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Evening star., 1952-07-27
McMilIen Misses by Step
In Sensational ! 500 Race

Friday were required to cut the
field down to IL men.
Rolf Lamers, a little German,
set the early pace with 1t. War
rem Druetzler of the United States
Army at his shoulder. Werner
Lueg, another German, ran third,
with Patrick El Mabrouk OF
France at his heels. The tall and
fabulous Englishman. Roger Ban
MISTER held back. and McMillen
Jagged at the end of the file.
The nrst, lap went in a sizzling
|57.2 seconds. Then Lueg mover
up to second. At the end of three
laps. Lueg took the lead and Ban.
mister loped up to a close third
Druetzler dropped back. Down ths
final backstretch a. tight littls
knot of swift distance men jock
eyed. Going into the last curve il
was still Lueg. Then from a chal.
lenging position came Barthel. HI
took over in the final straight.
away as Lueg faded.
Suddenly weaving his way be.
tween the weary runners came
the slender McMillen, running
like a halfback in a broken field
The. sprint he uncorked carried
him from. almost last to a tight
second in the space of half a lap
In fact. Barthel was so exhausted
that if it had been 1901 meters
McMillen would have won.
The last 400 meters went even
faster than the f1rst-a heart
breaking 81 seconds. ,...,. :.
Lueg faded down the stretch
and took third in 3:45.4. He was
followed by Bannister in 3:46, e.
'Mabrouk in the. same time, and
Rolf Lamers in 3:46.8. 4.
The other six and their times
were: -OloW ,Aberg, Sweden
.3:470;s 8--Ingvar Ericsson; Swe.
iden.. 3:47.6; 9--Dol1ald MacMil-
Ian, Australia. 3:49.6: 1O-Denis
.Joharsson, Finland, 3:49.S;. IL
Audnn -Boysen, Norway. 3:5I.4;
l2-Dreutzlsr, 3::56.s 4
Those brilliant times created
tsee METRIC MILE, Page-2)
Evening star., 1952-07-27

Olympic Summaries on Poss B-6
II four years ago. rolled up 1887
points. He established the world
record of 1925 in qualifying for
the team in his home town.
+ Milton Campbell, 18-year-old
high school boy, from Plainfield,
IN. j., finished second with 1915
and Floyd Simmons of Pasadena,
Calf, completed the sweep with
6,788 points. for third place.
Vladimir Volko of Russia was
fourth followed by Sepp Hipp of
Germany and Goran Widenfelt
Of Sweden. r.. =
First in Four Events.
In taking the two-day event,
Matthias turned in the best per-
formances among the 81 athletes
in the 400-meter run, shot put
discus and javelin. He was sec
ond in the 11D-meter hurdles and
100-meter dash and third in the
pole vault and high jump. He
sagged to sixth place in the broad
jump, and made his worst COM
parative showing. eighth place
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Ace Parker Appointed
Duke Baseball Coach
BY the Assoeiated Press

DURHAM. N. c., July 26.-Clar-
ence (Ace) Parker, former ma
jor league baseball and football
player today was appointed base
ball coach at Duke University.
Parker will succeed Jack Coombs
when he retires August 81.
Parker is now assistant foot
ball coach at Duke and manager
of the Durham Bulls in the Glass
|B Carolina League. He will re-
sign as manager of the Bulls at
the end of this season.
Parker Joined the Philadelphia
Athletics in 1897, the year after
he had won All-Ameriea honors
in football at Duke. He stayed
with the Athletics two years and
then spent several years in the
minors during which he also
played . couple of seasons Of pro-
fessional football.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
by the Associated Press

