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Smyrna times., 1953-05-21
FATHER SON
COMBINATION
PassmOre Trainer-Rider Team
Await Opening of Del
aware Park
WITH SHARP STABLE

For the past 27 years the name
Passmore has been seen on race
track programs as a rider, either
of fiat runners or jumpers, and in
more recent seasons as that rare
combination of father trainer and
son jockey. The Passmore COM
bine has become very popular at
major Eastern racetracks since
1948, and they will again display
their respective talents when Della
ware Park opens for 80 days on
May 20. The elder Passmore, Will
liam L., who trains for Bayard
Sharp, of Greenville, Del, Della
ware Park director, rode his first
race in 1926 and when he became
too heavy for the runners, rather
than go through the rigors of con-
stantly battling his appetite,
switched to riding jumpers. He
was quite successful with steeple-
chasers and was a winning rider
until 1948 at the age of 81. During
one part of his riding career, he
had the distinction of being both
trainer and rider of Mr.. Sharp's
steeplechase thoroughbreds. In
1948, William J., his son, (who al
though now 81 years old, still has
the appearance of lad no older
than Is years., rode his first race.
What's more, it was a winner. The
Sharp stable that year was CAM
paigning at the Jamaica Spring
meeting prior to the opening of
Delaware Park. On May IL his
father entered the horse Minneap-
oils in a race and promised Billy
his first ride in competition. The
coming of the dawn the next day
was accompanied by typical May
thunderstorm. To hear the elder
Passmore decribe it, the heavens
really opened up and there was a
zteady driving rain for several
hours. Trainer Passmore didn't
figure the elements in his plans
for his sons first ride, and since
the racetrack naturally become
muddy and Minneapolis was su-
perior mudder, he was tempted to
switch to an older and more sea-
soned rider, thereby postponing
Billy's debut as jockey. However,
for fear of breaking his sons heart
he went through with his original
plans and Minneapolis got home
in front in a threse-horse photo
finish. Since that eventful day in
194s, Billy has been quite success
full as a saddlesmith. Last year
he won Monmouth Parks Ocean
port Handicap. The fastest horse
he has ever ridden was Mr.. Sharp's
Hannibal, who set a new track
record of 1:09 for six furlongs at
Delaware Park last year. The
Passmore family resides on Mr..
Sharp's Meown Farm at Middle
town, Del. At present time there
are no more potential riders in
the family as Mr.. and Mrs. Pass
more's two other children are girls.
Smyrna times., 1953-05-21
METHODIST APPOINTMENTS
Rev. w. L. Beckwith Returns to
Asbury For Another Year

The Peninsula Methodist Confer
ence held the annual four-day ses-
sion last week at the Union Meth
odist Church, Wilmington and the
list of appointments to churches in
the conference was announced at
the closing session. The Rev. Wal
ter L. Beckwith was invited to re-
turn to Asbury Methodist Church,
Smyrna and he was appointed to
return here. The Rev. G. E.
Leister, who had been serving at
Ewell's-St. Paul Church, Clayton
was assigned to Bethel Church,
and he will be followed at the
Clayton Church by the Rev. W. H
Kitchens.
Smyrna times., 1953-05-21
-SMYRNIANS IN
AUTO MISHAPS
Brinton Reynolds and Family
in One and Denney Family
i'm Another Accident
BOTH ON PLEASURE TRIP

