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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-09

I
Socialist government said there
will be no changes in foreign
policy as a result Of the Sep
TENDER II election.
There had been some specu-
lation that the Socialists might
shift farther left because they
lost their six-vote parliament
tary majority. The ruling party
lost four seats and captured
only "a to $50 seats in the
balloting, which seated two
members Of the anti-NATO,
pro-diSarmament Socialist Peo-
pies Party.
Supports Alliance
The King said Norway still
believes in Cooperation within
NATO to safeguard the secur-
ity of member countries and to
insure peace"
1.-THE government" he said,
will continue to work actively
to make the NATO countries
submit realistic proposals for
q solution of the controversial
issues between East and West"
and will try to strengthen our
defense by procuring modern
and suitable material and by
Stressing the Importance Of re-
cruiting sufficient and we'll
qualified personnel"
The deterioration Of the in
ternational situation makes 1t
imperative to start negotiations
about Germany and Berlin as
soon as possible" the King
continued. "The next task
must be to initiate negotiations
about disarmament and an
agreement banning nuclear
tests in order to stop the re-
armament race"
Major Task
Norway considers it a ma
jor task in international poll
tics to strengthen and safe
guard the effectiveness Of the
United Nations as an efficient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-09

pie Color Guard, Tall Cedars Of
Lebanon and the Grand Master
of Masons. knights Templar
escort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-09
Norway Foreign Policy
Unchanged by Election

OSLO Oct ZAP -Norways government declared today
that despite its recent election setback it will continue
strengthen the nations defenses part of the Atlantic alliance
while still banning nucear weapons Norwegian soil
Opening the Storting parliament King Oav v in a
speech from the throne written by Premier Enar Gerharden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-09

million from Canada.
The Soviet Unions credits.
the report said. are normally
repayable within IL years at
2 to ga per cent interest. The
projects number about $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-09
Major Task

Norway considers it a ma
jor task in international poll
tics to strengthen and safe
guard the effectiveness of the
United Nations as an efficient
Evening star., 1961-12-26
WlM LOSE OR DRAW
By FRANCIS STANN

isn't easily fooled E. horse or stable
either has it or they don't have it.
Garry Back made believer out OF
me-" Charlie said, not very recklessly.
THERE CAME THE DAY when the Red
skins assembled in California. One could
sense from afar that it would be rough
road. No ball carriers . =. rookie quarter
back named Norman Snead. e.
There was the brave and adept Bob
Toneff, plus good-looking rookie lineman
named Joe Rutgens. People are fooled by
Rutgens bay window. He's big, fast and
agile Il had what you call a pot oelly
when l was kid" Joe confessed. Doesn't
bother me none" 1t didn't.
But from the beginning the Redskins
didn't have the horses to win in the Ma
tional Football League. Heroic as he was,
Dick James would have been spot per-
former for most teams. With the Red
skins he had to be the No. guy with the
ball
1t was a horrible season atop pre-
yious horrible season. Yet in adversely
Bill McPeak, the rookie COACH proved his
class. The test of any football coach or
baseball manager lies in the rare ability to
make the troops want to play, too McPeak
had a club that had hit rock bottom, yet
at the finish he contrived to have the Red
skins playing better, perhaps than they
knew how.
Knock the front office, knock anything
else, but don't knock Bill McPeak. This is
a class guy and maybe some day he'll be
able to prove he's top-flight coach, too.
Il *
IT WOULD BE NICE to say few kind
words about boxing . but how can you?
Floyd Patterson is an upright guy, person.
ally, but he's a sorry heavyweight cham
pion He is saddled with devious man
ager, name of Gus DAmato, and in all fair
ness to Patterson there really aren't many
legitimate challengers, not that he'd face
one if he showed up.
Sonny Liston, he tackles cops Sonny,
leaving out his character-or lack of it
isn't the fighter that people think. Liston
sounds tough-and maybe he is-but guy
with quick hands figures to handle Sonny.
DAmato lodges the fighters who just
might crack the glass jaw of his champion.
But Gus is running out of patsies, too. Eu-
rope has been picked bone-clean. The
Ingemar Johansson-Patterson series has
run it's cycle.
About all boxing bluffs can hope for is
that another Gene Fullmer shows up. Full
mer is a very clumsy fighter to listen tt
people who set store by classic moves, bu
Gene is willing and usually able.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Giants Hope Lessons I axe

