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Evening star., 1954-12-08
New Asteroid Is Discovered
While Making Sky Survey

The big Schmidt telescope al
Palomar Observatory in Cali
fornia has discovered a new
minor planet or asteroid, the
National Geographic Society an
nounced today.
Astronomer George Abel OF
California Institute of Technol-
ogy, scanning the skies Sunday
night, first detected the new
celestial body on a Photographic
plate exposed through the tele-
scope.
The discovery was made on the
sky survey which began in 1949
with the object of photographing
the heavens out to 600 million
light years.
The asteroid was described as
of magnitude II, It's position in
right ascension II hours, 81
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honigonlery-NA
Requirement Of Fleet
| Cited by NaN0fficiaI
BY the Assoeieied Press

| Assistant Secretary of the
Navy James n. Smith says the
big United States 9Th Fleet with
it's aircraft carriers Is kept In
the Mediterranean because the
North Atlantic treaty command,
of which British Field Marshal
Montgomery is deputy, wants 1t
But Mr.. Smith makes plain
that the Navy isn't there by Its
choice, because the confines OF
that narrow sea limit mobility
of the feet.
Answer to Montgomery.
Mr.. Smiths views came to
light today In an outline of ma
terial ne prepared for use at .
news conference on Monday. but
all of which he did not use at
that time,
Mr.. Smith, who handles naval
air affairs. called the Monday
conference to reply to some Of
the points raised by Marshal
Montgomery In an address last
week at Los Angeles. The famed
British soldier had said--to the
CONSERVATION of the carrier
conscious Navy--that the day Of
the fiattop is drawing to an end.
In Mr.. Smiths notations, made
available to newsmen. he said
Marshal Montgomery focused
his discussion on Europe. the
North Atlantic and Mediterra-
mean. The American Navy OH
cial called these relatively small
areas compared to the Pacific
and Asia"
Regulated by NATO.
Thep, still referring to Mar
shall Montgomery, Mr.. Smith
wrote:
"He talks about the fact that
navies in narrow seas such as
the Mediterranean do not need
their own air forces. Yet the
organization (NATO) Of which
he is deputy supreme COM
mander presents a requirement
for the 9Th Fleet with its heavy
air attack capability to remain
in the Mediterranean.
I'VE In the Navy comply with
this requirement, but In doing so
we realize that the very mobility
which Montgomery stresses as
being essential is reduced by
forcing the fleet to operate in
narrow waters in order to be
able to strike land targets which
apparently cannot be reached by
land-based aircraft of the NATO
forces.
"In my opinion, narrow seas
should not need naval striking
forces and ! only regret that
there are not air forces avail
able in Europe which could con-
troll the narrow seas such as the
Mediterranean and the air
above. The reason such air
forces have not been developed
is because no European power
has stressed naval aviation suf-
ficiently."
Evening star., 1954-12-08
U.N. ReadytoDebate
failing Of U. 5. Flyers
But Expects Red Bar
BY the Assoeiassd Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Dec
B.-The Is Korean allies looked
for Russia to throw UP procedu-
raj roadblocks today in an effort
to delay United Nations Assem-
bly, debate on Red China's jail
Ing of II United States flyers as
spies.
Most diplomats felt, however
such Soviet tactics could not hold
up action for more than day
on the Allies demand that the
U. N. denounce the Chinese ac-
tion as a, violation Of the Korean
armistice and seek the release of
the men.
With most u. N. members ap-
parently ready to condemn Peip-
ing, word spread that the Soviet
planned a determined effort to
block discussion Of the issue,
scheduled to start in the Assem-
bly, this afternoon.
Delaying Tactics Described.
U. N. observers pointed out
that Russia's Jacob Malik, who
doggedly fought the item when
1t was first brought up in the
steering committee Monday,
could delay things a while by:
!. Arguing the Assembly has
no right to handle the case on
grounds that it dealt with es-
pionage rather than prisoners of
war.
2. Demanding that the case
be allocated first to the Coma
ton political committee instead
OF going direct to the Assembly
as recommended by the steering
committee.
3. Insisting that Red China be
invited here to give her side In
the debate.
Decision Necessary.
The Assembly must decide on
all such points before turning
to discussion of the resolution
put forward by the United States
and her Korean war allies.
The resolution, worked out
after nearly a week of closed
door talks by United States
Chief Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr,. and top representa-
tives Of the other Korean allies.
calls on Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold to work for re-
lease of the II airmen and re-
port back to the Assembly by
December 81.
The United States and its
allies are pushing to obtain as
large q vote as possible in favor
of their resolution in hopes the
weight of world opinion will in
fluence the Chinese Reds to
yield the prisoners.
Evening star., 1954-12-08

