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-1 s SI -If ft . ¥ M HP* « Jgl " ' ’ ? Jim . Bp * '"' I / % ->’ WF, «|B ■HhHI ■ | Tap SB WATCH THE BOUNCING BALL—Andy Johnson (12) of the Phila delphia Warriors loses sight of the basketball just long enough for Steve Hamilton of the Minneapolis Lakers to grab it during yesterday’s pro game in Minneapolis. 800 Ellis (left) of the Lakers moves in to help, if needed. Minneapolis won, 119-98, as Elgin Baylor scored 30 points.—AP Wirephoto. Stags Wait for Carroll To Uphold Favoritism CATHOLIC LEAGUE e DeMatha 3 0 Gonzaga 1 2 f Carroll 2 0 Mackin 1 2 . •t. John's 11 fit. Anthony 0 3 1 By DICK SLAY ] Star Staff Writer |* After defeating both St. i John’s and Gonzaga, the latter < by 47-45 yesterday, DeMatha j now is waiting to see what •. highly-favored Carroll will do 1 against the former Catholic League powers over the coming week end. Coach Harry Marmion, whose Gonzaga club is virtually out of the running for first place in the first round, says he doesn’t i want to miss any of the Carroll j games from here on in. “Everyone talks about con-} ceding Carroll first place, but ] they’re not. I know I’m not,” 1 the new coach says. Carroll plays St. John’s Fri- * day night and Gonzaga Sun- s day. If the Lions lose either \ game, DeMatha will be in good ’ position to claim a spot in the » city championship playoffs and 'j the Knights of Columbus tour nament, which takes the top two Catholic teams. DeMatha will not be too bad off in any case. St. John’s and i Gonzaga must show improve ment in the second round to dislodge the Stags from the top two places in the league. Gon zaga may not get a better chance than it had yesterday. DeMatha, although getting and taking better shots than the Eagles, was off in its shoot ing in the first half and didn’t take the lead permanently un til Benjie Spotts sank a set shot in the third quarter to make it 25-24. Doug Endres, who held Gon zaga’s Tom O’Malley to 8 points, spored half of his own 14 in the third period as the Stags pulled ahead, 36-30. The Stags led, 45-39, with two min utes remaining, but they need- St John's Retains Its Mastery Over Baltimore Five BALTIMORE, Jan. 19 (Spe cial). Lefty Madden and Frank Dubofsky combined for 38 points as St. John’s High School of Washington contin ued its mastery over Mount St. Joseph’s. 78-66, here yesterday. St. John’s hasn’t lost a game to Mount St. Joseph’s in three years in the Baltimore-Wash ington Catholic League. The win gave the Cadets a 3-1 league record while the losers slipped to 0-3. SI. John's O.F.Hi SI. Joerphi G.F.Fti Greaves 0 0 0 Corbett 8 212 Revletio 0 O 0 Helm 0 0 0 Dubofsky fl 618 Cook 0 O 0 Madden 7 020 Manning Oil Dunn *>o 0 0 Jones 0 0 0 Stnons 2 S 9 Leuer 0 0 0 Sanford 00 0 Sabatlno 00 0 IcGuire 4 Sl3 Wal'horst 11 32S Daley 0 11 Klllen 14 0 Irwin 0 517 Heiner 8 422 Roth 0 0 0 Ray 0 0 0 Totals Totals 2614 00 Halftime: 38-36. Touchdown Club to Present Griffith Award to Jensen Jackie Jensen, Boston Red i Sox outfielder who waa voted the American League’s "most valuable” player last season, has been named to receive the Clark Griffith Memorial Award at the Touchdown Club’s an nual dinner Saturday night at the Sheraton Park Hotel. The Griffith trophy, only oaseball award at the dinner, honors the player who, in thej club's judgment, has made the year’s outstanding contribution to baseball, both on and off the ! field. Jensen will come here from his home at Crystal Bay, Nev., to accept his newest honor. He and his wife the former Zoe