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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-06
Open Sesame
Favored in Top
Race at Laurel
By JOSEPH B. KELLY

Laurels next-to-last program
of the spring meeting today is
featured by the $4,000 Columbia
Purse which drew seven starters
for the mile-and-a-sixteenth
event.
Walter M. Jeffords' Open
Sesame, a 4-year-old daughter
Of Mahmoud. probably will be
heavy favorite of her fine race
at Laurel last week when she
lost by a head to Blue Volt in
her first start of the year. Tony
DeSpirito will handle the reins.
The 18-day session will close
tomorrow with the Add running
of the $4,000 Laurel Handicap.
The probable field has been re-
duced to seven or eight. Likely
to be entered today are Subah-
dar, Bassanio, Pointing Star.
Rustic Billy. Spring Grove, Bad
Conduct, Abbezac and possibly
Black Bounty.
There was little joy in the
stable owned by w. Snowden
Carter when Dark Patrol was
claimed out of Laurel's fifth
race for $500 Tuesday. In
fact. the stable was knocked
out of business at least tempo
rarily as the 4-year-old gelding
was the only horse in training
owned by Carter, who is a turf
writer for the Sun papers in
Baltimore.
The disappointment was eased
a few hours later, however, when
the mare, Marching Along, foaled
a colt by Hunters Moon at Car
ter's far min Reisterstown, Md,
early Wednesday.
Lou Pascal, who trained Dark
Patrol for Carter. has a half
interest in the new colt and
the pair will now be looking to
1857, when the colt gets to the
races. Carter and Pascal also
share an interest in a foal by
Beau Gem from the mare Rising
Temper which was born on April
IA at Carriers farm.
Eddie Smith of Alexandria an
nounced today that he had
| taken over the training of Hang
over and two other thorough
breds owned by Duke Singer of
Detroit. The horses were for
merly trained by the late Robert
Curran. Hangover raced in last
! Saturdays Maryland Sprint
Handicap.
| Smith. whose nickname is
"Shedrow," is a former rider and
also former Jockeys agent. One
| of Eddie's favorite stories is the
time he was acting as an agent
for Jockey Sammy Walters at
Havre de Grace a few years ago.
! Eddie approached Trainer
Danny Shea and asked him if he
would like to have Walters ride
a horse he was about to enter.
Shea expressed disapproval of
Walters riding ability and said
in jest that Smith could do a
better job.
1t was no joke to Smith, who
was experiencing lean days. He
says Walters was mighty sur
prised rider when he reported to
the Jockeys quarters and saw
his agent in silks.
| Tahiti, who won Saturdays
Maryland Sprint Handicap in
the swift time of ITO fiat for
S furlongs, may develop into one
of the top handicap horses of
the year.
Trainer Oscar White, who will
ship the last part of his stable
from Laurel to Belmont Park
over the week end, is high on
the 5-year-old gelding. Tahiti
is well bred, being a son of Poly
nesian from the mare Blue Den
i'm, who is a daughter of Blue
Larkspur He was hurt in a
training accident as 2-year-old
at Belmont.
Tahiti injured his spine when
he crashed into a dog" a bar
rier placed on the track to keep
horses off the rail during work.
out hours, and was not expected
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Hufiz in EPSON Derby

PARIS, May 6 R.-The Aga
Khan's 3-year-old colt Hafiz will
be a definite starter in the Ep-
som Derby May IS, Trainer
Alec Head said yesterday. Hafiz
has won both his starts this
year. He will be ridden by
Roger Poincelet, French jockey.
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TRIPLE HELPS. PREP
ARCARO FOR DERBY

NEW YORK, May s (F.-
Eddie Arcaro. who will ride
Nashua in the Kentucky
Derby tomorrow, brought in
three winners at Belmont
Park yesterday. He was up
on Long Row, who paid ST.:
, Polly's Jet, $11.70, and Eve
AIMING Out, $3.50.
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Columbia Girls Win

Gloria Schleith struck out
eight in pitching Columbia Girls
softball team to a 1877 victory
last night over a mems team Of
the 18th police precinct.
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N ean do
as / please"
Robert tBob)
Lilies
(Snies Staff
BENDALL
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convince you that there are
years of enjoyment built right
into it. You'll get a new-car
guarantee with this Pontiac,
too. Sincerely, I believe I can
give you the best deal anywhere,
whether you want to buy or
trade. See me today at Bendall
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-06

Best Bet-PEACH BRANDY.
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NEVADA APPROVES MOORE BOUT
DESPITE CALIFORNIA; WARNING

