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Evening star., 1954-04-27
BY LEWIS E.kTcAISoN

put it best when he said: You've
got to breed speed to speed and
hope for the best"
All the horses who go to the
post Saturday in the Derby rep
resent the. dreams and hopes of
an owner or trainer who can't for
get the storybook 1851 Derby
when little Conn McCreary, a
jockey down on his luck, won on
Count Turf. an outsider so light
ly regarded that his trainer
didn't even bother to make the
trip to Louisville to saddle him ?
Well, we didn't mean to get so
windy about this. because Mar
shall had a lot to say about
Charlie Justice, who is supposed
to come to town next Monday to
sign his 1854 contract. Charlie
makes good reading, too, even if
he's a sprinter and not able to
go the full Derby distance.
(See and hear Lew Atchi-
sons Angle on Sports every
night, Monday through Friday,
at 11:10 pm. on WMAL-TV,
Channel T.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Hoya Netmen Score
Over MARYLAND, II

Georgetown University ten
mis- team will be working on a
f1ve-match winning streak when
it plays host to Virginia Mill
tary Institute and st. Joseph S
over the week end.
The Hoyas made it five
straight yesterday with a 7-2
victory over Maryland. Bud
Leightheiser and Tom Birch
pulled the Terps up to % tie
during the singles. but George
town swept the rest of the sin
giles and all three doubles
matches in straight sets.
Georgetown's overall record
now reads 8-4, while Maryland
has lost three of 10 matches.
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JACK clifford, Ga. sWe: Bud Leisht- G t..
Tom Birch M1 aM1 q, BIZ Baker, "a,
ard Reamer Atlen o MeEass aS Nj Nike d. Fastsr aosr
(Gl Dick Beckwith. e@2, eMs ''e'
D9gslesyon %ver and n,,fnrd uT5 and Vslenti ' 1G1
Brett and Baker (GD d. Leightheiser
and Birch, o., 6---3 Frisbie and Nc
Nabb go d. ReAmer and Beckwith,
1O-s. 6--1.
To-day.
Western Maryland at Catholic u.
Tomorrow.
Johns Hopkins at Maryland.
Friday.
VMI at Georgetown.
Maryland at CIV.
Saturday.
St. Joseph,s at Georgetown.
VMI at CIV
LynchburG at Catholic U.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
North-South MedaIisf
To Find Going Tough
As Match Play Opens
BY the Associated Press

PINEHURST. N. c., April 81.
The top half of the upper
bracket of the 54th North and
South Amateur golf tournament
was loaded with talent going
into the first round of match
play today. =.
The luck of the draw resulted
in the medaliSt, the defending
champion and three other
former winners as well as Billy
10 Patton of Morganton, N. c..
a star of the recent Masters
tournament. being crowded into
the top eight matches today.
Heading the pack was Ben
Goodies, the round little man
from Reidsville. N. c., whose
four-under- par 68 won him the
medal yesterday.
Today Goodies met Edward
Rack of McKeesport, Pa, 76
qualifier along with such hot
shots as Hobart Namely, Sa-
vannah, Ca: Frank Stranahan,
Toledo, Ohio; Nal Galletta, Stall
bans. N. Y: Bill Campbell, Hunt
ington. w. Va, the defending
champion, and Patton. All were
arrayed against Goodies in the
top half of the bracket, under a
strict United States Golf Associa-
ton numerical draw.
Tied for second yesterday with
Ills were Navy 1t. James w.
Kinder of Silver Spring. Md,
who plays at Prince Georges
Country Club, and Bobby
Knowles, former Walker Cupper
from Aiken, S. c. Goodies 68
was the third lowest score in 20
years of qualifying here and led
a field of 100. A score of 70 or
better qualified a field of 81 for
match play.
Jennings (Jay) Randolph of
Bethesda (MdD Country Club
qualified with 39-39-78 and to-
day was paired against Aulick
Burke of Bristol, Va, who had
rs. Roland Mackenzie, who al
most 80 years ago made the
Walker Cup team as a teen
ager from Washington. D. c.,
also qualified with 4O-38-78 and
met Jack Harris of Richmond, in
with a IS.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
District Light-Heavy
In AAU Semifinals
sneeinI Dispatch 10 The s,ur