Ann Olsen, ex-Olympic diving ed a layup by Endres with 20 seconds left to escape. That! made it 47-43. Little Johnny Herbert was the spark of the last quarter, getting 6 of his 11 points. Goniaga G.P.Pts DeMatha G.F.Ptg. Word 2 3 7 Spotts 5 2 12 GrtUo 4 1 ft Endres e 214 Prendach 3 17 Canada 11 3 O'Malley 3 2 8 Bielaskt 1 ft 7 Shields 4 412 Slaughter 0 0 0 Morris 0 2 2 Herbert 5 1 11 j Totals 16 13 4ft Totals 18 1147, Halftime: 10-IR. DeMatha. SEMBLY LEADS MACKIN VICTORY Mackin High School won Its first victory in the Catholic League yesterday, defeating St. Anthony, 51-34, at Carroll. Frank Sembly scored 19 points for the winners, who : boosted their season record to 12-3. St. Anthony lost its third straight league game. Markin O F Pts. St. Antb'e O F Pts. Sembly 7 519 MacDonald 2 3 7 i Hopkins o o o Alion o o o Shriver 0 0 o Murray O l i Burton 3 410 Gate* 0 1 1* Parolski 2 3 7 Amey 0 o o Marino o o o Oreenwell ft 414 iSholl 4 7 Ift 0 2 2, Marshall 0 0 0 Mills 2 2 6 Miller O o 0 Fantone 11 3 Pavne o 0 0 Totals lflToftl Totals 101434 Halftime: 25-20 Mackin. Howard Playing Lincoln Tonight; Gallaudet Busy 1 Howard plays host to arch ’ rival Lincoln and Gallaudet en tertains Western Maryland in ; a Mason-Dlxon Conference > game in the only college bas ketball activity here tonight. I Both games start at 8:15. i Howard brought its record to : 6-6 for the season with Satur-, ! day night’s 79-67 victory over . Montclair Teachers. Gallaudet still has an out side chance of qualifying for the Mason-Dixon tournament The Blues are 3-5 in the league and last week beat Bridgewater, a team which handed Ran dolph-Macsn its first confer ence defeat Saturday night. 1 \ Brennan Recalled - By Knickerbockers NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (AP).— e The New York Knickerbockers e of the National Basketball As ■ sociation have placed Ron Sobie j on the injured list and recalled s Pete Brennan, former North Carolina star, from Allentown 2 of the Eastern League. Sobie suffered a twisted right o knee against Philadelphia a o week ago and has made only * limited appearances In New 2 York’s three games since. He - will miss a minimum of five 8 games. champion, maintain a year round sports resort there. Jensen led the American League in runs batted in with 122 last season, hitting 35 home runs and 31 doubles. Although widely sought by | pro football teams after his graduation from California, i Jensen decided to try the dia mond and signed with the ! Yankees. He played with them jin 1950-51, was with the Sena tors in 1952-53 and was traded to the Red Sox in 1954. A committee composed of Jimmy Johnson, Cliff Battles and Burton Hawkins, The Star’s baseball writer, made the selection. Sharman's 36 i Lead Celtics To Easy Win By the Associated Press Keeping the ledgers in the National Basketball Association ■ can be an overwhelming job when you try to gather all the figures together. Boston's Celtics, on the debit side of the ledger in three games with St. Louis, struck the red mark from the books by thrashing the Hawks, 139- 117, yesterday. New York, runner-up to the! first-place Celts in the Eastern Division race, extended its vie-, tory string over third-place' Syracuse to six with a 120-118 ; triumph. Lakers Snap Streak Minneapolis snapped a five- 1 game losing streak by outdis- j tancing Philadelphia. 