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Evening star., 1952-07-27
Life in the Country
Sun Diol on Side of Building
Solved Time Problem in 17oOs

Jim Shriver'S great-grandfathel
solved the time problem in his day
Back in the 179Os, when the
lShrivers were getting settled at
Union Mills. in Carroll County
Md, time was a problem. 1 don't
mean what to do with time, but
how to keep track of it. particu-
larly if you operated a factory.
( Watches in those days were not
carried around by just any one,
and, + suppose, there were not
too many clocks in the rough fac
tories of those days.
So when the older Shriver built
his tannery, he also built in a SIN
dial. 1t is right on the side of the
old tannery building that stands
beside Pipe Greek today, and you
can still tell the time of day if
you stop and look.
The Shriver sun dial is a simple
arrangement. 1t is nothing more
than a stick stuck in the side of
the building to cast a shadow on
"a dial below. The dial is in the
form Of a semicircle, arranged so
that the shadow counts of the
hours.
/ Jim. who heads the Maryland
Chapter, Friends of the Land,
also heads a canning company
and farms some 1000 acres of
land in Carroll County. He lives
up the hill from the old tannery
building and the house once oc-
cupied by his ancestors.
Jim said the first Shrivers to
come to Union Mills lived right
down beside the creek. He said
each succeeding generation moved
up the hill, their ascent depend
ing on the development Of water
supplies.
First a spring in the bottom was
used for water. Then ways were
found to get water a little far
ther up the hill. until finally, with
the development of automatic
water pumping systems, Jim man
ages to live on the very hilltop.
MY people climbed the HILL"
Jim said, "just as fast as water
system development would let
them"
This is not the year of the 10
Gust, or the cicada, to be correct,
but we have enough of them out
our way to give us plenty Of hot
weather music.
I believe next year Is the year
to expect the big brood of the
17-year locust. There are a few
this year-enough to lull us to
sleep on hot Sunday afternoons.
I remember when I was a kid
hearing that If the cicada has a
w on his wing, it meant war.
Every one I've ever found carried
the w, and I suppose there always
is a war somewhere in the world,
whether it is official or not.
I wonder if men finally become
civilized enough to do away with
wars If the cicada will lose his
w, or have it replaced by the,
letter p.
Meanwhile, they continue their
singing. their music rising to a.
pulsating throb in the sultry still
ness of the afternoon. Regardless
Of wing markings. their music is
representative of the peaceful
countryside. bas.3
..A> + -
I have smart heifer. She is |
the only COW I ever had that would |
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Norfolk Boy Wins Heat
In Moth Boat Title Roce
BY the Associated Pres,

MARGATE CITY, NJ. july "a
claiborne Coupland of Norfolk
Va. today skippered his small SAIL
BOAT to victory in the first heat of
the International Moth Boat
championship race.
The win put the 17-year-old
nigh school student in the lead
Tor the international trophy
which he won last year in races
held at Norfolk.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
By Cospor Nonnes

What has happened to the
homemade tennis players-the
boy who grasped a racket without
thought Of technique and whaled
away?
He is gradually disappearing, a
victim Of tennis teachers and ten
mis- clinics.
Progress is not to be denied.
Widespread opportunities to learn
proper stroke production unques-
tionably has raised the games
competitive level. But the uni
versal trend toward style uni
formity has taken considerable
color from the sport.
There appears to be a strong tie
between color and unorthodox
play. Somehow the crowd-appeal-
ing performer and a distinctly
original style, in the main. go to-
gether. There are exceptions.
Tilden, a great Snowman, was a
truly orthodox player.
Nearly All Alike.
Few stars today have home
made styles and a general similar
Ity may be discerned in their play.
Pancho Segura is the outstand-
ing homemade tennis player of
today. Certainly no one having
seen the little South American
bounce around the courts would
confuse him with any other COM
oetitor. His two listed drives apd
service make him dis
,inctive.
Frank Sedgman, Ken McGreg-
or, Vic Seixas, Dick Savitt and
other stars have certain charac-
teristics, but none stands out
from the regular pattern like
Segura.
Looking back over tennis since
1917, a parade of top players with
lnorthodox styles comes to mind.
Probably the most colorful was
Jean Borotra, the bounding Bas-
lue.' From a stylist viewpoint, he
vas the despair of tennis teach
Frs. He dragged his feet when
wound himself into
znots hitting groundstrokes, and
punched his volleys in violation of
all rules on form. But the French
nan was one of the worlds great
EST players and an idol Of the
galleries.
japanese Pair CoIOrful.
Zenzo Shimizu and Ichiya Kum-
lgae of Japan's 1921 Davis Cupl
cam were homemade players.
Shimizu's classic battle with TIL
len in the 1921 Davis Cup series
It Forest Hills still is a subject
II conversation. Wearing his little
White hat. the pigeon-toed Shi-
Evening star., 1952-07-27