HELSINKI, July 26.-An un-
known Luxembourg chemical en-
gineer, Joseph Barthel, won the
spotlighted 1.50O meters of the
Olympic Games today with. Bob
McMillen of the United States
coming from last place and almost
nipping him at the tape
It was the greatest metric mile
field ever assembled and the first
eight, finishers we're under the
OLYMPIC record Of 3:47.8 set by
Jack Lovelock Of New Zealand in
1885. -..
Barthel and McMillen were
given the. same time Of 3:45.2,
which is the equivalent Of running
the mile in 4:03 or better.
Bartheps performance and Bob
Matthias record-Shattering de-
cathlon victory brought the total
|of broken Olympic records in
mems and women's track and
field to "a. A. big, blond Russian
girl, Galina Zybina, broke the
world record in the shot put with
so feet 2.58 inches as other records
tumbled in swimming and weight
lifting.
Seven world marks in track and
field have now been exceeded in
these brilliant games and one has
been tied.
After the days competition had
been completed, Russia held the
overall team lead with 1924
points, followed by the United
States with 294. Hungary had
ITO. Sweden 10l12 and Ger
many 76. u
Despite the cold and the occa-
sional showers, nearly 10000
turned outfor the widely heralded
1900 meter race and to see the
windup of the decathlon.
It wouldabe impossible to create
a more dramatic. setting, So big
and so fast was the field in the
1.500 meters that gruelling trial
heats Thursday: and SemiflnalS on
Evening star., 1952-07-27
TO Market Easily Wins
Arlington Handicap;
Two Top Horses Out
BY the Assoeiated Press


CHICAGO. July 26.-With botf
Spartan Valor and Blue Man, two
of the Nations leading horses
out Of the race, King Ranch's Te
Market won the $l52, $50 Arling.
ton Handicap today. ~
To Market, a sensation on Chi.
cago race tracks as a.juvenile tive
years ago, returned to the scene
of his earlier triumphs,. winning
the big race by 10 lengths, 7
Oil Capitol was second, af1e
Ruhe, third. on the slow track.
Owner Robert Klehefg gainet
$107, ,050 by To Markets victory
The winner, ridden by: Willie
Boland, covered the distance il
I1:52.b
Field Reduced to 10. -
Injuries and track condition.
riddled the original overnight fiele
of Is starters until only 10 an.
Swered the call for the one-and.
one-eighth-mile event before ar
Arlington Park closing day crowc
of 28,716.
Blue Man was suffering from 8
swollen tendon. an old injury
and Spartan Valor' was injured
Slightly when kicked in the left
hind leg by his lead pony during
an early morning workout.
Going to the post as a favorite
with the crowd at odds of q to /
To Market returned a mutuel OF
$500, $3.4O, and $500. The place
and show prices on Oil Capitol
were $500 and $500. Oil Capitol
Ruhe and Inseparable ran as ar
entry for the Hasty House Farm,
Owned by Mr.. and Mrs. A. S.
Rueben. -, -
Pet Bully Fourth.
Pet Bully. owned by Mrs. Ada
L.. Weiss of. Chicago, and ridden by
Jockey Eddie Arcaro; finished
fourth with DIR. Ole Nelson fifth,
The Green Tree Stables One
Hitter. with Jockey Ted Atkinson
up, was sixth. ,..s
The balance of the field finished
in this order. Il
Inseparable, seventh; Abbe
Sting. eighth; the Argentine-bred
Tic Giro, ninth, and Royal Mus
tang, 10th. -
To Market, winner of both the
Arlington and Washington Futuri-
ties two years ago., took charge o1
the race after overhauling the
front-running Royal Mustang and
made a runaway out Of it.
Raises Earnings to $313,6O6.
The 4-year-old son Of Market
Wise e-Pretty Does was purchased
this year by Kleberg. His victory
raised his three-year earnings tt
1878, ,606.
i Second money in the handicap
was worth $4,000 for the Hast,
House Farms Oil Capital ane
Ruhe's third place was worth
(See ARLINGTON, Page B-5)
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Cuts
Nine-Run Deficit
With Late Ra||y
Coon Big Gun Of Griffs
With Home Run, Triple
And Two Singles
BY Burton Howkins
SsaV Sieff Correspondent

