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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
Vast Home Lot Reduces Power
Mats Display at Bot on Road

barriers. an achievement only
vollmer twice, and Robinson
have realized. The other homer
here was a routine hit 10 left BY
Ed Stewart that was misplaced
into a homer.
The current Mats aren't con-
structed to get the best OF IL in
their own park. but there will be
no alterations. Clark Griffith Is
opposed to temporary fences.
Washington has won IL. lost II
at home, but only twice have the
Mats scored as many as seven runs
here. On the road. where they've
won l6 and lost Is. the Mats have
produced seven or more runs In
II games. When the Mats win al
home. II generally Is because OF
a well-pitched game and not
abundant hitting.
The Mats got neither last night
Ray Scarborough took 3-2 lead
into the eighth inning. but Chicago
produced three runs with Ray s
aid and escaped with a 5-4 de-
clsion.
Scarborough Has Mental Lapse.
Scarborough took an unaccount-
able windup with runners on first
and third. the score locked at 3-3
and none out. enabling Charley
Kress to take second. II cost
Ray the game. Bobby Rhawn
proptly singled across both Cas-
Michaels. who was on third. and
Kress.
Washington bounced back with
run In the ninth of Bob Kuzava
but with Sam Dente on third and
two out. Pinch-hitter Ralph
Weigel grounded out.
NAT NOTES; Shortstop Luke
Appling OF the White Sox was
thumbed from the game for the
third time in his lengthy career.
He protested called third strike
in the seventh inning too Yigor-
ously for Umpire Bill Summers. -.
Sid Hudson will try to snap the
Mats three-game losing streak to-
night when he takes the mound
against Chicago's Al Gettel.
The victory checked five-garae
losing streak for the White Sox. 49,,
AL Evans tripled across two runs
In the fifth with a blow TO the
leftfield corner which would have
been a homer In any other Amer
lean League park. =. Ed Stewart
has been hitless In his last II at
tempts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
WoIcott Is Liked, 26-l7.
In Fight Experts Poll

CHICAGO, June 2i.--Fight ex-
perts In an Associated Press poll
gave Jersey Joe Walcott q decided
edge over Ezzard Charles in their
interchangeable title bout at
comiskey Park tomorrow night.
OF those polled. % favored the
35-year -old Walcott and II picked
Charles. an early Z to 5 choice
among the professional bet
makers
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Graziano in Comeback
Tonight Boxes Claus
BY The Asseessssa pfsss

WILMINGTON. Del. June al
Rocky Graziano returns TO tht
fistic warfares tonight after an
absence OF q year with hts sights
set on a shot at the middle~eight
crown he once held. The one
time boss Of the lso-pounders
takes on Buffalo's Bobby Claus al
Wilmingion's ball park In q To-
rounder.
tn be Grsziano's frst competi-
tive appearance In the ring since
Tony zale took back the middle.
weight title June 10, 1915. Rocky
had won the title a year previous
from Zaie.
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SiaIey. Giant Killer.
Boosts Cards Close
To League Lead