mizu had a peculiar and tantaliz-
ing forehand drive that broke
down opposition.
Kumagae, a southpaw. also had
an unusual forehand. It was an
exaggerated lift hit with devas-
|tating speed and provided for his
approach to the net.
Other notable foreign visitors
with distinctly individual games
were Manuel Alonzo. the colorful
Spanish star, and Gerald Patter-
son of Australia.
Alonzo was a twirling, ebullient
Imatador on a tennis court. A
bundle Of nervous energy, his gy-
Irations while serving caused spec
Itators to fear he would injure
himself. To Offset that. his ground
strokes. best made while on the
run, were almost classic in grace.
But his net play was almost comic
in its futility. When drawn up, he
would hit the ball and then dash
back to the safety of the base
line.
Patterson looked more like a
plunging fullback than a tennis
player. His service was one of the
worlds best. His backhand was
something else again.
Probably it was the worst single
shot that any good player ever
owned. The Wimbledon winner Of
1919 and 1922 would sprint miles
70 avoid using the turnover poke
that passed for a backhand.
Francis T. Hunter, the old Cor
nell star, was another tennis star
built for football. Hunter had an
old-fashioned roundhouse wallop
and flaming competitive spirit
that hulIed t,i1ro1ph tn victo,.,, ovo,.
Evening star., 1952-07-27

Cripps. Australia. 242: 5-HeiRa Klein.
germany, 24.6; Daphne Haseniagsr.
1.600-meter relay heats (frst three in
each heat to qualify for semihnals tomor-
First heat. 1-Jamaica. 3:lc.1; p
france, 3:12.6; 3-Sweden, 3:134; A.
Belgtum, 3:15.S: 5-LuxembourR 3:I6.2:
6-Finland. 3:16.4; Japan, 3:20.3.
Second heat: 1-Us.A. (oue Matson.
Gene Cole, Charles Moore. Nal Whit
neldl 3:1l.5; 2.-Great Britain, 3:12.5;
3:13.S; 4.-Italy. 3:I5.2; 5.
Switzerland. 3:15.4; 6.--Pakistan. 3:23 .
Third heat: 1-Germany. 3:1O5; ..
south Africa, 3:14.s; 5.-Australfa, 3:I5.s.
4O0-meter relay preliminary heats
!nrst three teams in each heat qualify
Tor semit1nals tomorrow
Il Hsrfison rass pinIlssrd, Lindy Remisino, Andy
Stanneld,, 4o.3; 2.--France. 40.S; 3.-Po-
lang: la 9: IS; 4mFinland; 40; S.-Canads
|. second heat; Great Britain, 41.2;
Coast. ~; 5.-Australia. 42.3; 6.-Thai-
ais: i5neIly smArsent&ins & AZ:
Germany. 41.5; 5-Switzerland, 41.6;
SCRATCHED Greece and Irelandj
Fourth heat: Russia. 41.3; Nj
geria. 424: 3-Pakistan, 42S. tOnIy
three places awarded.) Iceland was dis
Evening star., 1952-07-27

