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NBA NAY SIGN SEVERAL
ABL Collapse Frees 100

CHICAGO, Jan. / (AP).-
Some 100 players are on the
market as free agents as a re-
suit of the suspension of the
American Basketball League,
and there seems to be a good
possibility that the National
Basketball Association will pick
up some Of them.
The six-team league, founded
by Abe Saperstein two years
ago, announced q decision TO
suspend after a telephone con-
ference yesterday among the
club directors. Not a single club
was operating In the black.
Contracting Players
About 100 players are in
volved and they now can be
considered free agents." Sap
erstein, the commissioner, said
1--WE hope to help them get
employment"
Several NBA clubs reportedly
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Baylor SideIined,
Out Until Friday

LOS ANGELES. Jan. / tAP)
--Elgin Baylor. injured Sunday,
is expected TO be ready for play
when the Los Angeles Lakers
open a two-game National Bas-
ketball Association series Fri
day against the Boston Celtics.
A doctor said Baylor strained
ligaments In his knee against
Detroit He ordered Baylor TO
give the leg complete rest.
Jerry West, Rudy LaRusso
and Coach Fred Schaus are
plagued with flu. but Laker
officials said all should be re-
covered In time TO meet the
Celtics.
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mood TO play basketball. We
were snake bit from the start. q"
Plans Change
The team was scheduled 10
fly out from National Airport
at 9:45 am. Christmas Day.
The group finally left from
Dulles Airport at 7:30 pm. by
iet-for Dallas instead OF At
lanta.
A flight from Dallas 10
Shreveport that night was cam
celed and the motel clerk failed
10 wake up the team in time
for q morning flight Wednes-
day. The Colonials played the
defending champions Wednes-
day night without a workout.
I'VE ran out Of gas in the
first game. almost did In the
second and did again In the
third" the coach reports. And
the snow In Washington was az
the root Of the whole thing.
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are encouraging signs Of at
tendance increases and mount
ing interest in Kansas ~''-' -
the California cities Of Long
Beach and Oakland"
Reorganization Attempt
Ken Kruger, owner of the
Kansas City Steers, said he will
try to reorganize the ABL. A
Pittsburgh Rens spokesman
said that team will seek an
NBA franchise.
OF reorganization plans,
Kruger said in st. Louis: "Oak-
land and Long Beach want to
continue and a Pittsburgh rep
.resentative has indicated that
club also might want to stay IN
Ia new set up. I have suggested
that Johnny Dee, Kansas City
coach, be appointed commits
sioner under any such new re-
alignment. Everyone seems to
think he would be a good one.
We might be able TO move the
Philadelphia franchise to an
other city"
The league had games sched-
uled through March IT, 1868.
Saperstein said the average cost
Of operating a league club is
about $250,000 a season and
that most of the directors did
not feel justified in continuing
on the basis Of projected losses.
Saperstein declared the Sec
ond-year champions to be Kan
sas City with a 22-9 record.
Other clubs finished in this
order: Long Beach 1873, Pitts
burgh 1910, Oakland lila,
Philadelphia 1913 and Chicago
I8-20.
Among the innovations in
rules introduced by Saperstein
was the three-point, or home
run" field goal initiated for
shots made Is feet or more
from the basket.
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New Heroes
Help Mackin
Win Tourney
BY JIM CAWOOD
Contributing Writer