CLEVELAND. July 26-operat-
ing at one time on a comfortable
nine-run lead, the Mats staggered
to an lilo conquest of Cleye-
land today and shakily shifted
into third place at the expense
Of the Indians.
With victory in their grasp
after they had produced their
second four-run inning in the
sixth to make the score Ii-2, the
Mats stumbled to their 22d one
run triumph. surviving a six-run
eighth inning by the Indians in
the process.
The victory. combined with
losses by New York to Detroit
and Boston to st. Louis, placed
the Mats only four and a half
games behind the leading Yank-
ees and half a game behind the
second-place Red Sox. g., 3
Indians Use 22 Players.
A Ladies' Day crowd Of 20, 100
saw Manager AL Lopez employ
% players in a desperate and
nearly-successful attempt to over
come Washington's lead; Lopez
used everybody except Mike Gar
cia, Birdie Tebbetts and Ray
Boone. ..
Julio Moreno. first of three
Washington pitchers who were
|belted for IA hits including Larry
Doby's 10Th home run, emerged
as the winner to post his NTH
straight victory. but it won't be
the game he'll prefer to tell his
grandchildren about.
Bob Feller, who led a parade Of
five Cleveland pitchers. was shelled
for the fourth time in a row and
lost his sixth decision in his last
seven starts as the Mats banged out
a 12-hit attack.
Gil Coan was the principal fig.
ure in the Mats rare batting at
tack. Gil slammed a three-run
homer. a triple and two singles.
batted across five runs and scored
three.
Have Tying Run on Base.
The Indians got the tying run on
base in their explosive eighth in
ming and again in the ninth. After
Cleveland had poured six runs
across the plate in the eighth
against Joe Haynes and Sandy
Consuegra, they still had Harry
Simpson on first base with only
one out. But Consueera famed
Jim Fridley and Joe Upton flied
to Coan.
Luke Easter singled to center
with one out in the ninth, but
Bob Lemon batted for Johnny
Berardino and forced Easter with
a grounder to Jerry Snyder at
second base. Early Wynn, batting
for Lou Brissie, represented the
Indians last hope and he flied to
Coan.
1t was the ninth game between
the teams decided by one run and
the sixth won by the Mats.
Coan's triple and Floyd Bakers
outfield fly brought the Mats a
run in the second inning, but the
Indians countered in the same
session when Bill Glynn singled,
went to second as Merrill Combs
grounded out and scored on Fell
leris single.
Dolby Homers in Third.
Doby's home run, a shot into
the rightfield stands. gave Feller
q 81 edge In the third, but the
Mats erupted for four runs in the
fourth. Pete Runnels launched
that attack with a single and
Mickey Vernon supplied the FIRST
Of his two doubles. Coan,s out
field fly scored Runnels and sent
Vernon to third and Mickey scored
(See MATS. Page B-3)
Evening star., 1952-07-27

in the 1,500 meters-the fina
event of the competition.
Here's his world record per
formance event-by-event:
100 meters-10.9 seconds.
Broad jump-22 feet 1913 inches
Shot put-50 feet 2.37 inches.
High Jumps feet 2.81 inches
400 meters-50.2 seconds.
110-meter hurdleS-14.7 seconds
Discus-153 feet 1906 inches.
Pole vaults feet LAT inches.
Javelin -throw-194 feet BE
inches. ..'
$500 meters-4 minutes 50.t
seconds.
The athletes put in nearly "a
hours of running. jumping and
throwing in the two days. They
began this morning at 10 O'Clock
and didn't finish until some Il
hours later. But there were still
10 900 or more fans in the stands
yelling for Matthias to come out Of
his dressing room and take a bow
Circles Track After Victory.
Looking as if he has come oui
for the competition, the young
Californian came out and logged
around the track and then stopped
Ito sign autographs for. q number
of small boys, who leaped over the
fence.
Today's events, run off through
alternate rain and shine, were sc
Egruelling that one competitor col.
llapsed at the finish line of the
concluding 1.500-meter run.
But not Matthias. He walkee
steadily OF the track. apparently
as fresh as a daisy.
This Is it. for sure, there.
nothing left" Matthias said as h,
relaxed in his dressing room.
Easier This Time.
He said it was much easier thar
in London four years ago, whel
he finished in pouring rain.
Il only felt tired after the poll
vault" he said. II had q rundown
land rest and I felt popped up
Then they told me how much
lhad to throw the javelin, so I di,
it,"
It was his best toss ever in tn
javelin-a throw of 1914 feet, 81
inches. That clinched the cham
lpionship for him and he needle,
only a mediocre run to exceed tn
lrecord. He did the $500 in 4:50.s
Campbell Set to Take Over.
d For Campbell, the youthful Ney
Jersey Negro, this was his frs
start in big-time competition. H
,lexcelled in every event requirin,
only natural talent and lagge,
-lonly in events requiring the skill
-Ithat comes from practice.
! He looked like he is ready T.
take over the Olympic decathalol
-Icrown whenever Matthias decide
to lay it down.
Simmons, 20. formerly Of tn
University of North Carolina, fin
ished today exactly where he di,
: lin the 194S Games.
Final standings;
/ !. Matthias. 7,ss7 tnew world recor,
Old record of 1925 set by Matthias
,iTulare. Calf, 1850; 2. Campbell, 697i
I3: Simmons, 6,7Ss; 4. volkoV. 6.674;
Hip. 6,559; 6. Widenfelt, Sweden, 1885
III. Tannander. sweden. 6.30S; s. Schirme
Germany. Gle: 8. Elliott, Great Britain
Prayer, France. 5.772; IL. Iriarte, Vene
lzuela. 5,770; 13. Reikko, Finland, 5.72S
4. Landstron. Finland. 1894; IS. Rebuli
j lYugoslavia, 5.64S; 16. Fernandes. Portu
J Wehrli switzerland, 5,56I; 10. Adam
Canada, $500; 90. Roman Selva, Puert
/ Rico, b,264; 81. Oliver. Puerto Rico. 6,22s
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Home Town Stages
Impromptu Parade
To Honor Matthias
BY The Associated Press

