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Evening star., 1961-11-27
SCRAMBLE ON FOR TEAMS
Bowl Officials StiIIin Dither

With Missouri having elm
mated itself from any bowl con-
sideration despite a 10-7 victory
over Kansas Jayhawks and
with Syracuse already in the
Liberty Bowl, there remains a
pool Of bowl eligibles that
must fill the both spots in
the Bluebonnet, Gotham and
National Trophy Bowls, and the
other spot in Philadelphia's De-
cember Is Liberty Bowl.
Two Bowls Eye Kansas
These include: Auburn,
Kansas, Utah State, Wyoming,
Rice and Duke, in addition to
Penn State and Miami.
Kansas has a blanket invita-
tion to the Gotham. December
9 in New York, and is also a
Liberty favorite. along with
Duke. Auburn has been given
the nod by Washington's De-
cember 30 National Trophy af-
fair. Neither has accepted.
Ohio State jumped to the
head of the Rose Bowl line
with a crashing 1920 victory
over Michigan which wrapped
up the Big Ten title as Min
nesota lost to Wisconsin, 23-
81. UCLA won the Big Five
title and the host spot with a
1917 victory over Southern CAL
ifornia.
Arkansas 28-0 victory over
Texas Tech tied it with Texas
for the Southwest Conference
crown and sent the Razorbacks
into the Sugar Bowl. 'Bama
was idle, while Auburn beat
Florida, 22-l5.
Colorado Nails Down Title
Texas sealed the Cotton
Bowl title and the cocham-
pionship of the Southwest
Conference on THANKSGIVING
Day. Ole Miss will probably
give its answer to a bid after
its game this week against Mis-
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Evening star., 1961-11-27
Weak Defense
For I'd Week
lrks MCPeak

I Almost as disturbing as yes
terday's 27-6 loss to the Colts
for Coach Bill McPeak is the
way the Colts and, the week
before. the Cowboys ran on bis
men. One of the teams few
boasts has been a tough, un-
yielding defensive line. But
yesterday the Colts ran for zoe
yards and a week ago the Cow
boys clicked off 1873.
Even more vexing was Lenny
Moore's 54-yard touchdown
run that saw the ginger footed
Colt bounce off at Ieast three
Redskins, including the usually
escape-proof Bob Toneff and
Andy Stynchula.
Rookie Jim Kerr of Penn
State intercepted three OF
Johnny Unitas' passes and nov
has six for the season, seven
behind Dan Sandifer's club
recorded of 13 in 1948. It may
jar you to learn that next best
is Sammy Baugh with IL, then
a league record, in 1943.
Kerr said he heard Unitas
give an audible signal on his
first interception, and guessed
what kind of pass was coming
He was all set for it. He "just
happened to be near the ball
on the next two.
However. it wasn't all beer
and skittles for Kerr. Moore
got away from him. too, on a
45-yard run that paved the
way for Baltimore's first score.
The Colts were penalized Il
yards for unsportsmanlike con-
duct after illegally signaling
for a fair catch on Sam Hor.
ner'S first punt in the fourth
quarter.
There should be a more
thorough explanation of what
happened. but to make sure
the leagues gag. rule remains
unbroken the so-called officials
politely declined to talk to the
press. OF course, they were in
their underwear and most OF
them are the shy type.
Z Dick James kept the fans
son the edge Of their seats with
his kickoff returns. particularly
his 39-yard runback early in
the fourth quarter. His 19-yaro
punt return to the Washington
80, after wheeling away from a
quartet of would-be taccklers
also got a big hand. A couple
of blocks at the right time
yesterday would have gotter
the little acrobat loose for q
touchdown.
y Every time Joe Perry picks
up a yard he adds to his MI
all-time ground-gaining record
but they're coming slower these
days. Joe carried 13 times yes
terday and had to settle for a
total of 81.
-
The Redskins didn't feel that
Unitas was under more of 9
handicap than he has been il
other games this season. The
85-cent quarterback, to recall
the phone call that brought
him to Baltimore, still has z
badly swollen middle finger or
his throwing hand. With five
good fingers it's not difficult tC
Imagine what could have hap.
pened.
ATCHISON.
Evening star., 1961-11-27
By the Associated Press

