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Evening star., 1952-08-18
Middle Atlantic Title
For Wesley Starts
New Tennis Era Here

A new era apparently has been
ushered into Washington area
tennis for today the Middle At
lantic Clay Court champion is not
10 member of the old guard who
have dominated net circles here
for years.
Instead. 21-year-old Ed Wesley.
who still has difficulty getting
his name spelled correctly in the
newspapers. wears the crown. And
Wesley didn't win his final match
against an "old. familiar" player.
either. The Columbia Country
Club youngster beat l9-year-old
Bobby Payne of Richmond, Ga.
SO, 4--6. 6-3. in the windup
yesterday at Edgemoor. Neither
was strongly rated at the start
tof the tournament.
Wesley, a graduate of Amherst
College, used a soft touch to dis
pose Of his stocky opponent, a
sophomore at the University Of
North Carolina. -~
Payne belongs to the school Of
frushes and hard blasts, but the
lanky Wesley didn't try to over
power him. He just stood back
and tapped the ball. frequently
Throwing Payne of balance and
out of position. :
Fred Kovaleski and Fred Nc
Nair won the mems doubles title
over Leavens and Thackara, 6-3,
l9-7, 60, while Mrs. Ann Gray
and Charlotte Decker took tho
women's doubles, rs, 1-6, 6-3.
over Cecilia Hill and Betty Lass
well. ..
A mixed doubles quarter -final
match saw Leavens and Miss
Decker defeat Col. Erana and
Mildred Smith. 6-1. 6-1. Leav-
ems and Miss Decker went on to
win in the semifinals over McNair
and Patsy Heard, 60, 6-1.
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eight yards and six points. This
play followed a 52-yard run by
Albert. who took off around end
from punt formation and caught
the Redskins flat-footed.
Goes " Yards in Third.
And it was Perry who set up his
teams fifth and final score with
a 77-yard jaunt to the Redskins
four-yard line in the third quarter
Jack Dwyer caught him from be-
hind, but the touchdown was de-
layed only temporarily. Albert
tossing one-yard pass to Boone
for the score.
On the credit side, Todd thought
little Eddie LeBaron did a COM
mendable job of quarterbacking.
The Marine was the clubs leading
ground-gainer with % yards, all
of it made when he had no pass
receiver open and had to run.
Eddie also completed six of IA
passes for 81 yards, with two in
perceptions.
Gilmer was used briefly as
quarterback and Sammy Baugh
made a couple Of even briefer ap-
|pearances. But when the cause
obviously was lost. LeBaron was
kept in the game to gain expert
ence.
Leon Heath showed flashes of
promise although credited with
only % yards. Both Mule Train
and Charlie Justice, who gained
only 20 yards on nine tries, were
handicapped by the absence OF
solid blocking.
NOTES-Frank Meglin. former
Georgetown halfback and later
District football official, and DR..
Jim Kelly were among the Wash
ington contingent at the game
1t. Slug Witucki, Redskins
guard last season, but now in the
Air Force, cut up touches with his
former teammates. Slug Is
enroute to Korea. Justice got
a big hand. -. But LeBaron got
a bigger one. End Joe Tereshin-
ski suffered a possible broken hand
and will be X-rayed today to
determine the exact damage.
His loss would be a hard blow.
When Albert tossed a pass to Gail
Bruce for the extra point after
the Forty Miners fourth touch
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Giants Edge Green Boy;
EooIes and SteeIers Tie

Two of the week ends exhibi-
tions involving National Football
League teams were bitter struggles.
The Eagles and Steelers. playing
at Hershey, Pa, wound up in a
scoreless tie. The Giants defeated
Green Bay, TO, at Milwaukee
when Eddie Price broke off tackle
for % yards and the games only
touchdown. The play was set up
when Jim Duncan intercepted a
pass by Tobin Rote.
The Dallas Texans made their
debut by trouncing Brooke Army
Medical Center 34-7. at Kerrville,
Tex. Buddy Young accounted for
three toucfdowns.
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times for the next year.
Potomac won" 1t in 1949.
Old Dominion Club Beats
Potomocs in Choppy Water

