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HUNDREDS ATTEND FUNERAL SERVICE
FOR RALPH DE CHABERT
FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS FROM NEW YORK,
ST. THOMAS, PRESENT AT CEREMONIES

Hundreds Of persons from all over the Island, from ST.
Thomas and even a few from New York City attended the
funeral services for Ralph de CRabert yesterday. He passed
away on Sunday, February 6, but burial was delayed to give
his son, Andrew, who is medical student in France an OPP
portunity to get here.
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DR.. jones L. Wilson.
Distinguished PLY. 6
Surgeon. Visiting

DR.. James Z. Wilson, FAC.
s., distinguished physician &
surgeon, arrived in St. Croix
on Monday to spend his vaca-
ton.
Or. Wilson, who is a native,
has his own private santa
rum in New York.
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Cross Street where it turned
north to and up Company
Street to Old Sunday Market,
turning north again to and
westward on King Street to
the st. Johns Anglican
church, where the service was
conducted by Father Sidney
Lanier.
Pastors Of virtually every
denomination were present at
the funeral. AS the service in
the Church ended & the casket
was being taken into the GENE
Continued on page q
, 1955-02-09
Rod & SpeGr Club
Orgun'd for Tourists
and Residents
v. |. Legislature
Monies Twelve
Employees

Twelve employees Of the Newest Of St. Croix's clubs
Legislature were Issued APP today is St. Croix Rod &
pontments on Friday, Febru- Spear Club-organized primar
airy 18th, last. They included lily to provide sportfishing ia
all persons who had been in cilities for residents and tour
the employ of the former lists alike.
Councils and Legislative AS e4 ..a.4aa.l
meeting Of Rod & Spear was
The three top employees held Friday night at the Chris
will include Alphonso Hold tiansted home Of William I.
er at $500 per year; Valde- Miles, y. S. fishery biologist
mar Hill, Legislative Consul conducting a survey into the
tant, at $4,000, and Elise Via fishery resources of the Vir-
let, Recording Secretary at gin Islands.
Yo'00O = 80 Mr.. Miller, who was elected
All appointments are for a first president Of Rod & Spear
period Of one year. AT the re- thinks st. Croix might some
gular session in April next day become an important
year, the Legislature will de- gamefish center. One day, he
termine what changes are ne said, he expects someone to
cessary. break the worlds record for
, 1955-02-09

The body was transferred
from the hospital to the home
shortly after midday where
the casket was opened for ia
mily and friends to have a
last look at one Of st. Croix &
the Virgin Islands most dis
tinguished sons.
Hundreds Of persons from
a cross section Of the commun-
ity were on hand. Shortly af-
ter 5 o'clock the lid Of the
mahogany casket was closed
and taken down to the station
wagon belonging to Rudi Shul
terbrandt, which was impress
sively decorated for the occa-
sion.
A Police Honor Guard, I'M
der Police Director Davis,
headed the procession, with a
Motorcycle Officer leading
the way; they were followed
by the st. Croix Cadet Corps,
Students Of the Christiansted
Id School and their teach
ers, followed by the hearse,
the car with the Chabert fa-
mily directly behind.
All former members of the
Colonial Council and the Mu-
nicipal Council, together with
some members of the new Lee
gislature, were in the process
sion. Senator Walter Hodge,
President, was the official re-
preventative; Senator Reese Of
st. Thomas was among those
who came in from st. Thomas.
The procession moved east
o1onr 0,,oon Ctroof RI Ounor
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Howard Nine Tops
.Winston-Sulem