The battle for the post-sea-
son bowl spots comes off the
gridiron and into eight COM
mittee conference rooms at as
many sites today. with Ala
bama's final bid for a flock of
honors and the annual war be-
tween Army and Navy this
week end temporarily side
tracked.
Only the Orange Bowl Com
mittee has finished its work.
having Colorado and Louisiana
State set for it's January l
1862. extravaganza. A few tech
nicalities remain to have the
pair signed, sealed and de-
livered, but these are academic
Now it remains for the Rose
Bowl Committee to tap Ohio
State as an opponent for UCLA;
for the Cotton Bowl Committee
to sweat out Alabama's game
against Auburn before inviting
it to play Southwest Conference
co-champion Arkansas in New
Orleans.
Tide Shooting for Tenth
These three are pretty well
decided on pairings, with Ala
bama Coach Bear Bryant, hav-
ing decided on the Sugar Bow
if picked, still trying to get a
perfect 100 season, plus q
share of the Southeastern Con-
ference title with LSU and most
likely the top spot in the fina,
Associated Press poll the fol-
lowing week, bringing with il
the national championship.
Georgia Tech is already ii
the Gator Bowl, but that com.
mittee must pick between Mi.
ami (Fla0, a Friday night win
ner over Northwestern, and
Penn State. which beat Pitt, AZ
26. The Hurricanes wind up
against Florida this week. ana
may get the nod, having beaten
Penn State, 25-8, earlier in the
season.
Evening star., 1961-11-27

boys. 1918, behind Sonny
JurgenSen's five touchdown
passes. They still have three
games left, including a Decem-
Der 10th meeting with the
Giants at Philadelphia.
Here's the way the tight race
looks at a glance:
New York . . 0 .81s :
Philadelphia s 3 0 1877 /
Cleveland - 7 4 0 .636 2
Games remS lining:
New York-Green Bay, Phil
adelphia, Cleveland.
/ Philadelphia - Pit t sburgh,
New York. Detroit.
Cleveland Dallas, Chicago,
New York.
In the Western Division,
Green Bay. l7-9. winner over
Detroit Thursday. holds a COM
manding lead over the Lions
and San Francisco Forty
Miners. tied for the runnerup
spot at 6-4-1. The Packers. at
go, can wrap it up with one
more victory, and meet the
Giants at Milwaukee next.
Giants Score on Ground
The Forty Miners remained
in contention by beating Min
nesota. 1928, yesterday. In
other games, Chicago edged
Los Angeles. 1924. Baltimore
thumped Washington, 27-6.
and Pittsburgh nipped st.
Louis, 30-27.
Despite Titles prolific pass
ing, the Giants scored all their
touchdowns on the ground,
with Y. A. rambling five yards
for one in the key clash that
has just about eliminated the
Browns C7-4) from title con-
tention. Bobby Caters scored
twice, on runs Of l and IL
yards, Erich Barnes got the
other on a 35-yard jaunt with
an interception and Pat Sum-
neral contributed three field
goals.
Milt Plum got two scores for !
Cleveland with 43 and 15-yard
tosses to Ray Renfro. The
Giants held Jimmy Brown.
league rushing leader to So
yards in 20 carries before a
disappointed crowd of S0,455.
That throng helped push the
weekend attendance total for
the league to 344, ,466, just under
the seven game record of 353, |
084 set November 5. .. /
Hints at Retirement
This may be my last year"
Title said almost glumly in
the dressing room afterward.
mo, 1 don't really mean that"
he added quickly. Then little,
who outfoxed the Browns on
play after play. registered his
complaint about the way
Cleveland's defense had treated
him.
You saw me veil at the
Browns that time" he said. F.
Know why? They were hit
ting me too much after I'd
gotten rid of the ball.
Il felt a little goofy there
for a while
If he felt goofy, you can
wonder what the Browns felt. !
Throwing from a double
wing formation much of the
time and occasionally from the
shotgun, the veteran kept the
Cleveland defense wary.
He kept mixing them up"
Floyd Peters, Browns defensive
tackle. said.
Sherman Praises Pair
you'd expect one thing and
he'd hit you with another. They
even seem to have adopted some
of his. favorite plays with the
Forty-Niners."
Title said the Browns put
more pressure on him the first
half than any team this year.
If little was unenthusiaStic,
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Thomas Sovoge's Story
Has q Masters Touch

