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WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW By FRANCIS STANN
Now You See It, Now You Don't
IT COMES UP THE CHICAGO BEARS versus the New
York Giants for the National Football League payoff Sunday,
and if there is any rough stuff, which is possible, chances are
you won’t see it on the TV screen. Bert Bell, the commis
sioner, will take care of that matter.
Bell readily admits that pro football telecasts are cen
sored. This wa§ proved when the Detroit Lions and Bears
battled in Chicago for the Western Division title. When the
fists started to fly the TV button-pusher shifted to a more
serene scene. At one point the comment was that “tempers
are short,” but it was not embellished by factual reporting or
by the cameras.
At least one TV commentator has remarked on Bell’s
censorship. Seems the czar gathers the spielers before the
season and warns them to avoid talking about and picturing
any scene of undue violence or one that might lead to violence.
“We are selling our game just as the sponsor is selling his
product,” Bell explains piously.
* * * *
THIS HAS NOT BEEN a very good winter for Commis
sioner Bell. With the Western championship up for grabs
in Chicago, Bert was sitting home in Philadelphia and, there
fore, in no position to form a first-hand opinion as to
whether Ed Meadows, so-called “hatchet man” for the Bears,
was overly anxious to retire Bobby Layne, the Lions’ quarter
back, from action. His second-hand opinion was utterly
sanctimonious, a sort of “it can’t happen in our game”
philosophy.
Then the Chicago Cardinals, claiming that officials failed
to call 23 rules infractions by the Bears back on December 9,
were forbidden by Bell to make reruns or show stills of the
game films. “Two touchdowns by Ollie Matson, one by a 65-
yard run and the other by an 83-yard run, were called back,”
Walter Wolfner, managing director of the Cards, protested.
“We were penalized nine times, altogether, and we have
positive proof from the films that we are 100 per cent correct
in our claim that the 23 rules infractions by the Bears, not
called, are not judgment plays but rules violations.
“ . . . The commissioner has one set of rules for one club
and another set for another club,” Wolfner insisted. “The
Bears, for instance, were,,allowed to show their film with stills
and comments. But we can’t unless we invite a fine and
suspension.”
* * * *
AS A MATTER OF FACT, most TV sports shows are
censored to a degree. In boxing, the commentator may
remark that Joe Blow is bleeding from a bad cut in the eye
region. “I don’t know if the ring physician will stop the
fight or not,” he will say. At the end of the round, however,
while the doctor is dramatically passing judgment on the
wounded warrior, the viewer is given a choice of a heavy,
middle and lightweight razor. This takes one minute, and
the next sound and sight is (1) the start of the next round
or <2j the ring announcer declaring the fight is over.
Baseball radio and TV commentators, by and large, are
owned by the owners of the clubs. They select their men.
They can and do override the gray-flannel agency folk and
the sponsors. As a consequence the radio-TV announcers
are hobbled. They speak critically of the home team at their
own risk, which is considerable if they like to eat.
The result often is a complete lack of objectivity. There
will be no criticism of the home team, no matter how lowly it
may be. But the paeans of praise are damning.
* * * •
ARCH McDONALD, who after these, 10, many years won’t
be broadcasting the Senators’ games in 1957, got around the
sweetness-and-light ban with a rare agility of tongue. Ol’
Pine Tree hewed to the line pretty much as far as words
were concerned, but he had inflections going for him.
McDonald, who might well be the most knowledgeable
baseball commentator in the business, had a fetish about
bases on balls. Covering the Senators, of course, McDonald
described many a base on balls.
“There's the fourth ball," Arch would say resignedly.
“They kill a ball club.” Note that he wouldn’t specify the
Senators, just “a ball club.” But the connotation was plain,
if subtle.
Maybe that’s why No. 1 won’t be at the mike in ’57.
Somebody in the front office must have caught on.
Colts May Find Steelers
Also in Quest of Parker
BALTIMORE. Dec. 25
Carroll Rosenbloom, well-heeled
principal owner of the Colts,
may be about ready to do a
little post-Christmas shopping.
