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Evening star., 1955-09-30
Troy Rated Slight Fovorite
Over Spieserin Bout Toniqht

Willie Troy Of Washington,
ordinarily q middleweight but
stepping up among the light
heavyweights tonight, is a slight
fayoritet to make his first trial
there a successful one when he
faces Chuck Spieser OF Detroit
in the 10-round feature at
Turner's Arena.
Their battle starts at 9 pm,
an hour earlier than usual, and
will be shown on a national tele-
vision network, with WRC-Tv,
channel 4. the outlet in Wash
ington.
Despite the television competi-
ton. Promoter Goldie Ahearn is
looking for a good turnout at
Turner's. The program is being
presented for benefit of the
American Legion here and the
Legion members have been push
ing the sale of tickets.
Debut for Heavyweight
Also. Goldie has a side attrac-
ton that won't be seen on tele-
vision. He's showing a prom
ising new heavyweight fighter,
Grove Peele, making his debut
in one of the four-round pre-
liminaries against James Brown
OF Baltimore. Peele is a coll
legian from Louisiana State who
won the NCAA championship
last winter, and is reputed to be
Evening star., 1955-09-30

IA big boy with a terrific punch.
Even before he throws a punch
in professional competition he
lis being touted as a prospect for
q top spot.
In the main event. Troy is
given a slight pre-fight edge
only because he had a draw in
his last fight against Willie
Pastrano, while Spieser in his
last outing was defeated by this
same Pastrano.
Both Troy and Spieser are
solid hitters. Twenty-three of
Troy's 30 victories had early
endings. He's lost only three
bouts, plus that draw with
Pastrano. While a middleweight
Willie worked his way to a rank
ing among the first 10.
Won Two NCAA Titles
Spieser. like Peele, is an ex-
icollegian. He comes from Michi-
gan State and while with the
ISpartans won NCAA champion
ships in 1881 and 50. and in 1852
Ihe also won the United States
Olympic tryouts. He's had 18
pro fights and won Is.
Spieser's pro career was in
lterrupted by a hitch in the Air
Force. during which he did no
lighting. After his discharge he
See FIGHT, Page ca
Evening star., 1955-09-30
Three Top Texas Backs
See Action in Big Games

haven't found, q place among the
statistical leaders.
Quarterback Jones, the key
man in Baylor's attack. win be
opposed by another fine quar-
terback in Maryland's Frank
Tamburello. The Bears hopes
are pinned mainly on the possi-
bility that Maryland viii suffer
IA letdown after beating UcLA
last week and yaulting into the
No. / place in the Associated
Press poll rankings.
Swing. currently the Nations
No. bali carrier. likely will be
hard pressed to hold that rank
ing when lQ-rated TCU bumps
into Arkansas in Fayetteville,
Ark.
These aren't necessarily the
biggest games - even involving
Texas teams-on an unusually
hefty early-season slate. For
instance. Southern Methodist,
still well regarded despite a loss
to Notre Dame. bumps into
second-ranked Georgia Tech
and Rice takes on Louisiana
State.
Michigan. rated second in the
See FOOTBALL. Page ca
Evening star., 1955-09-30
FEARS LETDoWN, LONG TRIP
Worries Plague Totum
AS Terps Fly to Woco

the Washington area by Station
WMAL. starting at S:45 pm.
Tatum has been worrying
about the long plane ride. the
heat. the long day tomorrow in
which the players win be listen
ing to and thinking Of other
football games than their own,
and the fact that the last two
games Maryland lost to UCLA
and Miami, were at night. For
tunately. however. there's no long
bus ride. The stadium Is a mile
west Of the campus. which is
about a mile from Waco. q city OF
$4,000 plus.
Both Teams Unbeaten
Both teams are unbeaten, with
Maryland ranked first in the Ma
ton in the Associated Press poll
last week and Baylor in 10th
place. Maryland ruled only q g.
point choice, however.
It was of course with no dis
respect for UCLA that Tatum
has been harping since mid
summer that Baylor would prove
Maryland's toughest opponent.
IT know the team will be up
for UCLA." Tatum said. 4but
win or lose they're going to have
10 natural ietdown against Bay
See MARYLAND, Page ca
Evening star., 1955-09-30

"You get up to the plate and
Yogi will say: Gee, it's kinda
hard to see the ball today. amt
it?' He's trying to plant that
idea in your head. so maybe
you'll really think it's hard to
see the ball"
&A
Casey Stengel still doesn't care
to comment on the possibility Of
the Yanks winning the Series in
four straight now that they've
got a 20 lead.
"It's not over yet" the profess
Evening star., 1955-09-30
~ the Associated Press

