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Evening star., 1951-06-15
|Skimpy Crowd 10 See
Louis Fight SayoId
In Garden Tonight
BY Froneis stonn
Star Stoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, June l5.-Since it.
never rains in Madison Square
Garden, which is an edif1ce with a
roof, it seems safe to predict that
lex Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louis and Lee Savold definitely
will have it out tonight. at long
last.
President Jim Norris of the
International Boxing Club did no
one a disfavor by shifting the
scheduled 15-round bout indoors
after chill. steady drizzles had
twice postponed the event at the
Polo Grounds.
May Draw Better Indoors.
If he did any one favor. it was
himself. There is the barest
chance the battle of the ages will
do better In the Garden than out
doors, although it still promises
to be a financial flop. AS an out
door attraction it seemed likely
that no more than 5000 persons
intended to pay to see the fight.
at $40 tops and maybe $4,000 in
Jail.
Indoors the paying crowd may
go as high as $4,000. although
this is doubtful. Louis has lost
his appeal and Savold never had
any.
Normally a twice postponed
| fight requires a fresh weighing
of the contestants, even heavy
weights. No such ceremony dig
nif1ed this meeting of the old
sters, possibly on the grounds that
lit doesn't matter. At the last
reading of the scales, which was
Wednesday at noon, Louis was a
little heavy at 211A and Savold
was q surprisingly trim 100.
Betting ON Bout Is Light.
Louis remained a 81 favorite,
man to man, but there is SO little.
betting and speculation that 9TH
er probable edds--such as those
having to do with knockouts are
worthless.
Most of the Louis hackers, while
aware that he looked bad in his
five fights since losing his title to
Ezzard Charles last year. point out
| that he has boxed as many as
/ is rounds on more than one occa-
sion. The same can't be said Of
lSavold, although he's had 1903
! fights. "a
The form on Savold is almost
nom existent. He's had five fights
since the spring of l948-knock-
outs over Gino Buonvino, Buddy
Walker and Pete Louthis in this
country, a loss on fouls to Bruce
lWoodcock in England and a four
round kayo of Woodcock overseas
In l949 he didn't fight at all. His
only bona fide fight in 1850 re-
suited in his knockout of Wood
cock, thoroughly washed-up
heavyweight.
! The fight win not be on regular
iteIeyision or radio. but special
ltheater sl1owings win be tried inI
lfive cities. IN washington the
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Probable Pitchers
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Cleveland at Washington tnight4 Wynn
t4-7) vs. johnson C-2l
Detroit ut New York fnight1---New-
houser t5-4t or Hutchinson f4-2l VS..
Raschi (9-31
--Rogoyin (3-2) and Holcombe (A-3} VS.
Coleman 0-4) and Fowler f2-4)
st. Louis at Boston tnight) t)-Suchecki
sQ-1} va. McDermott (3-3).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn ct Chicago--Neweomhe t6-z)
VS.. Minner (3-4).
Philadelphia ct St. Louis (night)---
Heintzelman (2-51 vs.. PolIet f0-a)
New York st Pittsburgh might --HeSgn
s{6-3) VS.. Friend f1-21
Boston ct Cincinnati (nisht) t)--Surkont
(6-4) VS.. Ramsdell (3.6).
Evening star., 1951-06-15
Reds Sign Bonus Shortstop

GASTONIA. N. c., June Is R.
Jennings Cline, 20-year-old
shortstop who graduated from
Gastonia High School this month,
has been signed by the Cincinnati
Reds for reported $4,000 bonus.
Evening star., 1951-06-15

Ten years agoThe Yankees
defeated Cleveland. So, to cut
Indians lead In American
League to two games.
Evening star., 1951-06-15
Gume on TV and Radio

Tonight's Cleveland Washing
ton game will be televised by
Station WTTG (Channel 81 and
broadcast by Station WWDC
1260 kc.l.
Evening star., 1951-06-15
Major League Standings and Schedule
AMERICAN
Yesterdays Results

eNS eS~81Ae
Chi, STA; WASH. rs
t.-n.l.
Cleve.. 8; Phila.. / tn.)
st. Louis at N. Y. (rain)
Detroit at Boston (rainl
Games Today
Cleve.. at Wash. $40.
Detroit at N. Y. (n.l.
St. Louis ct Boston (n.),
Chi. at Phila. (t.-n9.
Games Tomorrow
Cleve. at Wash. $3.50.
Chi. at Phila. mi.
Detroit at New York.
St. Louis at Boston.
Evening star., 1951-06-15
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
ssor ssaff Correspondent

