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Evening star., 1955-06-22

Remember the good old days
Of the National Open champion
ship. before the USGA hired
Trent Jones to make Nightmares
of the golf courses. and before
television? Particularly. before
television.
I don't know what the Jet
plane time is from Washington
to San Francisco, but I was
tempted to hire one last Satur-
day night. With some others I
was observing the hour telecaSt,
and all of us were curious to
know what Jack Fleck was doing
Gene Sarazen. Lindsey Nelson
and other assorted broadcasters
were conceding the champion
ship to Hogan. but every once
in a while they'd say, I'VE hear
a fellow by the name of Jack
Fleck has chance to tie. but
I've don't know what he's doing"
I Then would follow COM
mercials, unfunny remarks by
funny-men Danny Thomas and
Bert Parks. pictures Of hackers
finishing out the tournament
predictions that never were full
filled, etc, but no word of Jack
Fleck.
1 These fellows mind you, were
there. They were at the San
Francisco Olympic Club, knew
for a year they were going to
be there on that date, but they
didn't know what Jack Fleck
was doing.
I II y
i It must have cost a couple
hundred thousand to put that
show on, so why didn't they
spend an extra dollar and hire
some youngster to run out and
find out what Jack Fleck was
doing? Or get a walkie-talkie
or use the phone, or even guess?
Sarazen did say Fleck needed
a birdie on a certain hole to
stand a chance of tying. if he
birdied the next couple of holes
Then Gene said he heard a roar
out on the course and he won.
dered who made a putt. Who
ibid he think made it, Deane
Beman?
A fellow who was listening te
the radio broadcast and also
watching television land who
also wanted to know what Jack
Fleck was doing was telling u.
| that Lawson Little said on radio
the green's were slow. he'd never
seen them so slow for the Open
IAt the same time Sarazen was
saying how fast they were. And
III you were watching you could
see how fast they were.
i oh yes, Sarazen brought golt
course Architect Robert Trent
Jones into the act. Architect
Jones gave a SNUG little smile
Iand said what he had done to
the course had separated the
cream from the milk.
| At the time Ben Hogan was
leading and Sam Snead (12 over
Ipar) was second. That Of course,
was Mr.. Jones' idea Of separat-
ling the cream from the milk.
But who finally won? Jack
lFleck. It was a tremendous, in
spring triumph. but nobody who
follows golf ever would say Fleck
was in the cream department
before last week.
| And they kept talking about
the toughest finishing holes in
America, four back-breaking
holes that defied any man. And
|you could see on your television
screen that the last hole was
la drive and q wedge flick for
anybody who kept the ball in
Evening star., 1955-06-22
FIGHT FACTS
AND FIGURES

At stake - World light-heavyweight
u75 pounds.
Contestants Light t. Heavyweight
Champion Archie Moore VS.. Middle
weight Champion Carl tBobo) Olson.
Distance-15 rounds or less.
Time-1O pm. (Washington. timel..
Decision-By round with q supple
mentary point system.
Oficials--Two judges and O. referee
to be named at ringside.
TeIevision - American Broadcasting
Co. (New York City blacked OUT.
Radio---American Broadeasting Co.
Estimated gross receipts-S225,00 900.
adio-televiSion fee-Sl 100000.
Terms-Moore. 80 per cent; Olson.
RematchMIn 90 days If Olson wins.
Betting odds--Moore 2.to-1 favorite.
Postponement dste-Thursdsy June
Boxing Club.
Ticket prices--S30 to So.
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Pair of Long Streoks on Line
In Moore-OIson Bout oniqht
Continued From Page C-1