LAS VEGAS New. April QH9.-Nevadas Athletic Com
mission has given official sanction to the May fight be-
tween Archie Moore lightheavyweight champion. and
Nino valdes It is promotonal venture by Jack Kearns
The commission given copy yesterday Of the contract
between the fighters and Kearns.
MooreS appearance okayed despite the California
Athletic Commissions warnng that Moore viii not be
granted license to fight again In that State because of
the report Of his private physician that he has heart
murmur that indicates strenuous exertion might be haz
ardous.
Moore has refused to permit his physician to make
available to the commission photostatic copy of his
findings contendng that patient he is entitled to
protection against invasion Of privacy The National
Boxing Association which could bar Moore throughout its
domain, has asked for the photostatic copy.
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Tiger Jones No Champ Yet
Except in Thrift Department

his family. His wife expects q
baby next month. their FIRST.
Then his next $4,000 went to
buy q farm for his father in
Virginia. Another $4,000 made
q substantial down payment on
a Long Island home.
Jack Friday, Jones' trainer,
looked up from bandaging the
Tigers hands yesterday and said:
"Ha, ! have to borrow money
offa him. instead of the other
way around. He knows where
it's going before he ever gets It,"
Jones, who will get a $4,000
slice from Tv receipts on tomor-
rows fight. quipped when talk
ing of the expected baby:
Gotta put something away
for the little one, you know"
The Tiger, noted as an agrees
sive fighter. has never been on
the floor in his professional ca
reer. But he's not going out on
a limb for the Johnson fight.
even though rated an S-to-5
favorite.
"Those close ones make you
look bad. I lost by a point to
joey Giardello when thought
I won the fight so I'm just not
saying anything at ALL"
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Rosecroft Inaugural
Draws 10 Nominees

My Scotch Belle, newest two
minute pacing star of the
Castleton Farm stable of Lex
ington, KY, heads is nominees
for the $4,000 Inaugural Pace
that will feature the opening
card May 6 at Rosecroft Race
way.
Nominations for the Inaugural,
Class IA event at a mile, were
announced today by James M.
Lynch. general manager of the
Oxon Hill harness racing track.
One of the top candidates is
Date knight, 4-year-old bay
mare owned by Bill Martin Of
Washington. Maryland entries
are Billy's Lady, a speedy s.
year-old owned by Marlin and
George Shriner of Taneytown,
and Gallon, another 5-year-old
owned by Laurel Park Farms.
Other nominees are Famous
Mite. Voltane, Parading Adios,
Doctor Vic, Star Too, Seattle
Victory, True Linn. Hughie Boy.
General Gallon, Falcouridge
Peter. Coale Bay and Ripland.
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Monkton Hunt
Races Attract
Strong Field
special Dispatch to The star

MONKTONsMd April THE
winner Of the 1854 Maryland
Hunt Cup win make his first
start of the season here Saturday
at the Elkridge-Harford Hunts
annual point-to-point races on
E. s. Voss' estate. Ridden by his
woman trainer. Betty Bosley.
James McHugh's' Marchized is
scheduled to go to the post at 3
pm. in the ladies race which is
the opening feature Of the three
race card.
Marchized will be up against
Mrs. Paul Fout of Middleburg.
Va. and her good chestnut, Cur
list, who won the Middleburg
Bowl this year and the ladies
race at the Piedmont point-to-
point meeting q fortnight ago.
Mrs. Dulany Randolph viii bring
over F. p. Sears Good Ship,
whom she rode to victory at
Rappahannock. and Kathleen
Mckinney Of Middleburg has
entered her 17-year-old hunter.
Halethorpe. Entries have not
yet closed in this race and it
is expected at least two other
starters viii go to the post.
Eight horses have been nomi-
mated for the lightweight race
Of 4 miles over natural hunting
country. Two of them represent
Virginia stables-Mrs. Amory
Carhart's Driftwood and Donald
Patterson's Tamer-while the
Maryland contingent includes
F. A. Bonsal. jr.'s Saghash. Ben
.Griswold's Infra ction, Jack
Shaw's Highest Award and Red
mond Stewards Six Hundred.
Mrs. Paul Denckia's Ned's Fly
ing and Mrs. M. Troy Jones'
Grandeville have been cross
entered in both the lightweight
and heavyweight races. If they
choose the latter. they will meet
Arthur Pew's Head Agent, Col.
John Russell's Lippan Fencer,
Peter Winant's Chummy. Cary
Jackson's Petroleuse and Mrs.
Juan Ceballo's Laddie Boy.
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fourth. He said 1t was obvious
that Max's Reward had lugged
in badly through the stretch and
the stewards did not even look
at the films before disqualifying
him from fourth money.
Flanagan said, in returning to
the subject Of fouls, that it was
most important for racing stew
ards not to brush OF infractions
Of the rules Of riding merely to
facilitate the running of Of the
program of races. He called at
tention to the fact that the lives
Of the jockeys are involved. as
well as the disposition Of the
purses which run into high fig
ures and the public's wagering.
Fans Miss Seeing Them
Flanagan also believes that II
more Of the racing fans could
get the same view of the races as.
the officials, there would be less
of an inclination to protest every
claim of foul.
We must agree with these
views, particularly about the
average fan never really seeing
a race. The thousands of per-
sons who watch the races from
the ground level cannot see any
foul tactics. unless they are ex-
tremely obvious. There are only
a comparatively few choice seats
which afford an overall view of
the racing strip.
AS far as fouls on the back
stretch or on the far turn and
approaching the homestretch are
concerned, the officials must rely
to a great extent on the films
of the races.
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Lejeune's Fighters Take
8 Of 9 AII-Morine Bouts

