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JEtJeniitfl J&faf J£p0fls Washington, D. C., Monday, January 19, 1948—A—14 * W in, Lose, or Draw By FRANCIS E. STANN In the Wake of the Big Feed A production, like the Touchdown Club’s annual dinner, Is by nature a sports clearing house. The foundation of the Touchdown Club is football, but at the colossal shindig at the Statler you see not only football stars and ex-stars, but baseball and basket ball and box ing people. Cecil Isbell, for instance, is standing in the center of the room in which the predinner recep tion is being held and when you ask him what progress he is making toward bolstering his Balti more Colts for the 1948 season he shakes his head and wanly smiles. “It’s getting tough,” he says. “A couple of years ago the National League didn’t take our AIl-i America Conference too seriously and we made oft with a lot of top college stars. We did the same a year ago, but the National League is getting tough now. “We’ve got the draft rights in the All-America Conference to Bobby Layne. Whether we get him Fraud! x. sunn. is a question. But there’s no doubt but what the Colts and every other team needs those ‘name guys,’ especially back fleld men. umu suuuui> uxiinu w iuicuxcu, uui ict uic w** juu wrej doing all right these days. When I broke Into pro football with the Green Bay Packers I was paid $3,500 a year. I worked it up to $5,000 before I quit. The other day we talked with a guard who won’t draw more than two relatives at the gate and he demanded $9,500!” Buddy Was There Because Bert Was, Too ‘Tell about that guy at Appalachian College, or whatever that school is named,” suggests Bill Edge, a key guy of the Baltimore Touchdown Club. "Well,” says Isbell, "this guy is a lineman and our scouts told us he was a pretty good player. We never figured that anybody else would approach him, being at Appalachian, and we offered him $4,000 for a start. Do you know what? We lost the guy! A National League team gave him a contract for $6,000 for his rookie year.” A fmniiiar figure moves up, but it takes a few seconds to place him. Out of uniform and in the midst of such towering gridiron characters as Jim Tatum, Chuck Bednarik and Jack Lavelle, our John K. (Buddy) Lewis of the Washington Senators looks strangely thin. An All-Star game outfielder at the Touchdown Club banquet? "Why not?” grins Buddy. "I almost majored in football once.” (Ed. note: He almost did, too. At Wake Forest. He was a great half back prospect and West Point wanted the young man a few years ago.) The real reason why Buddy is at the Touchdown Club festival is to be with his pal, Bert Shepard. Do you remember Bert Shepard? He’s a guy who should have been called to the speaker's stand and presented with all the cups that Lujack, Bernarik, Conzelman, Tatum, Gambino and the rest received. In my book he is the epitome of the sportsman. t He Could Hit Feller and bain Bert Is tagging along with Buddy Lewis, but this isn’t the sprightly Bert Shepard who, wearing a wooden leg, actually pitched and played first base in the major leagues. This Bert Shepard is fresh out of a hospital bed and he is ambulating on a pair of crutches and that famous phony leg, which enabled him to pitch, cavort in the * infield and run the bases in a little over 15 seconds, is missing. *' "The docs cut me up a little more,” grins Bert, who lost his leg and nearly his life while flying a fighter plane over Germany. “This time I got a good deal, I think. I’ll throw these crutches away pretty soon and get myself another leg and I’ll be winning ball games yet.” Nobody—except maybe Buddy Lewis—himself an Army pilot in the war, knows how many operations Bert Shepard has sustained on his leg. There have been at least a half a dozen and the stump keeps getting shorter, but at the Touchdown reception Bert is laughing and talking about the two hits he got off Bob Feller in a game during a 1948 barnstorming tour and how he came back the next day to not only pitch but to reach Feller and Sain of the Braves for hits. You stand there and say to yourself, “He’s my guy in sports.” When Feerick Hits the Peak The potage mongol and larded sirloin of beef chasseur and bombe panache Touchdown nas come and gone, along with the oratory, but in bursts Coach Red Auerbach of the basket ball Caps, who have Just licked the leading New York Knickerbockers at Uline Arena. "Your club is coming on now,” remarks a newspaperman, brightly. "What’s the story?” “My guys were wonderful tonight,” enthuses Auerbach. “The atory, or reason, I think is that we’ve got a wonderful clutch guy in Sonny Hertzberg. Also, Bob Feerick hit the peak tonight. “And In basket ball,” concludes Auerbach, vainly looking for a left-over French-fried potato as the diners departed, "when Feerick li at his peak he represents the game at its best.” Record Crowd Expected to See Riggs-Kramer Duel Thursday ' BOBBY RIGGS. JACK KRAMER. The largest crowd ever to see a professional tennis match in Wash ington is expected at the meeting between Bobby Riggs, 1947 profes sional champion, and Jack Kramer. — 1947. amateur titlewinner, at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Uline Arena. The advance sale has passed the Kramer Checks Riggs' Run, Trails by Match ty th« As»ociat*d Pr«t BALTIMORE, Jan. 19.