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Kokos. Pope and Console Slug
Marshall Wasting No Time
In Making Trade Look Good

three hits as the Pirates broke
loose for five first-inning runs
and went on to defeat the tt
gers. 7-3. Ron Necciai was the
winning pitcher.
In a wild affair at Phoenix,
the Indians walloped the Giants,
1910. The Tribe slammed six
homers. with Outf1elder Dave
Pope getting. two.
Billy Console, the $65. 900
bonus player. paid off with a
400-foot triple in the eighth
inning to give the Red Sox a
81 triumph over the Phillies.
With Jerry Coleman, Bob
Cerv and Andy Carey finding
the home-run range, the Yankees
trimmed the Cardinals, 10-7, in
a loosely played game at st.
Petersburg. The Cards Stu
Miller. plagued by a sore arm
in 1853. gave up only one hit
in the three innings he worked.
Manager Casey Stengel of the
Yankees got his first look at Vic
Raschi since the big hurler was
sent to the Cardinals and, his
immediate comment was: How
did you get rid of the belly?"
The Dodgers went without a
hit until the ninth inning and
bowed to the Braves. 90, for
the second straight day. Ernie
Johnson was the victim of the
Brooklyn safeties after Lew Bur-
dette and Jim Wilson had
pitched hitleSS ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-08
BY the Associassd Press

BOSTON, Mar. 8.-Three doc
tors decided today that an oper-
alton would speed Ted Williams
return to the Red Sox lineup.
They scheduled the operation
for tomorrow on the big slugger
at Sancta Maria Hospital in
Cambridge.
Williams, grimacing with pain
from his broken left collarbone.
hustled away from a doctors
Office without stopping to talk
with newsmen.
Williams suffered the injury
week ago, when he tumbled
while attempting to catch line
drive at Sarasota. Fla. 10 min
utest after he started his first
spring-training workout.
The brief statement announc-
ing the operation was issued
after a conference of Drs. Albert
M. Maloney, Russell Sullivan
and Otto j. Herman.
The announcement said that
after the operation Williams
probably would be able to play
ball in eight weeks. That would
be the first week in May, three
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Exhibition Baseball
BY 'he Associated Press
TODAY,R SCHEDULE.

IODAI'0 SCHEDULk.
Eoston "a VS.. New York tA) at St.
p, ssltimoTe 'D VS.. New York tN at
Chicago iA) VS.. Washington "a, at
chicaso (N VS.. Cleveland IA at
. Detroit "a VS.. Pittsburgh ,N at
wi Ml'T psn n.Ssn vs. p} Philadelphia 'A at
Brooklyn (N) VS.. Cincinnati lN) at
Miami, Fla. might.
st Louis tN) VS.. Philadelphia tN) at
YEsTERDAY,s RESULTS.
Boston (Al, 2; Philadelphia (N) l.
Philadelphia ca. z; washington "a,
Milwaukee tN,. 9; Brooklyn tN). 2.
New York tAl. 10: st. Louis IN. Z.
Chicago "a. 8 Cincinnati (N, g.
M Phiisdelp.thia tN "B" 8; Cincinnati
pittsburgh tN), 2; Detroit tA). 3.
Baltimore "a. 8; Chicago (N), 6 90
cls'i fo%oRRoW r.; N scHE ESD sN' TO-
New York tA) VS.. Boston tA) at Sara
- Baltimore tA) VS.. New York IN, at
CHICAGO "a, VS.. st. Louis cN at st.
chiesso tn VS.. Cleveland ,n at
, RES,i i J a. 'N VS.. Detroit IA a,
,srocklyn 1Nl ys; Cincinnati tNt at
Milwaukee M VS.. Pittsburgh tN) Of
Fort Pierce. Fla.
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Terps and Middies
Starting Grid Drills

