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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Baseball
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NNOllCIIueU rum rage C-lJ
ter's box with more eagerness to-
day as the transforming Cleve-
land Indians moved closer to
home and the start of the
season.
Catcher Jim Hogan, Second
Baseman Bobby Avila and Out
fielder Wally Westlake hit home
runs yesterday for the Tribe.
helping to trim the New York
Giants, 1913, at Shreveport, La.
After today, the Tribe will
have just five more exhibitions
against the Giants. .
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, H0.
Veteran Joe DobSon--fully re-
covered from a sore arm-Will
pitch for the Boston Red Sox
today against the Milwaukee
Braves.
Manager Lou Boudreau plans
to use Lefty Willard Nixon in
the late innings. The Red Sox
will meet their former Boston
rivals five more times after to-
day before opening the season
in Philadelphia April 13. Mil
waukee and Boston will meet in
Bluef1eld. w. Va, and Louisville.
KY, before moving to Milwaukee
for a three-game set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
By BURTON HAWKINS

up others. Finally they get it
all together"
Jack Crimian, the RedlegS'
right-hander who yielded home
runs with two out in the ninth
inning to Roy Sievers and Eddie
YoSt in his last two appearances
against Washington, was ship
ped to Toronto yesterday as the
result of those blasts g.. He was
responsible for two of the Sen
atorS' more exciting moments in
their series with Cincinnati.
Sievers has played eight
straight complete games and is
the only Senator who hasn't
had relief over that span .
Hes strong and he can take
the work." Harris says. I'm
keeping him in there for a pur-
pose. He's a free-swinging fell
low who needs plenty of action
to stay on the beam"
Bucky is fretting over the bat
tering his pitchers have been
taking recently and is hoping
their five games at Griffith
Stadium against three National
League teams will sharpen his
staff Right now they're
not ready" Harris admits, add
ing, It'd feel better if Maury
McDermott were fit. He's been
looking better while throwing
batting practice, though, and
could be ready soon after the
season starts"
Bob Porterfield will start
against the Dodgers tomorrow
night at Griffith Stadium, with
Chuck Stobbs due to pitch
against them Thursday night
The Redlegs have slammed
Is homers in seven games on
their journey with the Senator'S,
who have belted eight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Picked Berries to Hire Horses
Mite With Big Riding Ambition
Gets Chance at Last at Laurel

and he finally let me keep
them"
Alfred gave a couple of extra
pops on the bubblegum as
though belatedly celebrating his
victory.
From there on it has been the
usual story, mucking out stalls,
walking hots and finally gallop-
ing horses. Howell bought a
riding saddle for Alfred, not a
racing seat, but an ordinary sad
die to gallop horses. The vet
eran trainer kept the boy on the
ground two years and last week
gave him his first chance in a
race.
1t was the fifth race and in
the paddock, before the horses
were Saddled, Howell was talk
ing about Alfred.
Most of my help were a lot
older than the boy" the trainer
said, 80 they started calling him
'Youngblood,' and he looks like
he'll be a good rider. He's alert
and willing, and he loves horses"
Second on 5O-to-1 Shot.
A group of jockey agents also
gave Alfred the once-over
They'd heard about Howell's new
boy, how we'll he had been
groomed to ride and what a pas
sion he had for horses.
The race had a circus-rodeo
finish with Eldon Nelson winning
on Baggage Boy, 71-to-1 shot
Alfred was second on Larry A.,
50-to-1 longshot, and Joe Ser
Wis brought Delibertuity in third
at 81 to l.
Alfred was excited-he lost his
hat in the STRICKLAND chewing
gum like mad when he slipped
of his horse in front of the
judges stand. The tall, aged
Negro valet handling his tack
looked down beningly as young
Brown dropped his saddle cloth,
picked it up, fumbled with the
saddle dropped his whip and re-
tr1eved it in turn.
Alfred hustled to the clerk of
the scales and weighed out. He
bounced jauntily down the track
toward the jockeys room, look
ing for all the world as happy
as a rider who has just won the
Kentucky Derby. The old valet
trudged patiently behind. He'd
seen a lot of them come and
go.
But the feeling around Laurel
Is that maybe this pleasant.
earnest youngster is going
farther than some who've gone
before. Maybe not an Isaac
Murphy or a Jimmy WINFIELD,
but a good one:
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Trotters Finish Strongly
To Nose Out AIl-Stars
By the Assor,ofed Press

