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! Priory's Courtesies
To St. Paul's Backfire
In Basketball Upset
Othalle lane lluilui.
W L OB W L OB
ft. Anth'y’e * 1 Bt, Paul's 4 fl 4>>
St. John * 7 1 % DeM*th» 3 7 5*4
Prtory 5 3 nM Oeo. Prep 0 8 8
Oornui 4 4 3*,*
By Brian Belt, Jr.
Bob Russell, St. Paul’s coach.
Is grateful for all the favors he
has received from Coach Bob
Dwyer at Priory, but Dwyer may;
be wondering today if friendship!
pays.
Russell tvas junior varsity coach
at Priory last season and taught
Dwyer’s system. This season
Dwyer has loaned St. Paul’s the
Priory gym for practice and even!
welcomed Russell to the Panthers’ i
workouts.
Last night St. Paul’s* returned!
the courtesies by beating Priory.
53-46, to all but eliminate the
Panthers’ Catholic League chances.
Gonzaga defeated Georgetown
Prep, 68-35, in the first game of
the double-header at Priory.
St. Paul’s Comes From Rear.
It was only the Panthers’ third
defeat—all in league competition
—in 13 games this season. St.
Paul's played alert basketball,
overcoming a three-point disad
vantage at halftime to pull away
in the second half.
Russell’s knowledge of Priory’s
offense paid off in the third quar
ter as St. Paul’s held the Panthers
to three points and with only two
minutes remaining in the game
Priory had tallied only nine points |
in the half. A final rally by the
Panthers kept the score from
being one-sided.
Jay Manning, Tom Boyce and;
Bobby Herman sparked Stv Paul’s
to its upset victory. Manning,
scored 20 points while Boyce and!
Herman, sinking key shots from
outside in the final periods, made
14 and 10.
Eckholm In Form.
Jerry Eckholm, the Catholic
League's leading scorer, tossed in
22 points (his average for the sea
son). but his teammates’ shooting
fell off in the final periods.
In the first game. Coach Joe
Kozik used his reserves until the
final quarter before putting in the
regulars. Georgetown Prep held
the Eagles in the opening periods
but wilted in the third. Gonzaga s
entire 17-man squad saw action.
Tomorrow DeMatha plays
Georgetown Prep at 2 p.m. and
St. Paul’s faces St. John s' in a
Catholic League double-header at
DeMatha.
Middlecoff, Worsham
Pace El Paso Field
By the Associated Press
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 9.—Cary;
Middlecoff. who said “anybody;
can win the El Paso Open,” fig-;
ured it might as wrell "be Middle
coff today as he led a field of 78
by three strokes into the third,
round of the $10,000 tournament.;
The Memphis ex-dentist had an
11-under-par 131 for 36 holes as
the results of rounds of 65 and
66 over battered El Paso Country
Club’s 6,315 yards.
In second place was Lew Wor
sham of Oakmont. Pa., who also
did a flve-under-par 66 yesterday
and brought his 36-hole total to
134.
Marty Furgol of Lemont, HI.,;
who played 23 holes yesterday, and
Doug Ford of Harrison, N. Y., were
tied for third place with 135. Fur
gol played out five holes of the
first round for a 66, then shot
> a 69 for his second round. Ford
did a 66 to go with his first-day
round of 69.
The field was reduced to 78. this
taking in the 60 low pros and ties
and 10 amateurs.
The leaders:
Cary Middlecoff_65-86—131
Lew Worsham ___ 68-66—134
Marty Furgol_ 66-60—135
Doub Ford _ 69-66—135
Skee Riegel _68-68—136
A1 Besselink_ 68-68—136
Julius Boroa _ 70-67—137
Ted Kroll _ 70-67—137
Art Doering _ 68-69—137
Johnny Palmer _61-73—137
Jack Harden_tiO-89—138
Jim Simpson _ 69-69—138
Joe Taylor _ 70-68—138
Max Evans _ 70-68—138
Jerry Barber _ 68-70—138
Bob Gajda _ 68-70—138
Bob Toski 68-71—139
•Prank Strargihan_ 67-72—139
Herman Coelno _ 72-67—139
Milton Maruslc _68-71—13!*
Jack Burke _ 70-69—139
John Barnum_ 68-72—140
Harry Todd _73-67—140
A1 Zimmerman _71-69—140
Fred Hawkins _67-7:1—140
Chandler Harper _ 73-68—141
Manuel de la Torre- 74-67—141
Earl Stewart. Jr._ 75-66—141
Felice Torxa _ 69-72—141
Jim Turnesa __ 69-72—141
Iverson Martin_ 68-74—142
Pete Fleming _71-71—142
Larry Glosser _ 70-72—142
Jim Perrier -71-71—142
Bill Olden _71-71—142
•J. C. Goosle_ 70-73—143
?ave Douglas _ 69-74—143
oby Lyons __ 70-73—143
Henry Williams. Jr- 73-70—143
Jay Hebert _-_72-71—143
•Amateur.
14 Boys in Semifinals
Of Boxing Tournament
No knockouts were scored as 14
young fighters won their way into
the semifinals of the Metropolitan
Police Boys Club boxing tourna
ment at Club No. 5 last night.