Fair, springlike weather was
promised today as Coach Jim
Tatum opened Maryland Univer-
sity's spring football practice.
The elements weren't as kind
to Coach Eddie Erdelatz of Navy,
who had planned to start prac-
tice last week. But today. Erde-
latz, too. expected to get moving.
According to NCAA regula-
tions, a team must complete it's
maximum of 20 days of spring
practice within So calendar days.
The TerpS, who went through
the regular season last year un-
beaten and united but lost to
Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl,
will have to find a new starting
backfield. Bernie Faloney, Chef
Hanulak. Dick holland and Ralph
FELTON, will not be back. Neither
will Tackles Stanley Jones and
Bob Morgan and End Marty
Crytzer.
However, Tatum will have q
letter winners and 40 others, in
Guiding IS from an outstanding
freshman team.
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~ the Assoeiosed Pres,

TAMPA. Fla, Mar. 8.-Willard
Marshall. called by Manager Pau
Richards "the leader type" the
| White Sox need, today had a
head start in his efforts to nail
down a regular job-his first
home run of the year and a
measure of revenge against the
Redlegs.
The 33-year-old outfielder. &C
quired from Cincinnati during
the winter. drove out a three-run
homer yesterday in an 8-3 VIC
tory over the Redlegs.
Marshall, who broke in with
the Giants in 1912, has always
been dangerous, but he has never
quite reached the heights. Al
though he batted only .266 in
1853, the White Sox still thought
enough of him to let Pitcher Saul
Rogovin and Infielders Connie
Ryan and Rocky Krsnich go to
Cincinnati.
Marshall Is a take charge guy
and we can use all of them we
can get" Richards said earlier in
spring training. Il expect him
to give us added power"
Willard took charge" in the
seventh inning yesterday. blast
ing a 350-foot drive over the
right-f1eld wall after q double by
Nellie Fox and singles by Johnny
Groth and Ferris Fain.
Each team collected II hits.
but the Sox pitching trio-Jack
Harshman, Bill Fischer and Mike
Fornieles-scattered them more
effectively.
Outfielders also did most of
the long-distance hitting in the
other exhibitions.
At Yuma, AriZ., Dick Kokos
walloped a two-run homer in the
last half of the 10th inning to
give the Orioles an 8-6 win over
the Cubs.
Infielder George Freese got
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Osco Wins at SebrIng
Italian Pushes Car Two Miles
In Vain Bid to Save Race Lead

four-car entry by Briggs Cum
bingham Of West Palm Beach,
Fla. The sole surviving car of
an original Lancia entry of four
tried desperately to catch the
little Osca but it couldn't do the
job.
The Lancia, driven by Luigi
Valenzano Of Italy and Porfirio
Rubirosa. the playboy diplomat
from the Dominican Republic
and husband of Barbara Hutton,
finished second, five laps (26
miles, behind the Osca. It was
remarkable finish for the Lam
cha. too. for it. had stripped one
of its four gears early In the
race.
The pit crew. unable to get the
motor whirling in the Tarufh
car, gave up and Frenchman Ro-
berto Manzon, who shared the
driving chores with Tarufi,
finally pushed the car across the
finish line.
That started a rhubarb. The
Austin Healey people from War
wick. England. who still had a
car in the race, entered a pro-
test, claiming the car had not
finished under its own power as
the rules insist.
Reg Smith, race secretary
announced the protest had been
upheld and the third-place I'm
ish originally accorded the
Taruffi- Manzon Lancia was null
| lifted.
The Taruffi- Manzon Lancia
had been setting blistering
pace all day and on into the
might. averaging as high as
! tSee SEBRING. Page A-l9.)
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Osco Wins at Sebrino
BY the Assoeiotad Pres,

