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Evening star., 1953-05-14
BoIIes Thinks Top Sprint Crew
Can Win Any Longer Regatta
By Lewis F. Atchison

Take it from Tom Bolles, who
gave up coaching Harvard oars
men two years ago to become di-
rector of athletics, the Eastern
Association Of Rowing Colleges
so-called sprint" championship
on the Potomac Saturday is a
misnomer. It isn't a secondary
attraction to the longer. older
"Poughkeepsie" 3-mile grind, but
the blue-ribbon event of rowing.
Its a 6-minute race at the
Olympic distance" Tom told fell
low diners at a small party given
in his honor by the Harvard Club
last night at the Metropolitan
Club. Mine times out of 10 the
winner of this race will win the
longer race because a crew that
can assert it's superiority for six
minutes can do it for 20 min
uteS."
Then, too, the veteran oarsman
pointed out, all crews point for
the Olympics. where they COM
pete against the worlds best
squads. So the crew that wins
Saturday will be no flash in the
pan, but one of the best.
Worried About Tides.
Tom, who is easier to meet
and talk to than a "Dutch"
uncle, said he hopes the Potomac
provides a true racing course for
six crews. But he's frankly
worried about the tides, effect of
winds, varying depth of lanes,
etc. He thinks it is almost i'm
possible to find an honest course
for six crews in tidal waters. AS
a matter of fact, he held out for
restricting Saturdays races to
five crews.
"Give me certain lane at
Poughkeepsie," he confided, land
I'll win four out of five races
without the best crew. Well
have to watch these races Satur-
day to see if any particular lane
has the most winners. If it does,
we're in for trouble in the future.
I hope the course is a good one,
but I have my doubts about
rivers and streams affected by
tides and other conditions"
BolleS, who came east from
the University of Washington to
coach Harvard oarsmen in Sep
tember. 1886. and took over the
front Office after the 1851 sea-
son. doubts that this city ever
will get the "Poughkeepsie"
regatta, which will be rowed at
Syracuse next month for the
second straight year. He doesn't
think any river like the Potomac.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Games To-day.
NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.

Results Yesterday.
MIL. IL; N. r. /.
Phila. ct st. L., cold.
Pitts. at Cinci., rain.
Bklyn. at Chi, cold.
Games To-day.
Pitts. ct Mtlw. (n).
N. Y. ct Gin. (n).
Brklyn at St. L. (n).
Phila. at Chi. ppd.,
cold.
Games Tomorrow.
Pitts. at Milwaukee.
New York at Cinci.
Phila. at Chicago.
Bklyn. ct St. Louis.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Mats Enthused
Over Purchase
0fFitzGeraId
SIeuter and Peden
Depart; Mosterson
May Sturt Tonight
By Burton Hawkins

Lou Sleater became the latest
Washington player cut loose as
the club trimmed to IS players
today by peddling the left
handed pitcher to Toronto.
The rearranged Mats open q
three-game series with the st.
Louis Browns tonight at Grif-
fifth Stadium. still in pursuit Of
a sixth straight victory after last
nights game with Detroit was
rained out.
A two-day shopping and SELL
ing spree saw the Mats dispose Of
Pitchers Sandy Consuegra, Dean
Stone and Sleater, Infielder
Floyd Baker and Catcher Les
Peden, while acquiring Catcher
Ed FITZGERALD from the Pirates
and Pitcher Johnny Schmitz
from the Yankees.
Peden went on the waiver list
this morning and if unclaimed
by a major club may be picked
up for $500 by Los Angeles,
the club from which the Mats
drafted him last December. The
Mats paid the Angels twice that
amount for Peden, who has been
claimed by Springfield. Mass.
and will go to that International
League club if Los Angeles passes
him up.
Harris Likes AggreSSiveness.
Manager Bucky Harris, q
shrewd appraiser of baseball tall
ent, becomes enthusiastic dis
cussing FITZGERALD. The Pirates
paid $65,O00 for the right-hand-
ed hitting receiver after he
batted 1868 with Sacramento in
1947 and although he never full
filled that promise, Harris is high
on him.
"He's aggressive and like the
way he sWiSheS that bat" Harris
said, ignoring Eds .118 average
in only II appearances at the
plate this season. Branch
Hickey pirates boss) called me
yesterday and told me we had
picked up a good ball player in
FITZGERALD and that they would
not have parted with him except
for the fact they had to hang
on to three bonus players.
StandOut in Minors.
FITZGERALD has been a minor
league standout. He broke in with
Wenatchee. Wash, in 1916 and
batted 1888. Advanced to the Pa
(See MATS, Page C-3)
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Fans Welcome
Spurs Braves,
Grimm Says
RevituIized Veterans
And Young Stors Put
Milwaukee in Race
BY the Associoted Press