Potomac Boat Club oarSmen
took a beating off Alexandria yes
terday from the choppy Potomac
River and a hard-rowing squad
from Old Dominion Boat Club.
Stroked by Curtis Adkins, Old
Dominion's national champions
won the senior eight race by
a good length and a half over
Potomac. With the exception Of
Sonny Weiners who was rowing in
place of Dick Rinker, it was the
same crew that won the inter-
mediate eight title at Philadelphia
on July 4.
Their time for the course, which
was stirred up both by wind and
the wake Of passing power boats,
was 2:48.
Old Dominion's Dee Campbell
and Weiners placed one-two in
the singles race, with Eddie Cox
and Ken Brown Of Potomac fol-
lowing in third and fourth posi-
Itions. The winning time was
1919.
In the Junior doubles event,
Irwin Dodd and Harry Miller Of
lODBC set the pace in three min
Iutes even. Richard Bolton and
iMaury Brewer Of the host club
were second. Third were Poto-
macs Dave Nottingham and Irwin
Monschein.
In medley race. the Potomac
liunior eight came through with
the lone victory for the Wash
tington oarsmen. Nottingham was
stroke. Second was an eight from
iODBC with such old timers as
coach Julian Whitestone. Jack
Franklin, Johnny Lytle and John
Haynes back in harness. A quad
stroked by Morrie Lax OF Potomac
finished third. The winners time
was 1853.
i The two clubs meet again Au-
'Igust 81 at Philadelphia In tpe
middle States rowing regatta. n
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Little No Tolls Overtime
For Victories at Essex

MANCHESTER, Mass, Aug. 18.
R.-Maureen Connolly of San
Diego. Calf. 17-year-old United
States and Wimbledon tennis
champion, won the 25th annual
Essex Club tourney singles cham
pionship yesterday. defeating
Louise Brough Of Beverly Hills,
Calf, +6. 60. 6-3.
Miss Connolly did it the hard
way as she became the youngest
champion in Essex history. Before
the single finals, she finished her
rain-interrupted semifinal Of Sat-
urday against Shirley Fry. OF
Akron, Ohio. winning. 6-3, As,
6-1.
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hiddIecoff Opposing
Burke in His Second
PIayoff Within a Week
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 18.-Cary
Middlecoh breezed into his second
golf tournament playoff within q
week today. meeting Jackie Burke
jr.. Of Houston, Tex. for the Kan
sas City Open title.
The Memphis, Tenn, pro and
Burke tied at 276 strokes, 12 under
lpar, at the end Of the regulation
72 holes in the $4,000 tourna-
ment.
The 1S-hole medal play match
for the $2.400 first prize was
scheduled to begin at $3.50 pm
washington time) over the 6,208-
yard, par ~ Milburn Country
Club course.
Just a week ago today Middle
cof lost a playof to Julius Boros
Mid Pines, N. c.. in the $25, ,00O
World" golf tournament at Chi
Icago.
Blames Dog for Error.
In yesterdays competition
Burke turned in q sizzling 5-un-
der-par 81 after missing a 80
inch putt on the last hole. He
blamed the mum on the bark .ot
Ia dog. which came just as he
started his putt.
Middlecof played his last two
holes in q driving rain and got
"a &c..
Burke. who won four consecu-
tive tournaments earlier this sum-
mer, played eight rounds of SUBJ
Ipar golf in the Tam o'Shanter and
world" golf tournaments at Chi
cago and was well under par ir
four rounds here.
Last year Middlecof also fin.
ished in a tie here. In q three
way playoff he beat Doug Ford
Harrison. N. Y, and Dave Doug.
las, Newark, Del... to win the Kan
sas City title.
Boros, who took the lead in
money winnings by virtue OF his
Ibig grab at Chicago, had to settle
for $50 here after shooting "a fol
% .292 total. .....'.
ut just goes to prove I can
shoot poor golf as easily as I can
shoot bad golf." the good-natured
Boros explained.
Oliver Ties for Second.
Porky Oliver. Lemont, ILL.,. who
started the final round in the lead
with 204 strokes. and Douglas, who
was in second place one stroke
behind, settled for second and
third place tie at 277. good fol
81 200 each.
Oliver blew on the front nine
to 81. two over par, and finished
with 73. Douglas made the
round in par 72.
Leading scorers and earnings:
4
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Gregor 6-3, 60. 12-14. 6-3.
Sedgman thus became the first
to win the Newport title twice in
q row since Don Mcneil of Oak
land, Calf, won in 1901.
In the women'S division, Doris
Hart Of Coral Gables. Fla, and
Shirley Fry Of Akron, Ohio--@the
1851 champions-lead the seed
ings. Right behind them are
Maureen Connolly Of San Diego.
Calf, national and Wimbledon
singles champion. and Louise
Brough. the Beverly Hills (Calif.)
veteran.
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Col. Walsh Is Third
In National Pistol Shoot
ey the Assceioisd Press

