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AMUSEMENTS toenittg Jsraf fpcfls MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1951 U« Rams to Get Third Title Shot After '49 Loss in Mud, 50 in Snow

Win, Lose, or Draw Defeat of Lions Hoyas Seeking By LEWIS F. ATCHISON IN A CITY WHERE only two major sports have flourished over a long period, it’s a bit unusual that Washington has had Brings Playoff Third Straight two of the all-time greats within a generation. We refer, of course, to the late Walter Johnson, of fame, and , no less solidly established To As Host to CU among football’s immortals. Baugh, the greatest passer the game ever Browns Going After AU Roanoke to our of Opposes produced way thinking, will cut his Sixth niche a little deeper next year, which will be Championship; In Loop Tilt Tonight; his 16th season of professional football, a Price Tops GW Games Week record unequalled by any other player. Dur- Top ly th« Associated Press ing the season just closed, he equaled the 15- Georgetown tries for its third NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The mark shared and straight triumph to- year previously by Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles night, a modest feat that has Johnny Blood. Rams will give a repeat perform- escaped the Hoyas since they won Sam probably will be the team’s No. 1 ance next Sunday of the 1950 their first three games last sea- unless the Redskins title again, grab son. The opposition will be from game, but neither team can guar- a first-year phenom at next month’s draft Catholic University in McDon- antee such a thriller as marked meeting. There will be no objections from ough Memorial Gym on the Hill- Lewl> F. Atchison. their clash last year. this corner—if the old gent operates as top, starting at 8:30. The Rams yesterday clinched smoothly as he did after he took over late in October. In another game here tonight, the right to meet the champion American University will enter- Baugh’s decision to return was made last week at a con- Browns by downing the Green tain Roanoke College in a Mason- ference with George Marshall, Redskins’ president and Sam's Bay Packers, 42-14, for the Na- Dixon Conference clash at AU, greatest admirer. tional Conference title as the pen- starting at 8:45. The AU jayvees “If still here next and want nant hopes of Detroit's Lions and you’re year me to come back, will face the Maryland freshmen the were dashed in I’ll do it,’’ the 37-year-old Texan told Marshall. “But if you’re at 7:15. the final games of the season. going to sell the club, I think I’ll just stay in .” oeorge Washington will present The Browns, champions in each Later Baugh told this “He’s been real to me. the week’s feature attractions reporter, good of their first five years, including when when it entertains five-time Ill help him all I can as long as he wants me to.” four in the defunct All-America Southern Conference Champion Conference, will meet the Rams N. C. State tomorrow night at for the title in Los Angeles. A SEEMINGLY, BAUGH HAS no coaching ambitions. He’d Uline Arena, and Duke and its year ago in Cleveland, they staged rather rope calves than anything else and when he turns in his All America candidate, Dick a nip-and-tuck battle, with the uniform for chances are he’ll football As Groat, Friday, also at Uline’s. keeps, quit entirely. Browns winning, 30-28, on Lou Terps to Visit for Marshall, having disposed of his laundry several years ago, Groza’s field goal in the last min- Lexington. Maryland concludes he’s more or less stuck with the Redskins for lack of something ute of play. i ts pre- holiday schedule when It makes to occupy his time. Third Straight Try. its annual two-night stand in “I’ve been in this business too long to give it he said up,” It will be the Rams’ third Lexington, Va„ meeting VMI to- “What would I do now?” recently. chance in as many years at the morrow night and Washington and be Baugh’s evolution as a top-flight T-formation quarterback pro prize, they’ll looking and Lee on Wednesday. The Terps forward hopefully to a "fast to comes rather late in his career. He didn’t like it when the figure climb in the standings track.” They lost to the Eagles at the expense of the host teams. change from the old single-wing was made under Dud DeGroot two in the mud years ago here: Princeton, which has routed in 1944, and this distaste was reflected in his work. He didn’t last year the Browns nosed them wwHweowwJ'WXflWBMww:-: mJWWWIMM Rutgers and Lehigh in its only carry out his refused to call in series and was out in the snow at Cleveland. The fakes, plays wary starts, plays twice in