Texas. the home of fabulous
football backs, sends three of its
upper-bracket performers into
major games this week and
II they're as good as their bill
ings - and the figures - they're
likely to create quite a disturb
ance in the college rankings.
Tonight. Joe Clements, the tall
University Of Texas sophomore,
matches his passes against the
running of Southern CALIFORNIA; s
Jon Arnett. Tomorrow, it's Bay
lor and Bobby Jones against top
ranked Maryland in the big night
game and Texas Christians Jim
Swink against defending cham
pion Arkansas in q highly i'm
portant Southwest Conference
contest.
Although Texas has only split
even in two games, Clements
pitching arm has produced 299
yards and four touchdowns and
has made him the leading
ground-gainer In major college
football so far this season. Arnett
and his use mates. who have
run up big scores in two games,
Evening star., 1955-09-30

BROOKLYN, Sept. 80 tP.--
The big man on the Yankees is
Yogi Berra. II you want to accept
the opinion Of Brooklyn Short
stop Peewee Reese.
Hes the ball club" the Dodger
captain declared today. HE
makes it. He's trying to beat you
in a million ways and he does
it, too.
He even tries to talk you out
OF the ball game. I told him
before yesterdays game; Don't
open your big mouth to me. you
little so-and-so. Just let me
alone
Evening star., 1955-09-30
WEEK END FOOTBALL
ON RADIO AND TV

Radio To-day.
st. Johns at washington-Lee High
School, WEAM, 8 pm.
Radio Tomorrow
Roundup Of big games penn state
Army. Wake Forest-West virginia. Mis-
sissippi state. Michigan, Iowa-Wiscnnsin.
-Oklahoma). wTOP, ! pm.
Indiana at Notre Dame. VOL, 1880
PM
Georse washington at virsinis. wPK.
pm.
Bladensburg ct MONTGOMERY Blair High
School. WIDOW, 2 pm
Navy at South Carolina, WRc. 2:30
pm.
Redskins at Philadelphia. wToP. $40
pm.
TeIevisisn Tomorrow
Ohio state at Stanford. wRC-4. 4:45
pm.
Redskins NJ Philadelphia, wToP-e,
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1955-09-30
By MERRELL WHITTLEsEY

by MERRELL WHITTLESEY
The feared letdown after the
UCLA game and the trip to
Waco were disturbing factors to
Coach Jim Tatum today as he
shepherded his University Of
Maryland football team on the
plane trip to Texas to meet
Baylor.
The Terp squad Of 40 used
Baltimore's Friendship Airport
as . point Of departure for the
first time at $50 am. The squad
and . party Of 81 others left on
an 80-passenger Pan American
Super-6 Clipper.
Others included members Of
the Athletic Council. which Sc
lected this game for their an
nual trip with the team. and DR..
Wilson Elkins. Maryland presi-
dent. his wife. and other uni
versity officials. DIR. Elkins Is q
native Texan.
Sellout Possible
Game time. is . pm. tomorrow
(Washington time) in Baylor's
IN e wly-Aghted. 50.000-capacity
stadium before what may be a
record home crowd for the Bears
with q team outside Of the
Southwest Conference. There
are prospects Of q sellout.
The game will be broadcast to
Evening star., 1955-09-30
WIN, LOSE or
1NAV sy FRANCIS sTAAA
New Hero. Old Story

NEW YORK SEPT. 30-In the Yankee clubhouse there
was new the Unemployment and photographers
had Tommy Byrne pinned against his locker pumping and
posing him. Byrne dark k-owed and dark-hared man Of
S. with Just touch of gray at the temples showing all
poise accustomed to this sort Of treatment which,
of course he Is not.
The southpaw had as you must know, beaten the
Dodgers In the second Of the Series by A with Ave.
hitter and had personally knocked home the winning rum
plus one for good Tommy always known
hitting pitcher but until this year had he been much
OF q pitching hitter
"I guess finally learned how to pitch in the Coast
League year." he saying "When couldn't throw
my good fast bali for nine innings had to learn else
Whereas IN the past his big pitch the high hard
usually Just as high wide 1t was fast-Byrne now
of the most varied assormens of socaed junk
in the business.
ACTUALLY, IT ISN'T junk at all. Most Of his pitches
slow su although occasion he will rear back and fire
away If isn't fast used to be- Pitching Coach
Evening star., 1955-09-30

