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Evening star., 1961-03-26
Background

Il so serious, the uncertainties sur
rounding Fort Sumter would have
seemed almost laughable. Maj. Robert
Anderson, commanding the tiny citadel
in Charleston harbor, had no idea what
his Government intended. All he knew
was that his provisions were running
low, the SecesSiOniSt batteries sur
rounding him were getting stronger, and
he hoped that bloOdShed could be
averted. For their part, the SOutherners
were at least as much in the darn, despite
their Information pipeline from in
formants and spies in Washington. The
mere fact that nobody knew anything
for sure did not deter publication of all
sorts of reports and rumOrs, however
vague or ill;founded
From The Evening Star. Thursday March q. 1881:
Items Telegraphed from Washington.
Much curiosity is manifested respecting
the action Of the Administration relative to
affairs in the South, and various rumOrs pre-
vail But information derived from authentic
sources warrant the assertion that whatever
movements may be in progress involve nothing
whatever of hostile design. On the contrary,
they are in the direction Of peace. II is gen.
orally agreed. however, that the military status
of the Gulf forts now held by the Federal Gov
ernment will be preserved.
The Commissioners of the Confederate
States [Andrew Bienvenue Roman, Martin
jenkins Crawford John Forsyth will wait
leisurely for the action of the Government
Great efforts are being made by distinguished
gentlemen to effect a peaceful solution.
As intimated, several days since. Fort
Sumter is to be evacuated by Maj Anderson
through arrangements to be made by himself
with the New York steamer. which sails from
Charleston on Saturday next for New York
He will leave the fort in good condition, in
charge of an orderly and two men. who are
Instructed to surrender whenever demanded
blythe South Carolina authorities or those Of
the Confederated States.
From The Evening Star. Friday. March q, 1881
The failure to evacuate Fort Sumter yester-
day, as anticipated, is attributed in Admins
tration circles to technical reasons.
From The Evening Star Saturday March q, 1881:
= MAJOR ANDERSONS MOVEMENTS. On
Wednesday rumOrs were rife that Maj.
Hutto, paymaster of the United States ARMY.
had made arrangements with the agent Of the
New York steamers for the transport Of the
garrison at Fort Sumter to New York on the
steamship Columbia, to leave Saturday.
Reliable information shows that it was
only conjecture. Mai. Hutto visited the Fort on
Tuesday for the purpose of paying the troops.
Maj Anderson, in conversation with Maj.
Hutto, stated that he was in daily expectation
81 receiving by mail the orders for evacuation.
:. His supply of fuel and provisions was nearly
exhausted, so much so that if not speedily
n
Evening star., 1961-03-26

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Evening star., 1961-12-29
WxX LOSE OR DRAW
The Coach Who Couldn't Play
BY FRANCIS STANN

his initial anger and humiliation, Conerly
passed a few salty remarks.
VAN BROCKLIN, BRAINY, fun-loving,
did standout job at Minnesota. In the
NFL expansion, he wound up with culls
and rejects, like the Senators and Angels
in the American League. But he won a
few ball games with his Vikings and scared
some top clubs in games that he didn't win.
Skorich of the Eagles did more than
all right, too, although he couldn't quite
overhaul the Giants. He inherited the
Philadelphia job when Buck Shaw retired
after winning the title last season. This
was the post that Van Brocklin, retiring
as the star quarterback, also wanted.
Sentimentally, Philly fans favored Van
Brocklin. They hardly knew Skorich,
although he'd been one of Shaw'S assistants.
So not only did Nick begin with the
second-guessers on his back, but he was
minus his big quarterback, Van Brocklin.
He had to go with Sonny Jurgensen, the
rusty understudy, or risk breaking up his
club by making deal for an established
field general.
Skorich stuck by Jurgensen and all
Sonny did was wind up as the No. paSSer
in the league
MEANWHILE, BACK AT the snow
banks, which is Green Bay, Wis, the Packers
and Giants are preparing for the NFL title
playoff on Sunday. It seems like only yes
terday when the 1851 showdown was tele-
vised nationally for the first time in history
by the now defunct DuMont network for
$4,000. On Sunday the loot from NBC will
be $615,000, the highest price ever paid for
a single sports event
The Packers of Lombardi and the
Giants of Sherman are going to make a
pretty penny, win or lose. But the NFL
players aren't precisely happy about con-
ditions. Admittedly, they have no control
over the weather, which is horrendous but
they are thinking these days that club
owners ought to do something about
increasing the player limit.
The Giants, particularly, are exercised
about the ineligibility of Dick Nolan, the
good defensive back from Maryland Dick
was hurt earlier in the season and it seemed
feasible to place him on the injury list.
1t was all right to use Nolan in routine
league games, following his recovery, but
according to the rules he can't play against
the Packers on Sunday.
The contention of the players is that
because the NFL now plays two more
league games than normal-14 as against
IL because of the admission of Minnesota
and Dallas-the roster limit should be
hiked. Instead of SO players, they argue,
it should be SO. They may have a point.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