SEBRING, Fla, Mar. "a
tiny Italian-built Osca won the
Florida international 12-hour
Grand Prix endurance test but
the sport car fans never will
forget the heart-breaking defeat
Of the Italian Lancia team.
Leading at one stage by over
SO miles, the shiny red car
driven by gray-haired Piero
Tarufh of Italy "conked out" last
night with one hour to go.
The Italian driver pushed his
car on foot two miles around the
track in the chill darkness in a
desperate effort to save first
prize.
AS he pushed the car along the
concrete runway of the aban-
doned Air Force field, little red
Osca sped round and round to
make up a nine-lap (46.8 miles,
deficit in the final hour.
The remnants of, a crowd of
10000 buZzed with excitement
as the drama mounted.
Engine Is Frozen.
With 20 minutes to go, Taruff
finally reached the pits and his
mechanics started to work fever
ishly.
The Osca. driven by Sterling
Moss. former British champion
and Bill Lloyd of Green Farms
Conn. finally closed the gap with
Is minutes to go. Word drifte6
back that the Lancia's motor was
frozen"
Around and around the tor
tious turns of runways anc
roads sped the Osca, one of 9
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Mine||i Bout Tonight
Is 1uneup for GaviIan
BY the Associated Press


BOSTON, Mar. s. - In the
final tuneup for his April 2 shot
at Bobo Olson's middleweight
boxing crown, Welterweight
Champion Kid Gavilan meets
1.-TWO Minelli of Italy tonight in
a non-title hereunder at Boston
Garden. CThe fight will not be
televised or broadcast.)
The Cuban Kids handlers are
worried about possible injury to
their meal ticket, with a po-
tential 100000 gate on tap for
the Olson match in Chicago.
A cut or other mishap could
delay that lucrative paynight,
The Gavilan camp tried it's best
to get out Of the Minelli fight
which was signed with Promoter
Sam Silverman prior to agree
ment on the Olson bout.
But Gavilan-now 28-isn't
worried. He says:
I'm going to box little with
Minelli. I let him set the early
pace. but if he gets fresh, I'll
knock him out.
1.-THE last time we fought,
(Gavilan won a split decision
over Minelli in Cleveland last
ApriD I won easy" Gavilan
says, but one of the officials
voted against me-"
Bobby Dykes, the Miami mid
dleweight contender, is an 8 to S
favorite to beat Ralph (Tiger)
Jones of Yonkers, N. Y, in a 10
rounder at Brooklyn's Eastern
Parkway Arena tonight.
(The bout will be televiSed in
Washington by WTTG, chan
mel S, beginning at $50 p.m)
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Bowling Green Aims
For Another Upset in
NIT Feature Tonight
By the Astoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 8.-Harold
Anderson. the soft-Spoken Bowl
ing Green basketball coach. came
up with the understatement OF
the month today with the fol-
lowing prediction on tonight's
Bowling Green Western Ken
lucky game in the. National In
vitation Tournament: It'll be
a battle"
They're the favorites, OF
course. because they beat us by
II points last month";" he said
But, heck. their Forrest Able
hit 10 of II long ones, or some
thing like that, and you can't
beat that kind of ball.
Besides, my kids have just
started to play good ball-at
least I hope they have"
His kids played very good bal
indeed in downing Wichita, 49,
"a, in the first round of the MT
Saturday night. whizzing away
to a 26-l4 lead and piling it or
with a 33-point third quarter
The game got a bit rough ir
the last period and Wichita
pulled up at the end, but Bowling
Green, never was in serious
danger.
1t was great night for Ohio
in fact, as Dayton came from
behind to trounce Manhattan
SOTO. ST. Francis of BROOKLYN
Won its first game. 60-55, by
shaking off a Louisville rally in
the other game on Saturday
nights triple
Another three-game card is on
tap tonight. The first round
will be completed with Brigham
Young, the only former cham
pion in the field. playing ST
Francis of Loretto. Pa. After the
Bowling Green Western Ken
lucky contest, Dayton will play
Niagara.
Brigham Young won its title
in 1851, beating Dayton in the
final. Dayton also lost out in
the final round the next year,
bowling to La Sale, but for
awhile Saturday it looked like
Dayton would go out in the first
round this year.
This tourney marks the sixth
time Anderson has brought a
squad to the NIT. but he's still
behind Ed Diddle of Western
KnntlIckv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-08