TULARE, Calf, July 90
Bob Matthias home town
demonstrated spontaneously
today in celebration of his
Olympic Decathlon victory.
An estimated 1000 persons
in fire engines, ambulances
and automobiles formed an
impromptu parade past the
home Of Bob,s parents. DR..
and Mrs. Charles Matthias,
and through the downtown
streets Of this central valley
city of 1880 population.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Probable Pitchers
AMERICAN LEAGUE

washington at Cleveland (2)-Marrerc
(s-4 and. Masterson t4-4) VS.. Lemon
1e5S} e5s}.d.i6n;a hI6 Garcif 4; tS;e.:o
|u7-O and Kellner (6-S) vs.. Grissom
G-5) and Dohson t9-7).
Boston at st. Louis (2)-Nixon (2-3l
and Parnell t7-o) VS.. Pillette t6-9) and
New York at Detroit t2l-Reynolds
G2-5l and Miller t2-3) VS.. Trucks (4-l1)
and Hoeft u-3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh at Boston t2l-Main (2-s)
and Friend (4-16 W. eurkont (6-el and
Bickford (6-9).
st. Louis at Brooklyn-Clark (0-0) W
Roe T-O).
Cincinnati at New. York t2)-Perkovski
$50 and Nuxhall (0-3) vs.. Koslo 7-3)
B Chicago at Philadelphia f21-Minner
t9-6l and Rush (10-7) VS. Meyer (7-l2)
and Drewg (7-10).
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Totals 46 13 81 IL Totals A 16 80 IA
"P0pped out Ior Martln IN 10Th.
walked for Federon in 11th,
4 tH0m ArAd far GPav IN 11th

tHomered for Gray in 11th.
New York ------- 400 900 200 O0-- @
Runs-Rizzuto t2y, Collins to). Bauer,
Mantle, Pesky: Hopp, Groth. Mapes (3},
Ginsberg: Federof HOLLOWAY Souchock
Errors-Hatfield. Hogue. Runs batted in
Gray. orotS. MuIIin: Fedsroti. soucSock Sea
a.. Two-base hits-Rizzuto, Mapes,
Bauer, Groth. Ginsberg. Three-base hit
Riszuto. Home runs-Martle. Souchock.
sacrihces--Ginsberg McDougald. Double
Federon to .Pesky to Dropo. Left on bases
New York, 8; Detroit. 13: Bases on
halls-On Raschi. 3; on Sain. 2; on
Rs:chi. ); SV 81 sam. 3: by SeA drss. = 0qM Hts
on Raschi. in 8 innings (none out in
4th inningl Of sain. z in innings: on
Hogue. 9 in ia innings. Runs and earned
runs-On Raschi. Al; on Sain, 2-2; on
Hogue, "A; on Gray, .6-6. Passed ball
Derra: Winning pitcher.Grey t9-lo).
5@osIns @ pitcher.Hosus t2,6 tlDo.s,sE sTTEpirsS- res.
Sit. Attendance-13.060. a
Evening star., 1952-07-27
New Jersey Boy
Takes Second,
Simmons Third
4S Victory Repeated
As Stanford Fulibock
Scores 1887 Points
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