NEW YORK. JUNE 15.-It growing dark and chilly
when Jack Amiel finally slogged home from jamaica His
feet were wet but his heart light he wonderful
Jack enhused We worked him that track rainy and
Evening star., 1951-06-15
NATIONAL
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results
Brooklyn, 2; st. L.. 1.
New York. IL: Cinci.. 8.
Pittsburgh. g; Boston. 4.
Phila.. IL; Chicago. 8.
Games Today
Brooklyn at Chicago.
N. Y. at Pittsburgh (n.l.
Boston at cinci. In.)
Phila. at st. Louis (n.).
Games Tomorrow
New York at Pittsburgh.
Boston at Cinci.
Bklyn. at Chicago.
Phila. at ct. l. IND.
Evening star., 1951-06-15

30 to 84---------------46 players
85 to 89---------------11 players
Over 90------------3 3 players
Two no cards.
Oakland Hills, which has little
similarity to the course over which
Ralph Guldahl shot 281 to beat
|Snead by two strokes in 1887. is
Ia masterpiece from the standpoint
|of Robert Trent Jones, the archi-
|tect, but it is a nightmare to the
162 players. There were some
fine starts yesterday, but about
the time a player realized he had
Ia chance for a good round. he
came up against the last four
holes. They are plain murder.
Besselink, Heather Close Behind.
The two players trailing Snead
Iby a stroke are Al Besselink, who
was in good shape at the halfway
mark last year but finished 18th.
and Clayton Heafner, who was
surprised to find himself only q
shot of the pace. $50 Z
Heafner and Bob Hamilton
paired with Bobby Locke. and
after several practice rounds
Heafner and Hamilton had con-
sultation. (which one Of us is
going to play the last nine with
| Locke they said, because at
the end Of nine we'll both prob
ably have the ball in our pocket. I"
But Heafner beat Locke by a
stroke and Hamilton was one un-
der par for Is holes. Then he hit
the last five and went Ave over
for a "A.
Ben Hogan Takes IS.
Oakland Hills Is the type course
where Ben Hogan can find six
sand traps and shoot rs. Hogan
was Q over par at the end of four
holes and he was conceded to be
an also-ran at that point, because
the course just doesn't have what
the golfers refer to as birdie holes.
The best chances for brides are
ron the par-3 holes. where you
might hit a good tee shot and sink
a putt for q 2.
OF the tournaments big flve,
Snead has a 2-stroke lead on
Locke, while Lloyd Mangrum and
Roberto di Vicenzo are at rs and
Hogan rs. Cary Middlecoff, who
has considerable support, also
shot rs.
At this point it appears to be
| a safe bet that the winning score
will be around 288. and that two
rounds totaling Isl will qualify
the low so players at the end of
today's round for tomorrow's final
36 holes.
10 Players Have rs.
| There are 10 players at rs and
only Sam Bernardo Of Fort Sheri-
dan. ul., is an outsider. The s.
oyer-par shooters are fellows with
varied approaches to the game,
such as Locke. Johnny Palmer and
Dutch Harrison of the regulars, y
Paul Runyan. a long shot possi-
bility because although he is a
short hitter, he shoots SO straight;
Denny Shute of the oldtimers;; AL
Brosch. who often makes bid,
but never has won big tourna-
ment:: Smiley Quick, the ex-public
links champ; Chuck Klein of the
comparative newcomers and Sam
Byrd. the ex-ballplayer.
Byrd had the best chance to
catch Snead of the late finishers.
But Byrd still had to play the dog
Eleg. 459-yard par 4 finishing hole
land he didn't play it very well,
finding the traps for a double
DOGGY six.
The 13 players at IA included,
jim addition to Hamilton, Gene
|Sarazen, playing in his 28th Open
championship; Jimmy Demaret
land Frank Stranahan. The rs
shooters included Ed Furgol o1
this city, who played more than
l30 practice rounds here in the
last month.
| Snead didn't go from three
under to one over par because he
I H
Evening star., 1951-06-15