Jim Turner saying at nearby locker "Tommys darn
close just gets better results pitching his
should buy him back? They do guy nops And
Byrne not only Hoped here but with the Browns White
sox, Senators and. believe, Charleston Did mention
'em all?
other question I'd ss, asked @ the He
"wen now it was like this here way" Casey obliged.
seen needed some pitching help and (chuck
Dresser who Washington and (Tom) Sheehan, who
working the Giants tells this fellow is the best
pitcher that league acihc COAST and ought to buy
him"
TT Is NOT PRECISELY story but stengel likes to
tell it and so he continued with relish:
aWeT know this ball club doesn't take back those
fellows they had and the other hand Dresser was
coaching here when Byrne was here and
fellow year at Seattle and he tells the fellow
so called tGeorge) Weiss and he said
"Case we don't ordinarily do that sort of thing but If
you want Byrne then shall buy him for you and we will
keep fingers crossed
az want him. I told Weiss, who said:
"wel in that case we win buy him for you and keep
fingers crossed
"You just mentioned crossing twice. said
why don't you just go buy the fellow
$50 he did. and while didn't Byrne much the first
he's got CUTS deveries-sider fork ball.
slower fast ball don't know what else do not
honestly think we win the pennant without him
This could well be the understatement Of the year
Byrne had 1875 record the Yankees barely squeaked
home
NOW THIS WAS in the Brooklyn clubhouse. where the
Dodgers themselves in the old familiar role of deep
down underdogs Walt Aston who is trying to do what
Uncle Wbert Robinson Durocher Burt Shotton twce
Dresser (twice could not DOWN series-was an
unhappy man.
I'VE didn't deserve to win game" confessed "In
the first yankees s. Dodgers 81 we hit pretty good
We didn't in this one"
"Byrne-what kind OF stuff does he throw in your
opinion?" asked reporter.
IT wish somebody else would answer that question"
Aston replied The ex-schooeacher from Ohio was mite
snappish a couple of occasions
"Te pre-Seres dope that your club handled left
handlers good another prompted "Yet the Yankees
have used two Ford and Byrne and both have won"
I'm the regular season hardly saw any lefhanders
Alston tartly reminded so how be Judged to
how good-or bad-we against lefthanders?"
TWO OTHER QUERIES followed to wit:
"Do you think that cinchng the pennan early hurt
your club?"
1T nothing to do with it. in my opinion" Aston
torted, emphasis opinion"
"Did Billy his stuff in the fourth inning when
the all their when the bases empty
with two outs? Think maybe left him in too long?
II thought he had his stuff Aston snorted his hackles
rising did Loes and did Roy) Campanella. Don't
believe me-" he said acidy go out and talk to Campy
1t was obvious that he didn't like the reference to leav
ing Loes bit than he liked the prospect OF
being two down with the Yankees only two wins to
Evening star., 1955-09-30
Campys Skid Poor Tactics
And History Hurt Dodgers
Alston Draws
Criticism for
Waiting Gome
BY BURTON HAWKINS
star STAG correspondent

BROOKLYN, Sept. 30.-This
was supposed to be the World
Series Of golden opportunity for
the Dodgers. who crushed CONF
petition in . league generally
regarded as more rugged than
that In which the Yankees were
operating. Now they must set .
precedent If they are to escape
their eighth defeat in as many
Series appearances.
Never has any club rebounded
to take it all in a scheduled
seven-game Series after drop
ping the first two contests. The
Giants of 1921 achieved it
against the Yankees in an eight
game set.
As the scene shifted to the
more cramped quarters Of Ebbets
Field, the Dodgers were con-
|fronted with that formidable, de-
pressing statistic. as well as .
|slump-shackled Roy Campanella
and q manager who appears to
Ibe playing for the next inning.
or next game. in an event where
caution repeatedly caresses
losers.
Campy's Slump Not New
Campanella, who pounded 80
home runs. slugged across lot
runs and batted .318 this season.
still is looking for his first hit.
There was reason for sus-
lpicion that Campanella might
be curbed during the Series.
Clipped on the wrist by Mil
waukee's Bob Buhl the day the
Dodgers clinched the pennant.
Roy batted only 200 thereafter.
He didn't hit a home run in
September.
At Yankee Stadium. Campa-
Inella didn't even look the part
of a threat. He popped out
four times. grounded out once
and flied to rightfield three times.
He was facing lefthanded pitch
ling, supposedly more favorable
for righthanded hitters, on seven
Iof these occasions, but he hasn't
pulled q ball authoritatively yet.
Runs Into Righthanders
In the more friendly confines
of Brooklyn's park, Roy may
snap out of it. but chances are
he'll be forced to accomplish any
heroics against righthanders.
Bob Turley was to fire for the
Yankees today and Don Larsen
See DODGERS, Page C-3
Evening star., 1955-09-30
Berro's the Ball Club, Reese Declares

sor says. "You can bet they
won't cali of the Series now"
Playing in the confines of
friendly Ebbets Field, the Dodgers
were installed as 11-to-10 favor
ties to win the third game by the
professional oddsmakers. How
ever, the Yanks now are 5-to-2
favorites to take the Series.
4
No one could remember the
last time two lefties in a row
whipped the DodgeTs-mostly
because the other National
League clubs kept their south.
See BERRA. Page ca
Evening star., 1955-09-30
YOU BE THE
QUARTERBACK
By WARREN GAER
Drake Football Coach

