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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-12
Montgomery Democrats
Seek Liberals Custer

About 100 moderate and con
sentative Democrats, including
almost all of the party's Mont.
gomery County office holders
have organized to wrest contro
from the party'S liberal wing
in the county.
At a meeting Monday, the
group set up an executive COM
mittee and drafted plans to
capture the party precinct Or
ganization next fall. 1t has
been indicated that the next
step would be to work for the
custer of the controlling liberal
elements of the county's Demo-
cratic State Central Committee.
Republicans In Control
The organization to be
called Montgomery Demo-
Gratis" pledged itself to unite
the party under the middle-of-
the-road leadership" and to
return 1t Ito its former posi-
ton Of dominance in the
county"
Liberals. who took party con-
troll during the May primary,
received a sound defeat in the
November general election
which gave control Of the coun-
ty and its legislative .delega-
cation to Republicans and a
smattering Of conservative
Democrats.
After post-election shock,
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by provisions of the urban
renewal plan, on which sales
contracts and lease agreements
are based.
The compromise 20-year term
on which the District and URA
have agreed is reported to be
agreeable to staff members of
the planning and redevelop-
ment agencies.
Formal approval by the full
planning commission is needed
and this is expected at NCPC's
next meeting January 10.
The shortened term repre-
sents a partial victory for the
District Commissioners, who
originally told the planning
commission they wanted spe-
cial controls to expire when
work in a renewal area is COM
pleted.
HOrsky Participated
A provision in the agreement
would permit a reduction Of fivu
years from the 20-year tern
If both NCPC and the Distric
: agreed, Col. Fullerton said.
!, In negotiations for the agree.
, ment with URA, It is under
stood that Charles A. Horsky,
President Kennedy's adviser Of
National Capital affairs, par
ticipated.
! Planners and redevelopment
officials are reported hopeful
that special new forms Of zon-
ing may be developed in the
future to permit District gov
eminent enforcement Of higher
standards contained in urban
renewal plans through use of
normal police powers.
At present, these higher
standards can only be enforced
through covenants written into
sales contracts and lease
agreements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-12

: several groups Of Democrat
have tried to organize a united
front to rebuild the badly
shaken party. At least two
groups of liberals are now try
ing such a move.
But the group organized
Monday gives the first public
indication that a united effort
will be made to challenge the
party's leadership next spring.
Prominent among the mem
bers Of the groups executive
committee are States Attorney
Leonard T. Hardy. Register of
Wills Virginia Black, former
Councilmen Wiley Barrows and
Charles Jameson and Alger Y.
Barbee, former delegate.
The committee also includes
Charles B. Buscher, the stra-
tegist behind the United Demo-
Gratis for Tawes conservative
movement in the primary; Dom
aid Lamborne, Donald Clagett
and Samuel Riggs.
win Avoid Extremes"
Mr.. Hardy said the group will
avoid both political extremes"
In selecting its members. The
groups membership will event.
ually contain most of the lead
ers behind the Tawes and the
Mahoney tickets in the county
during the primary. according
to one committee member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-12
Fiscal Crisis
Hits National
Symphony

The National Symphony Or
chestra Association is facing a
financial crisis.
During the past three sea-
sons the 3t-year-old orchestra
ran up the largest accumulated
deficit in its history-in excess
Of $4,000. Any increase in
this deficit would mean the or
chestra would have to cut its
services and personnel, the as
sociation's president. Milton w.
King, said today.
He called for swift public
support of this years sustain
ing fund campaign. A cam
paign goal of $500 900 was an
nounced yesterday. Mr.. King
said such support, plus founda-
ton grants, was the only way
the orchestra could go on play
ing.
Worried About Center
He added that not the least
of the symphony's worries is
ironically, the proposed Nation
al Cultural Center.
! Cultural Center fund raising
is +syphoning off a lot Of none!
from sources that would nor.
mally give to the symphony anC
other existing living arts. The
concept of a Cultural Center IL
wonderful. but If the Govern
ment would build the build
ings, then the arts could sup
port themselves once they're
in" said Mr.. King.
The symphony deficit also
comes at a time when box
office business is booming. The
orchestra takes in IS per cent
Of its money through the box
office and tours. The major
problem is that operating costs
have risen more rapidly than
direct revenues and contribu-
tons.
Payroll Is Large
The biggest single expense is
the musicians payroll. Under
the present three-year-old
union contract. over half Of
the 95 musicians receive more
than the $40 base pay for the
32-week session.
The symphony's three-year
union contract has added $780,
500 TO the orchestra payroll
each season. leading to a
cumulative expense figure of
$183, 900. During the current
season, $91 500 Of this is being
paid out. The remaining $91,-
500 represents the bulk Of the
$4,000 deficit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-12