The results:
Nnlte Cbm
50-pound class—Mike Cline (No. 4)
declsloned Edward Cowan (No. 11). 60
pound class—Frank Campbell (No 10)
declsloned Robert Nocente (No. 6) and
Mike Tucker (No. 5< dectsioned Basil
Hall (No. 4). 68-pound class—-Lawrence
Gordon (No. 10) declsloned John Frank
lin (No. 5). 78-pound class—Jerry Hite
(No. 5) declsloned Stephen Kalstein
(No. 6). 80-pound class—Dave Penn
(No. 5) declsloned Clavln Liang (No. 12).
llo-pound class—Bob Adee (No. 12)
declsloned Louis Pettis (No. 5) and Er
nest Blaine ISo. 10) declsloned Tom
Bishop (No. C|asg
deAlloWml60
pound class—Kenneth Mull (No. 4) de
clsloned Dare Songco (No 5). 90-pound
—William Redwlne <No. 5) and Don Mil
ler (No. 5) declsloned Charles Warwick
g. <Vo. ImSSi
Navy Gymnastics Star
Falls and Breaks Leg
By the Associated Brass
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 9.—Hal
Lewis of Navy put an end to his
chances to compete in Olympics
gymnastics events yesterday when
he fell from a horizontal bar and
broke his right leg. \>-»
Chet Phillips, gymnastics eoach,
estimated it would be six months
before his star performer would
be able to work out on the bars
By-again. Leads was national AAU
horizontal bar champion last yearn.
Terp Boxers Appear Promising
Despite Loss to South Carolina
The fighting performance of
some of Coach Prank Cronin’s
younger University of Maryland
boxers In holding the heavily
favored University of South Caro
lina squad to a margin of 4Va to
3'/2 last night foreshadows a bet
ter season next year for the Terps
than they are likely to encounter
this year.
That the Gamecocks emerged
victorious was due to their lighter
men’s victories in the first four
fights last night in Ritchie Col
iseum, guaranteeing the visitors
no worse than a draw.
But the surprise of the evening
was the windup between the un
limited fighters. Cal Quenstedt
and Chuck Spann. In punch
ing out a decisive victory over
South Carolina’s Spann, Quen
stedt avenged the loss suffered at
Spann’s hands last year when
both fought in the 175-pound
class. Spann, along with the 125
pound Allen George, is considered
one of the big guns of the South
Carolina squad.
O’Brien and Rhodes Win.
Other wins were scored by
Maryland’s Bill O’Brien, a sopho
more from Revere. Mass., and for
mer Marine boxer, in the 156
pound division over South
Carolina’s Malcolm De Witt, and
Ronnie Rhodes, a 165-pounder
from Abilene, Tex., over the
Gamecocks’ Howard Collins.
The best fight was between Bob
Theofleld, a Maryland junior
from Silver Spring, and South
Carolina’s Chuck Davis in the 139
pound class. Theofleld knocked
his man down in the first round
twice and seemed to have Davis
on the verge of a knockout when
the bell sounded.
In the second round, however,
Davis came back strong as Theo
fleld began to tire. In the third,
the South Carolian’s ring lore and
fighting trim tipped the balance
and Davis belted Theofleld all over
the ring, knocking him down just
before the fight ended. The Ter
rapin fighter simply ran out of
gas.
If the Silver Spring fighter had
been able to maintain his first
round edge throughout the fight,
the Terps might have come up
with an upset.
O’Bnep’s defeat of De Witt, a
last-minute South Carolina sub
stitute, constituted a comeback for
the ex-Leatherneck. The South
Carolina boxer gave O’Brien sev
eral hard punches in the first
round, but the Irishman, who was
undefeated as a freshman before
joining the Marines, came back
strong in the final rounds to clinch
the victory.
Rhodes, another Maryland soph
omore. proved himself a classy
boxer in piling up enough points
over Collins in the first two rounds
to win the bout.
Maryland’s Bill Mclnnis and
Jack Cassidy of South Carolina,
who fought in the 175-pound class,
battled to a thrilling draw. The
bout was held up for 10 minutes
in the third round when the Terp
fighter suffered a groin injury.
Mclnnis appeared to be trailing
when Referee Vince Bradford
stopped the fight temporarily to
permit Mclnnis to recover from
the injury, but he stormed out of
his corner with both hands flailing
when the fight resumed.
Letter Pots Up Good Fight.
In the 125-pound division, South
Carolina’s Allen George won as
expected over Jackie Letaer, but
the Maryland’s fighter’s perfor
mance won him a rousing cheer
from the 2,000 spectators, George
is undefeated so far this year.
The victory last night leaves
South Carolina undefeated for the
season, with two previous victories
over the University of Virginia and
the Greenville YMCA. Maryland,
in a previous match fought to a
draw with The Citadel.
The Old Liners’ next home
match is next Saturday at 8:15
p.m., against the University of
Miami. ,
Last night’s results:
1116 pounds—Allen George (S. C.) de
feated Jackie Letzer (Md.l.
13‘2 pounds—Pinckney Watson (8. C.)
defeated Dave Schaffer (Md.l.
139 pounds—Chuck Davis (S. C.l de
feated Bob Theofleld (Md.l.
147 pounds—Emmett Ourney <8. C.l de
feated Gary Fisher (M.I.
156 pounds—Bill O'Brien (Md.l defeated
Malcolm De Witt (S. C.l. ,
165 pounds—Ronnie Rhodes (Md.l de
feated Howard Collins (8. C.l.
175 pounds—Jack Cassidy (8. C.) and
Bill Mclnnis (Md.l drew.
Unlimited—Calvin Quenstedt (M.l de
feated Chuck Spann (8. C.l.
Referee—Vince Bradford. Timekeeper—
Dr. Oeorge Quigley.
