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Evening star., 1953-03-26
7 T'ukeMyWord for It
Bv Frank Colby

The word handicap has a
curious origin. It is a corrup-
ton Of hand in the cap" or
hand in cap"
There was at one time
swapping game in which the
players offered to trade various
articles with one another, with
the amount of cash boot de-
termined by an umpire. Each
player was required to hold his
cash in his hand, which was
covered by his cap. The game,
therefore, came to be known as
hand in cap"
It's little hard to believe,
though. that if a person is handi-
capped by not having sufficient
money, he literally has only to
withdraw his hand from his cap
to find ready capital, isn't it?
M. L. of st. Louis writes: I've
heard that the word stove has
a strange origin. Will you please
tell us what 1t is?
Well, strange" puts it mildly.
Stove is the modern form of the
Anglo Saxon word stofa, which
means "a room in which one
takes hot bath!"
The original and literal mean
ing of the word jewel was "a
plaything." The word came
from the Latin jocus. Ito play or
jest; a toy" as did the word
joke.
incidentally. the word jewel
has more than one modern
meaning: the word is most often
used to designate a precious
stone; but another, and equally
proper meaning, is: "a costly
ornament of gold, silver, enam-
eled work, or the like" Be sure
to give the word jewel two syl-
lables in pronouncing it, thus:
JOO-ull.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1953-08-11

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Evening star., 1953-08-11

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Evening star., 1953-03-27
Jim PixIee TO Fire First Ball
In Duckpin Tourney Tomorrow

Jim" long before he came to
George Washington from West
minister College in Missouri,
where his record for victories as
an all round coach was extraor-
binary.
And now it's bowling. OF in
estimable help to Pixlee in his
Veterans Administration post has
been the BoWlers' Victory Legion.
The BVL, as a follow-up on war
time activities, floods the Vet
erans' Administration hospitals
with sports publications, pro-
notes an annual bowling tourna-
ment for patients, and provides
for other activities that fit into
Pixlee's program.
So it won't be so strange to
see Pixlee christening the Ma
tional Duckpin Congress cham
pionships tomorrow night at Co
lonial Village. At z o'clock he
will fire the first ball in an event
that will run for three weeks,
with virtually all of the best
'duckpinners in the country COM
peting. A record field Of more
than 1000 teams is entered.
Bowlers from the Washington
area will dominate the opening
program, with Sprinkling of
representatives from Connecti-
cut. Baltimore and Charlottes-
vile, Va. Sunday, too, will be
given over mostly to entrants
from this section, with activity
starting at 2::30 pm.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Mats
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Billy Goodman's grounder. Pier
sail scored as Dick Gernert
forced Goodman, and successive
singles by Kell and Zarilla
brought Gernert around. Ken
Wood doubled in the same ses-
sion to score BuSby with the ty-
ing run.
Piersall's Triple Wins Game.
A walk to AL Richter set the
winning run in motion in the
fourth inning. Piersall tripled
over Woods head and that, 1t
developed, was the ball game.
Washington was held to two
hits in the last six innings by
Herrin and HerShell Freeman,
both former Louisville right
handlers. The Mats had a chance
in the eighth when Les Peden
singled, Bunky Stewart sacrificed
and Eddie Yost walked, but
Busby lined to Shortstop Rich
ter, whose quick flip to Johnny
Merson caught Peden off second
base for a double-play. Peden
was nicked by a Freeman pitch
in the ninth with one out, but
ame-legged Jackie Jensen bat
ted for Stewart and watched a
third strike and Yost went down
swinging for the final out.
The st. Louis Cardinals arrive
for a game today, with Chico
Marrero slated to oppose them
The Mats will be trying to pre-
serve their record of not having
Evening star., 1953-03-27
By Rod Thomos