ALLIE SHERMAN, COACH of the
New York football Giants, is living proof
that 1t takes more than brains to be a
firSt-string pro quarterback. When Allie
was player he rarely could get into game.
There was always one, usually two, quarter
backs ahead of him who were bigger,
stronger, more skillful at throwing the ball.
So little Allie from Brooklyn, still only
38 years DID, sat on the bench and sopped
up lore. He noted the bits and strategy,
marked the mistakes. So now he's coach of
the Giants, who won the Eastern title in
the National Football League, and he's just
been voted 1861 NFL coach of the year. In
his rookie coaching season, too.
1t was close election all right. Sher-
man just barely nosed out Norm Van
Brocklin, another rookie coach of the new
Minnesota Vikings, and Vince lombard,
graybeard in his third campaign as mas
termind of the Western champs, the Green
Bay Packers
The only others who could be classi-
fled as contenders were Nick Skorich of
the Philadelphia Eagles, one more first
year coach, and Red Hickey of the San
= IL
one as strange that only Van Brocklin was
a superStary forget it. That's the pattern.
MOST OF THE TOP managers in base
ball weren't stars, but some of the biggest
flopS as geniuSeS had been. Walter Johnson
never was considered top-flight manager
Sweet guy that he was, and knowledgeable,
johnson simply didn't cut the mustard
Rogers Hornsby fell into the same category
It was popular to say, "Rog and Walt did
things so we'll that they couldn't under
age player" Babe Ruth never even was
given managerial shot
The managers who won the most pen
nants were guys like Miller Higgins, Connie
Mack, Bill McKechnie, Joe Mccarthy and
lately, Ralph Houk. On playing field merit
alone there wasn't Hall of Famer in the
group.
1t couldn't have been easy for Allie
Sherman this year, especially as far as his
.quarterbacks were concerned Probably he
ran into less trouble with his good, big
lineman, who recognized him for the brainy
little guy he is But Allie started with
three quarterbacks who were better than
he ever had been, meaning Charlie Conerly,
Y. A. little and Lee Grosscup.
Further, Conerly was even older than
Sherman and at one stage the Mississippian
was in no mood to accept demotion to
No. 2. This happened in the Giants
Squeaker here in the Redskins first home
game. Sherman felt that Conerly wasn't
moving the team and substituted TITLE
who thereafter remained first string. In
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Rose Bowl Teams End Rough Work

ing but T-formation opposition
all season"
Minnesota operates with the
winged T.
Warmath has everything to
gain and plenty to lose in this
repeat Rose Bowl visit. The
Gophers are carrying the Big
Ten colorS in place of cham
pion Ohio State, which declined
a Rose Bowl bid.
However, Warmath already
has suggested that maybe Ohio
State might not have won the
title if it had faced the next
three conference finishers-
Minnesota, Michigan State and
Purdue. Minnesota defeated
Michigan State, 1870, and Pur-
due, 10-7.
OF more concern to Warmath
is the urgency to atone for last
January's loss to Washington.
There was criticism the Gophers
went into that game noncha-
liant.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

