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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11

Vice President Calvin Crit
fifth of the Senators is in Miami
today for a meeting on the pen
sion plan. Phil Rizzuto
worked out at second base with
the Yankees yesterday, but Man
ager Casey Stengel told report
ers there was nothing significant
about his little shortstop prac-
ticing there :. :" I guess I could
play him there, or anywhere,
though" Casey said, land he'd
give me real slick job"
Some Writer'S who follow the
Yankees feel the front Office is
killing off Elston Howard, col
ored outfielder with Kansas City
last season. by converting him
into a catcher. Certainly
there isn't much future in trying
to win a job from Yogi Berra.
Howard Fox. the Senator's
publicity director, was general
manager of the Roanoke Rapids
club when Bunky Stewart COM
piled a 1872 record with New
Bern in 1851. ). Roanoke Rap
ids beat him both times" Fox
reports. land in the two games
we got five hits, none Of them
out of the infleld."
Connie Marrero Shrugs his
shoulders and says maybe"
when asked if Angel Scull is &C
complished enough to win the
Senators rightf1eld job. The
f1aShiest dresser among the Sem
ators is Carlos Paula, Cuban
Negro rookie outfielder. His
hat has a brim wide enough TO
provide shade for Griffith Sta
dium's bleachers.
Roy Sievers and Clyde Voll-
mer. who are supposed to pro-
vide punch for the Senators,
haven't Harris isn't dis
turbed, pointing out that most
distance hitters require con-
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picture on Page C-1.J
By the ASSociuted Pres.

KANSAS CITY. Mar. 1.-THE
tournament-wise Springfield
(Moo State Bears jumped into
the favorite's spot today in the
National Intercollegiate Basket
ball Tournament, (NAIA) re-
placing Bevo Francis and his Rio
Grande College club.
Southeastern Louisiana Col
lege knocked Rio Grande out of
the tournament, 1866, last night
in second-round play. The
Louisiana team wasn't even
listed among the eight seeded
squads.
Bevo. who entered the meet
with a 50.4 per game average.
was held to 81 points. In a
f1rst-round game Monday he was
limited to %.
Quarter-flnal games were
scheduled tonight, with Spring
field State playing East Texas
State in the feature. East Texas
State was a semi finalist last
year.
Springfield has won the last
two tournaments and now has
a record of IL successive VIC
tories in the three tournaments.
It takes a club that can pace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
\ lGI Hg BASEBALL
\ j AtAI EBEl By BURTON HAWKINS
BY BURTON HAWKINS

siderable time to catch up with
pitching in exhibition games.
Irv Noren is of to his customary
slow spring start with only two
hits in Is tries for the Yanks.
4 4
Willie Miranda, Yankees
reserve shortstop. is long over
due in training camp and the
excuse is the same as with all
CubanS-viSa trouble. Harris
has used IS players in three
games. The Senators will
start trimming down this week
end.
The Senators will be idle
today and tomorrow. Mickey
Mantle saw his first action OF
the year when he batted for
Jim Mcdonald in the third
inning and walked Rizzuto
ran for him. Four double
plays crushed the Senators, with
the Yankees producing three of
them in the first three innings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Three Co-Favored
As $50 Start Play in
Baton Rouge Open
BY the Assoeioted Press

