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Evening star., 1951-05-06
By the Assoeiosed Press

LONDON, May 5.-Gold scuffet
up in an Australian farmyarC
half century ago built the foun.
dations of the fabulously wealthy
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. now trapped
in web of Iranian nationalism
Two world wars boosted it into
the big-time brackets of globa1
oil enterprises. Now the needs o1
British defense make the struggle
for control of its vast structure
on the swampy. sweltering Per-
sian Gulf shores matter vital to
the entire Western world.
Anglo Iranian is more than an
oil empire.
Government Controls Vote.
1t is, in effect a branch of the
British government, which holds
some SIS per cent of the voting
power in the 1850 million ($70O
million) concern.
So Trans decision to seize the
company's holdings is a stinging
slap to British prestige-as well
as a grab of one of her biggest
money makers and bulwark of
her defenSeS.
The origins of the strike-racked
southwest Iran Oil fields go back
to the 1905 when William Knox
d'Arcy, son of an English attorney,
emigrated to Australia.
Mr.. darcy was scraping out a
living as a lawyer and
land surveyor in Queensland
when a fortune fell into his lap.
Two brothers named Morgan
walked into his Office and asked
him to help get an assay on some
gold nuggets they had kicked up
from a hill on their land.
Secret Is Kept Well.
There's a whole mountain of
the stuff there-if it's the real
thing" they told him. Mr.. darcy
kept the secret discovery well hid
den and eventually was rewarded
Evening star., 1951-05-06
Middle East Oil Fields
Boom Despite Reds,
Naturalization Issue
BY FRED J. ZUSY

CSsSSt0'SA TtSSS tOiStSu u$SfSSfS"NS"
CAIRO, Egypt, May S. - The
Middle East is booming along with
record oil production-despite a
widespread uncertainty over the
naturalization issue and fear OF
o possible war move by Russia.
This reporter has just toured
the chief oil areas, including
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Baghdad
and BaSrah in Iraq, Abadan in
Iran and the SheikhdomS of Ku-
wait and Bahrein.
Agreement Seen.
These general impressions were
obtained from Western oilmen in
this area:
/. There is a general hope that
the British-owned Anglo-Iranian
Oil Co. will get an operating
agreement with Iran, which re-
recently nationalized the huge in
dustry. Americans and British
alike agree that Iran oil must be
saved for the West and denied tc
Russia.
2. Naturalization in 1raq -
Trans next door neighbor-iS re-
garded as possible but not imml-
nent, with Iraq's present govern
ment >being run by strong man
Nuri Pasha Said, veteran pro-
British prime minister.
3. In other main producing
areas-Saudi Arabia and Ku-
wait-there is little likelihood or
. interest in naturalization now be-
cause of the patriarchal society,
But in Saudi Arabia. complications
may arise if and when King 1bn
Saud dies, with possible internal
feuding over succession to his title.
Close Watch Kept.
Men in the Oil fields Of the
desert waste around the humid
Persian Gulf are keeping close
watch on Iran.
They point out that the Abadan
fields supplied the Allies with a
great volume of petroleum pro-
ducts, including aviation gasoline,
during the last war.
They add that the major oil
distributors cannot ignore Iran
ian oil in order to rebuff expro-
priation because that would mean
Iran would sell to Russia. These
oilmen say Russia could ship oil
eastward by tanker or construct
q pipeline to the Caspian Sea.
But they add that the Anglo
1ranian Oil Co., with 159 tankers
and more than 80 being built, has
the largest tanker feet in the
world. The oilmen say these tank
ers are vital to exploit Trans oil.
There was a general feeling of
insecurity in the oilf1efds in mid
April. For example, an American
news commentator repeatedly pre-
dicted Russian pafatroops would
strike in a Pearl Harbor-type at
tack. This caused great tension
and excitement, although no in
eidents.
There are plans under way for
air defense. Air Raid drills already
have begun in some sections on a
small scale.
The United States has only one
alrfleld in the area, at Dhahran in
Saudi Arabia. That is a Military
Air Transport Service base with a
handful of planes, including three
unarmed B-29s equipped only for
weather reconnaissance.
Evening star., 1951-05-06
|zS District Students Win Scholastic Art Awards