West Virginia leads Wake
Forest, 20-19. in the fourth quar-
ter. However. Wake Forest has
the ball. fourth down and a yard
to go for the touchdown that will
put it in the lead.
You, the Wake Forest signal
caller. decide to 60 for the extra
yard with the quarterback sneak
tyou take the ball directly be-
hind center and drive or slide
forward.
Which Of the following line
blocking styles will most likely
give you the vital yard? Rate
them /, 2, 3 and 4:
Wedge blocking tight line
moving straight ahead forms
Wedge).
Mouse-trap blocking (let de-
fender through, block him from
side).
Cross blocking tyour linemen
cross each others path to block
Roll-out (Iinemen lunge for
ward ON all fours, then 90 past
serimmage line for additional
bloeks).
fAnst0er on Page ca
Evening star., 1955-09-30
Bombers Win
GIobul BusebuI Title

MILWAUKEE,. Sept. 30 R1.--
The Wichita Bombers, United
States champions. needed IL in
nings and three-run rally last
night to defeat the Hawaii Red
Sox. IA. to capture first place in
the Global World Series OF semi
pro baseball and claim top prize
money of $4,000.
The Bombers finished the tour
|nament. which began last Friday,
with q 5-1 record. The Red Sox
closed out Az.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Here Is HOu
To Cut Glass
With TUine
By Esther b. Stabler

In her book, Domestic Cook
ery-Useful Receipts and Hints
to Young Housekeepers," Betsy
Ellicott Lea gives us a unique
method Of cutting glass.
She writes; eff no diamond is
handy, dip piece of cotton Irvine
into turpentine and stretch it
tightly across the glass where
you wish to break it, then set the
string on fire. After it has burn.
ed, break the glass"
Another of the many hints in
cluded in the 1851 book said, AL
ways toss half-pound of black
pepper and half-pound of red
into a new feather mattress. This
keeps out the moths"
The proper way to make corn
husk mattresses for the servants
is another item of importance, not
to be neglected by the mistresses
of country establishments.
Adhesive tape was a commo.
dity made at Walnut Hill, the Lea
farm. 1t called for resin, bees
wax and mutton tallow melted to.
gether in an iron pot. Pour a
third of the quantity into a buck.
ct of water, then turn up the
edges until you can take hold
with the hands and pull as you
would shoemaker's wax. Have
creased papers ready and put the
plaster on them. Repeat until
the pot is empty"
One of the strangest of her re-
cipes is "a common house paint"
which consisted of a combination
of white-WaSh, molaSses and lamp
black, thinned with skinned
milk. This was said to be a use.
full paint for kitchen walls or
common rooms. In this book may
be found a way to make a water.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Written by Young Pioneer Wife
County Cook Book of 1851 Also
Prescribed Child, Servant Care

read as follows, ut is custom
airy i'm some well regulated
homes to allow the younger
members to preside at meals,
thus they acquire ease and
grace. Never allow them to
overload plate, as it takes the
appetite. Always lay cup
plates (saucers), as coffee
stains spoil the appearance of
the tabIeclOth."
Keep too few servants rather
than too many. Teach your house
girls to knit their own stockings.
If you have taken on colored
boy or girl to raise, endeavor to
teach them to read and write"
S h e adds rather wistfully,
Sometimes have felt weary and
listless and would much prefer
reading or amusing myself than
going out to the kitchen to teach
my young domestics, but have felt
a sweet reward in the progress
and improvement many of them
have shown"
"Allow your servants time for
recreation to visit among their
friends. l have seen them return
to work refreshed in health and
spirits.
"Never allow your children to
interrupt servant while at work,
or order a domestic to do any.
thing the child is able to do for
his or her self-remember, theirs
is a life or serVituden
Copyright 1855 by Esther B. Stabler)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Albert Diary of 1861 ChrOnicled
War EUents, Gua1O, Domestic Life
Photo by Ralph Foui

