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Evening star., 1952-09-02

Her NibS Miss Georgia Gibbs
since Garry Moore hung that title
on her. is quite happy about Kiss
of Fire" naturally. Any singer
is happy, at the very least, to land
a record in that million-copy
class. Miss Gibbs, in addition to
being happy, is surprised.
Frankly. we thought the other
side would be the hit tune" she
was saying over a shows
0melet yesterday. No great pains
were taken with Kiss of Fire"
I'VE just recorded it once and
that was it."
The song, as Miss Gibbs record
ed 1t, runs exactly counter to
the trend in popular music on
platters. It's straightforward de-
livery. with feeling but on pitch.
You know. you go in to make a
record now." Miss Gibbs said, land
they say, Don't sing good. Sing
It sharp and lets see what we can
do with an echo chamber
How could you expect Kiss of
Fire to be hit? It hasn't any
gimmick No echo chamber"
The only explanation which
satisfies Miss Gibbs is that this is
q neurotic world and you can ex-
pect anything.
The truly surprising thing about
kiss of Fire" however, is not that
it's a success, but that it is Miss
Gibbs first big hit record. She is
not precisely a newcomer to the
singing trade. She has been in
the big time for a decade Or so.
She has worked with almost
every name comedian on radio and
has played top-notch theaters and
supper clubs here and abroad.
She graduated to radio singing
from an orphanage in Worcester,
Mass. before reaching her teens.
From that Worcester radio singing
chore, she went on to a theater in
Boston, did a stint as band
singer and in fairly short order
wound up on the Jimmy Durante
radio show. That's where Garry
Moore came along with the Her
NibS title.
She sang with Paul Whiteman
on the air and with Danny Kaye.
for whom she became quite a
comedy foil. After the war she
: was Tony Martins radio partner
for awhile and then became the
singing star of a David Rose show.
She has worked with a host OF
comedians at various times-Mll-
ton Berle. Frank Morgan. Groucho
Marx, Herb Shriner, Bob Hope
and others in addition to Durante,
Moore and Kaye. She has made
frequent guest appearances with
Bing Crosby, Dick Hames and
Vaughan Monroe.
Her vivacious personality has
made her a much-sought-after
television guest. too.
Miss Gibbs thinks it is fine that
all this has happened to her be-
fore her million-cop hit record
came along.
I'm so glad I had all that ex-
perience before Kiss of Fire "
she says. Some of these people
come along, get a sudden big rec
ord smash (she was naming no
names and then they haven't
got anything to 60 on with.
"You can't keep getting up In
front Of an audience saying And
my next record was
Show business is different
today from what it was when
radio was so important. In radio,
you didn't have to be good look
ing, you didn't have to be. any
thing. You were just sound"
This Capitol Theater engage
ment is Miss Gibbs first chore
since returning from a European
vacation. It panied her agent
considerably. but she took three
weeks off and had herself some
fun. Her tangible rewards are an
oversupply of lira, which she
Evening star., 1952-09-02
The Posing Show
The Fire in Georgio's Kiss
Surprised Her. But Happily
By Horry Macarthur

You need only barely adequate of
recording of named kiss Fire" by
Is immensely popular You have led sheltered
for the several weeks have avoided it,
jockey show without Kiss of Fire" like jockey
Evening star., 1952-09-02

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1952-09-02

This Capitol Theater engage
nent is Miss Gibbs first chore
since returning from a European
vacation. It panied her agent
considerably. but she took three
weeks off and had herself some
fun. Her tangible rewards are an
oversupply of 1ira. which she
Evening star., 1952-09-02
ESSg1kazy4 lElaAsoaaooD A'vsg'
Films of More Than Routine

of Merit
"GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" Dedile the circus.
"PAT AND MIKE" Hepburn Tracy and high comedy
"THE THE WHITE SUIT" with Alex Guinness
funny.
STORY ROBIN HOOD" a corking by Disney.
"STORY ROGERS"
LYDIA BAILEY" cOIorfu adventure In Haiti
"THE MARRYING KIND" funny-sad story of a marriage
Evening star., 1952-09-02