FORT WAYNE, Ind, April 6.
The Globetrotters made it
three in a row last night, de-
feating the College All-Stars,
70-68, before a crowd of $500
at the Fort Wayne Coliseum. The
Globetrotters are now leading in
the series, IA.
The All-Stars led most of the
first half, with the Trotters miss
ing badly. and the score was
36-32 at halftime.
A long halftime show gave
Abe Saperstein's Trotters time
to get well, and they came back
hard, hitting seven out of eight
shots to start the third period.
The All-Stars, coached by Ray
Meyer of De Paul, tied the score
at 81 to end the third quarter.
The lead changed hands several
times in the final period, but the
Globes squeezed ahead, 60-59,
about midway and they were
never caught.
Goose Tatum, who has been
on the sick list for the past few
days. played almost all of the
second half but didn't get much
of a chance to clown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
B-CC and Coolidge
Win Golf Matches

Bethesda Chevy Chase BANKED
Northwestern. 90, and Coolidge
beat Anacostia, 61a-212, in
Schoolboy golf matches yester-
day. but the real eyebroW-raiser
came from the results of prac-
tice matches.
Montgomery Blair High white
washed st. Johns. defending
metropolitan champions, 80, in
the big surprise. Falls Church
also scored a 90 victory over
Western and Bladensburg de-
feated Tech, 7l2-1l u. in the 9TH
er Warmups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
By George Huber

Coach Jim Tatum of Mary
lands football team has stopped
smoking as of yesterday morn
ing and feels great. Prospects
for next seasons eleven are
bright, things are coming along
fine in spring practice and his
lunch yesterday tasted better.
He was chewing gum like mad
and talked for an hour after
saying he didn't have a minute
to spare. Big Jim had just seen
movies of last Saturdays heavy
Scrimmage session, a session he
missed because of an out-of-
town engagement. and had nice
things to say about everybody.
Jim is getting his varsity
players ready for Saturday
afternoons game at Byrd Sta
dunn against the alumni. And
while he appears right proud of
his varsity, Tatum comedies the
alumni will "outmaterial" the
varsity. Tatum is looking for
ward to Saturday as a day he
can sit back and enjoy all sorts
of sports activity.
Big Day at College Park.
I'm going to bring the kids
over and let them have one big
day around College Park" he
said. Every dad should do the
same. We've got a track meet
and a lacrosse game in the
morning and this football game
in the afternoon. Everybody who
has any interest at all In sports
can come out here all day, bring
their lunch, and have them
selves a time"
Benny Robinson. who hides
behind the ticket window at Byrd
Stadium, chimed in with the
thought that it wouldn't be ex-
penSive, either. THE track meet
and lacrosse game are free" he
said. while for football lit will
be so cents for kids. $1.25 for
adults and $3.50 for reserved
seats between the 40-yard lines. :"
With this pitch for good at
tendance Saturday out of the
way, Tatum got to reviewing the
potentials of his 1854 eleven. He
hasn't formally named his start
ing lineup, but it obviously will
have Charley Boxold at quar-
terback, Joe Horning and Rom
ME Waller at halfbacks and Dick
Bielski at fullback.
AS a group they might not
match the finely-knit unit
Maryland had last season. His
first-string backfield last year
i'never failed to score aga psf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Work Starts Today
.OnCIubhouseAfte
Norbeck Meetinq