He has looked over the avail
able coaching merchandise, and
says he likes the looks of a hot
number on display in Detroit's
Briggs Stadium for the last six
years.
But the owners of the Lions
may not be willing to relinquish
their successful coach. Buddy
Parker. And it's possible Parker
may not want to leave if offered
a long-term contract.
If Parker does decide to leave
Detroit, there is reportedly at
least one other bidder for his
talents—the Pittsburgh Steelers
Poor health and a bad season
are said to have clouded Coach
Walt Riesling’s future there.
Rosenbloom reportedly thinks
Pittsburgh would have first crack
at Parker if he rejects a one
year contract from the Lions.
Parker and Art Rooney, owner
of the Steelers, are very close
friends, is the way the head man
of the Colts reasons it.
But Rosenbloom has the money
—and an intense desire to give
Baltimore a winner in the Na
tional Football League. He has
said repeatedly he would spare
no expense m attempting to
build a title contender.
So if Rosenbloom flashes his
bankroll and backs his promises,
the Steelers undoubtedly would
have to go high to lure Parker—
sentiment or friends notwith
standing.
Mantle Says Other Sluggers J
May Top Ruth but He Won't i
TAKOMA. Wash . Dec. 25 (.'Pi
—Mickey Mantle thinks there
are "four or five" big league
baseball players capable of
breaking Babe Ruth s home run
record of 60 jn one season, but
he doesn't count himself in the
group.
"I had my chance this sea
son and couldn't quite make it,”
the young Yankee slugger said
during a brief stopover at the
Seattle-Tacoma airport. He pre
dicted. however, that the record
probably will be broken in the
next four or five years, and men
tioned Duke Snider of Brooklyn
a* among those having the best
chance.
Mantle was on his way from
Alaska to spend Christmas at
his home at Commerce. Okla.
after having learned In the
North that he was named as the.
Os course, the whole "iffy" sit-
I uation depends on Parker's atti
. tude in Detroit. It's been indi
i cated Parker won't sign another
one-year contract with the Lions.
His present pact expires Decem
-1 ber 31.
Parker has led the Lions to
i three divisional titles and two
: world championships in six
years. But Detroit has made it a
i policy in recent years to give
i coaching contracts for one year
' only.
Rosenbloom reportedly is ready
i to offer Parker a two or three
year contract.
Coach Weeb Ewbank of the 1
'< Colts has Just completed his
< third season in Baltimore. The
team finished fourth in the
i Western Conference with a 5-7
i mark. Baltimore made its best
showing under Ewbank last.sea
> son with a 5-6-1 record. In
: 1954 it was 3-9.
Meantime, the Colts’ home at
• tendance has been steadily
• climbing and this year reached
■ a record 238,471 for six games,
i But Rosenbloom apparently has
his eye on the playing field, not
’ the turnstiles, and is said to be
■ dissatisfied with the team's over
all performance.
i Both Ewbank and Rosenbloom
! have said they have not dis
i cussed future plans and Rosen
bloom has promised to make an
; announcement .<oon.
Ewbank has another season to
I go on a two-year contract. But
Rosenbloom. quite unsurpris
ingly. has said that would not
influence his decision.
male athlete of the year in the ,
annual Associated Press poll. He '
called the poll tribute “a real <
big thrill—the biggest I've ever J
known off the baseball field.” 1
Mantle was returning from i
a several days' jaunt around ]
Alaska with the Bob Hope troupe
for the entertainment of service- ,
men. (
Speaking of the magic <0- ,
homer mark. Mantle said:
“I had my chance this season '
and couldn't quite make It. Early j
in the season I thought it would '
be impossible to top 60 In one
year, but when I slammed out 1
45 with more than a month to <
go I believed It possible and 1
thought perhaps I could do it" »
Mantle said he thinks the <
Yankees wtfl be harder than'!
ever to beat next season. |l
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J£Bs '‘SB ■■■■■ -
OLD FRIENDS MEET
Zsuzsa Ordogh (center), Hungarian Olympic swimmer who arrived in San
Francisco yesterday with a group of 38 refugee athletes from Iron Curtain
countries is hugged by Nancy Ramey, 16, of Seattle (left) and Nancy Simons,
18, of Belvedere, Calif., both American Olympic swimmers. Zsuzsa 16, wants
to make her home with the Rameys. (Story on Page C-3.)—AP Wirephoto
Bakhfiar Named
Best in Area by
jlouchdownClub
Jim Bakhtiar, who made his
first sports headline while at
Western High and has been
making them ever since, has
been selected as the area’s out
standing college football player
by the Tochdown Club.