Three Olympic Skiers
Injured in Spills;
Bobsled Run Tested
By the Associated Press
OSLO, Feb. 9.—Winds of half-,
gale force swept the Olympic!
slalom course at Norefjell almost;
clear of snow today and helped;
cause injuries to at least three,1
Olympic skiers.
Verne Goodwin of Pittsfield,!
Mass., wrenched his left ankle; |
Jan Plonkna of Poland fractured
his left wrist and Chiharu Igaya,|
20-year-old Japanese ace, injured
a finger* in spills.
After surveying the conditions,
Otto, Menrdi. chief Italian slalom
coach, made an urgent request to
the Organizing Committee to close
the slope entirely until it could
be repaired. *
Meanwhile, four husky Ameri
cans stood ready to test a hazard
ous curve on the bobsled run.
The quartet comprises the Unit
ed States’ sled No. 1, one of the
top favorites to bring the four
man title back to America from
the sixth winter Olympic games
which open here Thursday.
Stan Benham, Lake Placid, N.
Y., 195-pound member of the
American world champion teams
of 1949 and 1950, is the driver of
the sled. With him are Pat Mar
tin, Massena, N. Y.. 270 pounds;
Jim Atkinson, Hamilton, N. Y.,
242 pounds, and Howard Crossett,
Bradford, N. H., 260 pounds.
The run was closed to four-man
sleds yesterday after an Ameri
can and Italian team shot over the
ice-coated side on the third turn.
The spills put Jim Bickford of
Saranac Lake, N. Y., and Joe
Scott of Ausable Forks, N. Y., in
the American infirmary at Olym
pic Village with bruised shoulders.
The members of the Italian team
were not injured.
Victory Earns Vejar
Bout With De Marco
ty the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Chico
Vejar, the fighting freshman from
New York University, had his
college education all paid for
today. Now he’s looking forward
to earning post-graduate fees
against rough Paddy De Marco
February 29.
The wiry, fast-punching 20
year-old from Stamford, Conn.,
gave Johnny De Fazio of Bayonne,
N. J„ a course in stretch fighting
last night and then stopped the
21-year-old redhead in 41 seconds
of the ninth round of a Madison
Square Garden 10-rounder.
Chico’s neat exhibition e&rned
him about $7,500 and put him in
line for the Garden shot with De
Marco, a ranking lightweight con
tender.
Although the swarthy Connect
icut youngster won like the 5-to.-l
favorite he was, he had some
anxious moments in the early
rounds. A notoriously slow starter.
Chico was dumped for a count of
i eight in the second round by a
! right uppercut to the chin.
I That shot apparently woke him
up for he caught up to De Fazio
by the fifth round and breezed
from there on. The first five
flames had the 6,511 fans ($22,655
gross gate) yelling as the boys
swapped punches at close range.
Chico, who weighed 147 to De
Fazio’s 147%, grew stronger each
round while De Fazio tired.
Howard Easy Winner
Over Delaware State
By Ike Associated Press
DOVER. Del., Feb. 9.—Howard
University's basketball team
turned on the heat after a close
first quarter to frim Delaware
1 State, 74-56, here last night.
! They were tied, IS-IS, in the
i first period, but Howard moved
1 in front by 34-28 at halftime and
i increased its margin steadily,
f Emory Mazique set Howard's set#
. ing pace with 23 points.
Bladensburg Victory
Clinches County Title;
GW High Beats Lane
Bladensburg, George Washing
ton and St. John’s were the big
winners in schoolboy basketball
involving Washington area teams
last night.
Bladensburg Is the Prince
Georges County A League cham
pion as a result of its 53-33 vic
tory over Northwestern at Bla
densburg, while George Washing
ton won its fifth straight victory
in the Northern Virginia Group
[ League, 60-45, over Lane at
Charlottesville.
St. John’s won its 12th straight
victory since its only loss to St.
Anthony’s, 73-39, over Mont
gomery Blair.
Bob Kessler as Visual paced GW
to its victory, scoring 19 points,
while Roscoe Sweeney led the
Johnnies with 17 points. St.
John’s led, 32-21, at halftime, but
put on a last-half surge to widen
the margin. Jack Doane led Blair
with 14 points.
Woodward snapped Charlotte
Hall’s victory string at 12 games
yesterday with a 46-38 victory
at Woodward, while Washington
Lee trounced Fairfax, 64-24, ai
Fairfax.
Bill Edmondson hit for 29 points
to lead Mount Vernon to a 55-4C
victory over Falls Church at Fori
Belvoir, while Walter Cower
threw in a long, last-second set
shot to give Landon a 48-46 vic
tory over DeMatha at Landon
Landon’s Larry Sullivan tied the
game with a foul shot just before
Cowan’s basket won it.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase defeated
Richard Montgomery. 39-32, al
Rockville. Frank Funk and
George Chesky each scored nine
points to top the Barons, while
Rockville was led by Walt Dupec
with 11 points. It was the second
victory for the Barons over Rich
ard Montgomery this season.
In other games Sherwooc
routed Poolesville, 76-28; Gaith
ersburg beat Damascus. 54-37, and
Frederick Sasscer defeated Lackey
43-39.
Ken McGregor Retains
Sydney Tennis Title
By the Associated Brass
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 9 —
Ken McGregor, Australia’s na
tional tennis champion, retained
his Sydney Northern Suburbs title
today, beating George Worthing
ton, 6—3, 6—4.
The doubles title went to veter
ans Adrian Quist and Geoff Brown
who beat Worthington and Jack
May, 6—4, 6—1,
Worthington and May had sur
prised by beating McGregor and
Mervyn Rose in the semifinals
16—14, 12—14, 9—7.