MIAMI, Fla. April Z tR.-
Camp Lejeune, team runnerup In
the 1855 Golden Gloves tourna-
ment in Washington, D. C.. won
eight out Of nine fights last
night to virtually lock up the
championship of the All-Marine
boxing tournament going into
tonight's final round.
Randy Horne, defending cham
pion at 139 pounds. led the L.
ieune forces with a decision over
Will johnson of Camp Pendletcn
in a feature bout last night
Other winners for the North
Carolina base were Basil Black
son at 119 pounds, Jack Len
non at 1875, David Gonsalves and
Nick LaRosa at 1872: Jim Left
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Wilson Again Takes
Rifle Championship

Maintaining its indicated
pace, Wilson High School holds
the interhigh rifle champion
ship today after outshooting
Spingarn High 1,340 to 1921,
yesterday at Coolidge.
Darrell Nelson was high in
dividual scorer, the Wilson
shooter carding 288 out of a
possible 800. It was the second
straight championship for Will
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WrestIers Exchange
Punches After Bout

A crowd of 1855 wrestling
fans at Turner's Arena last night
watched Freddie Blassie and
Ruffy Silverstein team up to dis
pose of Brother Frank Jares
and Johnny Tolas in two straight
falls in the feature match.
Following the bout Blassie
and Tolas exchanged punches on
the way to the dressing room,
but police broke it up before
any damage was done.
Herb Larsen defeated Doug
Dawkins and Herb Schiff and
Jack Bence wrestled to a draw
in other matches.
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AT THE RACES
With JOE KELLY

Nothing seems to disturb the
serenity Of an afternoon ct the
races as much as the lighting
of q nine-letter word in red
neon on the tnfield odds board
-"objection."
Immediately boos and Kisses
begin to roll from the crowd
and. inevitably, some leather
lunged customer will shout over
the general hubub. Take him
down"
To novice racegoers and even
to the more experienced fans
who have Just watched q race
and are waiting for the prices
to be posted, the entire scene is
confusing and disturbing.
At the current Bowie race
meeting there have been Is
claims Of foul and one inquiry
in the first % days, covering 1874
races. The climax was reached
Monday, when both unofficial
winners in the daily double
were disqualified.
Frequent M0viegOers
We found Joseph F. Flanagan,
steward representing the Mary
land Racing Commission. the
other morning at Bowie in the
projection room, where he has
been spending most of his work.
ing hours examining films of
the races. Every time a jockey
claims a foul the three stew
ards-William Harron and j.
Fred Colwill. serve with Elan
agan at Bowie-come down from
their observation booth to look
at the films before making a
decision.
Flanagan, a painStakingly
conscientious man, is quite con-
cerned with the foul situation
at Bowie but not alarmed. He
says he believes it is a healthy
situation when jockeys claim
foul if they are convinced that
the strict rules, which govern
race riding. are broken.
II do not hesitate to fine a
Jockey for a frivolous claim of
foul when 1t is obvious that the
boy has no basis for the action"
Flanagan said. ION the other
hand. I believe it is a very poor
policy to fine jockeys indiscrim-
inately and scare the riders from
making any protests"
The Maryland official, who is
generally considered one of the
best qualified stewards in Amer
lea. lays he has observed that
the rash of foul claims runs in
cycles and can be compared
somewhat to the performance
of favorites.
What particularly inks Flan-
agan is when a trainer or owner
obviously prompts a rider to
claim a foul when the jockey
has no apparent intention of
lodging an objection.
Speaking of the one time the
inquiry" sign was flashed on
the board during the current
Bowie meeting, Flanagan pointed
out that 1t involved Max's Re-
ward, Q horse that had finished
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witch. lat; Themistocles Koun.
tis, l56. and William Hicks.
heavyweight. Al Daniels. III.
was the only loser from Lejeune.
Quantico. novice team cham
pion at Washington, D. c.. lost
four of five fights last night.
Terry Downs. 139-pounder from
England, was Quantico's only
winner and scored the only
knockout Of Is semifinal bouts
when he stopped Eddie williams
Of Miami in the third round.
Walton Garris, 1875; Garvin
Sturdivant, 1872: Eugene Co
landa, 1856, and Light-heavy.
weight Elwood Myers lost de.
ciSions for Quantico.
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More Records
In Prospect at
Bowie Saturday
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY

New track records for AZ and
6 furlongs having been estab-
lished at Bowie yesterday. 1t
appears now that with the
dream" field of handicap stars
preparing for the $4,000 Camp
bell Handicap, the mile-and-a-
sixteenth time record and pos
sibly betting mark may be
shattered on Saturday.
Word yesterday from Trainer
Bill Winfrey that he was send
ing Social Outcast to Bowie
added to the races glamour
and makes 1t one Of the top
turf attractions Of 1855 to date.
Nine horses are likely to go
to the post Saturday with the
battle drawn among the four
top weights-Helioscope at 100.
Fisherman and Social Outcast
at 1875 each and Joe Jones at
121. Other probable starters
are Full Flight. Golden Gloves,
Resilient, Abbezac and Man OF
Destiny, a stablemate Of Joe
Jones.
The track record for mile
and one-sixteenth is 1885, set
by Country Bumkin last fall.
Joe Jones was only two-fifths OF
a second over this mark last
Saturday and it appeared that
he could have travelled a bit
faster.
The Bowie betting mark is
$1,998,470, established on De-
cember S, 1858. If the weather
co-operates. it is possible that
this figure could be topped with
the lure of the Campbell Handi-
cap, the presence of the classiest
handicap stars and some Of the
country's best jockeys on hand.
The fans also will have one
off day before Saturday as
Bowie will not operate tomorrow
because of Good Friday.
Yesterdays April showers
seemed to transmit bit Of
lightning to the Bowie racing
strip, which is so carefully
maintained by Track Supt.
Marty Meyer.
Hi-Sag, a dark bay colt sired
by Saggy, dashed AZ furlongs
in 524s to smash the previous
mark of 531s held by ! Appeal.
Two races later Wabash Moon
sped 6 furlongs in l:10b to
better Dinner Winners record
by a fifth of a second. Dinner
Winner, owned by Filippo Bald
of Washington, set the mark
last fall. Wabash Moon is q
5-year-old mare owned by j. l..
Friedman.
Then Chuck Thompson, a s.
year-old colt, equalled the new
record in the very next race.
Owned by Gee M. Cohen of Balti-
more. Chuck Thompson is son
of Reaping Reward and is a
Kentucky Derby, Preakness and
Belmont Stakes hopeful. He
also is a candidate for the Gov
ernor's Gold Cup at Bowie
April 16.
Chuck Thomson Is named for
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ST. LOUIS, April Z (R.-Ralph
(Iiger) Jones. scrappy Brooklyn
middleweight. is one fighter who
isn't going to be broke when he
retires.
The 27-year-old boxer. who
takes on George johnson in a
nationally televised hereunder
at the st. Louis Arena tomorrow
night, finds a place for his
earnings.
Jones, who turned pro in 1850.
said he invested the first $4,000
he made in trust for him and
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; Women Golfers Split
Prince Georges Honors

The first ladies day golf tour
nament at Prince Georges this
season. a blind DOGGY, was split
three ways yesterday when Mrs
Glen Ward shot 57-l8-39, Mrs
Charles Faller, 53-14-39, and
Mrs. Matthew Schrenk, 49-10-
SO.
The best-five-holes tourna-
ment for ladies at Fort Belvoir
yesterday went to Mrs. Marge
Millard. who scored 20. MIS-.
Pauline Sweeney had 81.
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CARDINALS SIGN HALFBACK

CHICAGO. April R.-Half-
back Jim Carr. 1854 football cap
tain at Morris Harvey College.
Charleston, w. Va. today signed
with the Chicago Cardinals. Carr.
%, is a 6-foot-1, 195-pound ath-
lete who won 10 letters-four in
football and three each in base
ball and basketball.
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MINOR LEAGUES
By the Associated Press

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
sacramento, 2; Hollywood. 1.
Portland, 3: Los Angeles. Q.
San Francisco. A.; San Diego. /.
Oakland. 10; Seattle. o.
TEXAS LEAGUE
San Antonio, g; Oklahoma City, ..
Dallas, Is: Shreveport, 2.
Houston, 6; Tulsa. /.
Beaumont. g.: Fort Worth. ..
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Baltimore sports broadcaster.
The colt was purchased for $4,000
as yearling.