Charley Grimm is in an ex-
pansive mood. His Milwaukee
Braves, generally rated among
the National League also-rans.
are only half-game out of first
place with the seasons first hcme
stand just nicely under way.
"It looks like I've got myself
a ball club" Grimm said after
yesterdays Ill victory over the
Giants at Milwaukee. Yessir,
things are looking up.
"We've got a good. young ball
club and it's coming faster than
I thought a month ago." he
added. "And do you know why?
It's the welcome our boys are get
ting here. I never saw anything
like it and neither did they and
they're putting out all they've
got all the time"
The 1,000-mile westward shift
from Boston to Milwaukee has
worked wonders for the once
downtrodden club that finished a
dismal seventh last year.
Seven More at Home.
The Braves have seven more
games in their present home
stand at their new $4,000, 900
stadium where they have won
seven out of eight.
The Milwaukee fans are clam
oring at the gates to watch their
new heroes perform. In seven
home dates the club has drawn
172,781 cash customers. Last
years total attendance in Boston
was 281,778.
Yesterday, with the thermom-
eter at 80 degrees. 9,043 custom
ers turned out to watch the
Braves smother the Giants. This
brought the total crowd for the
two-game Giants series to 5000,
only 1,749 less than saw the New
Yorkers play in Boston all last
season.
Grimm has been fortunate to
come up with a trio Of red-hot
newcomers in Pitchers Bob Buhl
and Don Liddle and Outf1elder
Bill Bruton. But his old Boston
lineup also has been revitalized.
The Braves had only one
pitcher Ernie johnson - who
finished last year with an aver
age as high as 500. Yet nine
Of their 13 victories this season
have been registered by last
years mound staff.
Lou Burdette, yesterdays win
Continued on Page C-3, Col. ~
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Griffs Lead League
In Batting at .266
BY the Associated Press

Washington is now leading the
American League in team bat
ting. thanks to a hitting splurge
In last week ends series in Phil
adelphia and a 15-hit attack
against the Detroit Tigers at
Griffith Stadium Tuesday.
The Mats, fifth in the league
last Friday with a $50 average,
boosted their mark 16 points in
the last four games. One point
behind at .265 are the Tigers,
Red Sox and Indians.
The Phillies are setting the
major league pace with a .280
mark, three points ahead of the
Dodgers.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Probable Pitchers
AMERICAN LEAGuF

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
st. Louis at Washington (n)-Little-
held Old VS.. Shea Q-0). or Masterson
(2-3.
Detroit at Philadelphia (n)-Houtte-
man f0-3) VS.. Byrd G-4.
Cleveland at Boston-Feller u-2) VS..
Brown (2-D.
''' "A NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (n)-Pettit
I'D VS.. Wilson U-D.
New York at Cincinnati tn)-Jansen
(2-:D VS.. JudSon 900.
Brooklyn at St. Louis (n)-Erskine
(3-0J VS.. Staley GID.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Braves Quickly Ruin WIheIm's Perfect Mark