The second motor accident with
in one week involving members of
two Smyrna families taking trips
to the west occurred, on Sunday
when the three members of the
Brinton Reynolds, Jr., family were
hospitalized in Tennessee following
a collision about thirty-five miles
west of Knoxville. Mr.. Reynolds,
recently elected president of the
Smyrna Parent Teacher Associa-
tion, left Smyrna Friday night
with his wife and seven-year old
daughter, Becky, after the child
had appeared in the operetta at
the school. They expected to visit
Mrs. Reynolds parents at Las
Vegas, Nevada after stopping in
Texas to visit the plant of the
Tyler Fixture Corporation, of
which Wilson Refrigeration, Inc,
is a division. According to infor-
nation received by Lester Liefer,
an official of Wilson Refrigeration,
Inc, the accident occurred at Har-
riman, Tenn, and the family is at
Hartman Hospital. Mr. Reynolds
suffered two fractured neecaps,
loss of teeth, and cuts, and his
wife and daughter have lesser in
juries, according to first reports.
The collision with another car was
caused when the steering gear on
the Reynolds car locked. Both
cars were demolished and a father
and son in the other car were also
injured. After visiting at Las
Vegas the family planned a brief
trip to California. Mr.. Reynolds
is in the accounting department at
Wilson Refrigeration, Inc, was
elected secretary-treasurer last
week of the Smyrna Lions Club,
and is submaster of the cub pack
sponsored by the Lions.
Denney Family in Accident
Mrs. Vernon Clark, the former
Miss Roberta Denney, of Smyrna,
is still at the Northwest Texas
Hospital, Amarillo, Texas where
she was taken last week following
a motor accident while on a trip
to the west coast. MIR. and Mrs.
Vernon Clark and their daughter,
Janet, of Wilmington, and Miss
Henrietta Denney, of Smyrna were
on their way to California, where
they had expected to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Sheridan, at San Le-
andre, and to continue to San
Francisco and other points during
the months trip. In a collision
with another car at Amarillo, Tex
as Mrs. Clark was seriously injur-
ed, and all of the members of the
family suffered less serious injur-
les. Except for Mrs. Clark all
have been released from the hos
pital, according to word received
by phone on Sunday by Mrs.
Louise Denney Clifton. 1t is plan
ned for the family to return when
Mrs. Clark has recovered suffic-
iently to be moved to her home in
Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1953-05-21
Cemetery Association Meeting

A meeting of the Friendship
Cemetery Association will be held
at Friendship Methodist Church on
Wednesday, May 27, at 8 pm. All
interested persons are urged to
attend.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Woman Held for Jury
In Theft Of Boy From
Home Years Ago

An Arlington woman who was
accused of taking a 9-year-old
District boy from his home two
years ago after imperSonating a
policewoman was held yesterday
for action of the county grand
jury.
The woman, Mrs. Delorise
Berger, Al, was arrested July 81
on complaint of the boys
mother, Mrs. Dorothy Cole, Of
the 100 block of Twelfth street
NV. She was charged with Sc
ereting a child.
Mrs. Cole complained that her
son by a previous marriage,
James Leon Woods, was kept by
Mrs. Berger and her husband.
Curtis Berger. 80, at their home
at Fifteenth street and Jefferson
Davis highway, Arlington. All are
colored.
In a closed session yesterday in
Arlington Juvenile Court. Judge
Hugh Cregger reduced Mrs. Ber-
gers bond from $2,500 to $500.
He also found her husband
guilty of assault and battery
against the boy and sentenced
him to so days. He suspended
sentence, however. after noting
that it was the first time Berger
had struck the child and hearing
testimony that the boy had been
treated we'll during his stay in
Arlington.
The boy told the court he
didn't try to get home because
he believed he was in custody Of
a policewoman. His mother testi-
fed that Mrs. Berger represented
herself as a policewoman and
told her she was taking the child
because of some breaking into
cars near the Howard Theater.
Mrs. Cole quoted Mrs. Berger as
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Knights Elect Lueck

Charles G. Lueck, 3S71 New
ark street NV, has been elected
vice president of the Eastern
Division of the knights of Round
Table international. The elec-
ton was held recently during
the annual conference OF the
Knights of the Rountable at
Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Evening star., 1953-07-29

saying she was taking the boy to
the police station and would re-
turn with him. He turned up at
home July 10, almost two years
later, the mother said.
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Kodiak mirror., 1953-03-28
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Evening star., 1953-04-29
BY the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, April 29.-Tem-
pers flared during a general
free-for-all here last night as
the Yankees downed the Browns
in 10 innings, 7-6.
Fans showered the field with
pop bottles, causing a 17-min-
ute delay in the game.
It all started in the Browns
half Of the 10th with the St.
Louis club trailing by one run.
Catcher Clint Courtney sin
gled and tried to stretch his
rightfleld hit into a double. He
slid into Phil Rizzuto at second
base, knocking the pint-sized
inf1elder almost out to the out
field grass.
Yanks Close In on Courtney.
Then Yankees players closed in
on Courtney. who just the in
ming before had the ball knocked
out Of his hands by Gil McDou-
gald who slid home for the po-
tential winning run. Courtney's
glasses were knocked off on the
play at the plate.
Courtney, after the game told
one sports writer it was Pitcher
Allie Reynolds who hit him first
at second base. Next came Nc
Dougald. followed by Billy Mar
tin and Bob Cerv. It first ap-
peared from the press box that
Martin had struck the opening
blow. Another writer said
Reynolds missed on his punch.
BY this time, both benches
were cleared of players and all
were around second base taking
part in a free-for-all.
Fans began throwing pop bot
ties onto the field. Those in the
leftf1eld bleachers continued the
barrage when umpires first tried
to resume play. The Yankee
bullpen crew was forced to seek
cover.
Gene Woodling. Yankee left
fielder. refused to take his po-
sition there until the bottle
throwing stopped.
Forfeiture Threatened.
It finally took an appeal over
the public address system by
Marty Marion, Browns manager,
and Umpire Bill Summers to
stop the bottle throwing. Sum-
mers threatened to forfeit the
game to the Yankees unless the
exhibition stopped.
No players on either team
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Points
To Mats Hittinq
In Ninth Defeat
PorterfieId Bidding
For First Win Today
Against Rogovin
By Burton Hawkins
Stur Stoff correspondapt