Construction of the clubhouse
for the new Norbeck Country
Club starts today after meet
ing of the entire membership
last night raised the money for
it's completion.
Mike Sklar, Norbeck'S assistant
treasurer. made the announce
ment that work was to start
Immediately, and that means
Tuesday morning" after what he
called an enthusiastic" meeting
last night at the Colonial Hotel.
1.-THE money is ready, the con-
tractor was at the meeting, the
material is available and nothing
is going to hold the club back, !"
said Sklar.
Not only is work starting i'm
mediately on the clubhouse, but
also on the two swimming pools
planned for the club. July Is
is the deadline for completion, {"
according to Sklar.
Sklar said the golf course al
ready has been completed, and is
ready for play at any time.
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PonerfieId 10 Battle
NeWcombe in First
OF Exhibitions Here
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pleasant development of spring
training. Apparently, he was
doomed to pinch-hitting role
when the club physician exam
ined X-rays of a damaged right
shoulder and advised Roy not to
throw overland.
But Harris decided to gamble
anyway. believing Roy could get
by in the outf1eld we'll enough to
justify his presence in the lineup.
Of what Sievers has shown him
thus far, Bucky's move ranks
with his cleverest maneuvers in
more than a generation of man
aging.
Sewers inability to make the
long throw actually has handi-
capped the Senators only once.
Yesterday. in a "a loss to the
Redlegs at Winston-Salem, N. c.,
Cincinnati scored a run as the
result of Roy's restricted capabil-
tiles.
That occasion was lost in a
wave of home runs, as the Red
legs blasted five and Yost and
Sievers contributed one each for
the Senators. Lloyd Merriman
led Cincinnati's 11-hit attack
on Spec Shea and Bob Ross
with two homerS and a single,
while Ted Kluszewski, jim
Greengrass and Wally Post
belted other homers for the
Redlegs.
Longest Blow of Day.
Sewers blow, with Angel
Scull aboard in the sixth inning,
was the mightieSt of the lot and
projected the Senators into
4-3 lead. Roy's towering blast
scared far over the leftfield
fence at the 365-foot mark.
Merriman and KluszewSki hit
successive third-inning homers
over the convenient rightfield
fence to give the Redlegs a 20
lead and they scored again in
the fourth off Shea when Roy
McMillan'S fly to Sievers got
Hobie Landrith across from
third base.
Shea's double and Yost's
homer-alSo over the 33O-foot
right-field fence-sliced Cincin-
MATHS margin to 80 in the fifth
against Corky Valentine. Sic
vers' homer, delivered off Her.
man Wehmeier. gave the Sena-
tors a lead they enjoyed until
the seventh, when the Redlegs
scored three runs off Ross.
Merriman beat out a single
and Greengrass pumped the
Redlegs into a Sd advantage
with a homer over the right
field wall. Johnny Temple
grounded out, but Post also
cleared the rightfeld fence.
Merriman doomed three-run
homer over the centerf1eld fence
in the eighth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
By Lewis F. Atchison

Alfred Brown is an 18-year-
old, 92-pound colored boy who
loves to ride race horses, and
at long last he's getting his
chance to do so at Laurel.
You can almost count the
number of Negro jockeys riding
today on one hand and have
enough fingers left to insult an
old enemy. Brown says he's
heard" about Isaac Murphy,
one of the great jockeys of all
time who hourished in the 1905
and ZOOS and was the first jockey
ever to ride two straight Ken
lucky Derby winners.
Jimmy WINFIELD, now train
ing in France, turned the trick
some 10 years later, but Alfred
hadn't ever heard of him. Johnny
Bejshak, who superviSes the
jockeys room at Laurel and other
Maryland tracks, remembered
Little Six" a rider whose proper
name escaped his memory, and
one R. Simpson, a good rider in
the 1920s and early 1930s. But
colored reinsmen are few and far
between.
II know Joseah Richardson"
said Alfred, referring to one of
more recent vintage. JoSeah was
the first Negro rider licensed in
Florida but outgrew the saddle
in recent years.
Halls From New Jersey.
Young Brown halls from Cam
den, N. j., where he was too
small to do anything but lead
the cheers for the football team
and hire horses from a riding
academy for a week end on the
bridlepath. He picked berries
Saturdays and worked in a gro
Gerry store after school to earn
the money to hire the horses.
Never wanted to do anything
else" he said, popping a mouth
full of bubble gum.
BY the time he'd reached the
eighth grade 1t was obvious to
Alfred's mother that he wasn't
going to be happy at anything
but working around a race
track, so she took him in hand
and led him to nearby Mon
mouth Park, looking for a job.
Every place we went they said
I was too small" Alfred related.
II weighed II pounds. Then a
man said we might find some
kind of work in the grandstand.
We went over there but they
thought I wanted to lift crates
and things and I was too small
for that-that isn't what I want
ed anyway.
Splurged on Cowboy Boots.
Well, the upshot of 1t all was
that Alfred's mother persuaded
Howell to give the boy a chance
and he signed him to a five-year
contract.
First pay I got was $49,"
Alfred happily recalled, IAN /
went right down and bought me
a pair of cowboy boots for $40.
Man. when Mr.. Howell heard
about it he raised the roof and
said I'd have to take 'em right
back, but I wanted them bad,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Quanfico Plays San Diego
For AII-Marine Gaze Title

Quantico is host to San Diego
at . o'clock tonight at Quantico
IN the first game of a two-out-
of-three series for the ALMA
rine basketball championship.
The second game will be tomor-
row and the third, if necessary,
Thursday.
Coach Jim Tuna of the Ma
rlnes will start Paul Arfzin, for
mer Villanova and PHILADELPHIA
Warriors star; Jim Mooney, also
OF Vlllanova; John Silk. Boston
College; Bill Bales, Eastern Ken
lucky State, and Richie Regain.
former All-America from Seton
Hall.
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CIV Faces Tough Foe
In Michigan Today;
; Other Games Here