"1I44OuV VOI1IIIICI CIuI0. VI WIJIIUUI
the latest Johnny Ray, which
is more unthinkable.
The Capitol Theater's stage
show headliner, better known as
Joy Cormody, dromo editor Of The
Stor. whose column oppeors here dolly,
is on vocotion.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
'0nIy4 Top Men Left
In Grass Court Meet;
|Sedgman Is Pressed
BY the Associated Press

SOUTH ORANGE, N. j.. Aug. 9.
The top two Americans-Dick
Savitt of Orange, N. j., and Billy
Talbert of New York-and tile two
ranking foreignerS-Frank Sedg-
man and Ken McGregor of Austria
lia-reached the semifinals of the
Eastern Grass Court champion
ships at the Orange Lawn Tennis
Club today.
OF the four, only Sedgman was
seriously pressed. He had quite
a battle before he defeated un-
seeded Noel Brown of Los Angeles,
6-S. 2-6, Ga. McGregor had
about the easiest time in defeat
ting Straight Clark Of Pasadena,
Ga, 60.
Savitt won over AuStralia's S
Mervyn Rose. the man who beat
him at Wimbledon, by 60,
11-9 count. Talbert. the Journeys
defending champion, stopped Kurt
Nielsen of Denmark, rs, Ga.
Maureen Connolly Upset.
The women's play was rocked
by pair of upsets. the most stun
ming Of which was Doris Hart's
Ga. 2-6, 6-3 conquest of IT.
year-old Maureen Connolly, Ma
tional and Wimbledon titlist from
San Diego. Calf.
In the other women's surprise
Shirley Fry of Akron, Ohio
trimmed second-seeded Louise
Brough, 6-3, Ga.
Sedgman had things fairly easy
until he bumped into Brown, a
former pro recently reinstated ir
amateur ranks. Brown played ar
aggressive serve and volley game
with considerable success. But In
the end. Sedgman was able tc
stand the mounting pressure bet
ter than Brown.
Talbert Faces Sedgman.
In tomorrow's semifinals, Tai.
bert will face Sedgman, whom he
defeated in the quarter finals here
last year. and McGregor will play
Savitt.
The triumphs of Miss Hart of
Coral Gables, Fla, and Miss Fry
mean that the members of the
worlds top women's doubles team
will meet for the title. They also
will pair against Miss Connolly
and Miss Brough in the doubles
final.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Reds Praise Talk
by Peace Angel
OF Olympic Games
BY the Associofed Press

MUNICH. Germany, Aug. g.
Barbara Rotraut Pleyer, %, the
unlimited peace angel of the Hell
sinki Olympics." made a speech
|at a swimming pool here today
without being chased away.
The German girl read for 30
minutes from a prepared text on
Ways to Peace" About $50 bath.
ers on the edge of the pool lis
tened politely. At the end, Miss
Pleyer. who insists she is no Com
|munist. was congratulated by
known representatives of two
Communist organizations here.
Today's experience contrasted
with Miss Pleyer's unscheduled
appearance at the opening of
the 1852 Olympics in Finland.
Dressed in a long, white robe,
she sprinted through the Helsinki
stadium to the speakers stand
and tried to harangue a crowd
lof 10000. Before she could be-
gin speaking she was pulled away.
Evening star., 1952-08-10

a few snappers in the Norfolk
area, we've heard of only one fish
of any size, a five-pounder caught
out of Norfolk last week. The
blues are hard to figure, and may
appear any day. However, we
feel that if they appear at all,
their stay will be short. and few
will find their way north of the
Southwest Middles. There's just
too much feed in the ocean for
them. However, judging from re-
cent catches off shore. they're
through spawning. and We may
see some yet. Last summer, even
the little snapper blues failed to
show up before mid-August.
While bluefishing has been
somewhat Spotty at Ocean City,
Md, some excellent catches occur
occasionally. Right now marlin
fishing is in a slump. Further
north, off the Jersey coast, the
blues are well offshore but still
running strong by all accounts and
averaging much larger than those
off Ocean City. Six and Seven-
Founders are not at all uncon-
mon.
According to Capt. Randolph
Harrison and Tom Harmon, all
arrangements for the 17th Annual
Fishing Fair are set. The Fairs
annual guide book is ready ane
will be mailed free to angler:
writing to Fishing Fair. Preston
Md. Headquarters this year are al
Tilghman, Md. Anglers are re-
quired to register at Fisherman
Wharf or Harmon's Marina
Tilghman, before competing. Reg
Iistration fees are So for adult
and 81 for children under IL. Th'
contest starts at dawn, Friday
August %, and closes at 10 am
lSunday, August "a.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Pony League Title Come
Put Off Until Today

