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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Gehrmonn in Hospital
With Slipped Disc

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. % P.--
Don Gehrmann, University OF
Wisconsin track star who be-
came one of the Nations TOP
milers in the late 1940s, is I'M
dergoing treatment for a slipped
disc at Milwaukee Hospital.
Gehrmann entered the hos
pital last Friday for treatment
of the back injury which hi:
wife said he apparently suffered
last summer while putting q
rowboat into a lake.
Gehrmann, a member Of the
1948 Olympic team, currently
is teaching school but will take
over as track coach at suburban
Wauwatosa High School mex
SpOtpmhpr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Boyd Gets Verdict
Over Scortichini

ST. LOUIS, Dec. % Up Bobby
Boyd, with six straight boxing
victories, stayed on his road up
the middleweight ladder today
after getting past Italo Scorti-
chini's troublesome crouching
style.
The lanky hicago fighter
turned in a unanimous decision
over Scortichini in a l0-round
bout at the st. Louis Arena last
night.
Referee Jim Parker gave the
bout to Boyd. 53-47, while Judges
Fred Connell and Howard Hess
both scored it 54-46.
Boyd weighed 1853 to Scorti-
chini'S l541
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Sonner Five Defects
JENNINGS, 68-45

Sonner defeated Jennings, 68-
as, in the feature Montgomery
County Recreation Adult Bas-
ketball League game at Be-
thesda Chevy Chase High last
night, and the high scorer was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
FuIcons Lose Exhibition

DENVER, Dec. % (P).-Pueblo
Junior College whipped in a pair
Iof late baskets to defeat the
Ihard-luck Falcons Of the All
Force Academy. $3.50, in an
exhibition basketball game last
might.
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Allen Sonner with q points.

Allen Sonner with q points.
| The team is named for Aliens
brother, Andy. Both are former
stars at B-CC High School,
/ Other league games last night
resulted in Neeley's Shell Service
defeating NH, 1929. and Pooles-
vile shading Olney Merchants,
1916.
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CHARLES TOWN NOTES

ter here and among the stables
which will await the opening will
be Pete Allnutt of Rockville. Md.
Allnutt saddled Argumentative.
surprise winner OF yesterdays
fourth race.
The season ended in prolonged
booing as an objection against
Helens Hope, winner Of the
eighth race. was not allowed.
Jockey Freddy Kratz. who was
Atride Teds Joy. the second
horse, claimed a foul. He said he
was bothered at the top Of the
stretch and again near the finish
line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
SoIons Buy Crawford

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Dec
% (P).-The Sacramento Solons
today purchased the contract OF
Rufus (Jake) Crawford. the
Pacific Coast League clubs home
run leader last season.
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by Attorney John E. Powell,
listed securities valued at $685.
900. Nj. Powell said practically
all Of the securities consist Of
stock in the Washington base
ball club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

t CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Dec
ga short but undetermined
racing holiday began in this area
today following the closing Out
Yesterday of the 1855 Eastern
season with Charles Towns l02o
program of the year.
! Affected by "a days Of COM
petition with the Maryland
tracks which operated in March
and into December. Charles
Town wagering ran a bit below
last year although all three OF
the meets at this West Virginia
track were quite successful.
] Yesterday. a crowd of 3,57G
wagered s393.977 to provide a
1926, 1851 average for the 24-day
late fall meeting. the third OF the
year here. 1t was l6 per cent
below the same session in 1854
when the average was $353,44
The decline was due to the COM
petition with Pimlico for the
first nine days.
The summer meet averaged
$500 1886, 5 per cent below 1854
and the so-called early spring
meeting, with a $3l8,833 aver
age. was II per cent of the cor
responding 1854 meet, which was
the best in the history of the
track.
The date of the opening OF the
1856 season here will not be
known officially until meeting
of the West Virginia Racing
Commission is held next month
If Charles Towns bid for early
dates are approved, a 40-dsy
meeting will start here on Janu-
airy 81 and carry through tc
March 7. the day before the
major season begins at Bowie.
There is quite a bit of political
maneuvering concerning racing
in West Virginia and reports
leaking from the racing commits
sion have the board frowning or
the earliest opening ever at
tempted at Charles Town.
1t also is reported that the
West Virginia legislature vii
consider a bill to limit the num-
Der of days allowed each tract
lin the State.
Under the present law. thu
commission can assign unlimited
3 days of racing to any OF the
three tracks. There were 25.
days of racing conducted in Yves
Virginia this year.
A number of horses will win
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Fielding Honors
Decided by Thin
Margins in AL