WINSTON-SALEM. N. c.,
April 8 Especially Howard Uni
versity of Washington, D. G.,
slugged II hits today In beating
Winston Salems Teachers Col
lege, 1912, for its second base
ball victory in seven games:
The visiting Bisons were led
at bat by Leftfielder Lawrence
Pernell, who hit four singles and
First Baseman Fleming Gregory
who singled twice and tripled
They scored seven runs between
them.
Wesley Ragsdale, Howard's
starting pitcher, gave up 10 runs
on just six hits, including Short
stop Johnny Russell's tllree-run
homer In the third inning, be-
fore Zelaya Mayo relieved him
in the fourth. Mayo allowed
five hits and two runs the rest
OF the way.
Howard lao $40 6o3---1s II Z
Winston Salem 100 800 1lo--12 IL I
Ragsdale. Mayo "a and Lacey; Pat
tersou. Currence f5). Hairston t6) ant
PAGE,
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30 LING
WITH ROD THOMAS

Hundreds Of bowlers will learn
with varied feelings that the
Lucky Strike, one of the largest
duckpin plants in the country,
is going for tenpins. Work will
begin shortly on the conversion
of 16 lanes on the second floor
of the Lucky" to be ready for
summer bowling, and if the de-
mand warrants the other IA on
the floor will be turned over to
the big-ball rollers after next
season.
With So lanes, the Lucky
Strike is the biggest bowling
plant ever erected in Washing
ton. The Chevy Chase Ice Pal
ace, which gave way to other
enterprises, had 81, and old Con-
vention Hall. which burned, had
SIS. Next to the Lucky Strike
now in number OF mapleWays
are Bethesda Forty Alleys and
the Columbia Bowling Center,
once a sister plant of the Lucky,
also with 40.
M + H.
Matt Bonnie. American Bowl
ing Congress director for this
area, hailed the Lucky Strike
move as an exciting boon to ten
pins, a steadily growing game
here. 1t may cause some duck
pin leaders to wonder If their
game is slipping.
Not at all concerned in that
respect is James N. Carroll. Silver
Spring photographer who heads
the Greater Washington Duck
pin Association.
1.-THE duckpin game is growing,
too" he said yesterday, land
fast. Only recently brand-new
plant was opened at Four Cor
ners, Md. (the Woodmoor Bowl
ing Center with "a lanes), and
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'MurIboroLists
|Six-RuceCurd

Bill Morgan, two-time winner
at Marlboro Motor Raceway. will
be out for his third victory this
afternoon as he and about As
Northern Virginia Stock Car
Club drivers go after first prize
in the 25-lap feature.
The program today will be a
six-event card with three 10-lap
qualifying heats starting at 2::30.
two 10-lap consolation races and
winding up with the feature.
The Mattingly brothers, Mace,
AL and Jim, and the Hanburys,
Mack. Jim and Cousin, will be
among the more prominent
drivers hoping to break Morgan's
streak. Others listed include
Elmo Langley, Pud Phelps, Bill
Prunier, Tommy Irwin, Dewey
Ryan, and the rockies. Mike Tay-
lor, Bill Cook, Bobby Weese and
Don Carter.
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work on another is expected to
start soon at Wheaton, Md"
A lot of bowling history has
been made at the Lucky Strike,
which always has been under the
direction of John w. CBilD Wood,
a pioneer in modern innovations
in bowling plants who now plans
a complete face-lifting for the
big place at Fourteenth and
Riggs NV.
\ 4 + i
A f1ashy poster and batch Of
reading material is reaching
Washington tenpinners bally-
hooing the newest national event,
the first annual Make Kosof
Endurance, Classic to be held
throughout July in Ogden. Utah.
Men will roll 40 games without
a let-up and women, 20, for top
prizes of $1,000.
Kosof, a little guy. reputedly
has bowled 212 games over a 30
hour period, for an average of
l74.
II ~
Eight teams from the WASH
ington area will compete in the
ABC championships at Fort
Wayne, Ind, on dates ranging
from this Thursday to May 90.
Slated Thursday are the l.. p.
Stafford Nash team, captained
by Yves Shook, and Virginia Res
taurant, captained by Lou Col
bert.
The others and their captains
are: Birney Plumbing. leader of
the Commercial League Herbie
Smith; ABauserman Service, top
team in the Cherry Blossom
tournament, Billy Zeh: Colonial
Oldsmobile, Carl zost; Design.
Dick Buttery; Con-Brio, Bob
Severson, and Moore's Five,
Jimmy Moore. a former duck
pinner who has rolled 20 tenpin
sets this season Of better than
600.
4 II II n
The Washington Tenpin AS
ISOLATION recently elected the
following officers: Chester o.
Ness, president; Clarence G.
Gebhart. Joseph v. Miseli. Ira
Hand and Albert D. Snyder. vice
presidents. and Zeh, Charley
Cannon. Bob ONeill and zost,
directors.
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.Canadiens Beat
Detroit 10 Knot
Hockey P|ayoff

