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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01
By LEWIS f. ATcHlSoN

write F. Baldi, that's what I
always sign, and you'll be right. I"
4 + 4 \
Dinner Winner, who is ex-
pected to run in the $4,000
added Laurel Handicap Satur-
day, was acquired through the
claim box for $500 last summer
at Atlantic City. He won a six
furlong race that day in 1:103s.
Tommy MaSterson, Baldi's
trainer at the time, called him
at stock brokers' Office in
Hagerstown, Md, and said he
wanted to get this horse and
named the price. Baldi said,
go ahead then began Won
dering what or who he was
claiming.
Bald recently acquired a CO.
acre farm at Burtonsville, Md.
He has IL horses there with
the broodmare, Cork Tip, ex-
pecting a blessed event any
time. The sire is Incline.
You should see the place
you can see it from the road,
"he said. Lots of white fences
and a big. beautiful barn-a
real nice barn."
Hes got Is stalls and a mile
turf track at the bottom of the
HILL" Sacco interrupted. Its
going to be a real nice place.
Later I'm going to build a
house there, but just a barn
now" Baldi added.
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES also
has an unraced 3-year-old filly
named Lady Crystal that he's
proud of.
II bought some Crystal Oil
Co. stock for So a share and
it went up to $29 when this
f1lly was foaled, so they told
me I ought to name her for
the oil company. I did"
Baldi belongs to the Lido Club
an Italian organization in Wash
lngton that does a lot of char
table work and he's got most
of the members pulling for Din
ner Winner when he runs.
His son, Eugene Bald, a Mary
land alumnus, was on the Nor
mandy beachhead Is minutes
after the first assault craft
touched bottom. Managing his
fathers real estate business is
much more pleasant.
Sacco, who halls from Long
Branch, N. j., near Monmouth
Park, once rode in hunt meets
and spent three years in the
cavalry. His brother, Johnny
Sacco, is Jockey riding at Lau-
rel, while two other brothers,
Sam and Vince, are trainers.
'Mr. Baldi's going to Europe
as soon as he can get away to
look for some good turf horses, +"
Willie said. Hes building up a
real nice stable and we hope to
get some good grass horses"
Perhaps. we suggested, he'd
like to have an entry in the
Washington. D. c., International.
"Oh, sure" Baldi said with a
twinkle, It'd like that"
That's what we're hoping
for" Sacco added.
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Has No Derby Candidate Himself
Trout Defends Double Speed,
Says He DisIiked Laurel Track

urday if at his best. Trout,
/. however, is mindful of how
many things can go wrong with
a horse before he arrives at the
starting gate.
Clyde had Monte Parke,
trainer of Double Speed, as a
guest in his box Saturday when
the California Derby hopeful
was third as Ring King won the
$10,000-added Cherry Blossom
Stakes.
"If were you fellows I'd for
get that race" Trout said. I
don't think the horse liked this
track-it's deep and sandy-and
those California horses are used
to running on hard tracks. That
horse may be all right. I know
he's better than the TIA they
ran Saturday, so I don't think
that race meant anything"
We tried to steer Clyde around
to the subject of Native Dancer
and handicap weights, but he
didn't care to get involved in
any discussion about Alfred G.
Vanderbilt's champion.
1--WE got all I can do to take
care of my own business" the
trainer said. Then, as an after
thought he added, But I think
John Campbell Official handi-
caper for the Jockey Club had
as much to do with retiring Tom
Fool as anybody. What was he
gonna do, keep piling weight on
him until he broke him DOWN."
Tom Fool, you may remember,
was the 1853 handicap cham
pion of America and winner of
the Triple Crown of handicap
racing-the Metropolitan, Sub
urban and Brooklyn Handicaps
carrying 1876 pounds in the
Brooklyn. Only one other horse,
Discovery, ever won that race
under so much weight. Only
one other horse, WhiSk Broom
II in 1913, ever won these three
races in a single season.
Mr.. Troutt's point seemed
well taken.
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be a practice day, but. Jim Ia
tum had changed his plans be-
cause of a forecast of bad
weather for today.
Tatum leaves this afternoon
for Lafayette, Ind, where he
will conduct Purdue's football
clinic.
Wally Butts, head coach at
Georgia, and Quentin Lumbkin
his end coach, have been at
Maryland this week.
Other colleges represented at
Maryland'S recent practice ses-
sions have been Georgia Tech
which sent Ray Graves, line
coach, and Bob Blossoms. back.
field mentor, and Villanova
which sent Alex Bell, end coach
and Eddie Michaels, line coach
Tom Young, head coach al
Western Carolina, also has beer
among the official visitors. Un-
official ones have been members
of the George Washington Uni.
versity staff.
In reference to the visitors
from the Ivy League, Tatun
said he didn't think any one
among the Ivy League schools
was in favor of abolishing
spring practice except the pres
idents of Princeton, Harvard
and Yale.-WHITTLESEY.
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Defends Two Regulations
New Coach at WI on MettIe
Despite Veteran Material
By Bob Hanson