THE NEXT YEAR she an
nounced, early in November,
she was requesting a vacuum
cleaner. I was, at first, quite
happy. She apparently was
showing some awareness of
the responsibilities of house.
keeping-a little lady," so to
speak.
But on Christmas morning
she raised havoc. She sue
ceeded in sucking up with
that machine powerful
job built in Detroit, Mich
a $40 holiday check from old
Aunt Liz, the Christmas tree,
my priced smoking slippers,
a National Geographic globe,
Bartlett's Familiar Quota
lions, and Tiny Tim who had
come over from next door to
see the electric train.
Then the next summer, her
pediatrician reported that,
because of her mild allergy
troubles, she could never have
a pet with hair or feathers.
Within 48 hours she had
settled on a hippopotamus.
She encouraged and devel-
oped the idea as we moved
into the fall. BY ThankSgiv-
ing she was dead set on the
idea.
i ordered one from a man
who lived along the Nile for
several thousand dollars.
I got 1t out of its box and
into the cellar on Christmas
Eve where it spent a fitful
night eating 70 pounds of
hay, garnished with alfalfa.
On Christmas morning,
the eight men I had hired
showed up and we got it up
from the cellar and tethered
1t to the Christmas tree.
1t was quite gentle but ex-
tremely heavy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Touchdown Club Names
Mckay Coach of Year

Is victories and II defeats,
plus a tie.
Mckay, who was born in Ev-
erettsville, w. Va, played foot
ball for Oregon University and
was the Webfoots' leading scor-
er in l948, sparkling them to a
Cotton Bowl invitation.
After his graduation In 1850,
Mckay stayed at Oregon as an
assistant coach 10 Jim Aiken
and later assisted Len Casa
nova. During his stay at Ore
gon, Mckay helped TO develop
such collegiate stars as Dick
James Of the Redskins. George
Shaw. former quarterback with
the Baltimore Colts. New York
Giants and Minnesota vikings,
Quarterback Jack Morris Of
the Bears, Jim Stanley, Jack
Crabtree and Willie West.
Mckay was lured 10 South
ern Cal in 1859 as backfield
coach and, when Don Clark
left as head coach. Mckay
took his Job.
Mckay now serves under
Jess Hill, the Trojans' athletic
director and a former Senator
baseball player.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23

John Mckay. the Southern
California football coach who
was an honorable-mention ALL
American in l948, did a little
better than that in the 1862
Touchdown Club voting.
The 39-year-old West Vir-
ginian was chosen college foot
balls coach Of the year, an
honor that will be duly noted
by a trophy which he will re-
ceive at the clubs annual
awards dinner January IL at
the Sheraton Park Hotel.
The selection Of Mckay. who
guided the Trojans TO a 100
record and a date with Wis
consin In the Rose Bowl Janu-
airy /. is the third announced
by the selections committee.
The others are Red Auerbach
Of the Boston Celtics and
Early Wynn Of the White Sox.
In his third year at the
Southern California helm, Nc
Kay lifted the Trojans from
mediocre AS and 4-5-l sea-
sons 10 the Nations top rank
ing in Associated Press and
United Press international
polls.
His three-year record shows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23

