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Evening star., 1953-03-11
refrained from

only that has won the batting championship
years in row and is active and agile first baseman
DYKES, HOWEVER, is LIKING the idea of having
Robinson the lefhanded sugger and Gus zerna right
handed long ball hitter in his daily lineup He's got another
heavy humper, occasions in Shortsop Eddie Joos who
will be 81 in June If Second Michaels
plays up to his potential, he can be included
Fain outh Robinson by 81 points last year, but Dykes
new man hit % home to Fan two and drove home 104
&c. meager total for batting champion Together
Robinson and homers and chased home 2O4
JooSt despite his PA average checked in with 20
homers and rs batted in.
Look at it this way" Jimmy says "Ive got two pretty
good catchers but they don't hit much I've got
third base But maybe light hers at these
positions if Robinson, zernial and Joost deliver"
HAVE TWO of the best pitchers in Bobby shantz
and Harry Byrd backed up by Alex Kener and scheb
AS stenge saying, eff couple of other pitchers i'm
prove we'll, Philadelphia could win it.
Zone thing about playing the AS don't have to
who's going pitch against It'll always Shantz and
Byrd For that matter the Yankees get that treatment all
the league. We play Washington and it's Portereld
and Shea unless Mareros turn We play Cleveland
and get Garcia, Lemon or Wynn-or all three"
The resident genius of Vero Beach, Charles Dresser of
the Dodgers, has one thing in common with Dykes. Some
of his athletes, too growing old Preacher Roe for
example, will IS again. Roy Campanella, Billy Cox
Peewee Reese and Jackie Robinson are well their 30s
On the other hand Dresser has not only the best catcher
in the league Campanella but the best hitting catcher And
far from problem at third base Brooklyn has the No.
glove man in Cox
DRESSER, HOWEVER, nearly bowed the writing
brigade when he announced in obue fashion that Cox prob
ably wouldn't be his regular third baseman Hes the best
ineder in the league Chuck proclaimed $50 I'm going to
try to make utility man of him."
Cox astounded when he received this second
hand cooled off only when he told the assignment
would a better contract.
After the early doubletakeS Dresser explained his
theory Regulars who getting along years need
spotted just like pitchers. Every in1eder except Gil
Hodges just short of it, is &c. The way figure
find somebody else to play third base I'll have Cox
available to give the others a rest.
ALL they haven't outlawed the platoon system in
baseball begins to get tired I'll play Cox at short
STOP Robinson and Hodges need rest Cox spell
them AS far as playing their positions concerned, he
do it they Best glove in the league,
1 say"
Dresser ready to admit that Brooklyns farm system
unable to replace his ned veterans To switch the old
advertising line puts it, Eventually, but not now.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Petition OFF to Toke
Marine Officer Course
By the AsSoeioted Press

NEW ORLEANS, Mar. IL
John Petition, former Notre
Dame football standout, leaves
today for the Marine Corps train
ing center at Quantico, Va, as
an officer candidate school ap-
plicant.
Petition, who starred as an
offensive and defensive halfback
for Notre Dame before entering
professional football with the
now-defunct Dallas Texans, en-
listed yesterday.
Recruiting officials said Petit
bon's status is now private first
class and will remain so until
completion of the officer candi-
date school training.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
NAIA Co-Favorite
Next TEST for Loyo|a
After Opening Win
BY the Associoted Press

KANSAS CITY, Mar. IL
Loyola of Baltimore, first Mason
Dixon Conference champion to
advance past the opening round
Of the National Association of
intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
tournament, ran into one of the
three co-favored teams in a
second-round game today.
The Baltimoreans scored a
66-64 triumph over Portland,
Oreg., as the 16 first-round
games were completed yesterday.
Today Loyola met Mississippi
Southern, a 106-72 winner over
River Falls, Wis, Teachers
Monday.
To date the three top teams
appear to be Springfield (Mo.)
State. the defending champion; !;
st. Peters of Jersey City and
Mississippi Southern.
Jerry Chadwick's tip-in just
2 seconds before the gun gave
Loyola its victory over Portland,
after the Greyhounds had come
from behind to tie the score.
Joel Hittleman topped Loyola
with 10 points.
Loyola is the fifth Mason
Dixon Conference champion to
play in Kansas City and the
others have been f1rst-round
losers. Loyola was beaten on a
previous visit, American Univer-
sity of Washington, D. c.. twice
(See IOYOLA. Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1953-03-11
-Four Long Hits
Justify Harris
Cleanup Choice
Zeisz, Simo, Dixon
Get Chances Today
Against Yankees
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

, ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. IL
Jackie Jensen is providing quick
justification for Bucky Harris
choice of cleanup hitter and, on
the basis of early returns, demon
strating he may develop as one
of baseball's most exciting fig
ureS.
Jensen has all the equipment
for greatness with his strong, ac-
curate arm, speed, youth, power
and a love of competition. If he
fulfills his immense promise. the
deal which brought Jackie to the
Mats will rank as the best in
Washington history.
Today, as the Mats clashed
with the Yankees here, Jensen
was .667 hitter with four hits
three doubles and a home run
in six attempts. He had batted
in seven runs. scored three and
was the reasonable facsimile of
the worlds most polished player.
Two Runners Learn.
Two runners have tested Jen-
sens astonishing arm and have
nothing to show for it. Elmer
Valo of the Athletics tried to
dash from first to third on a
single to right, but wisely re-
treated to second base when
Jackie whipped a strike to Eddie
Yost at third base. Yesterday,
Rocky Bridges of the Reds at
tempted the same thing on Roy
McMillan's single to right as the
Mats walloped Cincinnati, Ills,
at Tampa.
Bridges was an easy victim of
JenSen's pin-point throw.
Rogers Hornsby, the Reds
manager and perhaps the great
est right-handed hitter in his
tory, said. IF Jensen doesn't
become great it will be his own
fault. He has everything going
for him. He can do it all. How
great he becomes is strictly up
to him. I saw a lot of him when
I was managing the st. Louis
Browns last year and he's i'm
proving all the time"
Rajah Likes RunneIS.
Hornsby, who doesn't distrib-
ute praise unless warranted, also
cited Shortstop Pete Runnels as
a vastly improved player. RUN
nels has plugged a big gap at
shortstop," Hornsby said, land
Evening star., 1953-03-11
By the Associuted Press

PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. IL
Apparently Hoyt Wilhelm never
has heard of the second-year
jinx. Last seasons National
League freshman pitching SEN
sation still is going about the
business of saving games for the
New York Giants. The 29-year-
old knuckleballer has nailed
down two of the Giants three
exhibition victories so far.
Yesterday, Wilhelm relieved
rookie Allan Worthington in the
ninth inning with four runs in.
the bases loaded and only one
Chicago White Sox batter out.
He promptly retired the next
two hitters and the Giants stag
gered off with a 1914 win.
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, Mar.
II P.-Mickey Mantle is trou-
bled with a sore arm and Man.
ager Casey Stengel of the
Yankees is concerned lest it de-
velop into something more Sc
riouS.
DR.. Sidney Gaynor, the team
physician, has ordered the out
fielder not to throw hard.
HE could make it chronic if
he hurt it more" DR.. Gaynor
said. "He should rest for a
few days."
But Mickey wanted to play
yesterday, so Stengel let him.
The Yankees blanked the Red
Sox, 20, on the three-hit pitch
ing of Bob Wiesler, Johnny
Schmitz and Johnny Sain.
MIAMI, Mar. II (R.-More
fuel has been added to the feud
between the Brooklyn Dodgers
and the Phillies. It came about
when Rookie Don Hoax tagged
Richie Ashburn Of the PhilS on
the chin Monday. The two
mixed it up briefly.
SARASOTA, Fla, Mar. II (P).
The Boston Red Sox, with only
one victory in four exhibitions,
try again to get on the winning
Evening star., 1953-03-11
'Unseeded Teams Surprise
Experts inN|7 and NCAA
Dv the ASsocioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 11.-An
unseeded team will play in the
finals of the National Invitation
tournament Saturday
night and probably will rate al
most an even chance of winning
the 12-team show.
Duquesne, which dumped third
seeded Western Kentucky, 69-61,
last night, tangles with st. Johns
of Brooklyn, Mondays upset
conquerors of second seeded La
Sale, in one of the semifinals
tomorrow night for the honor of
making the seeding committee
look bad.
The tournament takes a one
day break tonight after reducing
the field to Duquesne, ST. Johns.
top seeded Seton Hall which won
a desperate battle over Niagara,
1914, last night, and fourth
seeded Manhattan, an easy WIN
ner over Louisville the night
before.
FavOrS DuqueSne.
Il think would pick Duquesne
to go all the way" declared Eddie
Hickey, whose St. Louis Uni
versity team was topped by st.
Johns surprising Redmen in the
first round.
"They are big and fast"
Hickey said. "and any club is
going to have a hard time try
ing to beat them"
The Dukes we're a little off in
the shooting department last
night but rolled easily past the
Western Kentucky club which
never found the right combina-
ton.
Seton Hall trailed Niagara for
almost three quarters and led by
only a single point with two
minutes 10 play,
"They really made us sweat
to get even," Coach Honey Rus
sell of Seton Hall said. The
game wasn't in the bag until
the last 80 seconds" \
Russell said he would like to
change his starting lineup for
the Manhattan game to insert
Arnie Ring.
But I'm superstitious. We
won and I hate to take the
chance" he admitted.
Dukes Fouls Out.
Ring, a speed demon, came to
the rescue against Niagara
when Walt Dukes fouled out
with only two minutes gone in
the fourth quarter. And after
the game, John j. TAPS" Gal
lagher, Niagara coach, brushed
aside Dukes 26-point effort and
said:
"It was that Ring that killed
U.S."
Duquesne. riding an eight
game winning streak, has won
the fans with a trio of Dick
Ricketts,, Jim Tucker and Fletch-
er johnson who almost auto-
matically take control of both
backboardS.
Tucker. a 6-foot-8 junior from
Paris, KY, has provided the
spark since joining the club at
mid-season after a semester's
ineligibility. The Dukes have
lost only once since.
Ricketts, stands 6-foot-7 and
holds Duquesne's seasonal scor-
ing record, while johnson, al
though only 6-foot-4, seems to
come equipped with built-in
springs.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Jock Menefee Dies at IS

MONESSEN, Pa, Mar, II (P).
John (Jock) Menefee, 85.
pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
from 1892 to 1895. died today at
a nursing home here. Menefee
played with the New York Giants
in 1898 and with the Chicago
Cubs from 1900 to 1908. Funeral
services will be held Friday.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Only BIeocher Seats
Are Left for Mats
Opener With Yunks

Although the opening
baseball game still is more
than a month away, there
hardly is a seat left at Grif-
fifth Stadium for that April
13 affair between the
Yankees and Mats.
Eddie Eynon, secretary of
the Washington club, has
announced that all grand
stand and box seats have
been sold. The only seats
still available are reserved
bleacher seats, he said,
and there are only 5000 of
these.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Exhibition Baseball
By the Assoeiated Press