this area of used so game will be shown on a Nation- NAILING A STEELER^Lou Karras, Redskins this pitchouts—the pitchouts successfully this season. tackle, finally brought down Chuck Ortmann of the on this week, meeting Navy at An- wide television hookup. The m b“t not before the Herman Ball, former coach and another Baugh admirer, stadium. ex-Michigan star gained 11 yards. Others in the photo are Neil napolis Wednesday afternoon and showing in Washington will be Eff* *ame/cVx (85) probably summed up Sam’s old-style quarterbacking best. and Bob Hendren (48), all Redskins, and Lynn Chandnois (14) and George Georgetown here Thursday night. over WTTG starting at 4 p.m. n (”5*> Pl*B,*?tma°u halfbackif3.#vWf,t and Y®wars^ sbur£b guard, respectively. Chandnois was one of the standout* in the that carried The single game will be tho "I think he would look over the out a half- last-period rally defense, pick While Los Angeles was whipping Pittsburgh to victory. last for the surprising Middies back and say to ‘I can pass on that and the Packers yesterday on five until the himself, son-of-a-gun,’ m Dixie Classic in Raleigh. then do it,” Herman said. “Next he’d look at a tackle and de- passes by Bob Water-! Navy has won four straight, in- cide he could run over him—or around him—and try that. A field and a 99-yard-touchdown cluding two over Dartmouth and run by Jerry Williams, the Lions Harvard on the road. fellow who could pass like Sam didn’t have to worry too much fell before San Francisco the Georgetown, victor by a close about strategy. The opposition did the worrying because every- Forty-Niners, 21-17, and the Bears margin over Loyola of Baltimore time Baugh put his hand on the ball it was a touch- potential bowed to the Chicago Cardinals, and by a double score over down.” 24-14. Randolph-Macon, will try for its The results left Detroit and San third in a row over Mason-Dixon Francisco tied for second place, Conference teams. SAM EXPLAINS his emergence as a tricky field general The Hoyas a half game back of Los Angeles. have not won three rather soundly. "I used to think about hitting the receiver straight since Cleveland, with the American they dropped Geneva. St. Francis all the time—think about he “but this pass patterns,” said, Conference title already wrapped and Mount St. Mary’s in their year I concentrated on running the ball. I trted to figure up, finished out the season with a first three games last season. what I’d do next, and tried to mix ’em up a little bit.” 24-9 victory over the Eagles In Della Ratta a Hawkeye. Philadelphia. It was the Browns’ Catholic U., with a It can be said of Baugh that he would never call a play he victory over 11th straight win since they lost Gallaudet against five defeats, didn’t understand thoroughly and consider for a logical given their opener to the ’Forty-Niners. will have the top point producer situation. “He asks we want to run a this always why play way In other games, the Pittsburgh on the floor against the Hoyas or that way,” once said. “And he won’t use Steelers struck for three touch- tonight in Joe Della Ratta. who it if he doesn’t think it’ll work. You’d call him stubborn, I downs in the final period for a has a 24-point average in five 20-10 triumph over Washington games. The Cardinals suppose, but it’s a good way to be stubborn.” have shown and in New York the Giants de- improvement in their last two One night during a chalk talk under Billick Whelchel in feated the Yanks, 27-17, as Full- games, routing the Blue and tak- training camp, the retired admiral announced that a new back Eddie Price won league ing Washington College to double wrinkle would be added to a certain play. Sam studied it for a ground-gaining honors and estab- overtime. moment, then declared, lished a new league record for American U., with a 3-2 record, “It won’t work and I’m not gonna call it.” number of times carrying the ball. will have its hands full with Roa- Price accumulated 132 yards in noke, Sam often was brutally frank in stating his opinion of despite the latter’s record 31 attempts on a slippery, ice- of a lone victory four de- Redskins’ material and he showed a lack of confidence in some against coated field to extend his season feats. of the backs he directed in action. The old had gent played total to 965 yards in 272 carries, j In its last start Roanoke de- with and against the best in pro football and could distinguish The old record of 263 carries was feated VMI, and immediately between the real journeyman and the inept apprentice. made by of the prior to that lost to CCNY by Eagles in 1949. The Giants’ fa- only one point. Paul Cap, who mous "umbrella defense” inter- won all-Conference and all-Little AT HIS PEAK, Baugh was uncanny In his timing and ac- cepted eight Yank passes to in- Six honors last year, and Tony curacy. One still remembers his pass to for the crease their season total to 41, Prioettl are the starters for the first touchdown in the Redskins’ 14-6 victory over the Chicago bettering their own mark of 39 visitors. Bears in the 1942 championship game; his lazy tosses that Andy set in 1948. NC State tuned for its game with GW seemed to run and rifle-like shots to Steve Loses 70-Yard Run. tomorrow night by de- Farkas under, his WAS COLD OUTSIDE—Here Is part of the chilled crowd that braved a feating Eastern 70 to No other could do as with a Price’s 965 19-degree temperature to watch the Redskins close Kentucky, Bagarus. passer many things rushing yards gave footban the aKa*nst Steelers. A brisk westerly wind didn’t add to their comfort The attendance of almost 58, on Saturday night for its and do them so well. him the lead over Washington’s ^„51 season. football, 19,000 was rather surprising, considering the game meant nothi to either fourth victory against a Rob Goode, who gained 107 yards ng club. —Star Staff Photos bv Bob Brenner. one-point This year, handicapped by a knee from which a cartilage defeat at the hands of Texas in 22 attempts for a season total had been removed in June, and more recently by an ailing arm, Tech. Duke also won for its fifth of 951. Price had a 70-yard touch- reminded one of an old like triumph and the Blue Devils play Baugh speedball pitcher Johnson, down run taken away from him Over Victory DeMatha Redskins Face Overhaul Unless Todd one more, against Davidson to- who, having lost his fast one, kept on winning by using his head. when officials called an offside Returns; morrow night, before GW against the Giants. meeting Certainly no Redskin player doubted Baugh’s ability to ad- Unheralded on Friday. vance the ball when each man did his The games in Chicago. Phila- Indicates St. John's Passer Beats job. Despite the getaway Them in 1951 Finale The week’s schedule: delphia, New York and Washing- rush in the clubhouse after yesterday’s game, rookies and vets By Lewis F. Atchison lead coach—but he isn’t sure. End Coach Larry Cabrelli com- TONIGHT. ton were in played bitter cold The most He won’t take It on that basis Catholic TJ. at Georgetown. alike came over to shake hands with Sam and say goodbye. complete overhauling pleted one-year contracts with the Roanoke at weather, ranging from 2 below Is Catholic Standout. American U. ever done on unless certain Wllaon Teachers at For was with his teammates. He was their job the Redskins in his own mind club yesterday and their future Shtppensbur*. Baugh popular in Chicago to 19 above in Wash- TUESDAY. STANDINGS. gets under way this week, with that he can a with the Redskins N. C. State vs. one cause a produce winner, depends on the Geo. Wash, at mine's. spokesman, the who pleaded their when they had ington. Maryland at VMI. 3t. Anthony’* a complete turnover in coaching and as of today he isn’t sure he new coach. Marshall wants the to make. 3t. John's_ WEDNESDAY. complaint The Rams didn’t leave any personnel expected before another can. Towson Teachers at Catholic U. _ top man, whoever he to Gonzaga is, have Maryland at doubts for 3t. Paul’*_ Washlnston and Lee. 23.698 highly excited season rolls around unless Dick Todd was shooting for his sixth a free hand. Princeton at Navy. THUBSDAY. fans as they whipped Green Bay Todd consents to take head and a DID BAUGH PLAY harder or try more earnestly after his the victory club average of .500 The Redskins’ Princeton at Georgetown. in Georgetown Prep boss has a half- Los Angeles while keeping their coaching berth again for the season yesterday and was _FRIDAY. pal, Dick Todd, took over as coach? We don’t think so and he way agreement with Hunk Ander- Duke at George Washington. ears tuned to the loud speaker for 20-10 the somewhat Yesterday’s defeat by let down by the out- son, line coach of says not. It merely seems, ironically, that in his 15th year, long the score in San Francisco. A By Bill Fuchs the Bears, to Pittsburgh Steelers before 18,969 come he should have been retired to a the old here next season. Anderson after rocking chair, guy Detroit victory over the Forty- The season has Just begun and fans on a snow-covered field at Statistics was Marshall’s choice when Her- came into his own as a playmaker. No longer the scourge of the niners would have won the title there are six other teams who apparently didn’t 6teeters. Redskins. man Ball was ousted after the a for the Lions. may argue the