MONTREAL, April 8 (R.-The
Montreal Canadiens blasted
home three goals in the second
period tonight and went on to
defeat the Detroit Red Wings
So, and tie the Stanley CUP
final playoff at two games each
The whitening second-period
drive, with both teams going at
top speed. left Detroit trailing
Al, and they battled 1t out in
the third period before 1865
historical fans.
Five Montreal players gath
cred in the five goals-Calum
Mackay, Bernard Boom BOOM
Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau, Tom
Johnson and Floyd Curry. Earl
CDutch) Rebel scored twice fol
Detroit and Jim Hay got the
final goal.
The game had more sustained
speed than any other in the
series. Even with the Red Wings
trailing :. by three goals going
into the last period, there still
was doubt of the outcome when
they unleashed their final drive
They lost another goal early in
the last period but rallied for
two.
The wide-open struggle pro-
duced 10 shots on goal, the Red
Wings tossing 40 at Jacques
Plante In the Montreal nets and
the Canadiens firing 80 at Terry
Sawchuk. Only six minor pen
alties were called.
The teams left tonight for the
fifth game tomorrow in Detroit
The sixth will be played Tuesday
in Montreal and the seventh, il
necessary, in Detroit Thursday
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Colgate Trounees
CIV Golfers, ~

Irv Salamy, formerly OF Cool
idge High, gave George Wash
ington University two points in
golf yesterday. but that was all
the Colonials could score during
a To defeat by Colgate at Goose
Creek Club.
Salamy was GW's only head
and head swimmer in whipping
Colgate's Dutch Shermarhon, 2
and /, and he also helped Jim
Peake win best ball for their
foursome, 2 and !.
Jim Smith Of Colgate was low
scorer with a II, good enough
for a 3 and 2 win over Jimmy
Clark, who was low for CIV
with rs.
Summaries:
Jerry Kissell &C, defeated Jim Peake,
8 and 2; 1rv 6alamy tGWb defeated
Dutch. Shermarhon. . and /. Best bali
o Jim smith md 20, defeated jim Clark
. and q; Jim DAVIDSON tCI defeated
Hilbert Hun. 8 and ?. Best bali. Col
saj Jim p saw &C, defeated Larry Spell.
man, and 5: Dick Edwards yCD de.
feated 1uddy wstwood. 8 and o. Best
bal, 6plsste. z and b.
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DC. BowIers
Rise to Second
AT P'uwtucket

PAWTUCKET r. T. April 8
(P.-James Parker Of Attleboro,
Mass, today took the mems sim
giles lead In the National Duck
pin Bowling Tournament with
games of 157, 143 and las for a
AS total.
A total of 1856 teams have
completed competition so far
with the rest of the more than
1000 due to bowl before the
championships wind up May /.
The Simmons Alley Girls Of
New Bedford took the lead in
the women's championship divi-
sion with games Of 500, $50 and
$50 for l,740.
The Office Force team No. 3
of Washington, D. c., moved up
to second place Nmong the mixed
regular booster teams with q
score Of 1852.
In the women's regular booster
division. the Goodyear Rubber
team Of Middletown. Conn, took
the lead with 1908.
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AL SCHACHT,S
Ny Own Particular screwboll