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Aug. 1S.
William T. Toney. jr.. q United
States Patrol agent from El Paso.
Tex, won the National pistol
championships here yesterday
with a total score Of 2,604. 1t. Col.
Walsh Of Arlington. Va, was third
wit h2, sos, behind Defending
Champion Sergt. Heulet Benner Of
Fort Kobe. Panama.
Women's honors went to Mrs.
Marie Hulseman, Baltimore house,
wife, with 2,444.
Evening star., 1952-08-18
Rock Greek Winner
In Publinx Cup Play;
Argyle, Bethesda Tie

The series for the public links
team golf championship again
found a home team winning as
Rock Greek defeated Fort Dupont.
24-6. yesterday over the winners
course. The host women's team
also won from Dupont. 13h-1h.
The Leoffier trophy standing
among the mems teams:
Evening star., 1952-08-18

Twenty years ago-Equipoise
captured the Whitney Stakes BY
three lengths for a 2:052s clock
ing in the 1H-mile Saratoga
classic.
Evening star., 1952-08-18

Argyle and Bethesda Country
Club staged an 80-man team
match yesterday. the 40 low handi-
cap players competing at Argyle
and the high handicappers at Be-
|thesda. and it ended in a 30-all
tie. Argyle's low handicap team
won at home. 15h-141a. and Be-
|thesda's higher Handicapped play
|ers won on their course by a sim
|ilar score.
This is the same system that has
been recommended for the Mary
land State team matches next
|spring, the teams being divided
and half playing one course and
half the other. Under the present
system, the home team has too
much advantage.
Mrs. Richard Kreuzberg warmed
up for the Corby Cup playoff at
Columbia Country Club today by
teaming with Billy Shannon to
take low gross honors in . mixed
Scotch foursome at Columbia yes
terday. They had o 7S. Elinor
Finckel and DR.. Hayden Kirby
Smith won low net with 78-11-67.
with second to Mrs. Frank Weller
and Karl Kellerman with 85-13-
72. Mrs. Roderick Watson and
Mrs. r. o. Hunter also are in
the Corby playof.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Braden are
the new husband-and-wife cham
Ipions at Manor Country Club
after Mrs. Braden shot q 101 and
her husband, Buck, q "a for a
IT'S total, minus 28 handicap
strokes for q net lat.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Martin
won low gross. Mrs. Martin with
81 and her husband 81 for 165.
Other. net winners were MIR. and
Mrs. A. F. Schmidt. 178-30-146,
and Mr.. and Mrs. T. v. Wilder,
168-19-149.
Argyle Country Club was host
to more than 40 professionals and
their amateur partners In O Mid
|dle Atlantic PGA Pro-amateur
tournament today.
Sweepstakes winners at Wood
mont:
Glass A-Everett Steinem. 1873
50; Bob Cramer. 81-12-69;
Sam Eichberg, 94-22-72: Dexter
Kohn, 98-25-73.
Nine-hole sweepstakes: Al.
Peake, 40-5-35: B-Sam Wheeler.
40-8-32; C-Joe Zupnik, 46-10-
SO; Harold Freeman, 46-10-36.
|D-Alex Rosenbloom. 46-11-35.
Kenwood had 13 ties in q blind
bogey last week end and nine tied
at the lucky number, IS, yester-
day. They were: J. H. Somes.
82-7-75; G. M. Cahill, 85-10-
IS: Worth Arnold, 83-8-75: DR.
Ross Taggart. 88-13-75: r. A.
Curtin. 90-15-75; w. Dugas
| He. HY~,.--~.s;~4 M 4
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Five years ago-The Dodgers
defeated the Cards in two
games, Us and 1873, to increase
their lead to 61a games. ,..
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down, it was adding insult to in