GAVAAAs = e~9S ~ .
looking forward to only one other
payday-a crack at Marciano.
It is widely felt that Moore
really weighed about 1876 last
May in Las Vegas, approximate
ly the same as he expects to
build up to again when and If
he meets Marciano. For the
record, only one champion ever
lost his title on the scales and
that was back in 1925, when
Charley Phil Rosenberg failed
to make the bantamweight limit
for Eddie (Cannonball) Martin.
Less Boxing by Archie
Not q great deal seems to have
been learned in the respective
camps. Olson boxed well over
100 rounds at Asbury Park and,
before that, in San Francisco.
He showed little. but then the
160-pound ruler always has been
that kind of fighter in the gym.
Moore barely boxed more than
40 rounds-never more than
three In one day-but the con-
fident defender put it this way:
II don't have to box. Been
doing it all my life. But I ran
six, eight miles every morning"
The consensus was that two
real pros were fighting and that
the burden was on Olson. Only
two fighters-Ruby Rob Fitz-
simmons and Harry Greb-ever
went from the middleweight to
the light-heavy crown. The last
to try it was Robinson, who was
winning over joey Maxim on
June 25,. 1852, when he sue
cumbed to the 110-degree heat
at ringside in the, 14th round. 1T
was from Maxim that Moore won
his title the following pecem-
ber. Incidentally. Robinson and
Maxim, then the champions of
middle and light-heavy divisions,
drew a gross of $42l, ,615 in 1852,
and Maxim always has been al
notoriously dull performer
Confident Of Kayo
II Olson should win tonight,
Moore's hopes of ever getting a
crack at the heavyweight cham
pionship will be dead. The we'll
preserved old gaffer. who prac-
tically manages himself. has
goaded Marciano in vain. It took
him years to get a crack at the
hollow 175-pound title. and since
he won it from Maxim he has
spent time, effort and money
(some borrowed) in public
campaign to force Marciano's
hand.
"Now I have to beat a middle
weight for the chance" Archie
says with a bitter smile. well,
I'll do 1t. I think I can knock
Evening star., 1955-06-22
Busch VS.. Allen
Pits TopfIigl1t
Women Golfers
BY MERRELL WHITTLEsEY

BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Spring a year ago the names
of Lucille Busch and Mrs. A. H.
Allen meant little if anything to
followers of women's golf In
Washington. But today at
Washington Golf and Country
Club they're playing in what
could be one Of the top matches
in the Women's District cham
|pionshlp in years.
Mrs. Allen is the wife Of q
colonel and Miss Busch is a cap
tain in the Air Force. Mrs.
Allen came here to play In the
Women's National Capital in the
spring of 1854, beat several OF
the pros. and finished II strokes
in front of the best District
women golfers in the 72-hole
tournament.
The Aliens moved here later
in the year and Mrs. Allen won
the Virginia State title and set
women's unofficial course records
at several Washington-ares
clubs.
Their First Tourney Clash
Miss Busch had been playing
here for a season or two but first
made a name with a 73 at Manor
in the women's team matches
Two weeks later she won the Dis.
trict championship.
| Mrs. Allen and Miss Busch play
considerable friendly golf to.
Igether, at Fairfax, Army Navy
and other clubs and of course re.
spect each others game. They've
never before met in competition
| Miss Busch has the rough hall
lof the draw. She had thu
toughest first round match oi
1.-THE favorites, and now meets Mrs
ALLEN, but 1t was the same way
Hast year. She upset Mrs. Ed.
ward Ferriday, the defending
champion, on the latter'S home
course in the first round, ane
then beat the champion of tive
years previous, Betty CARRIER, Ii
the semitinals.
Tough, Match Ahead
/ The winner of the Busch -Aller
match will have no easy patti
as Mrs. Ferriday. playing .xcel.
lent golf. and Mrs. George Noble
Of Kenwood meet in the mattel
THAT plays the winner Of thu
feature.
Mrs. John K. Barry, the med.
alist and an area resident only
is months. plays Georgia Mat
McKeever, who won the flight
below the championship last
year but is playing very much
as II she belongs In the title
flight at present.
Club champions of Army
Navy, Mrs. Paul Stretit. and the
host club, Mrs. Charles Egen-
road, meet in the other lower
bracket quarter-final.
Ali eight matches yesterday
were won by the favorites with
only the Busch = Trouchaud
match going to the 18ths Mrs
Trouchaud was 2 UP after IL
holes. but Miss Busch finished
3-3-5-4-4-4 to win, 2 up.
Championship flight semifinals
|are listed tomorrow and the title
match starts at 1906 am. Fri
day.
Championship fight results
Iflrst round:
Capt. Lucille Busch. USAF. defeated
Mrs. ]. P. Trouchaud. Kenwood. 2 up
Mrs, A. II. Allen. Army Navy, .defeatet
Mrs George, Noble, Kenwaod, defeated
Mrs. r. ]. Grif1th. Washington, q ant
8: Mrs. Edward Ferridsy, Chevy Chase
defeated Deboy Wilder. Manor, 8 and 4
| Mrs. John X. Barry, Manor, defeated
Mrs. D. ]. Garrison, Army Navy,
and 3: Georgia Mae McKeeyef. Argyle
defeated Mrs Henry Riley, Washington
GlzCC, 2 and L. Mrs. p. H. STREET
| Ter. Army Navy, 3 and 9; Mrs. Charlie,
Egenroad, Washington, defeated Mrs
Howard Lady. Washington. and /.
Quarterfinal pairings:
! Mrs. Allen vs. Capt. Busch: Mrs. Nobls
vs. Mrs rersidaY: Mrs Harry VS. Mis:
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-22