Exceptionally close competition
featured battles for American
League fielding honors last sea-
son, with margin of .0004 OF
less separating leaders from CHIEF
contenders at three positions.
The tightness extended to the
team level. The Chicago White
Sox, for three seasons the leagues
Isharpest defensive club. yielded
the title to Cleveland. The
Indians mark was 1914, while
the White Sox were a gnat's eye
lash behind at 1918.
The only rookie to win a field
ing crown was Boston's tall first
baseman, Norm zauchin. He
lflelded 1851 in 1876 games te
.9948 by Walt Dropo of the White
Sox in l40 games. To qualify
'infielders and outfielders had te
play In at least 100 games, with
Icatchers required to play in al
least go.
McDOugald, KeIl Lead
Gil McDougald OF the Yankees
was top fielding second basemar
with a .985 percentage, with the
Indians Bobby Avila secone
at 1892.
Veteran George Kell of tn,
White Sox got the nod at thirc
base over Grady Hatton of Bos.
ton by .0006, while George
Strickland of Cleveland toppec
the shortstops at .976. Chico
Carrasquel, White Sox shortstoI
since traded to Cleveland, wa.
next at 1913.
Gene Woodling, who startec
with Baltimore and finished will
Cleveland. paced outfielders with
a 1852 mark. which was .0004
better than Mickey Nantes per.
centage with the Yankees anc
.0007 ahead of Jim Delsing's rec
ord with Detroit.
Hogan Heads Catchers
Catchers again were led b,
Cleyeland's Jim Hogan at .997
two points better than the per
centage turned in by Sherman
Lollar of the White Sox.
/ Frank Sullivan of the Red So.
fielded 1914 in handling g.
chances. most by any pitcher
Thirty-two pitchers were error
less and Washington's Johnn,
Schmitz, since traded to Bos
ton. lead the group by accepting
48 chances.
) The Yankees turned in tn,
most double plays, 1870, which
was l8 under their league-lead
ing total of 1854. Cleveland hat
the fewest errors. 1903.
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ENOS SLAUGHTER WEDS CUMBERLAND Girl
CUMBERLAND Slaughter major baseball player with
wedding Helen
spk their wedding Grace Methodist Church here Yesterday The
Washington Government girl and called the most beautiful girl Gov
fifth for the yearod longtime star of the
Louis Carolina Il
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A number of horses will win
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
Long-Lived Tempos

Everyone will welcome the news that
flve-year deadline has been set for
removal of the remaining World War II
tempos in Washington. The deadline
should be made as inf1eXible as possible,
for the wartime Office buildings have a
habit of lingering long after the emer-
gencies during which they were erected.
1t is interesting to note that at least
two of the World War I temporary"
structures were not included in the list
of buildings to be demolished within the
f1ve-year period They are the Navy and
Munitions buildings, on Constitution ave-
nue.. They stand as an object lesson in
how not to construct temporary" Offices
Although they were supposed to be torn
down shortly after World War I, their
reinforced concrete construction has
given them a longevity that defies
ordinary headlines.
Apparently the main hope for getting
rid of these outmoded "tempos" lies in
the fact that they are in the path of
planned road developments in connection
with the new Theodore Roosevelt bridge,
at the foot of Constitution avenue
Eventually, therefore, the last of the
World War l temporary buildings will
disappear from the Mall The Government
then should resolve never again to build
a tempo of permanent-type materials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
What Price Genius?