The fight win not be on regular
|television or radio. but special
|theater sl1owings viii be tried In
i've cities. m washington the
show win be seen on the screens
at RKo-Keith's and the Lincoln.
Evening star., 1951-06-15

tsee BASEBALL. Page c-2)
Evening star., 1951-06-15
Pace Indicates
Snead' 5 on Way
To0pen Title
Sam Still in Lead
With II After Course
Defies Pur-Breukers
Later Story on Page All
BY MerrelI WhittIesey
Star Staff corrs.pondsns

BIRMINGHAM, Micha June IS.
This truly must be Sam Snead's
turn to win the National Open.
Everything points to Sam, be-
cause in a championship in which
he is famous for blowups that cost
him the title. Snead already has
and still Is the leader-by single
stroke going into today's second
round.
The 121 traps, apparently placed
with fiendish forethought. took
their toll of every man in the field
yesterday. and for the first time
since the National Open in 1884 at
the Merton Cricket Club in Phila-
delphia. nobody matched par on
the opening round. Par is 10.
'Snead had II.
Snead Far from Depressed.
But despite a four-over-par ex-
cursion on three OF the last four.
holes. which turned a potential 81
into II, Snead is not depressed.
He admitted he lost a chance for
a great round. but he soon was in
high good humor, for 1t was ap-
parent fairly early in the day that
nobody was going to catch him.
Attesting to the toughness Of
the course were these rounds:
Under 74-------------26 players
rs to 79---------------74 players
30 to 84---------------46 players
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tsee TRADE. Page ca
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tSee GOLF, Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1951-06-15

pnching him in the Poynesian He's running in the Belmont
he back to his Derby FORM Jack Amiel may well
have the years 3yearod champion by dusk will
be pretty hard to knock colt that has both the
Derby and Belmont especially when he discredited
the PreakneSs The of Count Fleet the grandson
Reigh wasn't nominated Preakness therein
lies tale Aiel would like to get straight for the
Evening star., 1951-03-18
|Steadman HinckIey
Wins at Warrenton;
Women Rider Second
SpecioI Dispotch TO The Sior

WARRENTON, Mar. 1.-THE
Warrenton Hunts 18th annual
.point-to-point here today was won
by Steadman Hinckley on his gray
hunter, Bimlyn. Young Hinckley
weighing in at 1913 pounds, the
second highest weight in the field
.of nine riders, finished the FIVE
mile course in Is minutes 47.2
seconds.
Mrs. Amory Lawrence. only
woman rider, drove her Gandel
into second place in the final yards
as the second. third, fourth and
fifth horses finished heads apart
The high weight trophy fol-
riders over 1876 pounds was won by
Wesley Dennis, well-known sports
artist. There was only one fall
when A. P. Hinckley was dumped
into a stream by his mount
Broadside.
Mrs. Robert C. Windmill, former
MFH of the Warrenton Hunt
teamed with Mrs. Ruth Kobzina
to win the pair class over Col
George Walker, formerly of Wash
ington, and Miss Winnie Brown
Although the estimated distance
for the pairs was six miles, Mrs
Windmill set her own pace across
familiar country and finished in
Is minutes 40 seconds.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
CIV May Turn End
Into BackfieId Star

Jim England, a 6-foot-3 often
sive end on George Washington
University's football team last fall
has been shifted to the backfield
In spring practice and gives indi-
cation of developing into run
ming star.
Coach Bo Rowland is trying
England at wingback, and the
youngster has displayed speed
aggressiveness and other aptitudes
that may win him a permanent
place in the backfield. His main
opposition for the Wingback role
seems to be Ken Belliveau, one OF
the better backs from last years
freshman eleven.
Among other changes being
tried by Coach Rowland anc
which give promise of bearing
fruit are the transfer of Jack
Baumgartner from tailback tt
offensive end, and Tommy O'Keefe
from blocking back to guard
Baumgartner is a former Tech
High star, while OKeefe was g
standout at Gonzaga.
Rowland still is hunting for 6
new offensive line. Among those
being tried are Bob Gutt and Tom
Flyzik who worked on the defen.
sive platoon last fall.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
|Choffee Dee Captures Feature
Before $500 at Charles Town

