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Evening star., 1955-06-16
Demonstrating
Midwest School
For NCAA Title

OMAHA, June 16 R.-West-
Iern Michigan and Wake Forest
Igo after the NCAA college base
ball championship tonight in a
true title game.
The Broncos from Michigan
and the Deacons will be meeting
lin their third series game at 10
pm. washington time).
| Western Michigan blanked
Wake Forest. 80. Monday night
and the next night Wake Forest
turned around and beat the
IBroncos, 10-7.
The Tuesday defeat was the
first for Western Michigan after
three wins and sent Wake For
est against Oklahoma, both 3-1.
i'm an elimination game last
night while Western Michigan
rested.
The Deacons trimmed the Ag-
gies. 20, in a game of few hits.
Lefty John Stokoe of Wake
Forest gave up only four hits and
Lefty Bob Garrett of the Aggies
only three. But Garrett suffered
from poor support and the Dea-
cons hit at opportune moments.
Wake Forest got its first run in
the third when Bill Barnes sin
Igled after squeeze play attempt
went wrong with the runner be-
ling nipped at the plate. They
added the clincher when Barnes
was safe on an error in the
sixth, took third on a single by
Jack Bryant and scored on Sto-
kOe'S infield out.
Evening star., 1955-06-16
OPEN
Continued From Page C-1

trouble, at least in practice
rounds earlier in the week, was
not hard to find.
Furgol won the Open last year
with a 4-over-par 284 at Baltus.
rol in New Jersey, and while the
st. Louis pro could hardly be ex-
|pected to win it twice in a row,
he entered this one sharp after
taking top money in the Inter-
national tournament in Wash
Iington last Sunday.
Only five players. Hogan in
cluded, have scored successive
triumphs in the Open.
Hogan, in what might be his
last shot at No. S. first won this
tournament in 1948 with rec
ord 72-hole score of ZIG, set at
Riviera County Club in Los
Angeles. The record still stands.
His repeat victories came in
1950-51, and he scored again
in 1858.
Littler. the 25-year-old Cali
fornian. was runner-up to Fur
gol last year. He has since won
the Los Angeles and Phoenix
Opens and Las Vegas Tourna-
ment of Champions.
Middlecoff. 1855 Masters
champion and 1919 National
Open victor, is another threat
who is on top of his game.
Evening star., 1955-06-16
SENATORS

Continued From Page CT
will rely on Bob Porterfield to
give them an edge In today'S
game. Bob Lemon will pitch for
the Indians.
Stone, battered by the White
Sox in his last start, achieved
his third victory easily last night.
Al Smith opened the game with
a single. but thereafter the only
hits of the tall lefthander were
singles by Jim Hogan in the
seventh and ninth innings.
Groth Tags Feller
Meanwhile. the Senators clob-
bered Bob Feller. Groth doomed
a home run into the leftfield
bleachers. with none aboard IN
the second inning and the Sena-
tors chased Feller in the fourth
with a six-run, uprising. The
Senators have splurged for six
runs in an inning twice in the
last five weeks, both times
against Cleveland.
Mickey Vernon touched of
the inning with a single and
Groth walked. Courtney's single
scored Vernon before Sievers
parked his seventh homer in the
left-centerf1eld stands. Ted
Gray, signed as a free agent by
the Indians yesterday, came
along to fan Bob Kline, but
Stone singled and Eddie YostI
walked. The runners moved upI
when Ernie Oravetz was tossed
out and Pete Runnels brought
them across with a single to-
center.
NOTE: Stone, who hadn't
contributed a hit previously this
year, Clipped in with two
singles. while Courtney had
three Of the Senators 10 hits
1t was the Senator'S fourth
shutout F.. Stone had figured in
six others, but on the wrong
end.
Kansas City moves in tomor-
row night for the opener of aE
four-game series, with q single
game Saturday afternoon and a
double-header Sunday Billy
Hoeft, Maury McDermott, Billy
Pierce and Stone have been the
only pitchers to blank the Indi-
ans this year.
Evening star., 1955-06-16