innings without yielding an
earned run before the Braves
ruined his record.
Relieving Dave Koslo in the
seventh inning, he could not re-
tire a batter before trudging off
to an unaccustomed early
shower.
Evening star., 1953-05-14

see, Braddock couldn't win in Chicago when
he had his last fling, either.
When they should have been at their
respective peaks, Braddock and Walcott were
on relief, pair of supposedly wornout Jour-
neymen. When they found employment, it
was as longshoremen. Then, along came
two little guys who felt they still had futures
in the ring.
The late Joe Gould was Braddock's
angel. He bankrolled the good-natured
Irishman, wangled title fight with Max
Baer and saw his retreaded tiger pull the
biggest upset in heavyweight boxing his
Evening star., 1953-05-14
BY the ASsoeicfed Press

MILWAUKEE,, May 14.-Hoyt
Wilhelm saw his perfect earned
run average go up in smoke yes
terday as the Braves exploded
for five runs off the Giants re-
lief ace.
Wilhelm had sailed through q
Evening star., 1953-05-14

(See FIGHT, Page ca
Evening star., 1953-05-14

Mark Unlikely
To Be Reached
Morciono Is 3-to-1
Choice Over WoIcott;
Both Resting To-day
By the Associated Press

~ NV NssoS'oiSo EtoSS
CHICAGO, May IA. Aside
from brief. roadwork, Jersey Joe
Walcott planned to spend much
Of today reading his Bible. while
Rocky Marciano cat mapped
peacefully in a South Side re-
treat.
This was the placid sort of
atmosphere that engulfed the
two fighters the day before their
heavyweight championship bout
in Chicago Stadium.
In contrast were officials of
the sponsoring International
Boxing Club. They were sweat
ing out a hoped-for ticket sale
of $500,000 and needed to dis
pose of about $125,000 before
fight time tomorrow night to
make it.
Out of Town Sale Down.
A spokesman said he was con-
fident the indoor record gate of
$422.918 for the 1947 Rocky
Graziano-Tony Zale fight in the
same stadium would be topped.
But 5000 seats at the $50 top
and 1900 at $50 still lacked
buyers. Only half OF an expected
100000 out-of-town sale has
been realized.
The second meeting of Wal
colt. boxing's most famous an
tique, and Champion Marciano
will be televised nationally over
the National Broadcasting Co.
facilities, with the Chicago and
Milwaukee areas blacked out. It
will be broadcast to all points
on the American Broadcasting
Co. network. Fight time Is 10
pm. EDT.
Marciano will receive a straight
80 per cent of the gate, the $780,
900 for TV and radio rights and
royalties accruing from third-di-
mensional films. Walcott appar-
emily has settled for a $3.50 900
guarantee. with an additional 80
per cent Of the movie receipts.
Unless there is a complete SELL
out, he will get more than the
champion.
"The third dimensional royal
ties could amount to nothing or
as much as 50 million dollars"
an IBC spokesman said. 1T de-
pends on what kind of a fight
it is"
It is the general opinion that
Walcott waged his greatest fight
last September in Philadelphia
when he knocked down Marciano
in the first round and was we'll
ahead on points until the Brock
ton blaster chilled him with a
right in the 18th to win the
championship.
Most of the experts don't see
how the 39-year-old Jersey Joe,
entering his eighth title fight
and his sixth as a challenger,
can be that good again. Odds
makers back this up by making
28-year-old Marciano a 3-to-1
favorite.
God willing, I will be the first
heavyweight champion ever to
regain his title" Joe says sin
cerely. If it's Gods wish, I'll
win"
Walcott has done an estimated
500 miles of roadwork and
spared lat rounds. Many OBJ
servers feel that his only hope
Of winning is to last the full IS
rounds, depending on his much
better boxing finesse to pile UP
decisive points.
Joe can go IS rounds, there is
little question about that. but it
is highly questionable if he can
maintain the speed and skill
needed over that distance to
evade the rugged, durable and
younger Marciano.
Walcott knocked him down,
but could not knock him out
eight months ago. Rocky still
has the same granite jaw. The
short-armed powerful champion
also has that same vicious right
hand capable of scoring. a kayo
with one blow. Fifteen rounds
(Cnn rarHrIrr nnno H0N
Evening star., 1953-05-14