/ BATON ROUGE. La. Mar, II.
Steady Johnny Palmer. who's
been playing golf since he was
Is, joins Fred Haas, jr.. and
Cary Middlecoff as favorites in
a field of $50 teeing off today
in the opening round of the
$4,000 Baton Rouge Open.
Top man at Mexico City and
one of the most consistent money
winners on the PGA winter trail,
the Charlotte, N. c., pro got the
nod Of country club spectators
with his down-the-middle shoot
ing in practice rounds and his
f1awleSs technique in yesterdays
golf clinic.
Middlecoff has always found
the 6,411-yard par 70 Baton
Rouge course to his liking, fin
ishing high in the money in
both previous PGA events here.
Haas at Home.
If the weather turns bad, Haas,
New Orleans driving range OPP
orator. might have the inside
track. He played the course often
as a golf star at Louisiana State
University and can quickly ad-
just to the constantly changing
winds that frequently buffet the
narrow fairwayS.
In choosing favorites, fans
have all 10 champions from
stops along the winter trail thus
far. and no one is overlooking
such shotmakers as Fred Wamp-
Ter, Lew Worsham, Doug Ford
and Dave Douglas.
Douglas came on with a rush
to grab the $4,000 first-prize
money from Middlecoff in last
weeks Houston Open. His long
irons have been singing happy
tune in two days of practice
here. a warning that he has his
sights on the humber $4,000
Baton Rouge check.
Stranahan Heads Amateurs.
Heading the amateur ranks
is Frank Stranahan. the Toledo
muscle man, but a lot of atten-
ton will be centered on the LSU
golf team which is fielding an
, eight-man squad. led by Shreve-
ports Tommy Morrow, low anna
teur here last year.
Missing from the tournament
and the winter trail this year is
Sammy Snead, winner here last
year.
The par 70 Country Club
course has always been tough
on long ball hitters, despite sew
eral par-f1ve holes. In addition
to the alley-like fairways, they
are plagued by a sleepy bayou
that cuts across seven holes and
can gobble up truant drives in
two-stroke penalty swallows.
To compensate for the lack of
other natural obstacles, course
engineers have placed more than
so sand traps around the tricky
rolling greens.
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Bobby Jones Whips
Turner al Own Game
In Toe-to-Toe Upset
sy tho Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. IL
The Jones boys must have de-
clared this week open season on
ranking middleweights.
Monday night Ralph CTiger)
Jones kayoed the fifth-ranking
16o-pounder. Bobby Dykes. And
last night Bobby Jones, a de-
cided underdog. whipped the
fourth ranking middleweight.
Gil Turner of Philadelphia.
Bobby, Of Oakland. Calf, did
such a workmanlike job on the
23-year-old Turner that the
Philadelphia Negro and his man
ager have decided to forsake the
middleweight division and go
back to the welterweight class.
Takes Command at Start.
Jones was a Stool underdog
when he entered the ring for the
acknowledgement hereunder.
But he took command from the
outset with a stiff left jab and
a combination of rights and lefts
in close that befuddled the
aggressive Turner.
In fact, Jones, 29-year-old vet
eran Of nine years of professional
fighting. beat Turner at his own
game. toe-to-toe punching. I'm
like most of the Turner oppo-
nents, Jones refused to give
ground in the many furious ex-
changes.
The decision was split with the
two judges favoring Jones. SAL
and 6-3-1, and the referee. Dave
Beloff, voting Turner the winner,
5-3-2. The Associated Press
carded Jones a Sal victor. In
scoring his seth victory against
10 defeats and 8 draws, Jones
staggered Turner several times
and opened a bad cut under his
left eye. Jones weighed 155 and
Turner ISL.
A former Stevedore and farm
boy who runs a dog food process
ing machine between fights. Jones
was making his fourth Eastern
appearance. He lost split de-
cision to Willie Troy, was kayoed
by Johnny Bratton and out
pointed by George Benton.
Turner DiscOnsOIate.
81 knew I was ahead all the
way although + thought it was
a very close fight" Jones said in
his dressing room. I'D like to
get a few good fights now with
fellows like (Joey) Giardello,
(Rocky) Castellani and even
Bobo Olson" Jones lost a split
decision to Olson in 1851.
AS for Turner. he was too dis
conSolaCe 10 say anything. HIS
manager, George KATE, did the
talking.
I'm taking Gil back into the
147-pound class" Katz said.
Hes not big enough and can't
put on enough poundage to have
a fair chance with middle
weights"
The promoters refused to an
nounce the crowd or the finan-
cial figures, probably because
they were embarrassed by the
meager turnout of some 1000.
Unlimited television in the Phil
adelphia area, plus the recent
Johnny Saxton- Johnny Bratton
f1asco, apparently kept many
fans away.
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rs TopWomenG Golfers TeeOff
In ThIehoIders' Tournament