can think Of. Would you sit
there and watch them for nearly
seven hours?"
mo-" Griffith replied.
"Your double-header the other
night lasted nearly seven hours. !"
the reporter reminded.
"I think the managers are
taking the game away from the
players" Calvin broke in.
There's too much time con-
sumed by coaches and managers
walking out to talk to pitchers. "
''It wasn't that way in the old
times" Clark Griffith said. THE
old National League teams car
ried four pitchers and when one
of 'em went to the mound he
knew he was gonna stay in there
for awhile.
"Yes," Calvin insisted, ''but
there were times when they got
slapped around. What happened
then?"
1.-THE manager called in a
pitcher from the bullpen," Clark
Griffith said, land he didn't
have to go out to the mound to
do it. That thing the other night
was unusual, but I don't think
there should be any twilight
night doubleheaders anyway
Play 'em in the daytime"
"How many times have you
talked on the phone today in
regard to trades?" a reporter
asked Calvin.
Lets see." Calvin unused. Joe
Cronin twice, Hank Greenberg
three times. Frank Lane four
times, George Weiss twice, Muddy
Ruel once and the Kansas City
Athletics three times-Lou Bou-
dreau once and Ray Kennedy
CAS- director of player personneD
twice. Yep, every club except
Baltimore. and that hasn't been
an unusual day. That's been
going on now for about 10 days"
Have q lot of names been
switched back and forth in all
those talks" the reporter asked.
Eyes. Practically every phone
call has brought a new PROPOSE
tion. The only club we've talked
to where names haven't been
switched was the Yankees. We've
been firm with them from the
start"
And the Senators were firm at
the finish. futilely demanding
Shortstop Jerry Lumpe of Birm-
ingham in a package deal for
Maury McDermott. Umpteen
phone calls later, plus a con-
ference with Greenberg after the
game, nothing developed. But
the man tried real hard
Evening star., 1955-06-16
Co-Donor Keeps Furr Cup
In Family With Golf Victory

Mrs. E. Thurston Furr. who
with her husband donated the
Furr Cup for Glass c women
golfers at Washington Golf and
Country Club. kept the trophy
in the family with a 212 total
for SO holes, minus 48 handicap
strokes for a net 164. Second
net went to Mrs. o. A. Engh,
208-42, 1866. and third to Mrs.
Robert w. Hart. 210-42, 1853.
Mrs. D. T. Hatfield won low
gross with 208.
Court House women golfers
completed the Glass B and C
sections of the Liz Hanna trophy
tournament with Mrs. w. H.
Rodenberger winning Glass 3
with 104-103 and Mrs. w. Floyd
Wood. Class c, 112-122. 234.
The Glass A section was post
poned until next week.
Mrs. Frank Cush Joined the
seasons 80 breakers with a 70
at Argyle and won low net in
the ladies day event with 1876,
IA. Mrs, John r. Daily of Manor
topped the guests with 96-10,
Evening star., 1955-06-16

IOverton Of Baltimore has won
once. S-a -
With both BrownelI and Bogart
entered. plus all of Baltimore's S
top golfers and three good
amateurs from Virginia, the field
is the best in years. A second
round of match play will follow
tomorrow afternoon. with quar-
ter-f1nals and semifinals Satur-
day and the 36-hole final
Sunday.
Evening star., 1955-06-16
THE BASEBALL
BEAT
By BURTON HAWKINS

It was $3.50 pm. in the dining
room tucked among the Griffith
Stadium Offices, and Clark Grit
fifth was saying, I'D like to
change the whole team, wouldn't
you?"
There's time-there's S12
hours to CO." said Billy Robert
son, who operates the conces-
sions with his brother, Jimmy.
He was referring, of course. to
the midnight deadline on trad
ing.
"I'll guarantee one thing,
Calvin Griffith said. George
Weiss yankees general man
ager) won't be going home to
Connecticut tonight. He'll stay
on that telephone in New York
and If he doesn't deal with De-
troit he'll deal with u.s."
"Long-distance call for you,
Calvin. when you're ready to
take it," informed a voice from
the corridor.
"If that's who / think it is,
maybe the players we get could
be here in time to play tonight,
Calvin said. 1t required no gen.
ius to figure that since Calvin
had said he had talked to ev-
cry club except Baltimore, that
the team involved was Chicago.
Iplaying in Baltimore.
mo, on second thought, they'd
be at the ball park" Calvin said.
They'd have to return to the
hotel and pick up their luggage.
They couldn't make it here in
time.
- Il =
"There might be something
doing before game time" Calvin
continued, ambling toward his
office. eff there is we'll have to
get along without a couple of
regulars tonight"
"Why not announce the deal
after the game" a reporter
asked. THAT way you can play
your regulars"
"They might get hurt" Cal
win replied, "and If they do the
deal is off,"
Calvin returned a moment
later and said. THAT wasn't
the call I was expecting. I told
the operator to hold it for
awhile. I want to hear from
another party first before I talk
to that person who has the call
in for me-"
Suppose" a reporter said.
looking at Clark Griffith. you
we're invited to a show featur-
ling Bing Crosby. Bob Hope,
Danny Kaye, Red Shelton,
George Gobel. Arthur Godfrey,
Groucho Marx, Eddie Fisher and
any other, top entertainers you
Evening star., 1955-06-16
J. c. Caroline EnroIIs
In Summer School