119-98. and Cincinnati handed Detrott its third straight setback, 107-88. j . Sharpshooters Bill Sharman and Bob Cousy shook the Cel tics out of their lethargic play in the third quarter and Boston outscored the Hawks, 41-19, in that stanza to put it away. Sharman, who matched St. i Louis’ entire output in the (third period, wound up high 1 scorer with 36 points. Cousy added 26, while Cliff Hagan led the Hawks with 28. The Knicks remained 6Vi! games behind Boston and moved four in front of Syracuse j with their victory. Getting ! strong performances from sur prise starter Mike Farmer (20 j points, five rebounds, 10 assists* and Richie Guerin (23 points. ;10 assists), the New Yorkers, built a 10-point halftime lead. I'heir 66 first-half points set a j Syracuse court mark. Johnny Kerr, 28 points, and Dolph Schayes, 24, led the losers. Baylor Gets 30 Rookie Elgin Baylor, return ing to the line-up after sitting out one game because of a racial incident in Charleston, W. Va„ scored 22 of his 30 points as the Lakers broke it open in the second half. Tom Gola with 22 and Paul Arizin with 20 topped the Warriors, who had won three straight. Cincinnati, which had suf fered a 32-point trouncing by the Pistons only a week ago, used balanced scoring to avenge the defeat. Archie Dees paced the Royals with 18 points. Detroit's Walt Dukes was high for the game with 26 as the Pistons fell llVa games behind pacesetting St. Louis in the Western Division. ~NBA STANDINGS By the Associated Press EASTERN DIVISION _ . W. L. Pet. Behind Boston 32 11 .744 New York .26 17 .696 6V4 «SSfd u .WII :58S 12$ WESTERN DIVISION W. L. Pet Behind St. Louia 30 12 .714 D«trolt 19 24 .442 11 Mi! Minneapolis 17 28 ..378 144 Cincinnati 10 33 .233 204 Boston. 139: St Louis. 117. New York. 120; Syracuse. 118. Cincinnati. 107; Detroit. 88. I Minneapolis, 119; Philadelphia, 98. ; I I IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY ! YOUR NEW 1959 : OLDSMOBILE i! AT r CAPITOL 1 CADILLAC-OLDSMOBILE CO. k I *' 1222 Md St N.W.. Wash. D C Cardinals to Try Out Host of Rookie Hurlers NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (AP). —The St. Louii Cardinals ap parently are going to leave It to eager beavers in their 1959 bid to claw their way out of the second division. Rookies will constitute the greater portion of their roster when the Redblrds line up be fore their new manager. Solly Hemus, on opening day of spring training next month. In addition, there will be at least a half-dozen fledglings on the squad getting through tests. Only the matter of bookkeep ing and the 40-player limit keep their names from being on the parent club roster. Bing Devine, the Cards’ gen eral manager, is fully aware of the reason for the club’s failure last year lack of | pitching and power. Conse quently, he has brought up 16 freshman hurlers and a couple of long-ball-hitting outfields. Broglio May Be Best The best of the new pitchers may be Ernie Broglio, 23, Nel son Chittum..2s, and Marshall Bridges, 27. All are righthand ers. Others rated a fair chance to stick are right-handers Bob Blaylock, 23, and Dick Ricketts, 25, and southpaws Ray Luebke, 23. and Bill Smith. 24. Broglio was acquired by the cards in a post-season trade with the Giants. The husky Californian had a brilliant minor league record in 1958. After, winning eight out of nine decisions with Phoenix in the Pacific Coast League, he was switched to Toronto, where he posted a 9-3 record. Chittum was brought up for an inconclusive inspection last August after compiling a 12-8 half-season mark in Omaha Bridges was purchased from ; Sacramento, where he won 16 while losing 11. His 205 strike outs in 232 innings led the Coast League, but he also