the National Football League
championship.
Sherman gave his squad a
four-day Christmas holiday but
had the players take along
homework in the form of their
play books, containing the basic
plays and formations to be used
in the game against the Pack
erS.
Emphasis on Fundamentals
"If they don't have these
basics down pat, then we're in
trouble" Sherman said today.
And he Immediately dis
patched them onto snow
fringed Yankee Stadium to be-
gin intensive outdoor work to
put their book knowledge into
operation. Later on he planned
to supplement the outdoor
drills with skull sessions.
1--WE won't be putting in very
much that's new these last few
days" he said, land neither will
the Packers. Well go at each
other with our strength, and
prepare for the strength of the
other"
Sherman admitted that while
the Giants have great respect
for Green Bays passing, it is
still the Packers tremendous
running, led by Fullback Jim
Taylor, that poses the biggest
threat.
1--WE think we can stop this,
or at least slow it down, by re-
positioning our defensive men, y
he pointed out. We've got to
make it a lot tougher for their
blockers to get the angles and
knock our men down, as they
did in the game in Milwaukee. ;
Polishing Ground Attack
The Packers won the regular
season game, 20-17, earlier thi!
month, as Taylor split the
Giants line for 1856 yards.
Sherman also admitted thai
his offensive unit must re-
establish "a favorite word it.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Three Major Tournaments
In Cage Lime|ight Today

head the field at Oklahoma
City.
Wichita has lost only to
mighty Ohio State, the Nations
top team, and owns victories
over such highly-ranked out
fits as Cincinnati and Purdue.
The Aggies' only loss was a two
pointer to potent Southern
California.
However, Seattle, idle for
more than a week, owns the
best record, at SO. The Chiefs
are tied for 10th in the ma
tional ratings and could go all
the way.
Heading the entrants for the
Los Angeles Classic tomorrow
is, of course, powerful, talented
Ohio State. Other ranked teams
entered are West Virginia (No.
81, Southern California (No. 81
and Purdue (No. 81.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
DAILY DOUBLE OF S7,573.8O
SPOILED BY DISQUALIFICATION

MIAMI, Dec. 26 (AP)-Six horses crossed the finish
line little than length apart in the second race
at Tropical Park yesterday and when the camera showed
Athenian I'd the winner, daily double players thought
they had a hat full.
Athenan 90, at SS2 20 for So, would have returned
daily double payof of $15138O with Keep Ideals $267O)
in the first race
However stewards disqualified Athenian I'd for inter-
ference through the stretch drive and made Scandal
monger $25.70) the winner The daily double paid $807
for So.
Golden Triangle Stables Humane Leader the
featured Christmas Handicap beating Greenree Stables
favored Eurasia by haength with Level Flight third
in the field of H. Humane Leader with Brauio Baeza
in the saddle, the mile and sixteenth in 144 and
paid $1450.
The holiday crowd of H. $50 wagered total Of
$1032954, first time this the pari-mutuel handle
had gone million dollars.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Aussie Aces Spank Italians,
Near Victory in Davis Cup

won the game, broke Pietran-
geli to square the set. then
broke Pietrangeli in the 14th
to win 8-6.
The heat got to Pietrangeli
after that and his play was er-
ratio. He made many easy er-
rors and uble-faulted fire.
quently.
Laver, by contrast, made
quick work of Sirola in a match
lasting just under an hour,
Sirola, bothered by a tennis ell
bow, never was in contention
except for a brief period in the
second set. He pulled to within
As with his only service break
but Laver went to his reserve
and quickly took control of the
match again.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

self again, and crank up its
running game if the passing of
Quarterback Y. A. Title is to
be effective.
We'll be putting the polish
to our ground attack these next
few days, you can bet on that"
he added.
However Sherman still held
his breath a bit on cripples Joe
Walton, an end; Tackle Rosey
Brown, and Fullback Alex
Webster. Brown and Webster,
suffering from a bad knee and
pulled groin muscle, respective
ly, were expected to be okay to-
day.
Walton, who missed the TT
tie which clinched the title
against Cleveland December IT,
is still hobbling a bit from a
pulled leg muscle suffered
against Philadelphia the week
before. He will give the leg a
try in today's workout. He is
expected to play Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Rens Take
Lead in ABL
BY the Associated Press

The Pittsburgh Rens were out
in front today in the topsy-
turvy Eastern Division race
of the American Basketball
League as the Cleveland PiperS
dropped to second.
Pittsburgh nipped Cleveland,
108-106, on the Pipers' floor
last night and the result
switched the teams in the
standings. In the only other
game played, the Hawaii Chiefs
edged the Kansas City Steers,
1887, at Honolulu.
Bucky Bolyard's clutch field
goal with just one second left
gave the Rens their victory and
they moved one half game
ahead of Cleveland.
Connie Hawkins, the league s
leading scorer, collected 81
points to lead Pittsburgh, while
Dick Barnett topped the Pipers
with % points, although hi
played only in the first and last
periods. The former Syracuse
Mats ace who joined Cleveland
last Saturday, clicked for 13 il
the final quarter.
Herbie Lees layup with 3!
seconds remaining was the vic
tory shot for Hawaii agains
Kansas City, the Western Divi
sion pace setter. The Steers Leaf
runnerup Los Angeles by on
game.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

