Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-10

Russians Leuve
RoundbuIl to Us
By MORRIS sIEGEC

THE RUSSIANS WHO BOAST that baseball and Cuba
are their property momentary willing to leave
other American institution to They don't claim they
invented basketball
set which rates George Washington only shade higher
than Dr. Naismith in their poll of all-time Americans
However there is another group which wishes the Russians
had started basketball and kept it to themselves
AS they become expert at the art of double
dribbing they at double-taking, it's 10-to1
the Russians suddenly will discover it of their
guys and not Dr. Naismth who first dunked ball
through peach basket hoop and called it basketball
For the time being they concede have priority
the game Even those of not exactly probaSketba
indebted to the Russians for the small concession
Adai Stevenson should do so well with em at the u N
THE RUSSIAN VIEWS on basketball, world affairs,
politics and expressed by couple of their spokes
men at the Touchdown Club yesterday The visitors
in connection with the touring Russian basketbaers who
play at Maryands field house tonight eted by the
AAU and the I'D club
The idea of unchng with a real live honest good
ness Russian originally sort of unappealing in view
OF recent events in the Caribbean but it turned out to be
quite jolly.
The principal speaker was a Comrade Stiepan Span
darian the coach of the USSR Coach Conrade Span
darian gathered is Russias Red Auebach He's quite
shortabout feet inches-to be in the basketball bust
ness IN the first place He has still another biographical
trait Of the Boston Cecs COACH he wasn't very good
player, either, so he took to coaching.
- COACh-COMRADE SPANDARIAN WAS ASKED If
there were any married members of his womens team
He himself didn't seem to know but he quickly found out
Eyes," he replied, "some are married and even have
children Others are not they have not found time to
marry as yet and is to them invite your attention.
That's pretty sporty even for American
Somebody in the house was under the impression
rocketry was RuSas national game but again Spandarian
set the record straight He said there other games
there soccer skiing and basketball to name few which
also commanded attention Just they do in our CAPT.
taistc haven Basketball is played only seasonally he
said.
But what season, from December through August
The intervening period it must be assumed devoted
Cuba Laos Wet Nam periodic repairs to the Berlin
Wall.
DREW PEARSON, PRESIDENT of the Big Brothers
co-sponsors OF the Russian visit said it was nice of the
Russians to be here This shows said that re-
CARELESS of world tensions sports particularly basketball
brings us closer together.
Pearson obviously hasn't been reading the papers
lately or he wouldn't have recommended basketball as
means of solving anything In New York at the moment
there are several persons headed for the pokey because
basketball brought them too close togetheso close they
were grabbed bribng players to dump games
Coach Spandarian denied players had to be members
of the Communist Party to play Russian team "The
most important thing is that you play wel he explained
in notable bipartisan After that your party
doesn't matter"
How about John BircherS comrade? Can they qualify?