BOSTON, April 27.-Warrenel
Lester. the Washington. D. c.,
light-heavyweight Golden Gloves
champion who now is represent
ing Baltimore. heads the list of
nine fighters qualified for Thurs
day nights semifinals in the Ma
tional AAU boxing tournament.
The other 81 semifinalists will
be determined tonight.
Lester. runnerup for the 178-
pound title here last year, scored
a unanimous decision over John
Ruggins of Detroit in one of last
nights outstanding bouts. Les
ter pounded Ruggins through
most of the fight, but could not
put him away.
Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco tied for team honors last
night. each with five victories
One of Philadelphia's triumphs
was scored by Fred Fuller as he
won over JOHNNY Gray of Wash
ington. D. c.. in the second round
of a 119-pound quarter-final
match. Fuller knocked down
Gray in the first round and the
referee stopped the fight after 26
seconds of the second.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Big Ten Complies
with Reluctance on
Football W Plan
By the Assoeiaied Press

CHICAGO, April 27.-The Big
Ten has decided reluctantly to
go along with the NCAA's ma
tionally controlled television
football program for 1854.
A spokesman said the confer
ence intends to renew its efforts
for regional television next year.
The decision was announced
yesterday after two-day meet
ing on Big Ten officials, includ-
ing presidents of member schools.
The Big Ten previously had
urged strongly a program which
would permit a team to appear
twice regionally. once at home
and once away. or once ma
tionally. whichever it desired.
The NCAA program, approved
again in q recent NCAA referen-
dunn, 1926. calls for the screen
ing of IL games-one each Sat-
urday afternoon during the sea-
son and on Thanksgiving Day.
This program, to be telecast by
the Am eric n Broadcasting
Company, calls for only one
game shown throughout the en-
tire country each Saturday.
Evening star., 1954-04-27


The Yankees have slammed 10
home runs and all have been
delivered with the bases empty.
=. Boston lost its most effective
weapon against the Yankees
when Mel Parnell suffered a
broken arm. Mel BANKED
the champions four times last
season en- route to SO record
against them.
National League pitching is
driving Catcher Vic JanowicZ
closer to the Redskins. Z. The
former Ohio State halfback, No.
z draft choice of the Redskins in
1852, batted three times for the
Pirates Sunday and whitfield
every time.
A year ago Dave Philley was
leading the American League
with a .465 average now he's
hitting OIL i. Jose Nakamura,
Japanese lefthander. is one of
the pitching prospects with the
Senators Charlotte farm club
A 135-pounder. Nakamura
was a 19-game winner with Shell
by, N. c.. last year.
Bucky Harris is business as
sociate of Al Rosen, Ed Mathews.
Robin Roberts, Yogi Berra, Ed
L.opat, Monte Irwin and Specs
Toporcer Their pictures ap-
pear on cans of Mascot dog food
and they get a slice of the sales
Ex-senator Archie Wilson
belted two home runs for To-
ronto Sunday in a win over
Richmond.
Tom Meany, who has clicked
with numerous other baseball
books, scores again with Milwau-
KEGS Miracle Braves, due on the
shelves Thursday. /. Bob Por-
terfield is hoping the switch that
converted the st. Louis Browns
into the Baltimore Orioles also
will change his luck. The
Browns. who beat him twice in
three decisions, and the Yankees
were the only clubs to hold an
edge over him last year.
Holding the Yankees on an
even keel has been a pitching
staff which has an earned run
avarage of 1.94. Mantle and
Berra. who are supposed to sup
ply punch for the champions,
have hit safely in the same
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Brennan TeIIs.Chicogo Alumni
Irish Records Aren'tHis Goal