James E. Pixlee is best known
as the George Washington Uni
versity coach and athletic direc-
tor who gave college football a
big lift here in the 1930s when
the Colonials introduced a num-
ber of name" teams to the Cap
ital
Many PiXlee proteges, gradu-
ates of the physical education
school he helped to found at
George Washington. are coaches
and athletic directors at high
schools in the District area.
Others hold similar jobs in
schools and colleges elsewhere.
Tomorrow night Pixlee will
appear in a role which needs a
bit of explaining. It will seem
strange to those who are un-
aware of the work in which Jim
has been engaged since World
War II. during which he was a
cog in the Air Forces athletic
program. In World War I he
was a bayonet instructor-al-
ways the teacher.
Pixlee now is an executive in
the athletic department of the
Veterans Administration, hav-
ing to do with rehabilitation.
His accomplishments have fol-
lowed the pattern of past sue
cesses. A born psychologist, he
earned the nickname Of "PoSSum
Evening star., 1953-03-27
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 27.-Frank
Graham. writing in the New
York Journal-American. says in
his column that Ted Williams.
famous Boston Red Sox slugger.
told a friend before leaving for
Korea that he expected to be
killed-but I'm going to give it
a battle"
Graham also quoted a letter
written by Joe Giaimo. jr., son
of a New York department store
salesman. that vividly described
Capt. Williams recent crash
landing in his jet fighter. The
letter follows:
well, nom and dad, this
day of February Is. 1858, in
Suwon, Korea, I'll always re-
member. Today I witnessed
something great about a
pilot in the United States Marine
Corps.
This morning about II, while
working in the weather station,
a very alert person yelled:
IAN aircraft is on f1s?n
Burning Plane CircIing Field.
Immediately every one in
Guiding myself, ran outside, look
ing to the runway for a burning
plane. Instead, we noticed some
Panther jets flying and circling
over the field. One was on fire!
Inside a minute that plane
was a ball of fire, burning from
nose to tail. Any average pilot
would have bailed odt. But not
this pilot. He was going to bring
the plane in as she was. After
clrcling the field, he brought the
plane to the approach end OF
the runway and started to bring
her down. We noticed his wheels
wouldn't come down, that he was
going to land her on her belly
Believe me, he had a job on his
hands. All of us were keeping
our fingers crossed and praying
for that pilots life.
Finally, the pilot banked her
on the runway real gently and
skidded down half the runway
before turning right into the
field. BY so doing. the runway
was clear for all other incoming
traffic. Somehow the pilot
managed to get out of the plane
and the crash crew was able to
put out the enormous flames,
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Close Fights Expected
For Three OF Four
Skating Titles Tonight
By the A,soeiated Pres,

HERSHEY. Pa, Mar. 81
The United States Figure Skat-
ing Association crowns four
champions tonight as the 36th
annual competition moves into
its final half.
At stake in the heavy program
are the junior pairs title, the
junior ladies', senior mems and
silver dance.
A close fight for each title is
anticipated with the exception
Of the senior mems class. where
Hayes Allen Jenkins of Akron,
Ohio, world champion, is ex-
pected to outdazzle three other
opponents in the free-style
skating to wrap up the third
big skating prize for 1858.
Second Place Fight Close.
Actually, the best competition
seems to be in the second-place
battle between Hugh Graham of
Tulsa, Okla. Dudley Richards of
Boston, Mass, and Ronald Rob-
ertson Of the Broadmoor Club
Of Colorado Springs. Colo.
Jenkins took a good sized lead
in the school figures Wednesday
with Graham second, Richards
third and Robertson last.
But in last nights dress re-
hearSal, where all the senior class
skaters and the Junior pair con-
testants skated for the judges
without being marked, the three
senior men competitors behind
jenkins looked closely matched.
Judges Study Contestants.
Last nights rehearsal was held
to give the judges an opportunity
to acquaint themselves with the
competitors free style programs
SO they will be better equipped to
pick the winners tonight and to-
morrow.
The first queen Of the compe-
tition was picked last night when
Janice Crappa Of the Los An
geleS clubs won the ladies' novice
title. Miss Crappa outskated her
seven competitors in the school
figures and maintained her
slender lead by finishing third
in the free style.
Nancy HeiSS of New York
skated the best free style pro-
gram Of the night to Jump from
third place to second. Dee Dee
Wayland of Seattle, Wash, who
finished second in the school
figures, fell to third on the basis
Of her free style performance.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Ted Forgot His FotuIism
Witness Tells How Williams
Won First Battle With Death