Twenty eight District high
school students are represented in
an art exhibit which opened yes
terday at Carnegie Institute, Pitts
burgh. They were winners in
the oath annual Scholastic Art
Awards, sponsored by Scholastic
Magazine.
Julian WaSSer, SidWell Friends
School. won second award of $25
and third of SIS in the photog-
raphy division. Winners of $25
each in the painting division in
cluded:
Janet Ruth Hubert, Western
Evening star., 1951-05-06

Mr.. Churchill encouraged tile
government to invest $4,000, 600 in
the company. Another injection
of 100000 was made by the
government in 1917. (The pound
in that period was worth about
$4.76.)
That was what the company
needed to get on it's feet. It
reached out to develop other
fields, bought needed equipment,
and stretched new pipelines to
feed the gushing oil to Abadan,
the port city it built on what was
once mud island at the head of
the Persian Gulf.
Evening star., 1951-05-06

High School; Shirley White, Car
dozo High School; Dorothy Hsu,
Alice Deal Junior High School:
Wayne Kestner, Karl King and
Eugene Maxf1eld all of Eastern
High School; Judith Judson and
Geeming Lin. both of Roosevelt
High School; Seymour Vester-
mark, Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School and Michael Mason, Wash
lngton-Lee High School, Arlington.
Evening star., 1951-05-06

Brazil expects a further increase
this year in banana production,
already at new record levels.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
Porke Trains ? Derby E|;gibIes,
Hopes He'll Repeat AS Win

tered the sport in 1943 when he
purchased Hoop Jr., in the year.
ling sales of that summer.
Parke's career as a trainer is
far different from the career he
Ihankered for in the early twenties
when he was the country's out
standing jockey. At that time
Parke hoped he would eventually
become associated with the motion
picture industry as a rider Of
'broncs in western pictures.
He came to racing as a jockey
in 1923. led the jockey list that
year with 173 winners from 7lS
mounts. Harry Payne Whitney
purchased his contract. and
Parke' again led the list in 1924
with 205 winners from 344 mounts
marking the first time since 1910
a jockey had ridden as many as
200 winners.
Parke rode in the Derby twice,
each time on a Whitney-owned
horse. In 1924 he rode Klondyke,
ninth to Black Gold: in 1925 he
was astride The Bat, which fin
Iished 17th. In addition to Hoop
Jr., he also saddled Hooper's
I, Olympia, sixth in the 1949 Derby
Evening star., 1951-03-28
.RiverdaIe Boys Win
County Cage Tourney

Riverdale defeated Berwyn. 48-
35. in the semifinal round. then
topped Green Meadows. 1892, to
win the 15o-pound championship
of the Prince Georges County boys
basketball tournament last night
at the University Of Maryland.
Green Meadows advanced to the
final with a 1929 victory over
University Park.
Green Meadows placed finalists
in the lis and 130-pound tourna-
ments, too. but failed to bring
home winner. Mike Cockill and
Jim Stripping each scored 16
points to pace Greenbelt Boys
Club to 44-26 victory over the
Meadowmen in the 115-pound
final.
Mount Rainier Boys Club set up
"a tight zone defense and romped,
42-14, over Green Meadows in the
130-pound windup. Tommy Bald
win led Mount Rainier with 1e
points.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
CudgeI Outrotes Even Sir Barton With BedweII,
Trainer of Both; One Bet Melted Him $50, 900