The block - busting fullback
from Iran, who has been the
University of Virginia’s major
offensive weapon the last two
seasons, will receive the Robert
B. Smith Memorial Trophy at
the Touchdown Club's 22d an
nual dinner January 12 at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The strapping 200- pound !
medical student beat out four
other top candidates, all of
.whom were given serious con
sideration by the club's selec
tion board. The others were 1
Wilson Whitmire, Navy's talent- 1
ed Ed Sakach, guard on *
George Washington’s Sun Bowl- '
bound team, and A1 _ Wharton 1
and Mike Sandusky, Maryland’s 1
two big tackles. >
Does Everything Well
The selection board took into (
consideration Bakhtiar's tre- <
mendous accomplishments while *
laboring for a team that is in
! the process of rebuilding and
has won only four games the 1
last two seasons, three in 1956. '
Being hailed as a one-man
gang is noting new to the 6-foot
,200-pounder, who also is a top *
student. At Western, he ran,'
passed, caught passes, kicked off, j
punted, kicked extra points and
when he wasn't playing football, |
he was working In a gas station 1
(to make ends meet. He has been
“on his own" since the age of i
:12, when his father, a doctor,;'
sent him out to get experience <
in life. Bakhtiar says his father
knew exactly what he was do- j
ing; that it has done him a ,
world of good.
Set Rushing Record I
From Western, which he led 1
to the District Interhigh cham- '
pionship game, Bakhtiar went to 1
Bullis, where he also starred. *
From there it was a short step
to a starring role at Virginia. i
The fifth best ground gainer 1
in the Nation this season, Bakh- '
tiar ground out 879 yards. In '
addition he was a key man on 1
defense, kicked off and booted *
extra points.
In the season's first game. Jim '
set an Atlantic Coast Conference '
game rushing record, 210 yards. <
He was an easy choice as the !
ACC all-conference fullback. i
Murchison in Star Meet;
2 Other Olympians Enter
Three members of the United
States Olympic team, hailing
from the University of Chicago
Track Club, are the latest to
Join the rapidly growing group
of topflighters who will compete
in The Star Oames January 26
at the Armory.
They are Phil Coleman, en
tered in the Acacia Two-Mile:
Ted Wheeler, in The Touchdown
Club 1.000. and Ira Murchison,
in the Exchange Club Sprint
Series.
A fourth member of the club.
Floyd Smith, Is entered in the
high jump.
Murchison finished fourth in
the Olympic 100 meters after
winning a trial and a semifinal
heat In which he defeated Trini
dad's Mike Agostini, who in 1955
set an indoor 100-yard record of
9 6 seconds In The Star Oames.
The record was beaten in the
meet last Januray as Dave Sime
of Duke won the event in 9.5
in the first of his series of sen
sational performances. Sime Is
expected back to defend hi* title
'in the Exchange Club Sprint
ISeries.
Kicking Stressed in Drill
For North-South Contest
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 25 f/P). —lt|
won’t be safe for one team to let
the other get within kicking!
distance of its goal during to
morrow night's North-South eol
legiate all-star game in the
Orange Bowl.
Opposing camps let it be
known today they want all the
touchdowns they can get. but
they’re after victory point-by
point.
Duffy Daugherty, Michigan
State coach who is handling the
North squad, and Art Gueppe of
Vanderbilt, coach of the South,
bore down on the kicking game
in their team's last training 1
stints the day before Christmas! |
“We can't afford to have any;
extra-point attempts blocked or 1
missed.” Daugherty said. “I
think we've got terrific kickers,!
too.” i
Purdue's Len Dawson, Ari-!
sona State's Gene Mitcham and'
Michigan's Jimmy Maddoek were
the craftsmen to whom Daugh
erty referred. Dawson has been
named to handle the punting
and Mitcham probably will get
a call when a field goal attempt
looks advisable.
