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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

II remember Ted Williams
knocking a long, lazy fly off Lefty
in Boston one year." Tommy
said. II drifted back. back and
back. I thought had it. Next
thing I know I'd rammed into
the fence and was on the ground
with a bad head cut.
Joe DiMaggio ran over to
help me up and said. Get the
ball, Joe. maybe we can hold
him to three bases Joe looked
at me for a minute. 'Ball?' he
said. The balls in the bleachers
for a homer
Back in the clubhouse"
Tommy continued. "they made
me lie down and wait for the
ambulance for a trip to the hos
pital. Gomez was standing
there and he asked Joe Nc
Carthy if he wanted him to go
to the hospital with me.
"'Hell, no. roared Mccarthy.
You almost got him killed al
ready"
Another time Gomez was on
the receiving end of line drive
off Sam Chapman's bat at
Yankee Stadium. Heinrich says
if the ball had hit his hip bone
it would have been shattered. but
! luckily it struck farther astern.
Everybody rushed over to Lefty,
and Mccarthy asked if it hurt
real bad.
/ Eyes, it does" Lefty replied,
land don't give me any of that
stuff about how the old Orioles
could take it,
One of the oest Gomez stories
| happened in the first inning of
game with Washington with
Jerry Walker at bat for the Sem
ators. 1t was 1910. Most peo-
pie forget that Walker played
with Washington that season.
and Gomez was bothered by arm
trouble that kept him out OF the
Yankees lineup for couple of
months.
Mccarthy finally started him
in this game" Tommy recalled.
land in the first inning with
two out Walker tried to bunt.
He tipped the ball and it struck
him in the eye. It was a mean
day. real hot and while they
were looking after Walkers eye.
Mccarthy yelled for Lefty to
come into the shade of the dug
out and rest.
mo you don't" Gomez yelled
back. ut took me two months
to get out here and you're not
gonna yank me now"
Heinrich. who does a half-hour
sports show for Emerol every
Saturday night. aired locally
over WMAL, had one bit of sur
prising news. Charlie Keller.
he'd heard. had been offered a
coaching Job with the Senators
after Clyde Milan's death. but
turned it down. Charlie wanted
no more baseball jobs.
It sounded puzzling. but then
| Tommy himself isn't interested
| in managing a club, even though
the Yankees would have found
place for him somewhere in
the organization. It's not as
easy as it looks. even with a
so-called push-button outfit such
as Casey Stengel bosses.
Tommy thinks Washington
will have a much improved club
this year and he doesn't blame
Mickey Vernon for getting all
the dough he can.
"Mickey's smart" Heinrich
said. HE tries for those short
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Spring Troining Briefs
BY the Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. Feb.
25.-ElSton Howard, first Negro
ever to wear a Yankee uniform,
is realistic about his chances to
win a berth on the team. He
knows the odds are against him.
II would like to stick" the Is
year-old st. Louis player said
today, but I have no illusions
about my stage of development.
After all I've had only two years
in organized baseball.
IF am sent back, I will take
it the right way. with promise
to come back a better player. In
the meantime, I am fighting to
stick"
An added handicap for Howard
is Manager Casey Stengel's de-
cision to convert him into
catcher. Howard. who caught
some in high school. has played
the outfield ever since he made
his professional bow In 1948. AT
Kansas City last year. he was
used behind the plate for a half
dozen games.
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. Feb.
Is (Pl.-Manager Eddie Stanky
of the Cardinals received some
encouraging reports yesterday.
Alex Grammas, rookie short
stop who injured his throwing
arm shoulder in a practice game
last week. said he might be able
to throw a little tomorrow"
And Outfielder Enos Slaugh-
ter wrote Stanky he probably
will be in camp Sunday. Slaugh-
ter'S appearance was delayed
when his wife fell from their
moving auto and suffered severe
injuries last week. Slaughter
said his wife is now out of the
critical stage.
MESA, AriZ., Feb. IS (R.-
Manager Phil Cavarretta of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

ize the rest of
the American
L e a g u e and
t he CONVEX
Sation even
tually g o t
around to Lef-
ty Gomez. 1t
usually does.
E v cry b o d y
closely aSSo-
ciated W 18th
Senior Gomez
agrees that he
was quite a
character and
Tommy w a S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

Flamingo and begin a campaign
for the coveted triple crown of
racing - the Kentucky Derby.
Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
The Cain Hoy Stable entry is
figured 6-to-5 choice and may
drop to even money by race
time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Navy Listed 10 Open
NCAA Tourney in
Buffalo March 3
BY the Assoeiotsd Prsss