—Pausing before a serve to tell a capacity crowd of 3,700 that "it isn’t over yet,” Jack Kramer proceeded to break a four-game winning streak by Bobby Riggs, and defeated the latter, 7—9, 6—4, 9—7. Kramer now has seven matches to his credit, to Riggs' eight in the two professionals’ barnstorming tour. Although Riggs had Kramer 15-40 and match point when the tide turned, he was unable to break through, and encountered his first loss in over a week. After the feature battle, Kramer teamed with Pancho Segura to de feat Riggs and Dinny Pails, 6—4. to take a 9-5 lead in the doubles series. Segura beat Pails, 6—1, 6—2, in t preliminary singles. $5,000 mark, it was announced yes terday. Riggs has won eight of the matches to date while Kramer has won seven. The two rivals will meet in Baltimore tonight, at Richmond tomorrow and Chapel Hill, N. C„ before coming to Washington Thursday. Dinny Pails, 1947 Australian champion and Davis Cup star, and Pancho Segura, colorful South American star, will open the eve ning with a two out of three set match. ^ J. Moscoe Garnett of Washing ton, who has officiated at Forest Hills during the championships, will be umpire for Thursday's main event. Capt. Edwin M. Becker, an other well-known Washington ten nis official, will umpire the double match to follow the singles. Dis trict tennis stars, under the super vision of Ghet Adair, will line the matches. Joe Josephs Captures Charlotte Pin Tourney Special Dispatch to The Star CHARLOTTE, N. C., Jan. 19 —Joe Josephs of Charlotte, one of the South’s leading duckpin bowlers, won the first annual Charlotte open with a score of 767. Fred Best of Columbia, S. C„ was second with 760 and O. W. Fincher, Charlotte, was third with 741. Gilmer Signs Two-Year Contract With Redskins 188 FEET ON TWO FEET—Arne Ulland, Norway’s distance-jumping champion, shown leaping 188 feet in his first attempt in the annual Norge Ski Club tournament at Cary, 111., yesterday. He jumped 191 feet in his second effort to compile 151.10 points and capture the class A event. " —AP Wirephoto. ” '' • ■■■ 1 ♦ " .. ...—— Slow-Starting Caps Beginning to Bear Out Lapchick’s Forecast Joe Lapchick, former St. John’s College of Brooklyn coach, who now! pilots the New York Knickerbock ers, t<jld a group of sportswriters at the opening of the Basket Ball Association season in New York that the Washington Caps would be the team to beat, but it would take them a little while to get started. j Lapchick made the prediction after his Knicks had soundly thumped the invading Washington club, 80-65. “My team is in better shape right now,” he said, “but the Caps will improve so much that I think the championship will be between them and the Chicago Stags. They’re going to be the two teams to beat.” True to Lapchick’s prediction, the Caps took time to get started. They dropped six of their next nine encounters before catching fire. Now they boast a record of 10 vic tories in their last 14 games, claim a respectable average of .560 and are in third place in the Western Division standings, only two games away from the front-running Stags and one game away from second place Ct. Louis. Max Zaslofsky scored 20 points last night to lead the Stags to an Basket Ball Association * i I § * 1 1 g .3 eg C J • » *3 2 I ► § •2 . . * v o £ £ 5 o "5 Oir. s a ieaS.ii.Sj a. _Western Division. Chicago I—I II 21 21 41 21 21 21151 81.65;: St. L.--I 11—I 31 .11 01 21 21 31141 9!.60l> Wash. [ 21 21—1 -'ll Si II 31 11141111.66(1 Balt. I 4i 21 01—I 21 31 II 31161121.650 Eastern Division.I Ji. York I 01 31 II II—i 3! 2! 31131121.620 j Boston ! II II :i! 01 11—i 31 41131131.50(1 ! Phlla. I 01 01 II 31 21 11—1 51121131.48(1 Pr’dtnce; 01 01 II 01 II II 01 01 31311.125 Lost . I 81 9111IX2I13113113i211 i I easy 72-48 victory over Boston, which missed its chance to pass the Knicks for the Eastern Division lead. In the only other encounter, the St. Louis Bombers defeated the lowly Providence Steamrollers, 70 61. The Caps play host to both these teams this week, meeting the Bombers Wednesday and Provi dence Saturday., Spill Kills Skier; Five Others Hurt ■v th« Associated Pr«> CHICAGO, Jan, 19.