ming to let me 60. I'd quit right
now"
That evening / buttonholed
Donovan and explained how Joe
felt.
Donovan looked surprised.
why. have no idea Of getting
rid Of him." he said. 'tHe hasn't
been hitting. but he's q hell Of
a first baseman. And one Of
these days he'll break out Of that
slump. No. sir. he stays with
my club"
Burns Up League
When / told Joe the news the
next morning, he seemed encour-
aged. That afternoon we we're
scheduled to play Buffalo a dou-
ble-header and I got permission
to pitch both games.
Judge-that ungrateful bum
belted three hits in the first
game to beat me singlehanded,
10, and three more In the sec
ond game to beat me again, 2-l.
The rest Of that season he
burned up the league with his
bat and was soon brought back
to the majors by the Washing
ton Senators. Good Samaritan
Schacht STAYED in the Internal
tional League.
That fall the Federal League
disbanded. I signed up again
with Newark the next spring and
Immediately developed my first
sore arm. The season opened
and two weeks went by, and I
still hadn't thrown a ball. Final
ly the new owners suspended me
without pay.
McGraw Provides Break
I spent all spring and early
summer trying to get the mys-
ferrous kink out of my arm.
Then, about July. in desperation
I went to see McGraw at his
Office in the Polo Grounds Nc
Graw didn't remember me as
the scoreboard boy who used TO
hang around every day eight
years before, but he knew about
me as a pitcher.
I told him about my arm and
said ! thought could help the
Giants If it came around. He
told me to get my release and
the Newark owners gave it to me.
McGraw was great to me. He
signed me for $500 a month and,
knowing I hadn't been paid for
three months, gave me a $500
bonus out of his own pocket.
Not only that, he told me:
IT don't expect much from you
for the rest of this season. You
just work out the way you think
best for your arm"
: After the season McGraw had
my arm treated twice a week by
an osteopath. When spring
rolled around, my arm felt okey.
From the book: My Own Particular
Distributed By Doubleday SyndicsteS
TOMORROW-Al Joins the
Senators. ..
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TEE TO GREEN
BY MERRELL WHlTTLEsEY

