Evening star., 1961-01-29
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By LEWIS +. ATcHlsoN

FRED NORRIS 39-year-old McNeese Qa) College
freshman distance runner "a hours late reaching the
city for last nights 14th annual Star Games After his
original flight from Lake Charles Cancelled Norris
who quit his coal-mining job in England to enroll at
McNeeSe took 7O-me taxi ride to catch another flight
from Beaumont, Tex, making it by five minutes
Norris whose ambition is to win the Boston Marathon
April 49, predicted he wouldn't run badly" last night al
though ne has reduced his training program from 100 miles
week to less than So E14f.Fs&
Don StyrOn hurdler and Jim Dupre middle e-dis-
tance representing the Southern Illinois Salukis
never ran indoor board track before last week In
Los Angeles. Styron, who failed to qualify in the CO.
yard hurdles and Dupre, second in the 6OO-yard rum
complained that there was too much bounce In the track
Speaking OF The Star Games, it homecoming for
BOO Marcum Penn coach who the pole vault in the
meets second running in 1949.
THE TRIM GENTLEMAN home hunting in the snow
with Bobby Godsten last week Mort Caplin, new
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Like Godsten Capln
mddleweght was Southern Conference boxing cham
pion during his intercollegiate at Virginia They
say he was faster with his ms than the official greeter
at an Elks convention. Godsten, insurance man.
regular at Golden Gloves matches
General Manager Frank Lane is going ahead with plans
to move Kansas Ctys efted fence back feet because
he says the fans have shown much interest in the
project OF the fact that it will make it little
tougher for the leagues hthand hters to reach
didn't enter into it. Joe KrakoSk Illinois halfback who
joins the Redskins next season. will begin months of
military training at Fort Knox February H. He's joining
the c. National Guard to hasten his induction which
training camp
Bedford Wynne, part-owner of the Dallas Cowboys
said Dallas business men didn't want to side with the Ma
tonal Football League the rival Texans of the Ameri
can Football League $50 they did nothing for either team"
Wynne said, explaining the box-office debacle.
PROMOTER JACK KRAMER is toying with new
brainchid called Jai Tennis" Games would be decided
by three points, 80 21 and the loser in Jai-Ala
would to the bottom of the list Kramer who says the
game would enable oldsters like Don Bulge and Bobby
Riggs to play thinks 1t might make televson series Why
not? They're showing everything but mumbly peg.
Eddie LaFond remembers John Bailey, chairman of the
National Democratic Party lone of the best punters in
Catholic University history"
Wayne Hse, who managed the Maryland basketball
team capaned by Boze Berger that brought the Terra
pins their first conference championship is vice president
and member of the board of directors of Rockefeller
Center N Y Lowell Perry, whose career as Pitts
burgh Steeer halfback abruptly ended by severe
injury has graduated from law school and now clerk
to Federal judge in Michigan The guy who paid Perrys
way through law-schoo was Owner Art Rooney of the
Steelers, unqueStonably No in the hearts Of his
players well as the writer's regularly covering NFL
teams
YESTERDAY WAS THE American Leagues official
birthday c. j. (Shep Stephenson received citizen
ship award from the Alexandria Civtan Club last night
for his work with the Little League Jacob Poladian who
came to this country from Armenia SO years ago,
similarly honored Poladan contributed 100000 to Alex
andrias new YMCA building to repay the for its help
in getting him started in this country.
Norm Van Brocklin, the Minnesota Vikings coach,
says Los Angeles nemen feudng with Line Coach George
Trafton got even with him by stepping his when
they pulled out in line drills After sitting through
other long NFL meeting Walter Wofner, executive of the
St Louis Cardinals suggests holding the next cruise
ship, preferably the Santa Maria.
The Redskins announcement of their new coaching
aide tomorrow will be big surprise. Several teams
wanted Chuck Cherundolo including Philadelphia but
business so bad in Pittsburgh Chuck can't unload his
tavern and he's got to stay there Austin Gunsers job
treasurer Of the NFL rates of the COM
pcated in the country He must file tax reports players
salaries league finances etc. in 48 States Only Hawaii and
Alaska excluded
Francis Stann is on vacation. His VIM Lose or Draw
column will resume February IL from Florida points