he declared. "I'l try to field
the best team possible" He said
he wasn't going to be pessi-
mistic" about Notre Danes foot
ball future
Turning to sports in general,
the 25-year-old Brennan said
athletics in college must be
kept as sports-with a sports
valueS-and then we can be sure
Of turning out some pretty fine
men,"
He said such things as the
basketball betting scandals of a
few years ago indicated college
sports can become dangerous to
the morals of the young men
participating, and that this must
be avoided.
On the other hand, he said,
a balanced" sports program in
colleges-encouraging "a strong
mind and a strong body" philos-
ophy-does much to prepare stu
dents for responsible roles as
citizens in q democracy.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

CHICAGO. April 27.-Terry
Brennan. Notre Danes new
football coach, combined a prom
Use of 'the best team possible
with a plea for a balanced
sports program last night.
Brennan gave the main ad-
dress at the annual banquet of
the Notre Dame Club of Chi
cago. He and the man he sue
ceeded. Frank Leahy, received
special awards from the club.
Leahy was in Hollywood,
Calit., and wired his regrets
that he was unable to attend.
Brennan told about 600 club
members and guests that he felt
keenly the great responsibility
of succeeding such men as
Knute Rockne. Elmer Layden
and Leahy in the Irish coaching
spot.
I'm not going to try to equal
or exceed records set before me- >
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Maryland Golfers Defeat
LoyoIa for IS Season

University of Maryland's golf
team continued its comeback
with a 7l2-1l2 victory over
Loyola of Baltimore yesterday
at Prince Georges and now has
a SIS record for the season after
its third straight victory.
Maryland lost both singles
matches in the first foursome
but won the best ball IN an
oddity.
Summaries:
Carr ,Kroneberger MARYLAND, de-
prio Best ball: Maryland. | up
:, Ray Bellamy, Maryland. defeated Jim
Hoeck. and s. and Bill McFerren.
Mary land. defeated Gary Waldorf !
and :. Best ball; MARYLAND: and 6,
=, Bus Mantzouris Maryland, defeated
lIissirs: His Loyola ha,yed the match with
bail: MaIyland. 4 and 3.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Diplomat From District
Wins in British Tennis
BY the Associated Press

BOURNEMOUTH. England,
April 27.-Orme Wilson, jr.,
United States vice consul in
Southampton, took time off
from official duties for a crack
at the British hard court ten
mis- championships-and made it
worth while.
Wilson defeated r. r. Miles.
of Great Britain, 6-3, Ga.
Ga, in the second round of
the mems singles and now
tackles Tony Mottram, England's S
No, player. in the third round.
Wilson. of Washington, D. c.,
has his eyes on the Wimbledon
championships June 21-July 8.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
,y BURTON HAWKINS

inning only twice this season. :.
Berra remains in good humor,
but writer's following the Yankees
report Mickey is angry at the
world.
Duane Pillette and Joe Cole
man will pitch for the Orioles
here tomorrow night and Thurs
day night. j.. The st. Louis
Browns drew 1000 on the first
visit to Griffith Stadium last
year and Washington officials
will be disappointed if the crowd
turning out to watch the Orioles
tonight isn't twice as large.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Senutors
CONTINUED From page CT.

