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Evening star., 1961-04-17

The extraordinary impor-
tance of being Konrad Ade-
nauer - and the eXtraordi-
nary power of personal char
acter and personal honor-are
being curiously illustrated in
the old West German Chan
cellor's current visit to the
United States.
Seventeen years ago this
very spring American and
British troops were marshall
ing all over the island of
England for the greatest in
vasion in history against the
most bloody-minded enemies
in the long story of war
fare. the Nazi Germans dug in
on the soil of France.
This spring, the leader of
the Free Germany which
emerged from the defeat of
the Nazis is here in the
United States as an honored
and truSted-indeed an al
most revered-gueSt.
1t is true, Of course, that
American self-interest and
high politics as we'll as senti-
ment have given the head
of an ex-enemy land this
high, peculiar status among
US. For he leads the free
worlds outpost in Europe,
the West German Republic;
he is an Indispensable watch
ing ally against the Russian
hordes just to the east.
This, however, is by no
means all Of it. For more i'm
portant even than his posi-
ton in the Allied power struc-
ture is his nature as a human
being. A man who always
fought Hitler and what he
stood for, Adenauer has per-
Sonally since then reclaimed
the decency and integrity of
the German people.
An unshakable friend of
the West, he is also an un-
shakable enemy in his own
homeland Of that odd infec-
ton Of savagery which so
often in the past has cursed
the Germans in Germany. He
is more than a great politi-
cal leader: he is an example,
at its very best, Of that thing
called European civilization.
A little while ago, his prin-
ciple political rival, Mayor
Willy Brandt of West Ger
many, was also here. He, too,
was welcomed everywhere.
But to this observer there is
a great difference neverthe-
less in Washington's response
to the middle-aged and
clever Brandt and to the
massive and laconic 85-year-
old Adenauer.
Both evoke respect here.
But Adenauer-perhaps be-
cause Of the Somber dignity
Of his years and achievement
and perhaps because of a
personality having the wealth
cred strength Of a great old
tree-draws q special regard.
1t can be seen more easily
than 1t can be described.
He seems to represent
some quality Of timelessness;
Of a traditional patriarchal
Evening star., 1961-04-17

movement and the Chopin
finale were brought off as only
a highly skilled technique and
wen-controlled dynamic power
can bring them off.
Several weaknesses prevented
Miss Burke's recital from being
an unqualified success. They
were present most of the after
noon, but more evident in some
works than IN others. One Of
these was pedaling. The Chopin
finale. powerful as 1t was in
execution, was badly muddied
by an overabundance Of pedal.
This music is rather thickly
textured already. and must be
pedaled sparingly If 1t is to
speak articulately. Pedaling
damaged the Bach still more
seriously.
II Miss Burke has not yet
pulled together the complex
structure Of Beethoven'S op. Ill
into the potent musical express
sion it must achieve, this is
merely because Miss Burke is
only "a years old. The work S
technical demands are reason
ably we'll under control, al
though the arietta needs a real
legato. 1t was in the popular
G minor Ballade Of Chopin that
Miss Burke's insensitivity to
musical form was less excusable.
Here whimsical tempo changes
and just plain incorrect rhyth-
mic figures took the place Of
rubato. The result was a freely
rambling edifice, lacking the
surging drive Chopin built into
IL.
Evening star., 1961-04-17
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

What-this country department Of space Those
fellows who invent instant everything ought to give little
attention to instant thrust.
Bombs and fires explode in Cuba Castro blames Esen-
hover and Kennedy Ever Fde shot his first
of golf all hell has broken loose.
The Soviets man-n-Space wasn't such a blow to
prestige first seemed After all all the Russians have
done is catch up with the monkeys.
Ode to Yur Gagarn's wild reception In Moscow: Now
hail the fellow who much higher than anyd suppose
His speaking humble with nary fumbe-cause
Pravda invented the prose.
Critics say government had only turned the
outer space effort private enterprise by we'd have
a chain of Cosmo HtonS up there.
Evening star., 1961-04-17
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Adenouer Seizes u. S. Imagination