BY the ASSoclufed FfeSS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
washington (A), IL; Cincinnati (N), 5.
New York (A), .; Boston (A), Q.
New York (Nl, 16; Chicaso "a, "a.
ST. Louis (A), z; Los Angeles tPCL), 8.
Boston tNl. Z: St, Louis tN, ;,
Brooklyn (N), 3; Philadelphia on, z.
. Philadelphia (Al 4; Pittsburgh (Nl, :,
Philadelphia "B" (N), .; Cincinnati
''B'' (N), s.
TODAY'S GAMES.
New ork tAl VS.. Washington (A> at
Boston (Ai VS.. st. Louis CN) at st.
Petersburg, Fla.
Cleveland GAY VS. Chicago (N) at
Mesa. AriZ.
Boston tNl VS.. Detroit (A) at Lake
land, Fla.
Philadelphia tA) VS.. Brooklyn (N) at
Vero Beach, Fla.
St Louis (Al VS.. Los Angeles at Full
Ierton, Calf
Philadelphia tNl vs. Cincinnati (N)
at Clearwater. Fla.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
picture on Page CO
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK, Mar. 11.-Leb-
anon Valleys midgets are
headed for the regionals of the
NCAA basketball championship,
much to the surprise of the ex-
perts who thought only name
schools would be around when
the field had been reduced TO
16 teams.
The Flying Dutchmen from
Pennsylvania showed that size
is not everything when they
whipped high-ranked Fordham,
8O-67. in one of last nights six
games which reduced the field to
four for each of the four regional
tournaments Friday and Sat-
urday.
And Lebanon Valley, with
only one man over feet, used
just five men in winning it's 10Th
game in 20 starts.
In addition to being midgets
alongside the usual modern-day
court squad. the Flying Dutch
men from Annville come from
the smallest school ever to COM
pete in the NCAA title event
The enrolment is around 500,
with about $50 boys.
Holy Cross Gusts Navy.
The victory sent Lebanon VAL
ley into the Raleigh, N. c.. re-
gional along with Holy Cross.
which eliminated Navy, 87-74, in
the other half of a double-header
at Philadelphia. Lebanon Valley
will meet Louisiana State, South
eastern Conference champs, and
Holy Cross goes against Wake
Forest, Southern Conference
titleholder, in the first round.
De Paul and Notre Dame also
moved ahead in a double-header
at Fort Wayne. Ind, while Santa
Clara and Seattle did the same
in single games at Palo Alto.
Calf, and Seattle, respectively.
De Paul edged Miami of Ohio,
74-72; Notre Dame whipped
Eastern Kentucky. 72-57; Santa
Clara eliminated Hardin Sim
mons, 81-56, and Seattle defeated
Idaho State, 88-77, with another
little player, Johnny O'Brien.
tossing in AZ points.
How First Round Shapes Up.
The results left the lineup for
the first round of the regionals
as follows:
At Raleigh, N. C.-Wake For
est VS.. Holy Cross and Louisiana
State VS.. Lebanon Valley.
At Chicago-Pennsylvania VS..
Notre Dame and De Paul VS..
Indiana.
At Corvallis, Oreg.-WaShing-
ton VS.. Seattle and Santa Clara
VS.. Wyoming.
At Manhattan, Kans.-KansaS
VS.. Oklahoma City and Texas
Christian VS.. Oklahoma Aggies.
Lou Sorrentino, a sawed-of
Junior. paced the Lebanon VAL
ley attack with 80 points as the
Dutchmen won the game from
the foul line. Fordham's Rams
didn't connect with free throw
in the first half and made only
five in 16 attempts as Lebanon
was charged with just 10 fouls.
The winners made good on %
of 35.
Navy was outscored in every
(See NCAA. Page C-3D
Evening star., 1953-03-11

SttClilndbl u UDu ly-S UUu- .
Runs batted in-Jensen (3), Runnels,
Coan. Pearce (2). Dietzel. TerwilIiger
~. Klus5ewski t2l. Mcmillan, Nevel
CRunnelS scored on wild throw by
Greengrass. in 1st, Bell scored on wild
throw by Yost in 5thl. Two;base hits
Jensen (2), Runnels, Terwilliger, KluS-
zewski. Sacrifices = Warner. Fleshman.
Double ulays---Runnels to Dietzel to Yost
to 0ldis 70 Yost; Wood to Ierwilliger:
Kluszewski. Left on bases--Washington
z: Cincinnati, 12.-, Bases on balls-Off
Fesfmsn o RTsk 2 of satE seatSr q Of PsaTis' fiesb
man. l. by Pearce. /: by Newell. |: by
Blake, B. Hit by pitcher-Bv Raffens-
berger (Grassol. Hits-Of Fleshman.
4 in innings: off Sleater. 4 in in
nings; of Pearce, ! in 3 innings: of
Raffensberger. in 3 innings: off Newell.
> in 2 innings; off Blake, 4 in in
nings. Runs and earned runs-Of
Sleater, 3 in ; innings: of Raffensberger,
z in 6 innings: off Blake, in 4 in
nings. Winning pitcher Fleshman.
Losing ptcher-Raffensbe
Evening star., 1953-03-11

