Evening star., 1953-05-24
Eisenhower to Entertain Guest Sports Figures
At Lunch Before Congressional Ball Game
Celebrities to Attend
June 5 Benefit for
Stur's Summer Comp

In an unprecedented tribute to
sports, The White House is
sending invitations to outstand-
ing past and present sports
figures to be guests of President
and Mrs. Eisenhower at a buffet
luncheon at the White House
preceding the annual Congress
sional Base Ball Game. The
game will be played June s. at
Griffith Stadium for the benefit
Of The Evening Stars Summer
Camp fund.
National champions. Olympic
champions and mpetitors
whose names have become al
most legendary are on the guest
list. They will attend the lunch
con at the White House at pm.
and then in the evening will be
introduced to the crowd after
the hour-long military exhibition
preceding the game.
Those who already have ac-
cepted the White Hhouse invita-
ton include:
Gene Sarazen, British Open
Golf Champion in 1882; United
States Open Champion in 1922
and 1882 and American Pro
Champion in 1922, 1928 and
1893.
Representative Jack Westland.
present National Amateur Golf
Champion. He also was French
Amateur champion. Western
Amateur hampton. Pacific
Northwest Amateur Champion
and twice a member of the
Walker Cup Team.
Gail Peters Included.
Gail Peters, All-American A. A.
U. selection as the outstanding
woman swimmer of 1852; ma
tional indoor 250-yard breast
stroke champion: senior national
indoor 100-yard breast stroke
champion, holder of the Ameri-
can record for the 200-meter
breast stroke with a time of
3:02.6; member of the champion
ship senior indoor medley relay
team: senior indoor 300-yard in
dividual medley champion and
senior national indoor 200-yard
breast stroke champion.
George Case, Washington Ma
tionals outfielder from 1897
through 1947 when he was one
of the fast men in base ball.
Sam Rice, former Washington
outfielder known as Man o.
War" because of his tremendous
speed. Sam caught the fly in
1924 which gave Washington the
World Series title over the New
York Giants. After catching the
ball. he fell into a box in right
field. The Giants claimed he
had dropped the ball and that a
fan had handed it to him before
he reappeared. Rice denied this
and the catch was ruled legal.
Helen Hull Jacobs, now a
Lieutenant Commander in the
Waves. Wimbledon tennis cham
pion in 1886; national woman's
champion in 1882. '33, '34 and '35.
Bill Dudley to Be Guest.
Bill Dudley. All American
halfback at Virginia in 1910.
drafted by Pittsburgh Steelers.
sold to Detroit and finally COM
ing to the Redskins. Last year
he coached at Yale.
Clark Griffith, president of the
Nationals, one of the great
pitchers of the past who broke
into pro baseball in 1891. He
pitched also for the Boston Red
Sox. Chicago Cubs, Chicago
White Sox, the Yankees, Cincin-
natl Reds and finally for Wash
ington. He managed the White
Sox, Yankees, Reds and Wash
ington.
Ossie Bluege, one of baseball's
greatest third basemen, who
played for Washington from
1922 to 1889 and managed the
team from 1943 to 1948. He now
heads Washington's farm
system.
Bill Werber. who broke in as
an infielder with the Yankees
in 1880 and played also for the
Red Sox, Athletics, Reds and
Giants, retiring after 1912.
Frank Havens of Arlington
County, who won the Olympic
Single Sculls championship at
Helsinki last year.
Jack Bentley Accepts.
Bette Jane Roland, who held
the Washington breast stroke
championship for 8 years; has
won every Washington woman's