even excluding British Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan.
Mr.. Macmillan would run
ahead in such a private poll
among the SouthernerS and
perhaps among the old-Yan-
kee types of Fasteners. But
he would finish second among
the membership as a whole.
Beyond doubt there is an
irony here-here in a country
founded by British men and
resting upon British law and
British-made institutions of
freedom and speaking the
great tongue of the British
race. Anyhow, there it is.
Perhaps it is because Der
Alte has done so much against
such great odds. And per-
hapS it is also because he has
conquered age in the eyes OF
a forum where age is a far
more common thing than
youth.
Evening star., 1961-04-17
GALLERY OFFERS
SINGING COUPLE
By DONALD MINTZ
Contributing Critic

Irene Callaway, soprano: Peter
Narrower, base-baritone; David Sti-
vender, piano. National Gallery Of
Art. Program: Long Live Music,
Clari: Cost 81 fai, from "L'Oca del
tury Bergerettes, arr, Weckeriin.
-Four Schubert songs: Der Atlas,
Ihr Bid, Das Fischermaedchsn, Der
Doppelgaenger: In solchen Abend-
feierStunden from DER CorreRidor,"
Wolf: l. nj ira sera Ia mia Nina,
sadero: / tire tamburi, arr. Sadero-
Stivender. Sure on This Shining
Night, Barber; Daisies, Barber; Ne
Company Along, Hageman: Mr.. Iiar-
rover: Shenandoah, arr. Doughetry;
The Rovin, Gambler, The Gamblers
Lament, The Gamblers Song Of the
Big Sandy River, Niles: Bess You
Is My Woman Now, from "Porgy
and Bess," Gersnwin.
Evening star., 1961-04-17
DORIS FLEEsoN
Spotlight on Business Morality

course. result in leaks from
both sides and the victory to
Kefauver.
Thus the prospect is that
the public will. soon see some
colorful business figures on
the stand, including the mill
tant General Electric chair
man, Ralph j. Cordiner. Cor
diner was lately chairman Of
the Business Advisory Coun-
Gil Of the Commerce Depart
ment; his retirement from
that prestigious post was
forced by Secretary Hodges,
following the price fixing
convictions in Philadelphia.
BY way Of poetic justice,
the historic Caucus Room has
been monopolized for the last
three years by Senator Nc
Clellan'S valuable investiga-
ton Of labor misdeeds. The
result was an obvious dimi-
mutton Of labor's political
power.
It has still to be shown that
Cordiner and others made an
unwise decision when they
shut off a public trial at Phil
adelphia and thereby invited
a congressional investigation.
1t is also possible that busi-
ness can now do itself much
good. depending on its own
attitudes.
General Electric has been
convicted eight times Of vari-
Gus infringements Of the
antitrust law. 1t would ap-
pear that something is wrong
and 1t is conceivable that
present antitrust laws need
revision.
Evening star., 1961-04-17
DAVID LAWRENCE

Was the Soviet man-in-
space stunt, as announced
officially from Moscow, a
hoax? Granted that some
thing went around the earth,
was a man really in 1t, or
did the astronaut merely
make a separate flight SINH
lar to that which an Ameri-
can airman, Joseph Albert
Walker, recently made in an
X-15 rocket plane at an alti-
tude of 80 miles?
These questions are being
asked by scientists because
there are some obvious dis
crepancies in the boaStfui
account Of his trip given by
Major Gagarin.
First Of all, Gagarin says
he was over South Amer
lea eleven minutes after he
started. This couldn't be
right, and the tracking data
collected by Americans tells
the story Of his gross ex-
aggeration.
Second, Gagarin says he
came down by parachute. 1t
is now being implied by a
Russian scientist that the
satellite may actually have
glided to the earth.
Maj. Gagarin, in his inter-
view, said:
while flying over Soviet
territory, I saw perfectly
great squares Of collective
farms. 1t was possible to dis
tinguish between plowed land
and grassland"
The Russian major de-
clared he saw all this through
portfolios, but it isn't clear
whether this vehicle had
portfolios. In fact, DR.. Ana
toll A. Blagonravov, q noted
Russian scientist, interviewed
at Rome at an internationan
space symposium, said at first
that there were no portfolios
in the ship but later declared
there were "SlitS."
Can the human eye really
see 200 miles away through
portfolios or Sits? 1t might
distinguish large formations
such as the lines on the
moon, but it seems incredible
that Maj. Gagarin could have
seen anything as relatively
small as meadows or fields
such as he described.
Evening star., 1961-04-17
Several Discrepancies in Red Reports
Lead to Doubts by Western Observers