lplislaed pitching. They've lost
10. 80, 2-1. 3-2 and 4-3 de-
cisions among their seven de-
feats, all of which is battling to
Manager Jim Dykes. Off what
the Orioles displayed in exhibi-
ton games. Dykes had reason
to be optimistic about his hitting
and was fretting about his pitch
ing.
The only Orioles who are hit
ting at the moment are the vet
eran Vern Stephens. batting
1866. and aggressive Clint Court
ney, a 1923 hitter. Ex-Senators
Gil Coan and Sam Mele are
batting .258 and 1872. respec-
lively.
Porterfield, who pitched a 81
hitter against the Athletics in
his last start, will try to remain
ahead of his 1853 timetable. Bob
won his second game last year
on May 5 en- route to % victories.
Mickey Vernon, who missed
the Senators last two games
with an intestinal virus infec-
ton. will return to first base
against Turley. The last time
Vernon opposed Turley. Incl
dentally. he whacked a double
off the rightf1eld fence here to
score Eddie Yost and break up
that 12-inning game.
Pete Runnels. benched against
lefthanded pitching. will return
to shortstop and Clyde Vollmer,
who has perked up the Senator's
attack, will be in rightf1eld.
The Washington Ad Clup will
honor Vernon in pre-game cere-
monies in recognition of his win
ming the American League bat
ting championship last year. Re-
nah Camalier. District Commits
sioner; Bill Coyle. president of
the Advertising Club of Wash
ington. and Simon E. Sobelcff.
representing Governor Nickel
din of Maryland, will participate
in the presentation.
Evening star., 1954-04-27


president of the Redskins. land
where they try to improve the
breed, you've got to make an
exception. But all the rest Of
it is business, pure and simple"
And with that off his chest,
the towns pro football boss be-
gan to regale his luncheon
guests with some laughable
anecdotes about Damon Run
yon's horse-touting friends and
cronies. Horse Thief" Eddie
Burke's name came up immedi-
ately. Eddie was Runyon's
track confldante. He is still
around, managing a night club
in Baltimore, and basking in the
late sports writer's reflected
glory.
But for a man who supposed
ly doesn't think highly Of rae
ing, Marshall didn't make much
of case. Racing's life blood
is wagering, of course. but
George certainly doesn't think
all the people who come to the
Redskins games merely come to
watch his athletes pass and
punt, and run with the ball.
# ~
The thought here is that II
racing news was printed in the
financial section it would have
more readers than the sports
pages. George may have a good
idea there. One thing certain.
with more and more States re-
lying on racing as painless
source of revenue it is bound
to grow, rather than decline.
New York State, for example.
hardly would frown on a sport,
or business. if George prefers.
that brought in $32,525, 900 last
year. 1t won't get that kind of
dough out of baseban-especial-
ly with the recent complex deal
involving Yankee Stadium-or
from football, or any other sport.
But forgetting the business
angle, Marshall put his finger
on two of racing's chief attrac-
tions when he mentioned breed
ing and some of the characters
associated with the sport. We
don't mean shady characters or
clowns, for some of the country's
best families have been racing'S
backbone and kept it alive when
the So-called Hughes law drove
it out of New York. temporarily,
and almost dealt it a knockout
blow. We mean the old trainers
and former riders who keep a
listener enthralled for hours
with their stories.
Any time the late Jackpot"
Foreman, aged Negro valet. took
the floor in the jockeys room to
reminisce. everybody stopped to
listen. Jackpot knew the i'm
mortal Tod Sloane as well as
you know your next-door neigh
Dor, and spun some delightful
tales about the great rider. He
also knew racing's ancient his
tory, as fascinating as any story
you can imagine, and it couldn't
have been called a business in
the early days t1880s) by any
stretch Of the imagination.
Jimmy Winkfield's career.
starting with consecutive Derby
victories on His Eminence in
1901 and Alan-a-Dale in 1902.
has a fictional quality. Anybody
who knows the story of Ira
(Babe) Hanford's 1886 Derby
victory on Bold Venture-the
first apprentice to win the big
one, and riding. unknown to
Trainer Hirsch Jacobs. with an
ailing knee-couldn't help but
work UP an interest in the sport.
y +
AS for breeding: hope springs
eternal in the heart of every
owner that some day he'll get
colt or filly that will be the
fastest in the land. There are
all sorts of theories about breed
ing for speed, endurance, tenn
permanent, ETC., but one trainer
Evening star., 1954-04-27