From a practical money making
standpoint, the syndicate headed by Les
lie Combs II of Spendthrift Farm in Lex
ington, Kentucky, probably has made
sound investment in buying Nashua for
81 ,251 ,200-by far the biggest price ever
paid for thoroughbred After all, this
famous 3-year-old colt has already won
almost $950,000, and people who know
about such things, while recognizing the
gamble involved. feel that he has the stuff
to earn many thousands more in future
races. Besides, his value as a stud horse
is fairly astronomical So Mr.. Combs and
his friends. as Damon Runyon might have
said OF them, are not to be confused with
guys or dolls who spend their NICOLA on a
mere sentimental impulse or without
knowing which end is up.
Still, regardless of the economics of
the thing, certain philosophers are bound
to shake their heads over the fact that
Nashua has been good enough to justify
a financial transaction Of this magnitude.
These philosophers know little about the
earning power of race horses, and one can
almost hear them muttering about our
all-too-human tendency to recognize the
price of everything and the value of moth
ing. For instance, what did the late DR..
Einstein realize--in terms of dollars and
cents-out of his revolutionary atomic
energy formula? And how much money
will be awarded to the scientist who fig
ureS out--as it will almost surely be fig
ured out some day-how to harness the
hydrogen bomb for peaceful purposes?
The answer is that the reward for such
achievements must be negligible COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
Presidential Silence

There are two plausible explana-
tions of President EiSenhower's continued
silence concerning his 1856 plans.
The first, and more probable, is that
he has not decided whether he will seek
a second term. DR.. Paul Dudley White,
whose candid reports seem almost to let
the public listen in on his StethoScope,
says he expects to be able to render a
medical verdict about midFebruary. The
President. he says, is making an excel
lent and encouraging recovery. But he
wants to wait until Mr.. Eisenhower has
carried the full. or nearly full, presiden-
tial load for four or five weeks. Then he
will give medical estimate" of the
ability of the Presidents heart to stand
the strain.
Presumably an unfavorable estimate
would end the matter. But If Dr. White
concludes that the President is medi-
cally At, then Mr.. Eisenhower will make
his own decision on the second term bid.
He may still decide not to run again.
But opinion is growing in Washington
that, with favorable report from his
doctor, he will seek another term. And
the latest Gallup poll lends encourage
ment to this belief. or hope, as the case
may be. The poll indicates that Mr..
Eisenhower would receive bigger vote
than in 1852, and that he would be an
easy winner over Adlai Stevenson, pre-
sumably the strongest Democratic can
didate.
The other explanation is that the
President has decided not to run, but is
remaining silent in order to hamper a
presidential bid by Senator Knowland
of California.
This seems to be the belief of Sena-
tor Knowland. He is represented as be-
ing convinced that the President will not
run. He is also said to believe, however.
that some of the Presidents associates
are trying to hand-pick their own candi-
date. To this end in the reported Know
land view, they are hoping the President
will delay an announcement of his own
intention until 1t is too late for Senator
Knowland to enter several primaries
which could be of critical Importance
to him.
1t is difficult to believe that the
President would play this game. Some
Of his associates might, however, for
Senator Knowland, in certain matters of
foreign policy, is far apart from the
administration. And politics, with the
presidency as the prize, can be pretty
rugged. So it is possible that the night
mares which Senator Knowland has been
having are not wholly removed from
reality.
In any event. this is free country.
If he is not willing to wait until mid
February, or later, for the Presidents
decision, there is nothing to prevent him
from announcing his own candidacy In
time to file for the Illinois primary prior
to the January % deadline. OF course,
If Mr.. Eisenhower should subsequently
announce as candidate, Senator Know
land would find himself way out in left
field. Presumably, however, that would
be all right with the California Senator
He says he is 100 per cent for Mr. Eisen-
hover if the President runs again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
Race to Destruction

Your editorial OF December
IL on the horrors of the IBM
(intercontinental ballistic mis-
sile> teamed with the atomic
warhead draws the obvious
conclusion that we must in
crease our striving for "a per-
manent end to war"
Yet if we really understand
the implications of the weap-
ons that are now converging
on us, we will gather courage
not only to indorse peace"
but to speak up for a practical
means to peace, even CON
troversial" one. For this is the
nub of the problem; this is
what stops our statesmen. Will
the people support the neces-
sary means to peace? Or must
we stumble on in mounting
danger?
The United World Federal
lists have been trying to arouse
adequate support for such a
means. during these past eight
years Of rising peril; Laws
against acts of war and prepa-
ration for war, enforced by the
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We Can Dream, Can't We?