made an unsuccessful claim of
foul.
A length behind this pair was
Dark Buckle. The heavily backed
favorite, Rudys Star, finished
fourth in the field of nine.
Two other purse races were on
the program. Mrs. j. D. S. Cole
mans Boston Hero won the 81, 200
fifth race over the Charles Town
course with a late squirt that
produced a length-and-a-quartel
margin over Fashion Hit. Devon
Belle was third after leading at
the halfway point.
The mile-and-a sixteenth sew
enth race, also for a 1900 purse,
was one for the form players,
with the favored Lolling taking
over in the stretch to win by a
length over Pink Chance. Butler
got up to take third money from
Neddie's Doll.
Favorites also won in two other
races, Strada in the third and
Masico Lad in the fourth.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Front Running nnobed Beats Mount Marcy Gustream Stake
New Rules Announced
For SoftbaII Leagues

Several important changes in
eligibility rules for softball teams
were announced last night by
Abe Rosenfeld, recently named
for the Washing
ton area.
= Players will be restricted to
membership on one team and each
team to membership in no more
than two leagues. Only winners
of each organized league will be
eligible for the city-wide cham
Ipionship playoffs. Teams will not
be allowed to add new players
after June Is, except to replace
men drafted by the military.
At the same time Rosenfield
announced that a board of gov
Iernors, including Ben Goldfaden.
deputy commissioner; Clint Price.
Harry English and Joe Bertollni
had agreed to serve for one year.
Price was named secretary and
will direct the Recreation De-
partment leagues. Bertolini, Dis
ttrict AAU president, will be in
charge of independent leagues.
while English will be in charge of
iumpires.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Nebrusko's Grid Coach
Gets 5-Yeur Contract
BY The Associoted Press

LINCOLN, Nebr., Mar. IT.
William j. Glassford, head foot.
ball coach at the University o1
Nebraska, today was given a new
five-year contract.
Heretofore Nebraska coaches, in.
Guiding Glassford, have beer
hired on a year-to-year basis
The new contract, effective July
l, gives Glassford $1,000 a year
the same salary he has been get
ting since his present contract be-
came effective February /. Pro-
vision is made for salary increases
in the future, tied to increases
in the general level of pay pro-
vidad for university faculty mem
berS.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Noryi|Ie and Stephens
In Senior Golf Final
BY the Associated Press

SEBRING, Fla, Mar. 17.-Gler
S. Norville of Oklahoma City anc
M: E. Stephens, jr., of Sebrine
won seminal matches today il
the National Amateur Senior
Match Play Tournament.
Norville easily defeated Co.
Medalist George L. Hardy Of
Evanston, Ill, 4 and 3.
Stephens had to go right down
to the last hole before edging
Harrison Smith, another Okla
homa City golfer, l up.
Norville and Stephens meet in
an 18-hole contest tomorrow fol-
the championship. The event is
being played over the 6.600-yard
KenilWorth Country Club course
Evening star., 1951-03-18
By Lewis F. Atchison