Dick Morton, Washington
Lee Highs new baseball coach.
has two regulations to main
tain, his own and that of his
predecessor.
Last year in his first try as
a varsity baseball coach, Morton
piloted the Hermitage High team
of Richmond to the Central Dis
trict Group I and city cham
pionship. Hermitage represented
the Central District in the State
tournament at Mount Vernon
High and although it failed to
take the title Morton's ability
as a coach didn't go unnoticed.
In the same tournament was
WI, Northern District entry
coached by Pete Rockwell, who
having been elevated to athletic
director. was serving his last
year. He was in the market for
a capable replacement and the
28-year-old Morton was the
man.
Has Tough Assignment.
Now, in addition to keeping
up his own good record, Morton
is faced with filling the shoes
of a coach who won seven of
nine Northern District baseball
titles.
tits a tough job for a new
man to come in and try to keep
up with a record like that"
Morton said. But he left me
some good material and if we
get any hitting at all we might
do all right this year"
The leftover" material is the
entire first team of last year
with the exception Of Pitchers
Don Kildoo and Bill Daley.
We've got five boys working
out as pitchers" Morton said.
They're average for high school,
but in Tom Huston and Champ
Edwards we can double up. They
are the number three and four
batters and when not pitching
will be in the outf1eld."
Edwards, 6-foot-2 and 160
pounds, relies mostly on a fast
ball. Huston, 6-foot. 190-pound
| fullback on the football team,
has the better curve. Also avail
able for mound duty are Dave
Brown, Ed johnson and Sonny
Dugan. All five are right
handlers.
Morton, a graduate of West
Virginia University, started his
coaching career as an assistant
baseball coach at the university
in 1852, after starring on the
varsity team for three years as
q f1econd and third baseman.
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Looking to Kentucky Derby
lone of q Series.)
Special Dispaich TO The Stor