christopher ShawcroSs,
chairman of the British sec
tion of the International In
stitute of Space Law, is
quoted in a Reuters dispatch
from London as saying a
protest had been launched
with the International Aero
nautical Federation in Paris
against an attempt by the
Moscow government to seek
registration of the space
flight as an altitude record
for man. He said the pub
liShed evidence of the flight
was not credible.
Walter Sullivan. a science
writer for the New York
Times, says in an article
published over the week end:
Three days after mans
first space flight there are
still several puzzles concern
ing the circumstances of the
trip. They pertained to It's
timing. the presence or ab-
Sence Of portfolios in the
manned capsule and the
manner in which the occu-
pant returned to earth
THE timetable issued in
Moscow said the vehicle had
reached the sky over South
America within Is minutes.
However, there is no point
in Soviet territory from which
an orbiting vehicle could
come close to South America
in so short a time"
There's another mysterious
aspect. The Daily Worker, a
Communist newspaper in
London, published an article
on the flight before it was
officially announced as hav-
ing happened. The article
spoke on April 7 of the flight
as having already occurred
when it wasn't announced or
tracked by American observ-
ing stations as in orbit until
five days later. The Commu-
mist newspaper revealed that
the astronaut, son of a So
Wet plane designer, was under
medical care. Later on, Rus
sian scientists in Moscow de-
MED that the earlier flight
had occurred.
The Soviets are past-mas-
ters ct deception. It could be
that they did have q man in
Evening star., 1961-04-17
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY WENDELL MARGRAVE
Contributing Critic

Yaltah Menuhin and Joel Rycs,
Piano Duo. Phillips Gallery. Pro-
gram: Three Marches, Opus As, Bee
thoyen; 32 Variations in C Minor,
denburg Concerto No. 5, in D, Bach
Reger: Lebensstuerme, Opus 144,
Schubert; Prelude in Memory Of Rim
sky-Korss kov, GlazunoV; Scherzo in
B flat minor, Opus 81. Chopin; An
dante and Variations, Opus 50,
MendeISsohn
Evening star., 1961-04-17
PIANIST EXHIBITS
SKILL AND POWER
BY DONALD L. LEAVITT
Contributing Critic

Marian Burke, piano. Barker Hall.
Program: Fantasia in minor,
Bach; Sonata no. 80, op. Ill,
Beethoven: Ballade in @ minor, op.
Chopin; Notturno. ReSpiRhi: The
Juggler, Toch.
Evening star., 1961-04-17

The Joint recital by Irene
Galloway and Peter narrower
MIR. and Mrs. narrower in
private life-at the National
Gallery last night was one of
Evening star., 1961-12-20
By FRANCIS STANN