verge through a growing at
moSphere of predestination.
1t is only one step away
from soap opera - one big
step, that is. The difference
is that Mr.. Savage'S creation
is a beautifully executed work
filled with allegories and
symbols.
Mr.. Savage writes in short
sentences using a converse
tional style and structure. He
pays meticulouS attention to
human details and idiosyn-
crasies-the way a person
opens a pack Of cigarettes,
mental games he plays with
himself and in general the
little human follies that re-
veal a persons inner self and
make him a distinguishable
entity. With just a few words,
a phrase or a paragraph he
is able to X-ray, categorize
and file the characters met
along the way into memora-
BILE individuals.
1t is a sensitive story that
should bring a sympathetic
smile to the mouth and a
saline drop to the eye of the
normally hardened reader.
WARREN BASS.
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Crime Of the Century
Is Newly Studied

the same time, proud that
matters were ordered better
in the old country. Oh,
ironyD
A Living Stage
Nothing is left out Of this
book. Elmer Lincoln Trey is
here, and Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
Mclean; the infamous Gas
ton B. Means; even the fact
that the sketch by The Stars
James IT. Berryman-drawn
from descriptions by "Jafsie"
and a cab driver-flashed
into the minds of the officers
at the moment Of the capture.
Mr.. Walters stage is alive.
and he is content to stay out
of sight. His report is the
Book Of them onth Clubs
September choice. 1t is
bound to be a best-seller.
ROBERT J. LEWIS.
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Seu-Story Bluffs
May Find This
To Their Taste
MASTER OF THIS VESSEL

MASTER OF THIS VESSEL.
BY Gwyn Griffin. holt,
Rinehart & Winston;
$4.95O
This, the third published
novel of a 32-year-old Eng
lish writer, is a long tale of
the sea, involving mutiny.
disastrous storm, and the
tensions Of variegated man.
kind cooped up in the lit
tie world Of a small passen-
ger ship. The San Roque'S
real mission is the running
or refugees, her character is
camouflaged by a small group
of firSt-clasS passengers con-
tanning the many dissimilar
personalities who, with the
crew, create the conflict of
the narrative.
Mr.. Griffin's story is basil
cally a good one, but it is too
long drawn out. Little is i'm
piled, everything is stated,
and the literary style is not
commanding enough to carry
so much detail. The book
can be recommended only to
those for whom a realistic
Sea-story cannot be too lei
surely. D, T.
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"A Biographical Work
By Thomas Mann

found their sensibility, often
become awkwardly inarticu-
late when they attempt words
on music. Frequently the less
meticulous, less self con-
scious Second-rate writer
can find, for this art, a
happy thought or fresh
insight. Huxley and Proust
to cite only two examples
of good writer's, seem
simply to go to pieces, to
lose their talent, when music
is the theme. Mann, in his
lectures" on music in DOC
tor FaustuS." is, alas, of
their number. Factually not
always accurate and Stylish
cally adolescent, the musical
parts of both novel and exc
gesis stand out like patches
on the fine texture of the
books. The irony of it is
that Leverkuhn, the hero, is
modelled closely on Friedrich
Nietzsche CHS name is de-
rived from the German of
the philosophers admonition
Live boldly!"), and Me
tzsche of all writer's since
Pepys is the most perceptive
and articulate in the field
of music. Schoenberg did
what he could for his friend,
gently disSuading him from
having a chorus told to sing
not in the well-tempered
scale but in pure harmony.
The best part Of Mann's
book is the description of his
stay in a Chicago hospital
for a lung operation. 1t must
have stirred the soul of the
man to become himself a pa
tent of the Magic Mountain.
He, of all people, knows how
to write of nurses, doctors,
visitors, the sick and the
routineS of convaleScence.
All in all, it is a good
book. Mann at times is a
trifle pompouS-his attitude
is that Nazism was primarily
a contrived afront to him
PERSONAL---VERY. we can only
be grateful for a subjective
self-portrait of one of the
towering men of letters of
our time. ID. T.
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ened from its age-long tor
por unless armed conquerorS,
and among them a LarSan,
had opened it up to the mind
Of Europe during the last
century? And what has gi"en
it the stature of a nation
and the honor of being free
today, but a military elite
drawn from the best Of its
substanceP"
-
Larsan's idioSyncracy is
that he will not torture nor
allow torture in his COM
mand. In his experience in
France, Germany, Indo-
China and Algeria, he has
met other people who have
no less decided convictions
about other aspects of war
a French commandant,
an Indo-Chinese prisoner,
two French-Africans, an
army chaplain, a German
widow, and several others.
Each is intelligent and a
man of good-will-M. Simon
will not allow himself easy
whipping-boys or easy Carl
catureS-and each leaves his
impression on the enquiring
and skeptical mind, and the
deeply human heart, of
LarSan.
1t is with extraordinary
skill that M. Simon super
imposes this many-faceted
picture of the military tenn
permanent upon war itself.
The story at every step sup
plements the theory, yet ap-
pears to stand aloof and self
sufficient, as though it were
not fiction but fact. 1t would
be pointleSS to tell here why
LarSan eventually takes off
his uniform, but when the
reader last sees him he is
a heroic and, if not a tragic,
an intensely sympathetic
figure.
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First Novel
Is Sea Story
THE, BEAUTIFUL GREED.
By David Madden. IRAN
dom IIn,,rn. 10 nE