Holy Trinity Still Leads
In CYO Girls' League
Holy Trinity is still in first plaa
in the CYO girls’ high school bas
ketball league after edging Sacrec
Heart, 36-31, yesterday. Man
Muldoon topped the winners Witt
16 points.
In other league games, Hoi]
Name beat St. Patrick, 42-25, anc
Notre Dame stopped St. Mary’s
32-28, in varsity action, while Hoi]
Name routed St. Patrick, 37-10
Notre Dame defeated St. Mary’s
42-46, and Sacred Heart overcami
Holy Trinity, 49-20, in junior var
sity play. _ /
Fights Last Night
■y the Associated “rest
NEW YORK —Chico Velar. Ij7. .Stops
lord. Conn,, stopped Johnny “Rod Do
HOlLywooD* cSSf.—Vlriiu Akins, IMS
St. Louis, stopped Baby Leroy, 136. Osk
1*WEOTUIPALM BEACH. VUu — Norr
Thompson, 143. Paterson. N. J.. ttoppe<
ateO&S&fl
161. Phoenix. 10. %>.
Bethesda Club Joins
5 Others in Planning
Invitation Golf Events
Bethesda Country Club plans
to enter the invitation tourna
ment field this summer with a
golf event it hopes will match
those at Manor. Washington and
others held here last year. The
tourney probably will be held the
second week in July.
The Bethesda program was one
of the six invitation tournaments,
includihg member - guests, ap
proved last night at the District
Golf Association’s annual meeting
at Indian Spring Country Club. A
seventh such tourney may be held
by Columbia if it can agree on
dates.
, McArdle Heads Committee.
Frank McArdle. former presi
dent of the Maryland State Golf
Association, was appointed chair
man of a course ratings commit
tee. Within 15 days he expects
to submit a rating of all courses
in this area to thp Executive
Committee, which will be used to
establish a standard of handicaps.
John F. Feeney of Indian
Spring took over as president of
the association to succeed fugene
Murphy of Washington. Others
taking office were: Eddie Ed
wards, Belle Haven, first vice
president, and J. Allen Sherier,
Bethesda, second vice president.
Albert E. Steinem of Woodmont
was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
Elected to the association’s
executive committee were Ray
Lawrenson, Argyle; Robert E.
Morris, Prince Georges: Lt. Col.
Frasier, Quantico, Va.; Don Dud
ley, Kenwood; Admiral John S.
Phillip, Army Navy; Carl W.
Corby, Columbia; Bobby Brownell,
Chevy Chase; Dave Thompson,
Burning Tree; Eddie Wortman,
Woodmot; Tom Carney, Manor,
and McArdle, Congressional.
Eight Dates Approved.
Eight DGA tournament dates
previously announced on the
master schedule were approved.
The invitation tournament
events approved last night were:
Burning Tree member-guest, first
or second week of May; Belle
Haven four-ball invitation. May
16, 17 and 18; Chevy Chase mem
ber-gyest, May 25 and 25; Wash
ington invitation, June 17-21;
i Congressional member-guest, June
24-29, and Bethesda invitation,
July 8-11 (tentative).
College Basketball
WASHINGTON AREA.
SW ,1* „- VMI 63
Qaantieo 88- American 13. 7S
Howard 74- Dataware State S3
EAST.
Bmtoa College T3 New Yerk AC 64
Pittsburgh 73 -Westminister (Pa.) 64
Connecticut 86 ._ BaeknoU St
St. Francis (Brooklyn) 66 FairfleM 4t
Maine 87 -- New Hampshire 73
Colby 74 Tafts 63
Bloomfield 63-Jersey City Teachers 43
Wagner 77- Clark 37
Pace 63. — ... Newark Aggies 64
N. Y. Aggies 68. Delhi (N. Y.) Aggies 47
St. Lawrence 76-Kings Point 63
Hartwiek 86 .... Hamilton 33
Farmington (Me.) 78
Salem (Mass.) Teachers (overtime) 71
New Haven Tchrs. 78. Wilson (D. C.) 7(1
Clarion 83 Edinhoro (Pa.) 6«
Slippery Itaek 78-Fenn 63
Brandeis 86 j. . .. -: MIT 61
Rochester T. 78 Peal Smith (overtime) 73
Oneonta 78-Plattsburgh 6f
Stonehill 83 — ... - Merrimack 41
Lock Haven (Pa.) 73 E. Stroudsburg 33
Upsala 73 ..Dickinson (Pa.) 6«
Albany Teachers 67_ - Oswego 61
Paterson Tchrs. 73 - Glassbora Tchrs. 72
SOUTH.
North Carolina 86-The Citadel 62
Clemson 71 — . Davidson 6S
Virginia Tech 87 _. Washington R Lee 86
West. Carolina 86_Atlantic Christian 71
Georgia 63- Alabama 61
Auburn 61 _ Florida 62
MMdle Testa. 66 - . East Tenn. 64
Louisiana Tech 78_Southeastern La. 63
Clark 68 Morehouse 4fl
Presbyterian 87- Newberry 47
Rollins 68 - Florida State 66
W. la. State 64 N. Carallna College 64
Maryland State 83 ... Kings (Pa.) 61
Hampden-Sydney 81 Towson (Md.) 66
Miss. Southern 68 Northwestern (La.) 67
N. Carolina AdiT 76 Virginia State 63
Eraklne 68 . College of Charleston 63
Georgetown (Ky.) 68 Union (Ky.) 67
Fort Knox 73 Memphis Navy 72
D. Lipscomb 84 . Birmingham 8oathera 63
MIDWEST.