down, it was adding insult to in
jury.
The lineups:
REDSKINS.
Left end-Taylor. swami. Proctor.
Left tackle-Karras. Niemi.
Left suard-Pepper. Badaczewskki.
Right guard!--Brown Lipscomb. Brasher.
RIGHT tackle - Yonakor. Yowarski,
Mitchell.
Right end-Brito. Tereshinski. Richards.
uarterback-Lebaron. Gilmer. Davis,
:, Left haifback-Justice. williams. Ferris.
Right halfback-Dwyer. venuto. Marvin.
FuilOa'k-Feasf; FoRfx.NiNERs. syksSR Mccau'eS'
Left end---Soltau. Henke.
Left tackle-Collins. Tanner.
centerJohnsen Patree
Right guard - Banducci, Campora,
Right tackle--Nomellini Carapella.,
Right end-Jessup. Bruce. O'Donahue.
Left halfback-Boone. Berry. Arenas,
Risht ihSadihf6aack-strzykalski. wagner.
White. Hugasian. Cathcart.
standIes rS5ss'k McEbannyy ps5yy we:s ce"his Brown
RefereeMR. Bowen; umpire-A: Terre-
mere: field judge-J. underhill: back
{udss.H; Rothert; head unssman-E
Score BY periods: =
Feask,aih Feftsa Miners -- IT, 4 : X SsSS
Scoring: Forty-Niners, touchdowns-
l4), Bruce (passl.
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feature matches.
Evening star., 1952-12-15
Mr.. Hines
To Be Host

Mr.. Garfield Mack. Hines will
entertain 60 guests at dinner, with
dancing, December % at the Fran
els Scott Key Hotel in Frederick
Md. The party will precede the
dance which will benefit the
Frederick Memorial Hospital and
it will be Mr.. Hines farewell fete
before going to California to make
his home.
Mr.. Hines is the son of former
Representative Joseph H. Hines
of Ohio, who now lives at Prospect
Hall near Frederick. and the late
Mrs. Hines, who before her mar
riage was Miss Eileen Garfield of
California. Mr.. Hines will live in
Beverly Hills and plans. to go West
after the holidays.
Guests December % will include
Mr.. Hines brother-in-law and sis
ters, Capt. and Mrs. John B. Wo-
gan, jr., and Mrs. Joseph Dyer
Riviere. Capt. and Mrs. Riviere
were married in october at Sea
Island, Ga. and he now is in
Korea. Mrs. Riviere, the former
MISS Marilynn Hines. returned to
Washington a short time ago after
being in the west with Capt. Ri
Were, and has taken an apartment
at 2815 @ street.
Capt. and Mrs. Wogan. the lat
ter formerly Miss Katrina Hines,
have taken place on Glen road
near Rockville, where they now
are living.
Evening star., 1952-12-15
'Cushings Give
Cocktail Fete
For Greenbies

MI and Mrs. Thurber Gushing
entertained at a cocktail party
yesterday afternoon in honor OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney Greenbie
The 5:30-to-8 gathering took place
at the hosts Georgetown resi-
dence.
Marjorie and Sydney Greenbi,
are the authors of Ann Carroll
and Abraham Lincoln" ana are
the houseguests of Mrs. Ardoln E
Casgrain. They are on their way
to Florida from their place in
Castine, Maine.
Among those expected were
former Ambassador and Mrs
Stanley Hornbeck. MIR. and Mrs
Kenneth P. Landon (she is the
author of Anna and the King OF
SiamD. Comdr. and Mrs. William
c. Bellinger, and Mrs. Reardon
Young.
Others were DR.. and Mrs. Lu-
ther H. Evans, Mrs. Richard Pyles
Miss Winifred Mallon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Ansell Mowrer, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert B. Elliston, Mr.
and Mrs. Grove Hambridge, Mr.
and Mrs. William Costello, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Davis. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gustav Peck.
Evening star., 1952-12-15
Miss Street
Is sEnquoed

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald MacQueen
Street of Port Washington, N. Y.
announce the engagement of their
daughter. Mary Lawrence. to Mr.
Clifford Thomas Thorne, jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thorne of Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
Miss Street was graduated from
the Convent of the Sacred Heart
and Manhattanville College OF
the Sacred Heart. She received
Fulbright award for study at
Louvain University in Belgium
There she received a License en-
Sciences Historiques and is now
teaching history at Duquesne
University in Pittsburgh.
Mr.. Thorne is an alumnus of
the University of Buffalo and OBJ
tanned his Master of Arts Degree
at the Catholic University of
America. He is now associated
with the State Department in
Washington.
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Steve Zweie Photo.