(See REGATTA, Page C-20
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Gate for Tomonows Title Fight Still $25 900 Short Of Goal
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
S1uT Sfoff Correspondent

CHICAGO, MAY 14-The fstic of J. Brad
dock and Jersey Joe Wacot offer such striking parallel
be worthy of notice And Rocky Marciano puts the
blast Wacott night, widely expected
Evening star., 1953-04-26
By George Kennedy
Stor SfoH CorPasnondenf

WINCHESTER, Va, April Is.
This Apple Capital" of the
world is preparing for its 26th
annual Apple Blossom Festival,
one of the most. successful COM
munity promotions in America.
This years will be the biggest
and the best, the promoters as
sure everybody. Despite the un-
seasonably cool weather, with it's
threat of killing frosts. the bios
SONS have come through.
The apple growers have burned
more than 100000 worth of oil
in their smudge pots on recent
nights to keep the temperature
above freezing in the hollows.
The early varieties are now
in full bloom. The later ones
will be in fine flower during the
festival days, Thursday and Fri
day.
Winchester most famous
neighbor, Arthur Godfrey, will
leave his farm near Leesburg, on
the other side of Blue Ridge, to
be marshal of the parade on Fri
day. Hopalong Cassidy will be
there to delight the youngsters.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet will
crown the queen, Kathryn Eisen-
hover, a niece of the President.
More than 100000 persons are
expected to come to this little
city to see the pageant and the
parade and to drive along the
highways of the Shenandoah
Valley, where every turn brings
new vistas of orchards in bios
>om as far as the eye can see,
Rehearsals Going Full Blast.
On the sunny afternoons of
last week, a good portion of the
Handley High Schools stu
dent body-all members Of the
cast of the pageant-have been
practicing their Gay Nineties"
number on the terrace above the
playing field.
They waltz to the tune of the
strawberry Blond" and sing
Daisy, Daisy" as couples ride
the bicycles built for two-all
under the watchful eye of Gar
land Quarles, the Winchester
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Glenwood Arlington, 19-year-
old Woodbridge (Va) youth, was
in critical condition at Alexan-
dria hospital last night, after
being shot in the stomach with
a 12-gauge shotgun early yester-
day at Woodbridge.
OWE Mitchell Beach, So, is
free on $4,000 bond charged
with felonious assault in the
shooting.
Mr.. Arlington was shot through
the door Of an eight-by-nine-foot
shack where Beach lives at about
2:30 am. yesterday. The two
tell conflicting stories on the
circumstances Of the shooting.
Says He Shot Through Door.
II was listening to my radio
in my house last night" Beach
said yesterday, when some one
began to kick on the door, then
pick at the lock. I shot through
the door,"
Miss Lorraine Arlington, Mr..
Arrington's sister, said her
brother told her a different
version yesterday morning when
she talked with him in the hos
pital.
"Sweety-pie (Cilenwood's nick
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Land Rezoning Opposed
By BrookdaIe Citizens

Opposition to rezoning of land
near Wisconsin and Western
avenues NV, has been registered
by the Brookdale Citizens AS
ISOLATION.
The citizens group appeared
before the Montgomery County
Council in the Bethesda County
Building Thursday night. B. w.
and Rena Parker requested that
the council change the coming
classification of 5.33 acres ad-
jacent to the Brookdale subdi-
vision. It is between Western
and Willard avenues, extending
from CORTLAND road to the
stores parking lot.
A spokesman for the citizens
explained the land is now "Resi-
Dental A" and the applicants
want it changed to Commercial
D." A written protest. bearing
ITO signatures, was placed be-
fore the council.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Stories on Shooting Of Youth
AtWoodbridqe Differ in Detail