players with promise, and some
of them are going to stick. Until
now, the crop of youngsters each
year has had players who were
almost but not quite as good as
the older guard.
X n II
George Bayer. who had a cup
of coffee with the Redskins at
one of their training camps. is
here as a spectator-not a player
but with the distinction Of
having won almost unanimous
acclaim as the biggest power
hitter of all time.
One of the fayorite topics Of
the pros is Bayer's driving
power. The 6-foot-7. 240-pound
former tackle at the University
of Washington has made one or
two appearances in the money
list this year, but not enough to
support him on the tour if he
couldn't command about $3.50
for exhibitions. People don't pay
to see him. score. They pay to
see him slug.
Jimmy Thomson, who for
years wore the crown that now
is Bayer's-if it is a crown-said
his advice to Bayer would be to
spend more time on the shots
from $50 yards in.
I'm 1885 I needed only a cou-
pie of pars on the last five holes
to win the National Open cham
pionship. but didn't make par, "
Thomson recalled. 1.-The failure
to win that affected my entire
career. undoubtedly. ~
ut wasn't driving that cost
me. I hit the drives good on all
of those holes. But I lacked the
finesse on the short shots in a
spot like that. If ! had my life
to live over. I'd work harder to
develop the touch"
X II y Il
Jimmy said the best compete
tive driver in golf is Snead,
best there ever was. And he also
said that Bayer's appearance on
the tour made the difference in
Mike Souchak's game that has
made him the top money winner.
Souchak, who had been win
ming the driving contests. had
no chance with Bayer So he
started concentrating on the
finer points of the game,
It will be a different problem
for Bayer to adjust his game.
At 6-feet-7 he has such a ire
mendous arc that he has more
room for power. but also more
room to lose control. Eavel hits
the ball so hard he changes gcls
balls after three holes. Some of
them last only one shot.
However, Thomson said Bayer
was graceful for o big man and
hit the ball with little effort.
He'll have to make up his mind
whether he wants to sacrifice
the exhibition checks for the
possibility of higher standing
among the money winners.
y 4 \.
Anybody who expected Snead
to stay In his hotel room and
brood over that 8 he took
here Thursday would have been
enlightened by Sans perfor-
nance at the annual players
dinner that same night.
Snead was sitting next to
Don Cherry at a table with the
Middlecoffs, Worshams and
Mangrums. Sam and crooner
Cherry put their heads together
for some close harmony that
had Worsham, Middlecoff. Man.
grum and their wives in viz
tual hysteria for about q half
hour. Sam appeared to be hav-
| ing more fun than ANYBODY.
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De as tLley mao not SOLteu up 70
their racing stroke and had no
time trials.
The only veterans from last
years boat are Willis Rich, bow;
Capt. Russ Hensley. No. S, and
John Forbrick. No. Z.
Maury Browne, a i78-pound
sophomore from Alexandria, is
the new stroke, replacing Ed
Stevens of the Olympic crew.
The other positions are being
manned by Dennis Sloan. sopho-
more from Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
No. 2; Jerry Watson. senior from
Brooklyn, No. 8: Bob Graue,
senior from Mexico. Mo-, No. 4,
and Leonard Anton. junior from
Shenandoah, Pa, No. s.
Cailow has yet to settle on
a coxswain. and has been try
ing out four men in that pa
sition
Yale Also Good
The coach said that, ION
paper, Cornell should be unbeat-
able this year" and that Yale
should nave "a splendid crew. y
He also noted that Penn will
have practically the same group
it had last year including four
who rowed in the Pan Ameri-
can Games.
"You can't keep winning for
ever he commented.
For the sprint races in Wash
ington, the Executive Commit
tee includes Rudolph Kaufman
II, Jack Franklin. Barrett L
Crandall and James E. Colli-
flower.
Other committee assignments
Finance Committee: John B
Payson, James E. Colliflower
Garrett Pendleton. William j
Hallahan.
Race course preparation n:
Charles Butt, 1t. T. T. Wetmore
Col. Ray Adams. Frank S. Far
quhar, Chris johnson, Jack
EiSman.
Race course patrol: 1t. T. T
Wetmore, Capt. o. r. Sanders.
Housing, feeding and trans
portation: Gordon w. Mcbride
Archie r. Sabin, Wynn johnson
Hams Point facilities: Edward
]. Kelly, T. Sutton Jet, R. D
Lewis.
Ticket sales: Powell Browning
jr.; Edward j. Kelly, Chief Har-
old S. Stewart. Horace Walker
A. e. Doran, Trice Gravatte
Peter Rockwell.
Alumni activities: Frank v
Cahill.
High school events: James O.
Pease, Jack Franklin. Charles
Butt, Hardy Pierce, A. E. Doran
Peter Rockwell.
Crew reception and informa-
ton: Rudolph Kaufman. II.
Public information: William
r. Merriam.
Official boats: Jack ]. Blank
Richard Gaskins.
Spectator craft: Edward c.
BaltZ, John A. Remon.
Program: William r. Merri-
J am. All Harloff,1
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RACES HERE MAYA
Dozen Crews to Seek
Nays Sprint Title