walk ed 111. Blaylock was 8-14 at Omaha and Ricketts, who gave up pro basketball to devote full time to baseball, was 15-13 at cher, was drafted from Ban Antonio where he was 11-7 Rochester. Luebke, a relief pit- Smith, who also specializes in saving games, was 12-9 at | Omaha. Burton Has Chance Prank Barnes. Gary Blay lock <no relation to Bob) and Phil Clark are back for an other trial. So are the young bonus boys, Von McDaniel and Bob Miller. Blaylock (14-10 at Rochester) had the best mark. McDaniel astounded baseball people with his brilliant pitch ing in 1957 after coming right off the high school campus. Ellis Burton, a switch-hitter from Houston, may have the Erdelatz to Get Car at Dinner They'll roll out a white Cadil lac convertible Thursday night for Eddie Erdlatz, Navy foot ! ball coach, as a token of esteem from the people of Annapolis. The presentation will be at a S3O-a-plate dinner at Carvel Hall, with a capacity turnout of 175 expected. i In addition to civic leaders .and businessmen from An napolis. the guest list includes , such out-of-town personalities ,|as Joe Di Maggio, Bob Consi dine, Phil Silvers, Senator Beall, Bob Turley, Gus Trian , dos and others. BASKETBALL STANDINGS SOUTHERN CONFERENCE Conference All Oamei W L Pet W L. Pet West Virginia 6 0 1.000 13 3 .813 Virginia Tech 4 1 .800 9 3 .750 WdtM 6 2 .750 10 ft .667 The Citadel 3 2 .000 7 2 .778 Oeorgf Wash. 3 2 .000 10 4 .714 Furman 2 4 .333 9 0 .000 Richmond 3 0 .333 77 .500 Davidson 1 ft .167 011 .353» Va. Military 0 0 .000 3 7 .300 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pet W. L Pet North Carolina ft 0 1.000 10 1 .909 N.C State 6 1 .857 12 2 .857 Maryland 4 3 .571 0 7 .462 Duke 4 4 .500 7 8 .407 Wake Forest 3 ft .375 6 8 .429 Clemson 3 5 375 ft 10 ..3,33 South Carolina 2 4 .333 310 .231 Virginia 1 6 .143 411 .207 IVY LEAGUE Conference All Games W. L. Pet. W.L. Pet. I Srinceton ft 0 1.000 10 3 .709 artmouth 4 0 1.000 9 4 .692 Penn 3 2 .600 9 ft .043 Harvard 2 2 .500 7 6 .538 Brown 2 2 .500 7 0 .538 Yale 1 3 .250 211 .154 Cornell 1 4 200 ft 7 .417 Columbia 0 ft .000 112 .077 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE Conference All Games W.L. Pet. W.L. Pet TCU 4 1 .800 11 3 .780 Bavlor 3 2 .000 77 .500 Texts A&M .3 2 .000 11 .3 .7*o Texas Tech 3 2 .000 10 ft .667 Arkansas 2 2 .500 ft 8 .385 SMU 2 2 .500 8 0 .ft7l Rice 1 4 .2007 8 .467 Texas 1 4 .200 311 .214 j BIG TEN Conference All Oames W.L. Pet. W.L. Pet. Michigan 3 1 .750 9 2 .818 Illinois 3 1 .750 8 9 .727 Michtsan State 2 1 .007 8 2 .800 Minnesota 2 1 .067 ft 0 .465 Indiana .3 2 .600 0 0 Northwestern 2 2 .500 9 3 .760 lowa 2 2 .500 ft 7 .417 Ohio State 1 2 .3.3.3 5 0 .455 Purdue 1 3 .250 8 4 .007 Wisconsin 0 4 .000 210 .167 BIG EIGHT Conference All Games Kansas State 4 0 1.000 13 1 .929 Karsas .3 1 .750 0 8 .429 Oklahoma 3 1 .750 8 0 .571 Nebraska 3 1 .750 9 6 .043 Colorado 2 1 .007 8 5 .016 Oklahoma fitate 0 3 .000 5 8 .386 lowa fitstc 0 4 .000 6 9 .367 Missouri 0 4 .000 510 333 PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L. Pet W.L. Pet. UCLA ft 2 .714 10 6 .007 California 4 2 .607 10 4 .714 Stanford 4 3 .671 9 0 .600 Southern Calif. 3 3 .500 11 6 .047! I Washington 3 3 .500 10 6 .625 Idaho 3 3 .600 8 7 .633. Oregon State 2 3 .400 8 7 .533 j ; Oregon 1 2 .333 7 6 .583' Washington St. 1 5 .107 7 8 .407 LOANS IN 15 MINUTES A °T° OR fV£ IN TODAY HERSONS TH Sts. OE. 2-4700 Open tl.tn, ■ I Our Only thru««. O* II N ’ Wl 8 A.M.