1dEN DEAUl1t OL GhEED.
BY David Madden. IRAN
dom House; $3.50
The familiar story of a
youth who goes to sea for the
first time, shipping in New
York as a wiper in the en-
CINE room of a tramp steamer
bound for Chile, is told in
this first novel. But the
narrative is unusual in the
way it is developed.
The youth Alvin, who
takes along such books as
Lord Jim" and ''Moby Dick"
finds, as he had fully ex-
pected. some tough charac-
tiers among the seamen, who
promptly nickname him "the
professor" But he also dis
covers the most amazing
character he has ever known,
his bunkmate, whose name is
Jack, but. who is known as
Franco" Franco is edu-
Gated, Spanish-speaking but
also owning a remarkable
English vocabulary. Franco
is hated by the other seamen.
He has been everywhere, it
seems and known almost
every sort Of experience, in
GLIDING war, and Alvin is
constantly puzzled at the
dislike Franco inspires, the
pranks, sometimes Sadistic,
played on him. Yet Alvin
finds himself liking and
hating Franco in turn and
wondering why.
The author devoteS much
space to Franco, but he re-
mains, I fear, a synthetic
character, never sufficiently
explained to make you be-
lieve in him.
But David Madden writes
very we'll and no doubt will
do a better novel. He is a
young Tennessean and at
present teaches English at
Centre College in Kentucky.
&C. B. J.
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Western Tales
BITS OF SILVER: vignette

BITS OF SILVER: Vignettes
of the Old West. Edited by
Don Ward. (HaStingS
House; $3.50
Some familiar and some
less known incidents of the
Western frontier are told
again in a Hastings House
25th anniversary selection of
stories from previously pub
liShed works. Crazy Horse.
Billy the Kid, the Bonner
party here reappear, along
with such ruction raising
PopuliStS as Ignatius Donnel-
ly and Mary Ellen Lease, Mari
Sandoz, Frazier Hunt, Homer
Croy and other writing hands
do the job in journalistic
style. &C. L. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-20
TRUST IN CHARIOTS. By

TRUST IN CHARIOTS. By
Thomas Savage. (Random
House; $685.
"Some put their trust in
chGrtotS, and some in horses;
but tDe lDiH remember the
Name of the Lord our God
Psalms 20::7.
Thomas Savage's book
concerns innocent faith cou-
pied with a recurrent theme
of human dreams and people
who build and fortify their
dreams on a status symbol
like an automobile).
1t has two central charac-
ters. One is a boy, Pal Forbes,
who lives in a Chicago tene-
ment. He has an almost
paternal love for his little
sister jamie whom he tries to
protect from the cruelties of
the world. The other, Shell
don Owens, is a shy despair
ing man who, in order to
make people like him, is gen.
erous and kind.
Their separate stories are
pathetic, sometimes tender
and sometimes tragic. Two
thirds Of the way through
the book the two stories con-
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q al oG-4 dCC UOOh Will dUEO1b
Characterization and plot.
= 4 =
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Stanley Ellin, Margery
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published story of Dashiell
Hammett is included, too.
FIVE OF A KIND, the Third
Nero Wolfe Omnibus. BY
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THE DRILL is DEATH. BY
Frances and Richard
Lockridge. q. B. Lippin-
colt Co.; $3.50
A disappointing, uncon-
vincing story about a British
poet teaching in New York
who is framed for a students
murder. The hero's amateur
sleuthing at a time when
professional help clearly
should have been sought is
the shaky springboard for
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most of the action. Detective
(first-grade) Nathan Sha-
piro is on duty. His more
amusing colleagues, Mr.. and
Mrs. North and Capt. M. L.
Heinrich, are having a mar
TIM in the wings.
4 y
THE WORM OF DEATH. BY
Nicholas Blake. (Harper g.
Bros; $3.50
The dramatic disappear
ance of DR.. Piers Loudron
after entertaining Niegl
StrangewayS at dinner gives
that detective entree to an
investigation - at times in
terminable-of the families
motives. The last 20 pages,
dramatic and moving, alb
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4 +
DARK LANTERN. BY
christopher Short
Charles Scribner's Sons;
$685.
Neo-Nazis produce many
surprises for British visitor
Michael Rowlandson when
he is drawn unwillingly into
spying on the new organiza-
ton. 1t all begins when Row
landSon sees one man push
another from an Alpine cliff.
A fresh, well-Written book.
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AFirst Novel.
OfFirst Love
A TRIP INTO TOWN. BY