better equipped players. These
overcame a sliced backhand and
innocuous serve that made up the
rest of his game.
Chopstrokers Now Rare.
Wallace johnson was a great
exponent of a type rarely seen
today-the chopstroker. Hitting
forehand and backhand shots with
a twist of his wrist, the Philadel-
phian added to these skidding
strokes a perfect lob and phenom-
'enal steadiness. With such limited
equipment, johnson twice was able
to reach the final round in the
national championships.
Another croWd-pleasing unor-
thodox player was Berkeley Bell,
"the tumbling Texan" Bell, who
spent half the time picking him
self off the ground during a
match, did everything wrong styl-
istically. His forehand was a hard
hit chop, varied occasionally by a
roundhouse swing starting from
the shoulder and ending on the
ground. His turnover backhand
was effective but no thing of
beauty. The Texan, violating
every principle of form, served
with both feet facing the net and
close together. Wilmer Allison
another Texan, also used this
delivery.
Numerous stars of the 192Os and
193OS may be added to this list:
John Hennessey, George Lott,
Bitsy Grant and Howard Kinsey.
These and others possessing a dis
tinctive style brought something
special to the game. The passing
OF the homemade player leaves
q void the stylist cannot fill.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Auto Rocine at Manassas

The old Longview race track at
Manassas has been rebuilt and
named the Old Dominion Speed
way, designed to be one of the
fastest one-third mile asphalt
tracks in the East. The Mutual
Racing Association of Muncie,
Ind, will open the new track Sat-
urday at $3.50 with eight auto
events, featuring a 30-lap final.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Conference Unable
To Reach Decision
On Kentucky Case
BY the Asseeiated Press

b BIRMINGHAM, Ala. July 26.-
The Southeastern Conference ex-
ecutive committee reported to-
night it was unable to reach q de-
cision in the sports over-emphasis
case against the University Of
Kentucky.
DR.. John Gallalee, president Of
the University of Alabama and
head Of the committee, announced
at the end of day-long session
that additional material was
needed before judgment could be
passed.
He denied the situation amount
ed to a hung jury" Gallalee ex-
planned that, because of the Seri-
BUSINESS of issues involved, the
subject demanded deeper thought.
He said he would call the COM
mittee together again at some
later date when the needed ad-
ditional material could be assem-
bled.
=. Hints Suspension Possible.
DR.. Gallalee dropped a possible
hint that charges against the uni
versity might be strong enough
to bring up the consideration of
suspension from the conference.
In explaining SEC bylaws, he
said Commissioner Bernie Moore
could handle lesser infractions on
his own. The commissioner could
fine a school, for example, or
could declare its athletes ineli-
gible.
Charges serious enough to bring
up the consideration of a schools
suspension, though, would demand
action by the executive commit
tee, he went on.
DR.. Gallalee declined, however.
to say that Kentucky's suspension /
was under consideration. He
laughingly suggested that report
ers should draw their own con-
clusionS.
Kentucky has been in athletic
hot water since its policies were
attacked by New York Judge who
said the school operated its sports |
program on highly systematized
and commercialized". basis.
This led to an investigation by
Moore, asked by the school and
ordered by the executive COM /
mittee.
Officials Answer Charges.
Moore's findings, pieced together
during three weeks of inquiry,
were the subject of today's hear
ing. Officials of the university
were invited to defend it against
charges contained in Moore's
DR.. H. L. Donovan, school presi-
dent; Dean A. D. Kirwan, faculty
advisor on athletics; Robert Hob
son, a Louisville attorney and
member of the University Board
OF Trustees, and Athletic Director
Bernie Shively spent large part
of today's 11-hour session before
the committee and Moore.
A few hours before the meeting
was adjourned here. the university
issued in Lexington, KY, a lengthy
statement of policy on athletics.
It pledged continued respect and
observation of all regulations of
the SEC and the National Col
legiate Athletic Association. The
resolution promised that Kentucky
would endeavor to see that "these
regulations are not violated by
persons either inside or outside
the university"
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Oak Trees Harmed
BY Pruning Insect