Is below yesterday and finally
warmed up to zero. 1t was sup
posed to climb to the dizzy
height of 10 above today with
some snow flurries. The Wealth
er Bureau guardedly looks for a
warming trend by Sunday, may
be the mid 20S.
The City Stadium field is
covered with a layer of straw
and a tarpaulin. Vince Lombar-
di, Green Bay coach, said the
grass is green and the turf firm
underneath the cover. Nobody
will know for sure until Sunday
morning when they will peel off
the cover. Workmen already
have chipped away the 14-inch
layer of snow that had rested
atop the straw.
41,OOO Expected
lombard thinks a firm field
on which regular football cleats
can be used will help his team.
He feels a frozen or slippery
turf would help the Giants be-
cause it would make it more
difficult to cover their pass re-
ceivers.
Green Bay residents we're
digging out the long underwear
and the quilted parkaS for the
first title game ever to be played
in this city of $1,000 residents.
BY game time all of the 1000
seats are expected to be sold
at $40 a copy, contributing
100000 to the gross that will
be swelled to 81 million by tele-
vision and radio income.
Each member Of the winning
team should get about $4,000
and each loser about $4,000.
Taylor Still Ailing
Lombardi sent his Packers
through a one-hour drill yes
terday. They did their best in
basketball shoes on a frozen
practice field. The Packers
were to work again today and
timber up briefly tomorrow.
New York was due to arrive by
chartered plane in late after
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Fe|dman Boy,
Pair Up for
CIV Tonight
CoIoniols Face
Keydets, Hoyos
Meet Richmond

Jon and jeff Feldman,
George Washington's twin poi
son, will be in the starting
lineup together for the first
time this season tonight when
CIV takes on Virginia Military
at the Richmond Invitational
tournament.
Georgetown, the tournament
tavorite, meets defending cham
pion Richmond in the first
game at Richmond Arena at
1880, followed by GW-VMI at
9:l5. The losers and winners
square off tomorrow night in
the finals.
Washington's other member
of the big Three" Maryland,
also enters tourney action to-
night against unbeaten MiSSiS-
sippi State in the Sugar Bowl
event at New Orleans. Louisi-
ana State and Louisville play
in the other Sugar Bowl opener
Jeff Feldman, used so far as
a reserve for CIV after missing
school all last year. has worked
into the No. l unit since the
7l-68 upset by Richmond De-
cember 16.
That loss. squaring the Col
malls record at 3-3, had Coach
Bill Reinhart in a grumpy mood
until Jeff began instilling the
needed spark in workouts. HE
makes the ball club CO." Rein
hart said this week.
The three starters tonight be-
sides the Feldman twins are ex-
pected to be 6-foot-5 Gar Sch
weickhardt. 6-8 Joe Adamitis
and 6-3 Ditto Sparks. Rein
hart said Sparks was the only
boy who played even a fair
game at Richmond and thinks
the lanky sophomore finally has
developed other skills to go with
his shooting ability.
That combination has
looked better than any we've
used so far" Reinhart said of
the above five players.
Coach Tommy O'Keefe of
Georgetown says he may 60
with two sophomores, Jim
Christy and Buddy O'Donnell,
in the back court and move
his high scorer, Jim Carrino,
up front with Capt. Paul Tag
liabue. Bob Sharpenter is the
center.
Christy, a slick 6-footer,
started his first game in a 79-
73 loss at Manhattan two weeks
ago, and O'Donnell, 6-3,
would be getting his first
chance on the first five. O'Keefe
says O'Donnell has come along
fast and already is the teams
best driver.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Tommy Hughett,
Ex-Gridder at
Michigan, Dies

BARLOW, Fla, Dec. 20 (AP)
Ernest (Tommy) Hughett,
one-time University of Michi-
gan quarterback and former
football coach at the University
of Maine, died in a hospital
here Wednesday night on his
69th birthday.
Hughett was admitted to the
hospital three days ago after
suffering a heart attack while
visiting at nearby Eagle Lake,
Before his retirement, Hugh
EFT was an automobile dealer
in Buffalo. N. Y. and once
served on the city council.
After coaching at Maine, he
served as athletic director and
football coach at the Nichols
Private Boys School in Buf-
falo. He was an organizer
part owner and player on the
first professional football team
there.
He was well known also as an
official, having worked a num-
ber of Army-Navy and Sugar
Bowl games.
The body will be returned tc
! Buffalo for services and burial
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Gustofson RoPs Promoters
OfSenior, Hula, U.S.. Bowls