Johnson City and Hagerstown
will play at 1890 o'clock this
afternoon on the Four Mile Run
field in Arlington for the Region 5
Pony League title and a spot in
the Pony League world series
starting in Washington, Pa, Tues
day. =.
The two teams met Yesterday
but the game was called because
of rain with the score tied IL at
the end of the sixth inning. The
game will be replayed from the
start today.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Vnginians Favored to Square
Series With District Golfers

A 16-man team of Virginia
amateur golfers is favored to
square the four-year series with
the District Golf Association today
at Columbia Country Club. The
first match starts at l o'clock
The visitors figure to win for
the second straight year. despite
the fact that the course is strange
to them, because their team rep
resents, as far as possible. the
best amateur golfers in the State.
The District team, on the other
hand, is made up of one player
from each member club, following
a complaint from some Of the
smaller clubs that the larger ones
dominated the team.
Bobby Brownell, District captain
by virtue of being the District
Amateur champion, announced the
pairings for his team.
Brownell and Ralph Bogart. the
Maryland Amateur champion, will
team in the top match and they
hope to draw George r. Gosey,
jr., of Boonsboro, the Virginia
amateur champion and Wynsol
Spencer of Newport News, the Old
Dominion's top amateur over
period of several years.
The District won the first
match at Charlottesville in 1949
and the second at Manor.
Brownell's lineup. in order:
Brownell and Bogart, Claude Wild
of Washington and Bob. Chandler
of Prince Georges, Billy Shea of
Congressional and Buddy Bowie
of the host club, Eddie Ault of
Indian Spring and Jim Whitaker
of Manor, Eddie Bean of Prince
Georges and Frank Woolley of
Belle Haven, Larry Imhoff of
Kenwood and Joe La Sale of
Bethesda, Fred Marshall of Burn
ing Tree and Maj. John McNiff
of Quantico, Dan Fults of Argyle
and Alvin Du1can of Woodmont
The personnel of the Virginia
team, in addition to Gosey and
Evening star., 1952-08-10

pm, when prizes will be distrib-
uted to the winners.
This trip is sponsored by the
National Capital Optimist Club,
George Cammerer, chairman, as
sisted by Ralph Murdock, who ar
ranged with Capt. Leon Langley
of Solomons for the boats. The
Optimists furnish the transporta-
ton, food and supervision. Frank
Del Vecchio of this city Supplies
the bait. The captains contribute
their boats and also furnish the
tackle free.
It is a fine effort by all to give
a bunch of lads a good time.
Speculation is still rife among
anglers as to whether the bluet1sf
will appear in the bay this year
It is already late and outside o1
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Eastern Girls Tennis
Won by CoIifornion
BY the Associated Press

GLEN COVE, N. Y. Aug. O.
First-seeded Julia Sampson of San
Marino. Calf, rallied today to de-
feat unseeded Linda Mitchell of
San Diego, Calf, 8-6, 4-6, 60, and
win the Eastern grass court junior
girls championship at Nassau
Country Club.
Miss Mitchell and Mary Ann
Eilenberger of San Diego won the
doubles title, defeating Miss Samp-
son and Dennis Bradshaw of San
diego, 81, Ga.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Bowie to Retain Only Its Name
As MocPhoI Spurs Rebuilding