Guepe and Assistant Coach
Gene Elerson of Miami put the
South's squad through an hour
and a half of work ;
“We're as ready as can be.”;
Guepe said when the’drill con-|
; eluded. His team is a 6-point
underdog.
The Rebels named one of
Guepe's Vanderbilt players, Don
Orr, a Miami native, and Don
Bosseler, Miami fullback and
Washington Redskins draftee,
co-captains for the Southern all-
Stars.
Paige Cothren of Mississippi
is expected to handle the bulk
of the booting chores for Guepe’s
contingent.
The game receipts benefit the
Shrine s fund for crippled child
ren's hospitals.
! Close to 40,000 are expected
to watch the ninth annual con
test. Kickoff time is 8:15 for the!
contest which will be broadcast
by the Mutual network but not
televised.
Fireworks erupted in arrange
ments for pageantry for the game
last night when word came that
Harry Belafonte, Negro singer,
would not lead the spectators in
singing, as announced a day be
fore.
Belafonte said he had been in
vited and the invitation was
withdrawn because the potentate
of Miami's Mahi Temple of the
Shrine objected to him on racial
grounds. Potentate Ben Lanier
Coleman, who finished fourth
In the Junior Chamber of Com
merce Mile In the last Star
Oames. ran the 3.000-meter
steeplechase In the Olympics but,
handicapped by a pulled tendon,
failed to qualify for the finals.
In non-Olympic races in Aus
tralia he ran a mile in 4:04.9 and
two miles In 8:47.8.
Wheeler is rated with the best
mllers In the country, although
he failed to reach the Olympic
1.500-meter finals. His coach.
Ted Hayd on. has predicted
Wheeler will break 4 minutes in
the mile before the outdor sea
son is over. He will compete
here in either the mile or the
Touchdown Club 1.000. He ts re
ported training well.
On a number of occasions
Smith has jumped 6 feet 8
inches.
Tickets for The Star Games
may be purchased at Fairway
Sports. 1328 O street N.W„ or at
the business counter or Room
200. The Star Budding- Mail
order* will be filled. Price* are
82. 83 and 84 Only a few of the,
84 ticket* remain.
denied that. He said Belafonte
never had been officially invited
: and the idea had not been
broached in advance to the
Shrine Program Committee,
• which had completed its own
arrangements.
. A publicity man said he had
, asked Belafonte to sing before
consulting Shrine officials.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
i
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WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1956 ★★
Flam to Meet Hoad
In Davis Cup Opener
Garden' Event Launches
Busy Week in Basketball
By the Associated Press
Play begins in' the Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference’s
holiday festival in New York to
day. touching off a Christmas
week or 20 major tournaments
that ought to qualify as a basket
ball gourmet’s delight.
Close to 150 teams are Involved
in the mass dribbling from coast
to coast, including most of the
so-called “name ’ teams.
The holiday festival, starting
its fifth annual run at Madison
Square Garden, begins with 1
Fordham Playing Temple and
Villa nova meeting New York Uni-!
versity in an afternoon double
header.
The festival, won last year by
San Francisco, is a 10-team af
fair with St. John’s of Brooklyn,
Brigham Young, Ohio State,
Manhattan, Niagara, and Notre
Dame moving into action later
in the week. Finals are set for
Saturday night.
Most of the other tournaments
start either Thursday or Friday
but one of the most interesting,
the Big Seven preseason scuffle,
has its first round tomorrow inj
Kansas City.
Led by Wilt (the Stilt) Cham-!
berlain and the Kansas Jay
hawks, the Big Seven rates as
perhaps the strongest in the
country and the tournament,
should give a good Indication of
how Wilt and the top-ranked
Jayhawks will fare against such
conference rivals' as Colorado.