He tabled the Senior Bowl
(January g., the Hula Bowl
January g. and the U. S. Bowl
(January y as examples of
games which should not be
played.
These games are played
after students return to
classes" he said. ANY boy
playing in one of these games
has to miss at least three days
Of classes and probably more.
This is sheer exploitation of
college players and it has to
stop. There is no point to such
games"
GuStafSon is coaching the
Major College All-Star team
which will play in the ALL
American Bowl in Tucson to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

TUCSON, Ariz.. Dec. 20 (AP)
Coach Andy Gustafson of the
University Of Miami took a
verbal swipe yesterday at col
legiate all-star football games
staged by private promoters
during the academic year.
Terming such games sheer
exploitation Of college players,
GuStafSon said they interfere
with studies and should be
stopped by the National Col
legiate Athletic Association.
I'm not talking about games
such as the North-South game
or the All-American Bowl, Z"
GustafSon said in an inter-
view. "They take place during
a students normal holiday
vacation"
Evening star., 1961-12-29
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (AP).-
Santa Claus left these bowl
predictions on a well-smudged
sales slip.
MINNESOTA OVER UCLA-
MinneSota;s Golden Gophers
lost considerable prestige as
they went down to a TIT de-
feat in the Rose Bowl against
Washington a year ago. They
are banking on Sandy Stephens
to return the luster to their
crown at the expense of UCLA
on New Years Day.
TEXAS OVER MISSISSIPPI
The Rebels from the South
eastern Conference poured it
on against Texas in the 1858
Sugar Bowl, winning, 1877. Not
only do the Longhorns have
good memories but they also
have Jimmy SaXton and Mike
Cotton when they meet Mon
day in the Cotton Bowl.
GEORGIA TECH OVER
PENN STATE The Georgia
swifties will get loose often
enough to overcome Penn
States power in tomorrow's
Gator Bowl showpiece.
ALABAMA OVER ARKAN-
SAS-Alabama has permitted
each of its 10 previous rivals
this season only % points a
game. It also has Pat Tram
nell, the straight "a" student,
and Mike Fracchia, the straight
"a" footballer. Arkansas coun-
ters with Lance Alworth in
Mondays Sugar Bowl show.
LOUISIANA STATE OVER
COLORADO-LSU beat Mis-
sissippi and also crushed
Tulane. $40. Colorado had to
struggle for most of its points
Evening star., 1961-12-29
BOWL GAME PREDICTIONS
Minnesota, Longhorns,
Georgia Tech Picked

during the season and will have
to do the same thing in Mon.
days Orange Bowl contest.
EAST OVER WEST - NJ
matter who loses or wins this
Saturdays game in San Fran
cisco, the real winners will be
the crippled kids in the Shrine
Hospital.
BLUE OVER GRAY - A
fourth straight victory for the
Northern Stars in Montgom-
ery's Saturday attraction.
WICHITA OVER VILLA
NOVA - The Kansans' attack
too much for Villanova in to-
morrow's Sun Bowl.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVER
L AMAR TECH - In the
Tangerine Bowl tomorrow.
MAJOR ALL AMERICAS
OVER LITTLE ALL-AMERI-
CAS-In the All-America Bow,
at Tucson tomorrow.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

Allie Sherman, in his rookie
year as Giants head coach, has
developed an interesting Of
fense to go with the Giants
famed I'll hangman" defense
The passing of Y. A. little or
Charlie Conerly to Del Shot,
ner, Kyle Rote, Joe Walton and
Alex Webster is the main threat.
Joel Wells, a rookie with ex-
perience in Canada, teams up
with Fullback Webster in the
Giants running game with
Rookie Bob Caters an occa-
sional threat.
IF the field is right, we
should win," Lombardi said.
Sherman said in New York that
he was getting ready the best
way we know how"
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Field Condition May Decide
Outcome of NIL Title Game