Maryland's 1851 racing season
gets under way Friday when
Laurel opens for a 24-day meet
ing with an under new manage
ment" shingle hanging out. Post
time is 1880 pm.
1t is one of the earliest be-
ginnings in the Old Line State S
turf history. but the success of
Charles Town, some so miles
away in West Virginia, leads
Laurel'S new owners to believe
their venture will be financially
successful. Charles Town ends
its first meeting Wednesday, SO
there will be no conflict in dates
Purchased from the Maryland
Jockey Club last autumn by Nor
ris Schapiro, Baltimore scrap
metal dealer, Laurel has been
scrubbed and painted for its 1851
opening. Only one important
physical change has been made
however, although track official
said more were planned when Gov
ernment regulations permitted.
John D. Schapiro, son of the
purchaser, is Laurel's new presi-
dent, and Joe Cascarella, the elder
son-in-law and a one
time Washington baseball pitcher,
is secretary-treasurer.
Their first move was to remodel
the clubhouse, moving the betting
windows from their old position in
the rear to the center of the build
ing. The dining room now ex-
tends across the rear of the club
house and is slightly larger than
the old one. The entire front
also has been inclosed and the
clubhouse lawn" resurfaced and
extended to the rail to provide
more seats and a better view of
the track.
The box-seats on the second
deck, unoccupied much of the
tinp cinna tbeir in cto1lotiOT1 Seye
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Quarter Horse Wins
By Seven Lengths in
Special Match Race
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 17.-William
G. Hellis, jr.'s Ennobled scored an
easy five-length victory today in
the $4,000 GulfStream Park
Handicap, richest race of the Al
day season at the Hallandale
track.
The speedy son of Count Fleet
led eight other thoroughbreds
throughout the mile-and- -one-
quarter event, drawing away in
the stretch. The time of 2:013s
was less than seconds off Coal
towns record of 1:5945, set in
1949.
FavOrite Runs Second.
CIV. Whitneys Mount Marcy,
the favorite. was second, four
lengths ahead of Double M Farm S
Lambent. H. w. Fincher's Air At
tack was fourth, who lengths be-
hind Lambent.
Ennobled'S victory was worth
$500. The winner paid $11.90,
$3.50 and $3.50 across the board.
Mount Marcy returned $3.4O and
$2.70 and Lambent paid $4.70.
Jimmy Stout, Gulfstream S lead
ing jockey, sent Ennobled right
to the front, nursed the horse
along masterfully on the far turn
when it appeared that Mount
Marcy might get to him, and then
guided him down the stretch for
an easy win.
Mount Marcy, with Kenneth
Church up, was always in second
place.
Quarter Horse Wins.
The Saturday crowd of 1884
also saw a special 440-yard match
race between Blossom Stables
Shaffie and @. I. Roberts Stella
Moore, Floridas champion quar-
ter horse.
Stella Moore, six-year- -old
mare, bolted to the front at the
start and beat the thoroughbred
by seven lengths in 20.
Rio Bueno stables Hickory
broke his left front leg just as
he crossed the wire at the end of
the sixth event on the nine-race
c9"d. He was the fourth horse
TO break leg at the track in the
last three days.
Evening star., 1951-03-18

raj years ago at the expense OF
rows of grandstand seats. are still
there. Racing fans still must climb
halfway to the roof to sit down.
The meeting has attracted a
standout roster of horses. includ-
ing Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords' Yil-
diz, winner of the Flamingo Stakes
at Hialeah, and Greentree Stables
Big Stretch, who won the Pimlico
Futurity last autumn.
Other top-f Fighters expected to
run are Joe Tucci's Bob Considine,
Larry MacPhail'S General Staff,
IS. A. Mason's To Market, Alerted,
owned by F. H. Stout, j. j. Amiel's
Count Turf. and Battle Morn from
the Cain Hoy Stable.
Five stakes, topped by the
$4,000 Chesapeake Stakes trans
ferred to Laurel when Harve de
Grace was sold to the owners of
Laurel and Pimlico, helped get
good horses for the meeting.
Second most important is the
Maryland Handicap for $4,000,
which, like the Chesapeake. is
over a / 1/16-mile route.
Opening day will be headlined
by the $500 Capitol Handicap
at six furlongs. 1t will be fol-
lowed the next day by the initial
of the Cherry Blossom
Stakes for three-year- -olds at six
furlongs with purse of $7,500.
Brookmeade Stable, the coun-
try's leading money winner in
1850, will be we'll represented at
Laurel. Trainer Preston NJ. Burch
has named Steadfast and Bold for
the Chesapeake.
Mrs. N. A. Mikell's Repetorie
Chicle, II, Flight Admiral and
Hash Night from the Palatine
Stable, with Trainer Slim Pierce
in charge, and T. G. Mays Whirl-
ing Bat, which won the Louisiana
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Special Dispatch TO The Stor