HELSINKI, July 26-Bob Ma
thias, the 21-year-old Fsuperman
from Tulare, Calf, smashed his
own world record in the Olympic
decathlon today as the United
States swept the gruelling To-
event program.
The 6-foot-3, 198-pound STAN
ford University fullback. who first
won the decathlon as a lad of
Evening star., 1952-07-27

him company. -. The CYO gym where Mat
thews trained is cubbyhole two flights up
in tough, Manhattan waterfront section and
the Seattle fighters entire program has been
throwback to the old days. :. Matthews has
no trainer, bandages his own hands and has
used only one sparring partner, stocky Negro
heavyweight named Keen Simmons
Thomas B. Moriarty, the Massachusetts,
delegate who put Gov. Dever's name in nomi-
nation at the Democratic convention couple
of nights ago. was recognized by many WASH
ington televiewers as "Ooch" Moriarty of
Georgetown football fame. "Ooch" was
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Tigers Whip Yanks,
1916, as Souchock Hit!
Grand Slam in 11th
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, July 26.-Steve Sou
chock, part-time Tiger outAelder
crushed the Yankees today with a
Ilast-minute home run for the Sec
iond time in 18 hours. Pinchhitter
Souchock powered his bases.
loaded homer in the last of the
18th with one out to give the
Tigers 1856 victory.
Last night he doomed a ninth
inning homer to beat the Yankees
I2-1. Today's' blow handed the
Yankees their fourth straight de.
feat, first time this season the
League leaders have slumped that
far.
Lefthander Ted Gray gave ur
13 hits, including Mickey Mantle's
bases-loaded homer in the first
Jas he pitched his ninth victory
against 10 defeats.
Tigers Rally Twice.
The Tigers. who for the first
time this season came up with q
lthree-game winning streak, hac
to come from behind twice to dc
lit. .,
Souchock's homer came on a
two-ball, one-strike count with
|reliefer Bob Hogue hurting. john
my Groth walked, Joe Ginsberg
doubled inside first. base and
|pinchhitter Don Holloway got an
intentional pass that filled the
bases It was Souchock'S seventh
home run. a.,
The Tigers almost won In the
ninth when Ginsberg singled with
two out and ,Groth on second.
But Leftf1elder Gene Woodling
threw out Groth at the plate.
And in the 10th the Tigers
loaded the bases on Gray's single,
Hogue's error, an infield grounder
and two Intentional passes. But
with two out. Walt Dropo popped
up.
Rizzuto Has Lapse.
=. One Of Phil Rizzuto's rare mem
tai lapses af1eld and great base
running by Johnny Hopp gave De-
troit a third-inning run. With
Hopp on third, Rizzuto caught a
pop fly to deep short. Hopp raced
Oh third, tented as If to run back
and Rizzuto lazily tossed the ball
to Second Baseman Billy Martin.
Hopp kept racing for the plate
and beat Martins throw.
The reyarnped Tigers combined
sharp fielding with a 16-hit attack
on Vic Raschi, Starter Johnny
Sain and. .Hogue. Detroit came
from behind In the fourth to tie
1t "A and again In the eighth at
6-6.
al Federoh's single scored Cliff
Mapes from second in the eighth.
In the fourth, Federoff scored
the tying run ON Fred Hatleld's
infield grounder.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Mats Stagger 0 Victory Over indians to Regain Third Place
Matthias Smashes Own World Record as Sweeps Decathon
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN

NEW YORK, JULY 26-The training camps Rocky Mar
cano and Harry Matthews provide strange
cano has been working and living plush lodge New
York side of Greenwood Lake. with such other
Evening star., 1952-07-27