LOO, MlChcy
Mantle 1877,
Mickey Ver-
non .167, Red
S C h o e n
d i e n S t .185
a n d Y o g i
B ezra .195.
Mantle
h a. batted
lefthanded 10
times and has
f a n p e d on
seven of those
O c c a ion S
while going
Evening star., 1954-04-27

t ! n a n C al
page. not on
the spor t s
page. It's a
business, not,
a sport.
Nov in the
case Of the
K e n tue k y
D er by an d
those other
100000 = dol
ar r a c e S
where breed
ing counts so
much" con-
%iya,roA + q
Evening star., 1954-04-27
BassIer Gets Jump
In Starting Duel With
Doser for Pro Title
By MerreIl Whittlesey

0y NtGItGu VWtttSSSY
On the form sheet it would
appear that a season-long scrap
for top pro honors in this sec
ton is on tap between Charley
Bassler of Rolling Road, the
titleholder of the Middle Atlantic
section, and Clarence Doser, the
new Woodmont pro who was
a respected SHOEMAKER in the
Metropolitan New York PGA.
BasSler is one up after his
two-under-par SO over his home
Rolling Road course topped a
field of 1873 players in the open
ing pro-amateur tournament
yesterday, but it was plain that
he was playing Doser and not
the field. Doser finally tied for
third IN the pro sweeps with
II.
Johnny Bass, the Clifton Park
pro, played at $3.50 yesterday
morning, shot a SO and then
went fishing at Sherwood For
est. Both DoSer and Bassler
knew of Bass SO before they
started their rounds on the
tricky par 70 course.
BaSSler Kept Informed.
Doser was playing about three
holes ahead of BaSsler. He was
one under par for six holes and
Bassler was one over for three.
Charley knew that, because his
members were bringing reports.
Doser turned the nine in 33,
two under. and Charley was even
after six. Doser was still one
two under after IL and Bassler
was even at nine with a 35. After
Is holes Doser had bogied a hole
and was one under and Bassler
still was even after II.
Now the grapevine was re-
porting faster. Bassler dropped
birdie puts of eight and Is
feet on the 18th and 14th and
Doser had missed par on IA and
Is. Doser went over par again
on 18 and Bassler coasted home,
a shot ahead of Bass.
Gibson and CahiII Win.
The pro-amateur competition
went to Andy Gibson of the
c.. C. of Maryland and Bill Ca
hill, who shot a rs and had II
handicap strokes.
Bassler and his brother, Ray,
finished second in the pro-am
with a 81 best ball, while four
teams tied at IS. Bassler and
Charles Enrich; Bass and Bob
HOWE. Johnny Musser and Lou
Smith and Harold Oatman and
Dick Haynes. Oatman also had
II in the pro sweeps.
Ed FinnesSy topped the anna
teurs with the third best round
of the day, a par 70. Maury
Bailey. the Maryland Amateur
flnalist last year, had two dou-
BILE bogeys in a II and Keith
Kallio and Charley Yearick had
73s. Cahill's 76-12-64 won low
net over Jim Fryer of the host
club with 89-23-66, Bob Miller
of East Potomac, 74-6-68 and
Chuck Decker of Rock Greek 30
12-68.
DIVOT DATA-After many
hours of discussing summer rules
and then deciding to play them,
winter rules were in force yes
terday, unnecessarily so.
Next Mondays pro-amateur is
at Kenwood, with George Diff
fenbaugh host. Mel Shorey,
the Indian Spring pro, was out
in Al and back in 35 with two
deuceS, including a near hole
in-one on the back nine. Other
extreme mines of the day were
35-46 by Paul Mosca, the C. c.
of Maryland assistant; 34-40 by
Bill Buppert of Woodmont and
35-42 by Maury Fitzgerald of
kenWood. The new method
of prize distribution was in effect
and it gave Bassler a SITS day,
with Gibson winning about $100.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Some of the starters in last
seasons All-Star game are hav-
ing a rugged time of it this year.
Roy Campanella is batting
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Horse racing news" pontifi-
Gated George Marshall. speaking
in his best 'I-ought-to-know'
tone, should be printed on the
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Major League Standings
TUESDAY, April u. 1854.
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
Results Yesterday.
No games scheduled.
Games Today.
BALTIC. at Wash, $40.
Chicago dt New York
Cleveland at Boston,
postponed, cold.
Detroit at Phila (n .
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Games To-day.
Bklyn. at st. L. (n).
n Y. at Milw. fn).
Phila. at Chi. post
poned, wet grounds.
Pitts. at Cine. tn.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
NATIONAL