CHICAGO, April 29.-Bucky
Harris is unhappy about the
Mats stumbling start, but he
isn't inclined to toss in the towel
because they've lost nine of their
first IL games.
Tive always figured that q
club showing a 500 average by
July 4 is in pretty good shape
as a pennant threat" the Mats
manager said today. well,
maybe we're no pennant threat
unless we get extremely lucky
but by the same token it's a
long way to July 4. We could
be even by then.
We're not getting the best Of
the breaks" Harris continued.
Yesterday, for instance. Clyde
Vollmer and Mickey Vernon hit
balls that would have been
homers except for a tricky wind.
Floyd Baker hit a ball as hard
as he ever hit one. 1t would
have fallen for a long hit except
for the wind. Les Peden hit q
ball that dug into the wet in
field and was slowed up enough
so Chico Carrasquel could knock
1t down and prevent a run from
scoring.
Few Hits Timely.
so all that happened and we
lose, sd, but I can't believe that
things won't get better. Sure,
Walter Masterson pitched like a
9O-year-old woman and we left
Is men on base. We got IL hits,
but few of them were timely.
We get Jim Busby and Pete
Runnels hitting a bit and the
others slow down, but we're
stinging the ball better than we
were and maybe things will start
breaking our way.
THAT was a big game yester-
day. I wanted to win it badly.
just SO the fellows would realize
it's possible to come from far
behind and pull one out of the
fire. 1t didn't work out that
way, but it might have with a
little luck. We're not dead yet"
Almost overnight Harris has
turned Busby into a sensational
hitter. Bucky gave Jim batting
instructions a few days ago and
the immediate result has been
nine hits in his last IL attempts.
Jim thus has surged from .l95
to 1927 with those nine hits, coll
lecting four singles to spark the
(See MATS, Page CO
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Fifth Pinch-HitinR Row
ByLowreyE Ends Phi|s'
S-GameV Victory
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Baseball was recovering from
a hangover today after a wild
and woolly night.
In st. Louis, the Browns and
Yankees engaged in a free-for-
all and the fans bombarded the
players with pop bottles and
beer cans in perhaps the most
riotouS diamond scene since the
final game Of the 1884 World
Series. After order was restored,
the Yankees tripped the Browns,
7-6, to regain the lead in the
American League.
In Philadelphia the Cardinals
snapped the Phillies' eight-game
winning streak. 6-5. as the Red
birds Peanuts Lowery came
through for the fifth straight
time in a pinch-hit role. Each
side used five pitchers.
In Cleveland Bobby Shantz
pitched and batted the Athletics
to a 80 triumph to end the In
dians' f1ve-game winning streak
and knock them out of first
place.
In Brooklyn Kenny Raffens-
berger, Cincinnati southpaw,
tried for the Goth time since
1914 to defeat the Dodgers in
a starting role-and failed again.
Preacher Roe hurled Brooklyn
to a SCI triumph. It was Brook
lyn's SD success over Raffy in
40 decisions.
In New York the Giants COL
lected II hits and drew four
walks of right-hander Max
Surkont, but scored only one
run as Milwaukee whipped Leo
(See BASEBALL. Page C-2O
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Mojor League Standings
wEDNESnAv Apuu % 1oke
AMERICAN.

AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
Chi, 5; Wash. 4.
Phila.. 3: Cleve.,
Boston, 2; Detroit. p
N. Y, Z; ST. L., 3
Go innings).
Games > Today.
Wash. at Chi. 1880.
Boston at Detroit.
Phila, at Cleve.
N. Y. at st. Louis.
Games Tomorrow.
Wash. at st. L., $50.
N. Y. at Chlc0go.
Phila. ct Detroit.
(Only games schedO
NATIONAL.
Results yesterday.
st. L., 8. Phila.. s.
Milw.. 4; N. z, /.
Chicago, 8; Pitts. s.
Bklyn. 8; Gin. 1.
Games Today.
Gin. at BkIyn.
Milw. at New York.
Chi. ct Pitts. (n).
st. L. ct Phila. (n).
Games Tomorrow.
Gin. st Bklyn.
Milw. at New York.
Chi. at Pitts.
ct. L. at Phtla. (nl.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Willie Shoemaker to Ride
Invigorutor in Derby

SAN BRUNO. Calf. April 90.
R.-Willie Shoemaker. who has
ridden II winners at Tanforan
this season. viii ride Invigorator
in the Kentucky Derby and win
leave San Francisco by plane
Friday for Louisville.
mvigorator finished third in
the Wood Memorial last Satur-
day. Arrangements for Shoe
maker to ride the colt were COM
pleted yesterday when Trainer
Yorky McCloud at Churchill
Downs talked by telephone with
Harry Silbert, Shoemaker's agent
at Tanforan.
Shoemaker will be no stranger
to his mount. The pair finished
second to Correspondent in the
$4,000 Blue Grass Handicap
March Z at Santa Anita.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Queens Horse Runs Fifth
As Favorife Wins Classic
BY the Associoted Press

NEWMARKET. England, April
29.-Nearula, top 3-year-old
in Great Britain, today won the
Two Thousand Guineas, first of
Britain'S classic races. Aureole
Queen Elizabeth's colt, finished
fifth.
The Queen was in the stand at
historic Newmarket to see the
star Of her 10-horse stable finish
behind Nearula, the filly Bebe
Grande, Oleandrin and King of
the Tudors.
Sixteen horses were in the field
running over, the Rowley mile
course.
Nearula was the 1873 favorite
to win the $4,000 race. Aure-
ola was 100 to 6.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Who Hit Whom in reefor-AII?
Courtney Says Allie Reynolds.
Not Martin, Struck First Blow

were thrown out of the game
for the incident. Courtney's
right wrist was hurt during the
fight and Rizzuto suffered spike
wounds on his right ankle and
shin.
Courtney left the field with
one shoe off, his glasses off, and
minus his hat.
Casey Stengel. Yankee man
ager, who left the field with a
bat in his hands, commented:
1--WE can handle those tough
guys"
Marion observed: wasn't that
(See FREE.FOR.AII, p0. Cay
Evening star., 1953-04-29
White Sox, 5; Mats, a

Totals .------40 4 II "a 10
.Flied for Grasso In 9Th.
fGrounded for Dixon in 9Th.
titled for Oldts In 9th.
SSingled for Consuegra in 9th,
Evening star., 1953-04-29

only 95 of the track record, Is pretty fair
moving, and that four-length margin over
Money Broker-it was nearly seven over
Royal Bay Gem-looked pretty impressive,
too.
But the blunt truth of the matter is
that Churchill Downs Derby Trial isn't much
of barometer and never has been. In IS
previous runnings, only two winners ever
took down the big money on the following
Saturday. It took 10 years and Citation
to turn the trick the first time. A colt
from the same Calumet barn, Hill Gail,
duplicated last year.
The otherSo For 0ne of thnnn-Cnl
Evening star., 1953-04-29

Runs batted in-Krsnich (2), Minoso
sacrifice@RunnelS. s Double ; pisyWVep- ~Ver.
non (unassistedD. Left on bases-Wash-
ington, IS: Chicago, s: Bases on balls
PornieIes strGet on o on
2; by Dixon, l; BY Fornieles, 2. Hits
on Masterson. in rs innings; on
Dixon. 2 in 5a innings; on Consuegra,
0 in / inning; of johnson. 4 in az
innings: of Fornieles, Z in AS innings:
on Bearden, 0 In O; on Dorish. in 1
inning. Runs and earned runs-On
Masterson, 5-3; of Dixon, 90; OF Con-
suegra, 90; Oh johnson. IL; Oh For
nieles. al; on Bearden. 90; on DoriSh,
90: Winning pitcher-Fornieles Q-0).
Losing pitcher-MasteHson O-2). Um-
pires-Duffy. Grieve, Passarella, Napp.
Time-2:31; Attendance-2.4 .495.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Probable Pitchers
BY the Associofsd Press
AMERICAN LEACT1E