Earl Sande how to ride. He did a
good job, for Sande went on to
become one of this country's all
time saddle stars. Shilling had q
tragic life and was found frozen
to death under a truck near a New
York track a couple of years ago
with only a crust of bread in his
pocket.
Bedwell calls Shilling one of the
greatest riders of them all. His
career was cut short by a suspen-
sion slapped on him by the Jockey
Club as a result Of a knitting, Bed
well said.
Carroll was working for Bob
Thomas at the time" Bedwell
went on, land Bob used to lick
him quite bit. Trainers in those
days thought they had to whip
boys to keep 'em in line, although
I never believed it myself. Well,
they had a fight and Carroll
pulled a knife on Bob"
OF all the horses he trained
BedWell has the fondest memory,
perhaps. of Cudgel, although Sii
Barton's victories in the Derby
Preakness. Withers, Saratoga
Handicap and Belmont Stakes are
moro impressive in the record
book.
"Cudgel bought the (Yarrow
IBrae) farm when I won 100000
from Tom Shaw. the bookmaker,"
Bedwell said. 1--WE bought the
farm and lot of stock with that.
But also won $4,000 from
Johnny Walters on one occasion" )"
Shaw and Walters were bookmak-
ers who operated in the old days
when all wagers were made
through handbooks.
We whistled appreciatively.
IF you think that was good"
BedWell said. Ross bet $1O0,0 900
on Sir Barton in the Derby and
the horse paid 1920"
Evening star., 1951-03-28

to buy the horses and we hae
stable hands who worked like q
team.
Jack (Ross) never quibbled
over the price of a horse. He liked
to bet-$5.0 900 was a small bet fol
him-and money was no con-
sideration when he wanted q
horse.
1--WE had some good ones. There
was Billy Kelly. who won the
first running of the Capitol Handi-
cap; Cudgel. who won the Brook
lyn Handicap; Sir Barton. the first
maiden ever to win the (Ken-
tucky) Derby, Boniface. who wor
the Bowie Handicap. and some
others. They were good horses,
and they were handled properly"
One member of the Ross en-
tourage was the late Carroll Shil-
ling, who, Bedwell says, taught
Evening star., 1951-03-28
Toledo Picked 10 Beat
Syracuse Tonight
By the Associoisd Press

PEORIA, ILL.,. Mar. 28.-Toledo
with a 1915 record, will try te
keep step with Bradley in the
Ifavorite's role tonight as the first
round is completed in the Nationa,
Campus Basketball Tournament
Host Bradley downed Western
Kentucky. 75-71. and darkhorse
Wyoming trounced DuQuesne. 49,
81, to open the tourney before
g, 300 fans in Robertson Memorial
Fieldhouse last night.
Toledo faces Syracuse (16-9) In
tonights first game while Villa
nova (25-6) meets Utah (21-12)
in the second.
Wyoming (26-9) and Bradley
(31-5) tangle in the first semi
final engagement Friday night
while tonight's two winners square
off in the second semifinal. NJ
games are scheduled tomorrow.
Toledo Is favored to beat Syra.
Icuse, but the Villanova- Utah bat.
tie rates as q toss-up.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
NCAA
Continued From Page C-1J

Continued From Page CID
men. His aim was to win the
1852 NCAA crown and a possible
trip to the 1852 Olympics.
But he won the big title a year
early. Nine Of the 10 men on the
squad return next season. Only
Exception is Roger Layne, third
Istring center.
After the title conquest. Rupp
gave most Of the praise to Spivey's
amazing second-half effort, but he
lalso singled out Cliff Hagan for
bouquets. Hagan, who missed the
final practices because of flu. en-
tered the game when it was almost
Is minutes old and with Kansas
State ahead. Within minutes the
score was tied only to have Kansas
State edge ahead again and re-
main 2 points ahead at the recess
After the intermission, Shelby
Linville potted a free throw and
then Spivey tipped in a two
pointer to put Kentucky ahead
The Wildcats never again trailed
Kansans Unable to Score.
Midway through the last half
with Spivey a demon under the
baskets. the Kansans went eight
full minutes without scoring. That
combined with Spivey. meant the
ball game.
In addition to his defensive
work. Spivey was the games lead
ing scorer with % points. That
lifted his total to 72 for foul
NCAA tourney games.
While the big center was getting
the praises of his coach and the
congratulations of his teammates
\ Coach Jack Gardner of the losing
team thought some of the Ken.
lucky credit should go to Bobby
Watson. stubby guard. "He /.
faster than Ralph Beard, guard or
the Olympic team" Gardner said
In a foul-marked consolation
game, Illinois defeated Oklahoma
A. e. M. 81 to 46. Fifty personal!
were called, 81 on the Aggies.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
(Another OF a Series)
Special Dispatch 70 The Sior

