Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-01-22
WIN, LOSE OR
NNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Of This and Thot

II,
directors Of the baseball Senators is more than twice
the size Of the departed Calvin Grffths board which
consisted OF CAL sister Thelma brothern-aw Joe HAYNES
and Eugene Young After season with the Redskins
whose 1872 record the worst in their history veteran
tackle Ray Krouse has up with a big onerv ulcer
KrouSe, who diskes milk, is drinking gallon day
Carmen Baslio, who once quoted as saying he
would need the advice of friends and quit fighting If
somebody offered him $15OO0-a-year lob has lowered
his sights Now he's saying he'd retire he could land
SIO0O-a-year job The leader Of VIs 600-man march.
ing unit which was declared the best in the inaugural
parade was Lee Badget captain and center the Key
oets championship Southern Conference football team
baoge VINO is regmental first captain at the Lexington
va, school, will become Rhodes scholar next year.
Bill Sharman, Boston Cetcs star reportedy is suing
brewery for 100000 claiming unauthorized use Of his
pnoto IN advertising Frank Andolino's death at
Laurel week recalls his spectacular success as trainer
and co-owner he speed horse Boston Doge few years
ago. Boston Doge won 10 straight 19545 beating
Sailor and Dark Ruler among other top horses Andono
suffered heart attack while leaving Laurel and his auto
mobile crashed into barn there.
SOME TOUCHDOWN CLUB members are wondering If
they have been throwing those big booster
uncheons for the most apprecatve pro football team all
this time The unfeted Baltimore Colts and yettobe
toasted washington Senators the only two
the area to be represented by sutary ads in the Touch
down Clubs Awards Dinner program.
Second Baseman Billy Gardner who acted as field
captain OF the 1860 Senator'S filled the role without
ceving the customary $500 grauity But Harmon Kebrew
Of the team this year at Minneapolis
St Paul. will be paid the extra dough- Reports out Of
Cleveland have it that Al Lopez former Tribe manager
ana now pilot OF the White Sox will return to the Indians
next year general manager filling the Job which Frank
Lane vacated in shifting to Kansas City
Mickey Mantle, who processes to be Just as good q
hitter leftanded right finds official 1860 statistics
contradicting him. AS highlander Mickey batted $40
hit IA homers and struck out only 81 times in 14 bats
AS lefty he averaged only 7 hit 20 homers and famed
~ times In $50 times up Telephones in The Star sports
department were rung necessarily yesterday morning by
callers who wanted to know Bowie would operate Told
that racing would be held unknown caller hung up
muttertng "Wel, there's goes the poker game"
THOSE ON THE INSIDE of the University of Virginia
athletic situation knew that Bill Elias had to be pro-
minent candidate for the football Job the moment Dick
Vors quit Virginia wanted head college coach no cur
rent assistants high school coachea young man who
had proved himself under trying conditions There weren't
too many around with these qualifications besides George
Washingtons rookie coach Lee Mclaughlin at Washing
ton g. Lee (va Episcopal Hgh reported to be happy
where he Is Rumor had Mclaughlin, along with Bill Dud-
ley sounded out the Cavaliers athletic director
Truman Gibson, once a wheel in the court-banned
International Boxing Club needed subpoena to come
to town last week. Gibson here for the Inauguration
The rasslers don't whether to feel fattered or
put out by Pete Rozees edict barring Big Daddy Lips
comb OF the Colts from playing in the Eastern Basketball
League Eozele, commissioner Of the National Football
League implies the EBL is unfit company although he
has made no attempt to dssuade Lpscomb rassing
in the off season. The groaners wondering that makes
their racket more honest than the EB Rozees opinion
dignifying by ban.
ALTHOUGH NONE of the II Washington pitchers who
were in the majors last won more than seven
games General Manager Ed Doherty pitching as the
strongest OF the Senators departments He backs up his
argument by pointing to their composite record of IS
wins against 80 defeats and stressng the depth of the
mound staff as compromising in part for the lack of solid
starting pitchers.
Paul Brown coach stockholder Of the Cleveland
Browns took no chances Of losing Bobby Crespno the
sck pass-catchng end from Mississippi after drafting
the young man. Brown repeatedly gave Crespno $500
advance on a rookie salary of about $4,000. . Lefty
James, who was fired by Cornell said to be among
the applicants for the Virginia coaching job.
II the Pittsburgh Pirates repeat 1861 they probably
will have won pennant with three the smallest pitchers
on any team IN the modern eraBobby Shantz Roy Face
and Harvey Haddx They're also three Of the best field
ing hurlers in the business Shanz has American
Leagues Golden Glove award for fielding last four
years Haddix has won it in the National League three
straight times and Face is rated right up with them