This time the Babe will be try
ing for comeback after being
incapacitated by a cancer opera
ton.
I've found that I have to pace
myself very carefully" Mrs. Ia
harias said yesterday. Nova
days I tire a lot faster than
used to. and I have to start pac-
ing myself on the first hole.
Otherwise. I begin to lose my
swing about the fifth or sixth. -
The Augusta course is a $500
yard, par u challenge. This
years field, the largest in history,
includes 90 professionals.
The top 10 pros will divide a
$4,000 purse with the winner
getting $1,000.
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Continued From Page CID
In; Duquesne's quarter final VIC
tory. Sophomore 81 Green took
over for the Dukes with his driv-
ing Jump shots. The speedster
from Brooklyn may have to do
it again If Ricketts, (6-71a) and
Jim Tucker (alSo STD are
beaten of the backboards by
Niagara's spring-legged sopho-
mores. Charley Hoxie and Ed
Fleming.
Hoxie stands 6-foot-3h and
Fleming 6-foot-2h, but they've
outjumped taller foes all season.
Height also figures prominent
ly in the other semif1nal, with
Holy Cross counting on 6-foot-6
Tom Observation-Disclosures by
Coach Buster Sheary as "the
best sophomore in the country"
to get the ball Of the back
boards against Western Ken
tucky's Art Spoelstra, a 6-foot-
912 Stringbean.
# the Crusaders somehow
manage to slow down the Ken
tuckianS' race horse attack, that
will put the burden of Westerns
offense on Forest Able, a sopho-
more whom Coach Ed Diddle
calls his best set shot.
The round of four has been
something Of a jinx for Duquesne
In recent years. The Dukes lost
out to ST. Johns Of Brooklyn in
last years semifinals, La Sale in
1882 and to City College of New
York in 1850. The Dukes also
lost out in three other NIT bids.
This is the furthest Niagara
hag gone in three NIT tries and
they're meeting a team which
nipped them 66-61 on the same
floor in the holiday festival and
BY 61-53 on Niagara's home floor.
Western Kentucky, trying for
the MT title for the eighth time,
will send its Tom Marshall, who
made 81 in Westerns 95-81
quarter-flnal win over Bowling
Green, against Holy Cross Togo
Palazzi in what should be a
tremendous individual scoring
battle. Both are seniors, both
stand 6-foot-4 and both led their
squads in scoring over the sea-
son with averages around Is
points per game. Holy Cross is
IN the tourney for the second
titaa
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Vic Rasc|li Effective
In Debut, Feels Right
First Time in 4 Years
By the Associated Prsss

Chalk one up for Vic Raschi-
and the Cardinals, too.
81 think I can help them q lot, I"
Raschi repeatedly has said since
the Redbirds purchased him from
the Yankees In . surprise deal
last month.
Yesterday, Vic showed he
wasn't kidding. Making his debut
for the National Leaguers. the
35-year-old right-hander limited
the White Sox to two hits in the
four innings he worked as the
Cardinals eked out q Us victory.
Using his fast ball sparingly,
but effectively mixing up curves
and changes Of pace. Raschi
yielded home run to Eddie
Stewart and q double to Bob
Boyd in the first inning. then
held the White Sox hitless in
the next three innings.
"I'm myself again for the first
time in four years." he said
afterward. II believe I can work
more often than I did last
season."
Because Raschi needed four
and sometimes five days rest be-
tween starts in 1858. many OBJ
servers felt that the Cardinals
paid too much (reportedly $780,
00OD for a "once week" pitcher.
Plagued by an ailing knee, Vic
won only Is games for the
Yankees last year after compil-
ing Is victories in 1852 and 81
in 1851.
The Cardinals combined one
hit, four walks and two stolen
bases to score three runs in the
eighth inning for their second
straight win over Chicago. Virgil
Trucks. the Sox 20-game winner
last season. gave up one hit in
three innings.
ShantZ Has Rough Time.
Bobby Shantz, another ques-
tion-mark pitcher, also made his
spring debut yesterday. but he
wasn't as successful as Raschi.
Sidelined most of last season
with a sore arm, the Athletics
pint-sized left-hander gave up
three Cincinnati runs in three
innings. He was touched for a
home run by Third Bascman
Charley Harmon, a double by
Ted Kluszewski and singles by
Grady Hatton. Bob Borkowski
and Roy Mcmillan. Philadelphia
won the game, 4-3. on a ninth
inning squeeze bunt by Rookie
Forrest Jacobs.
Pinch-hitter Billy Goodman s
single in the seventh drove in
two runs as the Red Sox topped
the Braves. 80, for their fourth
straight triumph. Henry Aaron
walloped a home run for the
Braves.
Outfielder Jim Fridley hit a
ninth-inning home run. his
fourth this spring, to give the
unbeaten Orioles a 81 decision
over the Indians. Veteran HOWE
Fox was the winning pitcher.
The Pirates exploded for FIVE
homers as they defeated the IT.
gers, 81. Sid Gordon. Frank
Thomas. Jerry Lynch, Jack
Shepard and Bob Skinner were
the home run hitters.
Roberts Starts Well.
Shut out until the eighth. the
Dodgers scored six times to tie
the score then pushed over a run
in the 18th to defeat the Phillies.
7-6. in a night game. Robin
Roberts, the Phillies' big winner,
BANKED the Dodgers for five in
nings.
Ralph Kiner hit two home
runs. one with the bases loaded.
to lead the Cubs to a lot victory
over the Giants. Hank Sauer.
Randy Jackson. Gene Baker and
Luis Marquis also connected for
the Cubs,
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NCAA
Continued From Page CID