Wichita 68- Creighton K
Toledo 60 -Western Reserve 47
Great Lakes 81 - St. Norbert 61
Xavier (Ohio) 74-Miami (Ohio) 61
Chase 81 Mo Grande 84
Findlay 78 - ... BiulTton flj
McPherson 78 .. College of Emporia 41
! Central (Mo) 68-Missouri Valley Si
Deane 78 Midland 5)
Sterling 66-1. York (Neb) 61
Hastings 88- Neb. Wesleyan 4t
Knox 60 -- Lawrence (Wis) Si
Iowa Tchrs 63 - South Dakota State 61
Cornell (Iowa) 68 Grlnnell 61
St. Ambrose (Iowa) 84-Simpson 61
Baena Vista 66 _ .... Loras 41
Central (Iowa) 61-Iowa Wesleyan 81
Wartburg 80 _. . Lather (Iowa) 71
North Central (III.) 68
„ „ „ Augastana (HI.) 61
Fort Hays (As) 67
• . _ Northwestern (Okla.) 4’
Baker (Kas.) 68 , Bethany (Kas.) 6
Kearney 83 (overtime) Pern (Neb.) 1
Chadron 76 . . Wayne (Neb.) fl
at. Benedict's (As) 83
_ . . — Maryville (Mo.) 44
Carle ton 88 - _Ripen 6;
North Dakota Aggies 64
„ _ Moorhead (Minn.) 6
Huron (8. Dak.) 86
.. - Southern <S. Dak.) Tehrs. 8:
Sioux Falls (S. Dak.) 63
S. Dak. Mines 61
Minot 68 Wahpeten Science 81
Illinois College 68 _Elmharst 6'
Mayville (N Dak.) 113
Bismarck (N. Dak.) 64
SOUTHWEST.
West Texas 78 Arisena State (Tempe) 61
New Mexico Altlitary 68
SL Michael’s (N. M.) 44
Howard Payne 61 . .. Asotin 41
Southwest Texas 67 . Stephen F. Austin 41
McMarry 81 .. Texas AAI 64
Arlington State 68 . Ranger (Tex.) JC 44
E. New Mexico 73 . N. Mex. Highlands 4(
Texas Western 61_Hardin-Sim mens 8(
Midwestern 67 . . North Texas 8!
E. Tex. Baptist 65 St. Edward’s (Tex.) Si
EAft west
Southern California 59 Santa Clara 81
Stanford 67—.»-St. Mary’s (CaUf.) 84
Oregon 66 . - ...Idaho 41
Washington 68_ Oregon State 5t
Denver 61 _Colorado ARM Si
Brigham Yaang 68_ Montana 41
Idaho State 61_ Montana State 4(
UCLA 73 . Pepperdine 74
Western State (Cola.) 60 .Colo. College 51
Ricks 73 Weber 75
College of Idaho 65-Whitman 53
Napa 67 ... _Yuba 4.1
Nevada 53 . .. YMI 31
Oakland Engineers 66 Co), of Pscifle 4(
Eastern Wash. 67 Central Wash. 5f
Whitworth 68 Puget Sound 5i
Willlamette 86 Lewis and Clark 71
Utah Branch Aggies 63 ... . . Carbon Si
Seattle Pacific 87 Vanport 81
Cdlif. Poly (San Lais Obispo) 98
Long Beach State 61
Whittier 59 Chapman 4f
Sacramento State 79 .. Fresno State 61
San Francisco state 85 Chicago State 71
Adams (Cola.) State 65
Paahaadle Okla. ARM Bf
Humbelt 81 Calif. Agvies 84
Oregon Tech 66 Oregon Education 61
CaUf. 64 Universal Motors (Hanolaln) 64
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Duck pinner Shoots
218 for Season's
Top Game Here
George Hoffman, a mem
ber of the Washington Auto
motive League, was hailed to
day as the holder of the sea
son’s record for a duckpin
game. Shooting with Tom’s
Auto last night on the Chevy
Chase drives, Hoffman pot to
. gether 10 consecutive marks,
including four strikes, for a
score of 218. '
It was six pins above the
previous mark, a 212 rolled,
by George Chaney in the
Tuesday Night Commercial
League at the Hyattsville
Recreation and four sticks un
der the ail-time District high
of 222 rolled last season by
, Johnny Nicro at Mount
i Rainier in the Crawley Me
morial League.
fV>:• >: v**;
A partial text of the remarks
of Judge James R. Kirkland in
District Court today in sentenc
ing the defendants in the Nelson
gambling case follow:
In this particular case, before
I imposed the individual sentences,
I noted from the testimony that
this appeared to hafe been a very
long operation, beginning back in
1937, and a very large financial
operation—it seemed to run over
|6 million. And yet with it all,
and the court has been in a num
ber of conspiracy cases, on both
sides of the trial table, sometimes
with more defendants than we
have before us today, I couldn’t
help but feel it was a type you
might characterize as a cheap
case.
Now, when most people get Into
unlawful ventures where they need
protection at the end of a sawed
off shotgun, they usually go out
arid hire a torpedo or two, a
strong-arm man, or a guard. It
was rather cheap to dip into the
Metropolitan Police and take a
man who was retired, a man
whose good nature is his worst
fault, likes to run around, a man
who is divorced, a man, neverthe
less, who, at the time of suspen
sion as a result of this indictment,
was a Deputy United States mar
shal in the very court where this
sentence is being imposed.