minutes of time; position in
declination south 81 degrees, one
minute of arc. It has rather
large daily motion.
Since January !, 1901, when
the first asteroid was discovered,
more than 1900 have been cata-
logued on the astronomers
charts. There may be more than
10000 of them.
The first discovered, Ceres,
has a diameter of 4so miles and
still is the largest known.
Asteroids possibly are frag-
ments Of an exploded planet
which once followed an orbit be-
tween Mars and Jupiter. They
are not stars but dead matter,
shining only by reflected light
from the sun.
Evening star., 1954-12-08
Potential jam in so Cities

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10

ALONG THE SAME LINES it is difficult to pick some one
to beat them. We liked the Red until Ted Williams
cracked his coarbone Even after returns it will take
weeks for him to be ready to at top speed The early
loss of Williams shock
Boston also has lost an 18game winner Maurice Nc
Dermott, plus an able outfelder in Umphlett What
Jackie Jensen will contribute is still written the mss
II the Cleveland Indians have improved over last wear
very few can see it, About the only change the situation
is thstheir veteran pitching staff grown year older
The only two clubs that might have improved are the
White Sox and Senator'S The White Sox with few good
breaks can be rougher than they last year. especially
Virgil Trucks moves at his 1853 speed.
Trucks IS years DID, He to Detroit years ago
and yet he had his best with Chicago last year
winning 20 and losing TO-
With the brand of pitching this season. plus Young
Billy Pierce, Paul Richards team be tough.
WASHINGTON HAS THE PITCHING and is somewhat
improved The Senators be poison many teams but
they have to too far figured this season. It
could happen, however.
On FORM past and present. plus future guess here are
the four teams which have rstdvion ranking New York
Boston, Chicago and Cleveland with Washington to be
considered.
My to the American Leagues order of finish this
year is as follows:
l, Yankees; 2, White Sox g. Red Sox; T. Indians S.
Senators; 6, Tigers; z, Athletics, and 8, Orioles.
1t is quite possible for the Orioles to finish as high as
sixth The battle among the Tigers Athletics and Orioles
10 Keep out OF the cellar could be scrap finish
North Auiance)
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BY the ASsoeiefsd Press

SEATTLE, April 10.-A lot of
n1oney-somewhere around $28,-
000-has overcome a lot of re-
luctance ih jig time and Harry
(Kid) Matthews of Seattle is
about to have another go at
British heavyweight boxing
champion Don Cockell.
: 1t will give the no-longer-
youthful Observation-Disclosures
Yelder-f1ghter a chance at re-
venge on Cockell who defeated
him in a split decision here last
August.
It was agreed to yesterday
when Manager Jack Hurley. with
an alacrity which belied his
words, said he was being forced"
to send his athlete" against the
Briton in London June l.
Hurley was waiting at his
phone when called by the AS
ISOLATED Press about an offer
Promoter Jack Solomons said
he had made for the Matthews
Cockell fight.
With barely pause, the
canny manager started reading
O statement:
"Since Don Cockell," he read,
"refuses to box Harry Matthews
in Seattle I am going to be
forced to accept Promoter Jack
SolomonS' very attractive offer
:. I am desperately anxious for
this match because I know the
winnEf Of the Matthew'S ockell
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MiceIi Favored in ~ Bout
With MarceIIo Toniqht
BY the Asseeioied Pres,

BOSTON, April 10.-Joe Mi
cell of New York goes after his
fifth straight boxing victory to-
night against Steve Marcello Of
Providence, r. l., in q nationally
televised 10-round welterweight
bout.
New England will be BACKED
out Of the ABC telecast, set for
9 pm.
(The bout will be seen in
Washington on WMAL-TV,
Channel ~
Marcello, holder Of the New
England welterweight title and
possessor of a good 30-2 record,
will be making his bid for ma
tional attention in his TV debut.
Miceli will be about a 9-5 favorite
to block that bid.
The 25-year-old Miceli has a
string of four straight victories.
He has knocked out Jesse Keller,
Yves Echols and Lightweight
Contender Wallace tBud) Smith
and outpointed Johnny Lom-
hardo in . streak dating from
7 st fall.
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Nantes AiIing Knee to Get
Crucial Test in 7 odoy's Game