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.,. June 16
(P.-J. C. Caroline, University
Of Illinois football captain from
Columbia, S. c., arrived in
Champaign yesterday and said
he would enroll at the Univer-
sity'S summer school, starting
classes Monday.
Evening star., 1955-06-16
Tee-Off Times Set
For District Pros

Starting times for Washington
area pros in the Middle Atlantic
PGA ladies'-pro tournament to-
morrow at the Fountain Head
Country Club, Hagerstown, Md,
were announced today as follows:
District starting times: 9:15. Smitty
Padgett: 1910, Fred Bolton; 10:15, Don
Saylor: 11:05, Billy Gilbert: 11:20,
Clarence Doser:. 1925, Billy Buppert;
1915, Dick lanes: 1920, Carl Rasnic;
1925. George Diffenbsueh; 1910. Harry
Griesmer: 1855. Dewey Ricketts,. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
About q Defunct Purty

certainly have no desire to defend
any big or even little ex-Nazis, but Russ
Nixon is so wrong in stating some Of
the "facts" in his letter that cannot
let it go unanswered. am German
immigrant and experienced Hitler's die
tatorship as long as it lasted. It is true
that party membership became a priv
ilege, but that was only after years
and years, during which all sorts of
opportunists had joined the party
without being much questioned about
their motives. However, there were
people of outstanding prominence, es-
pecially popular and well-known artists
like Won Karajan who were asked to
join the party. In cases like that there
was little alternative. If the person
concerned declined to join he had to
face the very real danger of "Arbeits-
verbot" prohibition to work in his pro-
fession or vocation). No doubt there
were an appalling number of people
who claimed, after the 1000 year
Reich" had collapsed, that they had
been forced to become party members
but who in fact had had only possible
advantages for their careers in mind,
and 1t must be admitted that they out
numbered those who had been forced
to join.
Neither I nor any member of my
family ever belonged to the party
but we were fortunate in that none of
us was asked to become a member.
M. E. NJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Mr.. Campbell Comes Through

When President Eisenhower picked
Joseph Campbell as Controller General it
was freely predicted that the Senate would
never confirm the nomination.
Some of those who opposed Mr.. Camp
bell, formerly treasurer of Columbia Uni
versity, said the Senate would take offense
because the nominee did not come from
within congressional ranks. Others shook
their heads dolefully and recalled that he
was one of the two members of the Atomic
Energy Commission who initially approved
the Dixon-Yates contract. Another COM
plant was that the President had pulled
boner because he had not consulted Con-
gress before making the nomination.
All of this, however, seems to have been
composed largely of wishful thinking. When
the nomination came up for vote last
week it was approved with only scatter
ing of mays" Thus, the Senate deserves
commentator for rising above petty con-
siderations to approve an eminently quail
fed man for a post of high Importance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Capitol Prayer Room

The Capitol's new room for prayer and
meditation has precedent as far back as
1891, when Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant
introduced into his design for the Federal
City of Washington "a church for national
purposes" But it is not church or syna-
gogue or even a chapel It simply is place
to which members of Congress may retire for
quiet entreaty or Thanksgiving. The legisla-
ton which provided the room stipulated
that no services are to be held within its
walls. No ceremony of conservation or dedi-
cation will be staged in the room. The
symbols employed in the decorations are
patriotic rather than religious. Clergymen
representing both Christians and Jews were
consulted by j. George Stewart, Architect
of the Capitol, who worked out the design;
and the result has been approved by them
For the public at large the little octag-
onal retreat is important specifically as a
facility of Congress. It's existence is a
recognition of the Creator upon Whom the
entire Nation depends for its blessings and
a reminder of the parts which faith and
hope play in the Government and in the
hearts Of citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
U. S. Health Insurance