Results Yesterday.
No games scheduled.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Games Tomorrow
BALTIC. at Wash, $50.
Cnicaeo at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
Detroit at Phila tn)
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Games Tomorrow.
Bklyn. at st. Louis.
New York at Milw.
Phila at Chicago.
Pitts. at Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1954-04-04

GOA6EWEIERE between this
- world and the next there
may be q scene more lovely,
but camera fans favorite thus
far Is the Japanese cherry
trees In bloom.
Probably. more photos are
taken Of this scene than Of
anything else, any time, any
where. More than half q mill
lion tourists, cameras In hand,
now visit this world famous
spectacle each spring. The
click Of shutters IS heard
around the Tidal Basin In the
early morning. through all
hours Of the day, and when
spotlights illuminate the scene
at night.
The lavish white pink
bloom Of the trees 50 thickly
fringes the curves Of the
Basin and the seawalls around
Hains Point that their url-
certain start IS almost for
gotten.
Early II this century the
City Of Tokyo offered 1000
ornamental cherry trees to
the City Of washington to-
express Japan's esteem for the
people Of the United States.
The offer was gladly accepted.
But when the trees arrived
they had TO be destroyed at
Evening star., 1954-04-04

once, for Department Of Agri-
culture inspectors discovered
both fungus disease and de-
structive insects among the
roots.
Tokyo sent q replacement
in 1912, this time 5000
young trees carefully screened
against disease and bugs.
Grown now to mature
height OF about 40 feet, the
gray-barked trees are In per-
feet horticultural health. But
again there is something NOV
ing beneath them.
Large numbers of shutter
bugs. a harmless and inter
esting variety Of the two
legged Homo sapiens, seem
drawn to the blossoms as
5 ID. i.
irresistibly as are the honey
bees. Nondestructive and use
full. like the bees gathering
nectar, they move quietly,
intently. oblivious to one an
other and all else around
them, gathering pictures to
preserve the fieeting beauty
displayed before them. The
photos they make. carried
back home to cities. towns
and farms across the Nation,
spread the fame Of the bios
SONS and create in others q
desire to see that swells the
Evening star., 1954-04-04

pliers, offer scientific sug-
gestions for urging the re-
luctant trees into bloom.
Ideas have ranged from let
ting flocks Of carrier pigeons
fly over the park with cans
Of fire tied to their legs. to
laying a pipeline from Capitol
Hill to warm the buds By the
steam Congress lets on Ia
debate.
No accurate count can be
made Of the photographs
taken of the blossoms. Tour
lists, in town for only q few
days, are apt to carry their
films back home for processing
either in their own basement
or attic darkrooms or In COM
mercial laboratories scattered
across the Nation. But q clue
appears in the fact that one
local laboratory alone proc
esses some 5000 rolls of
cherry blossom Aims Ia y
single week each spring. 81
volume not eQualed even at
Christmas time. While most
other laboratories do not state
their volume Of such work,
they seem to be pretty well
agreed that the cherry bios
SONS must be in the lead as
the worlds most photographed
subjects.
Evening star., 1954-04-04

ton. As public relations
ambassadors, the amateur
camera fans are an invalu-
able asset to Wastington's
tourist trade.
II coolish weather threatens
to delay the big event, phones
at the National Park Service
begin ringing, and callers.
perhaps impatient photogra-
Evening star., 1954-04-04
By Hazel Harper

annual trek Of tourists to-
ward the Nations Capital .
trek that leaves in its wake
a steady jingle Of cash reg
listers in hotels. motels. filling
stations, restaurants and
souvenir shops along all high
ways leading into Washing