Stengel said, "I'll be able to use
him in the opener. He wanted
to start yesterday, but I told
him to wait another day. I hope
he won't try to do too much out
there, but I know he's liable to
run right through the score
board.
I'm anxious to see what he
can do. He says he's ready. I
hope So"
For his part. Mickey promised
not to overdo it.
II won't take any dives out
there" he said. mot for a
while, anyway. I can run pretty
good now. But I still can't take
sharp turns"
-Four days ago Nantes knee
felt strong enough for him to
try batting lefthanded. Then he
attempted a slide. Both expert
mentS were successful, but he is
still wearing an elastic knee
brace supported by steel hinges
on each side.
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Ron Against Doctors Orders
Josy BortheI Beaten in Mile
He Entered to Keep Promise

! major meet races. plus the New
England AAU title.
Taking nothing away from
Ollen, who also is New England
1,000-yard champion, Barthel
said:
II just wanted to keep q
promise. I didn't want to go
all out and possibly aggravate
that old hip injury. I was sur
prised that Ollen ran it so fast.
I thought I could win it with
a time of around 4:2O. The
other fellow just ran better than
I did"
Josy's next start, he said, will
be in a special mile race to be
held in connection with the
Heptagonal meet in Harvard
Stadium in Cambridge May Is.
Beyond that" he added, IT
looked forward only to your
AAU meet in st. Louis in
June and the European title
meet in Switzerland in August. !"
Barthel's defeat took the spot
light away from Phil Reavis, a
Somerville high school senior,
who turned in what is believed
to be the best jump ever by a
schoolboy indoors-6 #. 51s in.
Reaves, the National Inter-
scholastic champion, cleared the
bar at 6-55s later. but lost out
on that mark when he Jared
the canvas mat while landing.
The mat Jared 3 a standard
holding the crossbar and bar was
knocked off.
No official Schoolboy indoor
high Jump marks are kept be-
cause of varying conditions, but
George Spitz. former NYU star,
once did 6-4A as a schoolboy
Gil La Cava of Beverly Hills,
Calf, set the outdoor mark of
6-7h in 1898. =
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$4,000 Lures Kid Matthews
Into London Bout With CockeII

go will be the logical opponent
to meet Rocky Marciano for the
world title in September"
Questioned further, he said
the very attractive" offer was
comparable to the $4,000 he
had offered a couple days ago to
Cockell for a fight in Seattle.
Solomons rejected the offer.
then countered with one of his
own via phone Thursday night.
This will be Matthews second
visit to Britain. He went there
in 1852 for a bout with the
then British champion, Johnny
Williams. but the fight was can
celed when Matthews injured
his back.
The 33-year-old Seattle fighter
has not looked too promising in
recent bouts. He knocked out
Jack Nelson, a relatively un-
known fighter, in Spokane in
February.
Last month in Spokane he won
a close 10-round decision over
Murray Burnett. Chicago, an
other fighter who couldn't exactly
be claSsed as topnotch.
Since his fight with Cockell
Matthews has been dropped from
the National Boxing Association
ratings as a heavyweight con-
tender.
Cockell? He just turned in an
upSeA win over Roland La Starza,
one the top heavyweights.
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Only Hopes for Title
CARRIER and PoIunbo of Terps
Reach NCAA Boxing Finals

Each of the nine individual
titles at stake tonight is worth
five points and the Badgers need
take only one of it's four bouts
to tie and two to win, no matter
what Maryland and LSU do.
The other championship bouts
tonight will match the follow
ing: 125-pound, Bobby Freeman,
LSU, VS.. Seiii Maya, Hawaii;
139-pound, John Granger. SYRIA
cuse. VS.. Chick Magestro. Wis
consin; 147-pound, Herb Odom,
Michigan State. VS.. Lynn Mich
OILS, Idaho State; 156-pound.
Meath VS.. Dick Bender, San Jose
State; 178-pound. Don Quarles,
North Carolina AIT, VS.. Kois;
heavyweight. Bob Kinds, Wis
consin, VS.. McMurey.
The semifinalS results:
ton, 80 Gary CARRIER, Maryland out
pointed Shed Smith. Michigan State, 81.
125 pounds-Bobby Freeman. Louisi-
ana state, outpointed John Hernandez,
San Jose State, 80. Seiji Maya, Hawaii.
outpjointed Frank Guelli, Syracuse. 80.
1872 pounds-John Stiglets, Louisiana
State. outpointed Cyril Okamoto, Hawaii.
80. Vince Palumbo, Maryland. out
pointed Joe Rodriguez. San Jose State,
80. ...
139 pounds-John Granger. Syracuse.
won TKO over George Pickens. HaD,p-
ton, in 80 seconds Of the third round:
Vic Harris, San Jose State. 2-1.
147 pounds-Herb Odom, Michigan
State. outpointed Jack Stokes. Penn
State, 80. Lynn Nichols, Idaho. out
pointed Russ Lundgren, Idaho State, 2-1.
1853 pounds-Bob Meath. Wisconsin.
won on q technical knockout over Pete
Potter, Virginia, in 1870 Of the third
round Dick Bender. San Jose State.
outpointed Georg Sisinni. Michigan State.
los pounds-Estol Nichols. v,rginia,
outpointed Nelson Alvarez, Hampton, 81.
Gordon Gladson, Washington State, out
pointed Frank Breidor, Penn State. 80.
178 pounds-Don QuarleS, North Car
DINA AIT, outpointed Bill Greenway,
Michigan State. 80. Adam Kois, Penn
State, outpointed Ron Rhodes. Maryland.
80.
Heavyweight-Mike McMurtry. Idaho
State, won TKO over Les Coyne,
Maryland. lao of second. Bob Kinds.
Wisconsin. won TKO over Joe Cole
man. Penn State. 1.3S of first.
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Stumbling Yankees
Go Down Again, but
Casey Isn't Giving Up
By the Associated Press