LOUISVILLE, KY. Mar. 28.-
Trainer Ivan Parke, who saddleo
the 1945 Kentucky Derby winner
Hoop Jr.. has hopes that one Of
the two eligibles he is condition
ing will come up to the May 5 race
at Churchill Downs as a contender
The two eligibles are owned by
Fred w. Hooper. whose silks were
carried by Hoop Jr.. and they are
HelioWise and Jet Fleet.
Heliowise was raced nine times
at two last year. and appeared
under silks a few times during
the Florida season. Jet Fleet was
raced only twice in 1850. won his
first race. and ran unplaced the
second time out. Jet Fleet is a
son of Count Fleet. winner Of the
1943 Derby. and may prove best
of the two.
Trainer Parke has been condi-
tioning horses since 1881. al
though he did not become q
licensed trainer until 1885. He
has been handling the Hooper
horses ever since the latter en-
Evening star., 1951-03-28
Snead and MiddIecoff
Star in Benefit for
Skip Alexander
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Mar. %
North Carolina pros held the up
per hand today after scoring 9
22h-to-131a victory over a troupe
of top Texas golf professionals in
the first half Of their interstate
match. held as a benefit for Ia,
Heel pro Skip Alexander.
With both States using mostly
native talent. the Tar Heel team
shot ahead at the start here yes
terday and never lost the lead. But
lit was not until Sammy Snead
came blazing in with a 81 and
Cary Middlecoff with a SO in the
final match that the decision was
clinched.
Receipts from the match went
to Alexander. Lexington. N. c.,
pro. who was seriously burned In
plane crash that killed his three
companions six months ago in
Evansville. Ind.
Next Match in Dallas.
The second half Of the match
will be played in Dallas, sometime
in May.
Snead's 34-33 for the Charlotte
Country Club course was five un-
der par for the 6.900-yard trip.
He and Middlecoff won eight Of
nine points against Lloyd Man
|grum and Byron Nelson. Nelson
scored a 70. Mangrum, 10.
Charlie Farlow Of Greensboro
and Al Smith of Winston-Salem
took 812 OF 9 points from Texans
Fred Hawkins and Chuck Klein.
Farlow had IT'S. Smith and Haw-
kins rs and Klein 79.
Texans Jack Burke and Lawson
Little beat North Carolina's S
Johnny Palmer and Orville White,
5-to-4. Little shot II, Palmer 10,
Burke 70 and White 73.
Hogan and Demaret Absent.
With Ben Hogan and Jimmy
Demaret unable to make it be-
cause Of transportation difficult
ties. Johnny Bulla stepped in as
Ia Texas replacement and teamed
with Harry Todd to beat Henry
Lindner and Clayton Heafner.
To. Bulla had II. Todd 72.
Lindner 73 and Heafner rs.
Points were decided on the mas
sau system. 3 points between each
two players for each nine and 49,
hole totals and 3 more for the
team tally.
A special match. not included
in the team standing, saw Glenn
Teal of Jacksonville. Fla. and
Lew Worsham of Oakmont, Pa,
each birdie the last hole to win,
l up. from Ed Furgol Of Royal
Oak. Mich, and Toney Penna,
Cincinnati. Teal had 10, Wor-
sham and Furgol 74s and
Penna rs.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
Columbia, Syracuse Aces
Join Touring AII-Sturs
BY the Associaied Press

NEW YORK. Mar. 28.-John
Azary. captain Of Columbia's Ivy
League basketball champions. and
Jack Kiley. Syracuse's scoring
leader. have Joined the College
All-Americans. who will play the
Harlem Globetrotters in an 49,
game coast-to-coast tour.
The first game will be played in
Madison Square Garden Sunday
afternoon. Others on the college
team include Sam Ranzino, North
Carolina States All-America :;
|zeke Sinicola. Niagara: Jim
Slaughter. South Carolina: Abe
Becker. New York University. and
Ray Ragelis, Northwestern.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
'AAU 15-MiIe Race Draws
Runners From 5 States