HERE'S BILL YEECK
Perhaps Fans Should Aid Owners

the Christmas deal was that II
was always impossible to find
anybody home to talk to, not
even after I had carefully set
the groundwork ahead of time
The player mart - there's q
touching phrase - is the only
store that closes for the Christ
mas season.
And yet, when you think
about it, why should the fans
get all the breaks? Perhaps
we've been coddling them toe
long. Why shouldn't the fans
in the. true spirit Of st. Nick,
set some of their Christmas
Club money aside to buy a ball
player for their beloved local
clubowners?
Instead of buying a toy for
some un derpriv ileged child,
why shouldn't the Chicago fans
buy a third baseman for Ed
Short of the White Sox- pre-
ferably a big third baseman
who can hit the long ball.
That's the kind Of gift that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23

will be cherished for at least
80 years, which happens to be
just about the length of time
the White Sox have been look
ing for a third baseman. After
all, they've been picking up the
tabs as it is, all these years.
Why not for once let them get
what they want for their club?
The very least one could ex-
pect from the Kansas City fans
would be for them to pitch in
and buy a pitcher for Charles
o. Finley, as proof of their ad-
miration and their confidence
that he is going to remain in
town. Christmas is, after all,
the season of blind faith.
Local custom should, needless
to say, be observed wherever
possible. The Government work.
ers in Washington, for instance,
are accustomed to taking up
collections to buy a wedding
gift for a departing secretary.
Think how it would stir the
heart Of the Nation If every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
By BILL VEECK

One of my great ambitions
while operating various ball
clubs was to buy a player
around Christmas eve so that
I could announce 1t as "a
Christmas gift to our fans"
Wouldn't that have been
great? We could have commits
stoned an artist to draw up q
special card with suitable rhyme
and sentiment and perhaps
even a quick sketch Of the peo-
pies humble benefactor-me-
wearing a Santa suit, q false
beard and q benign smile.
However, the closest I ever
came was to throw a pre-game
birthday party for my Milwau-
kee manager, Charlie Grimm,
which was climaxed when a
Iefthanded pitcher. Julie Acosta,
popped out of a huge birthday
cake. It was one time Charles
could say with perfect honesty,
Gee, just what I always
The chief stumbling block to
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yard or two, the fish would
take off again, sometimes down
deep, other times going off at a
tangent first on one side of the
boat and then the other.
This went on for 5, 10 and
then 20 minutes. Gluckler's
face turned red and he began
to perspire despite chilly
weather. Many times the line
on the reel was dangerously low
and at no time could he get the
fish close enough to the boat
for us to get a glimpse of it.
We began to make bets as to
what it might be. Gould be a
shark" said the captain, lex
cept it's pretty fast" IN lay
odds on an amberjack, said
his mate. 1T was on that reef
over which we passed"
Finally, after 40 minutes, the
fish tired and Gluckler got il
close enough to identify. 1t was,
of all things, a jack crevalle,
but what a jack. Common
enough inside the inlet and
highly regarded by all as a
logged scrapper, jacks usually
are caught in the 2 to S pound
class.
This, however, was a huge,
slab-Sided fellow of a size only
occasionally taken. Ashore, II
weighed a shade more than 20
pounds and gave Gluckler a
fine lead toward a trophy In
Stuart'S Winter Fishing Tour
nament.
1t also added to the deep re-
Spect this writer has learned
for the jack crevalle. The fact
that we got no kingfish was
just anti-climax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
WIN LOSE OR DRAW

THAT WAS AN INTERESTING state
ment out of the University of Pittsburgh
by Chancellor Edward H. Litchfield con-
corning Panther football. He said in part:
I'VE do not intend to make change in the
coaching situation. John Nicholson
will continue in the same position he has
been holding"
In the next breath, or paragraph:
There are two things am going to insist
on in the future The first is that Pitt
football teams, win or lose play daring,
imaginative, wide-open style Of game, one
that will attract the students, alumni, and
the people in Pittsburgh not directly iden-
titled with the university ..."
In other words, Chancellor Litchfield
intends to keep the body MicheloSen) but
the image must be changed. Pitt will have
the same coach in name, but not the same
coach in practice. Memory fails to call up
precise parallel Off with those stripes,
tiger; wear spots.
WE TELEPHONED ONE Of the top
coaches in this AREA man who knows
Nicholson, incidentally-to learn If he
could recall parallel. He was away on
talent-hunting expedition in the South,
but his missus had noted the announce
ment out of Pittsburgh.
IT hope it works out for Johnny" she
said on a wistful note. "But isn't 1t some
thing like telling woman that she's got
to be a blond from now on? What If she's
allerglc, or something's"
Which, it seemed here, was about as
apt way to express 1t as any. Can foot
ball coach as we'll established as Michele
sen, a man presumably set in his ways,
suddenly turn from more or less method
ical tactician into razzle-dazzlerS This
has got to be an experiment to which to
look forward next fall as it unfoldS, If 1t
does.
PITT FOOTBALL TEAMS are by tradi-
ton ground-huggerS. This is legacy left
by the late DR.. John Jock Sutherland,
who coached the Panthers for IS seasons
(1924-38).
1t is difficult to imagine a college
president telling Sutherland that in order
to remain as coach he must change his
style. Jock was a Single-wing man, per-
haps as effective a practitioner of that
formation as the game has known. Pop
Warner once said, Jock put more power
and punch into single-wing than any other
coach" Presumably he was including Ber-
ME Bierman.
Chancellor Litchfield would have dis
covered, of course, that Sutherland had
one thing going for him that Nicholson
land most other coaches) hasn't Suther-
lands teams may not have been spectacu-
lar, but they were fabulous winners. In
five years of coaching at Lafayette and IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
GuIIuudet Is Host
To Cage Tourney
Opening Friday