Hired far Peanuts.
It was cheap to dip in and get
a detective sergeant of the Hom
icide Squad, hopelessly in debt,
house heavily mortaged, five chil
dren, and hire his gun, furnished
him under permit of the Metro
politan Police and hire it for pea
nuts. Big shots don’t do business
that way.
Another thing that I think
about this case, that it is cheap:
You say that these people didn't
violate any of the Ten Command
ments. One of the things they did
was to take a lot of women. It’s
the only case I have ever seen,
with large numbers of persons in
volved in conspiracy charges,
where women were involved. You
can go back through the history
of any case we have ever tried in
the District of Columbia. I don’t
think there was ever one single
women ever put on trial in that
type of case.
He may be a great man. but I
notice he paid women $17 to $33
a week for a five-day week—six
day week, as a matter of fact. They
wouldn’t have average a dollar an
hour. And subjected them to the
possibility of going to the peniten
tiary. if convicted of both counts,
for as much as eight years.
Brake From Within.
Another thing that I notice is
that it is one of the few cases that
ever broke from within the inside,
so whatever loyalty was there
wasn’t very deep. I don’t recall
ever that we had a case break
from the inside, except a prohi
bition agent who was working with
the others.
Again it was a strange case that
when people embark in crime they
keep almost bank records of what
transpired.
Another thing that I look for in
these cases is character. You
have been talking about character.
Since I have been on this court,
and within less than a year, we
had 16 men on trial for the same
counts, gambling and conspiracy.
They were tried before Judge
Matthew McGuire, and it was a
hung jury. 1 am referring to the
Snags Lewis case, that operated
under the same conditions. It
operated in Prince Georges Coun
ty. And when that case came
before this court, Snags Lewis—
and I don’t know him from Adam;
I have never met the man, I don’t
know a single soul that knows
him—was ready to take the rap
for all the 16. . . .
In the Snags Lewis case, coun
sel for Snags Lewis approached
the .court and said that he was
perfectly willing to take the rap
for all of them, if the court would
impose a fine, and the court re
fused. He then came back and
said that Snags Lewis would take
the rap for all of them, regard
less of punishment, and the court
refused. The court insisted that
he and his lieutenants enter *>leas,
and that’s what happened. And
when the three entered pleas,
13 went free.
Trait of Character.
Now I took that into considera
tion. I thought that was a trait
of character in a man that would
stand up—the chief lieutenant
and his subordinates—and take
the rap for the others. To me
that is character; I may be wrong.
. . . When Snags Lewis came
in. I gave him and his lieutenants
the same sentence that the State
of Maryland had passed upon the
others in that case. There is a
very splendid Illustration of co
operation between the current
State’s attorney’s office in Prince
Georges—and 1 refer to Carlisle J.
Lancaster—and the District. They
mouse-trapped the linesmen and
the District of Columbia tackled
the backfield, and the whole hunch
went to jail.
But against a top of eight years.
Snags Lewis got a maximum pen
alty of two. Nov), to me, I thought
that he did a noble thing. . . .!
(When the judge began impos
ing sentences, Nelson was'the first
one sentenced.) In this case, you,
Charles E. Nelson. I note, have a
fourth-grade education. On April
27 of 1923 you were .convicted of
transporting intoxicating liquor
and fined 3125. On June 17,1924,
you were convicted of transporting
intoxicating liquor and fined 3100
or 90 days, and also found guilty
of the illegal possession of liquor
that same day, given the same
sentence, and apparently -they
were concurrent.
On the sixth day of December
1930, you were charged with vio
lation of the National Prohibition
Act and given a one-year sus
pended sentence and placed on
probation.
On that last incident I noticed
that the records showed in one
of those, the police had informa-i
tion that you were going to drive!
in a certain alley with a load of
liquor and they were waiting for
you when you drove up. When
they placed you under arrest, you
succeeded in throwing a case
containing 12 half-gallons of liq
uor to the ground, breaking some
of them. And that time you had
your wife, who is now deceased,
and also your infant daughter,
the co-defendant Bertha McWil
liams here, and she was only 16
years of age.
Your wife was arrested and her
case was dismissed in the Police
Court.
Doubts About Character.
You can talk all you want about
the Ten Commandments, but I
never heard of a bootlegger taking
Bee Named LIU Controller;;
Aide to Direct Athletics |
Sy th« Associated Prats
BROOKLYN, Feb. 8.—Clair F.
Bee, Long Island University ath
letic director and former basket
ball coach, has been appointed
university controller by the Board
i of Trustees.
| With the announcement by Act
ing President William F. Hudson
of Bee’s promotion, William T.
j (Buck) Lai yesterday was named
| director of athletics to succeed
| Bee.
! Bee, who came to LIU as foot
ball coach in 1831, gained a na
i tional reputation as coach of
basketball. He also held several
administrative positions.
When Long Island dropped in
tercollegiate basketball last year
after several players become in
volved in the bribery scandals. Bee
devoted all his time to adminis
trative work.
As controller, In which position
he will direct all expenditures by
the university, he will be unable
to devote any time to coaching.
Lai. an alumnus of LIU. has
been baseball coach and assistant
basketball coach for three years.
—
Episcopal High Winner
In Track and Soccer
11 Episcopal High scored a double
! victory yesterday, beating Wash
ington-Lee, 55-31, in an indoor
track meet and upsetting Landon,
! 2-1, in soccer.