which has rolled to II consecu-
tive victories. Indiana beat the
Irish. 66-55. back in December
and also eliminated Notre Dame
in last years NCAA tournament.
Oklahoma A&M, No. S; Louisi-
ana State, No. 8, and North
Carolina State. No: 10. are the
only other top 10 teams still in
the NCAA competition.
Top-ranked Kentucky turned
down an NCAA spot as South.
eastern Conference champion be-
cause three of the Wildcat stars
were ruled ineligible.
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the week end
b y u S / n g
Maui'y NC
Dermott, Spec
s h e a, Bob
P or RI ield
and Chuck
Stobbs in two
games there.
Mickey YER
non. of to a
late start be-
cause Of his
holdout. a SO
will break in
to a c t i o n
AGAINST the AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Bobby Locke in Birkdo!e

LONDON Mar. II 'R.-
Bobby Locke, South African
winner of the British Open golf
championship in 1852. and Aus
tralian Norman Won Mida are
among the first overseas chal-
lengers to enter this years open
tournament at Birkdale July So.
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Kiner
Continued From Page CID

=
Hank Sauer can't run, either.
But Hank generally gets the ball.
Maybe he doesn't look pretty
running, or maybe we don't look
fast because we are big. But
Yet at Yuma the other day
Kiner raced back, banged heav-
lily into the wall and made a
tremendous one-hand catch.
Kiner, the home-run king of
the National League for seven
straight years until Milwaukee's
Eddie Mathews detroned him last
year, is a threat to regain the
distinction. And also prove him
self an exceptional ball player.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Bowl Groups to Meet

DALLAS. Mar. II R.-The
bowl committee of the South
eastern Conference and a COM
mittee of the Cotton Bowl Ath-
letic Association will meet March
Is at Memphis, Tenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11

ORLANDO, Fla. Mar. IL
Bucky Harris will step up his
pitching pace against the Ath-
letics at West Palm Beach over
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
Freight Train Falls
Through Burning Trestle
Near SteilacoOm, Wash.

STEILACOOM, Wash, Up - In
what the engineer termed $50 sec
onds of hell" eight units of a
73-car Union Pacific Railroad
freight train plunged through a
burning trestle into Puget Sound
here yesterday.
The only casualty was L. R..
Pearson, a brakeman who suf-
fered minor burns about the eyes
as he braved flames to save three
carloads of believing cattle.
Union Pacific officials placed
damage to the trestle and to the
cars at more than 100000.
Engineer William Boyce said he
was highballing along the water
side track toward Seattle, some
As miles to the north, when he
rounded a curve and saw flames
billowing from the trestle,
He applied the air brakes, but
the heavily-laden train couldn't
be stopped before the three diesel
units and 10 cars ploughed thru
the flames. The next eight cars
dropped through to the water as
the trestle gave way. Four cars
burned.
The destroyed cars carried wax,
tires, refrigerators and shoes.
The cause Of the fire was not
determined.
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
Diane Wells Letter
May Be Of Value In
Pending Murder Trial

FAIRBANKS, R-Two top law
enforcement officers said letter
written by Mrs. Dianne Wells just
before her March suicide in
Hollywood may be Of value in the
Cecil Wells murder case investi-
cation.
Dist. Atty. Ted Stevens and
us. Marshal Al Dorseh disclosed
in a joint statement that the letter
is in the hands of a private inves-
tigatOr.
The investigator is Glen E. b.
dell, formerly associated with
Earl Stanley Gardner. He has
been hired by the Wells estate.
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
NY. Interest Buys
Anchorage Apis,
Shopping Center