LOUISVILLE, KY, April l.
From the time he first came into
competition last June, Woodvale
Farms good colt, Goyamo. has
not been entered in any soft"
races. All of the Kentucky Derby
eligible's Is starts through the
Florida Derby have been against
the best competition around.
In his 10 races as a 2-year-old
in 1853, Goyamo was out of the
money only twice. He won three
races, was second four times and
third once. His 2-year-old earn
ings amounted to $4,000.
Although he did not get to the
winners circle in a stakes event
last season, one Of Goyamo's tri-
umphs in an overnight race was
a four-lengths victory over Turn
to. The latter was the favorite for
the Kentucky Derby, May /. until
he bowed a tendon and was
withdrawn.
Goyamo was second in one
stakes event, third in another.
His final race of the year was the
Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at
Churchill Downs November Z.
Hasty Road beat him by little
more than a length in that event.
He had finished third a week
earlier to Turn-to and Correla-
ton in The Garden State at the
Camden, N. j. track.
The Woodvale colt had only a
brief vacation before he returned
to racing January Is at Hialeah
Park. After one preliminary test.
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PersIey 0utpunches
Savoie for Decision
BY the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, April 1.-The fight
experts had tabled Lightweight
Arthur Persley as harder
Puncher than Armand Savoie of
Montreal. and the Louisiana Ne
gro proved it last night in his
1O-round unanimous decision
over the Canadian.
Persley began hammering Sa-
vote from the opening bell and
kept up a steady pace except
for the third and seventh rounds
when Savoie tried to dominate
the action.
Both battlers weighed 1856 for
the bout which was televised ma
tionally.
The fighter from Red Cross,
La, ranked eighth among light
weights. just above Savoie,
couldn't drive his opponent to
the floor, but Savoie went off
balance twice, touching a knee
on the canvas.
On the cards, Referee Bob
Ingham scored it 55-45 for PerS-
ley; Judge AL Graft gave Persley
two more points-57-43-and
Judge Gene Farrell marked it
56-44.
Both fighters had been mac
tive of late. Savoie showed eff
fectS of Persley's early attack
by the end of the second round
and after six rounds his nose
bled and his knees looked a little
wobbly. Persley showed a bat
tered left eye at the finish.
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lete. a football player or prize
fighter, for example, you'd be
reading reams of publicity about
the ice-water in his veins, his
performance in the clutch, etc.
But Dinner Winner is only a
horse, although an unusual ami
NAL. and his fans are limited to
Bald, a broad-shouldered, cheer
full man, Trainer Willie Sacco,
and members of the public who
cash a winning ticket on him
now and then. They cashed
them last Saturday at Laurel.
Dinner Winner is small as
horses go. Sacco is too young to
have seen the great Exterminator
run, but from what he's heard
about "Old Bones" Dinner Win
ner must be like him in many
ways.
when he's working out, he
won't begin to run until he
reaches the seven-eighths pole"
Sacco explained. Then he takes
the bit in his teeth and goes to
work. He likes to loaf around
the stable, but he really isn't
lazy, and he's fussy about his
food"
Dinner Winner loves mixture
that includes plenty of corn and
molaSSes, Sacco said, and he's a
glutton for green grass. Anybody
who'll pick a handful for him is a
friend for life.
\ X
Bald, Washington contractor
and real estate man, was born
in Italy. His father before him
was a contractor, operating
mostly in South America, and
Dinner Winners owner, was
brought up on a country estate
near Florence where he was
around horses from early child
hood. He came to this country
as a 14-year-old boy, after his
fathers death, to seek his for
tune and now has enough to sit
back and enjoy racing while his
son and daughter handle most of
his real estate affairs.
Baldi's first name, we informed
him, has been spelled and mis-
spelled three or four different
ways-two Is and one p, two p's
and one /, and then F-e-l-i-p-o.
Which was correct?
That's right" he smiled. Gust
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Navy old Timers
To Play Grid Varsity
In Benefit SATURDAY.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, April L.
Everybody pays to get into the
football game at Thompson Sta
dunn Saturday-and that in.
cludes the players themselves.
The contest at 1870 pm. will
pit the "old timers" against
Nays present crop Of football
players in a game that will end
spring practice for the Middies
and present a somewhat unusual
game for the spectators.
The game will pit the one-pla-
toon system against the two
platoon game.
The charity affair will see
the team of former players who
will graduate in June or who
have already used up their ELI
gibility use the free substitution
system while the varsity will use
the NCAA-approved one-platoon
plan.
Everybody Pays Admission.
Everybody. including the play
ers, managers, coaches, band
members, ETC., will pay the half
dollar admission fee which will
go to the Navy Relief Society.
Even the Middle goat mascot.
Bill XIV. wants to chip in.
He says he may pass up the
game for a more leisurely life
at the Naval Academy dairy farm
at Gambrills. which serves as
his off-season quarters.
Reports say he is interested
in the contest, but wants to con-
tribute what it would cost for
his transportation toward the
charity.
Dick Olson, Nays 1853 cap
tain who will serve in the same
capacity for the "old timers"
said: THE boys have been work.
ing hard and they look sharp,
too. They are intent upon giving
the varsity a good game and
the spectators good show
that outfit had better not take
us too lightly"
Foster Coaching old Timers
Frank Foster, Jayvee coach
who will lead the "old timers"
said more players are being re-
cruited from former varsity and
Junior varsity ranks every day.
Head Coach Eddie Erdelatz will
run the varsity.
Probable starting lineups for
the game are:
"Old Timers: Jack Anderson and Don
Fullam at ends. Jack Perkins and Jim
Leach at tackles, Steve Eisenhauer and
Knotts at Quarterback and Dick Padberg.
out. the backf1eld
Varsity Ron Beagle and Jim owens
and Jim Roger at tackles Hugh
Webster, a two-year veteran at tackle.
and Alex Aronts at guards, and Bob
Davis at center. George Welsh will
back. Biii HepSorth and BOB CRAIG S viii
handle halfback duties and Dick Guest
will be fullback.
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Two Giants GrappIe
AT Turner'S Toniqht