filed with 68 new betting win
dows. The old paddock has been
changed into betting facilities for
the clubhouse patrons. with 80
windows added there. In all the
mutuels will accommodate 40 per
cent more people than previously.
New Tote Board and Terrace.
Other improvements are new
217-foot tote board with wings
on eanh side so that it can be
seen from any spot in the stands;
a terrace with benches running
the length of the stretch, which
will eliminate standing on the
seats to get a view of the race if
you choose to sit in front of the
stands; and twin lakes covering
AZ acres in the infield.
The dining rooms are being
done over completely and a horse
shoe bar built in the clubhouse.
The grandStand lunch counter will
be increased to four times it's old
size and more concession stands,
including a chowder bar and a hot
sandwich booth. will be added.
Railroad tracks behind the
grandstand are being moved to
make way for the new saddling
enclosure. The horses will be led
across a swinging bridge over the
track into a walking ring in front
of the tote board. The fans won't
have to walk back to the paddock
to get a look at their choices.
"Narragansett is the only track
I know of that has a swinging
bridge" MacPhail said. ''They
lent us the plans and Wen have
one, too. That continuous walk
ing across the track makes the
racing strip hard, and with our
bridge neither the horses nor the
horsemen will be walking across
the strip. We borrowed the idea
of walking ring in front of the
grandstand from Hollywood Park
and the tote board is far enough
back so the horses won't keep
any one from seeing the board. y
HOrsemen Get New Setup.
AS for the horsemen. their
facilities will be the equivalent of
a hotel. In addition to construct
ing six new barns and consoli-
dating the barns in two instead
of four groups, a new two-story
bunkhouse has been built and a
100000 restaurant and a recrea-
ton building. complete with a
room for watching movies, have
been constructed.
And what kind Of q racing pro-
gram will the track have to go
with Its new look? "We're going
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Columbus Rigkt-Honder
Called Up by Cardinals
BY the Associoted Press

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. 9.-The
st. Louis Cardinals today called
up for immediate service Pitcher
Stu Miller of Columbus. who
earned his fourth Shutout and 11th
victory over st. Paul last night
Johnny Keane, manager of the
Columbus Red Birds, said Miller
would report to the major league
club tomorrow.
The 24-year-old right -handel
made the Jump from class B tx
the majors in less than a year
He finished last season with
Lynchburg. Va, where he won j;
and lost 10.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Veteran Tennis in Finals

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9 Up. - Mel
Dragna of Seattle defeated Karl
Hodge of st. Loupis. 2-6, 6-3, 6-2,
in senifinal round of the Ma
tional Veteran clay courts tennis
tournament today. Monte Ganger
of Cleveland triumphed in the
other semifinal contest, downing
John English of st. Louis, 1-6,
6-1. 6-2.
Evening star., 1952-08-10

to put on seven stakes, including
two $4,000 races" MacPhail said.
And every day when we don't
have a big race, We'll have fea-
ture with $4,000 added money.
That's equivalent to a stake each
day of the meet"
The racing strip has been dug
up, the turns widened and a seven
furlong and a mile and a quarter
chute added. MacPhail says
when Bowie is finished it will be
the largest and most modern
track east of the Mississippi River.
And it doesn't, sound like he is
exaggerating a bit.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
By Brion Bell, Jr.

Washington area fans will have
a new race track this fall. It will
still be called Bowie but that's
about as far as the similarity
goes.
Larry MacPhail, the tracks
president, has already signed con-
tracts for more than 81 million of
the $112 million he plans to spend
for improvements, and says all
that will be left of the old Bowie
will be the grandstand structure.
It's still a big mud hole now but
MacPhail vows the track and
other improvements will be COM
pleted by the November II open
ing date. eff it isn't, there will
be a special added attraction to
the program" MacPhail says, "a
funeral for an engineer, an archi-
tect and 80 contractors"
Probably of most interest to
racing fans are the new parking
facilities, the solution to the traf-
f1c problem and the added betting
facilities. ....
Parking Facilities TripIed.
The parking lots have been in
creased to IS acres to accommo-
date 5000 cars as compared to the
former 5000 capacity. Grand
stand patrons will be routed to
parking lots adjacent to their seats
and the clubhouse bettors can
leave their cars in the lots closest
to their destination. The back
stretch parking lot has been elimi-
mated because the distance is toe
far to walk.
When the announcement was
first made that MacPhail and
company had bought the track
and would make many improve
|ments, the big question was what
could be done about the traffic
problem for motorists coming
from Washington and Baltimore
The track is doing all it can tc
make driving easier and has built
la 134-mile road from Route 81
directly to the track. Baltimore
land Washington traffic will enc
in Pentagon-type cloverleaf thai
takes the fans either to the grand.
stand or clubhouse. Cars from
the two cities will never clash
according to MacPhail.
It will be easy to throw your
money away at the betting win.
dows this fall. The track ha.
borrowed an idea from Garder
State and is constructing a grand.
stand annex. q building at the
ltop Of the stretch which viii b.
Evening star., 1952-08-10