point, but St. league, he did things with the ball only smart quarterback change George Marshall’s opinion First downs_ 17 e Redskins lost John’s has Rushing yardage_122 118 their first three his Waterfleld pitched three of his practically the Metro- that Todd would be the best man could do. Sam, who’ll be 38 next St. Patricks’ Day, used Passing yardage_290 97 games this season. He came five touchdown Catholic basket- 46 here passes to Elroy politan League for the job in '52, even though the Passes attempted_ 26 head when a throbbing arm couldn’t do the job. Passes completed_ 19 8 to take over, but couldn’t HOT one of for ball title tucked away. get his Hirsch, them going 93 Redskins’ president has no assur- Passes Intercepted_ 4 6 Marshall has Baugh’s sculptured hand on his desk, a treas- At Punts 6 9 release from the Bears, who still yards. The air-minded Rams, who least, that’s the impression ance that Dick will agree to take Punting average_ 3ti.5 SB 8 have an memento of a decade of football in the National the as here after St. John’s option on his services ured winning play game though it were watching it. Fumbles lost _ 2 3 Marshall had no comment to after his called scored twice trounce DeMatha, Yards penalized_BO 85 contract expires. It was Football League. It wasn’t exactly the hand that fed him, but "armball,” in 74-36, yester- make after the game. the first but went day. The Johnnies looked con- stipulated last October that An- it has come close to fitting that description. Marshall, perhaps period scoreless Todd, disappointed by the come. He blamed penalties that and derson, who went back to the in the second and left the field at vincingly strong they’re not several TIP better than one in team’s sudden collapse in the interrupted promising any else, appreciates Baugh’s proper place even co-ordinated Bears as line coach, would obtain the half time tied at 14-14. Then yet. fourth when Redskin drives and the foot- One other veteran of talent quarter tbe Steelers poor a written sports history. assayer sports does, they went on another “We’ve had only six practice release from George scoring rallied to score all their points, ing for the loss. Half the Red- too. in the second sessions,” Coach Joey Gallagher Halas for 1952. Marshall says FOR COLD rampage half, will fly home to Texas today and skins wore tennis shoes and the Marshall was the ball after one of best twice in says. “We need smoothing out. Anderson hasn’t done this, which leaving park Baugh’s counting each quarter. “think things over.” He be other half regular football cleats. A lot of our might seems to leave the several when he was Clark A 51-yard return by Joe players also play foot- matter up in MORNINGS days years ago stopped by Griffith, willing to take the position if it It was left to the individual’s the rookie carried ball, so we were late getting air. Walter Johnson’s old manager. Arenas, halfback, involves only six months’ work— choice. the Forty-Niners to victory after started.” Sammy Baugh, 15-year quarter- "That is a Griff told him. “Just re- virtually a part-time job for a Line Coach Orville Tuttle and Sammy great player,” St. Anthony’s, meanwhile, took back, will be back next season, trailing, 17-14, going into the final Standard*! one like him in a lifetime.” but other killer member, you get only (quarter. The run the ball on over sole possession of first veterans Including Bill put pjace trada far yanr Detroit’s 15-yard line. Five plays by winning its second straight,*66- Dudley, are uncertain. Many aid tatter? low- later Y. A. Tittle skirted end fr^m 44, over Georgetown Prep in the St. John's Feared as younger players are subject to Kentucky er* the east. Call a yard out for the winning touch- other game on a twin bill at De- military draft. One of these is Threatened far Dixie Court Classic down. Matha. Fullback Rob Goode, who lost his free deliver? Charlie Trippi played the lead- Gaines Friday to Give Line. Seeks 100th Home Win in Row ground-gaining race with Eddie today! the Price of the Southern Conference The Little Hoyas play at Priory By Associated Press score was tied with three minutes by By Policy (See PRO FOOTBALL, Page C-2.) 14 yards. Goode, who Get a Fast at 3:30 p.ra. today in a game post- LEXINGTON, Ky.t Dec. 17.