preventing an explosion and saw
ing another plane for the United
States Marines the greatest
and most exciting crash landing
I and many others ever wit
messed.
Tells of Meeting Williams.
"At 1890, I was sitting
plotting a weather map when a
Marine pilot (captain) ap-
preached. Like a bolt of light
ming, I recognized him. jumped
out of my seat and said:
Say, sir, aren't you Ted Will
liams?'
He answered: That's right
II grabbed his hand, shook it
and said:
"'Glad to meet you, Ted!'
"Soon after, I told the other
weather personnel and radio OPP
orators that Ted Williams was
here. They didn't believe me.
but soon were convinced. With
in IS minutes, there were about
80 Marine pilots in base opera
tions all talking aboct the Ma
rine pilot who'd made that sem
sational crash landing. About
this time. Ted walked through
the weather station into base
operations. The pilots immedi-
ately gathered around to see
how he was and congratulate
him.
Eyes, MON and dad. Ted VIII
liams, one Of baseball's greatest
players of all time. proved to
be just as outstanding with his
plane as with his bat-for he
was the outstanding and coura-
geous pilot Of the day."
Expected to Be Killed.
Graham in his column told Of
hearing from a friend in Cali
fornia who saw Williams just
before he left for Korea.
II had a nice visit with him, "
the man said, "but I came away
from it more than a little de-
pressed.
"He said he was proud that
he was being sent to Korea for
combat, which he had missed
during the war, because he felt
it meant that he had kept up
with the kids. Then he said
and this is what I can't get out
Of my mind:
az expect to be killed, Of
course
"He wasn't being maudlin
about it. He said it very calmly.
He simply had accepted what
he was bound to think was his
destiny.
when I protested, he said:
why shouldn't I feel that
way? So many are being killed.
Then he laughed and said:
Don't get me wrong. I'm
going to give it a battle-and if
I'm lucky, I'll see you in New
York one Of these days
when I read about his crash, !"
Ted's friend said, ut gave me
the creepS."
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Golden Gloves Defeat
Is Eighth Straight
For Eastern Squad
BY the Assoeiofed Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 27.-Chicago's
far flung Golden Gloves squad
today reigned as the national
champions of amateur boxing
after last nights decisive lis
victory over New York's best.
The 26th annual intercity
bouts before 13.477 at the Chi
cago Stadium left New York's
touted squad suffering it's eighth
straight defeat since the East
ernerS won in 1945.
Chicago'S able team, utilizing
talent from the Alleghenies to
the West Coast, was bristling
with scrappers eligible for the
international Golden Gloves at
the stadium June Is.
Last nights intercity activity
was short on knockout power, but
produced number of boys who
are clever with their fists.
Two short-lived bouts came in
the middleweight division as
Chicago poured it on the sur
prised New Workers.
ChicagO's Tate Quick Winner.
Chicago Champion Bill Tate,
actually a Chicagoan. finished
off New York's William Ford in
2::22 of the first round with a
blistering, two-fiSted attack.
In the alternate 16O-pound
bout. Sammy (The Assassin)
Williams ofO Omaha, Nebr.,
scored a second-round. TKO over
Angelo De Fendis of New York.
These two bouts wound up the
evenings activities after a
Grand Rapids, Mich, battler,
Johnny Butler. had clinched
things for Chicago with a three
round decision over New York s
formidable Edison Brown.
Buffers victory made it 9-5
for Chicago.
New York won only two
championship bouts. Tony Di
Biase, 17-year-old high school
senior at Astoria, New York City,
took the 147-pound crown, and
Harold Carter. also a 17-year-
old, from Linden, N. j., High
School, won at ITS pounds.
New York Heavy Is Upset.
The other three New York
victories came in alternate bouts,
including 135-pound Harry
Smith. 18-year-old Bronx ma
chinist; Reboyn Stubbs, 18-year-
old automobile mechanic from
Pittsburgh at lat, and Sam Roll
ings, 18-year-old Manhattan
high schooler at 1876.
The heavyweight class proved
a surprise as Charles Liston,
Chicago's champion from st.
Louis, outpointed highly rated
Julius Griffin Of New York.
Liston, 20-year-old steel worker,
had Griffin hanging on in the
final round.
Chicago had two 112-pound
victors, Champion Joe Willie De
Meyer of Detroit, Mich, and
! alternate Mannv Moreno from
Denver, Colo.
Other Chicago champions in
cluded: Herb Mickles, round
Toledo athlete at 1876 pounds;
alternate heavyweight Bob JET
ferSon, an Air Force scrapper
from Rapid City. S. Oak; Junior
Trujillo, Denver's agile 49,
pound alternate, and Chicago's
Eddie Jones, 175-pound alter
nate.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Fight Managers Set
Minimum Of $1,000
On TeIeVision Shows
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 27.-The
director of one small boxing net
work show said today the in
creased financial demands of
boxing managers probably will
force him to fold. Other promo
ters adopted a wait-and-see at
titude.
The International Boxing
Guild. made up of leading man
ayers. yesterday set a minimum
fee of $4,000 for each main-event
fighter on a network television
show, effective June Is. In addi-
ton, IBG delegates voted to limit
network boxing shows to four a
week.
Couldn't Meet Charge.
"We couldn't meet such a
charge" said Tex Sullivan, di-
rector of the Tuesday night show
over the American BroadcaSting
Co. from Ridgewood Grove in
Brooklyn. "We've only got two
stations. Well probably fold"
Sullivan'S show pays each fea-
ture fighter 81. 500 for .TV.
Of6cials of the IBG said they
decided on the moves to get more
money for their fighters and to
help the small clubs around the
Nation. The managers handle
almost all of the name" fighters
in the country.
Claims Boxers Underpaid.
IF we don't get what we.
want" said Charlie Johnston.
president of the IBG, "there'll
be no boxers available for any
shows"
Johnston manages two world
champions, Lightheavyweight
Archie Moore and Featherweight
Sandy Saddler. as we'll as other
boxers.
THE fighters are underpaid,"
said Johnston. THE networks
are paying some actors $4,000
and $25, 1000 a week. That's only
part of the cost. With boxing
all they've got to do is move in
cameras and they're all set. The
boxers provide the action"
Currently there are boxing
bouts telecast every night of the
week except Sunday on TV net
works of two or more stations.
The minimum fees paid to each
main eventer ranges from the
$500 for the International Box
ing Clubs Friday night program
down to the $500 paid for Thurs
day night fights from Detroit's
Motor City Arena.
"Only four network shows a
week will be permitted" said
Johnston.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Montgomery Blair Five
To Be Feted at Banquet