State DID tonight; Seattle
(5-0) VS.. Bowling Green (5-D
and Wichita (8-D VS.. Texas
AIM (4-2 tomorrow night.
Semifinals are Thursday,
finals Friday.
Cincinnati'S talented Bear
cats rate as the team to beat in
the Holiday Festival, but beat
ing the Bearcats is something
else again. It's been done only
once in the last 30 games-a
52-51 upset by Wichita.
Providence, NIT champion
last season and featuring one
of the tallest front lines in the
country, seeks to rebound from
a pair of road losses last week,
while Dayton and NYU each
hope to retain their unblem-
iShed records.
Villanova, under Jack Kraft,
a new coach, has come up with
Evening star., 1961-12-26
There Was This About 1861

THE EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING a
big league baseball club hatched from
scratch is not readily forgotten. A paralyz-
ing December snowstorm in Boston, where
the new" Senators were drafted at $4,000
each from the other American League
teams . February and March In Florida
then the long, long season.
F., Gen. Quesada, heading up the 1O-man
syndicate that bought the Washington
franchise, didn't know baseball nor his
general manager, Ed Doherty, very well.
The latter was recommended by American
League Prez Joe Cronin. Only as fan did
Quesada know of Mickey Vernon, whom he
chose to be field manager.
Spring training was exploratory. guy
named Danny O'Connell, free agent and
not an expensive Gull, wore day-old, dark
Irish whiskers and vowed that he could play
100 games. Danny used to sit in the club
house and, while some of his teammates
played cards before game, he memorlzed
the rule book and with lawyers mind
found loopholes that were helpful
OConnell played more than 100 games,
both at second and third base. He was, in
fact, the Senators most valuable player He
finessed the pitchers and they walked MIN
"one out of every six times at bat,
count on" For the first 60 games the Sena-
tors implausibly had 500 average, then
fell flat on their faces in an unforgetable
four-game series in Boston.
That did them in; they never were the.
same. But at least the Senators tied Kansas
City :. they didn't finish last by them
selves . and they kept big league ball in
our town.
1T WAS FUN TO WATCH an unstylish
colt named Garry Back put on his breath
taking finishes in the Flamingo and the
Florida Derby and, later, the Kentucky
Derby and the Preakness This was Won
derful horse-total investment about $500
and he was owned by two nice people,
Jack and Katherine Price.
Jack made his pile quick, electronics or
something, and he not only owned Carry
Back but he trained him. So he wasn't a
Jimmy or a Ben Jones -. nonethelesS he
conditioned the horse we'll and Garry Back
was a four-legged terror. Finally, it is
guessed, Price overtaxed his scraWny bread
winner. He acted little lame in the Bel
mont Stakes, which Garry Back didn't win
and then he got overmatched when he was
put against the older ace, KelSo.
But he was all heart and CUTS through
out the year. He makes for priceless fable
The day that Carry Back won the Preak
ness, coming from behind as usual, Charlie
Johnson of Pimlico paid tribute. johnson
Evening star., 1961-12-26

a surprisingly tough crew which
has built its unbeaten record
on hustle and aggressiveness.
Should they survive Niagara
and Duquesne live up to its
favorite role against Wyoming,
the two unbeatens will meet in
a semifinal game.
Already Steel Bowl Champ
Duquesne, already owner of
one tourney Embellishments
Steel Bowl - has knocked off
such powers as st. Bonaven-
ture, Duke and Pitt. Penn State,
tall, deep but lacking speed, and
Holy Cross, featuring Jack
Foley, appear to have the
strength in the other bracket.
Wichita and Utah State, a
couple of quiet giants over
looked by the pollsters thus far,
Evening star., 1961-12-26
IT'S OFFICIAL:
MITCHELL COMES
TO REDSKINS

The Cleveland Browns
and Redskins confirmed
today what everybody has
known for weeks - that
Bobby Mitchell is the
player to be announced"
in the deal for the draft
rights to Ernie Davis of
Syracuse.
The Browns could not
officially announce the
player at the time the deal
was made because they
still had a game to play.
After the season was over
there was another tech
nicality. But it's Leroy
Jackson of Western Illi-
nois and Mitchell for Davis.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
BY the Associated Press

