D. C. Weighs Taxing Theater-TV pf Boxing Events * : ' . ~: ! A -1t r Iticninn §laf Spofis Spencer Agrees Maryland Seeks Washington, D. C., Wednesday, Nov. 24,1954 * A-13 To Study Move Fifth Straight '¦"! , /H§|\ f ”*l^l Win, or Lose Draw ' | '- 4 AfterMillerPlea . ': Missouri „ Over FRANCIS 1 By STANN Heinie Seeks Revenue ; 20,000 Fans May See AFTER SIX YEARS It looked as If the promoters of For Ring Commission, an annual meeting of the National Football League champion Holiday Attraction and the College All-Stars had something special. They Control of Wrestling Despite Television up victories apiece pair of were all tied at two and a ties. The District Commissioners mismatch, * By Merrell Whittlesey a - But of late it has become have agreed to consider the pos- / • jaSm with the pros winning six of the last seven Wi Maryland, unsuccessful de- sibility taxing and holding al3to 6 edge since the series fl| of televised the- fender of its title as the No. 1 showings boxing * -- began in 1934. And now, in effort to ater of events wmk BmW football team of 1953, closes an jm be highly respect- bolster the All-Stars, a shift to a couple ® li y here as a means of raising sag- what could a ging revenues of. the local box- BL'. .Jm m M mUi able season tomorrow afternoon of ex-pro coaches is dictated. It will be €1 against Missouri, with the Terps Curly Lambeau and Hunk Anderson at the ing commission. J seeking their fifth straight tri- helm next August. Commissioner Samuel Spencer % umph both of the season and <. wfaJllililk, if 1 This change in policy hardly seems the mMm said he feels such a study is in the series. cure-all. Messrs. Lambeau and Anderson order. His conclusion was im- With most of the student* Jim Tatum, home for the Thanksgiving holi- are fine coaches, but so were |R§ pelled by an hour-long plea by day, and many other potential Leahy ill. Bobby Dodd, Bud Wilkinson, Frank tffjjw J: Col. Harvey L. “Heinie” Miller, J m customers expected to watch via unsuccessful in efforts f • . turkey and others who were chairman of the body that reg- , if* television with drumstick proa. with the hand, the Terps virtually have to lick the The main fault rraßeU Btann ulates the withering boxing pro- in All-Stars are opened the doors to attract an game, which is that most the fession in the District. |fhP* -—.mi longer collegians but pros who owe their first allegiance 1 fIMB W m expected 20,000 fans. no Col. Miller pointed out that Game time is 2 o'clock In to various NFL clubs, remains. JBZSpI Byrd the verge of some cities, like New York, 4it 4 f I ¦lilllli "I'lilßiimm Stadium—not noon as As a case in point, Jim Tatum was on releas- charge a 5 per cent tax on ad- y [ 1 # ' printed on tickets. It will be on Hmmm ing a big-name star from the Pacific Coast Conference missions to the closed television w% « k A televised nationally over WMAL- the second or third day of practice last Summer. “I told circuit showings in movie houses. TV and also broadcast over Arch Ward that I didn’t want him”, Tatum says. ‘‘Theplayer In the District, where many of WMAL. where these showings have proven to Open wasn’t interested. He belonged to a pro club and that’s House for Fathers. , be sell-outs, a 5 per cent levy High school students and serv- his interest was.” would mean from SI,OOO to ** * * icemen and women will be ad- $2,000 for each event, according mitted for $1 each. Fathers of WARD, THE CHICAGO sports editor who dreamed up the to commission official. There one .v. y '.ijmKl .JR d students will be admitted freis “We need this player for are or movie S game, vetoed Tatum’s suggestion. three four of the if accompanied by a student. , publicity purposes,” Ward said, according to Tatum. events each year. —AP Wirephoto. Maryland, 6-2-1 for the sea- A similar case concerned Quarterback Zeke Bratkowski $8,500 Deficit Anticipated. PLANNING OFFENSIVE MEASURES AGAINST NAVY—Coach Rqd Blaik of Army, back on his feet after a siege of pneumonia, son, hopes to put the pressure Zeke,” stars Navy game in Philadelphia. are on Duke with a solid triumph from the University of Georgia. ‘Til say this for Revenues such as this would talks with his team captain and four backfield about plans for the Saturday The players (left Terpa Tatum explains, “he tried. But mostly I found him studying go a long way toward offsetting to right) Halfback Tommy Bell, Bob