"A Ih1P INTO TOWN. BY
Michael Rubin. (Har-
per & Bros; $500
This is a bumptious, rath-
er engaging first novel about
a young mans first love. The
narrator in his freshman
year at a city college falls
into the tolls of Suki Good
man, a beatnik who is throw
ing off all the trammels of
her courageous Jewish back
ground. She falls in love
with a visiting professor,
steals him away from his
respectable mistress, elopes
with him to Niagara Falls,
eventually has an abortion.
The besotted narrator sees
her through all these vicissi-
tudes and is only intermit-
tently appreciated, as is so
often the case.
Mr.. Rubin's best pages
relate to the excursions
around New York's odd cor
ners with the campus siren
as the guide.
M. MEG.
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French Novelist Goes
Into Wor-Torn Laos

The new story is concerned
with developments of the
moment, for it is set in Laos
and describes the advance of
Communist forces against
weak French colonial troops
and wavering natives, who
are uncertain which way to
jump. =
But these events still in
the news are merely back
drops against which Philippe
Couvray tells his own story
a story which is highly per-
Sonal and in which the fate
OF the country is of little i'm
portance. Philippe's father,
Antoine, a wealthy French
planter, has been murdered.
Among the suspects, though
not formally charged, is the
son, VINO was known to get
along very poorly with his
father. To everyone's sur
prise, Antoine's will leaves
the big concession" a rich
enterprise, to the son.
Philippe's estranged sister
threatens to contest the will,
but meanwhile he goes to.
the estate and attempts to
take over.
Philippe develops rather
suddenly from a seeming
ne'er-do-well young man into
an executive of considerable
firmness. He is constantly
confused, though, because his
sympathy for the Laotian
rebels, the coolies he feels
have been exploited by French
colonials for generations, is
at war with his heritage and
his new position.
1t is an interesting story,
but for the publishers to
compare Jean Houghron to
Somerset Vaughan is rather
tenuous. Both know the
country, but Vaughan, in his
best Far Eastern stories, had
a sure sense of drama and
a suspense lacking in this
novel.
CARTER BROOKE JONES
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TRIBUTE TO PEDAGOGY
May Sorton Not Up
To Par in This One
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

THE SMALL ROOM BY May sarton Morton; s4950
May Saron novelist of great style and distinction is
not at the top Of her form in this tale of the
campus OF small but excellent New England college
Despite her usual with her characters and her
Wonted senstvity this story of young teacher
becomes the focal point of clash of affection and principles
never quite takes fire.
Possibly the trouble that Miss saon does not have
particularly gripping story to tell There two sides to il
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BARBARIAN'S COIJN1

BARBARIAN'S COUNTRY.
BY Jean Houghron, trans
lated from the French by
Godfrey Salisbury. Far
rar, StrauS g. Cudahy;
$685.
Jean Houghron is a per-
ceptive French novelist whom
I met earlier through "a
Question of Character" a
story of a man in the south
of France unjustly accused of
a murder.
In "Barbarian's Country"
he returns to the Indo-Chi-
neSe setting of two other nov
els, Reap the Whirlwind"
and Blaze of the SUM-" He
knows this region we'll.