Don't blame winds for twigs and
branchletS that litter the lawn be-
meath oak trees this summer.
The real culprit is an insect, the
oak twig pruner. Edward j. Duda
assistant entomologiSt of the Bart
lett Tree Research Laboratories
reports.
At work more than a month
ahead of schedule, the larva of the
|pruner chews through the wooc
of twigs and branches, some a.
long as three feet and thick as 9
thumb.
Evening star., 1952-07-27

fellow, We fish
for fun mainly,
and find plenty
with fly. bait
and surf cast
ing rods, reels
and lures. How
e YER, W e re
weak e n i n g ,,
especially after
reading Fresh
and Salt Water
S p in n ing'' by
E u g enc Burns
and Clyde Chill
dress, published
by A. S. Barnes
& Co.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
OUTDOORS

For some reason, probably sheer
bullheadednesS. we've not cottoned
much to spinning tacklA nor its
use in fishing. While We like to
catch fish as we'll as the next
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Gorvin Grill PIoys Today

Theh Garvin Grill girls soft
ball team viii meet the Lancaster
Eagles Of Lancaster. Pa, in a
double-header today starting at
2:30 at the Langdon Playground.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
By the Assoeioted Press

HELSINKI, July 26. - Sum-
maries in today's track and field
events follow:
1,500-meter finals: Joseph Barthel,
Luxembourg. 1852 (new Olympic record.
Old record .3:47.S set by Jack Lovelock,
New Zealand. in 1856; Bob McMilien.
.; 8. A. 4occidentaD, 3:45.2 lsame as
3:45.4 Roger Bannister, Great Britain,
3:46; 5-Patrick FL Mabrouk. France,
3:46: 6.-Rolf Lamers. Germany. 3:46S s:
7.-Olow Aberg, Sweden. 1910; Sing
var Ericsson. Sweden 3:476; 9.-Donald
Macmillan. Australia. 3:49.S; lO.-Denis
Johansson. Finland 3:49S; 11.-Audun
Boysen. Norway. 3:51.4; Fit. Warren
Druetzler. U. Q. A. %. s. Army. 1856.
women's shot put finals: 1-Galina
Iyblna. 50 feet 2.5S inches (new world
and Olympic record. Old world record
- feet 3.35 inches, set by Anna Andre.
leva. Russia, 1850. Old Olympic record
IS feet l.33 inches. set by Micheline M
Ostermeyer. France, 194Sb: Marianne
Werner. Germany. A. feet 9.64 inches;
3-Klavdija Tochenova, Russia Al feet
S s;a inches: @Tamara Tyshkeyich,
kille, Germany. As feet 4.91 inches; g
Yvette Williams. New Zealand. 43 feet
9.61 inches.
women's 2a0-meter finals: Marjorie
Jackson, Australia. 237: Bertha
Brouwer, Holland, 142; 3-Nadezhda
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Pistol Title SOUGHT

Roy D. Marshall, 5105 Lacka-
wanna street, College Park, Md.
will compete against a field Of 75C
in the National pistol champion
ships in Jacksonville. Fla. start
ling August IL.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
BY jones BirchfieId-

come back home without consider
able effort on my part. The other
day she jumped the fence to go
visiting. I was wondering how to
get her back, when here she came.
I hope she has decided that home
is the best place, after all.
Evening star., 1952-07-27

Women's 200-meter finals: 1-MarjorieI
Jackson, Australia. 237: Bertha
Brouwer, Holland. 242: S-Nadezhda
Khnykina. Russia, 24.2: 4-Winsomel
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Olympic Track Summaries

Cripps. Australia. .24.2: .5-HelEa Klein,
Si germany, 24.6; daphne Hasen1ager.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
IL. A. Baby-Sitter
 Strangles Child
 After nv Mystery