Farris, team captain and center, sidelined with an eye injury; Fullback Pat Uebel, Quar- over Missouri. Either the , or Duke will win the the Chicago Bears plays. He knew them better than he knew the anticipated $8,500 deficit of terback Pete Vann and Halfback Bob Kyasky. Atlantic boxing commission during the j, Coast Conference Orange Bowl our own and, I suppose, Bratkowski was right. The All-Star 7? bid. with the team to be put in current fiscal year, Col. Miller an- game is a one-shot affair; Zeke was planning to Hope for American Bids nounced Saturday night after to make good. said. game North Caro- several years with the Bears and wanted The burden of his argument Explosive Backfield W-L Hopes to Break Duke’s with An All-Star is handicapped in that he falls behind his to the District Commissioners lina at Chapel Hill. pro ranks while preparing for the was that TV has been dealing Unless the Terps win the future teammates in Early Mist and Royal Tan Put Orange Bowl bid this will Bears, Packers, Lions, too many low blows to the box- Makes Army Threat High's ba extravaganza. When he joins the GW Streak the final conceding big commission’s pocketbook. game for .13 Redskins or whatever team drafted him, he is an including three-fourths of the training. In addition, Col. Miller said, On Block to Pay Owners' Bills edge to a rival who already has been the commission should be em- For That One Big Play In Game Tomorrow starting backfield and the middle By th» Associated Pross Griffin money and the of the line. Tatum has one other complaint. Outwardly, at least, powered to regulate the wrestling Special Dispatch spent trio to The Star won big races. Missouri Squad Due Today. he is not bitter toward Promoter Ward, who belittled Tatum profession here, even though DUBLIN. Ireland, Nov. 24. By Bob Hanson WEST N. Y., Nov. Early Mist cost Griffin $15,688 The Missouri team, 4-4-1 for as a after last year’s 31-6 defeat of the All-Stars by wrestling in the District is POINT, 24. inclined to get into the Washington-Lee High’s foot- cbach —ln as close a contest as the Any one and the horse earned $30,800 the season, was to arrive at 5:27 “But think that a boy on the ‘college’ sicker, if anything, than box- ball team hopes tomorrow will the Detroit Lions. Ido only Army-Navy game Saturday at steeplechase business with its alone by winning the Grand Na- this afternoon and will stay at ought get $150,” he says. ing and would produce squad to more than the standard piddling Wrestling is Philadelphia figures to be, one violent ups and downs has a tional. The horse also won eight bring it more success than the the Dupont Plaza Hotel. The nearly paid less than revenues. explosive other steeplechase races, a Days. Tigers played strong “They miss a month and are unskilled unregulated here at present. play could be decisive chance to get some top horses hurdle last six Thanksgiving have a Financially, incentive.” and Earl Blaik, Army coach, be- race and one over the flat. schedule for the most part, los- laborers. there is not much Jack Foxe, public relations today—including two winners of The Generals have lost six *** * Last spring Early Mist didn’t ing Washington' lieves his backfield contains more Washington to Purdue, Southern Metho- director of Loew’s dynamite any Cadet the Grand National steeplechase. start In the Grand National, straight to George dist, theaters, including Capitol, than team Oklahoma and Nebraska ACTUALLY, NOT ALL of the players settle for a mere the since days. A ready-made stable of prob- but Griffin won the race on High in the annual Old Oaken and beating Indiana, which has been televising heavy- the Davis-Blanchard Kansas $l5O. There have been cases of bigger payoffs, which have Blaik hasn’t been to em- ably the world’s best jumpers will which the Irish Hospital Sweep- Bucket series. GW retired the State, State and Kansas. weight championship fights, feels able based .lowa not always led to greater harmony on the squad. The young ploy eruptive as a go on the auction block at Goff’s is -with the 10-year- “bucket” twice and had a leg I They tied Colorado. that the proposed tax would be all his backs Royal man with a sheaf of national press clippings usually is unit since the opening game, famous sales paddock in Dublin’s old veteran, Tan. 1 on a third with a 20-14 victory Their coach, Don Faurot, of unfair. Ballsbridge