day and board for unskilled labor,
and hired a regular hand for $110
a year.
He described the new binder
of his neighbors, and was ire
mendously interested in the use
of guano. He kept accounts of
the kinds and amounts of this
new fertilizer used by him, along
with the results.
Mir. Albert was a deeply religi,
oas man. So that services might
he held regularly in the Episco-
pal Church at Olney (then call
ed MechanicSville) he had him.
self appointed by the bishop as
a 10y reader, and in that capacity
conducted many church services.
He was also vestryman of
the Olney Episcopal church. He
played the piano and sang, and
occasionally gave readings before
the Ladies Reading Circle of
Sandy Spring.
The weather is recorded in
great detail On July 3, 1861, a
brilliant comet was noted. An
inordinate number of thunder
storms seem to have taken place
Late in April, 1868, he records a
deep snow.
The domestic scene as report.
ed in the diary is quite like that
prevailing today. Cooks and
raids brought out from Washing
ton would not stay because they
Gid not like the country" Final
ly Mr.. Albert hired a slave be-
longing to neighbor, paying her
wages to her owner.
A remarkable omission in the
diary is the fact that no refer
ence is made to any attendance
at school by the children They
seemed to pay frequent visits to
relatives and friends in Wash.
ington and in the Norbeck neigh
borhood. On two occasions Mr..
Albert mentions helping his old
est child, Robert, with his les
sons. Then he decided to send
Robert to school at Stanmore.
Terms were very high, he thought
-$120 from February to June.
The amount of responsibility
entrusted to 15-year-old Robert
was amazing, Miss Poole found:
He was sent to Washington driv-
ing teams and on horseback.
Once he took a message to the
Army in Rockville, and at all
times did all manner of errands
in the neighborhood.
The diary farm which the
above was excepted is owned by
+. Bache Albert of Rockville, a
grandson Of Charles Albert.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Vital Puzzle

The SENTINEL of Feb. 8, 1918
gave its readers this puzzle to
figure out:
Take the number of your liv-
ing brothers, double the amount,
add to it three, multiply by five,
add to it the number of your liv-
ing sisters, multiply the result by
10, add the number of deaths by
brothers and subtract $50 from
the result. The right figure will
be the number of deaths, the mid.
die will be the number of living
sisters and the left will show the
number of living brothers. Try
il and see"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Farm Family in County Had
1900 Troops for Guests

During the Civil War Union troops under Gen. Juba A.
Early marching TO the defense of Washington, passed
through Gaherburg In the middle Of the night family
records 1900 hungry cavalry horses descended the
farm Of lgnatius Thomas Fulks Gaithersburg.
Farmer Fuks rushed out Of the house to find that his
stocks had been broken into feed the horses After
time, he succeeded in setting orderly system with
two quarermasters doing out grain and keeping records
for Mr.. Fuks TO use in billing the government
Walking back to the house and the relative quiet Of his
bed Mr. Fus noticed that his haysacs being dcvour
cd by other hordes of hungry horses
AS Gen. Early preparing TO leave the farm he left
a pair Of buckskn gloves Mr.. Fulks front porch.
In later years, Mr. Fuks liked TO show this trophy to
visitors and ask How much do you think these gloves
me? After hearing the guesses the price he would reply
These gloves cost 81 800"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Man Shortage
Felt in COuntv
80 Years Ago

The current shortage of men
in the Washington area has been
the subject of studies, surveys,
books, and movies. But apparent
ly it's not new problem.
A census taken about 1870 in
the Sandy Spring area disclosed
number of men over 81 being
without wives, 10; number of
women over 81 being without
husbands, co."
The same group of statistics
listed the number of widows as
20 and widowers, two. The wry
statistician asked, Does this
last exhibit indicate (as has been
savagely asserted that men take
ten times as good care of their
wives as the wives do of their
husbands?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

Typical of her amazing family,
the mistress of Walnut Hill de-
cided to do something to improve
living conditions in the country.
In spite of her busy, over
crowded days, the inimitable
Betsy took time to gather dozens
of tested recipes, useful bits of
information on almost every sub
ject related to the management
and care of a home, family and
servants.
Her little cook book was a
labor of love and a boon to the
housekeepers of the day. Pages
are devoted to the care or treat
ment of servants, cultivation of
flowers, charitable deeds such as
visiting the sick, table manners,
care of infants and children. She
also discussed the study of herbs,
wild and cultivated; the culinary
arts; how to dye cloth; the medi-
cinal values of certain wild
plants roots, berries, barkS and
leaves; how to make mutton
talloW and wax candles, soaps,
perfumes, prints and white
washes; oven fires. etc.
AS we peruse the frail yellow
pages of the book, vivid picture
is presented to the modern reader
of the appalling duties which
daily confronted the young house
keeper of the last century.
From her pages we may
learn the rules of behavior
practiced i'm proper homes 100
years ago. A few quaint items