Mackin High School has won
a Christmas tournament, pos
sible lost one of its ace players
for a month, and discovered un-
expected bench strength, all in
the space Of "a hours.
Playing without high-leaping
Butch Braxton, the Trojans
edged Carroll, 1911, in the fl
nails of the first Carroll Basket
bal Tournament last night
Among the heroes for Mackin
were Ron Gross, Louis Ford and
Richie Coleman, not exactly by
words among area fans.
st. Anthonys put up a sur
prisingly strong battle but lost
$3.50, to DeMatha in the battle
for third place, and Ronald
White scored with 10 seconds
remaining in overtime to give
Hoffman-Boston a 1928 victory
over Mount st. Joseph of Bal
timore, worth fifth place.
BraxtOn Hurts Shoulder
Braxton, named to the all
tournament team despite his
absence last night, injured his
shoulder Sunday against De-
Matha. X-rays were taken yes
terday, and the results should
be known late today. If the
shoulder is broken, the 6-foot-l /
senior will be lost probably
until February.
Not only was Mackin forced
to play without Braxton, but
with 2:07 remaining the othel
two members Of the thre,
"B's"-Bill Butler and Art Bay
lor-had fouled out, and Carol
had cut the margin to 65-63
after trailing by 9 points IL
the first four minutes and 1.
at half time.
At this juncture Ford, But,
ler's replacement scored twict
on layups, and Coleman, a 6.
foot-6 sophomore who replaced
Baylor when he fouled out mid.
way in the third period, added
three free throws.
GrillO Is MVP
Carroll also lost two players
on fouls, Most Valuable Player
Roy Grillo and Sam Harris
both in the last minute. Their
fouls gave Coleman four shots,
and he made three to pad the
winning margin.
Grillo and Lawrence Jones.
Mackin's 5-foot-8 floor leader,
tied for high scorer In the
game with Is points each.
Gross, who was put into the
lineup in place Of Braxton, COL
lected 10 points and played a
fine all-around game. II Brax-
ton is not able to play, Gross
will start Friday against st.
Johns in the hattie of the
Christmas tournament win
nerS.
Jones, Braxton. Butler, Grillo
and Harris were selected to the
all-tournament team, as were
Jim Colliflower and Brendan
Mccarthy Of DeMatha, Mike
O'Brien and Bob Mills Of st.
Anthony's, and Anacostia' s
Fred Thomas.
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were contracting ABL players tC
whom they have NBA rights
through draft and trade pro-
cedure.
The st. Louis Hawks were
said to be interested in Bill,
Bridges Of Kansas City. the
ABL's top scorer, and his g.
foot-9 teammate, Gene Tor
mohlen.
Larry Staverman and Morris
King Of Kansas City and Roger
Kaiser Of Pittsburgh were said
to be on the shopping list OF
the Chicago Zephyrs. The
zephyrs drafted Kaiser and
King and traded Dave Piontek
to Cincinnati for the rights tc
Staverman, who chose to joir
the ABL.
Syracuse was said to be after
Ben Warley of Long Beach
whom they drafted last sum.
mer. San Francisco was in.
terested in Willie Spraggins oi
Philadelphia, a Warrior draftee
last year.
Lucas Prize Catch
The prize catch could be
former Ohio State All-America
Jerry Lucas. The rights are
held by the Cleveland Pipers,
who later withdrew from the
ABL and sought an NBA fran
chise without avail. Lucas has
not played a pro game so far
He was a draft choice of the
.NBA's Cincinnati Royals.
Some reports placed losses oi
the ABL at 81 million last veal
and said they were $250,000 ir
arrears so far this season.
'"Ine real box office diff.
culties we're in Chicago, Phila.
delphia and Pittsburgh" sale
Saperstein, owner of the ABB
Chicago Majors as well as the
Harlem Globetrotters. There
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other teams receiving votes, listed
Alphabetically, Boston College, Bowling
Green, Bradley California, Canisius,
Colorado State, Davidson, Depaul,
Drake, Qeorgia Tech Idaho, Miami,
Michigan, Mississippi state New York
o. Niagara. North Carolina, Okla
homa state, OREGON state Seattle,
Stanford, 81 Joseph's. Southern Calf
fornia, Tulsa, Virginia Tech, West Viz
ginia, Wisconsin,
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Cincinnati Still
No. | as Three
DrOpFrOm List
BY the Associated Press