section. Royal Tan was by far the last year, but game was course is originator treated kindlier because his name sells tickets. “The entertainment Industry with the exception of four min- i the for- the of the against Joe Griffin is selling Royal class of the race, and earned ; when one of its players spUt-T they of Chicago and Bill Shakespeare been fighting for long utes Yale. But Pete felted but also use the When Jay Berwanger has a Tan, winner of the Grand Na- $28,000. He also won a fiat race, declared ineligible. spread and have passing they reportedly time to reducfe the Federal Vann, Bob Kyasky, Tommy Bell was The 1 1 a at- of Notre Dame were hogging the headlines, tional at Aintree, England, last one hurdle event and six other Arlington school refused to ac- ; tack that includes some left- tax and finally and Pat Uebel will be ready for received least each—Berwanger for coming from one amusement has March, and Early Mist, who took steeplechases. Griffin’s turf suc- cept the forfeit as a victory. : handed right halfbacks at SSOO succeeded in getting a cut from the Middies. who the game, and Shakespeare the same race in 1953. Griffin cess wasn’t matched in business. The series , side of Chicago to the other for per per cent,” said Kyasky, the versatile sopho- stands ail even at throw. They extended the Terps taking 20 cent to 10 also is selling eight other jump- is depression in the 8-8 ties since, its in- to for reporting from nearby South Bend, where he was Foxe. “Now the city is con- who is Army’s only good There a and two 13-10 and 20-6 triumphs the more ers and runners. Irish export trpde, and Griffin auguration in , two years Maryland sidering adding a punter, suffered a shoulder sep- 1986, and W-L last after summer school. tax. Os is selling prize felt the squeeze. He was de- string ' handily. nationally untuned back aration just before in "Griffin his feels it will break the of won the first two rather Another player, that year, a course it would have to be ab- half time because he’s been clared bankrupt his losses. game Maryland got sorbed by the public and we’re the opener against South Caro- horses declared and offered The will be played I NOTES—If both from George Washington named Tuffy Leemans, SIOO bankrupt. creditors 10 shillings ($1.40) on at , way against any additional the lina and didn’t return until the GW’s stadium in Alexandria, and Missouri had won their for commuting from the District of Columbia to the Windy tax's The stocky Irishman had a tiie pound ($2.80). Sale of his kickoff to Orange Bowl, they public would have to pay.” Yale game, November 6. On with the at 11 a.m. the prob- City. Leemans was named to the team because ’the old humble start in business but he horses and some other proper- “We’re in good shape and I ably would have become the first Foxe pointed out that price Army’s second offensive play of up in hurry. He Washington Herald, which had a working agreement with that game, Uebel received a con- made time a ties was ordered. hope to break the ‘spell’ they’ve ! teams to play three straight of admission for the last theater- a huge success during and English are expected over us," Coach Bob • games with each other since the sponsoring Chicago Tribune, conducted a poll and saw to fight, Rocky cussion and hasn’t returned to was -owners held Wal- the televised the Mar- just after World War II with to bid for Early Mist and Royal dorf of Washington-Lee days of college squad. action. . said. old football. The it that Leemans was elected to the ciano-Ezzard Charles champion- Tan. However, increased games Os his canned meat and candy. with W-L Record, 6-3. have been tomorrow, New The now famed, well remembered Tuffy was the star of ship bout, was $3.50. that Leads in Total Offense. Griffin went in big for fast interest in steeplechasing in the W-L played price, 35 cents went Federal has both good [ Year’s Day, and Sept. 17, 1955, the All-Stars and went on to become an all-timer with the for But that brief get-together horses at his luxurious Knock- United States, sales officials are and bad football this when Maryland opens the amusement tax and $1.90 went year in i season Giants, paling the feats of Berwanger and Shakespeare. demonstrated the explosive | j lyon House at Templeogue, near' hoping for a bid from Ameri- ! compiling a 6-3 record. It is i at Missouri.. .. The