set to the wind she had a spread
of more than 10000 yards of
snowy white canvas and was a
thing of rare beauty from a dis
lance at sea.
Capt. Joseph Yorke, the master
of the Inflated George w.
Wells" was a veteran of many a
stormy voyage down the Atlantic
coast but none like this trip
which ended on a reef near
treacherous Diamond Shoals, the
Graveyard of Ships" The ship
finally stranded on Ocracoke Isle.
A northeast gale caught the big
schooner just north of Cape Hat
teras and when she passed Dia-
mond Shoals Lightship she was
making 10 miles an hour under
"bare- poles," the crew of the
lightship said. This means the
vessel was scudding along before
the high wind with no sails set.
Although the sea was running
high and the wind was blowing in
gusts up to 60 miles an hour; ap-
parently Capt. Yorke had his ship
we'll under control until after he
passed the lightship off Cape
Lookout when the wind suddenly
shifted to the southwest and blew
a gale unsurpassed in fury for
many years. AS his vessel was be-
ing blown closer and closer to the
reefs, Capt Yorke decided that
the wisest thing he could do would
be to anchor until the gale blew
itself out. Accordingly, he ordered
both anchors dropped, one of
which weighed $500 pounds. But
a few minutes after they dis
appeared beneath the raging seas
the anchor chain popped like a
stick of candy, tearing away part
of the bow.
With both anchors gone and
nothing to keep the great vessel
from being blown ashore, Capt.
Yorke ordered his newest sails set
in desperate effort to keep his
ship out into deep water. But as
fast as the crew broke out the new
canvas the winds of terrific gale
force caught the sails and ripped
them to tatters. Then with sick
ening lurch the big vessel struck
a hidden reef and the rudder was
wrung off, leaving the George
w. Wells"to the mercy of the
bowling winds and mountainous
seas.
Roscoe Burrus Saw The Ship.
| On board the George W.
Wells" that dreadful day were
four women and 16 men. The
captains wife and his sister were
accompanying him on the voyage
as was his brother-in-law and two
small children, the youngest ar
infant 10 months old. They hao
all huddled together in one of the
deck houses while outside the
storm winds shrieked through the
wire rigging and the high seas
hurled tons of water in huge
waves across the decks.
Roscoe Burrus of Hatteras, nov
living in Manteo, at that time wa!
: a young surfman on duty in the
lookout tower at Hatteras Inle
, Coast Guard Station. He was ont
/ of the first to see the vessel il
danger of being driven aground
, He gave the alarm and a few min
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Remains Of Six-Mas+ Schooner George Wells
Recalls Great Rescue by Coast Guards
At Hatteras Inlet Station. September 1914

Entire Crew Saved AS Hurricane Sweeps Vessel Ashore On
Ocracoke Island Where It Now Rests Embedded in the Sands
This Safon Now Abandoned Because Of nroads Of the Sea-
Has Glorious History.
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By EARL DEAN

When the George w. Wells"
first six-masted schooner to sail
the waters of the Atlantic Ocean
was proudly launched at Camden,
Maine, 1900, little did the owners
of this splendid new going
cargo carrier, the largest of her
type in the world, dream that IA
years later, she'd be caught in the
teeth of Hatteras hurricane, and
the scene of a most unusual res
cue of human life from a strand
ed vessel in the studded his
tory of the U. S. Coast Guard
along North Cardinals Outer
Banks.
Part of the old ship is now Wis
sible on Ocracoke Island.
More than a dozen stalwart
sons of the surf from life saving
stations now vanished along this
strip of coast, battled the sea
tirelessly that September day in
1914 when the George w. Wells"
was driven ashore by a gale off
Hatteras Inlet. Some of them had
to drag their beach gear and res
cue equipment along the beach
for distance of six miles through
a sea-tide waist deep, but they
managed to make it all right and
to save the lives of the four wo-
men and Is men on the vessel.
Among those rescued by surf
men from Hatteras and Ocracoke
stations during an all-day battle
with the sea IS years ago was the
captains 250-pound wife, a deck
hand who had gone crazy at sea
and st. Bernard dog. There were
-, several small children taken
" the "Wells" that day, includ-
ing a babe in arms, little more
than a year old.
The George W.. Wells" was on
routine voyage down the Allan
tic from her home port, Boston
Mass, to Fernandina, Fla, to
load cargo of railroad ties, when
she came to grief off Hatteras In
let. In addition to being the
largest vessel of her type afloai
in those days the "Wells" was fit
ted up most luxuriously for g
coastwise freighter, having steam
heat, hot and cold running water
electric lights, telephones, modern
plumbing and spacious living
quarters for both passengers ane
crew in four large deck houses
She was the last word in ocean
going comfort, so far as freighter!
were concerned, and in spite Of
her huge size she was relativel!
easy to handle, for two powerful
little donkey engines on deck were
used to raise and lower her sails
The big vessel was 302 feet, L
inches long on the keel, and "a;
feet in length on top. She had TIVE
full decks and a beam of 48 feet
six inches. Capable of carrying ;
5,500-ton cargo, she drew 20 fee
of water. The forests of the Pacif
ic Northwest furnished the tinbe
for her six splendid masts, eacl
of which was 119 feet long by 8
inches in diameter, and her top
masts measured So feet and ha'
2O-inch diameter in the cap. Sh
had jib boon rs feet in lengtl
and her gross was registered a
2,970 tons. With all of her sail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-02
Alexandra Housing Land
To Be All Gone by 1865