and the scourge of National League ball
carriers for years.
"HE WAS FAST as a featherweight,
tough as a black-market steak, durable as
iron," Roberts noted. From the day he
first appeared on the practice field it was
apparent that here was the successor to
Mel Helm as the top pivot man in football"
Turner probably is the only pro foot
ball player who ever held up the sale of a
franchise. 1t seems that in the winter of
1939-40, Owner Dick Richards of the De-
troit Lions was in the West and decided
he wanted Bulldog for his team The Lions
even gave Turner $3.50 to have SOME urgent
dental work done.
1t cost Owner Richards more than
$3.50. Carl Storck, then president of the
NFL, slapped heavy fine on the Lions
boss for tampering with a player on the
draft list of a rival club. At about that
time, too, Richards was dickering for the
sale Of the Lions to Fred ]. Mandel The
National League refused to approve the
transaction until the fine was paid
Turner joined perhaps the finest
rookie group ever to report to any pro
club in 1910. 1t included Lee Artoe and
Ed holman, the peerless tackles; Ken
Kavanaugh, the good end, and such backs
as Harry Clark Scooter Mclean and, above
all, George McAfee. Every schoolboy knows
how they made out.
IT'S JUST AS WELL for the Hedging
AFL, perhaps, that Wismer settled up with
Sammy and got himself new boy. 1t was
with considerable trepidation that other
owners were viewing the running feud
between Owner Wismer and Coach Baugh
They felt it was cheapening their product
Even the Titan players were getting
into the act, as Dick Young of the New
York Daily News discovered. Young in
terviewed and quotes such Titans as AL
Dorow, Sid Youngelman and Tom Saidock,
all of whom have played in the NFL and
in Canada, as well as the AFL From Dorow
he picked up these thoughts:
Sammy Baugh knows football, but he
is not good organizer. We don't even
have play book on our team. I don't
know any other pro team that doesn't
have a play book-and few colleges. You
know something that happened? You
wouldn't believe it. We were on the field
practicing for Houston. For IS minutes
we ran the Houston offense against the
Houston defense before anybody realized
what was happening.
Sans good guy" Dorow concluded.
TOO good. The players take advantage.
They spend time in the whirlpool Just to
get out of sprints. I've seen days when
just five or six of us were around to take
sprintS"
One of the old Redskins of Baugh's
vintage-indeed, he once was Sammys
roommate-was reading Dorow's comments
the other day. HE sounds" he rasped,
like a guy making pitch for a job"
He meant the job that Bulldog Turner
got
Evening star., 1961-12-20
HobbIing Looks Forward
To Rest After Easy Victory

Even though Catholic Uni
versity's basketball team is off
to a fast start with a GO
record. the Cardinals are well
coming a Christmas layoff that
lasts until January 8.
Three players are on the
injured list and will have
plenty of time to heal before
the Cardinals play Roanoke
next month. Gu last night
racked up its fourth victory in
Mason-Dixon Conference play
with an 81-47 romp over
Gallaudet at Brookland.
Bill Leahy and Jack Spencer
are nursing sprains while Walt
Skinner has a bad knee. Both
Spencer and Skinner played
last night, but couldn't go at
full speed.
1t was close game for about
10 minutes and then Gu ratified
off 13 straight points to make
it a rout. Five Cardinals
scored in double figures, led by
Gene Horan's IA points.
AL Van Newell and Jim Bit
tner kept Gallaudet. now 1-2
in the conference, in conten-
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Ditko Earned Honors,
Bears Owner Declares

CHICAGO. Dec. 20 (AP).-
TITS wonderful" Coach
George Halas of the Chicago
Bears said today of End Mike
Ditka's selection as Associated
Press rookie of the year IN the
National Football League.
Hes great player and GER
tainly deserved it," Papa Bear
added.
Ditka, 21-year-old Pitt grad
uate who won a first string job
with the Bears, had a spectac-
ular season as a pass catcher
and was an able blocker.
The 6-3, 230-pound Ditka. an
AP All-America end in 1860 at
Pitt, was. the overwhelming
choice of a committee of sports
writers and sportscasters par
ticipating in the AP rookie
balloting.
He drew 81 votes while the
runnerup, Quarterback Fran
Tarkenton of the Minnesota
Vikings, got only four. Others
drawing support were Halfback
Don Perkins of the Dallas Cow
boys, Quarterback Norm Snead
of the Washington Redskins,
and Linebacker Myron Pottios
of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ditka, the Bears No. / draft
Evening star., 1961-12-20