Twelve colleges in addition to
Navy, the defending champion.
have filed entries for the sprint
rowing championships to be held
May IA on the Potomac River.
Coach Rusty Callow of Navy
again is expected to have am
other standout crew, although
not quite as strong as his crews
of recent years that won 20
straight races. Ordinations left
only three members of last years
crew, and all the members OF
the Olympic championship crew
Of 1852 are gone.
The sprint races, sponsored by
the Eastern Association Of Row.
ing Colleges. will be held on the
2,000-meter course from the
railroad bridge to opposite Hams
Point. The prize viii be the
$4,000 Rowe Cup. which Navy
has won the last three years.
Freshmen. Jayvees Included
| In addition to Navy. entries
have been received from Boston
University, Columbia, Cornell
Dartmouth. Harvard, Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology
Pennsylvania, Princeton, Rutgers
Syracuse, wisconsin and Yale.
Freshmen and junior varsity
races will be held in addition to
the varsity race, and the college
getting the most points in all
races will receive the Rowe Cup
4 The Evening Star Trophy, Rich
ard Glendon Trophy and the
Charles Courtney Trophy also
4 will be in competition.
AS an added attraction, high
school race between George
washington and westinghouse
will precede the collegiate
| events.
Cornell May Be Top Rival
OF the teams opposing Navy
this year, Cornell may be the
strongest. Cornell was seconc
to Navy in last years Intercolle.
gate Rowing Association regatta
and lost only one man by
graduation.
Navy will row against Cornell
and Syracuse at Annapolis Apri
80 after opening its schedule
next Saturday at Princeton, anc
has another outing scheduled ir
the Adams Cup Regatta at Cam.
bridge May z before coming tt
Washington for the sprint
championships.
Over at Annapolis, Coach
Rusty Callow seems to be bear.
ing UP lightly under the task OF
rebuilding his crew. His main
problem has been to get in
practice time on the Severn
River instead of the narrow
Dorsey Creek which runs by the
Navy boathouse. Gusty winds
this spring have kept the Severn
choppy much Of the time.
Difficult to Judge Navy
ION paper we shouldn't be toe
hot" Callow admits, 'but we're
coming along pretty good He
said it was difficult TO tell just
yet how good the Middies would
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AUGUSTA, Ga. April o.
Ben Hogan's approach to the
persevering business of practice
ing before a round of COMPETE
tive golf is as different from
the average pros as his game is
from theirs.
Most of them indulge in a
bit of banter. They initiate.
experiment, and an air of light
heartedness prevails. They sort
of whistle while they work.
Ben dead pans it. Hogan
made his way through crowd
of several hundred around the
practice tee before yesterdays
round in the Masters tourna-
ment. trailing his caddie. The
boy dumped out generous por-
ton of almost new balls and
Hogan stared at the clear blue
sky while the caddie took his
position on the range.
Hogan banged ball after ball,
completely oblivious to anybody
around him. Other players took
positions to the left and right.
but the only indication he knew
any one was arriving was a
curious glance to see who 1t was.
Ben hit many perfect shots,
some not so good. and all the
while his lips were in the same
puckered little whistle. He ac-
tually faded three straight into
a nearby yard. where the caddie
couldn't retrieve them, but
never changed expression.
Then the boy brought in the
balls and walked back out. Ben
again stared at the sky. Cam
eras were grinding and he never
glanced in their direction
When he decided he had hit
enough he merely raised an arm,
signaling the boy in. While che
caddie walked the $50 yards. Ben
took all his clubs out of the
bag and powdered the grips, not
trusting this to his caddie.
Still not having spoken to his
caddie. fellow players or any of
the spectators, Hogan fitted an
other cigarette to his holder.
picked up the putter and started
through the crowd to the prac-
tice green.
Meantime, with the exception
of an occasional whirl Of the
camera, there was no sound
from the gallery. Seldom. if ever
has there been an athlete held
In such awesome respect.
Bobby Jones' annual press
conference is one of the high
lights for the golf writers, who
Incidentally turned out In rec
ord numbers for this 10th Mas
tiers.
Obviously impressed by the
number seeking his words OF
wisdom, Jones said he never ex-
pected this tournament to reach
its present heights. He started
it with the idea Of making it a
gathering place for a select
group of players. He has watched
it grow to equal, or perhaps sur
pass, the National Open cham
pionship in prestige.
Among his quotes was state
ment that there are a hundred
golfers who hit the ball as well
as Sam Snead or Hogan, but
none who can continue doing so
for four rounds.
The difference between q
champion and q failure is In
finitesimal, he said, and it
would be in determination, tenn
permanent, or In many other de-
partments.
But he added that he never
has seen so many good young