Inc 1OfmeF
Miss Mary Jane Grams.
Miss Mary Jane Grams, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel c,
Grams of Burkittsville, Md. be-
came the bride on December IA
of Ensign Marshall Lee Scruggs,
U. S. N. r. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. M. B. Scruggs of Dan
vile, Va.
The ceremony took place at the
Locust Valley Church of God with
the Rev. C. E. Ebersole officiating
Evening star., 1952-12-15
Sponsors Named
For Benefit
PrevieW

The sneak preview which is
scheduled for the Macarthur
Theater on Wednesday still re-
tains an air of mystery about it
Its title will be withheld until
public release later this month
However. the names of those spon-
sors of the preview of the film
which is for the benefit of the
District Society for the Preven-
ton of Blindness, have been an
nounced.
They are Judge and Mrs. D.
Lawrence Groner, Mrs. j. Lawton
Collins, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Cafritz. Mr.. and Mrs. Jean Louis
Caillouett. DR. and Mrs. C. Worth
Sprunt. DR.. and Mrs. Frank Cos
tenbader, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Osgood and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
E. Lohr.
Others are Mrs. George H
O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. John
Remon, DR.. and Mrs. George
Clemens Rutland. Mrs. William H
Wilmer, Mrs. Allen Worries, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Bennett Will
liams, DR. and Mrs. Henry Graf
ton Doyle, Dr. and Mrs. M. Noel
Stowe, DR.. and Mrs. David Sech-
niger and Mr.. and Mrs. Jouett
Shouse.
Tickets for the show are avail
able at the Society for the Pre-
vention of Blindness at 839 17th
street NV. They will also be on
sale at the box Office of the
theater on Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1952-12-15
Mrs.Whipp|e
|EntertOinS

The party given yesterday aft
ernoon by Mrs. Hopkins Whipple
had a dual purpose. It was in
honor of ner law.
Mrs. H. Reed Whipple. jr., of
Charlottesville. and to warm the
hostess new residence.
Mrs. Whipple returned to the
local scene after several years.
and after searching for a house
lin Georgetown finally settled in
Alexandria. To make the party
take on an official air there was
a red ribbon across the door and
a pair of scissors for the first
guest to cut. A bottle of cham
Ipagne was broken on the corner
of the house. About 100 guests
were expected.
Evening star., 1952-12-15

nobody in dinner jacket will
be turned away. commented Mr..
McGarraghy.
Officers Receive
AS the hundreds Of guests
poured into the Congressional
Room they were greeted by
receiving line consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Leach, the latter in
gray blue taffeta topped by a
soft rose velvet hat: Mr.. and
Mrs. Shoop-Ruth in a smart
black lace dress and a rhine
stone-edged black velvet beanie;
and Club Historian Lewis G.
Wood and Mrs. Wood who was
costumed entirely in black.
Other club officers and wives
took turns standing in the re-
ceiving line.
In rapid succession they
greeted former Senator and Mrs.
Harry Darby, Fleur and Mike
Cowles and the latter's brother
and co-publisher John Cowles;
Mrs. Robert Mccormick, very
handsome in a gray taffeta dress
and black hat with sweeping
aigrettes; the incoming spe-
cial assistant to the President,
Maj. Gen. Jerry Persons and his
wife; Miss Bertha Adkins, ex-
ecutive director of the women's
division of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, and Mrs. Anne
Wheaton. the divisions pub
licity head.
On the Democratic side they
shook hands with Democratic
National Chairman Stephen A.
Mitchell, who said that some
thing is being worked out with
one of the networks to put Gov.
Stevenson on TV a couple of
times later this year: Clayton
Fritchey, deputy Democratic
chairman; Gov. Stevenson's
campaign manager, Wilson Wy
att; Democratic Vice Chairman
India Edwards and her husband,
Herbert Edwards; Attorney Gen.
eral and Mrs. McGranery; Post
master General and Mrs. Dom
aldson, Secretary of Agriculture
and Mrs. Brannan. Secretary of
the Interior Oscar Chapman,
who Joined his wife at the party
after appearing on a TV show,
and Secretary of the Army
Evening star., 1952-12-15
Reeses Hosts
AtPre-HOIiduy
Gathering