LOS ANGELES, (P) - A 16- year-old baby sitter related to police how she watched a murder mystery on television, then stran- gled a sleeping 6-year-old girl with a stocking.
 ,"I did it, but I didn't have any reasons" sheriff's investigators quoted the high school sopho- more, Delora Mae Campbell, as saying soon after neighbors dis covered the tragedy early Sunday.
 Delora Mae, in jail on a murder booking, told deputies that as she lay on the couch after watching the television program, she ''had vision"
 "I saw a girl lying in bed with her arms folded across her chest and a green necktie around her neck" Delora Mae said.
 The girl was Donna Joyce Is- bell, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Roy Isbell. She died with her fathers black navy sock wound tightly around her throat and with the end of a sheet wadded into her mouth.
 It happened, Saturday night while Donna's mother was work ing the late shift at Douglas Air craft. The father a petty officer, was on Navy duty. A brother, T. year old Roy Allen, slept through it all on a nearby twin bed.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
Steelworker Delegates Meet To Decide Fate
 Of Threatened Strike

ATLANTIC CITY, Dele gates representing the million member CIO Steelworkers Union gathered Wednesday to decide whether to cancel a threatened industry-wide steel strike.
 Phillip Murray, head of both the steel union and the CIO itself, called the Steelworker's executive board together to map plans for an extraordinary union conven- ton beginning tomorrow.
 Murray and the board are ex- pected to recommend that the convention call off the strike threat until the governments wage stabilization board can come up with a compromise solu- ton in the steel labor disputes.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
Allies Propose
 Exchange Of All POWs In Korea
By DON HUTH

MUNSAN, Korea, (P - Allied truce negotiators today proposed releasing all prisoners of war and displaced persons in Korea-with the guarantee no one would be sent home against his will.
 The Reds found the Allied pro- posal politically unpalatable and voiced immediate objections.
 The plan starts out on man. for-man basis and winds up as an all-for-all exchange, said It. Col. Howard s. Levie, spokesman for the United Nations Command.
 Rear Adm. R. E. Libby, Allied negotiator, expressed hope North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho, Red negotiator, would change his mind after he studies the complex plan and understands it.
 The International Red Cross would act as supervising agent.
 The exchange of prisoners would start on a man for man basis to make sure the JUN. would get back its full quota of prison CTS of war. "When we have fin ished exchanging all prisoners of war left on either side," Levie said, "then we will get to the point where we don't count heads"
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
GAO Disappears l5 Mi. Out Fairbanks
 With Four Aboard

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, P)-Air Force planes awaited clearing weather Tuesday to resume a search for the Transocean Air line GAG transport and its four occupants missing on a flight here from Point Barrow.
 Snow and low-hanging clouds blocked a planned New Years Day search of tundra country north of here.
 Airline officials disclosed that in addition to the pilot and CO., pilot, identified as Bob Warren of Fairbanks, and Richard Erwin of Oakland, Calif., two passengers were aboard the plane when it left Point Barrow Friday.
 The airline officials said the extra passengers were pilot and mechanic for Wien Alaska Air lines but withheld their names pending notification of relatives. The two men were riding to Fair banks to ferry a plane back to Point Barrow, the airline said.
 The Transocean plane was op- erating between the Barrow oil reserve and Fairbanks, under contract to the Navy.
 It was one of the rare in- stances in Alaska flying in which a missing airplane had been re- ported by both radio and radar just prior to its disappearance.
 The plane had radioed that it was coming down for a Fairbanks landing at the end of 540-mile flight from Barrow. The Air Force radar tracked the GAG to within about Is miles east of Fair banks; then it vanished from the scope.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
Says Eisenhower Could Win COP Nomination
 Without Saying a Word

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senator Ives CR-NY) said Wednesday that General Eisenhower could win the Republican presidential nom- inat ton without saying a word.
 "I think he could be nominated under those circumstances, but I don't believe it will happen that way" Ives told a reporter. "I am inclined to think he will speak out before the party convention Gin July) and make it clear he is a candidate"
 Ives expressed his views in the wake of claim by Senator Taft's campaign manager that it now seems certainty" the Ohioan will be the COP presidential nominee.
 Political observers are looking to a news conference here Sun day for some definite evidence that Eisenhower is available. The conference has been called by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, campaign manager of the Eisen- hover Republican group, who has promised good news for the gen. erals supporters.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
Four-Day New
 Year Week-End Cost COP Lives
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