Despite two of the best pitchers in the
business-Robin Roberts and Curt Sim
mons-the Phillies wound up % games
back of the Dodgers last year and in
dead heat with the Cardinals for third
place. That is what they look like here in
training, frst-divison club but hardly a
pennant contender.
A year ago Steve ONeill felt he could
win the pennant and said so publicly. 1--WE
can beat the Dodgers" he predicted 1--WE
did in the 1852 season, only they feasted
OF the second division clubs. They won 81
out of IS games against the Pirates, Braves
and Reds. That won't happen again."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-08
Switch in Site Inks State.
Navy Underdog at Buffalo
By The Asseeiassd Press

Nays basketball team, which
finished its regular schedule with
q 1877 record. starts It's bid for
post-season prominence by meet
ing Connecticut at Buffalo, N. Y,
tonight In one Of games opening
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association tournament.
Connecticut, representing the
New England area, had q 23-2
record this season and is q slight
favorite to beat Navy In one Of
the two NCAA games at Buffalo
tonight. The other game matches
LaSalle Of Philadelphia (21-N i.
the Middle Conference winner.
and Fordham $3.50. LaSalle is
favored.
Winners Meet Friday.
Navy and Fordham are "at
large" teams in the NCAA plan,
not members Of any conference
but selected because Of their
records.
Another preliminary game in
the NCAA playoffs Is tonight's
clash at Durham, N. c., between
George Washington (23-O. the
Southern Conference champion,
and North Carolina State 1850 ,
the Atlantic Coast Conference
winner.
Winners of tonight's games
advance, to the regional finals
starting Friday night in Phila-
delphia. The winner at Durham
meets the LaSalle- Fordham win
ner, while the Navy Connecticut
winner meets the still-tO-be de-
termined Ivy League champion.
Five Races Undecided.
Although the NCAA tourney
to find the collegiate champion
starts rolling tonight, five con-
ference titles still are undecided
One decision will be reached to-
night in the Pacific Coast Con-
ference. The playof1 between
Southern California and Oregon
State shows one victory apiece
They play the deciding game
tonight.
AS for the other four, here Is
how they stand:
SOUTHWEST-Rice and Tex
as, which finished in a tie, have
played one game of their three
game playoff series. with Rice
the winner, They play No. 2
tonight.
SOUTHEASTERN - Kentucky
and Louisiana State finished in
a tie, and since they did not meet
during the regular season, they
will settle matters in game at
Vanderbilt tomorrow.
BIG SEVEN-Kansas (10-D,
is in first place and has one
game to play, against Missouri
tomorrow night. Colorado,
which is in second place, has
finished its season with 1912.
If Missouri (5-6) should sur
prise by tripping the Jayhawks,
Kansas and Colorado would toss
a coin for the NCAA berth.
/ IVY Cornell Q1-2). the
leader, and Princeton 10-3)
the runner-up, meet tonight.
Princeton has won its last nine
games, including a victory over
Cornell, so this one very easily
could wind up in a deadlock
If Princeton wins. they'll play
it off in Philadelphia tomorrow
night. Cornell, incidentally.
hasn't won the championship
in three decades.
Three spots were filled Sat
urday. North Carolina State
made it with an $3.50 overtime
decision over Wake Forest;
George Washington moved on
by defeating Richmond. 1910
and Indiana, which won the ma
tional championship last year
earned the Big Ten berth with
a 67-64 victory over Illinois.
Indiana Coach Branch Nc
Cracker. in cidentally. said he
thinks this years Hoosier out
fit is even better than the 1858
team.
We're better defensively," he
observed. And naturally, the
team has had a years more ex-
perience."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-08
Dick Modze|ewski Signs
| With Redskins AGAIN

Dick Modzelewski, 250-pound
former star tackle at the Univer-
sity of Maryland. has signed to
play his second year of pro foot
ball with the Redskins.
The recently-married Modzel-
ewskis are settling in Hyattsville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-08