Three major tournaments,
featuring some of the Nations
foremost teams, head the COL
lege basketball schedule to-
day, while three other impor-
tant Journeys kick off tomor-
row.
Starting today are the ECAC
Holiday Festival in New York's
Madison Square Garden, the
inaugural Quaker City tourney
at the Palestra in Philadelphia
and one of the Nations oldest
holiday tournaments, the 26th
annual All-College at Okla
homa City.
Starting tomorrow are the
Los Angeles Classic, featuring
tour of the country's top 10
teams, the Big Eight tourney
at Kansas City and the Far
West at Portland, Oreg.
Those six top list of tour
naments too numerous to men,
tion. and their progress-finals
in all but the All-College affair
will be Saturday night-Should
be the focal point of the week.
List Shrinks Tonight
The list of the major un-
beatens. already trimmed to
10. will be reduced one more
tonight when New York Uni
verSity and Dayton, each 60,
clash in the Holiday Festival
at New York.
However, neither holds the
favorite role in the tourney,
with such powers as Cincinnati,
defending NCAA champion and
ranked second in the Nation
and third-ranked Providence
in the field.
Defending champion Wichita
and tough Utah State, each 81
head the field in the ALL
College, while Duquesne ano
Villanova, two more unbeatens
and surprise teams in the East
share the limelight in the
Quaker City affair.
Here are the first-round pair
ingS:
ECAC Holiday Festival at
New York; Dartmouth Old
VS.. LaSalle (3-D and Gin
cinnati GID VS.. st. Johns
IN. " aid this afternoon:
NYU (6-0) VS.. Dayton (6-0D
and Providence (5-2) VS..
Wisconsin (4-2l tonight. t.
Semifinals are Thursday, fl
mails Saturday.
Quaker City tourney at
Philadelphia: Duquesne (6-0)
VS.. Wyoming (4-3) and Penn
State SD VS.. Iowa (4-2)
this afternoon; Villanova
(8-0) VS.. Niagara (4-D and
Penn (4-D VS.. Holy Cross
(3-D tonight. Semifinals are
Thursday, finals Saturday.
All-COllege at Oklahoma
City: Texas Christian (1-5)
VS.. Houston (7-2) and Okla
homa City (4-3) VS.. Utah
Evening star., 1961-12-26
TTANS TRADE
PLY TO TEXANS

NEW YORK, Dec. 26
(AP).-President Harry
Wismer of the New York
Titans said last night he
had traded his No. 5 pick
in the American Football
League draft, Quarterback
Bobby Ply of Baylor, to the
Dallas Texans in exchange
for Linebacker Ted Green
and Guard Sid Fournet.
Wismer said Ply had
signed with the Texans.
Both Green, who weighs
235 pounds, and Fournet,
a 265-pounder, played with
the Texans this season.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Lowest Financial Return

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (AP) -
1t almost looked like a class
room in P. S. IS today when
the New York Giants handed in
their homework" to Coach AL
lie Sherman.
But instead of pass" or
funk" each Giant may be
graded in terms of dollars
5000 of them to be exact-if
he has learned his lessons well
and the team beats the Packers
in Green Bay this Sunday for
Evening star., 1961-12-26
AFTER 35-70 CONQUEST OF NORTH
PIv Latest Southern Hero

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 26 (AP).-
The South again has conquered
the North in the Shrine's an
nual college all-star series, and
the latest hero of this football
Civil War is Baylor's strong
armed quarterback, Bobby Ply.
The shifty Texan riddled a
sloW-moving Yankee defense
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Spuhn to Receive
Dickie Kerr Award

HOUSTON, Dec. rs (AP).-
Warren SPAIN of the Milwau-
kee Braves is to get the Dickie
Kerr Award at Houston's base
ball banquet January 8.
The award, named for the
former Chicago White Sox
pitcher who now lives in
Houston, goes to an outstand-
ing pitcher.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec.
26 (AP) mighty Australia.
with Roy Emerson and Rod
Laver playing brilliantly de-
spite stamina -sapping 90"de-
gree temperatures, moved to
within one victory of its 10th
Davis Cup tennis championship
in IL years today against Italy.
Emerson, the United States
champion who usually concen-
trates on doubles. defeated
Italian ace Nicola Pietrangeli,
8-6, Ga, 60, and Laver, the
top-ranked Aussie and 1861
Wimbledon titlist, routed Or
lando Sirola, 6-1, Ga, 6-3, in
opening singles matches of the
challenge round at Kooyong
Stadium.
A doubles triumph tomorrow
would close out the champion
ship for Captain Harry Hop
mans Aussies, who faced up to
an italian draw" with the sure
formula of success-unbeatable
tennis.
Plans Go Awry
The luck of the draw, pitting
Pietrangeli against Emerson
was expected to help the under
dog Italians. They had counted
on temperamental Pietrangel
beating Emerson in the opening
match and perhaps keying the
6-foot-7 Sirola to a top per-
formance against Laver.
1t didn't work out that way
Pietrangeli, after taking s.:
lead in the first set, seemed tt
wilt in the blazing sun tina
beat down on the players ane
the crowd of about 10000. EN-
erson, who got his chance il
the singles when Neale Erase
Evening star., 1961-12-26