George Washington, riding the
crest of a four-game winning
streak, collides with NCA cham
pion Michigan. winner over
Georgetown and Quantico Ma
rines twice on its area tour, at 3
o'clock today at the Ellipse. Bob
Frederick will pitch for CIV with
steve Korcheck doing the CATCH
ing.
In other area college games
today, Georgetown will play
Tufts at the Medical field. Mary
land will be host to William and
Mary and Catholic University
will entertain Maine.
Colonials Beat WAN.
The Colonials won their fourth
straight and fifth in six games
yesterday, defeating William and
Mary, 1914. at the Ellipse. CIV
got off to a four-run lead in
the first inning on q home run
by Stan Walawac and doubles
by Paul Stroup and John Nedro.
The Colonials never we're head
ed as Left-hander Jerry Marvel.
making his first start. held
WIN to four hits.
Jack Corbett gave up IL hits
but kept them we'll scattered
as he pitched Michigan to its
second straight victory over
Quantico, 80, at Quantico. yes
terday.
Bernie Faloney. Tom Baden
and Eddie Miller ganged up on
Delaware yesterday at College
Park to give Maryland its second
win in as many starts. l2-1.
Faloney's Knee No Handicap.
Faloney gave no indications
that his injured knee which al
lowed him to make only a token
appearance at quarterback in
the Orange Bowl would be a
handicap this season in base
ball. He got three hits in four
times at bat and stole a base.
The big hltters for Maryland,
though, were Baden and Miller.
each of whom hit a home run
and drove in four runs apiece.
American University iourneyed
to Ashland, Va. yesterday and
dropped a 1872 decision to RAN
dolph-Macon in Mason-Dixon
Conference game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06

now" Runnels said. Ito me. a
batting stance is right if you step
up to the plate unconscious of
how you're placing your feet, not
worried about how you're hold
ing the bat. Everything feels
right, without thinking about it.,
and that's how it is with me
now"
every good hitter f1ddles
around with his stance, his grip
and his batting stroke" Harris
said, until, finally, one day
everything clicks Then, like
Musial, they stay with the style
that suits them. They have to
work it out for themselves"
II y X
cts like golf. in a way" Bucky
continued. Hogan, Snead- and
all the top pros have expert
mented with this and tried that,
discarding some ideas, picking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06

play football in the summer,
baseball in the winter, summer
and fall, race horses in February
and-well. sports simply aren't
seasonal any more.
All this came to mind today
with the opening of the major
league baseball season just a
week away, with the Redskins
signing up football players like
mad and New York's football
Giants making plans for setting
up training camp at Willamette
College, Salem, Greg. The Red
skins used to go to camp almost
as soon as the first robin was
sighted. One year they left in
mid-July and didn't return until
October and everybody had to
be introduced all around again.
The Giants, topping that rec
ord, are planning to begin July
Is this year. The only squad
usually in harness that early is
the league champion, which
must get ready for the All-Star
game in Chicago in early August.
Even that has been moved up a
couple of weeks.
X X X
wellington (Duke) Mara, a
recent visitor here, said the Gil
ants early start is necessary be-
cause they have four exhibitions
with the Green Bay Packers,
Chicago Cardinals, San Fran
cisco Forty-Niners and Los An
geles Rams in August. They'll
have season under their belts
when the regular National Foot
ball League schedule gets under
way, and it may be rough on Jim
Lee Howell, the Giants new
coach.
That last sentence is a clue to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Bai||argeon and Rocca
Head Wrestling Card

Adrien Baillargeon, winner Of
his last two matches. will tangle
with Antonino Rocca, popular
South American wrestler, in the
feature bout at Turner's Arena
Thursday night.
Promoter Vince Mcmahon an
nounced that Chief Blue Eagle
and Baron Gattoni would clash
in the seminal, a two-out-of
three falls, Commute time limit
affair. Two other bouts are be-
ing lined up as preliminaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Hoyu Tennis Record
Even After Maine Win

Georgetown University's ten
mis- team will carry a 500 record
into its home match with Dart
mouth Thursday afternoon after
scoring its second victory yes
terday.
The Hoyas swept all matches
with Maine yesterday at the hill
top for their second 90 victory
of the young season. against two
defeats. Georgetown dropped
only seven games in the IL sets
in singles play. 1t was Maine S
opening match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06