~ANeN@AHANA
Undefeated Cincinnati held a
firm grip on first place in the
weekly Associated Press basket
ball poll today, but Southern
California, Stanford and Mis-
sissippi State tumbled out of
the top 10.
The Beareats, with a 27-game
winning streak going, were
awarded AZ of the 43 first place
votes cast by a panel of sports
writers and sportscasters
around the Nation.
They finished with 429 points.
Loyola of Chicago, the highest
scoring team in the country,
edged Illinois for second place,
331 points to 313. Illinois re-
ceived the one first-place vote
not awarded to Cincinnati.
Three Newcomers
Then came, in order, Arizona
State, Ohio State, Kentucky,
Duke, Wichita, UCLA and Au-
burn.
The votes were tabulated by
the usual method of 10 points
for first place, nine for second
and so on.
Wichita, UCLA and Auburn
all are newcomers to the top 10.
Wichita pushed in after hand
ing Ohio State its first defeat.
UCLA was the surprise winner
Of the Los Angeles Classic. Au-
burn captured the Sugar Bowl
Tournament.
8 Spots ShuffIed
The Los Angeles Classic
spelled trouble for both South
ern Cal and Stanford. Each
went in undefeated, but was
beaten in two Of three games.
Except for the No. spot,
the entire top 10 changed. 10y
ola and Illinois both advanced
one peg and Arizona State
pushed up from sixth. Ohio
State dropped three notches
and Kentucky one. Duke ad-
vanced one spot.
The top ten. records not in
cluding results yesterday, with
first place votes in parentheses:
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Coach John Moffatt's Ram
blers lost Jerome Chambers, a
6-foot-7 All-M tropoli5an
choice, from last years team,
but John Cunningham, a 6-5
junior, has taken over Cham
bers' role with amazing effec-
tiveness.
But Eastern's most potent
weapon is Reggie Greene, a
backcourt whiz who directs the
Ramblers' attack. He and Cum
ningham have been nodded
into a hot inside-outside scor-
ing threat.
Other Eastern players who
have displayed good shooting
eyes are Larry Hardy, Vincent
Colbert and Clarence Williams.
The most exciting player in
the East Division appears to be
Ed Taylor, Mckinley Techs
high scorer. In the West Divi-
sion, Roosevelt'S Norman Fra
zier has used a driving layup
shot for high point totals.
Spingarn Has Talent
Eastern's toughest competi-
ton in the East Division ap-
parently will come from Spin
garn again. The Green Wave
compiled a 80 record before
the holiday break, but players
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mood TO play basketball. We
were snake bit from the start. &"
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seminar of home fashion
this week in the
Wheaton Plaza auditorium
Thursday 200 pm. "chino,
Glass and Gifts" Miss Fredo
Diamond, fashion eonsultont
and designer for uibbey-
Glass Company.
Thursday 500 pm. "Fobrle
Fashions" with Mr.. Rudy
AIperin of Riverdole Fabrics.
WaL-AuditoriUm, 3rd Floor,
Wheaton PIozo only
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construction and enlargement
Of interchange with Maryland
Route 11S near Atomic Energy
c o m mission headquarters;
some delays expected for
Route 118 traffic; completion
in November.
Kentsdale rOad-Falls road
to Kendale road-Reconstruc-
ton with traffic open only to
AUDITING property owners; COM
pletion by December /.
Capital ACKNOWLEDGMENT
avenue to Connecticut avenue
Closed to all traffic for re-
construction to bring highway
up to interstate standards;
completion in July 1864.
River road-Sev en- Locks
road to Bradley boulevard
Widening and reSurfacing, with
traffic slowupS; completion In
late fall.
New Hampshire avenue, Oak
view drive to Powder Mill road
= Dualization in connection
with the Capital beltway con-
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with some delays; completion
this TALL.
Capital beltway, Temple Hills
road to Route 5-Detour on
Temple Hills road with a bridge
oVer the beltway; completion in
the spring of 1864.
Capital beltway. Baltimore
Washington parkway to join
John Hanson and Central ave-
nue. Detour at Route $50 and
George Palmer highway, with
delays at GlenarGeE parkway;
completion in July. 1864.
Capital beltway-Bridge over
Rhode Island avenue. and con-
struction to Baltimore Wash
ington parkway; delays at Ed
monston road; completion In
July. 1864,
Capital beltway, Central ave-
nue. to Marlboro pike-Bridges
being butt over Richie and
darcy roads, with a short de-
tour. completion in July, 1864.
Capital bcltway, Prince
Georges County line east to
Rhode Island avenue-Detours
at Route and Riggs road, and
delays at Cherry Hill road +;
completion in July, 1854.
Telegraph road, Good Luck
road to Glenn Dale road-Re-
construction and widening,
with traffic delays; completion
spring of 1864.
New Route Andrews Air
Force Base to Upper Marlboro
New dual lane highway
crossing and delaying traffic at
Osborne road; completion sum-
mer of 1864.
Allentown rOad-Route 5 to
Temples Hill road-Widening
the existing road, with traffic
delays during improvement;
completion summer of 1864.
CiprianO road, Good Luck
road to Telegraph road-Re-
construction, with some traffic
slowups; completion this win
fnVs
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Capitol will be major traffic
artery.
Wisconsin avenue - Project
to cover street car tracks be-
tween M and P streets, recently
finished.
AnacOstia freeway Sc
Eleventh avenue to Pennsyl-
vania avenue. Drainage and
grading completed, District
has let contract for paving.
AnacOstia Freeway, Firth
Sterling to Eleventh street
grading and drainage to be
completed in May, 1864. En-
tire freeway to be opened in
mid-1964.
Eleventh Street bridge Sc.
81 million contract awarded
for bridge supergtructure. An
other contract awarded for
1922, 900 contract to install
north approaches to the
bridge. The entire bridge
should be open to traffic by
late 1866.
Mississippi avenue Sc
Thirteenth street to Stanton
road. District plans to start
work in october on new road
for access to a new school.
Construction estimated to take
go days.
Branch Avenue S.E.-Penn-
sylvania avenue to Minnesota
avenue. Repaving started,
scheduled to be finished and
to be opened to motorists with
in 60 days.
Seventh Street NV. - 6
street to Florida avenue. Work
underway on removal Of street.
car tracks. Entire project to be
finished by June. Major re-
location and rebuilding OF
utilities and installation of new
street lights part of project
Section between Massachusetts
and G street to be opened this
month.
E street expressway -
Twenty-third to Nineteenth
streets NV. Work underway on
$576, 900 underpass at Twenty
third street. Contract let for
major construction of re-
mainder of expressway. Grad
ing underway, foundation work
about to start. Expressway
scheduled to be opened in late
1865.
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. -
Eighth to Seventeenth streets
District officials expect to have
streetcar track removal com.
pleted within 80 days, with
sewer installation scheduled fol
completion spring of 1864.
Southeast Freeway - South
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Bombs Protest
Boeoto Minister

BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 20
(AP). - Terrorists exploded
about 20 small bombs in three
Colombian cities last night.
Damage was slight and no cas-
ualties were reported.
Two persons were arrested In
Bogota, where IA bombs went
off. One exploded 30 yards from
the main entrance to the presi-
Dental palace, shattering PAL
ace windows.
Other bombs exploded in the
Colombian-American Institute
in Manizales and In Ibague, In
Central Colombia.
Officials blamed Communists.
An unidentified woman tele-
phoned q Bogota radio station
and said the bombing was in
protest against the appoint
ment of Fernando Gomez Mar
tinez, a conservative, as For
eign Minister.
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FAIRFAX

Capital beltway-New sec
ton between Route so and
Route 7 due to open by No
vember /: Paving under way
in final Virginia section be-
tween Alexandria and Shirley
Highway. due for completion
December II.
Route 66-New construction
between Fairfax and Centre
vile; no traffic affected; COM
.pletion next month.
Route 66-New construction
from Route 1913 to Capital
beltway; no traffic affected;
completion October, 1864.
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ARLINGTON

Route Reconstruction of
approaches for the Theodore
Roosevelt Bridge; no traffic
affected; completion July, 1865.
North GIebe road, Upland
street to Military road-New
alignment and widening to four
lane divided road; some traffic
affected; completion Novem-
Der /.
Glebe rOad-From Lee High
way to Thirty-third street
Completion this month. Some
traffic inconvenience.
Old Dominion Drive-From
Twenty-fifth street to west OF
Glebe road. Completion expect
ed by January.
North Fillmore street-From
Washington boulevard to
Pershing drive, Closed to trat-
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PRINCE GEORGES

Capital beltway Bridge over
Gree 1belt road. traffic main
tai1e1 with some delays pos
sible, completion in November.
Capital beltway--B Bridge over
Route 80, with some traffic
slowups, completion July. 1864.
Capital beltway-Bridge over
Routes 1 and 5 and Suitland
road plus highway construc-
ton; delays at Forestville road
and detour at Auth road: CON-
pletio July, 1864.
OSOH Hill r0ad--Bridge over
Hensen Creek and relocation Of
ap breaches; traffic maintained
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Petroleum Co. said they hope
to find another location with
in the city.
The companies request for
special use permit for the
80, barrel project was to
have been considered by the
City Council tonight. The
Planning Commission voted 8
to l against the project on
September 3.
ZOned Heavy Industrial
Attorneys w. w. Koontz, re-
presenting Atlantic, and An
drew w. Clarke, for Steuart
said the property between
Queen, Lee and Princess streets
and the Potomac was purchased
because it was zoned heavy
industrial and has been the
site Of a fertilizer manufac-
turer for several years.
Before the Planning Com
mission vote, City Planning
Director Frank Ventura sug-
gested that action be delayed
while his staff studies future
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AREA CONSTRUCTION
! Several Interstate Highway Sections
Scheduled to Be Opened This Fall