A banquet honoring the baS-
ketball team of Montgomery
Blair High School, winner Of
two consecutive Glass A State
championships, will be held
Tuesday at pm. at the Georgia
avenue Silver Spring Hot Shoppe.
Principal speaker will be Her.
bert STEINER. supervisor of physi-
cal education in Maryland. Prin-
cipal Daryl w. Shaw will accept
a trophy from Dave CarraSco,
basketball coach. on behalf of
the student body. Paul Harris,
president of the student council,
will present jackets to the team.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
LeBruce, State Champ.
Wins 34th Straight

Robert LeBruce Chapter,
Maryland State DeMolay basket
ball champion, has a 34-game
winning streak to start with next
season.
LeBruce has the distinction of
going through two seasons un-
defeated after winning the State
title, 1914, over CatonSville last
night at Baltimore.
Coach Carl Snyder's cham
pions were led by Jerry Webster
with II points. Will Finley was
high for Catonsville with 13
points.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Baseball
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an, George Kell, have been SOCK
ing the ball the way they have
to II the Boston attack is to
click. Manager Lou Boudreau
will send two left-handers, Mel
Parnell and Maury McDermott,
against the Phils. Pitcher Ralph
Brickner has been optioned to
the Louisville farm team in the
American Association.
. HAVANA, Mar. 27 F.-Little
Murry Dickson, veteran Pitts
burgh Pirate pitcher, is looking
so good in practice sessions that
Manager Fred Haney believes he
has a good chance to return to
his 1851 form, when he won 20
games.
Dickson had a 1921 record
last year with a team firmly en-
trenched in last place.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
Mar. q R.-The Philadelphia
Athletics made their first squad
cut today, sending Pitcher Tom
Tyson and Catcher Paul Sim
mons to Savannah, Ga, of the
Glass A South Atlantic League.
Meanwhile, Manager Jimmy
Dykes ran his team through a
prolonged hitting drill on a day
that was supposed to have been
an of day. The manager has
been nettled by the recent failure
Of the club to produce base hits
and runs.
CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. ~
(P.-The Phillies have formed a
habit they hope doesn't carry
over to the National League sea-
son, losing 1-run games to the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
The two teams have met three
times this spring and the Dodgers
have won them all. 6-5. 80 and
81. Yesterdays defeat-a bat
tie of home runs, in which each
team hit three-waS lost in the
sun. A soft line drive that Out
fielder Mel Clark should have
wrapped up hit the fielder in the
mouth. The injury, while pain
full, was not serious.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