No matter what Casey Stengel
says about winning a sixth
straight pennant, the Yankees
were a far-from- settled baseball
club today-only three days be-
fore the opening of the season.
Some of the biggest problems
involve two of their top pitchers
the pounding Allie Reynolds
got in yesterdays exhibition
game and the inability of Whitley
Ford to get in condition. Also
adding to Casey's woes has been
Jerry Coleman's slow start in
regaining his form and Mickey
Nantes ailing knee which has
plagued him most of the spring.
Stengel needs no urging to
prophesy another flag. But it
could be that he's whistling while
walking past a graveyard. The
Old Professor knows that this
Yankee club has compiled the
saddest spring record since he
took charge.
Opportunity for Rivals.
The Indians and the White
Sox have opportunity pounding
on their doors. They are the
only two clubs in the league
with enough power and pitch
ing to make it tough for New
York. Yet the Indians have
been futile, indeed, against the
Giants most of the spring and
the White Sox have not been
overpowering at the plate.
The Yankees dropped an 81
decision to the Dodgers yester-
day at Ebbets Field in a ere
newal' of the 1853 World Series.
Only this time there was slight
switch. The Dodgers were the
ones who applied the big blows
two home runs by Junior Gillian
and a base-cleaning double by
Sandy Amoros-and held the
lead all the way.
It was the sixth straight de-
feat at the hands of major
league opposition for the Yank-
ees, although they had won their
last six games against minor
league opposition.
Reynolds Tagged Plenty.
Reynolds was the victim of
both Gillian home runs and,
in fact, all of Brooklyn's runs.
Johnny Sain pitched the last
four innings. He, at least, came
through like a Yankee, holding
the Dodgers to two hits. Carl
Erskine, Glen Labine and Jim
Hughes combined to hold New
York to seven hits.
Warren SPAIN, the National
Leagues No. / lefthander, went
the distance for the first time
this spring, pitching the Braves
(See BASEBALL, Page A-13)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Andrews Five PLAYS
For Air Force Title
By the Assoeio,ed Press

COCOA, Fla, April 10
Once-beaten Andrews Air Force
Base of Washington, D. c.. will
meet unbeaten Sheppard ABF of
Texas at Patrick ALB here to-
day for the Air Force world bas-
ketball championship. If An
drews wins today a second game
with Sheppard will be played
tonight.
The Rockets gained the finals
Of the flve-day double elimina-
ton tournament by taking two
games yesterday. defeating Scott
ALB of Illinois, 1868. in the
afternoon and Warren AFB Of
Wyoming, 90-62, last night. The
victory over Warren avenged an
earlier defeat in the tourney by
the Wyoming team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
By the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, April 10.-Mickey
Nantes ailing right knee gets
its big test today and the seven
other American League managers
will be watching the results as
closely as Casey Stengel.
If the 22-year- old Yankee slug
ger shows no i'll effects in the
exhibition game against the
Dodgers, he'll open the season in
his accustomed centerfield spot.
If the knee acts up, there's no
telling when he'll be able to take
over in center.
Actually, the doctors have adj
vised against Mantle going back
into action so soon. But he has
been running smoothly Because
of this and the poor showing Of
the Yankees in spring training,
Stengel has decided that the time
for the big test has come.
Mantle had two operations on
his knee during the winter and
until the past week his recovery
has been slow. He has done some
pinchhitting, but all from the
right side Of the plate because
he couldn't stride on his in
jured leg.
IF he does all right today"