Runs batteo in--Busby. Roig Power
go. Suder 81 zernial. Robertson two
base hits-Yost. Runnels. Sudei Three
Power. zernlsI Double plavsMsuder to
Jacobs to Bollweg; Terwiiliger to Sievers.
Left on bases-Philadelphia 3; Wash
z WASHINGTON, 2 Bases on baiis-
Portocarrero L; Kellner, 2; Monahan. 8;
Clark, i; Ross 8: Beifuss. / Strike
/ Beifuss. 2: Lane. ]. Hits-Ciark. 8
ir. 2h innings; Portocarrero in 5 in
nings;. Ross. in 80 innings; Kellner,
IN 3 innings; Beifuss. none in two in
none In ! inning. Hit BY Pitcher-Renna
CLARK. Wild pitch--Ross. Winning
Ipitcher--Portocarrero. Losing pitchey-.
Stevens. Time - $50. Attendance
. 3.lOO.
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Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Stor Sfoff CORRESPONDENT

CLEARWATER. FLA MAR. BIN baseball youth feet
elusive commodity In 1885, the Phlies National
League champions and called the Whz Kids Now they
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Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations supplied by the
on Ann.s STAGES Agriculture ti department;
Williams no grade Or Size mark 200.
Del; STAIRS Us1s ga inch up showing
n i,uh 2;o9; Md. Rsmbos Us1s 2h
! nSe Up 4.Vo' no grade or size mark
Peaches: Truck--Md bu. bkts. Golden
ys nch ns,n us1s So inches up 2.00-50, 2
isis bu. bkts. aN inch O up 3s6. ravens
s snSre n Md s GoebIsrs ID pnwashed ZOO ID
graded 1.5O-75; Pontiacs Usis a 90
D 1si, 9 INV &C Sobblers 100 lb. sacks
!e chip se9,So s 90 i, u. sacks TsIs
size Il A y. ~ Pa Cobblers unwashed SO
70, 10 81, SACKS gSlS go. 10 ID. open window
Sweet Potatoes: Va s-i b. e sPss Golden,
-, Beans tsnap): About steady; bu. bkts
sso h mostl Md ss valentines best a?5.
auai conten edhqsrgpe esfIx fair od
5o s6 strinsiess. a.oo-2 IS; Vaientin rs.
p.,, Poultry Quotations.
roultry - Barely steady on most
frysTs as TFSa SHs4s Activity was lighter on
prices are expected in an effort to E'w yer
auce supplies. Light to moderate offer-
I,ngs OF average quality coiored fowl in
ngnt demand and very few sales re-
% glSoilers or fryers--s lbs. and over,
Grain Market.
Elour-Receipts. 1886. 100 pound
Wheat--Receipts, zoe, eo4 bushels.
shipments. 1S3.867 bushels; stocks, g.
3OS, bushels. No. red winter gar
4cky spot domestic, 1.971a; July. No. 8.
Corn-Receipts, none; shipments. none;
stocks. 793,16S bushels.
Oats-Receipts. $500 bushels; ship
ments; none; stocks 2.763 bushels
Barley - Receipts, none;f Shipments,
none; stocks. 10000 bushels.
Rye-Receipts. none; shipments, none;
soybeans-Receipts. none: shipments,
none; stocks, 1888 bushels
Millfeed-Receipts 20 tons.
EGG Market Weak.
yesterdays Quotations.)
Eggs: Market weak and unsettled.
ings liberal Demand generally light
:. Prices paid by first receivers. de-
livered Baltimore, cases included: Large
minimum 80 per cent A quality whites,
42-4S: brown and mixed colors, 43-47M:
mediums minimum go per cent A quail
ity 34-37: brown and mixed eolors.
Receipts: Eggs, 1895 cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Bethlehem Merger
With Youngstown
In Talking Stage
sv the A.soeio,sd Press