jump to 90. 141 by 1860. A break
down Of comparatively density pei
acre shows 6.s9 persons per acre
in 1850. S.48 persons at present
1907 by 1860 and 11.66 by 1865
The latter figure is called the
"saturation point"
The figures were contained in
a report by the planning depart
ment on proposed census tracts
which will be submitted to the
city planning commission Thurs
day night. The city has been
broken down into 20 census
tracts for the purposes Of de-
veloping a comprehensive land
use and economic base study.
: DOor-to- Door Survey
Francis Moravitz. co-ordina-
tor lof research in the planning
department. said a door-to-door
survey will be made in each OF
the tracts in development of the
study.
The study is part Of the de-
velopment of a comprehensive
master plan which has beer
given general approval by the
city council. This first plane
for which funds were voted this
spring, is expected to be COM
|pleted by January /, Mr.. Mora
Wiz said
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All Of Alexandria's available
housing land is expected to be
used by 1865. according to a
preliminary land-use study re-
leased yesterday BY the city
planning commission:
The release predicted that in
10 years the population will
reach 1860. It now is esti-
mated at 82.633.
The release noted that the
city's population has increased
% per cent during the last five
and one-half years. A 1850
census, adjusted for annexation
in 1852. showed 67.126 persons
living in the Is square miles
which the city now covers.
Since the 1852 census was
taken, 4,348 new housing units
have been constructed. These
new units are occupied by an
estimated 1897 persons. bring
ing the population to 82,633.
Annexed Area Growing
Planning officials said most Of
the new growth is expected in
the rs square miles Of unde.
Iveloped territory annexed ir
1852 from Fairfax County
Nearly all Of the land in the ole
part of the city has been or il
being developed.
The population is expected to
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ChiIIum Soldier Killed
BY Lightning at Benning

FORT BENNING, Ga, Aug. 2
up. - Lightning struck and
killed q Washington ID. Co. area
soldier here Sunday, sent three
others to a hospital with burns,
and Jared at least so more as
they ate supper.
The Sd Division public infor-
nation office yesterday reported
the death of Army Pvt. Robert E.
Robertson, 81, of HOG Oakdale
drive. Chillum, Md. a member
of the Sd Infantry Battalion.
Provisional, which was caught
In a sudden thunderstorm.
Pvt. Robertson was dead on
arrival at the Fort Benning hos
pital following the lightning
stroke about $50 pm.
The battalion was on bivouac
in a partially-wooded area.
Pvt. Robertson entered the
service June 8, 1854. He attend
ed Mount Rainier High School
and was a member of the De
Molay Of Maryland. Besides his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Watson of Ruckersville, Va, apd
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BULLET ENDS SPREE
OF BALTIMORE COW

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2. up.
"A COW escaped from a
slaughter house yesterday and
before a bullet stopped her
eight blocks away she had
tossed a slaughter house en-
ploye in the air, trampled a
policeman and stopped a
train.
Two cows fled the Heinz
Riverside abbatoir. but one
fugitive was quickly corraled.
The other legged it down
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tracks and halted a diesel
train before charging into a
field where police shot her.
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Lionel Richmond Gets
Fuirfux County Posts