—James Henriksen. 34, of Eau Claire, Wis., member of the 1936 United States Olympic ski team, died early, to day in a Chicago hospital of in juries suffered while competing in the Norge Ski Club’s 42d an nual jumping tournament yester day. Henriksen fell in making his second leap of 179 feet in the class A division. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was taken to the hospital uncon scious. Five other contestants were in jured. Earl Minken of Ironwood, Mich., suffered intfrnal injuries in a fall after turning over in the air during a leap and Peter Pe tersen of Rockford, 111., suffered a broken arm in another mishap. Both still were hospitalized today. MacMitchell to Try Iron Man Stunt in Races This Week •y the Associated Pre»» NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Leslie Mac Mitchell, former champ miler back on the winning trail after a year’s absence, will attempt an iron man stunt this week as the major indoor track season gets under way at full tilt. ~ MacMitchell, who came from be hind to win the mile in the Metro politan AAU track and field cham pionships in 4:18.9 over the flat surface of Brooklyn’s 23d Regiment Armory Saturday night will run the mile in the Philadelphia Inquirer games Friday in Convention Hall and in the Boston K. of C. Games in the Boston Garden Saturday. Two other meets are on tap for the week. Army will be be host to 22 colleges Saturday at West Point in the fifth annual relays while the 104th Regiment Armory will stage the Long Island K. of C. Games the same day. MacMitchell, running for the New York Athletic Club, will compete against teammate Tommy Quinn, Bill Hulse of New York, Taver Perkins of the Illinois A. C., Gerry Karver of Penn State, Villanova’s Browning Ross and Jack Milne of North Carolina in the Inquirer Games. Hulse, Quinn, Perkins and Gil Dodds, Current king of the milers, will be among MacMitchell's op ponents in the K. of C. *vent at Boston. / Six Big Court Teams ; Unbeaten as Races In Areas Tighten By Will Grimsley Associated Press Sports Writer The college basket ball spotlight focused on sectional races today as the campaign moved into the back stretch, with the East boasting a complete monopoly on the dwin dling list of unbeaten powers. Six major teams have been able to come through the first half’s skirmishing without mishap, but odds are heavy against any one of them going the rest of the way un scathed. The select group of unbeaten includes Duquesne (12-0), New York University (11-0), Columbia (11-0), La Salle of Philadelphia (11-0), Rhode Island State (9-0), and Fordham (9-0). Of these, Rhode Island State and j La Salle face the most danger dur ing the coming week. Rhode Island takes on three foes —Holy Cross, Brown and the Coast Guard. La Salle meets a Temple team that has won seven and lost four, in one of the week's top en counters Saturday. N. Y. XJ. tackles Colgate in Mad ison Square Garden Tuesday night, while Fordham has a ocuple of games away from home—the New York Maritime Academy Wednesday and St. Peter’s Saturday. As heightened competition whit tles away at the unblemished ranks, the various conference races are beginning to develop their own peculiar dogfights. The Big N}ne saw its title chase thrown into a wide open scramble Saturday when Michigan handed Wisconsin its first league setback, 43-39. Wisconsin still sets the pace with four wins in five starts, but Iowa, Michigan and Purdue, each with only one defeat, are close enough to move into the top spot ’ on a moment's notice. Columbia’s record of 11-0 lists the team with the Nation’s basket ball titans, but the Lions are Just another outfit in the Eastern Inter collegiate, or Ivy League. The Lions’ three wins are matched by Cornell while Princeton (2-0) also is un beaten. North Carolina and North Caro lina State are making an intra state squabble out of it in the Southern Conference, setting the pace with perfect league records. North Carolina has won five and State has taken three. Both have dropped a couple of games to out side foes. Loop Rule Luts Mikula From W. & M. Squad •y tho Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Jan. 19.— Tom Mikula, 190-pound blocking back on William and Mary’s South ern Conference champion football team, today was ruled ineligible to compete further in intercollegiate athletics In the Southern Confer ence. The announcement of the South ern Conference ruling was made by R. N. (Rube) McCray, director of athletics and head football coach at William and Mary. Mikula, who has seen only three seasons of activity in a William and Mary football uniform, will be un able to participate a fourth year be cause of a technicality in the con ference rule book. The Johnstown, Pa., husky en rolled here in June, 1943, but his first season of athletic competition was the football season of 1944. Elected captain of W. & M. for LU . 