, The Maroons’ Bill Wetherall
scored 18 points with a first in the
1 high jump and seconds in the 50
yard dash and 50-yard low and
: high hurdles to lead Episcopal to
i victory.
1 Bill Ferguson was the Maroons’
i soccer star as they won their first
match in five tries. Ferguson
, kicked two last-period goals to
, overcome a 1-0 Landon lead set by
1 Pierce Gardiner.
I -
; Hockey at a Glance
ly the Associated Press
Lsst Night’s Basalts.
AMEBICAN LEAGUE.
Buffalo. 4; St. Uiuls, 2.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Edmonton. 8: Vancouver, X.
New Westminster^ S.
Boston, 4: Springfield, 2.
Atlantic city. 4: Johnstown,.!.
INTEBNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chatham. 5: Detroit Hettehe, 2,
Tonight’s Schedule.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Montreal at Toronto.
New York at Boston.
AMEBICAN LEAGUE.
Providence at Hershey.
Syracuse at Cleveland.
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh.
Buffalo at St. Louis.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Edmonton at Tocama.
Victoria at New Westminster.
8**'“t0#lA^,\SAGUE.
Boston st Atlantic City.
Nrv Haven at Sprintfield.
N*W INTEBNATIOVIL^LEAGUE.
Detroit Hettehe at Grand Rapids.
Pro Basketball
•y the Associated Press
Last Night's Results.
NBA.
New York. 103: Baltimore. 83.
gxssrft mffiaSTit:
Tonight's Schedule.
Syracuse at Baltimore.
Philadelphia at New York.
Port Wayne at Minneapolis. *
UdUnmi^gMUyukee^
Wilkes-Barre at Saratoga.
,V Middletown.
Bradley Reports Dispute
On NATO Rifle Solved
USBON, Feb. 9 (A1).—Gen. Omar
Bradley said today the dispute
over a standardized rifle for NATO
forces has been ended by. agree
ment "that everybody use what he
has until we get a better rifle
every one agrees on.”
U. Gen. Charles' Foulkes,
Canadian chief of staff and chair
man of the NATO Military Com
mittee, nodded in agreement as
Gen. Bradley spoke with newanen.
Appeals to Be Filed
By 11 Given Prison
Terms in Nelson Case
By W. H. Shippen
Appeals probably will be filed
next week for Charles E. Nelson,
his wife and nine others, who were
sentenced to prison yesterday aft
ernoon, following their convic
tion for operating a big numbers
ring here and in nearby Maryland.
Three women among the 14 de
fendants received suspended sen
tences. The heaviest penalties
were assessed against the Nelsons
—20 months to five years in pris
on, plus $10,000 fines each.
Two other partners in the multi
million dollar syndicate, Robert
L. Nowland and -his wife, Mary,
were given 20-month to five-year
prison terms, and fined $2,500
each. Blight H. Lee, described as
an officer of the ring, who was
found guilty along with the four
partners for conspiracy ks well as
gambling, received a prison sen
tence of from one to four years.
Detective Sentenced.
Detective Sergt. Robert G. Kirby,
who was suspended from the
Homicide Squad when he was in
dicted with the others last October
22, was sentenced to one to three
years.
A similar sentence on a gam
bling conviction was meted out to
James E.. Lowry, who resigned as
a precinct detective five years ago.
In passing the sentences, Judge
James R. Kirkland declared Nel
son had run a “cheap” operation,
despite a business that grossed up
to $6 million a year.
Nelson was “cheap,” the judge
said, for “dipping into the police
department” to “hire the guns” of
officers who served as “ordinary
torpedoes” in convoying money
deliveries.
He was cheap also because he
did not “take the rap” for his em
ployes, as other gamblers have
done here, and for cringing his
daughter and son-in -law Into the
operations.
Nelson, according to the .udge,
also paid “cheap” wages to wom
en who worked for him end took
the risk of sentences up to six
years in prison.
Those released on suspenaea
sentences included Mrs. Bartha
McWilliams. Nelson’s 22-year-old
daughter, and the mother of two
young children. She was excused
on probation from serving a sen
tence of from one to three years.
Others Given Suspended Terms.
The others given suspended sen
tences were Mrs. Ruby Gary, *6,
mother of a paratrooper sergeant
with combat service in Korea, and
Mrs. Shirley McCoy, mother of
two small children and wife of a
former Marine with combat duty
in the last war.
Other sentences were: Mrs.
Elizabeth D. Brady, one to 10
months in prison; Mrs. Mary T.
Hutchinson, three to nine months
in prison, and Miss Effle Lou
Trent, three to nine months in
prison. Mrs. MacWilliams’ hus
band, William (Billy) K. Mac
Williams, was sentenced to eight
months to two years in prison and
lined $1,000.
All of the defendants spent a
week in District Jail following
their conviction by a jury in Dis
trict Court. All were released on
bond yesterday afternoon pending
appeal. The bonds ranged from
$2,500 for the four partners, to
$1,500 for the lesser offenders.
Meanwhile. State’s Attorney
Carlyle Lancaster of Prince
Georges County said he probably
would not attempt to bring Nelson
and seven others under indict-;
ments there to trial unto District
Court had disposed of the appeals ;
Indicted with Nelson and his
wife in the nearby county, are Mr.;
and Mrs. Nowland, Kirby*, Lowry,
Mrs. Gary and Miss Trent* i
34 U. $. Grand Jury
Probes of Rackets
Reported by McGrath
ly the Associated Press
Attorney General McGrath re
ports 34 Federal grand juries
across the country have answered
his call for a special grass-roots
survey of racketeering and organ
ized crime.