-7 I’M W .5,™.., best chance to break Into the outfield. Only 22, he came fast in the closing weeks of the season to finish with a .286 batting average that included 41 doubles 22 home runs, 77 runs batted in and 109 runs scored. He can play any in field position ss well as the outfield. Joe Durham, 26, was drafted from Vancouver, where he bat ted .285, hit 18 home runs and drove in 85 runs. Charley James, a young bonus outfield er, heart watching. The husky Missouri D. product drove in 194 runs for Houston and was voted the Texas League’s rookie of the year. Wally Shannon, Duke Car mel, Jim McKnlght and Lee [ Tate are the new infielders. Shannon, a second baseman, •batted .290 for Houston. Car mel, a first baseman, is a power hitter when he connects, which hasn’t been often enough. Mc- Knlght was .285 at Houston and Tate was .292 at Omaha. They are shortstops. Jim Schaffer, a 22-year-old j catcher who hit 311 with 19 homers at Winnipeg, probably needs more experience. Skid Imperils Playoff Hopes Os Presidents i The Washington Presidents, who lost all three games over the week end, now are 10 points out of third place and only i iihree points ahead of fifth-place Philadelphia and Charlotte, which threaten Washington’s hold on the last playoff spot in the Eastern Hockey League. A 3-2 defeat by the Charlotte Clippers last night before 1,213 spectators at Ullne Arena put a dismal lid on the Presidents’ week end, following two losses to Johnstown. The Washington team’s i schedule this week carries it to ! Clinton, N. Y„ to meet the j league-leading Comets Wednes day night and to Philadelphia to play the Ramblers Friday night. The team returns to play the New Haven Blades Saturday night and meets the Ramblers again at Uline’s Sun : day night. The Clippers knocked in a goal in each period last night, while Danny Olesevich, their new goalie, was turning away 42 Washington shots. Wimpy Jones and Herve La- I londe gave Charlotte a 2-0 lead I before Ken Davies scored for Washington at 7:16 of the final period. Jones then wrapped it up with a goal at 19:14, and Wally Kullman got Washing-: ton’s second point with 23 sec onds remaining. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 19 AP).—The New Haven Blades and the Johnstown Jets played a 4-4 tie last night, neither team scoring during a 10-min ute, sudden-death overtime. The Blades tied Charlotte Sat > urday night, 3-3. Guy Luyben scored twice for New Haven and Claude Boileau and Hugh Riopelle once each. For Johnstown, Bob Dawes got ■ two goals and Ken Coombes and Frank Dorrington one apiece. SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Conference All Oemee W.L Pet. W’. L. Pet, Auburn 4 0 1.000 11 0 1.000 Kentucky 4 1 .800 14 1 .990 Miss. Stata 4 1 .800 10 1 .929 Oeorgla 3 1 .670 7 8 .538; Tulane :t 2 .800 10 6 .6H7! Tennessee 2 2 .600 8 4 .0871 Georcia Tech 2 2 .800 fl 6 .84:1! Vanderbilt 2 3 .400 77 .500 Alabama 2 3 .400 5 7 .417 i . Louisiana Stata 1 4 .200 8 7 .5821 (Florida 1 4 .2007 7 .500 Mississippi 0 5 .000 8 8 ,420 MISSOURI VALLEV CONFERENCE Conference All Game* W L Pet W. L. Pet. Cincinnati 5 01.000 10 2 .83:1 Bradley 3 1 750 11 2 .840 ■t. Loula 2 1 .887 10 2 .83:1 Wichita 3 2 .800 8 7 .533 Houston 2 2 .500 6 7 .482 North Texas 1 3 .250 4 9 .308 Tulsa 1 4 .2007 7 .500 Drake 0 4 000 4 9 .3081 SKYLINE CONFERENCE Conference All Games W.L. Pet. W.L. Pet. Utah 4 0 1.000 11 4 .733 Brig. Yount 2 1 .08(1 9 8 .600 Utah Stata 2 1 .888 11 5 .888 Denver 2 1 .868 5 8 .455 New Mexico 1 2 .333 3 7 .308 Colo State 1 2 .333 3 8 .273 Montana 1 3 .200 410 .288 Wyoming o 3 000 311 .214, ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE ! Conference All Games j W.L. Pet W.L. Pet i Idaho State 4 0 1.800 13 2 .867 Colo St. College 4 0 1.006 6 4 .600 Colorado College 3 2 .600 7 4 .638 Colorado Mines 2 3 .400 4 7 .364 Adams State 2 4 .333 2 7 .222' Western State 0 6 .000 flu .0001 YANKEE CONFERENCE Conference All Karnes 1 1 W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet. ; Connecticut 6 o l.oon 12 2 .867 , Maine 4 1 .800 8 « .667, Rhode Island 2 1 .867 4 5 .444, Massachusetts 11 .500 6 5 .546 Vermont 3 4 .429 8 5 .816 New Hempshlre 0 6 000 6 8 .429 BORDER CONFERENCE Conference All Games W.L. Pet. W.L. Pet, Texas Western 2 0 1.000 9 4 .692 New Mexico St 2 1 .687 10 8 .556 Arizona State 11 .500 9 4 .692 West Texas St. 2 2 .500 210 .167! Hardln-Slmmons 1 2 .333 8 5 .615 Arizona 0 2 .000 212 .143, MASON-DIXON CONFERENCE Conference All Oames W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet. i Baltimore U. 4 1 .800 8 4 .667 1 Randolph Macon 4 1 .800 8 4 .667 Lynchburg 3 1 .750 4 4 .500 Loyola 3 1 .750 8 7 .482 Catholic U. 6 $ .667 9 8 .760! 1 American U. 4 2 .667 9 4 .692 Waihlngton 6 3 .625 6 3 .667 H’Dden-lydnay 8 3 .600 10 7 .688 •Bridgewater 3 3 .600 6 8 .600 Johns Hopkins 2 2 .600 6 6 .500 i Mt St Mary's 2 3 .400 6 8 .429 I Gallaudet 3 5 .375 6 7 .417 Roanoke 1 3 .260 1 9 .100 :> Western Md. 1 6 .143 1 8 111 l.Towson State 0 7 .000 1 9 100 'Does not Include one nonconfer r ence game January 14. ' ft LEW STIEGLITZ Shifting to High Gear STAR GAMES Continued From Page A-15 January 10. Stieglitz was; clocked in a sizzling 8.58 in winning the Boston two-mile Saturday night. Sawyer was , second. There are those who have been sounding warnings about Stieglitz, a graduate of the ; University of Connecticut and now an ensign stationed at the Bureau of Naval Personnel here. Both Coach Hap Hardell of Georgetown University and Jim Kehoe of Maryland have said that this is a new Stieglitz who has been working out ini this area. How new is shown by the fact that a 9:01.7 clocking in the 1957 Penn Relays was Stieglitz’ best effort until this winter. And that was outdoors The 25-year-old former IC-4A champion has been out of ac tion for more than a year. Last year at this time he was attending officers’ training school at Newport, R. I. Sawyer’s time in Baltimore was 9:04.6 on a flat track, simi lar to the one used in The Star Games. The track in Bos ton is banked. Other Stars in Field Velisa Mugosa, the star from Yugoslavia now at New York University, and Jerry Smartt and Australian A1 Lawrence, teammates of Macy at Hous ton, also are in this event, along with Buddy Edelen of Minnesota, Wayne Bishop of North Carolina and George Verdisco of Georgetown. Ex cept for Stieglitz and Sawyer, |it will be a fresh field, one that passed up the earlier' meets, and a down-to-the-wire battle is in prospect. Other Boston winners coming here include Lee Calhoun, for mer king of the indoor hurdles who sat out last year under AAU suspension; sprinter Paul Winder of Morgan State, Vil lanova’s Ed Collymore in the 600-yard run, and Bragg, who j set a Boston record of 15 feet ' 4 in the pole vault. Gutowski, world record- I holder, had a bad night in Bos- i iton, reaching only 14 feet in • the pole vault. He'll work out 1 all this week at Quantico, , where he is stationed, with an I eye toward giving Bragg all the trouble he wants here. i Cause Is Sought In Boxer's Death HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 19 (AP).