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bacon
Reese helped usher in the holiday
spirit with an egg nog party from
until 8 o'clock yesterday at the
home of Mrs. ReeSe'S parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Loren Fryer in Chevy
Chase. Mr.. and Mrs. Reese, she
Is the former Constance Fryer,
have returned to Washington from
Whittier, Calf. and will move into
their Kenmore apartment shortly
after the first of the year.
Mrs. Reese chose for the holiday
occasion a flame red taffeta gown
fashioned with a scooped neck
line and bouffant skirt. Her
flowers were camellias. Her mother
wore navy blue taffeta with
matching velvet piping.
Those asked to drop by were
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Calver. Miss
Carol Cunningham. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross A. deMatteo II. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Dorsey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Demaree, Mrs. Taylor
Fussell, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Harting, Miss Mccall Henderson
and 1t. and Mrs. Peter Hiltgart-
ner.
Others included Mr.. Joseph Ives,
Miss Teresa Kelley, Miss Bettejane
Mackenzie. DR.. Albert Marland,
DR.. and Mrs. jackson T. Marland,
Miss Polly Norment, Mr.. and Mrs.
Meade Darlington Patrick, Miss
Mary-Stuart Montague Price, Mr..
Hugh Forest Richardson, DR.. and
Mrs. Melchoir Savaresse. Mr.
Grahame T. Smallwood. Mr.. and
Mrs. James S. Spivey. Mr.. Arthur
Stewart and Miss Brooke Stiefel.
Also coming by to extend holiday
greetings were Miss Nancy Sulli-
van, Miss Ethel Van Devanter. Mr..
j. Berry Wallace, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Nicholson, Miss Ann Gates,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Conger,
Miss Jane Lingo. Mr.. George
Schmiedigen and Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Young.
Evening star., 1952-12-15
Gov. Stevenson and New Cabinet Faces
Among Hundreds at Gridiron Reception

The defeated presidential candi-
date had reminisced, telling one
amusing incident after another
and ending with a good-natured
prediction that the Republicans
might have another Teapot
Dome scandal coming up. The
last words of his speech were.
Little mink don't you cry, you'll
be teapot by and by"
President Leach introduced
the clubs music director, 1t.
Col. William F. Santelmann of
the Marine Band: Dewey Flem-
ing. chairman of the Music
Committee: Paul Wooten, chair
man Of the Reception Commit
tee. and Walker Buel, "the mas
ter Of ceremonies who's become
almost traditional"
Then the towns most noted
newsmen. the singing chorus Of
the show, filed onto the stage.
They included such familiar
names as Blair Moody, Pete
Brandt. Ben McKelway. Roscoe
Drummond, Bill Beale, John
Hightower. Fletcher Knebel,
Martin Hayden, Marshall Nc
Neil. Russell Virgins. Arthur
Sylvester, and numerous others.
Pouring considerable color and
esprit into their songs were So
loiSts Ned Brooks, Gene Archer,
Dwight Rorer. George Myers,
Arthur Pierce and William Ray
mond. Each took turns bring
ing the house down, Ned Brooks
winning an encore as Senator
Wayne Morse singing Good
night Eugene, Goodnight" "
Dwight Rorer an encore as Her.
bert Hoover giving voice to
This Amt the Army, Mr.. Ike, "
and Gene Archer having to re-
peat his kindly and dramatic
role of Harry Truman walking
slowly away to the words
"Walkin' to Missouri"
Singing Best for Wives
AS usual when singing before
their wives, the gentlemen
topped their performance of the
evening before.
When the songs were over
guests returned to the Congress
sional Room for more cocktails,
sandwiches and mingling.
French Ambassador and Nine.
Bonnet, Swedish Ambassador
and Nine. Bohemian and Egyp-
tian Ambassador Rahim were
in the crowd that included Ad-
miral Louis Denfeld, Secretary
of the Navy Dan Kimball, Gen.
and Mrs. Omar Bradley, JUS
tice and Mrs. Robert jackson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Kauff-
mann. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Gra-
ham. Mr.. and Mrs. Niles Tram
mel, Representative Joe Martin,
Senator Homer Ferguson. Mrs.
Arthur Macarthur. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert F. Corn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Cafritz, Deputy Un-
dersecretary of State and Mrs.
Carl Humelsine, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Blake, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Carroll Glover and more
from the Gridiron circle-the
Gould Lincolns, Casey Jones,
the Ray Henles. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, the
Richard Wilson's. the Arthur
Krocks. the Jim Berrymans, the
Paul Millers. Turner Catledge,
the Ed Folliards and so on
through the roster of the club
that vows Washington twice .
year.