Mr. McGrath asked January 6
for such inquiries in each of the
93 Federal judicial districts, as a
follow-up to the work of the Sen
ate Crime Investigating Commit
tee. These on-the-spot checks, he
said, should be made early each
year.
The 34 juries—20 now sitting
and 14 others called—are scat
tered over 21 States and the Dis
trict of Columbia. Most are spe
cial bodies.
New Unit Created.
Mr. McGrath said they will.be
aided by a new "racket unit"
within the Justice Department
headed by 32-year-old Rufus D.
McLean of Catlettsburg, Ky.
The juries will consult with Fed
eral and local law-enforcement
officers and question citizens with
knowledge of illegal activity as
well as known underworld figures.
Information obtained could result
in indictments or simply in re
ports to the Justice Department.
In response to an inquiry, the
department said no special grand
jury has been called to investi
gate any wrongdoing by Govern,
ment employes. However, officials
said, the survey could swing that
way if it uncovered any links be
tween crime and official corrup
tion.
Some Juries Now in Session.
Juries now in session include
two^ach in Alabama, Alaska and
! Wisconsin, and one each in Ar
kansas, California, Delaware. Dis
trict of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois,
Northern Indiana. « Minnesota,
Mississippi. New Jersey, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee and
Texas.
Others are to be convened In
Arkansas February 11; Georgia
(2) on February 18 and in March;
Southern Indiana on February 25;
Maine, early this month; Missis
sippi, March 17; New York (2),
February 12 and February 26;
North Carolina (2). February 18
and February 25; Oklahoma, be
fore end of the month; Rhode
Island, in April; Texas, February
25; Washington, in February or
March.
in infant daughter and his wife,
transporting a load of liquor. That
may be character, bat I have some
doubt about it.
You have accumulated a gnat
sum of money as a result of these
ventures. Without an education,
you have certainly gone further
afield than a Ph.D. with the high
est degree than any person might
attain in a college education.
Accordingly, on the first count,
charging you with the violation of
the lottery section, the court sen
tences you to a term of one to
three years and to pay fine of 81.
900. On the second count, the
court sentences you to front 20
months to five years and to pay
a fine of $10,000, the first count
and the second count to run cur
rently—an overall sentence of 20
months to five years, and a fine of
$10,000.
Nowin your case, Mrs. Virginia
Madge Nelson, the court noted
that for all these years you shared
equally in the profits, you partici
pated actively. One year, four of
you split something like $260,000.
Records show that you made more
than $50,000 that year.
Now the day, of course, when
women hid behind their skirts
went out the day that grandmoth
er’s granddaughter put on a pair
of slacks and went to work. You
are equally at fault in this ease.
You equally profited. You equally
participated. You are going to get
the same sentence. . . .
(Lowery and Kirby were sen
tenced next.)
You gentlemen impose a real
test to the court. I think the Jury
gave you a very decided break
when they did not find you guilty
of the conspiracy count, which
had a top of five years.
Now in the case of Lowry, you
were in the position of former
member of the Metropolitan Po
lice Department, you were on a
pension, you .were also employed
as a Deputy United States Mar
shal on a per diem basis of $8 a
day. You worked about 216 days
from November 3, 1950, until Sep
tember 28, 1951.
You made a total salary tnen
of about $1,750. and on your pen
sion of $169—approximately $170
—a month, you had earned over
$2,000 a year. In other words, at
the hands of the Government of
the District of Columbia, and the
United States, you were earning
close to $3,800 a year.
You are divorced, your greatest
trouble, I find, is that you are too
free with your company and ycur
good nature. You did have an
honest, an honorable position, and
as I recall, you are the only
Deputy United States Marshall in
the 22 years that I have been at
this bar, who ever stood before
the bar to be tried in the court
that he was an attache of.
. . . You played an active part
here. And the very permit that
gave you the gun that you carried
carfte from the Government whose
protection you promised to up
hold.
Accordingly, on the first count
of which the jury found you guilty,
I now sentence you from one to
three years.
iku . nuuei t u. xkii uy, you present
an extremely hard situation. You
are the father of five small chil
dren. You have been very much
In debt. You owe considerable
around to loan companies.
Whether that was the motive, I
don’t know. You had accounts
there for 13 to 14 years. I know
you leave a wife at home with
these children, and I know the
problem is great.
A member of the Alcoholic Bev
erage Control Board wrote in
your behalf, a person for whom
I have tremendous respect. I ,
had no letters in Lowry’s case.
And a square-jawed Irishman
that heads up one of the units of
the Metropolitan police wrote in
behalf of you in saying that you
are a highly-respectable and
gentlemanly person, that you are
always trustworthy and reliable,
at no time was it ever necessary
to reprimand or reprove you.
Those are characters which, of
course, are apparent on the sur
face.
The evidence in the case is that
you, one of the upper echelon of
the City’s Finest, in the highest
position of a patrolman, you were
a member of the Homicide Squad.
That is tops as far as headquar
ters go. You had an honorable
career there. You had no prior
troubles. But you stood a little
higher in relation to public order
than even Lowry did.
People looked to you for protec- •
tion. They looked to you for
unswerving loyalty. And it is
surprising to find a man gelling
his gun as a common torpedo, or
hoodlum, and convoying these
people back and forth and partici
pating in their activities.
Accordingly, on the first count,
the Court will sentence you from
one to three years in the pene
tentiary.
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