"s{aaey. The Giant kg.lts ~~--
that's what 81 Louis fam ie~1&y
arr calling Gerald isw ssaiss ~.
year -nld broad seoulds3et4 t1ehf-
handeg Of sigs 81. LOUIS Cardinals
PRIMARILY y eall rpcn operative
last year and at TIE ositSct at thls
s~Ason. SlAles has bern Enlng sreaI
guns since given . starters fcas
OH May 50 The Brush rTauas
Wash = native has found his SIDE
arm sinker ball and sweeping curve
especially pslEEiing 10 the Nee
York Giants
stAley pitched the Cards Ia
within q half same Of the National
Leagues lesgue. leading nfcokiyn
Dodgers last ntFht, heating the
0iants. Ia. in 81 Louis The
Dodgers were idle,
The triumph was stAisys Attn
Of the ssason and his third over
the once powerful oiAn'a, WHO
occupy fitth place,
Stairy began the sArae boaKiins
a streak Of 1874 consecutive score-
less innings over the Polo 0rourn.
ers He ran the kkein Ia 1874 be-
fore The Giants SAWED his offer"
ines for tao fVsnk tn ths sixth in
ming But the Cardinals already
had the game in The has
The Cards nicked Monte Ken
nedy for q run In the nrki and
drove the youns lefty 10 cover
with four more In the third pou-
eies by Red scho~nde!nst and
Nippy Jones plus Fnos Slaughter
triple featured the uprlsine
Bostons third place Braves
erawled 10 within two games Al
tne Dodgers. edRing the Chicago
Cubs, "a In the majors lone day
game Elbie Fletcher singled
home I'd StAnky from second lsns
in the ninth inning sith The sla.
nina run.
Vern Hiekford went all the SAv
TO gain lis ninth victory Hank
Sauer accounted for Chicago ftaa
with an eighth inning homer.
The fourth place PhiladsIpists
Philiies. behind the seYrn flt
pitching OF Russ Meyer. turned
back the Pirates. I'll. In PITTS.
burgh. Meyer also took = hand la
the Pills ia-hit attack. seeking
two kingies and driving home 0
pair Of runs. Meyer lost bis shut
out In the sixth when Ralph kinsr
doomed his 18th homer
The New York Yankees grabbed
a tighter hold on the American
League lead. increasing their Ad-
vantage TO four games over the
Yunnerup Detrei. Tigers T1hs
YankE beat the 81, Louis Browns.
Al. in the stadium while the
Tigers lost al. 10 the Red Sos ln
Boston.
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British College Track
Team Defeats Yale,
Harvard Combine
BY The Associated Press

BY The Associated Fress
/ CAMBRIDGE. Mass, June 2l.-
While poulticing the wounds oil
their fourth straight defeat by the
combined Oxford Cambridge team
since 1885. the Harvard Yale track
forces today sang the praises OF
three speedy young British collie
gianS.
They were Nicholas Stacey OF
oxford, who doubled In the dashes
to pace the visitors to an eight
first places-to-five victory at the
stadium yesterday. and the dis
lance runners. Oxonian Roger
Bannister and Christopher Brasil
er of Cambridge.
Bannister and Brasher were two
of the meets three record-smash-
ers. the other being Olympian Jim
Fuchs, Yale's great shot-putter.
Without any kind of serious op-
position. Bannister won the mile
in 4:l1.9, a feat that lowered the
1888 mark set by another famed
Oxonian. Jack Lovelock, by seven
tenths of a second.
Brasher had to cut loose with
a terrific GIL second final quar-
ter to out-distance teammate
Philip Morgan of oxford by 60
yards with a 9:16.5 2-mile per.
Torrance that was So second:
better than the meet record sci
here by Oxford's Cyril Mabey II
years ago.
And it was the feet Stacey's
second sprinting double on this
side Of the water. Nine days ago
when the Britishers were bowling
to an extremely powerful Prince
ton Cornell team. nine first places
to four, at Palmer Stadium
Stacey won the 100" and 800
in the ordinary times of l0.2 and
% seconds. respectively.
| But yesterday he few to 90
and 21.3 seconds victories In those
same events.
The other British victors were
Angus Scott of Cambridge. in the
half mile, David Dixon of oxford
In the 120-yard high hurdles
Robert Edwards Of Cambridge. in
the broad jump. and the Oxford
Cambridge 440-yard relay team
Fuchs, who flew in from Lol
Angeles Sunday. after winning Q
NCAA championship. added the
amazing distance of 8 feet IA
inches to the meets shotput rec.
ord with a nonchalant 56-foot
ga Inch toss.
/ The other four homebred win
ners also were Yale products fol
the best any of the four Har-
ward members of the combined
team could do was the SECOND
place Harold Geick gained in thu
broad jump.
The high jumping Yale fresh.
men brothers, George and Jonr
Nipple. who compete shoeless
tiled for first in their specially By
clearing 6 feet / inch. YALE
Teammates George APPEL and Cor.
don Bensley were 2la feet Over
their lone British rival. Davic
Curry of Cambridge. when they
scared II feet 6 inches to share
the pole-vaulting honors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
By Malcolm lomborne, Jr.
Ssuf Staff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, June II. The
Naval Academy's sloop. Highland
Light, today was reported to have
rounded Chesapeake Lightship
during the night Just behind an
unidentified craft leading the
slow moving Newport Annapolis
ocean race.
The fleet apparently ran out OF
wind night before last after max
ing good time for the first 200
miles. Yesterday. the boats were
slowed to q snail's pace.
Meanwhile, the committee keep
ing q 24-hour watch at the An
napolis Yacht Club learned that
a Grey member on the s3-fooi
ketci1, Marjoly.. was Ill and that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
Nays Highland Light Is Second
AS Yachts Enter Chesapeake