Washington at Chicago = Porterfleld
(0:9 VS.. Rogovin (0-2l.
New York At st. Louis--Sain go vs.
Holloman (0-0.
Boston Ct Detroit-Parnell (2-o) Va.
Marlowe ODD.
- Philadelphia at Cleveland - Kellner
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago at Pittsburgh (night)-Hacker
DID vs.. Dickson 0-2).
Cincinnati az Brooklyn-Judson (0-O)
VS.. Erskine (2-0).
Milwaukee at New York-spahn t1-0
VS.. Hearn u-2).
st. Louis ct Philadelphia (night) -
Presko go or Misell (1-0) vs.. Sim
Evening star., 1953-04-29

(See MATS, Page CD
Evening star., 1953-04-29
aris Baes Troubles Breaks Talks Of 500 Mark by July
Win, Lose or Draw
BY FRANCIS STANN

LOUISVILLE, APRIL 29-If many Derby Trial winners
hadn't soughed off in Kentucky Derbys you'd have to like
Dark Star off what he showed in Col Bill private prep
for Saturdays 100000 Run for the in 1885,
Evening star., 1953-08-18
Good Deed for the Day

Motive may be slightly suspect when re-
porterS and photographers serve as audience
for some unusual act of presidential kindness.
But there was none of that in President Eisen-
howers Sunday visit to six-year-old Paul Haley,
dying of cancer.
Apparently General Eisenhower happened
to see a newspaper account of the boys illness
and of his wish to see the President before he
died. So after church, without fanfare or
notice to any one, he made the 25-mile trip to
Paul'S home and visited for few minutes with
the dying boy.
small thing? Maybe So maybe not At
any rate, Paul is happier boy for it. When
reporters saw him after General Eisenhower
had left, he exclaimed "The President came
and shook my hand!" And Paul told the re-
porters he was going out to buy picture of the
President to hang on his bedroom wall beside
those of Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy.
Here is high tribute, indeed-perhaps the
highest that six-year-old could pay. But who
will say that it is not deserved?
Evening star., 1953-08-18
'Russiu and the H-Bomb'

The Stars editorial, August 10, RUS
Sia and the H-Bomb," presents SEN
sible perspective of the H-bomb. The
potential havoc such bomb could
create if dropped on one of our cities
can hardly be overemphasiZed. The
A-bombs or H-bombs are, of course,
capable of terrifying destruction in our
industrial and population centerS, but
I wonder If the limits Of such destruc-
ton should also be emphasized.
The picture is indeed grim, but there
is at least one consolation. AS bigger
and better bombs are produced they do
increase the distance Of destruction,
but only by relatively short distances.
A person may suffer from three types
of harm from an atomic or hydrogen
bomb. The United States Government
has released publication telling Of the
effects of these dangers in book titled,
"The Effects of Atomic Weapons" This
book includes information on the rela-
tive destructivenesS of various sizes Of
atomic or hydrogen bombs. The three
types of harm from an atomic bomb
are: Cd Blast and flying debris from
collapSing buildings; (2) burns, and 60
ionizing radiation such as one would
experience If exposed to an X-ray
machine for hundreds of times longer
than is allowed for a single exposure.
1.-The Effects of Atomic Weapons"
states that the distance Of blast dam
age is proportional to the cube root
of the relative size of the bomb. You
mention a hypothetical bomb 1000
times greater than the Hiroshima bomb.
or equivalent to 20 million tons of
TINT. The cube root of 1000 is 10, and
such a bomb would cause the same
damage as the Hiroshima bomb at 10
times the distance. This bomb, accord
ing to the cube-root law, would be
capable of severe blast damage to IL
miles from the explosion, and moderate
blast damage to II miles from the ex-
plosion. This same hypothetical bomb
could cause moderate skin burns on
a clear day to miles and would cause
dangerous radiation to 2 miles. Yes,
this is plenty bad, but might ot1er
some consolation to people living some
distance from potential targets.
No, the picture isn't bright for the
industrial or population center in case
of atomic attack, but at the same time
it may offer some announcement to
those located at least few miles from
such centers. The terrible possibilities
are almost beyond comprehension. AT
such a time, it seems important to
look beyond our own selves and pray
to our Lord and God that He will guide