The first Gallaudet Christmas
Invitational Basketball tourna-
ment will be played at Gallau-
Diet Friday and Saturday. How
ard University. District Teach
ers and Central Connecticut
State will compete along with
Gallaudet.
Howard will play Central
Connecticut at 7 pm. and Gal
laudet will meet District Teach
ers at 9 Friday. The winners
will meet for the title Saturday,
preceded by a consolation con-
test between the Friday losers,
Gallaudet and Central Con-
necticut are favored to meet IN
the finale. Gallaudet has a SCI
record and Central Connecticut
SO. General admission is 81
and so cents for students.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
WuIcott to Referee
Wrestling Program

Jersey Joe Walcott, former
heavyweight champion, will
referee Saturday nights wrest-
ling show at Washington Coli
scum.
The feature attraction pairs
Killer Austin and Killer Ko-
walski against Dory Dixon and
Sailor Art Thomas in q tag
team match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23

Government girl in Washington
contributed to a fund to buy a
few tin soldiers for Gen.
Quesada. PICS, I should think.
After all, what's a general 60
ing to do without his troops,
and the general, at present,
doesn't have many Of those on
the playing field.
The North side of Chicago.
Stung by the South sides gener-
oSity to Short, could make their
own Christmas complete by
sending Phil Wrigley a real
live manager, gift-wrapped in
a huge Spearmint wrapper.
The package undoubtedly would
come back stamped mot &C
cepted by addressee" or per-
haps contents unknown" but
nothing would be lost. Man
ayers are unfragile goods and
quite accustomed to being
shipped back and forth.
Los Angeles rams, of course,
would be faced with that
perennial problem Of what to
give the operator who has
everything.
But wait a minute there's
one thing Walter O'Malley
doesn't have. O'Malley thought
the city fathers were giving him
the mineral rights to Chavez
Ravine before both he and they
discovered that the rights be-
longed to the citizens, or some
such democratic nonsense.
Perhaps the more sentimental
Dodger rooters could set things
right by buying him some new
land complete with those
mineral rights say. q small
plot in Kentucky Just above
Fort Knox.
Maybe Wrigley will make
Walters Christmas by putting
lights in beautiful Wrigley
Field. Then next year with the
extra loot out of Chicago, and
his heart full of Christmas
goodness, O'Malley might Just
want to take the Fort Worth
franchise back for the Los
Angeles territorial rights.
O'Malley, for his part, could
return to Gene Autry the con-
tract that forces the Angels to
play in Chavez Ravine, as
tenants, for seven more years
thus freeing Autry to build his
own concession receipts and
parking fees.
Although If O'Malley really
has that kind of gift in mind
it might be better If he waited
until January /, the Tooth
| anniversary OF the Emanctpa-
ton Proclamation.
The Nets pose q different
kind Of problem: Just what do
you give the operator who has
nothing? I would suggest that
the Nets fans give George
Weiss a certificate for a four
week crash course at Elizabeth
Arden'S Charm School so that
he can learn to smile pleasantly
at those weekly press con-
ferences while he is gasping for
breath and saying, I'm glad
you asked me that question,
Dick. :"
Ford Prick, bless him, Is an
easy man to buy gifts for. The
fans might join the National
and American Leagues in
selecting the ideal gift for a
commissioner - an annuity
policy.
Merry Christmas, to one and
all.
Copyright 1862. Field Enterprises. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Maybe the Leopard
Can't Change His Spots
BY FRANCIS STANN