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, Mar
I17.-C. E. Georges Chaffee Dee
beat out Secret Thread in a photo
finish today to win the st. Patrick s
Day feature race at the Charles
Town track before the biggest
crowd of the meeting.
With spring-like weather pre-
Ivailing at the mountain track, a
crowd of $500 turned out and
pushed $412.301 through the mu-
tuel windows. That is one of the
largest totals since the record of
$4,000 was set on Memorial Day
lin 1948.
Chaffee Dee took over the lead
about halfway through the Az
furlong sixth race and held of
Secret Threads challenge the rest
of the way in a very tight race
to win by a nose. The winner
was timed in 5O25 seconds and
returned a mutuel price of $14.60
Nick Shuk, Secret Threads rider
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Dodqer Furmhunds Called

VERO BEACH, Fla. (P).-The
Dodger farm chain has lost IS
players out of $50 to the military
draft. Fresco Thompson, Dodger
vice president, hopefully feels that
all 81 farm clubs will be main
tanned despite the demands of
Uncle Sam.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
u. ). Wins in Shotput,
800 Meters in Chile
BY The Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile, March IT.
Jim Fuchs of the United States
won the shotput event today with
a heave of 56 feet 91s inches as
the international track and field
championships got underway.
Hugo Maiocco, also of the United
States, won the 800-meter run in
l minute, 54.5 seconds. Brown
ing Ross, United States, was sec
opd in 1854, and Carlos Gajardo,
Chile, third. 1:57.
Herb McKenley of Jamaica won
the 2oo-meter run in 2l,1 seconds
followed by Donald Campbell,
United States, 215, and Gustavo
Ehlers, Chile, 21,7, and John
Voight. United States, 22.3.
Voight also won the broad jump
with leap of % feet 1923 inches
Jean Patton. United States, wor
the women's 100-meter run in /:
seconds fiat after doing the dis
tance in the preliminaries in III
seconds to better the SouLn amer
ican record by one-tenth second
Second in the finals was Eller
Lowler, United States. 12.4.
Some $4,000 persons witnessed
the events in the National Sta
dunn. Fourteen Americans WHIT
competed in the recent Pan
American Olympics in Bueno
Aires are entered.
Other results:
women's High Jump. Lucy Lopez
Chile: 2. Ellen Lowler, United States. Bot
made it in 4 feet 10h4 inches, but LoWle
3.O0O-meter Run. John Twomey
United States, SALE 2. Ramon Algeria
Iai Hammer Throw. Gilbert Boriesor
United States, first, 1888 feet sss. inches
2. Arturo Melcher. Chile 156 feet A.
inches.
400-meter Relay United States
Jamaica Campbell. Maiocco, Voight Nc
Kenley), AS; .. Chile, 424.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Laurel Opens Friday Under New Owners

Derby at New Orleans recently
are at Laurel and have been work
ing nicely.
Special trains will be operated
from Washington to Laurel daily
leaving at 11:40 a m. and 1926 pm
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Golf Stors to Take Port
In Free Clinic April 7

Patty Berg and Jimmy Thom-
son will take part in a free golf
clinic Saturday, April 7, at East
Potomac Golf Course.
The clinic will be sponsored by
the District Association of Health
and Physical Education from Q
a m. until noon.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
French-Br Sweep

In an unprecedented happening
in North American horse racing,
French-bred horses finished one
two-three in the same race at
Hialeah.
Evening star., 1951-04-08

the sign at Seldner'S Cloth
ing Store, Seventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Blunt and to the point, its
gas jets had been arranged to
spell out: How are you, Lee?"
Crowds pushed, cheered
and sang far into the night
and, even after four days.
enthusiasm still was at its
peak. Dawn was not far
away when the exhausted
jewellers called it a day.
But in each life some rain
must fall. The next days
Star published a pathetic
little note that dripped with
disappointment. It said:
Editor of The Star: We
had made last night the best
preparations for illuminating
in front of our store, having
in gas jets the significant
question, How are you, Lee?'
but, unfortunately, owing to
the high wind or some other
defect, we did not succeed
in lighting the same. But as
we are determined to have a
hand in the defeat of Lee,
whether or no, we will light
up tonight, If the weather
proves calm, and have an
illumination all to ourselves
to which the public are
invited" It was signed
L. Seldner & Co.
The same issue of The Star
said that Lincoln would
attend that nights perform
ance at Ford's Theater. A
few hours later, John Wilkes
Booths fatal shot rang out.
Shortly after dawn Lincoln
died. From care-free hilarity,
the city was plunged into
tragic mourning.