weekly foot- to the International Boxing Club quality Blaik talks On He hired Vincent cans. capable “One of the best breaks we ever had,” Promoter Ward and Theater Network Television. about. ; j Dublin. I of rising to the occasion II ball ratings didn’t make too much Army’s first play from scrim- : ! O’Brien, Ireland’s most success- ! ! Both geldings, ; as it in its 21-0 victory sense, Baylor admitted, “was the day Leemans reported.” The remaining went to horses are did over what with and $1.25 mage, Bell started on what ap- ! j ful steeplechase trainer, and; j Early Mist is a 9-year-old by Hampton two weeks ago. Against ; Maryland in the top 10 *** * the Capitol, but the cost of ad- j and peared to be a routine dive- Bryan Marshall, considered the Brumeux-Sudden Dawn, and foes, the two are Miami, a team both in ! vertising, ’line charges and common teams : | that beat ANOTHER FACTOR THAT enters the picture is that in other i tackle play, kept his feet as he top jockey in the sport. Royal Tan is by Tartan out of about even. Both [ 11th place. j expenses to come | have defeated incidental had found a big hole, 64 The three a hot team, as ; Princess of Mount Vernbn late years the pros have come to realize that a defeat by the out of it. and raced made i Birds. and Fairfax and j Alumni and friends of Missouri prestige, notwithstanding yards for a touchdown. both to St. I will tonight “College All-Stars” entails a loss of a couple That lost John’s and I i meet at 6 o’clock at Col. Miller also tossed was the beginning of a 48-7 rout. rhomas of the fact that, when the All-Stars win, the heroics almost of uppercuts Jefferson Richmond. . j the Burlington Hotel, and also into the District only George Washington earlier will a at the always are the work of their own property. Still another reorganization program as it has Even with three-fourths int; have brunch* Bui'*’ of the first string backfield in Busy Holiday Billof Football the month scored its most im- . lington at 11 a.m. tomorrow with In for some years thereafter, the affected his commission. factor: the mid-19305, and action, the Army offense has pressive victory of the season in bus transportation to the game operated with small squads and found themselves Repeatedly, he insisted that i pros erupt enough defeating John at . his relations with Robert F. been able to often Racing Tap Marshall of' I 1 o’clock. . . Jack Dreess numerically beaten. enough And on for Fans Richmond, 21-7. The Presidents will be on play-by-play and Cogswell, newly and for distance to lead ly i Tom director of the major colleges tha Associated Press giving tradition include Colgate have a 7-2 record and The pros would take, perhaps, 33 players to Chicago. formed Department of Occu- the Nation’s in are rated Harmon on color on television offense rushing of- Generous portions of college at Brown, Virginia Tech and third among area high tamorrow, Stem and usually more blubbery than the graduated seniors pations and Professions —of total and schools. with Bill here Older fense. and professional sports will be Virginia Military at Roanoke, W-L Is fifth. for the post-game notes. from college, they tired if it came up a warm, humid night, which the boxing commission is Va., State But the eight games available tomorrow for Thanks- and Utah and Utah ratings and records Vic Eaton, Missouri quarter- usually spelled disaster. a unit—are “pleasing.” In the Cadets at City. are and the loss by injury of a key man rushed 2,633 yards and giving Day fans who plan to take Salt Lake of little value when these back, was nearing a national the have two rivals Twice over the years the All-Stars were making pros Housekeeping Excluded. passed for 1,042, an overall av- time out from their turkey. Texas A&M plays at Texas, meet. Despite its record for number of passes look bad. They tied the Bears and Lions and whipped the But, Col. Miller said, erage yards per game. Traditional football games dot Dayton at Chattanooga, Miami while of 459.4 map, (See W-L Page A-15.) (See MARYLAND, Page A-15.) Packers and Redskins in the first five games, losing only a Mr. Cogswell’s function is sup- The averages were fattened, of the college headed by the of Ohio at Cincinnati, Colorado meeting Denver, 5-0 decision to the Bears in 1935. In ’46 and ’47, too, they posedly a “housekeeping one in- course, by lopsided victories over 