1 Air ror the armed forces before pigskin time rolled around and, therefore, did not play in 1945. He re-entered school In December, 1945, and re-: turned to the grid game for the 1946 and 1947 seasons, gaining rec ognition as one of the top men in his position in the entire South. However, the Southern Confer ence ruling that “participation in intercollegiate athletics shall be limited to one freshman and three varsity years over a period of five consecutive years counting from the date of first matriculation” is the regulation which caused Mikula to be ruled ineligible. Although Mikula failed to participate as a freshman, he has played three seasons on the varsity. Cubs Buy Right Hander CHICAGO, Jan. 19 (JP).—Bob Hush, 22-year-old. 6 foot 4 inch right handed pitcher, has been purchased by the Chicago Cube from Nashville of the Southern Association. ,e» Beauty Queens Will Brighten Sandlot Baseball Tourneys By Hugn Fullerton, jr. Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Ladies’ day has become an established institution in baseball; Lariy MacPhail added another femi nine touch by staging a pre game style show at Yankee Sta dium. . . , Who else but Ray (non-professional) Dumont could top that? ... To arouse more in terest in his sandlot program— especially feminine interest— Ray will experiment this year, with having a ‘‘baseball queen" selected at each of the 24 district tournaments in Kansas. iThe 24 queens will go to the State tourn ament, where a State queen will be selected. Dumont has made a deal with Virgil Barnes, the old New York Giant pitcher who has become a portrait painter of some note, to do the portrait of each district queen and present it to the gal. ... If all works out according to plan, Dumont says he'll adopt it for every State tournament in 1949 and gather the State winners in Wichita, Kans., for the National tourney. . . . And then Atlaptic City had better look out for its beauty laurels. Break of the Game—If a base ball, a runner and a fielder all reach first base at the same time in a ball game, anything that happens to anyone is the guy’s own fault. . . . That, roughly, is what was decided on in Powha tan Circuit Court in Virginia the other day when one ball player sued another for $15,000 for a broken leg received in a game betwen the Dorset and Church Road teams of Richmond last summer. . . . The first base man, who had covered the bag, sued the base runner, who had tried to beat out an infield hit, contending the runner had spite fully collided with him. The run ner claimed the fielder had blocked the base and the jury agreed with him and refused to a want damages. I rreaicuon—in spue oi as sorted rumors that have been making the rounds. Curly Lam- i beau will start his 30th season as Green Bay Packers coach next fall. Curly has been on the one job longer than any prominent coach in th,e football business, pro or college. . . . Max Winter, who pays Jim Pollard $12,000 (plus a bonus and other induce ments) for playing basket ball j for the Minneapolis Lakers, claims that Jim "does everything Hank Luisetti did, only twice as ! good.” . . . Middleweight Charley Burley, who insists he took that job on a garbage truck because hoisting those big cans is good conditioning work, says he'd like to take on Doc Williams for the | benefit of the polio fund or any- j thing else. j — Cleaning the cuff — Maurice I Bloch of Selma. Ala., one of the smarter guys in minor league baseball, is reported seriously ill j in a Selma hospital. . . . One member of Auburn’s wrestling ! team is Jack Frost, a 200-pound freshman from Norfolk. Va. . . . The weather man says that does not explain the heavy frost in Alabama. - --- ——— i IJ J MaT||T 1 aj iI<J Kl J'lftllU 1 4|M ■BBilWimy immur EMERSON I ORME T7tli and M S«. N.W. Star Alabama Passer Accepts 'Much less' Than Dodgers'Offer By Lewis F. Atchison The Washington Redskins have signed Harry Gilmer, University of Alabama triple-threat star, to a two-year contract, club officials announced today. The price paid the player chosen above all others as the Tribe’s bonus pick was not disclosed, but Gilmer said he ac cepted "a lot less money” than he was offered by the Brooklyn Dodg ers of the rival All-America Con ference. Gilmer’s signing silenced reports he had demanded as much as <100,- j 000 for a 5-year contract, reports he i laughed off. He did not sign with Washington before, Gilmer added.; because he had promised to listen to the Brooklyn offer before making any decision. Wants to Play With T-Team. The 6 - foot -170 - pound trlple threater said he chose