Several sections of interstate
highways in the Washington
area should be opened to traffic
this fall, officials said today.
On the Capital Beltway, Vir-
ginia is hoping to open the
section between Route so and 7
late next month or early in
November. The paving is COM
pleted, and workmen are in
Sailing signs now, engineers at
the Culpepper office of the
Virginia Highway Department
said.
The section between Shirley
highway and route / in Alex
andria should be opened in De-
cember.
Construction is proceeding on
Route 95 in Prince William
County. This four-lane free
way will connect to Shirley
highway in Woodbridge. En-
gineers said it was possible the
Prince William sections could
open this fall, but said they
expected paving might be de-
layed until next summer. The
entire freeway between Shirley
highway and Richmond is ex-
pected to be opened next year.
In Maryland, the section of
the Capital beltway between
River road and Georgetown
road is expected to be opened in
"early November" officials
said. The remainder of the
beltway is to be opened next
summer.
Another freeway portion
which may be opening late this
year Is the 6.5 mile section be-
tween Centerville and route so
in Fairfax County. The section
between route so and the Cap
ital beltway should be opened
next year.
The latest cost estimate for
the entire 65.4 mile beltway
around Washington is $l89
million.
Other highway projects in
the planning stage or under
construction in the Washington
Metropolitan Area include the
following:
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developments along the wa
terfront.
The lawyers said, This study
and the action of the Plan
ming Commission has the sup
port of the Chamber Of Com
merce, the retail Merchants
Association, Old Town Civic
Association and other civic as
sociations."
Withdraw Request
The said the oil companies,
after careful consideration of
the desires of the city plan
ming director and the inter-
ested citizens, therefore, have
agreed to accede to these de-
sires and now withdraw their
requests.
I'VE trust that we shall be
able to find q suitable loca-
ton within the city for our
asphalt storage terminal and
wish to work In conjunction
with the city officials and its
citizens to that end"
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Capitol street to Sixth street
Work underway on substitute
ture. Crews driving pilingS
along Virginia avenue. When
completed, this freeway will
connect the Southwest freeway
to the new Eleventh street
bridge, the East Leg freeway
and the Anacostia freeway.
Roosevelt bridge - Contract
awarded last month on 1907, 00C
project to install District
approaches. Bridge scheduled
for opening in mid-1964.
Streetcar Tunnel - Four
tenth and c streets S.W. Tun-
mel entrance covered, entire
project scheduled to be fin
ished next month. The old
tunnel will have a new en-
trance from the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, and will
provide parking for key gov
eminent officials. The repairs
to the street will not permit
any additional lanes, but the
present lanes will be wideneo
and traffic flow will be
speeded.
Downtown Streetcar track
paving - Work continuing,
most Streetcar tracks to be
paved by Christmas, 1868
Work on F street may take
longer, because of utility work
around Ninth and Eighth
streets.
Zoo Tunnel - Blasting com.
pleted for 800-foot tunnel
workmen expect to start pour.
ing concrete lining in next
two weeks.
Potomac River Freeway-
Twenty-sixth to Thirty-first
street NV. along Potomac
river waterfront. Work vel
underway for four hugh ramp.
at interchange at Rock Greek
Park and Whitehurst freeway
Completion scheduled for mid.
1864
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MONTGOMERY

George Washington Memo
rial parkway, upstream section
between Capital beltway and
Macarthur boulevard - Work
delayed for this section, COM
pletion now expected summer
of 1864.
Capital beltway, River road
to Greentree road-New dual
lied road; completion in No
vember.
Capital beltway, Old George
town road to Pooks Hill-New
dualized road; completion in
November.
Interstate Route 7O-S-Re-
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DISTRICT

North Capitol street, under
pass at Rhode Island avenue.
Rhode Island avenue opened
to traffic, but North Capitol
is closed between Lincoln road
and Bryant street. Paving
should be completed and prof.
ect opened to traffic in No
vember. The underpass at New
York avenue has been opened,
and when the Rhode Island
underpass is opened, North
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fic. Completion expected this
fall.
Marcy rOad-From Mill
tary road east. Completion ex-
pected this fall.
Fourteenth street - From
South Oakland street to South
Quincy. Completion expected
this fall.
South Quincy street-From
Sixteenth street to Nineteenth
street. Completion in fall.
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Alexandra Objection
Kills 7 onk Form Plan

Two oil companies which sought to build SIS million
asphalt storage tank farm Aexandrias waterfront
Cancelled their plans the face of opposition by the City
ming Commission, Old Town residents and Others
In letter to City Manager Albert Hair r yesterday
attorneys for the Atlantic Refining Co the Steuar
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struction: traffic delays; com
pletion, spring, 1864.