— to go. but St. John’s tried to press went into Starting Merrell One president wanted to know the game with an By Whittlesey poned from Friday, while next Fri- Mighty St. John's posed a terrific Kentucky and the Wildcats romped 11-yard lead, why Cletnson could not get a gained 107 yards in 22 The Dixie Classic, an eight- day at DeMatha, in a double- threat to break Kentucky’s home for 16 points in a hurry. tries, while approved against Price picked 132 FEDERAL team basketball tournament that Car Credit Takes header starting at 7:30, St. John’s floor victory streak tonight in the Both clubs present veteran up against the Miami in Jacksonville, but a New York Yanks to win has attracted more than 50,000 will meet St. Paul’s and St. An- Wildcats’ bid for No. 100. crews. Kentucky has four of its out, 965 SUPER POWER basketball team could be invited yards to 951. spectators in two years of play thony’s will play Gonzaga. The from Southern California to Metro Grid Title Kentucky lost its last game at five tournament starters ready to N. be abol- play will Goode didn’t have too a in Raleigh, C., may nightcap give fans an idea as home on when go again and St. John’s lines up good in Raleigh at about the same January 2, 1943, chance on a field that ished next year by the Southern to how much chance the Tonies with three returning regulars in resembled BATTERY time. For Fifth Sedson Ohio State managed a 45-40 deci- a huge frosted Conference as a follow-up to the have of replacing Gonzaga as the the cake. He was There was some sentiment sion. opening quintet. the to Car Credit team is champion of concellatloii of 1952 football runnersup, St. John’s and (See forbid Southern Conference teams the Metropolitan Football League Kentucky figure Harry Lancaster, the Kentucky REDSKINS, Page C-2.) NO MONEY DOWN schedules of Maryland and Clem- St. John’s has everything It to to play in the classic this year for the fifth time. It re- put on one of the better duels aide who has scouted the Redmen, son. straight needs to keep the crown it won by the non-Carolina bloc. tained its title yesterday by beat- of the young collegiate season, calls St.- John's a fast-breaking Com* 'til 9 A number of athletic directors last year. Roscoe Sweeney, 6-4Vi; 72 FLORIDA Any Night ing Anacostia Eagles, 26-0, at Col- though the upset loss Kentucky team that is “clever and smart.” AVE. N.E. and coaches of sports other than Washington and Lee reportedly Bob Reese, 6-31/2, and Frank suffered in its tilt with Minne- lege Park. 6-4 Kentucky will spot its opponent basketball at the annual meeting will play George Washington here Harding, give Gallagher the sota brushed some of the luster scored two of the considerable depth in experienced HERSON of the Southern Conference last October 4 in place of its sched- Sonny Dodge necessary height. Sweeney, hook- from tonight’s game. personnel and height now that uled with on runs of 10 and 15 shot specialist: Reese, a two- week end continually pointed to game Maryland at Col- St. John’s AUTO yards. Other tallies were by Moe set was the No. 2 rated 7-foot Bill Spivey is benched, the GLASS FREE the classic as a greater sports evil lege Park on that date. handed shot, and Frank Fan- Zanger and Steve Orsini. club nationally in the Associated result of a knee operation. SPECIAL PRICES FOR than bowl games, if bowl games The Colonials and Generals have non, an under-the-basket driver, In the game for the Press poll last week and some Spivey hasn’t played all season an evil. been interested in for preliminary were standout scorers last season. DELIVERY! are playing observers the the 165-pound title, Frye’s Florists and In' addition, the Johnnies have figure Brooklyn and the operation deprives TRUCKS In this tournament December some time but could not reach a Ju« Coll LI the Shamrock AC a score- Redmen may move past first- contest of a duel between him and 3 9082 date agreement until the cancel- played come up with some very promis- 27-29 in Raleigh, the four Tobacco less tie. ranked Kentucky this week. Bob Zawoluk, the St. John’s pivot- installed lation of the Maryland schedule ing newcomers. Road teams, Duke, North Carolina, Car Credit’s in the fea- Kentucky won twice from St. man. Both were within striking While You for next year. victory Among the less-publicized play- Wait Wake Porest and N. C. State, ture of 11 won John’s last in distance of the gave it a record ers showing well yesterday was season, 43-37, early three-year collegi- play In addition to Southern the Ml. North Carolina State, hardest and only one loss this year and Ronnie Boothby, a 5-8 senior who year and 59-43 in the Eastern ate scoring record at the outset of 7100 California, Navy, Cornell and an over-all record of 62-4-3 since Division of the National Collegi- the season. Young Cliff Hagan 72 FLORIDA AVE. N.E. Columbia. (See was ate In be for CONFERENCE, Page C-2.) it organized in 1946. _ » (SEE CATHOLIC LEAGUE, C-2.) tournament. the latter, the will at the pivot Kentucky. . ■ r* t *