the Redskins because he wanted to play with a r-formation team, believing it would sdd to the length of his professional career. Gilmer said he was not iiscouraged at the prospect of play ng second fiddle to Sammy Baugh and that he knew Baugh would see a lot of action next autumn. Baugh has said he expects to retire after mother year. "I think Baugh can help me,” Orilmer said, “and maybe when he's •pariv tn efan Hnnm Til Km vaaWh in take over." Gilmer’s signing also paVed the way for a trade involving Jimmy Ifouel, Baugh’s understudy for the ast two years. Ypuel, who followed Hoy Zimmerman and Prank Fil :hock in tlft familiar role of walt ng for Sammy to retire, has i expressed the hope that he will be :raded to a team that will use lim regularly. In Gilmer’s case the prosjwct of taking over Baugh’s role is much brighter because of 3timer's age. The Alabama star will not be 22 until April, while Baugh will be 34 before another Football season rolls around. Praised by Rice. s | Gilmer, whom the veteran sports columnist Grantland Rice once called the best college player In the coun- i try, missed the war because of his youth. He played four years at Alabama and performed in four postseason games. It was Gilmer’s stellar perform ince in his first Sugar Bowl game, January 1, 1945, that had sports writers thinking up new superlatives. Duke nosed out Alabama in that game, 29 to 26. The following year, Gilmer to Appear On Radio Tonight Harry Gilmer, Alabama back fleld star who has signed a two year contract with the Wash ington Redskins, will air his views about pro football tonight over Station WMAL at 6:15. Gilmer will be the guest of j Sportscaster Jim Gibbons, who helps describe the Redskin games each season. ___J Gilmer sparked Alabama to a 34-to 14 triumph over Southern California in the Rose Bowl. In December, 1946, he was a member of the hand picked South eleven that defeated the Ityrth, 20 to 13, in their annual game at Montgomery, Ala. Last January 1 Gilmer had one of the Infrequent offdays of his collegi ate career as Alabama was routed by rexas in the Sugar Bowl, 27 to 7. Gilmer said the knowledge that the Redskins had picked him as heir first ehoice did not disturb him and had no affect on his play in the Sugar Bowl game. He called it fcn off day” and let it go at that. May Be Used as Kicker. Coach Turk Edwards said that frhile Gilmer did not do the punting [or Alabama last season he was a good kicker and might be used in that role with Washington. He also ilayed safety on defense and against Louisiana State University last au tumn returned a punt 96 yards for a touchdown. Edwards said he :ould make good use of him in that position. Under Red Drew at Alabama Gil mpr nlavAH t.h* Nntr» Tkmp shift. formation and was used both as a blocker and tailback. He said he thought he would prefer to play the T and is confident he can take care of the ball-handling chores. A recent statement by Branch Etickey, head of the Brooklyn base call and football clubs', that he wasn’t going after Gilmer because ne understood the player already nad been signed by the Redskins touched off a wave of speculative stories concerning Gilmer’s future. Oilmer evidently is assured of not! cnly playing frequently in 1948 but auite probably of taking over the regular job in ’49. It is hardly likely; that the Tribe would pay him a top salary to warm the bench. Gilmer is married and has a 2-; month-old daughter. He will re turn to school after next season i to complete work for his degree. I Fire Destroys Grandstand ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 19 (IP).—A fire at Fairview Field, home of the Interstate League Allentown base ball Cardinals, destroyed the* 700 seat grandstand today. The fire; broke out in a watchman's room! under the grandstand, firemen said.; Zosmik to Pilot Dayton CLEVELAND, Jan. 19 (#).—Joe ifosmik, who piloted the pennant winning Tucson, Ariz., cowboys last (rear, has been named manager of ;he Dayton, Ohio, baseball team of he new Class A Central League. IFRANKSMAlTj U THIS IS POME FOB m I <sg> j I SERVICE I C IF THE COLD 1 m weather Is getting your car B m down bring It In now lor a M M winter tune-up. We will re- V ■ store Its pep and power I m M BUDGET HAN W BFRANK SMALL, Jr., Inc.l M TWO LOCATIONS ■ ■ 215 r. An. S.E. 1M1 OkM Hop. as. V B ML SEAT _U. 2S7S M ■ ’Silt 01 All Copiss /row SmaU V ■M PRIZE PACKAGE—Harry Gilmer (left), Alabama passing star, and Coach Turk Edwards of the Redskins look over the two year contract Gilmer signed today to play professional football with the Washington team. Gilmer seems pleased with th* terms offered him. —Star Staff Photo. Golf Pros Get Blank Checks (Money Later) as Result of Suit By th« Associated Press