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 25.-The
National Collegiate Athletic AS
sociation's rugged "a team
basketball tournament starts in
Buffalo. N. Y. March 8.
The NCAA Tournament Com
mittee. through its chairman,
A. c. Dutch) Lonborg of
Kansas University. said today
the Buffalo Auditorium would
be the site Of a f1rst-round
double-header matching Navy
and the New England confer
ence titlist. and Fordham and
LaSalle. the Middle Atlantic
Coast winner.
The next day first-round play
is scheduled at Fort Wayne.
Ind, and Raleigh. N. c.. in the
Eastern bracket and Peoria. ILL.,,
and Corvallis, Greg. in the
Western bracket.
Irish Play New Orleans Team.
At Fort Wayne. Notre Dame
will take on Loyola Of New
orleans, a first-timer in the
NCAA playoffs. and Toledo will
play a yet-to-be-named at large
team.
At Raleigh the new Atlantic
Coast Conference champion and
the Southern Conference winner
will meet.
Santa Clara University and
Loyola were named as at-large
entries yesterday.
Selection o. an at-large team
to play Toledo at Port Wayne
and determination of the three
conference champions matched
in other first round games will
complete the first round setup in
the East.
Two Western Games Set.
Two of the three Western first
round games have been set and
the third-Santa Clara VS.. the
Border Conference champion
will be scheduled after the
Border title is decided.
The other two games match
Oklahoma City University and
Bradley at Peoria ard Seattle
and Idaho State. the Rocky
Mountain Conference champion,
at Corvallis. both March /.
Except for Toledo, La Sale
and Idaho State the other con-
ference champions scheduled for
1rst round play have not been
decided.
Front runners for the spots |
are Holy Cross in the New Eng
land area. Duke in the Atlantic
Coast, George Washington in the !
Southern and Texas Tech in the |
Border
Special post-season tourna-
ments will determine the repre- |
sentatives in the Atlantic Coast |
and Southern Conferences. |
- Eight Receive Byes.
Eight conference champions !
receive f1rst-round byes and go !
into regional play Regional |
pairings shape UP this way, with |
the other eight conference lead
ers in parentheSis:
Philadelphia. Pa.-Ivy League |
pennsylvania. Cornell, Prince
tom VS.. New England Confer |
ence Navy winner; Atlantic
Coast Southern winner VS.. Ford |
ham-La Sale winner.
Iowa City, Iowa-Southeastern
(LSU. Kentucky VS.. Toledo-at
large winner; Big Ten Qndiana)
VS.. Notre Dame-Loyola winner.
Saltwater, Okla.-Big Seven
Colorado. Kansas VS.. Okla
homa City-Bradley winner;
Southwest Rice, Texas VS.. Mis-
souri, Valley oklahoma A8M).
Corvallis. Oreg.-Paciflc Coast
(UCLA, Oregon State) VS.. Sea-
attle-Idaho State winner: Noun
tain States Colorado AIM VS..
Border Conference.-The Clara
winner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Hockey at q Glance

National League.
Boston, 5: New York. g.
American League.
Pittsburgh, E: Syracuse, ,.
Providence IL. Buffalo s.
Western League.
New Westminster, .: Edmonton, 2
UieD.
International League.
Marion. 3: Johnston. !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

Tommy Heinrich was talking
about the old days when he
roamed the outfield for the New
York Yankees and helped terror
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

MESA, AriZ.. Feb. Is (R.-
Manager Phil Cavarretta of the
Evening star., 1954-12-15
BY james {. Roper

William S. B. Lacy, q career
diplomat with. q sharp tongue
and q red moustache. is expected
to be the next United States
Ambassador to Korea.
Informed sources said today
that high administration officials
are backing Mr.. Lacy to succeed
Ellis o. Briggs in the Seoul post.
The 55-year-old Mr.. Briggs has
served in Seoul for IA months.
He recently concluded q new
American financial arrangement
with Korea after, a prolonged
dispute.
10 Years Service.
Mr.. Lacy. a, has been in Gov
eminent service since 1897. and
In the State Department since
1945. He rose rapidly from the
rank Of economist to Counselor
OF Embassy in Manila. where he
has been for the last II months.
During his State Department
work. MIR. Lacy has specialized
In Pacific and Asian affairs. He
was the departments desk off,
Ger for Indonesian affairs when
Dutch forces in Indonesia
started fighting the natives, cut
ting of the American Ambassa-
doris communications with
Washington. Mr.. Lacy called in
a representative of the Neither
lands Embassy here, and gave
him such a dressing-down that
the Dutchman left the State De-
partment badly shaken-but he
got the American Ambassadors
communications restored within
hours.
Successive Promotions.
Mr.. Lacy later was appointed
desk officer for Philippine af-
fairs, and gradually worked up
to become director of the Of
flee of Philippine and Southeast
Asian Affairs in 1850.
Mr.. Lacy dresses as impec-
cably as the man he most re-
sembles in physical appearance
former Secretary of State
Dean Acheson. AS a graduate of
the University of Colorado, he
can speak with precision Of a
polished diplomat, or, If the oc-
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Cotton Farmers Vote
Tight Crop Controls