In completing IA of 26 passes,
Ply overshadoWed the North
quarterback, Eddie Wilson of
Arizona, who had an off night
with Is compile tions in 80
attempts.
However, Wilson gained the
honor of starting the longest
pass play in the history of the
series. One of his pitches, to
George Sefcik of Notre Dame,
was good for .73 yards. four
yards longer than the previous
record.
For fine defensive work
against the South's overwhelm-
ing attack, Center Larry Onesti
of Northwestern was picked as
the outstanding player for the
North.
VOlIenweider Leader
Larry Wilson, an eXceptlonal
end who has played in the
shadow of Miller at Miami for
four years, was given the
sportsmanShip award.
Still another Miami player
Jim Vollenweider, slammed 1s
yards for a South touchdown
and led all Rebel ground-gain-
ers with 68 yards in l3 carries
The leading rusher for the
North was Steve Simms Of Rut-
gers, with 40 yards in 10 tries
The North scored two touch
downs, one in the second perioc
when Eddie Wilson passed five
yards to Bennie McRae Of
Michigan in the end zone, anc
the other on a mix-up in tht
final seconds of the game.
/ The immediate ruling wa!
that the North scored a safety
by tackling Ply in the end zone
But, today, Referee Pete Will
liamS changed the ruling to give
the North a touchdown, declar
Evening star., 1961-12-26

SOUTH Glass As, pass from Ply
Jackson kick).
SOUTH-Vollenweide Is, run Jackson
kick.
SOUTH-Ply /. run Jackson kick.
NORTH-McRae D, pass from Wilson
(McRae run).
SOUTH = Wilson 10, pass from Ply
jackson kick.
SOUTH-Miller Z, pass from Ply
jackson kick.
NORTH-Fumble recovered in end
zone. (2-point conversion conceded).
Attendance. 1885,.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

ing that Ply fumbled and the
North recovered.
Williams said the excitement
of the game drew scores of fans
onto the field and there was
no way for the North to at
tempt the extra point. He said
South Coach Frank Howard
agreed to concede the North a
two-point conversion.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

was slow recovering his old
form after suffering a knee in
jury. fought off two set points,
won the set, and had things
pretty much his own way after
that.
Then Laver, the brilliant left
handler who ranks as No. !
amateur in the world today,
made quick work of Sirola.
To Pair Fraser, Emerson
Hopman, with a commanding
lead, said he would pair Fraser
with Emerson in the doubles
while dressing Laver for the
singles Thursday if the series
remains undecided.
Vanni Canepele, the Italian
captain, said he would stick
with Pietrangeli and Sirola in
the doubles and hope for some
what cooler weather.
While the official tempera-
ture approached 80, it was
probably over 100 on the courts,
Some 100 spectators tainted in
the heat and all the players
seemed affected by it, especi-
ally Pietrangeli, who said as he
/ left this court:
The heat and flies worried
me-and so did Emerson's serv-
ice"
Ninth Game Key
The key game was the ninth
in the first set of the Emerson
Pietrangeli match. The Italian,
playing we'll and with conf
dence, led 5-3 and 40-30 on
Emerson's service. Then the
stocky Australian got the game
to deuce with a blazing service
ace, and followed with a vicious
volley at Pietrangeli's feet. He
Evening star., 1961-12-26
STATISTICS

with IA successful passes to
three talented receivers last
night and the Rebels rolled to
an easy 35-l6 victory.
Glenn Glass of Tennessee was
the catcher on a 46-yard touch
down aerial play, and Miami's
two ends, Larry Wilson and
All-America Bill Miller, snagged
two other Ply scoring throws
for 10 and Z yards, respectively.
Ply also sneaked a yard for
a fourth touchdown in win
ming the press-boX vote as the
games most valuable player
The South now leads the series,
eight wins to six.
Lowest Financial Return
The game is played for the
benefit of the Shrine's hospi-
tails for crippled children, but
the financial return was the
lowest in the games history
Only 1892 fans turned out ir
cold weather that dropped the
temperatures into the 40s dur.
ing the game.