choice a year ago, caught Sc
passeeS for 1,076 yards and IL
touchdowns while operating as
the Bears tight end. Tarken-
ton. who threw eight I'd passes
in the Vikings two games with
the Bears, wound up with Is
for the season and nearly 1000
yards passing.
Earlier in the season, when
his play began to draw atten-
ton. Ditka credited Linebacker
Bill George and former star
End Harlon Hill of the Bears
for giving him the tips that
made his rookie year smoother.
George taught me how to
get clear of a linebacker going
out for a pass" Mike said. Hill
taught me how to get that
extra step on a defensive back"
Evening star., 1961-12-20
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
Wismer's Style: Big Names and Texans

ONE THING YOU MUST say for Harry
WiSmer as a pro football clubowner = he
doesn't hire any faceless coaches First,
it was Sammy Baugh coaching his New
York Titans; now it is Clyde (Bulldog)
Turner, the old Bear
The suspicion grows that Wismer is
more Snowman than keen, astute club
owner. Pin him down on the subject, which
isn't hard, and Harry will admit that he
signed Baugh only to bring the biggest
name available into boX-office combat
>. with the established New York Giants.
II don't think Sammy's great coach" +"
WiSmer candidly confessed at the time of
Baugh's acquisition, but he's a Showpiece," ;"
Due note was taken that the baseball Nets,
who must rasse the Yankees for the New
York dollar in '62, window-dreSSed their
genius department. Casey Stengel, Cookie
Lavagetto and Solly HemuS.
For a clubowner who hasn't cleared
his first dime of profit, and who wasn't
sure of BaughS coaching talents, Wismer
was generous three-year contract at
$4,000 per year. Now Sammy will collect
Translated, this means doing little or
nothing.
You can't say, either, that Wismer is
not a fair-minded man. The dispatches
say that Turner will be paid the same
salary, only on a two-year pact. Thus
Harry's impartiality is impeccable-$20,0 900
to Turner to coach, $4,000 to Baugh not
to coach.
BULLDOG TURNER DOESN'T bring
much more coaching experience to New
York than Baugh did two seasons ago, if
as much. True, Turner sat at the knee
of the master, George Halas, in Chicago.
He was one of the Bears assistant coaches
from 1883, but since then he has been
out of pro football
Wismer not only seems to set store
by big names, but he also is displaying
marked preference for Texans as coaching
material. Baugh originally came out of
Sweetwater, Tex, and so did Turner. An
oddity is that in their youth both Baugh
and Turner were so skinny that grave
doubts were entertained as to whether
they'd hold up above the high school level,
physically. Especially Turner, who was a
160-pound center.
The big schools didn't even go after
Bulldog. They did seek Baugh, the half
back, and he went to Texas Christian. But
Turner, age 16, enrolled at little Hardin
Simmons, where it wasn't essential that
lineman weigh minimum of 200 pounds
and have five-o'clock shadow. Howie
Roberts, the Bears biographer, wrote that
the verdict of most big-school scouts on
Turner was, Hes too young, too spindly,
and besides he has too sweet face"
Too sweet to face! This was the terror
who, four years later, stood 6-1, weighed
235 and lived up to his name of Bulldog.
He was the No. draft choice of the Bears
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Packers, Giants Dominate
AP's NIL AII-Stor Selections

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (AP).-
Green Bay and New York domi-
nate the All-Star team Of the
National Football League Sc
lected today for the Associated
Press by a panel of AZ sports
writers and sportscasters from
the IA league cities.
The Packers. champions of
the Western Division, landed
six players on the 22-man
squad. Green Bay put Guard
Fred Thurston, Center Jim
Ringo and Halfback Paul Hor-
nung on the offensive unit and
Tackle Henry Jordan, Line
backer Bill Forester and Corner
Back Jesse Whittenton on the
defensive team.
New York placed End Del
Evening star., 1961-12-20

tion early by scoring IA of the
Bisons first 16 points. Bittner
wound up with 1S points.
In the preliminary, Good
Counsel High School won its
third straight by beating the
Gu jayvees. 62-51. Good
Counsel moved into a 12-point
advantage early in the second
half and won with ease.
Steve Williamson had 20
points and Gene Harper II to
lead Good Counsel.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
BY the Associated Press