The Nations cotton farmers
today are united with wheat pro-
ducers In accepting the tightest
production controls permitted
under Federal farm law.
Proposed by the Agriculture
Department. these controls are
designed to hold down production
next year so that surplus sup
plies may be reduced. The Gov
ernment itself has about $685.
100000 invested in surplus wheat
stocks and $3.50. 100000 in sur
plus cotton it has acquired under
price support operations.
Voting in a 20-State referen7
dunn yesterday. cotton producers
were recorded as 313,661 to 27.135
in favor of marketing quotas on
their 1855 crop.
This is q favorable margin
Of 90 per cent, far In excess Of
the 66.7 per cent necessary to
make controls effective. Quotas
on this years cotton crop were
approved by "a per cent Of the
farmers voting in 1853.
In other referenda yesterday,
growers approved marketing
quotas for next years crop Of
long staple cotton "A small
speciality type-and for dark air.
cured and t1re-cured tobacco
lesser types-over the next three
years.
Earlier this year, wheat farm
ers voted to accept quota re-
strictions for next year by a
favorable majority of 1873 per
cent.
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Career Diplomat Lacy Is Seen
As Next Ambassador toKoreo

casion demands. the profanity
Of q Western miner.
Neither Mr.. Lacy nor q State
Department spokesman would
comment on the indications that
Mr.. Lacy win get the ambassa-
dorship to Korea, as appoints
ments on this level are made BY
the White House.
Evening star., 1954-12-15
BY the Asseeioisd Press

Three Young American med
ais, given each year by the Gov
ernment for bravery and service,
were awarded by President
Eisenhower in a White House
ceremony yesterday afternoon.
Medals for bravery went to
Marilyn Baker Haar. 20. Savan-
nah. Ca, who saved four persons
from death after 0 boat dis
aster, and Gerald Ray Bergeman,
IA, Menan, Idaho. who saved his
father and brother from elec-
trocution and drowning In O
farm accident.
A service medal was given to
James Thomas Welch, jr.. 10, Of
Rochester, N. " He donated an
812 by " inch piece Of bone from
his leg to an 1l-year-old Grip
pied girl.
The awards were set up by
Congress in 1850. The law re-
quires that they be presented
personally by the President.
On hand for the ceremony
were Attorney General Brownell:
FBI Chief j. Edgar Hoover,
chairman of the medals commit
tee: j. Lee Rankin. Assistant
Attorney General, and G. Fred
erick Mullen, executive secre-
tary Of the committee.
Leaders Present.
Miss Haar was nominated by
Gov. Herman E. Talmadge of
Georgia. On July 3, 1858, the
45-foot yacht of the Haar family
capsized in a storm in the Flori-
da passage near Ossabaw Island,
Ga. Marilyn's father, Ernest
John Haar, was killed In his at
tempt to rescue others aboard.
Mrs. r. Maurice Seybold
drowned.
Located 2 Others.
Miss Haar made 10 dives into
the water in the darkened boat,
located and opened q window.
She directed and aided two
friends, Miss Virginia Davis and
Evening star., 1954-12-15
President Awards Medals
To 3 for Bravery and Service