Lionel Richmond, 30-year-old
Fairfax attorney. yesterday wac
appointed assistant Fairfax
County Commemorative attor-
Iney.
He replaces Barnard Jennings,
20, who resigned to enter the law
firm of Alexander and Kelley in
Fairfax.
Mr.. Richmond. who lives on
Taylor drive, near the town OF
Fairfax, is a graduate of George
Washington University Law
School. He has been a member OF
the Virginia bar since 1850 and
has been an attorney In Fairfax
since then. He Is married and has
two children.
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Assembly toGei
3 Amendments

RICHMOND. Aug. 2 R-
Formal legal notice has been
given to Virginia voters that the
1856 session Of the General AS
sembly will be asked to ratify
three constitutional amend
ments adopted by the 1854 SEES
sion.
If the legislators agree to the
proposed amendments next year,
they will be referred to the peo-
pie in a referendum election.
The Constitution requires for
NAL public notice of the pro-
posed amendments at least three
months prior to the general cleo
ton that will determine the
composition of the Assembly
that will deal with the recon-
mended changes the second
time.
These are the resolutions for
constitutional change:
/, Section SO would be changed
to provide that the Governor take
Office upon his Inauguration on
the Saturday after the second
Wednesday in January. At the
present time. the Governors
term begins on the third Wednes.
day in January.
The General Assembly con-
venes on the second wednesday
in January. Purpose Of the
amendment is to move the Gov
ernor's Inauguration forward
four days and permit the legis.
lature to get an earlier. unin-
terrupted start on its work.
2. Section 16l would be
changed to eliminate the right
of transportation companies do
ing business with the Stete tc
give free passes TO officers OF
members Of the State Corpora
ton Commission.
3. Section 169 would be
changed to allow the General
Assembly to permit localities tt
exempt household goods anc
tangible personal property from
taxation.
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DURING THE TRANSIT STRIKE {.

DURING THE TRANSIT STRIKE -.
there is ample free parking OF our curb be-
couse folks who used to fringe pork" TO toks
streetcors from here are now parking their
autos downtown IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO
OBTAIN TRANSPORTATION, call Lincoln
5000 and osk for the receptionist-she will
oronee transportation for you free Of charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-02
Boy, 10, Sees Father Kill
Mother, Then Shoot Self

living room. shot through the
mouth by a .22-caliber pistol.
He was dead and the pistol was
still in his hand.
Bryan told the troopers he had
heard his parents arguing. then
saw his father take his shotgun
and shoot his mother. The
troopers said the youngster told
them his father ran outside, got
q pistol from his car and shot
himself.
Mrs. Fisher died later.
The deputy medical examiner
for Wicomico County. DR.. Early
Roger. ruled it murder and
suicide.
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TWO CAPTAINS GET RATIFIED
UNDER FIRE, TAKE TO DITCH

PORTSMOUTH, Va. lH9-Threes q crowd in an Army
jeep especially when of the three is rattlesnake
Capt. John F. West and Capt. George N Sanders were
bowling along gay at 40-mph clip here yesterday
in their eep when said raesnake head between
them.
Capt. West shouted don't jump" Capt Sanders
didn't hear him. He'd already jumped-into a roadside
ditch, head first. =
Capt. West stuck it few moments decided discre-
ton the better part of valor and jumped too.
The jeep rolled into ditch and stopped unscratched
The rattlesnake slhered of into the grass Capt
and Capt Sanders bruised and dizzy, still wonder how
that snake got into their jeep.
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Greyhound Absorbs
Blue RIDGE Lines

HAGERSTOWN. Md, Aug. 2.
P-Greyhound Corp. yesterday
formally took over bus operations
of Blue Ridge Lines, which has
been a subsidiary Of Potomac
Edison Co.
Blue Ridge operates from
Baltimore and Washington, D. c.,
west to Cleveland.
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SALISBURY, Aug. 2 R.-A
child's voice, heavy with tears,
said: Daddy just shot mother
and then shot himself"
Police Chief William ]. Chat
ham got the child's name
l0-year-old Bryan S. Fisher Of
Chesapeake Heights, about 3
miles from Salisbury.
Chief Chatham called State
police, they checked the story.
It was true.
They found Mrs. Ellen Fisher.
29-year-old waitress in a nearby
tavern, lying on the kitchen floor,
dying of a shotgun wound. Her
husband Walter, IS, was in the
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School PorIey Delayed

RICHMOND, Aug. 2 R.-A
Statewide conference of Negro
educators on the problems and
opportunities in public school
desegregation has been post
poned until late August, the Vir-
ginia Teachers Association said
yesterday. The conference was
to have opened yesterday at Vir-
GINA Union University.