Il told him
the other day
I've never seen
him look bet
ter. He has
his feet close
together and
a batting style
S i m il ar to
Stan Musial.
Pete looks as
If he's in the
g r o o v e
finally"
II feel real
good. hitting
the way I am
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Totum ToIks of "a Prospects
Everything Bright in World
Of Big Jim, Including BoxoId

anybody (no mention made of
Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl 4,
and nobody ever completed a
pass for more than 10 yards or
had a running gain of more
than 10 yards" according to Big
Jim.
But individually the 1854 backs
all have strong points. The
words "All-America" were men
toned while Bielski was under
discussion, and there also was
the prediction that unless some
pro club badly needs a quarter
back, Bielski would be a No. l
pro draft choice after next sea-
son.
Praise for BOxOld.
AS for the potentials of his
quarterback. Boxold. Tatum also
spoke favorably. This brought
up memories of his comments
when Bernie Faloney was injured
before the Oklahoma Orange
Bowl game, making it necessary
for Boxold to take over. Tatum
moaned and groaned in public,
and said words to the effect that
there goes the ball team"
Yesterday Tatum revealed that
this all was a hoax, that "Boxold
was a fine quarterback last year
and the team and coaches had
full confidence in him.
"It was for Oklahoma's bene-
flt," said Tatum. I'VE hoped
to catch them mapping. I told
the team all about it before I
ever saw the press, and then I
went out and put out all those
statements. But Boxold was a
fine quarterback last year, and
he'll be a better one this year"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06

r a c in G in
Maryland and
baseball in the
big leagues.
o c t o b e r
brought foot
ball. December
signaled the
start of bas-
ketball and ice
h ockey and
then around
the c | o C k
a g a i n. The
time was, but
not any more.
Tho hnuc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Tennis League Meeting

The Departmental Tennis
League meets tonight at the Ten
mis- Shop, 1925 Nineteenth street
NV, in hopes of increasing it's
membership of 13 teams that
operated last year. The meeting
begins at 1880 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
ChurchiII's Horse Wins

WINDSOR, England, April 6
R.-Prime Minister Winston
Churchill's colt, Pigeon Vole.
romped to a five-length victory
in a 112-mile race at Windsor
track yesterday. The 4-year-old
covered the course in the Robert
Wilmot Stakes in 2:47.6 for the
219 pounds ($613 first prize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Ace Miller Coming to u. S.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand.
April s P).-Murray Halberg,
New Zealand's brilliant young
miller, leaves here by air April 10
for the United States where he
will compete in the BENJAMIN
Franklin Mile, feature of the
Penn Relays at Philadelphia.
which will be run April "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Spartan Coach Produces

Karl Schlademan has been
track coach at Michigan State
for IA years. During that time
his teams have won four NCAA
championships, eight 1C-4A
titles, three Big Ten crowns and
one National AAU champion
ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06

LYNCHBURG. Va. April g.
eff Pete Runnels sticks with the
stance he's using now, he'll hit
.300," Bucky Harris said today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06

Time was when sports fan
could glance at a calendar and
know what sport was coming up.
April, for example. meant horse
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-09-15

Write MONTANA FARMER
STOCKMAN for information about
LOW-COST ACCIDENT INSUR-
ANCE POLICY.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-09-15
500 OF THE BULLS SELLING

Are by Ankonon 10th his sons The rest by other
famous WAR; herd bulls.
Evening star., 1954-11-28
Military Surgeons Meeting
To Discuss National Health

Maintenance of Nationa |
health will be the theme Of the
61st annual meeting Of the As
sociation Of Military Surgeons
when sessions get underway to-
morrow at the Hotel Statler.
DR.. Leonard A. Scheele, sur
geon general of the Public
Health Service, is this years
president.
After the opening address by
DR.. Scheele, the session to-
morrow will be devoted to pre-
sentations by the medical chiefs
Of the three military services and
the Veterans Administration.
who will discuss the roles Of their
respective services in the main
tenance Of National health.
The speakers are: Mai. Gen.
George E. Armstrong. surgeon
general of the Army; Rear Ad-
niral Lamont Pugh, surgeon gen.
eral of the Navy: Mai. Gen. Dan
c. Ogle, surgeon general of the
Air Force and Vice Admiral Joel
T. Boone. USN, (ret.), medical
director of the Veterans Admin
istration.