noon following a morning work.
out at Yankee Stadium.
The Packers attack is built
around Fullback Jim Taylor
still bothered by a sore back,
and Paul Hornung. the leagues
leading scorer who was able to
get away from the Army for a
full week of practice. Taylor
crashed through the Giants
touted defensive line for 1876
yards December 3 when Green
Bay beat New York. 20-17, in a
regular season game. Hornung
runs, passes, catches. blocks,
kicks field goals and extra
points and also makes TV ap-
pearances.
The Packers scored 81 times
on the ground and only l8
touchdowns on passes.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

will be played at Mobile, Ala,
and the Hula Bowl in Honolulu
The next day it will be the
United States Bowl in Wash
ington. That will be it for an
other year.
The Tangerine Bowl in Or
lando, Fla, will pit Middle
Tennessee (7-3) of the Ohio
Valley Conference against La
mar Tech (7-2-D of the Lone
Star Conference. The game is
expected to be a passing duel
between Middle Tennessce's
Terry Bailey and Lamar Techs
Win Herbert.
Georgia Tech Favored
The Gator Bowl, sending
Georgia Tech (7-3 against
Penn State (7-3) at Jackson
vile, Fla, headlines tomorrow's
schedule. Also on tap are the
East-West Shrine Game in San
Francisco, the Blue-Gray con-
test in Montgomery, Ala, and
the Sun Bowl, in Ell Paso, pair
ing Wichita (8-2) against Viii
lanova (7-2).
Minnesota T-2) will take on
UCLA (7-3) in the Rose Bowl.
The Cotton Bowl will present
Mississippi Old against Texas
Old. The Sugar Bowl will
have Alabama Q0-O and Ar
kansas (8-2) while the Orange
Bowl will send Louisiana State
(9-D against Colorado Old
The Gator Bowl lists Georgia
Tech as a 3-point favorite. The
Engineers are a defense minded
outfit and their big problem
will be to stop Galen Hall.
Penn State Coach Rip Engle
limited that Hall would be do
ing a lot of throwing against
the Engineers. Georgia Tech
Coach Bobby Dodd admitted
that he was mighty impressed
with Hall.
HE can beat you in a num-
ber of ways" he observed. Il
would rate him as the same
type as Alabama's Pat Tram
mel"
The game will be televiSed by
CHS (WTOP-9 in Washington
at 2 PM and is expected to
draw a crowd Of about $4,000.
The East, featuring ALL
Evening star., 1961-12-29
SUNSHINE REPLACES SNOW
AS CHARLES TOWN RESUMES

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Dec. 20 (SpecaD Sum
shine replaced snowflakes in the Shenandoah Valley
today to enable Charles Town to its weather.
interrupted meeting after yesterdays postponement
A five-inch snowfall cau-ed the management to call
off yesterdays nine-race program, which held
for today.
Track scraped the racing strip yesterday after
the halted The track narrowed all last night
The thermometer dropped to IL degrees early today
Roads throughout the also were clear and dry
today after being hazardous most of yesterday
Evening star., 1961-12-29

Gophers won that one, 42-0,
but the HoosierS were patSies
for everybody that year.
Just like Bill Barnes, UCLA
coach, Warmath cut his foot
ball eye teeth on Gen. Bob Ney-
lands Tennessee single wing.
However, Warmath can't play
in the Rose Bowl game Monday
Barnes has introduced in
novationS into the basic single
wing that appeal to me-" said
Warmath, who once coached
Barnes as a Tennessee aide
HE uses wide flankers and
a spread end that result in an
unbalanced line, and he runs
the option play. I know UCLA
can pass we'll off the single
wing. even though it didn't
throw much during the regular
season.
. Plenty to Lose
II think the uniqueness Of
the single wing gives UCLA ar
advantage. On the other hand
UCLA has played against moth
Evening star., 1961-12-29