WNAACu AOL ENiIib III CttIs
Tran for Mitchell in 9Th.
Tilt into force play for Berardtno II
iFlied out for Brissie in 9th.
Washington -------- 010 424 009-I1
Cleveland -----"---- Vll OU2 O60-1O
Runs batted in--Baker (2), Feller, Doby
l25, Coan (5), Busby t2), Grasso. Runnels.
SON CD, Two.base hits-Vernon (2D.
Busby, Hogan (2), Majeskt. Jensen, Rosen.
Three-base hit-Coan. Home runs-Doby,
Coan. Stolen base--Jensen. SacTihces--
Busby, Snyder. Left on bases-Washing-
ton, s: Cleveland, 10. Bases on balls
on Moreno. 4; OF Haynes, 2; Oh Feller. ?;
on Jones, i: on Brissie. J. Struck out
BY Moreno. 3. by Haynes, 9; by Consuegra,
/; BY Jones, 2; by Rock, l; by Harris. l..
Hits-Od Moreno. 8 in innings (none out
in 6th): OF Haynes. in 2 inninEs tnone
out in Sthl; on Consuegra, 8 in INNINGS;
on Feller. 4 in ga innings; on Jones, IN
2E innings; on Rock. in 1s innins;
on Harris, in . innings; Oh Brissie. II
inning Runs and earned runs--On
Moreno Al; on Haynes, A; on Con.
suegra. 90; OF Feller, 6-3; on Jones 6-oi
of Rozek, 90; on Harris, 90; on BrlSsies
90. Hit by pitcher-Jones lBusby). WIN.
ming pitcher-Moreno t7-5) Losing picthef
Felier 7-1O. Umpires-McKinley Ste
vens Napp and Summers. TiMie-J:O6.
ttendance-l1 .3Ol.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Games Today.

Games Today.
wash. at Clevs. (2).
N. 2. at Detroit t2).
Boston at St. L. (2,
Phila. at Chicago CD.
Evening star., 1952-07-27

tSee METRIC MILE, Page-O
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Games Today.

ct. L. at Brooklyn.
Cinci. at New York t2
Chicago At Phila, 90.
Pitts. at Boston (2J.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.

ct. L., 5; Brooklyn, 3.
n. Y, z; CHM. z.
Pitts. 8; Boston, 4.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Totals -------41 1O IA

eWalked for Harris In sth.
Tran for Mitchell in 9Th.
Tilt into force play for Berardino 4
Evening star., 1952-07-27

Results Yesterday:
Detroit. 10: y: r. o.
81. L., z; Boston, 2.
Chicago. 8: Phila.. 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-06
Military Demotions
Planned in House Bill

House members plan to amend
the military appropriations bill
provision which would force the
demotion of many officers.
Chairman Mahon of the Military
Appropriations Subcommittee
said yesterday that such an
amendment would be offered. Con-
WINGED there have been too many
promotions among the generals
and admirals during the current
expansion. the group previously
wrote percentage limits on the
number of officers in each grade
which are far less than the num-
Der now in grade.
Pentagon officials made a stren-
uous protest against the system.
They cited the Marine Corps
particularly. saying the result
would be a combination of the dis
of promotions and the
revision to lower grade of about
1853 officers, including one lieu
tenant general, seven major gen.
erals and six brigadiers.
A number of other generals and
admiralS in the services, along
with hundreds of colonies and
Navy captains. also would have
to be denoted to keep within the
law if the provision was enacted
as originally written.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-06
Hotel Men Report
All Space Taken
By Festival Thronds

The Hotel Association of WASH
ington reported last night that all
of its IS member hotels are packed
for the cherry blossom festival
week end.
An association spokesman said:
There are more people in town
than ever before at festival time.
Our hotels are all sold out. We're
trying to help the new arrivals
get into boarding houses and tour
list camps"
The rush began Friday, the hotel
men said. They thought the boom
would break temporarily today at
checkout time, but said it will
build right up again tomorrow
when more touring high school
students arrive.
II never saw it so bad before
not at this time of year." said one
hotel manager. And a lot of them
are just walking in without reser-
vations and asking for room.
never saw so many pull that stunt
before. They act surprised when
we tell 'em we're filled up"