Miss Louise McKeethan, to sur
face from the aft cabin.
Miss Haar then located her
mother and r. Maurice Seybold,
trapped in the forward cabin.
She led them first to q porthole
to prevent suffocation, then 10
q window for their escape. For
the next 10 hours the survivors
huddled on the hull, surrounded
by sharks apparently attracted
by the blood from cuts.
Miss Harr has also won the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
bronze star for outstanding hero
ism.
Young Bergeman was noni-
mated by Gov. Len Jordan Of
Idaho.
On his family's farm, q pipe
carries water from an irriga-
ton well through o nearby fence.
The father and his two sons,
Richard. 8, and Gerald. were
unaware that storms had short
ed the electric pump apparatus
Of the well when they went
for Q drink Of water June II.
1858.
Richard suddenly seemed to
be pulled rigid against the fence,
his face blue and eyes bulgingy
The father attempted TO free
him but he too was pinioned
to the fence.
Sized Up Situation.
Gerald, realizing the fence
had become charged. managed
to make his way through IL
without touching either the
fence or water standing around
1t. He pulled of the pump switch
by leaping into the air 30 that
he would avoid any conductor
Of electricity.
Released, the father and Rich
ard fell unconscious into the
standing water. Gerald then ad-
ministered artificial respiration
to his father and brother.
Nominated by Dewey.
Gerald earlier received the
Medal Of Honor with Crossed
Palms from the National Court
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Stevenson Names 3 As New Law Partners

Wage Sterilization Board. Mr..
Stevenson, 1852 Democratic
presidential nominee, said VIII
liam Mccormick Blair, jr., and
Newton N. Minow will be asso-
ciated with him and Mr.. Wirtz
in their law Offices on La Sale
street. Mr.. Minow once served
as legal secretary to the late
Chief Justice Vinson.
Evening star., 1954-12-15

Times Union. James was the only
volunteer to answer a public
appeal for bone donors for Mary
Ranney, 11-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ranney of
Rochester. The girl had suffered
a crippling disease for eight
years.
He received citizenship awards
earlier from local American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars chapters.
Evening star., 1954-12-15
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Adlai E.
Srevenson's new law partners
after January ! will be Prof. w.
Willard Wirtz of the Northwest
ern Law School and two of his
former assistants while he was
Governor of Illinois.
Mr. Wirtz at one time served
as chairman Of the National
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Of Honor Of the Boy Scouts Of
America.

America.
James WEIGH was nominated
by Gov. Thomas e. Dewey of
New York for the bravery award
but the committee cited him for
service, saying the nature of his
action more fully meets the serv-
ice requirements even though
displaying q high type Of
courage.
A copy boy on the Rochester
Evening star., 1954-09-22
Hawaii Welcome DazzIes
Returning 25th Division
By the As.oeio,ed Press

HONOLULU, Sept. 22.-The
vanguard Of the 25th "Tropic
Lightning Division came home
from Korea yesterday to a Ha-
waiian welcome that must have
left some Of the boys dizzy.
The troopship Gen. Gordon
was routed so that the 3.700 re-
turning soldiers first view Of
Honolulu would be Diamond
Head and. Waikiki. A fleet Of
Polynesian outriggers met them
and escorted them to the pier.
AS whistles and sirens shrieked.
an Army helicopter rained 25.-
600 orchids on the ship. a fire.
boat sprayed watery welcome
and National Guard Sabrejets
dipped wings in salute.
The soldiers were met at the
dock by two bands and 100 pretty
girls who draped flower leis about
their necks.
A final surprise awaited the
soldiers at Schofield Barracks,
where they will be stationed. Lo-
cal recruits, working for week
in advance. had made up
every cot.
Evening star., 1954-09-22
By Gene Kroner
As.oeiated Pres. Foreign Correspondent

Assoeioted Press Foreign Correspondent
PANMUNJOM, Korea. Sept
22.-It has been over a year now
since the armistice was signed
in this bleak Korean village, but
a sort of cold war chess game
still goes on.
This game with the Commu-
nists began with the signing OF
the armistice on July q. 1858,
and the u. N. Command believes
it is winning.
Il feel we have successfully
defeated the Chinese across the
table and set up a, stone wall
when they tried to get through"
said Rear Admiral Thomas B.
Britain, senior u. N. member
of the Joint Military Armistice
Commission.
The game is played between
the six allied and six Commu-
mist officers on the commission
They have met Al times since
the armistice.
Admiral Britain in an inter-
view was not talking of check
mates in this verbal chess game
He was talking of blocking what
he and his colleagues consider
are Communist efforts to main
tain tension in Korea, frustrate
the truce and use it in world
wide propaganda.
Main Goals Accomplished.
Admiral Britain observed that
the Armistice seemed to be set
tling into a Stabilized stale
mate"
When the exchange of war
dead ends in October. he said,
except for obvious shortcomings
1.-The armistice will in the main
have accomplished it's purpose
and we will have carried out
the main negotiation issues"
"Col. John Weber, head of the
commissions legal section, noted
that the truce had three primary
purposes-to stop the fighting,
keep it stopped, and get the
prisoners exchanged.
ut was freely predicted" he
said, that the armistice would
never be carried out, but the
record speaks for itself. Seventy
five per cent of it is over the
Evening star., 1954-09-22
Ponmunjom Has Its Cold War
Months After Truce Signing