hearts set on
going fishing
They will travel
by bus to Sol
o m ons, M d.,
where they'll go
a b o ard si X
party boats and
set sail in pur-
suit of spo t,
erch. trout.
rock and harQ-
heads. Lunch
con W ill b e
served aboard
and the cruise
will and of 2
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Training School to Honor
NorveI Lee on Tuesday

The National Training School
for Boys will honor Norvel Lee.
Olympic light-heavyweight box
ing champion. at 1915 PAN. Tues
day at the school.
Lee, who won the trophy as the
outstanding boxer of the Olympic
tournament. is a correctional
officer at NTS. .....
Evening star., 1952-08-10


oke and Buddy Loving Of Char
lottesville, George Fulton, jr.. of
Roanoke and John S. Battle. jr.,
|of Charlottesville, K. r. (Runt)
English of Roanoke and Dave
Ewell of Richmond. Frank Sutton
of Charlottesville and Aulick
Burke of Bristol, Dick Payne OF
Virginia Beach and Landon Bu-
chanan of Roanoke, Harry Nc
Ready of Virginia Beach and
Benno Jansen of Charlottesville,
w. H. (Winks) Alexander Of
Petersburg and Harry Thompson
of Richmond.
The Virginia alternates will be
Tom Brown of Staunton and Jack
Harris of Richmond. The District
alternates will be Maury Nee and
Karl Kellerman of Columbia.
Brownell. captain of the team four
straight years, hopes to establish
a precedent of having the host
club supply two Of its top players
as alternates.
Tomorrow's pro-junior tourna-
ment of the Middle Atlantic PGA
will attract 80 pros and their
junior partners to the Forest Park
Club in Baltimore.
Starting times Of the District
area pros:
$50, Fred Bolton: $50, Bob Brewing
ton; 1905, Jim BuckenheimeE; 1918,
Ward Burgess; 1890, George Diffenbaugh;
1925, Bill Crabhe; 10:45, Frank Tenney:
1885, AL Brown; 11:l0, Bill Markham:
11:20, Steve Tobash; :2o, Carl Rasnic;
11:45, John Zakeski; 1890, AL JamiSon.
More than 20 teams from the
District will compete in the Mary
land State Golf Associations S
mixed two-ball tournament today
at the Naval Academy course in
Annapolis. Post entries will be
accepted.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
SuIuitis Is Oldest Giont

NEW YORK P.-Oldest mem
ber of the New York football
Giants in point of service is
Guard Joe Sulaitis. The 31-year-
old veteran of Rutherford, N. j.,
will be putting in his ninth sea-
son with the Giants this year.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Fonned 20 in Come

Maurice McDermott of the Red
Sox struck out 20 batters In
game while pitching for Louisville
In the American Association in
194o.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
Seeded Men Advance
In Middle Atlantic
Clay Court Tourney