the craft, which dropped out of
the race, had made port at Cape
May. N. j.
At the present rate. this race
threatened to be nearly as slow as
two years ago. when it took Ba-
runa. the first boat TO finish. 90
hours to cover the course. The
leaders are expected TO finish late
tonight.
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Koyokos Softies Score

Abe Leveton pitched i2-inning
no-hit softball game yesterday Is
Kayakos Grill nosed out Mount
Rainier. 10, in the Midget Soft
ball League at Turkey Thicket.
Jake Rosenblum scored the win
ming run.
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Charles Lowered to 1910 Favorite Over Wacott
MuhIenbero Seons
6 Grid Cooch Bids

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
By Burton Hawkins

Why has the Mats delightful
dream Of creating havoc among
first division clubs suddenly as
sumed the aspect of nightmare?
Until a better solution comes along
an accusing finger may be pointed
in the direction of Griffith Sta
dium's forbidding fences.
The Mats batting outbursts at
home have been rare enough TO be
valued as precious, but on the road
their hitting heroics have sustained
interest in the club. The occasions
when the Mats have been walloped
convincingly on foreign soil have
been few.
Washington SIN ashed seven
homers in one game at Chicago.
three home runs in one inning at
Detroit. Eddie Yost hit four
homers In five games-on the road.
Mark Christman belted three home
runs in three games-on the road
The Mats have power this year.
as evidenced by ~ home runs, But
Griffith Stadium's 405-foot reach
to the left field bleachers and its
328-foot drive to a 35-foot high
right field fence have short
circuited that power. Thirty EIGHT
Of the Mats homers have been
delivered on the road.
Muscle Men Weak Here.
Washington's muscle men, Ed
die Robinson and Clyde Vollmer
are examples Of wasted energy
here. Vollmer has been a .217
hitter at Griffith Stadium. but on
the road he's a 800 hitter. Twen-
ty-seven Of his 40 runs batted in
and Is of his 81 extra-base blows
have been supplied in other parks
Robinson is $50 hitter al
home, but on the road he's hitting
1856. Twenty-seven of his 80 runs
batted in and II of his 20 extra
base hits have been unseen by
local fans.
Sherry Robertson has a ITO
batting average at Griffith Sta
dunn this season. but on the road
he has been a sensation with his
1893 mark. He has poked IA extra
base hits. IL on the road, and
only 3 Of his Is runs batted in
have been contributed here.
Robertson. Vollmer and Robin
son have batted q combined ais
here this year. but on the road
they've hit 1922. On the current
home stand Robertson is hitting
.176. Vollmer, ait. and Robinson
$50.
Can't Hit Homers at Home.
Part of that horrible home
work may be attributed to SUBJ
concious pressing" in a futile
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leading money winner Of the year
with $6,395.50. not counting the
$3.50 he picked up in the Miami
Four-ball, which is not included
in the PGA statistics because it Is
an Invitation match play tourna-
ment.
In the recent PEA champion
ship in Richmond, Terrier was a
member of the II had Sam Snead
down. but let him out club. y
Snead was 8 down to Big Jim at
one time of their seminal match,
but Sam finally won, 2 and /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21