ANCHORAGE, R-In trans
action involving twice the origi-
nal cost of the whole Territory OF
Alaska, an Anchorage chain OF
apartments and the Hollywood
Shopping Center have been sold
to East Coast hotel operators.
The Allied Hotels Inc, former
owners, sold the property to a
new syndicate called the Alaska
Housing Corporation. The sale
price, according to Herman B.
Sarno, president of the new cor
poration, is considerably in excess
Of $15,OO0,OO0.
Properties transferred include
the Richardson Vista Apartments;
Vista Apartments; Holly Vista
Apartments; Jefferson Courts, E
and E Apartments, S and S Apart
ments, Linda Arms and the shop
ping center.
Other officers Of the corpora
ton are Edward Lewis, vice pres,
and Alfred Taffet, sec. treas. They
and Sarno are from New York.
Sarno said the three men are
associated with a firm holding ex-
tensive hotel and apartment house
properties in the East, South and
Middle West.
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
COMMUNICATION
To the Members Of the
Keuoayah KozQa Library

l wish to extend my appreci-
alton to the members of the Ke-
goayah Kozga Library Board for
the excellent services rendered
during the past 20 years while
l have been a subscriber to the
local library.
I have greatly admired these
women who give regular service
year in and year out without COM
pensation, during stormy and cold
weather, that the people Of Nome
may be provided with the recrea-
ton Of good reading.
This group deserves recognition
for its efforts in the cultural de-
velopment Of the community and
it gives me much pleasure to take
this opportunity to express my
personal appreciation.
Sincerely,
Conrad Yenney
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
Alaska Airlines
Persists in Fry for
Fare Reductions

WASHINGTON, R-A1aska
Airlines asked the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board Friday to reconsider it's
suspension of Alaska's proposal
to reduce fares between Fair
banks and the Pacific Northwest.
Alaska wants to cut its $50 fare
to SIS, in order to compete with
the two-hours-faster service Of
fered by Pan American World
Anyways.
Alaska said the board, in ruling
that the new fare may be lower
than costs justify, must have been
looking at the question from the
standpoint of Pan American,
which it called the "heaviest sub
sidized airline"
1t said the board was operating
in a 'factual vacuum" and had no
idea of Pan Americans actual
COSTS
Alaska Airlines added that sus-
pension of it's reduced fares would
give green light to Northwest
Orient Airlines to start Seattle
Anchorage DC-6B service at no
difference in fare, in competition
with Pacific Northern which, like
Alaska Airlines, has only DC-4's.
Northwest plans to do this on
April l, thus placing Pacific
Northern in the same predicament
as Alaska, the petition said.
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
NY. Times Reports
Mighty Mo be MOthballed

NEW YORK, Up - The New
York Times said Monday the bat
tleship Missouri will be ordered
this summer to join the mothball
fleet.
A Times story from Norfolk,
Va, said the 45,OOO-ton mighty
No." one of the worlds deadliest
ships, is scheduled to 60 to Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard at Brem-
erton, Wash, for four-month
process Of mothballing, beginning
in September.
The story said, THE Navy is
convinced that the aircraft car
rier has become the backbone of
the fighting fleet"
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
Widow of Alex Stewart
Dies In Seattle, Aged "

SEATTLE, R - Mrs. E d n a
Miller Stewart, widow of the late
Alexander c. Stewart, died Satur-
day. She was u years old.
The Stewards went to Nome in
1905 where Stewart owned and
operated gold mines for 40 years.
Stewart, president of the West
Coast Mineral Assn, and one of
the northland's best known min
ing operators, died in 1949.
The Stewards established their
home in Seattle in 1907, going
north each summer.
Survivors include a son, Don
aid Of Seattle and Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
Fairbanks Union Leaders
Issue "Stay Home"
Warning To Job-Seekers

FAIRBANKS, Ala a, pa
"stay home" warning to job-seek-
ars was issued here Friday by
labor union officials.
They said the annual rush has
started already in the Fairbanks
area, but that no jobs are avail
able at present.
All unions reported an influx
Of outsiders began arriving last
week. Officials attribute the ear
lier- usual seasonal influx to
tighter" job conditions in the
States. They said an unusually
heavy volume Of job applications
also have been arriving by mail.
There are now 1000 people
out of work in the Fairbanks
area" said Mrs. Olga Reeve, act
ing director of the Employment
Service, land there definitely are
no job openings for newcomers at
the present time"
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-29
Japanese-Caught Tuna
Passes Radioactivity
Test At Vancouver

VANCOUVER, B. c., R-The
first cargo of Japanese caught
tuna to arrive here since the
March l atomic blast in the Pac-
ific passed a radioactivity test
here Friday with silent geiger
counter.
The counter, which clicks wild
ly in the presence Of radioactive
objects, was used to check on
whether any Of the $4,000 pounds
of fish might have been contami-
mated.