Adrien Baillargeon, 6-foot-5
Canadian strongman, takes on
7-foot Goliath Links in a two
out-of-three fall, Commute time
limit wrestling match as the fea-
ture event at 9 o'clock tonight at
Turner's Arena.
In special girls match, Slave
Girl Moolah, junior heavyweight
champion, will tangle with Mar
ion Monroe, a newcomer from
Hollywood.
Preliminary bouts will pit
Chief Blue Eagle against Nature
Boy in one-fall, Commute time
limit contest, and Baron Gattoni
against Karl HARRISON.
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Crippled SYraeuse's
Hopes in PIayoff Dim
After Opening Loss
BY the Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS, April L.
Syracuse, trailing the Minneap-
oils Lakers. 10. in their MIA
championship series today, need
ed a f1rst-class medical miracle
to salvage its playoff hopes.
The Nationals bowed to the
imperturbable champions, 1868,
before 4.579 here last night with
two big stars watching most of
the game as panied spectators.
Dolph Schayes, who carried
the Mats through the Eastern
Division with a Appoint aver
age, played only four and one
half minutes and took only one
futile shot.
Earl Lloyd, playing his first
game since March 81. hit only
three points. Both are recover
ing from hand fractures, but the
recovery just wasn't fast enough
to stand of the polished Min
neapolis veterans.
Deprived Of its scoring lead
ers. Syracuse played it cautious
ly and hoped for a splurge from
some of its smaller men. The
Mats kept the Western Division
titlists within range through the
first half, trailing, 34-31, at that
point.
But Clyde Lovelette triggered
a Minneapolis drive in the third
period which carried to a $3.50
lead, and the Lakers nurSed the
margin carefully through the
last period.
Lovelette and George Mikan,
the alternating Laker centers,
hit 16 and Is points.
Bob Lavoy pitched in Is for
Syracuse and Paul Seymour
added 10.
The teams resume the best-of-
seven series here Saturday after
noon before national televi-
sion audience and then move to
Syracuse next week for two
more, plus a fifth, if necessary.
IT Syracuse is still in the run
ming, the playoffs will conclude
in Minneapolis.
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He was captain of the team in
his senior year with the Noun
taineers.
Between his graduation and
initial coaching duty, Morton
was in both the Army and Navy
in World War II. He served
with the 80th division for IA
months. mostly in Germany
While with the Army. he re-
ceived a congressional appoint
ment to the Naval Academy. Ee
failed to pass the entrance ex-
aminations but was sworn into
the Navy the same day he le-
ceived his discharge from the
Army and put in a years service
A Versatile Coach.
Last year, IN addition tC
coaching baseball at Hermitage
Morton was backfield coach OF
the football team and assistant
basketball coach.
His wife is the former jeanne
Tracy of Webster Springs, w
Va. Morton. also West Vir-
ginian, is from Camden-on
Gauley which he describes as "a
hamlet of about 500 which you
get in and out of by swinging
on a vine"
The Generals open their sea-
son tomorrow afternoon at home
against Western High. On the
sidelines for the first time in
nine years will be Athletic Di-
rector Rockwell and on the
bench directing for the first
time will be Coach Morton. That
both are from the same state Is
puBely coincidental.
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n,4OO See GIobefrotfers
Increase Lead 10 a 10 1
By the Associnted Press


RALEIGH, N. c., April 1.-The
Harlem Globetrotters and the
College All-Stars move to Her.
shey, Pa, tonight to continue
their 22-game cross-country
basketball world series with the
Trotters holding a Al lead.
The Globetrotters won last
nights game in North Carolina
State Colleges Reynolds Coli
scum, 1888. before a capacity
12,40O.
After trailing most of the
game. the Collegians threw a
scare into the Glowing Trotters,
pulling to within l point with
Az minutes remaining. Togo
Palazzi and Dick Rosenthal of
Notre Dame spanked the ALL
Stars late rally.
Goose Tatum collected Is
points to lead the Trotters.
Willie Gardner scored 20.
Frank Selvy of Furman, who
broke nearly every major college
scoring record this season, led
the All-StarS with 10.
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Attendance
CONTINUED Form Page CID

7. He would play the first ex-
hibitions March IL, SIX days
later than this year.
A sample schedule offered by
Richards leaves seven, days open
for practice after the exhibitions
begin. He suggests playing two
games, then three off for prac-
tice; four games and two for
practice. and so on through
March 20. I'm this way" he
says, "the clubs would not reach
peak condition too early and
more valuable time could be put
into practice sessions that is
now spent in exhibition games.
The Sox are not too exercised
about having played to only
about half the attendance they
did in California and Arizona
last spring. Their expenses also
were cut approximately in half,
so they figure they broke even
on the deal.
Cali we feel" said a club
spokesman, sis that if we can't
draw real paying crowds for
games here we would be better
off letting Richards train his
men. He believes he can do more
good by watching his team play
a couple of games and then cor
recting the mistakes he saw than
by playing every day. Another
thing, we might draw about as
many fans in II games as we
would in 81"
Irony in Situation.
There is little hope among the
Sox that the Cardinals and Yam
KEGS will fall in with their cur
tailment plan, as they are sitting
comparatively pretty in st. Pete,
but they believe it will work if
they can line up as many as
three of the other clubs. They
wouldn't attempt to go it alone.
If you have missed it up to
here, there is a large amount
of irony in the situation-the
thought that the clubs might
voluntarily reduce their annual
spring stays. in the sunshine. 1t
has been such a short time since
they were bowling at an edict,
since softened, which forbade
them to open camp before
March /.
Clubs which couldn't wait
thought up ingenious ways of
beating the law. They gathered
10 days beforehand at hot water
bathing places, or on beautiful
Off shore islands such as Cata-
lima, where they would boil
themselves and take long, in
MIGRATING walks in the hills. The
fact that a few bats and balls
and gloves CHANGED to be on
hand was purely accidental.
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Bowler Shoots Perfect Game
In ABC After 27-Yeur Effort