RICHMOND, Calif., Jan. 19 — Good natured E. J. (Dutch) Har rison today had only a blank check—wholly blank, that is—to show for his smashing, 15-under par victory in the $10,000 Rich mond Open golf tournament. Similar blank checks also went to all of the other "money win ners”—but Harrison and the others who qualified for prize cash had the PGA’s assurance of the promised amount in green backs soon—probably at Phoeni::. Ariz., this week end. Harrison's share for his sensa tional 72-hole 273, including a course record 65—seven under par—in the opening round, will be $2,000 when the PGA cashes those blank checks. The unusual action was taken because three Negro golfers, all denied permission to compete, sued the PGA and the Richmond sponsors for $315,000—including potential prize money. The PGA delayed payment in cash, it ex plained, to avoid the possibility of the $10,000 prize total being tied up in litigation. Most of the golfers headed for Phoenix and its $10,000 Open and the PGA hinted very broadly the prizes would be paid across the Estate line. Harrison, who is from Little Rock, maintained a dazzling pace that left his fellow pros and the leading amateurs straggling be hind. He overmatched the par 72 course, 6,488 yards long, through out the divot derby, adding to his initial 65 rounds of 67, 70 and 71. When he dropped a two footer for a birdie 4 on the final hole yesterday, the sunny weath 1 er crowd around the green and on the slopes was estimated at • more than 7,500. * The six-footer from the Ozarks boosted himself into third place among the money winners for the first three tournaments of the 1948 winter season, making his total $2,566. In the preced ing Bing Crosby event, he col lected only $16 and at Los An geles, $550. Lloyd Mangrum of Los An geles, who won only $300 here, leads the money men with $4,253. Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa., who bypassed Richmond, is second with $4,000. Harrison's finishing drive gave him a two-stroke margin over Jimmy Demaret of Ojai, Calif., i but the transplanted Texan made a great bid for top honors by firing a six-under 66 in the last round. Demaret ended up with 275. Ed Furgol of Pontiac, Mich., , started the final 18 in second j place and finished in third posi I tion .behind Demaret. Furgol shot par 72 and posted a total 277. • A fine 67 finish gave Chandler Harper, Portsmouth, Va., fourth place with 278, worth $800. At 279 were grouped Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Va.; Jim Mil ward, Northemaire, Wis.; South Africa’s Bobby Locke, Skip Alexander, Mid-Pines, N. C., and the low amateur, Doug Ford of New York. The pros pocketed $662.50. National Champion Lew Wor i sham picked up on the last round, the second straight tour ; nament in which he failed to turn in a card. Worsham en tered the last round with three straight 73s for a 219 total. Eastern Quint Seeking Revenge In Baltimore; Schoolboys Busy Eastern High's basket ball Ram blers, now solid favorites in the Dis trict public high race, chase over to Baltimore tomorrow afternoon for another test between the best in Washington and the best in Balti more. The Ramblers are playing Patterson Park, a team that cut a pretty wide swath through local ranks last month. Patterson beat Eastern, 57-34; Anaco6tia, 48-37. and Coolidge, 44-28, and now it’s up to Eastern to help even the score. Coach Bobby Hart’s Ramblers are better than they were last month and should be able to give Patterson more of an argu ment. They might even win. Hart’s team is big and fast and has plenty of reserves. Such boys as Sal De Giorgi and Francis Wes ley can make trouble for anybody and even if it wins tomorrow. Pat terson Park won’t have as easy a time as it did here. Eastern’s trip to Baltimore to morrow is only part of a heavy and ?ood schoolboy basket ball program :his week. Gonzaga particularly will be busy. The Eagles are at Roosevelt tomorrow afternoon, at College Park Wednesday night against Greenbelt and at Kensing ton against Devitt on Friday before taking on their traditional rival, St. John’s, at the Armory next Sunday. Central, too, is busy. It is host to Devitt tomorrow, goes to Woodberry Forest on Wednesday and then runs into some Eastern trouble in a high series game at the Armory Friday night. • N The Gonzaga - Greenbelt tilt Wednesday night is part of an Inter ring double-header between Dis trict and Maryland teams, the other lalf of which has Bladensburg igainst Coolidge. College Park also1 is the scene of another traditional game on Friday night, the first of two games this year between Blair and Bethesda, Montgomery County rivals who have come up with ex cellent teams. 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