher joey Jay was
fifth with IA. Jay received the
other first-place vote.
Thinks It's Wonderful
"Wow!" Robinson exclaimed
when notified of his victory.
This is a wonderful wedding
present for me-"
Robinson, known as a happy
bachelor, was married
three weeks ago to the former
Barbara Cole of Los Angeles.
Down toward the end of the
season some friends started tell
ing me I had a chance to win
this award" he said by tele-
phone from his Cincinnati
home. But I always take things
lightly until they come true.
And now that it's come true I
think it's wonderful.
Il feel I had my best season
ever, though I thought my
teammate, Vada Pinson, and
Cepeda had good chances to
win. This award, for me at
least, helps make up for losing
Evening star., 1961-11-22

batting race, hitting .343 to
Clemente's .351. Pinson had
208 hits. topping the 200 mark
for the second time in his three
years in the majors.
The rest of the top 10
finiShers: Willie Mays, San
Francisco GO); Ken Boyer, St.
Louis (43); Hank Aaron, Mil
waukee 1897; Maury Wills,
Los Angeles 1857; Jim o.
Toole, Cincinnati (3D; Warren
SPAIN. Milwaukee (3D.
Twenty-Five players were
named. Fourteen points were
given for a first-place vote, 9
for second place, 8 for third
place, down to l point for 10th
place.
Evening star., 1961-11-22

continuation of such acts might
force the NFL to change its
policy in the future.
This act indicated the AFL'S
next step may be pulling juniors
and Sophomores out of school
to play professional football.
II hope it is possible to con-
tinue our present policy but
it may be necessary to make a
change. This is the third con-
secutive year they have drafted
during the college season. We
always hold our draft at end
Evening star., 1961-11-22

GNdL1ADlClo 1ldu JWO ClOSS CdllS
taking a 7-6 decision over
Lebanon and nipping Easton
8-6.
Out To Snap Streak
Coach Dick Mentzer's Ram
blers have the added incentive
of trying to snap a three-game
losing streak in the title series
They lost to st. Johns, 22-0
in 1858, Gonzaga, 7-6, in 1865
and Carroll. 7-6, last year.
Both teams have outStand-
ing backfields and top-flight
lines. Both rely on the pass as
a top offensive weapon and an
aerial circus is expected if the
forward walls prove impossible
Scotty Glacken's passing abil-
ity caused Coach Joe Gallagher
to revise his offensive formation
this year, switching to the pro-
type lineup with split ends and
flanker designed to open up the
defense. The Cadets also boast
a pile-driving fullback in Jay
Calabrese, a 190-pound junior
Speedy Dick Malcolm ano
Mark Gross head the halfback
corps for st. Johns, Gross
also handling the place-kicking
chores.
But Gallagher's ace in the
hole all season has been Gary
Bach, a fiery defensive leader
who can step in at offensive
halfback to give the Cadets a
punch whenever it is needed,
Bach, a 198-pound senior, is
a rugged linebacker who has
complete charge of the defen-
sive squad during games. Gal
lagher and Mush DubofSky, hi.
assistant coach, have dubbed
the defensive club "Bach'S Ban
dts" and the boys have re-
sponded with inspired play be-
hind Gary's leadership.
Extensively, Eastern can
counter with Harold Gittle
Daddy Frazier, a 235-pound
jack of all trades fullback.
Frazier, the Ramblers' top
ground threat, also kicks off,
boots extra points, punts and
turns in top-flight perform
ances as a middle linebacker.
Three Passing Threats
Quarterback Sam Brodie and
HalfbackS James Spencer and
William Brockenberry give
Eastern trio of passing
threats. All are accomplished
passers and receivers.
End Willie johnson is the
RamblerS' chief threat to catch
the long pass, with Brodie
Spencer and Brockenberry all
able to reach him accurately
at 40 yards or more.
Up front, the Ramblers are
equally as tough as St. Johns
In fact, both clubs play their
linebackers loose" behind the
line instead of concentrating
them near weak spots, simply
because there aren't any weak
spots in either forward wall.
Eastern wound up as the
areas second-ranked schoolboy
team in The Stars final poll,
losing out to Episcopal by only
two points. st. Johns was a
distant third.
Evening star., 1961-11-22

DALLAS, Tex, Nov. % (AP)
Commissioner Joe FosS Of the
American Football League has
Cancelled the controversial sec
ret draft that had the colleges
up in arms and the rival Ma
tional Football League making
Snide remarks.
In a telephone call to the
Associated Press from Wash
ington early today, Foss said
he was exercising his power as
commissioner and declaring the
draft null and void.
He did it although the club
owners, his bosses, conducted
the secret draft themselves.
FoSS declared when the story
broke Sunday that he didn't
know it had been done but that
he would investigate.
Two Weeks Early
The draft, called "a poll" for
negotiation by the club owners,
who hotly denied that it was a
draft in the first place, came
two weeks before the official
draft of the AFL, set by Foss
for December 2 in cooperation
with the American Football
Coaches Association. The Ma
tional Football League draft is
scheduled in Chicago Decem-
Der 4.
FosS had said he was holding
the draft on the day the COL
lege football season ended be-
cause the coaches wanted it
that way.
When news of the secret
draft leaked out, the colleges
called it "a breach of faith. /"
Bill Reed, commissioner of the
Big Ten and co-chairman of
the Football Coaches -NCAA
Committee which worked out a
draft ban until the end of the
college season. asked that FosS
repudiate it.
FoSs, in his call from Wash
ington, told the Associated
Press:
After investigating and con-
sidering more fully the various
ramifications Of the negotiation
poll conducted secretly by
presidents of the American
Football League, without the
knowledge of myself or my
office. I feel such a poll has
the aspects Of a premature
draft and exercise my power
as commissioner and hereby de-
clare it null and void. Only
the draft in Dallas on Decem-
Der 2 conducted by the COM
missioner will be the authentic
and official one"
Could Be JeOpardiZing Job
FoSs said he was voiding the
draft through power given him
by the constitution and bylaws
Of the American Football
League which specify that he
can take any action he deems
necessary for the good of the
organization.
Most of the clubs have de-
clined to reveal their "negotia-
ton lists" and it was only last
Evening star., 1961-11-22