The four-day New Years week end took 6O2 lives in violent ac- cidents, bringing the death toll from Christmas and New Year accidents to nearly 1,400.
 Traffic mishaps, as usual ac- counted for the greatest toll over the New Year holiday-367 dead. Another 69 perished in fires, and 166 were victims of miscellaneous accidents, including plane crashes
 The toll from a variety of mis- cellaneous accidents was boosted by the crash of an Air Force CAY plane on a central Arizona noun tain, with a loss of 28 lives; and the wreck of a. non-scheduled C-46 airliner in the Allegheny foothills of New York State, in which 26 persons died.
 The four-day death toll still was lower than the record 789 total for the previous weeks four day Christmas holiday. That toll included 535 traffic victims.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
Reward Wrong Directions With Bop On The Nose

NEW YORK, (R)-Edward Will kins, IS, of Hoboken, N.J., was arraigned, charged with breaking Pennsylvania Station baggage mans nose in two places.
 A detective who arrested him at the scene asked Wilkins why he had beaten Murray Dworsken, 35, the baggageman.
 "I asked him how to get to the Hudson Tubes and he directed me wrong," Wilkins replied.
 "How do you know he directed you wrong?" the detective asked, and Wilkins replied:
 "I knew how to get there. just wanted to see what he'd say"
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
Allied Warplanes Blast Communist Rail Yards

SEOUL, Korea, (P) Allied warplanes blasted communist rail traffic in North Korea today as a frigid haze enveloped ground fighting, now almost at a stand still.
 LIN. fighter-bombers flew 210 sOrties by noon and cut rail tracks at 49 points. Pilots said number of railroad cars were damaged.
 During the night an estimated 1,800 heavy supply vehicles were brought under attack. Pilots said heavy traffic was observed in the eastern sector.
 Okinawa-based B-29 SuperfortS used radar sighting in dropping 50 tons of 500-pound bombs on he Samdong rail yards.
 All along the battle line tenn 9eratures were below freezing.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
Army Puts Suspender
 Buttons On Trousers But Bans Use of Suspenders

WASHINGTON, P) - Rep. Norblad R-Ore) asked the army today why it puts Suspender but tons on uniforms and prohibits the wearing of suspenders.
 The button complex, Norblad said, was called to his attention by an unidentified constituent who claimed it doesn't make sense. The constituent said his son, an army man, told him about the buttons for and the ban against galluses.
 With an army of around two million men, Norblad said, there are approximately 12 million sus- bender buttons-six per pair of pants-going to waste.
 Norb1ad told newsmen he had called this to the attention of Army Secretary Pace in the hope that some small economy might be achieved.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-02
Captain Remains Aboard Disabled
 Ship In Atlantic

LONDON, (P)-Still clinging to ais storm-wracked and wallowing ship in the Atlantic, Capt. Kurt Carlsen radioed Wednesday that he would stay aboard until he is lowed to pork or sinks. A new storm threatened.
 Carlsen stood his watch alone through the fifth night since he ordered all others to abandon the American freighter Flying Enter prise, and again reported by radio that he was in good spirits.
 All the 10 passengers and fl of the crew were believed to have been rescued after jumping into re sea last Friday. One crew. man died.
 Help was on the way today and old seadogs said the Enter prise had a sporting chance of being lowed into port.
 AS long as the 36-year-old cap tain stays aboard, the ship cannot be classed as a derelict and be- come prey to whatever ship may throw a line aboard and tow her to safety.
 
 The British tug Turmoil, de- scribed as the worlds fastest and one of the largest seagoing tugs, was ready to put out from Fall mouth and take the Flying Enter prise in tow.