—A county medical offi cial said today the cause of death for Lynn Davis, 21, ama- j teur boxer who collapsed after a Golden Gloves bout Satur day night, would not be known for about a week. Davis suffered a technical knockout in the second round of a welterweight match with Billy Strother in the finals of the Houston Golden Gloves i tournament. | Referee Ernie Taylor stopped ! the bout when it became ap ■ parent Davis was unable to de j fend himself. He took several , hard blows to the head and ibody before the fight was ' halted. Dr. Joseph Jachimczyk, i county pathologist, said he I found evidence of “acute heart ! failure,” but there was no skull i fracture or indication of hem ! orrhage. i The youth left the ring un ■ | assisted but later collapsed and I was taken to a hospital, where ; he was pronounced dead. PER FORM- ANCE P? IIS 1 W -that’s what the new DELCO DC-7 means to you. It’s a dry charge battery that sleeps until it’s sold and saves its power for you. 15 95 6-volt exchangt ASK YOUR SERVICE DEALER ■ 8 THI EVENING STAR WathhgtM L D 1 C IL Moi>day l January If, TMf ATCHISON'S ffj ANGLE %<£} BY LEWIS-F. ATCHISON Each year, the announce- < ment saya, the Touchdown < Club’i annual awards dinner < will be bigger and better than ever. Each year you wonder how it could possibly top its i predecessor, and yet it does, ( thanks to self-effacing hard- ] working committees who begin ] their appointed tasks in Oc tober. | The affair coming up Satur- i day night at the Sheraton- • Park will be one of the best ! yet. And no doubt some of the l real old-timers, decked out in i their best bibs and tuckers, will ' recall the first Touchdown ! Club dinner held at the So- i clal Oyster Club in 1935. Some still say the first was the best, : although it had none of the i trappings that now feature the < show. I Dutch Bergman, then pres-; 1 ident of the TD Club, thought 6ome sort of dinner should be 1 arranged and some sports cel- ! ebrities Invited. But, like other i clubs as well as individuals in those depression days, the Touchdowners were a little short of funds. The budge,, was limited. ** * * Mike Durso. a center on Dutch’s 1935 Catholic Univer sity football team, belonged to jthe Social Oyster Club, an or ganization of printers and en- t gravers. The clubhouse is still located on Saratoga avenue, | just off Twelfth street N.E. Mike didn’t qualify through occupa tion. But he was called on to play the piano so often for club songfests they decided he ought to belong. The first dinner was a smash success from every angle. Tick ets for next Saturday night’s affair cost S2O. At the Social Oyster Club shindig nobody paid. Everything was "on the house.” “We gave them a corned beef and cabbage dinner,” Mike recalls; “and all the beer they bould drink. We did the cook ing ourselves, and I don’t mind telling you it was good. All of us cook and the higher you go in that club the more work you .do.” ** * * The line-up of speakers at that first affair was small but distinguished. The orators were Ham Fish, a former i Harvard tackle, then a Con- • Igressman; Gene Vidal, one-time West Point star, and Coach ’Tom Hamilton of Navy. “I got Tom Cantwell to sing,” Mike remembers, “and I played the piano. You know he was a good singer as well as a good : ball player. And we had a realj • good barbershop quartet, but; bless me if I can think of their • names. And we also had the Navy Band orchestra. It was a ; good show.” Bergman agrees that it was quite an affair. ‘l’d like to get some of the old timers together and have: • another session there," Dutch | said, “if it can be arranged. Os course it couldn’t be a dinner, or anything like that, because the place isn't large enough. We i TIRE SALE The Greatest Buy Anywhere! SMbt No Mony Down! Famous assign RETREADS! IP* CHARGE IT! SAME NEW TIRES # # df T p R t u AS 670x15 12 88 M M wpw Uses 710x15 13 88 M rn NEW TIRES other Sleet In Proportion. Floe Fed. Tax—No Recap Exeh. 0.40x15 SNOW Needed. 