games to st. Johns 2O9 in nine,
but the Cadets have been
slightly tougher on defense.
allowing only 80 points while
Eastern was giving up As.
1t will be the first scholastic
game played in the new stadium
and a record area high school
football crowd of 30,000-plus
is expected. Last year a record
crowd of $4,000 saw Carroll and
Eastern in the title game.
Hardy Pearce, the Districts
athletic director, reported that
advance sales in the high
schools have reached 10000.
st. Johns compiled a 3-0-1
record in winning the Catholic
League title and a 7-0-2 mark
Evening star., 1961-11-22

of the college season or several
weeks later.
Apparently they are so des-
perate that a 48-hour jump is
not enough and they have re-
neged on their written word
and public declaration"
Evening star., 1961-11-22

overall. The Cadets were tied
by Columbian Prep. 1918, and
O'Connell, TT.
Eastern easily swept past
seven opponents in winning the
Interhigh championship and
added three victories over
Evening star., 1961-11-22
BY CARL SELL
Star staff Writer

st. Johns and Eastern, two
scholastic football teams with
powerful offenses and rugged
defenses, clash head-on in the
city championship game at IL
am. tomorrow in the spacious
new D. c. Stadium. The game
is rated a tossup.
Eastern had a large edge on
offense, with 385 points in 10
Evening star., 1961-11-22

Fons chort, Giving PIoyes Numbers
for Eostern-St. Johns. Poee A-l9
Evening star., 1961-11-22
SPORTS ON AIR
TOMORROW
TeIevision

IeIeNISIOn
Football
Buffalo at New York, WMAL
u, IL am.
Green Bay at Detroit, WTOP
g, noon.
Texas VS.. Texas AIM, WMAL
u, 2:15 pm.
College Scoreboard, WMAL-
7, 5 pm.
Wrestling
Professional Wrestling from
Capitol Arena, WTTG-5, 9
pm.
Radio
Football
st. Johns VS.. Eastern,
WTOP-1500, II am.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
Cadets, Eastern Rate Even
In Title Game Tomorrow

Pennsylvania teams. TIL e
Ramblers had two close calls,
taking a 7-6 decision over
Lebanon and nipping Easton,
8-6.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
Attack On Sovereignty
Commission Was Absurd
AN EDITORIAL

Last Saturday a Bill of Complaints
was flied in a u. S. District Court chal-
longing the validity of state Sovereignty
Commission grants to the Citizens
Council. Named as defendants, in addi-
ton to the Commission, were the Citi-
zens' Council Forum, the Citizens Coun-
Gil of America, the Jackson Citizens
Council, and the governor, auditor and
treasurer of Mississippi.
There is no escaping the fact that the
suit which was filed by a group in Jack
son was a vicious and absurd attack. In
u opinion, it was simply another ex-
ample of left-wing labor socialistic &C
ton questioning the integrity of dedica-
ted Mississippi legislators and officials.
The Sovereignty Commission and the
Mississippi Legislature which authorized
its establishment are composed of men of
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
Mrs. Yates To Head Co. Heart Campaign

Mrs. Jack B. Yates of Lex
ington, housewife and mother,
will head Holmes County'S
one-month drive to raise funds
for Mississippi's year-round
fight against heart disease.
Named Holmes County
Heart Fund chairman last
week, Mrs. Yates will mobi-
lie the community's res
sources in a concentrated 28-
day campaign which opens
Feb. l and climaXed on
Heart Sunday, Feb. 26. Mrs.
Yates appointment is an
nounced by DR.. Manning Hud-
son of Jackson, Heart As
ISOLATION president. In ac-
cepting the Heart Fund chair
manship, Mrs. Yates points
out that heart disease isn't
Selective in its victims but
hits old and young alike to
cause more than half of all
deaths in this state.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
Pickens Man Named
Pres. Of Farmers
Club For 1861

Bobby Courts of Pickens
was elected president of the
Big Black Farmers Club for
the ensuing year at q recent
meeting of the club.
Other officers named 10
serve with him were E. w.
Wilson, Vice-President, Good.
man; Stanley Allen, treasurer.
also of Goodman; and w. r
Sullivan of Lexington, secre.
tary.
The club meets the second
Thursday night of each month
at 7:30 pm. at Holmes Junior
College. No dues are required
to be a member, each person
pays one dollar per month
;or the meal.
Anyone interested in the
latest farming Information
VIII be benefited greatly by
attending these Big Black
Farmers Club meetings.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12

high integrity and moral calibre. The
suit Is, in essence, and assault upon such
men rs veteran House speaker Walter
Sillers and many, many others of un-
questionable character.
Such action is aimed at the destruc-
ton of states rights and state severe
igllty. This ill-conceived and dastardly
assault on the sovereign rights of Mis-
sissippi might well go down in state his
tory as a deed of infamy.
1t is difficult to conceive how citi-
zens of Mississippi could instigate such
a suit. The situation concerning the
sovereignty of the states in their relation
with the federal government has pas
sed the t~heorizing and talking stage.
Southerners must stand united in their
current crisis to protect their inherent
rights of local self government.