But 70 those on Top. toUThaInehE gUII u
lucrative profession. To Cary Middleton.
Lloyd Mangrum Sam Snead and half dozen
Others COLTS rewards compare favorably with
baseball salaries Upper bracket salaries, too.
The lists of leading money winners as pub
lished periodically by the Professional Golfers
Association are misleading. Right now. Middle
cof is the leader with $1429457, closely followed
by Snead with s13,850.83 and Mangrum with
sl383250. but these aren't true figures. Each
more than doubles his tournament winnings
with other incomes.
But it takes money to make money in golf.
The touring pro runs through at least $3.50
u,eek for accommodations and food II. he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21

Mort Sherman pitched a one
hitter as his Annadale team de-
feated Anacostia Motors. 40. yes
terday In the Sherwood Twilight
Eofthan League.
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Fort Myer Nine Aheod

Fort Myer baseball team upset
the ouantico Marines. 50. yes
terday at Quantiro,
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Chisox, 5; Mats, a


Runs-Lsns IA. Mstksyieh, Miehasis Kress
Mele Rohinapn, Kssaf t7i. ErroFs-M ichsels
Kozsr Runs hsttea in--Metkovieht Mirhssis-
Evans IN, Robinson. Kress, Rhswn t2l, I've
base hits-Dente. stolen base--pents- Sseri.
nces-Krsss, Rhawn. Double play Rhsvi and
Kress Left on bases-chieaKn, washington.
BASES on bsiis-fp6 Kuxsva. e. Of scaE-
borough, .; Oh Haynes. J. Struck ont-By
Kazaya >: By Scarborough. D Hsts-OH sraf-
Hsyres In tnninss winning pitcher
Kurava OH Loetns srbefoash
ts-sl Umrires-sammers. stevens. 6ffsse
and Henoehiek. Tsrae-72 Atienasnes-
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Schroeder Advances,
Louise Brough Wins
Wimbledon Start


LONDON. June Il ,-- Tra s<agsyss .
DER OF la Cresoen,a. CALI senpes
sa2ly through rs second -Fxsasss9
match n itse Wimbledon tennis
championships to-day. Defeating
kaasnsn Fessg a Hungary, &c
81. "a,
Schroeder. ~ho Is see<ted No, !
N mems Nnglss. wax a. ttr top
ot his game and appeared 10 hAFF
recovered fully from has t4rsrs
rsvs-Set victory OVER Gagefar Aal-
loy Of Miami IN yesterdays opcn-
liz round
some Is. 900 sree Ia ,oss attended
the second days play In perfect
weather
Louise Rreagh Scores.
Louise Rroagh Of Beverly Hills
lesS champion IN women singles
opened defense os her crown viii
a swift s-l, s~i ousstng ef Mls,
Il, A. Middleton Of Britain Mis-
Brough drew 8 bye through ths
first round,
Bob FalkenbGrg "a; Beverly
Hills. Calf, defending eiaannita
in the mems division scored al
easy second round victory owe
e, ]. David Of Britain, as. al "a
American champion Panrh'
Gonzales of Los Angeles. seecet
second behind Schroeder. krps pac'
with a "a. 6-3, a. Win eve
Christian Grandet OF France
Neither OF the Americans MAS ex
tended.
Gertrude Moran Of Santa Mon
lea. Calf. vas given a scare II
the opening round Of women
singles when she dropped the FRS
set before subdulng Mrs, Pea Wal
ter. a iittle-known English play
er. SIS, s-~2. SIS,
Pat Todd Wins Easily.
Mrs. Pat Todd OF La Joila
Calf. breeEed past another Ems
lssh player. Miss N. c. Potts. 60
81, In the first round
Shirley Fry Of Akron. Ohio. de-
feated Mrs NJ. Lagerbors oi
Sweden. 60. 6~-7. in a second
round match, Both drew eyes In
the first round.
Jaroslay Droony al Cgechoslo'
vakia. one OF Europe's principal
threats. scored over jacques
Thomas of France. 81, Ga
81. Josef ASboth. Hungarian
veteran. defeated NJ Matous oi
Cxechoslovakia. Us. 81, 81.
Bill Robertson Of Los Angeles
one OF the lesser known Amer
lean entries. was eliminated b.
Vladimir Cernik, Czech Davis Cur
player. Ga. 81. 6~~3.
Phil Hanna. the youne New
Yorker. who is playing at Wimeie
don between appearances In ths
musical show Brigadoon. ad-
vanced TO the third round oil
mems singles by eliminating g, l..
r.. Sawhney of India. Ga. ID
Ga. ga.
Parker Gains Third Round.
Frankie Parker OF Los Angeles
third seeded mems star. defeated
Billy Sidwell, Australian Davis
Cup player. 4~--6. e.. e-3. S.
to reach the third round.
In other second-round matches
In the mems tournament Nigel
Cockburn. South Africa. defeated
Jaime Bartroli. Spain. al, e-~3,
Ga. Felieisimo Ampon. Philip
pines. defeated Guy Jackson, Ire
land. Ga. rs. s-~i; Jack Har-
per. Australia. defeated r. Fors-
man. Finland. SIS. Ga. ga, and
Eric SturRes. South Africa. de-
feated forster Johansson. Sweden
80. s-~~4, Ga. as.
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Win, Lose, or Draw
1t Costs Money to Make Money in Golf
By FRANCIS STANN