Missouri, lowa State, Kansas
State and others,
i Another strong field is in the
Dixie Classic, opening in Ra
leigh, N. C., »n Thursday.
Among the eight entries are a
pair of unbeatens. North Caro
lina and West Virginia, plus
such highly regarded teams as
North Carolina State. Utah.
. Duke, Wake Forest, lowa and
DePaul.
J Here are the entries for the
' other major tournaments:
All-American at Owensboro,
Ky„ December 28-January 1.
SPORTS
Maryland, Virginia, Georgetown, ,
lowa, New Mettco A&M, Mon
tana State, Kentucky Wesleyan, 1
Mississippi.
Far West Classic at Corvallis, ,
Oreg., December 28-29 San
Francisco, Southern California,
Washington, Oregon State.
Southwest Conference at ;
, Houston, December 27 - 29-
Navy, Texas A&M, Rice, Baylor,
Texas. Arkansas, Texas Chris- 1
tian, Southern Methodist.
All College at Oklahoma City.
December 27-29 Marquette.
Georgia Tech, Oklahoma City,
Idaho* State, Seattle, Tulane,
Memphis State, Texas Tech.
Sugar Bowl at New Orleans.-
December 28-29 Kentucky.
Alabama, Houston, Virginia
Tech.
Motor City Classic at Detroit.
! December 28-29 Wyoming,
Northwestern, Detroit, Boston
. University.
Richmond Invitational, De-
See BASKETBALL, Page C-3
Fair Grounds Spill
Hurts 4 Jockeys
Kills Two Horses
i NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 25 UP)
—A four horse spill took the life
of two horses and injured four .
jockeys at the Fair Grounds !
yesterday.
Involved in the pileup were 1
Evening Ember, with R. Winant
aboard; Sgt. Boyle, with Mike -
Roffo up; Jakabloom, with Paul 1
Bohenko up, and Paid in Full, '
with Kenneth Griffith up.
Track officials said Jakabloom 1
apparently fell first and the i
other horses were spilled trying :
to avoid him in the second race,!
a six furlong event.
Jakabloom apparently died on
the spot and Paid in Full broke
a leg and had to be destroyed. 1
The jockeys’ injuries were
believed not serious.
Service went on to win the
event and paid sl2, $5.60 and $4.
C-1
AMUSEMENIS
CLASSIFIED
Draw Pits Seixas
Against Rosewall,
His Old Nemesis
ADELAIDE, Dec. 25 OP)
Herbie Flam of Beverly Hills,
Calif., drew Lew Hoad today 1n
the opening match of the Davis
Cup Challenge Round, starting
tomorrow. In the second match,
veteran Vic Seixas of Philadel
phia goes against his longtime
nemisls, Ken Rosewall.
The draw was held on the
center court of the Memorial
Drive Courts, where the Ameri
cans will seek to pull off the
I biggest tennis upset of the age.
The Australians are favored to
score a 5-0 sweep.
While the doubles teams were
jiot officially announced, Bill
Talbert, the United States cap
tain, disclosed he had nominated
Sam Giammalva of Houston to
pair with Seixas. Harry Hop
man. Australia’s captain, chose
Rosewall and Hoad.
The doubles are scheduled for
Thursday and the final’two sin
gles Friday.
Talbert May Switch
“I named the team to meet
regulations," Talbert said. "This
does not mean necessarily this
is the team I will use. I have
until one hour before the ir- h
to make a change and my de
cision will be guided by the re
sults of the singles matches."
Both Flam and Giammalva
have been practicing with Seixas.
Talbert and Hopman expressed
pleasure at the draw.
Hopman insisted there was
nothing in the draw to alter his
opinion his boys will score a
clean sweep, while Talbert said:
"We were not concerned how
the names fell. We are ready
and we will give these matches
all we’ve got. If we are beaten,
there can be no alibis.”
Dine at Adjoining Tables
The rival teams enjoyed
Christmas dinner at a midtown
hotel, where both are staying.
Sitting at adjoining tables, they
swapped friendly banter and
See DAVIS CUP, Page C-3