name) told me he knocked on
the door and OWE said Just a
minute; then the next thing he
knew the shot came through the
door," she said.
CrawIS for Assistance.
Beach's shack is about 30
yards behind the Texaco filling
station on Route l in Wood
bridge where Mr.. Arlington
works. Mr.. Arlington crawled
20 yards after the shooting to
the home of Frank Compton,
manager Of the station. Mr..
Compton called the Virginia
State police who summoned an
ambulance to take Mr.. AIRING
ton to the hospital.
II didn't know who it was out
side the door," Beach persisted
yesterday. People have been
fooling around my house lately.
They tied a rope to my doorknob
and the other end to q tree not
so long ago and I had to crawl
out the window"
The two windows in Beach's
house are nailed shut now.
There is q jagged two-inch hole
in the door made by the shot.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Winchester's Blossom Festival
7oBe Presented Thursday

educator who made the festival
popular with his colorful pa
geantS.
In a big garage on the out
skirts Of the city, D. j. Gregory
is busy building floats. He has
been doing that for years and it
is a big job. There are so floats
in the parade and he builds a
large portion of them.
The festival has done more to
make Winchester famous than
Sheridan's ride. Motorists pour
in from Pennsylvania and New
York to meet the spring which
blossoms much later in those
colder climeS.
It is probably the only COM
munity parade that has to turn
away scores of bands and march
ing units. The entries close in
March and the promoters limit
it so that the parade will not
take more than two hours to
pass a given point.
Bands come from Florida and
Ohio and the biggest group of
applicants are the high school
bands Of Pennsylvania. The fes-
tival brings together one of the
biggest aggregation of volunteer
fire departments in history.
Volunteers on Low Budget.
The amazing thing is that this
city of approximately 13,500
population brings all this about
with a voluntary group working
on a budget of only $25 900 con-
tributed by apple growers, apple
professors, other manufacturers
and merchants. The secret is
that every family in Winchester
gets involved in the festival.
There are 1000 volunteer work.
ers and some of them are Of the
third generation of festival aides.
Communities all over the coun-
try inquire of the Winchester
promoters how they do it. One
question is recurrent-"How do
you keep it out of the red ink?"
The answer would be approved
by Winchester's leading citizen.
Senator Harry Flood Byrd. It
is: I'VE spend less than we take
in"
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Angler Is Drowned
Retrieving Rowboaf

An Indian Head (Md.) man
drowned in Port Tobacco Creek
near Brentland, Md. yesterday
while trying to retrieve a drift
ing rowboat that had stranded
hi mand his father on a duck
blind.
Maryland State Police identi-
fed the dead man as James v.
Scott. q. of Potomac Heights.
Indian Head. They said his
father, John s. Scott, watched
helplessly as the younger man
swan after the craft and then
vanished beneath the water. The
father was stranded on the blind
for five hours.
He succeeded in attracting the
attention Of a passerby with
shouts at $50 pm. The blind
was placed 100 yards from shore.
Police said the two men had
been fishing and stopped at tho
blind for lunch when the boat
started to drift away.
The body had not been recov.
cred early today.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
District Mans Body
Found in Pafuxent

The body of a District man
who drowned in the Patuxent
River near Benedict, Md, while
on a fishing trip April II, was
recovered yesterday, State police
reported.
He was Louis D. Gilmore, %,
Of 1343 Newton street NV. The
body was found by Edward Toy,
81. Of Benedict, who had rented
the boat which Mr.. Gilmore and
five other companions were
using.
Police said Mr.. Gilmore dived
into the water for q swim after
he tired Of fishing. When he did
not come to the surface COM
panions searched unsuccessfully
for the body.
Mr.. Toy found the body across
the river from Benedict, about
four miles from the place where
the group had been fishing. police
said.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Shrine Circus Is Host
To 5,400 Children