What's the sport in which to make living? Well
for tournament golf YOU have
to nerveless important money In
that business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
Major League Standings and Schedules
AMERICAN
RssuIts yesterday


chicaso, 5; Wash. 4 tnf
N, y, 4: st. L.. 1 I'M
Boston. 9; Detroit, | ne
Phiia., 4; Cieve., / n1
Games To-day
Chicaso at wash, $50,
Detroit at Boston,
Cleveland at Phtla. (n).
Only saIies.
Games Eemerrev
Chicago ct Wash, $50
Cleveland at Phila tnl.
St. L. at New York CD
Detroit at Boston.
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Games Today

BROOKLYN at cinci. en-.
Phila. at PITTSBURGH (nl
Boston at Chicago.
New York at st. L. tn1.
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HuIos Cove Up q Luxury in Luyne

Layne outstanding college quarterback and
good enough but George Halas max
sacrifice when he shipped him to the New YORK
Bulldogs thirds quarterback operating behind
Johnny and Sid Luckman Bobby was strictly luxury
another less expensive quarterback
coming Banda the University OF Kentucky
feet IA weighing 1875 pounds For Paul Bryant
completed SO cent of his passes punted
anybody collegiate football and kicked extra points
nd i s4@s5sF'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
Whatever Become Of Ladies' Doy?

Clark Gth getting the DOLLHOUSE with the towns
feminine according mail and telephone calls Here's
q sample:
whatever happened that good old custom of ladies'
day? than two months after the start
of the Washington Club hasn't staged ladies'
day yet Has the practice been aboished?"
don't know If the practice a abolished but
guess The the Mats have been losing
falling Griffith be glad to invite the
ladies his from getting lone
some on the field.
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NATIONAL
RssuIfs Yesterday

Boston, 8; Chicago. 2,
st. L., z; N. Y. 2 {nl.
Phila., Z: Pitts, / (n)'
Only games.
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Can't Hit Homers at Home.

Part of that horrible home
work may be attributed to SUBJ
concious pressing" in a futile
effort to clear Griffith Stadium s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21

travels with wife 1t to $3.50.
He needs an automobile because most country clubs are
10 to so cities He needs tires
couple of times year only you and caddy 81 so
round plus fourbit tip 1t costs the pro IS
round plays half dozen rounds week
Hagen Eorned the Most Green Stuff
lament pro isn't quite good enough is that
he spends which probably is true You've
got to win big tournaments to show profit
Sneads Middlecofs and Mangrums mop up is
where they employed
members of the advisory staff The big
companes-Wlson. Spading Dunlop MacGregor etc-hlre
most of the good qualify Snead prob
Wilson he wins during year on
Therere other the hot The big clubs
jobs glad to have him that hes
permitted rule He writes few BOOKS on go1 ano
big in the sports world
big tournaments today than ever In gon
history but the most out OF the
snort has long since retired course Walter Hagen
of II And the HaigS still cleaning up
From sales his Hagen repeatedly
makes $4,000 a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21

Phila. at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincf.
Boston at CHICAGO.
New York at st. L. (nl
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Joke
Yes2
Warner Western
Seems Sotire,
But Is Ii?