mentlon Of the Cleveland Indians a few
days ago in ST. Petersburg, he apparently
rates the White Sox and AS at least as
equal threats to the Yankees. "That Dykes
has got lot of power" Casey acknowledged,
"and the White Sox have a lot of speed"
Jimmy Dykes will admit he's shooting
the works this year. 'Tf we can't make it,"
the Athletics manager says, well have to
start rebuilding. We can't go along with
some of our fellows much longer"
The Eddie Robinson-Ferris Fain deal
was part of the all-or-nothing movement
The AS gave faster, slightly younger
man to the White Sox for Robbie Not
Evening star., 1953-03-11
7onsby Declares Suggng Jensen Is Destined for Greatness
Win, Lose or Draw
By Froncis Stonn
Stor Stoff Correspondent

VERO BEACH FLA, MAR. 1.-Two pennant possibili-
ties were in town today meaning the Philadelphia Athletics
and the host club Brooklyn The Dodgers will go postward
avorites in the National League surprising number of
American Leaguers fear the AS
Judging by the way Casey stenge refrained from
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Troining Comp Briefs:
Wilhelm Never Heard of link;
Sore Arm Troubles Mantle

path today when they meet the
st. Louis Cardinals in ST. Peters,
burg.
Lefty Mel Parnell will make
his first exhibition game ap-
pearance, sharing mound duties
with Rockies Stan McWilliams
and Ben Flowers.
Evening star., 1953-03-11

BRADENTON. Fla, Mar. IL
R.-Eddie Mathews. the Bos-
ton Braves third baseman who
clouted Is home runs in his
rookie season last year, is show
(C0ntinued on Page ca Col AZ
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Mats Blast Is Hits.

(See MATS, Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1953-03-11

(See LOYOLA, Page C-3D
Evening star., 1953-03-11

Continued on Page CO. Col. g.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-24

Last years snowfall was of the
skinny variety with the weather OBJ
servers reporting it at less than a
quarter of an inch. The snowfall be-
gan just about daybreak on Christ
mas Day, only to quit after provid-
ing just enough white to give the re-
quired holiday color background.
Heaviest snowfall of the 41-year
period was in 1916 when roaring
blizzard brought 12-inch blanket of
snow to the area, in 1885 the COM
munity had eight inches of snow, the
heaviest fora holiday in recent years,
although seven inches of snow fell in
1914 and six inches in 1850.
The all-time warm weather record
for Christmas was set in 1892 when
the thermometer reached a mark of
81 degrees shortly before noon.
Bluffton's Al year record of Christ
mas weather is as follows:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-24
More Greetings,
Fewer Parcels Go
Thru Local P. @.
S9,306 Outgoing Letters
Sets An-Time Record
In S-Day Period

More Christmas greeting cards
and fewer parcels flowed through the
Bluffton post office this year, as
postal attaches worked overtime to
cope with the annual rush of Yuletide
mail
Although a slight decline was noted
in the volume of parcel post packages
clearing through the local post office
new record was established in the
number of Christmas letters received
and dispatched.
In the eight days including Tues
day, record flood of 89.306 machine
cancelled letters passed through the
post office, in comparison with 86,129
handled for the same period last year.
This years record volume of outgoing
letters included 1856 air mail mes
sages.
Heaviest day of outgoing mail was
Monday, when there were 14,025
machine cancellations. With the rush
beginning earlier and lasting longer
this year, there were five days on
which daily cancellations ran over
10000 per day, another record.
Incoming mail reached its peak
Monday of this week. when 141 sacks
were received, including Is letter
pouches. The next heaviest day was
Wednesday of last week, 105 sacks.
Heaviest day of outgoing mail was
Wednesday of last week, 169 sacks,
including % letter pouches. Monday
was the second heaviest day, with ia
sacks of outgoing mail, including "a
letter pouches.
Inasmuch as the rush got under
way earlier and lasted longer this
year, the single-day record for can
cellations 1899, set in 1861, con,
tinues to stand. Heaviest single
days cancellation this season was
the 14,025 figure of Monday of thi:
week.
A reflection of the decline in parce
post is seen in the fact that S34 sack:
of incoming mail ilywere received dur
ing the eight day period including
Tuesday, as compared with a recore
volume of Oil sacks last year.
This years eight-day volume OF
outgoing mail filled 968 sacks, as
compared with a record of LOOT last
Christmas.
1t was pointed out that the cancel.
lation totals of outgoing mail do not
include metered mail handled from
local industrial plants and Blufftor
college
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-24