The dashing Dukes Of Du-
quesne, once a perennial tour
nament entrant but relegated to
lack-luster seasons of late, are
bidding to regain their stature
among collegiate basketball's
elite.
Undefeated Duquesne, ranked
seventh In the current Associ-
Evening star., 1961-12-20
AL 10 Stick
With Tougher
Cage Schedule

Coach Dave Carrasco of
American University is ex-
tremely disappointed over his
teams lone victory In six games,
but has no intention of giving
up on the schools new policy
of playing a tougher schedule.
The Eagles lost, 57-51, to
Ohio Wesleyan last night at
AU, a defeat almost as hard to
take as the double overtime loss
to Georgetown. This one hurt
because the Eagles had a
1-point lead and possession of
the ball with a little over a
minute to go, and still lost by
6 points.
A sophomore made a careless
pass to start the AU downfall.
In the last 2 minutes of play
American had the ball six times
and each time lost it without
getting a shot off.
TOughies Coming Up
The situation might get worse
before AU wins its second game.
The Eagles play the Quantico
Marines in their first game
after the holidays, and then go
to Providence to meet last
years National Invitation
champions.
Akron and Temple, two teams
that have beaten the Eagles
and Providence, plus older
rivals like Navy and George
town, give AU its toughest
schedule this year.
Il thought we would be
better" Carrasco said. THE
first blow was losing Jim Kirk
land, the Clio transfer from
Fordham who I thought would
help against tougher teams.
Now we'll have to guard against
letting down because Of losing.
Height a Handicap
Il might move Bill Green
and a couple of other sophie
mores into more prominent
roles after the holidays, par
ticularly if we can't start
winning with the older, boys"
Another blow at AU was the
fact that Ohio Wesleyan has
come up with a much better
basketball team than usual. |
The visitors had a considerable /,
height advantage in a pair Of
6-foot-7 boys and another SIS. |
Their record now is I'll.
But while Ohio Wesleyan
had the three tallest players on
the court, AU had a fellow who
appeared to be 9-feet tall. AL
billiard is only 6-3, but he has
remarkable spring. billiard,
formerly Of the Quantico Ma
rines, more than doubled the
rebounds Of any other player,
excelled on defense in blocking
shots, and poured in Is points
He even was called a couple of
times for goal tending.
Evening star., 1961-12-20

We're convinced our best bet
is to take advantage of tre-
mendouS interest in foreign
countries" Kramer told a re-
porter. TITS a tremendous
gamble to put up expensive
prizes. The idea of gambling
in America is not as pleasant
as gambling elsewhere"
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Sixth Straight Win Boosts
Dukes Bid to Gain Status

ated Press poll, knocked ninth
pegged st. Bonaventure from
the list of the unbeaten last
night with a 74-57 victory in
Pittsburgh.
The Dukes posted their sixth
straight triumph while the in
jury-riddled Bonnies went down
to their first setback in seven
starts.
Evening star., 1961-12-20

Shofner and Tackle Roosevelt
Brown on the offensive club and
End Jim Katcavage, Corner
Back Erich Barnes and Safety
man Jimmy Patton on the
defensive team.
Redskins Shut Out
Baltimore and Detroit each
placed three men, Cleveland
two and Philadelphia, Chicago
and Los Angeles one each.
Washington, Pittsburgh, st.
Louis, Dallas, Minnesota and
San Francisco we're shut out.
Sonny Jurgensen of Philadel-
phia was named the All-Star
quarterback in a backfield that
Jimmy Brown of
Cleveland at fullback, Lenny
Moore of Baltimore at flanke,