COLORADO TERRITORY ware:
Rros. p4etarE. pr@Elrtc - A1tAesls We
e. 1srsr.r1 vr Ex2al SAlsn. tsyfsg2aB ,
81 Jsssa TVS ard EdIua1 z Nora. =
the Wsfr.er- -
Evening star., 1949-06-17

his work, hoping some one will
crack under the strain.
The wind up Of it all reaches
a melodramatic peak that would
be theatrical in the extreme even
in a film that didn't try to look
like a documentary. but 1t is
effective.
Shane has managed TO get some
sincere and believable perform
ances out Of his cast Some Of
them, of course, are players with
experience, even though there are
a lot of unfamiliar faces around.
One of these is Stephen McNally,
who lends a note Of authenticity
as the recreation center leader
who tries to save the boys OF his
neighborhood from the. sordid
existence life has dealt them.
Peter Fernandez and AL Ramsen
inject some realism into Frank
and Ben and Thelma Ritter and
Louis Van Rooten are excellent In
the hopeless despair with which
they cloak Franks parents. City
Across the River" has nothing new
to report about delinquency. but 1t
does report its old story with some
drama,
Evening star., 1949-06-17

he Is to b. the vscfEr Ct the
aouole-croS ard s~gplr-cgasx z.
ne IS 10: careful. wn1cn ne $
~ that he Is attracted 70 tAe
dauShicr @! former GecrEls
farmer only because s.se gegs Us
him O. q sir! named Martha. Gov
deceased, 81 ira: the hlorcs
half Indian grl IS for him. al
right. and a. that cr1ne coes
no: pay.
At tire risk Q: hurting the feel
.ngs Of R8oui Walxs3. VINO directed
@colorado Territory and .FoEC
Twist. who coliabo-aIcd with Ee-
nund II. North on the Script. ~
suggest that you can have TIC time
of your LIE with Il lis a very
funny movie. o. course. Il NJ
Walsh ami Mr.. Twist we're serious
about this. 1t can only mean that
they have been dealing n action
films for too long and need q
change. They might have a so
at the next Abbott-CoStello slap
stick. 10 see is they can turn out
the greatest tragedy sln>c Ham
let.
II they actually were. kidding
IN Colorado Territory" We hsye
only one suggestion. Next ZINE
don't be so subtle H. NJ.
Evening star., 1949-06-17

Colorado Territory" the new
film at the Warner. IS a most
curious Western. II seems
thoroughly obvious burlesque Of
the type. but it keeps such
straight face that you can't quite
be sure. 1t presents Joel McCrea
as a cold. curt desparado named
Wes Mcqueen, who is a consider
ably talented holdup man. ard
lovely, blonde Virginia Mayo. as
a muddy blonde half-breed narned
Colorado Carson, who loves Wef
with a real great big passion.
Wes is first come upon sitting
in jail n St. Louis. an incon-
venient position from which he
is sprung by aides Of his old
robbery boss. He sets out for the
West to Pull one more job. IN
gratitude. of course. before he
goes straight and becomes q
farmer. Out in the Colorado Ter
ritory he becomes entangled with
Colorado Carson. which is not
bad entangling. and with a pair
of fellow bandits who are to assist
him in the train stickup.
After proper laconically treated
adventures he discovers % that
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Dukes, though not completely won
over to this way of life. Frank
goes along reluctantly on the
gangs first underworld assign
ment. the brutal beating OF an
Italian restaurant owner.
A stroke Of fate, embodied in
his mothers appendicitis attack,
which uses up the family savings,
keeps Frank out of healthier en-
vironment. He grows wiser in
crime until the day he and Ben
get into a fight with the teacher
responsible for suspending them
from school. Ben pulls his home
made gun, in the struggle 1t goes
off and the teacher drops to the
floor.
Director Shane has made
dramatic business of the ensuing
hunt for the murderers. 1t isn't
exactly suspense, since they know
who they are. the audience knows
who they are and the police are
sure they know who they are and
have only to prove it. There Is a
mounting tension, however, as the
detective captain plugs away al