More than 5,400 underprivi-
legged and crippled children from
District institutions were guests
of the 18th Shrine Circus yes
terday at the Uline Arena.
The special performance of the
three-ring show was staged COM
plete with free popcorn, peanuts
and pop for the children.
The last two shows are Sched-
uled today at 2:15 pm. and 8:15
pm.
The circus has been presented
here for the benefit of the chari-
ties and activities fund of the
AlmaS Temple,
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Montgomery PTA
Fights .S4 Million
School Budget Cut

The Montgomery County
Council of Parent Teacher AS
sociations has begun an all-out
campaign to get the County
Council to accept the SITS mil
lion school budget requested by
the county Board of Education
for next fiscal year.
Former County Manager Irv-
ing G. McNayr cut that request
by about 81 million when he sent
his budget recommendations to
the Council shortly before leav-
ing April 16 to accept a new post
in Bogata, Colombia.
Charging that the 81 million
cut would cause Montgomery to
fall behind in meeting it's school
needs, the PTA Council yester-
day announced a mass meeting
to be held at 8 pm. Tuesday in
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School.
To Circulate Petition.
In addition, the PTA groups
plan to circulate petition urg-
ing the Council to regard the
School Boards requested budget
as "a minimum budget"
The petition reads:
II am familiar in general with
the budget submitted by the
Board Of Education and am
aware Of the reduction recon-
mended by the County Manager.
I wish to express my view that
the boards budget is a minimum
budget. I am opposed to the re-
ductions in the boards budget
as recommended by the county
manager because of the imme-
diate and cumulative long-range
adverse effects in the housing,
maintenance and operation of
this County's school system.
While ! recognize that the effect
Of the County Managers recon-
mendations may reduce my taxes
for fiscal 1854 I am willing to
forgo such reduction, if neces-
sary, to meet school needs"
Mr.. McNayr's proposed budget,
totalling almost $25 million,
would make possible a 25-cent
tax cut in suburban Montgomery
and 20-cent reduction in the
rural areas. He recommended
reducing the School Boards re-
quested $10.4 million operating
budget to $9.5 million and cutting
the school building request from
$7.2 million to 81 million.
officials to Appear.
Jim Reber. president of the
PTA Council, said several county
and school officials have agreed
to appear at the mass meeting
Tuesday night. These include
Wylie Barrow and Mrs. Marjorie
Baylor. school board members;
Acting County Manager Alex
Hancock; Brian Benson, county
school controller, and Council
Members Lathrop Smith and
Mrs. Stella B. Werner.
Fact sheets" being circulated
by the PTA groups state that
the sos million operating
budget asked by the School
Board would entail an expendi-
ture of $239 per child, compared
with $216 per child under the
McNayr recommendation.
The 81 million school building
authorization asked by the board
would increase present school
facilities in about two years by
20 per cent. Mr.. McNayr's pro-
posed budget would increase
them only IL per cent, the state
ments contend.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
z D. c. Colleges Win
journalism Awards

Two Washington universities
won excellence awards yesterday
in the Pi Delta Epsilon national
honorary journalism society
contest.
Named among the winners
were the University of Maryland
for its year book and George
Washington University for its
newspaper makeup. Maryland
tied in the yearbook competition
for first place with Colorado A.
and M. and Cincinnati Univer-
sity.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
MSA OfficiuI to Speak

John c. L. Hulley. chief Of the
European regional staff Of the
Mutual Security Administration
will speak at $3.50 pm. Tuesday
at the meeting Of the Mems Club
Of the Episcopal Church Of tho
Holy Comforter In the parish
hall ct Seventh and Oglethorpe
streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
New Attitudes Probed

New Zealand weather stations
are probing new attitudes to
learn conditions facing high
flying Jet aircraft.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

Acquisition Of land for WASH
ington's park system is nearing
completion, thanks to a far
sighted law passed during the
Republican administration Of
Herbert Hoover.
The 23-year-old law is known
as the Capper-Cramton Act. It
Evening star., 1953-04-26

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