6lst between Cornell A&M at William and volving purely and Pennsylvania in Philadel- Mary at Richmond," Wichita at 16-0 decisions over the Rams and Bears. administrative Dartmouth, Columbia and Penn, won identical details for the 19 independent teams Navy also by phia. Tulsa,* Newberry at Presbyterian, pros take kindly to adversity and said to which beat The didn’t boards, there have been some big scores. Navy, it might be Two football television attrac- San Francisco State at Fresno we’re advertised as fDr State, themselves something like this: “Look, instances recently when* the added, is second in total offense jj tions are scheduled those who West Texas State at the best. Leave us stop losing.” They’ve done it, too, since housekeeper has. Seemed dicta- and is the major college defen- are too far distant, or unable to Texas Western and Sul Ross 1950, which is the year the All-Stars whacked the Eagles, torial to the boxing commis- sive leader. drag themselves away from the State at East Texas State in festive board. Missouri and other games. 17-0, with some of the key pros training at » fishing camp sion.”, Although the figures show Maryland meet at College Park, l fOB w 9 raising merry Cain after He recalled a recent instance Army is primarily a running The New Orleans Fair Grounds if \ A and NFL Commissioner Bert Bell the game to be carried by ABC m I A* XO REPLACEMENT COST when, he said, Mr. Cogswell or- team, the passes of Vanh have opens its 82d season with the FOR THE OWNER °^ AM it was over. dered a boxing bout postponed iat 1:55 p.m. In Detroit, the Thanksgiving Handicap. The accounted for most of the long- j Lions hope to advance another p rc vA because the weighing-in of the gaining plays that blew open horses also are running at games. notch toward a third straight Bowie, with the Endurance Gold Raise by Dodgers (See BOXING, Page A-14.) Blaik tabs Vann as “the League Given only passer National Football title Cup, and at Golden Gate Fields I’ve seen who can expense Bay stand back and throw 75 yards at the of the Green in California and Narragansett winding up.” Packers. The game, on the Du- Park in Rhode Island. ' without mont network, begins at Reappointment Football Schedule noon. Two games bring Alston, Taking 'Fails Impress football bowl to Erdelats. There is horse racing, plus together Appalachian (N. C.) game hockey games fl I On Radio and In the Yale Pete com- j and four in the in TV National Basketball and East Tennessee the Bur- In Stride, Avoids Forecasts pleted a 60-yard pass to Bell Association. ley Bowl at Johnson City, Tenn., Television Cornell share the Tomorrow. and a 45-yarder to Kyasky, both can Ivy and Hastings (Nebr.) By th* Auociated fun Roy Campanella and Pitcher League championship with Yale and Col- Johnny Podres underwent dur- Green Bay at Detroit (pro)— for touchdowns. Against Penn lege of Emporia (Kans.) in the OXFORD, Ohio, Nov. 24. bad [ WTTG, noon. he pitched to Don Holleder, the by defeating Penn, and the Big Mineral Bowl ing the season. With a Red to do just at Excelsior a gathering of the Al- Campanella hit .207. Missouri at Maryland— finest pass-receiving end Army will be favored Springs, There was hand, possessed years, Mo. (11-7) out for I WMAL-TV, 1:45 p.m. has in for 66 and that. The four-day boys’ ston clan in nearby Darrtown Podres was weeks Dartmouth Other games with Thanks- junior appendectomy. 50 yards. Against and senior indoor national ten- last night, but it had nothing due to an Radio Tomorrow. Jie connected on passes for 67, predictions Washington-Lee nis championships open in St. to do with the fact Walter Al- There were no i High at 1 44 and 61 yards, all for touch- about next year from the ! George Washington High—- he International League Fails Louis. ston had been reappointed a few downs. In addition, com- —¦» j manager of Dodger boss. He said he did -1 WEAM, 10:45 am. pleted non-scoring passes of 58 hours earlier as the any particular Brooklyn Dodgers. not know of Green Bay at Detroit (pro)— yards against Duke and 54 yards To Settle Ottawa's Status «P**»U*»OWCAIFOU changes in to be made the line- WWDC, noon. against Columbia. By tha I The party was Just a session ¦ Associated Pratt 8 LONS AS TOU WUVI IT! ¦*1 bridge up. but that 'third base was > Missouri at Maryland—WMAL, Army’s game, \AS of and gabbing at Wal- running with a BUFFALO, N. Evening 8 Your ALLIED Uf,L«* BAT* “questionable.” He pointed, . 