edges and plopped on their sides
as the house went wild.
Sparando took of his glasses
without which he cannot see
from his right eye). wiped the
perspiration which suddenly had
gathered on his forehead and sat
down, his GOODNESS now gone.
White faced, he turned to ABC
officials and said:
I've been looking for this 800
game for 81 years and, brother,
I'm happy!"
Actually, it was not Sparando's
first 800 game. He has rolled
six in match and open play.
The 5-fot-8 kegler finished his
play with an 1867 mark, good
for third place IN the all-events
division and added a 245 and
178 to his singles action for a
first place 1913.
In team competition he bowls
for the Ronson Lighters team
Of New York.
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Hockey PIoyoffs

BY the Associated Press
Yesterdays Results.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Hershey 3; Pittsburgh, 2 double
overtime Hershey wins best of five
series, 3-21.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Saskatoon. 4: Edmonton, I Edmonton
leads best-of-seven series. 3-2).
New Westminster. 4: Vancouver, 2
(best-of-nine series tied. Z-2l-
TOday's Schedule.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Toronto at Detroit Detroit leads
0ssf-0i INTERNATIONAL s1rff6; LEAGUE.
Cincinnati at Johnstown Cincinnati
leads best-of-seven series. Sid.
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Opening Of Jamaica
Launches To-day
New York Season
THE EVENING STAR
= Washington, D. C.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1854
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April Metro
politan racing fans who have
been counting the long days
since last November II headed
by subway, bus, auto, foot and
railway for Jamaica race track
today for the curtain-raiser of
New York's 196-day season.
The weatherman promised
some cloudiness with the mer-
curry in the 40s, and Jamaica Of
ficials looked for a crowd of
around 10000 to see the SOS, 000-
added Paumonok Handicap, the
traditional opening feature.
Ten horses were entered for
the six-furlong Paumonok, in
augurated in 1906, three years
after Jamaica first opened.
William M. Wickham's White
Skies, with 100 pounds including
his rider, Eddie Arcaro, heads
the Paumanok field, but this
5-year-old son of Sun Again will
get plenty of opposition.
Fast Horses Entered.
Others entered are Trio Stables
Laffango, lis; Abe Levinson's
Underwater, 113; the Belair Studs
Hyphasis, 119, and Wheatley
Stables Hilarious, 121, an entry
trained by Sunny Jim Fitzsim-
mons; C. Mahlon Kline's Raster,
ia: Mrs. E. D. Jacobs Joe Jones,
113: Leslie Jane Stables Free
dom Farley. 1902; c. v. Whitney's
Cold Command, 116, and Max
Kahlbaum'S Informer, 106.
Joe Jones, a son of Stymie,
Laffango, and the FitZsimmons
entry appear to have the best
chance against White Skies. Joe
Jones and Laffango raced during
the winter at Santa Anita while
Hilarious and Hyphasis per-
formed in Florida.
White Skies showed a liking
for Jamaica last year when he
won the Sport Page, INTERIOR
ough and New Rochelle Handi-
caps. Laffango also likes the
egg-Shaped layout. for he won
the 1853 Experimental, then took
a division of the Gotham Stakes
before suffering an injury that
knocked him out of the Ken
lucky Derby.
ArcarO Substitute Rider.
Arcaro rides White Skies in
place of Jimmy Stout, the regu-
lar jockey who is recuperating
after a spill at Gulfstream Park.
Stout has won four Paumonoks,
while Arcaro won aboard Devil
Diver in 1945, Rippey in 1949 and
Olympia in 1850. Ted Atkinson,
who will pilot Hilarious, won
the race with Devil Diver in 1914
and Ferd in 1851.
A year ago 40,364 customers
came out on a cool Wednesday
opening day.
Jamaica's stakes Saturday will
be the $4,000 Excelsior Handi-
cap, after which 3-year- olds take
over the spotlight for three
straight Saturdays. Sophomores
looking ahead to the May l Ken
lucky Derby will be seen in the
100000 Experimental April 10,
the 100000 Gotham April II,
and the 100000 Wood Memo
rial April "a.
New York racing, which at
tracted 4,499,567 fans who
waged $374,441,8O8 in 1853,
shifts to Belmont Park April 26.