22 AIL SERVICE TIRE CO. 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DAILY A^SAT. onMMHBiHmMBmmBMHmnMHBmnHinMHi only had 75 or 100 for the first one. But I'd like to do it for old time’s sake. ** * * The Touchdown Club has been on the move since, literally and figuratively. The next din ner, officially regarded as the first annual, mid-winter event, was staged the following year at the Willard Hotel. When it outgrew that space it went to the Statler and now on to the Sheraton-Park. Next stop may be the National Guard Armory. It’s just as Bergman said, Washington, with its cosmopo litan atmosphere is the most appropriate city in the country for such a dinner. Here the fans can see the great of the sports, governmental and ju dicial world at the same festive board, and rub elbows with them. The only distinguished guest the club has missed is the Pres ident of the United States, and one of these nights you may see the White House occupant sit ting at the head table. ** * * The entertainment is always | tops, and Saturday night’s show will be of the same quality. .Those who heard the late Jack Lavelle in other years, or who listened to Jim Conzelman fa cetiously explain how he be came a great coach, or who heard Georgia’s Wally Butts and other famed gridiron stra tegists, realize the task con fronting later guests. But they continue to be good, to “leave ’em laughing" and asking for more. Morris Frank, the humorous Texan who’ll em cee Saturday night’s dinner, has been here before and needs no introduction. The lineup at the head tabla will be a real All-American ag gregation from Vice President Nixon on down, but it has to be. They’ve got to measure up to that first night at the Social Oyster Club. Everything from soup to stories was good and you couldn’t beat the price. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS BASKETBALL Rrsuits Yesterday DeMatha, 47: Gonzaga. 45. Mackin. 51: St. Anthony. .'l4. 1 6t. John s, 7P: Mount St. Joseph's, S 3. Games Tomorrow Eastern at Tech. 3:30. Roosevelt vs. Dunbar at Tech. 4:30. Wilson vi. Cardozo at Roosevelt, 3:30. Western at Coolidge, 3:30. Phelps va. Chamberlain at Eastern, 3:30. Bell vs. Woodward Prep at Jeff. Jr. i High Sch.. 3:30. Fairmont Heights at Bpingarn, 3:30. DeMatha at Anacostia, 3:30. George Washington at Annandala, j 8:30. Mount Vernon at Hammond. 6:30. Groveton at. Palls Church, 3. I Wakefield at Fairfax. 6:30. Washington-Lee at McLean. 6:30. i Parker-Gray at Hoffmen-Boston. ?:1§ i George Mason at Loudoun County, fi. Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Bladensburg. 2 Northwestern at Montgomery Blair, 3:45 High Point at Wheaton, *2:45. Northwood at Suitland. 2.30. Richard Montgomery at Oxon Hill. 2:15 Poolesville at Boonsboro, 2:30. Surrattsville at Sherwood. 2. Frederick Sasscer at Laurel. 2. La Plata at Great Mills. 7. i Calvert County at Lackey. 7. ; Charlotte Hall at Margaret Brent. 8. ‘ Amer. U. Prosh vs. Bullis Prep at Silvei Spring Armory 3:45. St. Stephen’s at Landon, 3:30. Friends at St. Albans. 3:30. SOCCER Tomorrow Georgetown Prep at Friends. 8:30. ! St. Albßns at Episcopal. 3:30. B-CC at Blair. 3:30 A-19