1:45 p. m. quick-starting line to open the Y.. Nov. 24. ter’s home/ Still confronting the \ / TERY ~>t «»t » "li„" the fact however,* to Don Hoak, Jackie Television Saturday. holes, is likely to produce Interna- ¦ •iSV‘S’B*. until ffl Alston took in stride more League \ , tfw electrolyte ii added in Robinson and Billy Cox and tional today was the Star HI * J that he again would be at the , Montreal vs. (Can- long gains that take the heart \ your presence. Wet batteries ere year said, “One of them ought to do Edmonton out the problem of what to do with the / helm of the Dodgers next ada pro championship)—WßC- of opposition. Ottawa franchise, now by \ S obsolete. Make sure you ask for though heavily the Job.” This fails to impress held names dry even the favored TV. 12:45 p.m. Navy City H and get a cell battery. place He also declared that Um- Coach Eddie Erdelats, who is the Kansas Athletics. elub wound up in second . Army vs. Navy—WMAL-TV, The league made no decision "QUALITY POBHT COSTjIT PAWr during the past season. berto Fernandes, up from the 1:25 pm. blessed with rugged backfield fj minors, might provide the an- Weaver, in the matter at a meeting here He was given another one- material in John Bob yesterday, and spokesmen would TICKETS year contract yesterday and swer. Radio Saturday. Crkig, Dick Quest, George Welsh, only say they hopeful ... Brooklyn ‘1 had him in Montreal.” Al- Army Navy—WßC, Jack Garrow, Bill Hepworth, were some- for The Evening Stor Walter O’Malley, pres- vs. 1:15 thing hinted Alston had ston said, "and I got good re- pm. Chet Burchett, Joe Gattuso, Dick would be worked out at Gomes ot the Notional ident, been year. He another league meeting next Guard Armory, given raise. The best guesses ports on him last Southern California at Notre Echard and, if fit, Capt. Phil Saturday a power, Tuesday in evening, January 22, 1955, put Alston's 1955 salary at never has had a lot of Dame—WOL, 1:45 pm. Monahan. Houston. but Z believe he will be a fellow West Virginia at Virginia— Monahan’s injured leg con- .Meanwhile, the future home of are now on sale at the around $19,000. Ottawa club was anybody’s business counter in The Alston, who will be 48 who gets a piece of the ball.” WPIK, 2 pm. tinues to give him trouble. He the Decem- expressed guess—Miami, Albany, Jersey Evening Star Building and succeeded Chuck Dressen, He also belief that Roundup of big games—- has seen action only 30 minutes Foirwoy Sports ber 1. Sandy Amoros, : City, someplace else. ot ot 1328 now Washington manager, after Outfielder who ' WTOP, 2 pm. this season because of knee in- or G Street N.W. hit well late in the season, “has Oklahoma at Oklahoma A&M juries and now is nursing a Parke Carroll, general man- Dressen had demanded at least 1 ager o! the Kansas City two-year a good chance to stay on the ' —WMAL, 2:15 pm. pulled leg muscle. new Prices are: Box seats, $3 a contract in a now- club, told newsmen famous letter to the boss. dub and be a regular.” that the and $4; Balcony seats, $2 Alston declined to comment on Television Sunday. Brown Bock Athletics had not yet decided and $3; Floor Stands, $3, Alston interrupted his bridge the makeup of his coaching stall Redskins at Philadelphia— Suspended whether to maintain a triple-A ond General Admission, game last night long enough to .for next season. WMAL-TV. 2 pm. PROVIDENCE. R.1., Nov. 24 affiliate. $1.50. ' ¦ • »Khiiw». a chat for a few minutes about O’Malley’s announcement yes- (#). —T. Donald (Tommy) ji An option on the franchise is A S H-MM7 his new contract and about the Radio Sunday. Thompson, University’s held by Tom Gorman, ¦ | terday was accompanied by com- Brown Ottawa rKIWI.Vnu Hot Shop? MWI Mi*. W Dodgers. Redskins at Philadelphia— capable< running back, hockey promoter, MAILORDERS if e KWK/ On Rto. 1-t i ment on rumors the Dodger was sus- who, it was LA. Mm From Pentagon M O’Malley had said Alston cer- franchise might be transferred i —WMAL 2 pm. pended from school last night understood, has until December $7.88 i tainly could not be. Mamed for San Francisco at Baltimore for: two weeks for “infraction of 1 to pick up the franchise for 0«M DAILY t AM. TO t PJA J the operations which Catcher (See ALSTON, Page A-14.) Colts—WTOP, 2 pm. „ < university regulations.” 1100,000 if he wants ’• it. •k » • a . * »». j • * *l.