NEW YORK, July 30.-Biggest
news in the steel business today
is that merger talks are actually
under way between Bethlehem
Steel Corp. and Youngstown
Sheet & Tube Co.
Even last week when talk of a
Bethlehem youngstown merger
was still in the rumor stage, steel
stocks shot to their highest levels
since 1929. although other fac
tors besides the merger talk were
involved.
Both Eugene G. Grace. Beth
lehem board chairman, and j. l..
Mauthe, youngstown president.
confirmed yesterday that discus
sions are under way but stated
that no definite agreement had
been worked out.
Combining of Bethlehem's
steelmaking capacity of 1875 mil
lion net tons of ingots and steel
for casting with Youngstown's
SIS million net tons would pro-
duce a new steelmaking monster
capable Of "a million net tons
a year-still far below the biggest
steel producer Of the world,
United States Steel Corp, which
has a rated capacity this year
Of 38,715,000 net tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. July 80 R,-WsDA).-
Saiable hogs. $500: general market mod
erately active to slow: uneven; butchers
steady to so lower: sows steady to IS
lower; extremes on more: bulk choice.
19O-240 pound butchers, 22.0o-22 so,
with several loads and lots choice No; l
and Q. 200-21O pounds. 22.75: 25o-290
pounds. aO.50-22. 90: 30O-320. 1900
1928; choice I60-iS0 pound lights.
2OO0-2l.75: choice 330-400 pound
sows I6.00-1S.25: . few around 400
pounds, 1875: lighter weights, 1880
1880: larger lots 425-60O pounds, 14.00-
1875: occasionally up to 1900.
Salable cattle, 700; salable calves. 200:
generally steady with Gamer and cutter
cows fully steady at recent sharp upturn:
q load Of choice LOLA pounds few year
ling steers, 1885: . load Of good TO
q few commercial and good steers, 1900
2200: package Of .s00-pound utility
ciai and good heifers. isoo-22 90: utility
Gamers and cutters. 9.O0-10. so: . few
heavy Holstein cutters up to II 90; utli-
ity and commercial bulls, 12.00-1 so:
good and choice vealers, Is .00-1s. 90: Gull
to commercial vealers. 700-l4.O0.
Saiable sheep. 500: spring lambs weak:
other classes steady: 2 few good ana
head choice and prime up % u 90: Gull
to low good lambs. l2.0O-lS.50: SNORT
double good and choice oS-pound fed
shorn yearlings No. / pelts. 1920: Gull
to good SLAUGHTER ewes. 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30

viii remain as chairman Of the
board of directors.
Mr.. Murray is a past presi-
dent Of the Washington Real
Estate Board, a director of the
National Mortgage & Invest
ment Corp. and the District Ma
tional Securities Corp. He is a
member Of the board of the
Visiting Nurses Society.
He also holds memberships
In many organizations. includ-
ing the Kiwanis Club, the WASH
ington Board of Trade and the
Columbia Country Club.
In addition to Mr.. Murray
and Mr.. Smithy. officers of the
realty company are: F. H. Har-
rison. vice president and treas
urer; Frank S. Fisher and Rus
sell E. Pelot, both vice presi-
dents; James D. Franklin. Sec
rotary.
With Offices at 811 Fifteenth
street NV, the company serves
as loan correspondent for the
Travellers Insurance Co. in this
area, in addition to handling
a general real estate business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
CHICAGO Grain

CHICAGO, July 80 QP.-Most grains
held onto small gains on the Board Of
Trade today although wheat sank below
the previous close after getting of to q
Easiness in wheat apparently was
based on expectations OF some new
crop spring wheat starting to move TO
which might increase. hedsing pressure;
from sale of a cargo of hard wheat to
Portugal overnight.
Dry weather in the Midwest and low
stocks Of soybeans on July /. as dis
closed by the Agriculture Department
after the close yesterday, helped soy
beans. The dry weather also was .
factor In strengthening corn.
Wheat near the end OF the first hour
was to ] cent lower, September
Der 1855; oats y lower 70 y higher.
sisSer September i,fi7M; s sSySe 2
to cents higher. September 3.23, and
lard to - cents a hundred pounds
higher. September 1919.
The Agriculture Department reported
stocks of soybeans in all positions on
July. 1 totaled $40 million bushels.
smallest for the date since 1948. COM
pared with 62.2 million bushels year
earlier. Most Of the beans were In
tns hands Ssef Of with very little
The five-day weather outlook was not
encouraging. from the STANDPOINT OF
Illinois and Indiana were expected to
get only OBS inch of moisture. Rain
fall was expected to be below normal
in Mouri at 025 to 0.50 inch.