In his March IA column concerning
the proposed Government employee
health insurance program. Joseph
Young disclosed that union representa-
tives declare that the proposed $104
yearly premium cost to employees with
families is prohibitive to many en-
ployes in the lower grades. On that
point agree with the union represent
tatives. However, do not agree with
their suggested solution to the prob
lem, /. e., to have the Government pay
from one-half to two-thirds of the
total $156 premium. In fact, whether
the Government pays one-third, one
half or two-thirdS of the total premium,
it seems unreasonable to require GS-3
to pay the same remaining balance as
a GS-13. If the health insurance pro-
gram is to be considered fringe bene-
At to all employees (rather than bene-
At available to some and unavailable to
others. then the cost to each employee
should be scaled to his ability to pay.
(Such a plan could be based on per-
centage of income). So, fellow Govern
ment workers. let's write to our legisla-
tors on the Hill and see if we can get
more equitable arrangement for dis
tribution of premium costs so we all
can afford health insurance protection
regardless of our grade.
L. w. Cornish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Impression of Modern Art

The Biennial Exhibits at the Coro-
ran Gallery are always interesting and
inspiring, bringing to us, as they always
do. the beautiful as well as the deeper
emotions in life as the Nations most
renowned artists see them and feel
them.
Viewing the oath Biennial Exhibit, I
was especially interested in stories told
me of how some of these scenes were
put on canvas.
was told that one artist, having a
commission to paint prize Hereford
bull, went to the farm and placed his
easel near the barn. Since it was
warm afternoon, the artist went down
to the spring before starting work on
his canvas. The barn was being painted
at the time-a dull, drab red, with the
doors jet black The man painting
the doors-an 'absent-minded fellow
finished his last door and stepped back
saying: well, that's that" He started
cleaning the paint from his brush,
making four or five swipes with it,
when another workman yelled at him:
Bill! Bill! That thing is what that
painter man set up there!" Bill ran.
The artist came back up the hill,
and on seeing his canvas. eyed the
broad black lines on 1t very hard He
walked to one side, taking view from
another angle. "Gosh," he said, ''that
is marvel in the realm of the mod
ernistical abstract. Just what I've been
longing to have-to hang on the wall
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art at their
oath Biennial Exhibit And there,
with not another touch, 1t hangs today
one of the select sixty-four
lack Spratt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
This and That .

Ever since Walt Whitman wrote
when Lilacs Last in the Dooryard
Bloom'd." this favorite shrub has been
a particular favorite in Washington.
1t was brought from Persia to Eng
land about 800 years ago, and did so
well in that cold, moist climate that
the Colonists took it to New England,
where it did even better
Since then the lilac has spread to all
parts of the United States and the
world
Today there are many kinds, in
GLIDING the old favorite purple. and
white, and the French hybrids, so called.
With most gardeners, the old
fashioned purple is the favorite still.
No matter what may be said for the
newer species, the older one, beloved
of our northumberland grand
fathers, too-retains its hold on the
affections.
1t is sturdy and long lived.
1t is said that in the New England
States, some of the old purple lilacs
grow as tall and large as trees.
On many of the deserted farms, the
lilacs retained their pristine vigor, and
grew in neglect.
This is the reception they get in too
many home grounds. Neglect.
This perhaps Is natural, since the
lilac is not easy to grow, despite its
reputation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23

Much depends upon the growing
season.
There are "lilac years." when in every
yard there is splash of color and
wonder of perfume.
Then, the very next season. scarcely
lilac in town will be in bloom.
Some home gardeners may attempt
to give an explanation of this, but the
average flower lover will consider it
nothing but the plain ordinary cussed-
ness of nature, after all.
IT am large, I contain multitudes,"
written by Whitman of himself, might
as easily have been said about the
lilacs
The pruning and the fertilizing are
difficult.
Some say to use the best grade of
COW manure. others advocate bone
meal, and some even insist that you
bury some old shoes at the roots
Ardent gardeners have cooked up
queer schemes to make their lilacs
bloom.
One even went to the extent of urging
that the gardener pick every last leaf
of the bushes in August.
We tried 1t, one August, and will
never do 1t again.
There is something about the "heart
shaped leaves Of green" as Whitman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Local Payroll Tax
Philadelphia.