Three seeded players reached
the third round of the Middle At
lantic Clay Court tennis cham
pionships as play opened yester-
day at the Edgemoor Club courts.
Second-seeded Jim Thackara
began his bid for the title by
disposing of Jack Stanley and
Bill Ferris in convincing fashion.
Bob Threadgill, seeded fourth.
and Fred McNair, seeded fifth,
also took two matches apiece in
decisive style. The former. how
ever. was forced to a 81 first set
by John Harris In their second
round encounter.
Two seeded players. Don Leav-
ems and Charles Charming, won
their opening matches. Top
seeded Leavens beat Lyndy Kehoe
and Charming, seeded sixth, dis
posed of AL Talkin.
Other players in the select list
Tim Coss. Jack Mccarthy and
Alex Keiles are expected to
Swing into action today.
Closest battle of the opening
day saw youthful John Frisby of
Washington beat Ray Mccartney.
an Australian now living here, As.
8-6, Ga. Mccartney had three
match points against Frisby when
he led 6-5, 400 in the second
|set. But the young Washington
player made two spectacular shots
and another placement to deuce
the score and then went on to
win a well deserved victory.
An intersectional note was in-
|jected into the women's singles,
which starts today. with the entry
of young Patsy Heard of Portland.
Greg. The youthful miss from the
West Coast, campaigning in the
East for the first time. is expected
to give favored players a battle
for top honors. She was seeded
fourth.
/ Ann Gray. perennial top player
in Washington women's tennis,
was rated first in the seeded list.
She is followed by Charlotte Deck
er, seeded second, home after sew.
eral years overseas, and Mrs.
Cecilia Hill, seeded third.
Summaries:
Evening star., 1952-08-10

Mems Singles:
First Round-Don Leavens def. Lyndy
Kehoe. SO. 6-1; Floyd Dey def. Bruce
Brian, go, 6-l; Earle Brown def. NJ. A.
Erana; 6-3, 5-7s 5-4, default; Joe Sidiey
def. Dick Lane, 6-3 6-1 Fred McNair 6ef.
Mark Haller 6-4, 6-1; Malcolm Leith def.
Mickey Boteler. 60. go; John Perry def.
J. w. Grady. 6-1. Cd; Skip Edwards def.
Jack Murphy, 6-3, As, GA
Jim Thackara def. Jack Stanley, 60,
go; Bill Ferris def. Irwin Shorr, default:
John FriSby def. Ray Mccartney, 4-6, SO,
6-4 Bill Morris def Charles Gordon. 6-4.
g.; Charles Charming def. AL Talkin. 6-2.
6-0 Bob Threadgill def. Richard Metten-
thall. so, 6-2; John Harris. def Dan
Ralph, 20, 6-3; Ed Wesley def; Campbell
Barclay, s-6, 6-2; Dick Covington DEF.
Thornton Moore, GA, SO.
Second Round-lMcNair def. sidley, 81.
a.; ThacSara Ssa def Ferris 60 6-l;
Play in the mems and women's singles
will open today at 10 am. Players should
check for starting times by calling the
club, Wisconsin $500.
Evening star., 1952-08-10
OUTDOORS
With Bill Leetch

We hope Tuesday will be fair.
1T will be a momentous occasion
for some so Georgetown boys, all
Junior Optimists. who have their
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Fur Glossary

furs, long-haired furs. luxury furs,
and how to Judge furs.
PERSIAN LAMB (gray and
brown or dyed black). (Source:
Turkestan. Afghanistan. South
west Africa and Russia.) Closely
curled fur with a high luster. Nat
ural color. gray or brown. Most
often dyed black. Popular for all
day wear. Moderate in price and
long-wearing with reasonable care.
The smaller and tighter the curl.
the higher the price.
BROADTAIL (Source: Same as
Persian lamb.) Thin, silky fur with
shimmering "watered" surface de-
rived from prematurely born fat
tailed lambs. Naturally gray or
brown, but often dyed black or
midnight blue. Used for fine after
noon and evening coats and wraps.
A luxury fur for mild weather.
Brown broadtail Is more rare, and,
consequently, more expensive.
PERSIAN BROADTAIL. Same
as Russian broadtail, but with
heavier skin and thicker fur.
SOUTH AMERICAN PROC.
ESSED LAMB (formerly called
American broadtail.) (Source
South America.) Sheared South
lamb with watered sur
face like broadtail but slightly
thicker hair. For mild weather
wear. Requires care. Much less
expensive than Russian broadtail.
LEOPARD (Source: China, AZ
riva.) Beautifully spotted fur in
yellowish beige, brown and black.
For mild weather. medium wear
ing quality. A luxury fur becom-
ing more rare each year.
OCELOT (Source: Central and
South America.) Similar to leop-
ard but with oval markings, and
usually less contrast between the
and the background.
Less expensive than leopard, and
with same warmth and wearing
quality.