Senator Clinton Anderson, chairman
of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Com
mittee, Is in a position to know that
nuclear energy is the stuff that dreams
are made of-dreams that may come
true. The Senator from New Mexico is
not given to fantasy ordinarily, but he
has seen and heard enough to justify
what he frankly described as wild
look into mans atomic future
Perhaps there was a bit of wishful
thinking in Senator Anderson's remarks
to Chicago'S Economics Club the other
night. But science has proved to even
the most hardened doubterS that, in an
era of continuing nuclear development,
today's fantasies may become tomorroWs
realities. Is it really fantastic nova
days to join with Senator Anderson in
wild look" into future made utopian
by the magic of dancing atoms that do
the split or disappear with burst of
flame or embrace other atoms to form
new elements and give off incalculable
energy?
According to the joint committee
chairman, we who deplore the weather
have a right to dream of a day when
atoms can be made to control the weather
all year round, when disease is defeated
by bloodless surgery and medication,
when electricity for whole communities
will be supplied by atomic reactors seldom
requiring refueling, when new plants and
new crops will solve the worlds food
supply problem. And, speaking of new
plants, one of the more interesting
visions conjured up by Senator Anderson
was of lush. green lawns that never need
moving. Well, anyway, it doesn't hurt
to dream
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20

pared to what quadrupeds like Nashua
can get for their f1eetness
This is fact that calls for some re-
Election. Ours is big, wide, wonderful
world that we live in, but the standards
that govern us, the basic values, OCCASION
ally seem bit lopsided. Race-track ex-
perts Notwithstanding, and economics to
one side, it is not easy to understand why
horses like Nashua, fine as they may be,
command incomparably higher prices
than human beings with extraordinary
minds. But perhaps this is one of the
things that must remain forever inexpli-
cable in human existence, which is itself
in many ways-a great puzzlement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Medical Association for gen.
eral lay use.
They are called the type
RS sun lamp.
They At in any light socket,
even a bridge lamp.
They require no goggles, un-
less one insists on staring at
the bulb, which children often
do. In such cases, ordinary
sun glasses must be worn.
The distances, times. and
other precautions stated in the
manufacturers leaf1et must be
read carefully. and observed
to the letter. Be sure you get
a leaflet.
The only real danger with
such lamps is that one may ex-
pose himself too much at first,
which is. of course, the danger
Of real sunlight.
But the fact that the RS
bulb is. to ordinary appear
ances, much like an ordinary
light bulb. except a little fat
ter. fools people.
They disregard the five
minute restriction, and the
distance of "a inches. and start
to play a solo hand of some
card game.
They forget all about the
sunlamp. and the next morning
they wake up red all over and
candidate for the hospital.
The reddening effect does
not come until about four
hours after exposure. This,
too. fools people. They look
at the skin, see no reddening
at first. and think they have
not sat long enough.
1t is a good thing. Expert
Jones says, to use a sun tan
lotion with the lamps, Just
as one does outdoors. He uses
one containing both lanolin
and cocoabutter. This tends,
he says, to smooth out the
tanning effect. particularly on
the hands. so that the spot
of age do not show too much.
That" says Templeton
Jones. beauty consultant, lis
about the best you can do"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
THE POLITICAL MILL
New Hampshire Bids for the Spotlight
By GOULD LINCOLN