Ten years ago-Wyoming
defeated Texas, 1884, in the
finals of the Western NCAA
basketball championships.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

lost two games successfully this
spring.
Sundays game here with the
Milwaukee Braves will be broad
cast by Station WWDC at
2:10 pm.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
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Evening star., 1953-12-25

Great reductions n01v in Q
1-$2l0 Grey Dyed Mole jacket Cape, $90
l-$270 Natural Silver Fox Stole, $3.50.
l-$234 Block Dyed Persion Lamb Stole, $3.50
$3.50 Dyed Letout japanese Mink jacket Cope $54o
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2-$738 Dyed Konsky Toppers; sizes IA and Is, $40.
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Milford chronicle., 1953-04-24
Cattle Sale At
Fair Grounds

Seventy-five pGrebred HoIstein
Friesian dairy cattle were sold for
total of about $27,OOO.OO at the
Harrington Heifer Classic Sale at
the Kent-Sussex Fairgrounds on
Wednesday, April 18th. The chair
man of the sale committee, PurnaI
Friedel of Viola, said that twenty
one breeders consigned these ami
mails to this, the fourth and largest
annual sale. The average price paid
was $4,000 per animal sold.
The high price was $4,000 for a
bred heifer from Winterthur Farms
west of Wilmington. 1t was pur-
chased by Mrs. May Dickinson OF
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. The
top price for a bull was $6500O, a
two year old animal Sussex Robin
hood Conqueror, consigned by the
Tull Brothers of Seaford.
1t was estimated that some 400
people attended the sale which ran
about six hours before all the ami
mails were sold. Bidding was brisk
and the prices very good consider
ing the large numbers of cows in
herds at this time, the relatively
large number offered at the sale,
and the weak market for milk at
this time.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-24
More Rail Service
Is Discontinued

Because connecting service be-
tween Cape Charles and Norfolk.
across Chesapeake Bay, has been
Withdrawn the Pennsylvania Rail-
road said today that the Sunday
only train, "The Furlough", OPERA
ting from New York, PHILADELPHIA
and Wilmington to Cape Charles
for the convenience Of government
personnel largely naval person.
nell returning from liberty and re-
quired to be on duty early Monday
morning, will be discontinued in
definitely beginning Sunday, April
18th.
Prior to the present time this
traffic had been handled by the Vir-
ginia Ferry Corporation and for the
past two weeks By special LIST
boats assigned by naval authorities.
With the withdrawal of the Ferry
Corporation and the Navy from the
cross-bay transfer the railroad had
no choice but to discontinue the
train.
The all-coach "The Furlough"
normally carried eight to IL cars
and left New York at $40 o. M;
Philadelphia, CSOth Street Station)
1856; and Wilmington, 1O:3O o. m.
The train arrived at Cape Charles
at 2:30 a. m. on Monday mornings
and passengers transferred to
either Virginia Ferry Corporation
or LIST boats for the Chesapeake
Bay crossing to Little Creek and
then travelled by bus to Norfolk
with arrival there at $500 a. m.
The daily night train, "The Ca
valier", will continue to operate
over the Eastern Shore route and
passengers will be transferred from
Cape Charles by bus and ferry with
arrival in Norfolk at $3.50 a. m.
''The Cavalier" has these departure
times: New York, 800 p. m; Penn
sylVania Station, 3Oth Street, Phil
adelphia, 11:10 and Wilmington,
1855 p. m. The railroad announced
that additional coaches will be add
ed to this train on Sunday nights
while "The FurlOugh" is suspended.