America backs Ernie Davis of
Syracuse and Bob Ferguson of
Ohio State, is the favorite in
the Shrine game, but the West
line outweighs the East by
about 20 pounds per man.
"I'm afraid" moaned East
Coach Joe Kuharich of Notre
Dame that instead of holes
to plow through. we're liable to
find nothing but crevices we'll
have to try to crawl through"
A capacity crowd of 10000
is expected to be on hand for
the game, which will be tele-
vised by NBC (WRC-4 at 4:45
PM.
The North is favored to
chalk up its fourth victory in
a row in the Blue Gray game,
but the weather will be a fac
tor. A cold wave hit Montgom-
cry last night and that could
cause even more trouble for
the South. which is banking on
speed and maneuverability,
along with the passing of
Bobby Hunt of Auburn and
Don Fuel of Mississippi South
ern.
Wichita Slight Choice
A frozen field would be a big
advantage to the North, which
outweighs the South in both
the line and backfield. Dave
Sarette of Syracuse will handle
the North's passing.
The game will be televised by
NBC (WRC-4 at LAS p.m.).
Wichita is a slight choice
over Villanova in the Sun Bowl,
mainly because of its wide
open, razzle-dazzle pro-style
game. QuarterbackS Alex Zy-
skowski and Bill Stagnarone,
both 19-year-old juniors, are
the big offensive threats of the
Shockers, Missouri Valley
champions.
Villanova is primarily a de-
fense outfit that held the op-
position to TIL yards per game
during the regular season.
Halfback Larry Clueck and
QuarterbackS Richie Richman
and Ted Aceto are the Wildcat
offenSe leaders.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Oilers Siqn Husmunn

HOUSTON, Dec. 20 (AP)-
Ed Husmann, described by
Coach Wally Lemm as one OF
the two best defensive tackles
in the American Football Lea
que. has signed a two-year con-
tract with the Houston Oilers
Evening star., 1961-12-29

PASADENA, Calf, Dec. Is
(AP The die was cast today
in preparation for the 48th
Rose Bowl New Years Day
between Minnesota's favored
Gophers and UCLA's belligerent
Bruins.
All the rough work was be-
hind the Gophers-Seeking to
avenge a 17-7 Rose Bowl
humping by Washington last
January 2-and the UclanS
making their fifth Rose Bowl
visit in search of their first
victory.
Only light polishing off is or
tap for both squads today ano
tomorrow, while Sunday will
bring a brief skull session" fol
each team.
Introduces Innovations
Although Minnesota is a cur
rent point choice, Coach
Murray Warmath of the Co.
pliers was concerned about
UCLA'S single-wing attack, 6
formation his Gophers haven't
seen since an early 1860 Big
Ten meeting with Indiana. Thf
Evening star., 1961-12-29
WEEKEND SPORTS
ON AIR
TeIevision

TODAY
~. Auto Racing
eedway International
WTTG-5, $3.50 pm.
SATURDAY
Football
Blue-Gray Game, WRC-4
las pm.
Gator Bowl-Georgia Tech
VS.. Penn State, WTOP-9,
pm.
Sun Bowl - Villanova VS.
Wichita, WMAL-7, 3:45 pm.
East West Shrine Game
WRC-4, 4:45 pm.
Basketball
Holiday Festival Tournament
Second half, WMAL-7, II
pm.
Florida Holiday Golf Classic
Sam Snead, Jack NicklauS
Gary Player, Arnold Palmer
medal play, WTOP-9, S pm.
Bowling
Bowl the Champ, WMAL-7
4 pm.
SUNDAY
Football
NFL Championship - New
York VS.. Green Bay, WRC-4
1:45 pm.
Bowling
hampionship Bowling
WMAL-7, noon.
MONDAY
Football
Orange Bowl-LSU VS.. Colo.
RADIO, WMAL-7, 12:45 pm.
Sugar Bowl - Alabama VS.
Arkansas, WRC-4, las pm.
Cotton Bowl-Mississippi VS.
Texas, WTOP-9, 2:15 pm.
Rose Bowl - Minnesota VS.
UCLA, WRC-4, 4:45 pm.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

GREEN BAY, Wis, Dec. 2s
AP).-Green Bay has the run
ners. New York has the passers
That is the story in a nutshell
of the National Football League
championship game to be
played Sunday on the frozen
steppes of Northern Wisconsin
The team with the best snow
tires may be the winner. 1t was