then President Truman. Also.
he ran ahead of Truman in the
preference vote 1890 to 49,
927. Mrs. Myrtle Mcintyre,
the Democratic national COM
mitteewoman for New Hamp-
shire, and her husband, Thorn
as Mcintyre, are leaders in
the Kefauver drive. Steven
sons advisers suggest that it
would be taking an mneces-
sary risk to enter the New
Hampshire primary; that New
Hampshire has few delegate
votes in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, and that a
defeat there would be a psy-
Geological victory for the Ten
nessee Senator out Of all pro-
portion.
However, one Stevenson
Democrat, John Rogers Penn.
has taken the bull by the
horns and announced he is
filing for delegate favorable to
Stevenson, to the party's ma
tional convention, no matter
what. Mr.. Penn and others in
sist that if Stevenson just mods
his head toward New Hamp-
shire, there will be an entire
slate of Stevenson delegates
in the field. Their contention,
too, is that a victory for Ste
venson in the New Hampshire
primary will really decide the
race for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination in favor OF
Stevenson, at the very start OF
the preconvention campaign.
For Stevenson will have gone
UP against Kefauver in terri
tory regarded as the most IA
vorable to Kefauver.
Filings for the New Hamp-
shire primary close February
IL. Time is Of the essence. II
a Stevenson organization is to
be set up and a delegation ia
vorable to Stevenson is to be
placed in the race. something
must be done about it quickly.
The same is true for any effort
that may be made for Senator
Knowland or any other Repub-
lican hopeful.
Stevenson Reluctant
Not only did Kefauver put a
damper on President Humans
aspirations-if he had any
for another nomination in
1852, by way Of the New Hamp-
shire primary, but President
Eisenhower in that same pri-
mary got a tremendous boost
in his contest for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination.
Eisenhower's name and a list
Of delegate candidates favor
able to him were filed in that
primary. backed by Sherman
Adams, then Governor. Some
of the friends of the late Sem
ator Robert A. Taft Of Ohio,
a candidate for the presidential
nomination, persuaded Taft to
enter that primary, too. 1t
proved a mistake. for Eisen-
hover carried the State and
from that point went on to
win the nomination. Taft's ex-
perience is one of the reasons
that Stevenson is reluctant to
move into New Hampshire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20

New H a mps hire, which
played so important a part in
the 1852 preconvention cam
paignS for both Republican
and Democratic presidential
nominations, is making a bid
for the spotlight again.
Senator Estes Kefauver Of
Tennessee has issued a chal-
lenge to Adlai Stevenson, re-
garded as the front-running
candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, to
meet him, Kefauver, in New
Hampshire's 1856 primary
which is to be held March Is,
the first of the State primaries
for presidential preference.
Other Side Of Fence
On the other side Of the
fence, Gov. Frank. Dwinell,
former Gov. Blood and other
strong supporters of President
Eisenhower have announced
they will enter the New Hamp-
shire primary as delegate can
didates favorable to the re-
nomination of the President.
Indeed, a complete delegate
slate favorable to the Presi-
dent is expected to file.
Senator Knowland of Cali
fornia, who is determined to
enter the race for the Re-
publican presidential nominal
ton If Eisenhower declines to
run, has supporters in New
Hampshire-a number of them
members of the old Taft group.
He will have to make up his
mind whether he is willing to
buck the Eisenhower slate,
which will support the Presi-
dent If he runs or candidate
who stands foursquare with
Eisenhower. 1t looks as though
the Eisenhower group had the
drop and could not be dis
lodged, even if the President
should announce before March
Is that he will not stand for
reelection.
Stevenson has been strongly
urged to accept the Kefauver
challenge by Democrats in
New Hampshire. Indeed, Ste
venson and his campaign man.
ager, James Finnegan, have
been told that they are miss
ing a real chance if they pass
up the State and leave its
delegation to Kefauver, as. they
seem, at this point, likely to
do. The Stevenson Democrats
there contend that if Steven
son will 60 to New Hampshire
within the next few weeks
for a meeting which they will
arrange-make a speech and
visit about the State, they can
assure him a slate of delegates
which can tangle favorably
with the slate now being put
in the field for Senator Ke-
fauver.
The Stevenson camp has
been hesitating. however. to
risk a showdown in New
Hampshire. 1t recalls that
Senator Kefauver in 1852 sue
cessfully defeated a slate OF
candidates favorable to the