| dam so far as the real drama IS
concerned"
One part of the proceedings
that is not over the dam is the
question of the whereabouts OF
/ 2,840 allied soldiers-526 Ameri-
cans-seen in captivity or never
| returned.
Admiral Britain said he
doubted that many of the 526
Americans or so other non-Ko-
rean prisoners are alive. The
Communists have refused to
make an accounting.
II fear" the admiral con-
tinued. sWe'll find some of them
among the war dead returned
at Glory Railhead tthe name for
the railhead during the exchange
of war dead)."
Admiral Britain expressed be-
lief. however. that some of the
more than 1000 South Koreans
not accounted for are held in
North Korea.
The U. N. Command scored
probably its greatest triumph
over Communist propaganda
when $4,000 former Communist
soldiers refused to rejoin the
Reds They were freed to South
Korea and Nationalist China.
Air Buildup Is Issue.
A major shutcoming of the
truce which allied officers re-
peatedly mention is an illegal
buildup of Red military strength.
especially in the air. The Com
munists have resisted all allied
demands for inspection.
There is strong evidence of
many aircraft now in North
Korea At the armistice there
was nothing" said Brig. Gen.
William j. Clinch, United States
Air Force member of the joint
commission.
During the first 13 months OF
truce. the U,N. Command re-
ported to the commission it hao
evacuated or destroyed 5.64C
combat planes and replaced
1896. The Reds list no planes
evacuated, none destroyed ano
none replaced
Statistics show up against the
Reds in the record of the Al
meetings of the Joint Armistict
Commission. The Communists
Evening star., 1954-09-22

have been quicker to level
charges Of violating the demili-
tarized zone and quicker to ig-'
more or deny such charges
against them.
Unlike the United Nations
Command. they seldom admit
anything.
The first 1914 months of truce,
the Communists admitted only
two. ignored three and denied
seven OF IL U. N. charges of
ground violation. The Reds fled
26 Of their own charges. of which
the allies admitted IL and denied
l3. One still is being investi-
gated.
Reds Deny Violations.
The Communists have refused
to admit a single violation Of
the truce in the air, while ignor-
ing "a and denying 18 of such
charges by the U. N. Command.
But they leveled 333 air violation
charges. Of which 81 were ad-
mitted, 278 denied and 81 are
under investigation.
This box score is the result of
complaints investigated on the
spot by Allied Communist Joint
observer teams stationed in each
of six zones into which the 2ha-
mile-wide demilitarized belt is
cut.
Ordinarily, each side on the
team reports its own set OF
facts" to the commission unless
its command is willing to own up
to a violation.
Allied negotiators on the Ar
mistice Commission are backed
up by perhaps ITO trained ex-
perts and helpers.
Strategy Mapped Ahead.
AS in any chess game. they
plan strategy beforehand. Top
staff members anticipate all pos
sible Red moves. keeping in mind
that the Communists for prop
aganda reasons often drag in
issues entirely unconnected with
commission business or even with
Korea.
Rebuttals to all possible Red
arguments are drawn up. Brit
| tain uses these scripts" as they
are needed. The situation fol
which some were designed never
arises. but others come in handy
"As far as I'm concerned, the
Communist negotiators are not
human. and it's very impersonal
although they seem to have
Evening star., 1954-09-22

quieted down some after &C.
neva," Admiral Britain said.
1T could be frustrating, but
I don't let it. They haven't got
me within 1000 miles of losing
my temper"
Evening star., 1954-09-22

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-01-28
AA and Religion

Questions will occur to every
one interested. What exactly does
the AA group do to help alcohol
les? Is the religion of AA the same
as Christianity? Why don't the
churches have as good a record
for saving such cases? "a Sober
Faith" is an attempt to answer
such questions. One of the authors
comments must be quoted here:
Impotence, dependence, fellow
ship, service They are the
stages in a profound religious eX-
perience. If the (reclaimed) al
coholic hasn't got religion he has
something suspiciously like it,"
Mr.. Aiken poses another question:
The AA assumes that God can
be known almost by instinct. Is
it not true, rather, that we would
not have known about the God
of faith if he had not revealed
himself in Christ?
Quotations by permission Of
Macmillan Co.
Biased on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education. Ma
tional Council of the Churches of Christ
in the U. S. a. Released by Community
Press Seryice.)