The second annual AAU 15-mile
run is scheduled for 2 p.rn. Sunday
on course from Seventeenth
street and Massachusetts avenue
Sc, to Suitland, Nd. and back.
Joe Kleinerman and Bill Steiner
from the Millrose AA of New York
and Don Heinicke of Baltimore
will lead a field assembled from
| five States and the District.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
By Ben McAiwee

The first Ellis Goodman Near
Star elimination tournament, open
to bowlers with averages under
121, will be inaugurated Sunday
night at Greenway Bowl.
Julie Singer, Greenway man
eger and promoter Of the event
already has signed 80 contestants
for the event. which has beer
sanctioned by the National Duck
pin Congress.
The field will include Marx
Waldron, Owen Nickels. Dale Val.
entine, Johnny Parke, Frank Car
ter, Charley Sellers. jr.; Roy
Hoover, Carl Williams. Sonny
Blaskin. Tony Pournaras, Roy
Wilson, Harry Blumenthal. Gi
Zabrek, Elmer Michaelson. Clar'
ence CLANCY, Leon Rice, Bob Win.
ming, James Smith, Lew Malitz
Rocco Nocera, Bus Downey
Ralph Bates, Harry Hisey, A
Fleisher, Jimmy jenkins. Pau
James, Frank Baker, Herb Levin
Bill Bursey. Mike Avon and How
ard Hancock.
The second and third round
are scheduled April 8 with tn
semifinal and final on April IA
The winner will receive $125 ant
the Ellis Goodman Trophy.
A l91 fired last night by Cletu
Pannell of the National Bohemian
team is the second highest in tn
Major District League this season
Billy Mischou's 202 is tops. Pan
nell's set was 426.
Billy Stalcup. in helping second
place National Bohemian whil
Billhimer & Palmer, 81, with II
ano 439, upped his second higl
average in the all-star circuit t
1926 for 80 games. The victor
rolled a 706 first game.
Valley Forge maintained its 10
game lead with a 81 win fror
,Galliher g. Huguely. Pat Cres
.cenzi shrank his top average
1880 with a 351 set while Team
Evening star., 1951-03-28

penses on the pro circuit, Lew
has regained the poise of 1947
the year he won the National
Open just after he left Wash
ington.
He is playing better golf than
sat any time in his 33 years, but
don't ask him why. because that's
"a touchy subject. He will tell
.syou that he doesn't know why he's
playing good. and as long as it
Keeps up he doesn't want to start
5 Blinking about it. It's when the
top pros get to thinking too much
4 about what they're doing right
that they start doing something
wrong.
:, With only the weekend Will
smington, N. c., tournament before
She Masters, Lew is the fourth
Heading money winner on the pro
circuit, with $5,242. He trails only
Jim Ferrier, Lloyd Mangrum and
Jackie Burke, the latter by less
than $3.50.
II Lew could toss out one round
In about three or four of the
tournaments, he'd be top man.
MOT a real bad round, just one of
-fhose 73s, 74s or 75s that mean
the difference between big money
and pin money.
One reason that Worsham is
having his best winter season is
that he is driving the ball to per =
lection. He is booming it long
land straight off the tee.
Dutch Harrison jokes a lot"
Lew was saying the other day,
''but I've played quite a few
rounds with Dutch lately and he
told me in a serious moment that
hes never seen me drive the bail
like I'm driving it now
Maybe Lew is like Sam Snead,
who was asked some time ago
on one Of his winning streaks-
how he was hitting the ball. "Ah'm
hittin' it so good it scares me"
Sam replied.
Worsham's wife Virginia and
their youngster Ricky have been
on the tour. while the Worshams'
daughter has been living here and
attending school.
- Lew not only is the fourth
.money-winner, but he has been
playing good golf in the big
money pro-amateur tournaments
that are not counted in the official
prize list, although the money is
.just as good. He was in the money
in the one-day $4,000 tournament
at LaGorce. was a big winner in
the $4,000 Seminole event, and
tied for low in the $500 one-day
Evening star., 1951-03-28
By Lewis F. Atchison