Your recent editorial Local Payroll
Tax" was appalling to one who has
read your paper for 40 years; particu-
larry the concluding sentence: "Such
a tax should be proposed, nevertheless.
as a revenue raiser that is no more
unfair than many existing taxes, and
as tax that would come under careful
consideration in any other city facing
the problem we face here, and which
is being successfully applied in num-
Der of them" While tacitly admitting
that such a tax would be unfair. The
Star (Which has hitherto stood for
civic virtue) proposes that it should
be considered.
The avowed intention Of the proposed
payroll or earnings tax" is to tap the
income of persons who live in Mary
land or Virginia but who work in the
District (most of them Federally en-
ployed) for the purpose Of contributing
to the support of the municipal gov
eminent of the District and. specifically
In the present instance, to pay for
proposed increases in salary for en-
ployes of the District, including possibly
its teachers. There has been an ap-
parent growing resentment among some
residents of the District over the fact
that persons not living there work in
the District. Let's analyze the situa-
ton. Even if they preferred to do so,
all OF the people working in the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Views on Adoption
lack Spratt.

My adaptive relatives in Washington
have sent me copy of letter on your
editorial page March 8, wherein is
brief reference to the study made by
the Life History Center, which direct,
and published in a book entitled THE
Adopted Break Silence" Although I am
glad for this public reference to still
obscure study. nonetheless / am dis
tressed at certain presentations therein.
Comment is made that "their (the
adopted ones) stories for the most part
are not happy ones" 1t is not book of
unhappy stories, but compilation Of
comments on some of the difficulties
Of adoption as life experience. It is
also stated that almost all of the 40
persons felt that their interests had
not been sufficiently represented when
they were placed for adoption many
years ago." This simply is not true. in
my opinion.
should be failing in responsibility
to the participants in this study were
to leave them so presented to the
public. They are, many of them, ma
ture and responsible adults on a par
with their contemporaries who are not
adopted. They are the first adult
adopted people to attempt to speak for
themselves All other studies are patron
izing in their approach.
AS to modern, sterilized adoption, I
say this: AS the conditions of adoption
are being set today, the adoptee will
mature in world of dreams and pre-
tense, taking his origin in an interdis-
ciplinary ching-conference, whereas
his contemporaries are of natural birth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Nv THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Is it true that in Shakespeare
day the part of Juliet was played by
a boy?-F. F.
A. Yes. In Shakespeare's time wom-
en- did not appear on the stage. Boy
apprentices. beginning at the age Of
10, were trained by experienced actors
to take on various roles and to act
women's parts. Each boy was attached
to principal actor, and he had to
work for years before receiving
salary. The apprentice expected to
take his masters place upon the lat
ter's retirement or death.
O. Are there any insurance COM
panies that offer lower rates to auto
mobile drivers who are nondrinkers?
A. M.
A. Yes, several companies offer to
teetotalers sharp rate reductions for
automobile liability and collision in
surance. Occasional social drinkers do
not qaulify, only total abstainers,
Rates for these people begin at about
Is per cent below the standard.
@. Can synthetic fabrics like nylon
De USED III place OF rags III LIE Hldnu-
facture of paper?-E. V.
A. Yes. this has been done expert
mentally. Nylon fiber, as we'll as Dacron
and Orion f1bers, were used to make
paper which was from three to 10 times
stronger than paper made from con-
ventional rags. or from wood pulp.
@. Where was natural gas first used
in the United States?-W. B.
A. In Fredonia, N. Y, in 1921. A 27-
foot well supplied the town with fuel for
lighting, and to small extent for
cooking. The use Of natural gas was not
new even then. Thousands of years be-
fore the Christian era the Chinese
utilized natural gas, piping it through
hollow bamboo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
By Charles E. TroceweI

insisted on calling them, that appeal
to all.
Walt Whitman didn't mind super
f1urity in the least.
Heart shaped leaves" would have
done just as well. Certainly they were
green! 1t could have been taken for
granted that they were green. Few
flowers or bushes ever have anything
but green leaves.
But old Walt loved words. The more
he could get into a sentence, the better.
So when he thought of heart shaped
leaves" it was perfectly natural for
him to write, heart shaped leaves of
green"
Even better than the clusters of
flowers, and green leaves, is the fra
GRANGE.
The lilac smell is something out Of
this world. It floats on the spring
breeze as an invitation to the outdoors,
and all attempts to gather it into bot
ties have been failures.
Yet so beloved of our ancestors was
the lilac that the alcoholic extractions
of the odor were universal favorites
on Grandmother's dressing table.
Not only were there lilac perfumes,
and lilac candies. but lilac cigarettes
as well. We swear it. because once we
smoked one of the things. But once
was enough. Even lifelong love for
the lilac could not 60 that far.