1911, no snow; 1912, no snow; 1913,
trace of snow; 1914, seven inches;
1915, three inches; 1916, IL inches;
1917, seven inches; 1918, trace of
snow; 1919, one inch; 1920, no snow;
1921, no snow; 1922, trace of snow;
1923, no snow; 1924, five inches; 1925,
one inch; 1926, three inches; 1927, no
snow.
1928, one inch; 1929, FIVE inches;
1880, no snow; 1881, no snow; 1882,
no snow; 1888, no snow; 1884, three
inches; 1885, eight inches; 1886, no
snow; 1887, no snow; 1888, no snow;
1899, trace of snow; 1910, no snow;
1941, no snow; 1912, two inches; 1943,
no snow; 1914, seven inches; 1945,
two inches; 1916, two inches; 1947,
two inches; 1948, no snow; 1949, no
snow; 1850, six inches; 1861, trace of
snow; 1862, trace of snow.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-24
New Sewer Rental
Charges Yield
$l9,979 lst Year
Revenue Exceeds Estimate
By $279, Village Clerks
Records Indicate

Bluffton residents paid total of
$19,979.3S in sewer service charges
tackled onto their water bills during
the first 12-month period that the
new form of taxation was in effect, it
was learned this week.
Records of Village Clerk A. J. B.
Longsdorf indicated that the original
estimates of revenue which would be
derived from the sewer rental charge
were exceedingly accurate. Engineers
had figured that the tax would yield
approximately $4,000 per year, $2T9
under the amount actually realized
on the initial collections.
The income from the monthly serv-
ice charge will be used to pay off
$150,000 issue of revenue bonds with
interest and also is expected to pro-
vide sufficient money for operating
costs at the new sewage disposal
plant.
1t has been estimated that the
plant can be operated for approx
mately $500 per year allowing
$1,000 for labor, the principal item of
expense. The remaining $1,000
would be earmarked as follows: $500
for pumping, $500 for chemicals and
s4O0 for Incidental expense.
Collections of the service charge
during the first year averaged 81 ,665
Continued on Page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-24
Clayton Bixel
Believed Winner OF
Round World Trip

Clayton Bixel, Bluffton Ford
dealer, has not started packing
his bags and as a matter of fact
is even a little reluctant to be-
lieve his good fortune, but there
was every indication Monday
that he is the winner of an air
trip round the world, top prize
i'm Ford Motor Co. sales contest
just ended.
A message from the sales con-
test headquarters stated that
Bixel had been tentatively named
the winner pending only the
formality of an audit of the
Bluffton dealers sales records.
Mr.. Bixel said that several
alternatives are given the contest
winner, other than the trip
around the world. Before he
makes choice of accepting the
trip, cash or other alternative,
says Clayton, Il want to be sure
I've won."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-24
First Nineteen
Gray Squirrels
Released Here

Nineteen grey squirrels arrived
this week and have already been
released in woodlots surrounding
Bluffton in the Community
Sportsman's club game restOck-
ing program, it was announced
by Charles Steiner, club super
visor of squirrel management.
The bushy tails came into town
by express housed in steel cream
cans which had been punched
with holes for ventilation. The
cans contained straw and hay
and a supply of water and food
for the trip.
Steiner said that the little
animals were Immediately taken
to farm woodlots where owners
had promised to provide shelter
and adequate food for over the
winter.
approximately 20 more squir-
rels are to be shipped here from
SandhilI Game Farms, Babcock,
Wis.,, and all have been promised
shelter on farms close to
Button.