Lack Of competent help is one
Of modern racing's worst curses
according to H. Guy Bedwell. vet
eran trainer who is running horses
at the current Laurel meeting, just
as he has done for more years
than he likes to remember.
Most Of these boys are like
bad musicians" observed Bedwell
pausing during the early morning
training operations around his
shed. They've got only half a
brain-and you have to tell them
how to do each little thing. The
game has changed a lot in the
last few years"
Bedwell had talked of selling
his Maryland farm. Yarrow Brae.
and returning to California. How
ever. his property near the Santa
Anita race track has increased so
in value because of a building
boom near it that he may sell the
California place and stay in the
Free State.
A string Of 18 horses keeps Bed
well busy, too busy for an old man,
he says. He hasn't felt like his
old self since a siege Of virus pneu-
monia last winter, although he
still can get a horse ready for any
given race. He was the Nation S
leading trainer as far back as 1909,
and led for six straight years from
1912 through 1917. Eedwell says
the formula was simple-fast
horses and smart help.
THAT Ross stable was the best
ever put together" Bedwell, said,
referring to the establishment OF
the Canadian sportsman. Comdr. j.
K. L. Ross. whose name was by
word in American racing circles
for many years. IT had the money
Evening star., 1951-03-28
Neor-Stor' BowIers Lining Up
For New Tourney at Greenwoy

mate Don Cutsail lifted his third
high mark to 127-70 with 391
Bob Miciotto's 1856 in a 407 sci
accounted for the lumbermen's
lone win.
Sonny Weldon. league cham
pion. bowling for the second week
with a bandaged eye. raped out
153 and 3S7 to help Winchester
Packard whitewash Arcade Pom
tiac. Weedon's average is 126-2t
for 30 games. Russ Spilman oi
Winchester. Washington's No.
pinman, is fourth high with
1874.
Joe Pricci's $50 was best as All.
Chicken House beat Posin'.
Bakery, 2-1.
Quality Grill held its two-game
lead in the Ladies' Minor Distric
League in spite of a 2-1 loss tt
Ida's Department Store when Ok
Williamsburg Restaurant bea
second place Pearson's Counting
House by the same margin.
Louise Thomas was the biz
gun for Ida's with a 358 set whii
/ Helen Vassallo shone for Old Viii
liamsburg with 1873 and 387. Pear
Soden rolled last nights high Sc
of 395 in leading King Pin to
2-1 win over third-place Waite
E. Campbell Co.
Louise Frisbee's 147 high gam
in a 1863 set gave Modern Ag
Cleaners it's lone win over NE
Body Works. Margie Farrell
139 was the deciding blow a
Haje's Restaurant whipped Pet
worth, 2-1. Ruth Krause sparkle
Clarendon's sweep over Mann
with 1870 and 352.
Evening star., 1951-03-28

We ran into
Lew while va
c tt n ing in
Fl or / d a and
watched h ! m
play at Miami
Beach and in
t h e Seminole
tournament at
w e S t Palm
B e a C h. From
Lille SCaLleTSlOL,
rather I'm S ur e
player of the
last year or
two. when he
didn't make eX.
Evening star., 1951-03-28

Twenty Years Ago-Byron
Bancroft johnson. former pres
ident OF the American League,
died after a long illness at the
age of Ct.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
Rec Mines Meet Toniqht

The District Recreation Depart
Iment's city-wide baseball league
will meet tonight at 8 at the Rec
reation Building. 3149 Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1951-03-28
By MerreIi WhittIesey

Lew Worsham, in a confident
but not boastful manner. was say
ing the other day that he might
win the Masters. He might, too
Evening star., 1951-03-28
Kiner May Be Made N. l,
Players Representative
By the Associated Press

SAN BERNARDINO. Calf. Mar.
28.-Reports indicate that Ralph
Kiner may take over the duties Of
Marty Marion, Cardinals mana
ger, as National League repre-
sentative.
If Kiner is chosen he still would
like to retain his job as Pirates
spokesman. Pitcher Cliff Cham.
bers is the Bucs alternate.