at Pitt the Scotsman won la games, lost
%, and tied IA. He also coached % ALI
Americans.
Sutherland took his style (dull, some
critics carpedD into pro ball for four years
He lacked title material, yet had a 28-l6-1
record.
CHANCES ARE THAT IF Sutherland
were coaching at Pitt today he wouldn't be
asked to alter radically his format-not If
he we're winning. Yet in Chancellor Itch
fields statement there was that phrase
a.. one (style Of game) that will attract
E. people in Pittsburgh not directly iden-
titled with the university" t
This could and undoubtedly does mean
the man In the street with few bucks in
his pocket The trouble could be that he's
saving his money for the professional
Steelers. The pros, even the Steelers, are
playing havoc in most big cities to which
colleges also cater. The mercenaries have
come a long way since the time Suther-
land, who resigned at Pitt following the
1898 season, agreed to coach the Steelers in
1946. He stuck to his single-wing with
Scots tenacity but took cognizance of the
T by winning a reputation as pro balls
champion T-buster.
Sutherland was asked, when he re-
turned to Pittsburgh to direct the pros, If
he didn't think he was directly competing
with his old college game. His reply:
IF thought was, I'd quit"
Today he would have to quit because
pro football is more than competing with
college ball. It's numbering it in some
quarters.
THERE WAS THE SECOND stipulation
laid down by the school and this one is
more understandable. "The second is the
discarding of the present method used
within the rules on a coach sending in
every play" Chancellor Litchfield stated.
II want leadership on the field. The boys
should learn to be leaders on their own
and not rely on the coaches judgment all
the time"
This is hardly novel wish. A good
many people, including some If not most
of the coaches themselves, would like to
leave it to the boys. Within the frame
work of college football 1t never was the
intention to have one well-salaried coach
play chess against another by moving his
pawns. But if some coaches prefer, it
places burden on the rest.
This is a matter which Chancellor
Litchfield and others Of the college brass
ought to look into with the rules commit
tee of the NCAA, or whatever body can
engineer an instant change. Simply make
it unlawful for a coach to call any play
from the sidelines That would take Niche
loSen and all others off the hook in this
respect, at least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23

Monossr-Miekey Vernon
Travelling Seeretop-Buton HowkinS
Troiner-Tom Mekenno
Physicion-Dr. George A. Resto
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
DAY OFF STUART
Florida Fish UsuaIIySurprise
BY CHARLES COVELL
Outdoor Editor

STUART, Fla, Dec. "a
Most fascinating thing about
trolling southern waters is that
you never know what you may
come up with. Go deliberately
hunting one species and you're
just as likely to come up with
something entirely different.
Like this day. We were after
king mackerel, more commonly
called kingfish.
Kings are the king sized
members of the mackerel fam
lily, caught in weights up to so
pounds or more and distin-
guished by an absence of mark
ingS except for possible spots
on the very young fish. AS all
mackerels, they are extremely
gamy, engaging in long sizzling
runs that can strain stout
tackle. Steaked, they rank near
the top on any gourmet list.
Kingfish, though, have two
other traits, one good and one
bad from the anglers stand
point. While they seldom Jump
after being hooked, they will
dash after a bait with thrilling
abandon, often leaping high
into the air. At the same time,
they may steal that bait by
nipping it Just below the hook
with seemingly impossible ease.
Kingfishing Excellent
South Florida down to the
Keys, has been enjoying some
of the most marvellous king
fishing of recent years. They
are a hit-and-miss fish, travel
ing in swift-moving schools,
but there have been enough OF
them to guarantee action; that
is, almost.
Sometimes they are very near
shore, other times far out. Off
Stuart, on our last sailfishing
venture, there had seemed to
be q definite pattern; first,
false albacore or "bonito" as
FloridianS call them, although
they are quite different from
the common Atlantic bonito.
These seemed to roam from
a mile to six miles out. Beyond
them were the king mackerel
and then, from 10 to a dozen
miles offshore, near or in the
Gulf Stream, the SailfiSh.
Coming back from sailfishing
we had had two swift strikes
on the strip bait" of albacore
belly being trolled on the FLAT
lines" while BALLAD danced from