as a yearling.
Boston Doge arrived at Laurel
yesterday in good condition after
his 8-hour journey by motor van
fom Jamaica. The unbeaten
colt, winner of nine straight. will
prep at Laurel for his race in
the Governors Gold Cup at
Bowie.
The son Of The Doge-Boston
Lady. owned by Paul Andolino of
Boston, was accompanied by
Paul's brother Frank, who trains
Boston Doge and other Andolino
racers. Frank also brought Bos-
ton Sir. a 6-year-old. and Boston
Gable, a 2-year-old, to Laurel
from Long Island.
Bruce s. Campbell was elected
president of the Maryland-Dela-
ware Charles Town Division of
the Horsemen's Benevolent and
Protective Association at a meet
ing Of the group Tuesday. 1t is
Campbell's third term as head of
the owners and trainers organ
ization.
Elected to the Board of Direc-
tors were John A. Manfuso. j.
Yancey Christmas, Alan T.
Clarke, George Mohr. Cleveland
Skinker, Glenn Smith, Walter j.
Appel, Charles H. Gordon, Ray
mond Archer and Walter A..
Edgar.
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By the Associated Press

An 1919 million farm funds bill
seemed sure to set off a swirling,
ahead-of schedule debate in the
House today on the policies of
Secretary of Agriculture Benson.
The basis was laid in advance
of the House session in a report
of an appropriations subcom-
mittee. Chairman Written.
Democrat. of Mississippi said the
group had what he called facts
to back up its criticism of the
operation of crop controls and
of the surplus disposal program
under Mr. Benson. The Secre-
tary termed the criticism "polit-
ical propaganda"
Representative Vursell. Re-
publican, of Illinois, termed Mr..
Benson a man of courage and
integrity" who has proved his
ability in the two years he has
been Secretary of Agriculture. ="
He said most criticisms of Mr..
Benson by the committee major
ity we're "unjustified."
Members Agree on Funds
All seven members of the writ
ten subcommittee are agreed on
the money bill itself. AS ap-
proved by the full appropriations
committee Friday. it earmarks
1878. 625.39l in cash and 1888
million in lending authority for
the Agriculture Department in
the fiscal year beginning July /
"a net cut of only $6.424,5 24 be-
low Mr.. Benson's request.
But Mr.. VurSell and Repre-
sentative Koran, Republican, of
Washington took issue with the
subcommittee majority's report
on the bill.
The majority document &C
cused Mr.. Benson of foot-drag-
ging in trying to sell this coun-
try's ST billion worth of surplus
farm stocks abroad. 1t sug-
gested political and other con-
siderationS" we're mainly re-
sponsible, and limited that Mr..
Benson is deliberately using sur
plus costs to bolster his case for
a flexible farm price support pro-
gram.
Group FavOrs Rigid Props
Mr.. Benson last year sue
ceeded in winning Congress
backing of flexible price prop
system. But the House Agricul-
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6. 0. P. Club Hopes
To Split lsolationisfs,
Eisenhower Liberals

CHICAGO, Mar. % (P.-A
group of conservative Repub-
licans has announced its plans
to force "the first major break
in Republican ranks between
Eisenhower liberals and the
so-called conservative, 'isola-
zionist wing of the party"
The drive was announced yes
terday by, the Abraham Lincoln
National Republican Club. The
club said its aim is ito wrest con-
troll of the Republican Party
from the New Dealers and inter-
nationalists."
The club was one of the spon-
sors of conservative Republic
can rally in Chicago February
IL. Among the speakers were
Senator Mccarthy of Wisconsin,
Senator Malone of Nevada. Gov
j. Bracken Lee of Utah and Kit
Clardy, former Representative in
Congress from Michigan - all
Republicans.
Club Being Expanded
Capt. Edgar C. Bundy of sub
urban Wheaton. the club presi-
dent, said those speakers have
said they would make them
selves available to speak at
seminars in each of the 48 States
at any time we wish to call
them"
Capt. Bundy said the Chicago
club is being expanded and will
establish recruiting Offices
around the country"
He also said he is confident
that "by the time we are ready
for another meeting we will have
many other important Amer
lean leaders on our team, in
Guiding Senators John w.
Bricker of Ohio, Styles Bridges
of New Hampshire, William F.
KnoWland of California and
William Jenner of Indiana"
In Washington, Senator Know
land declined comment; Sena-
tor Bridges said he had no con-
tact with the sponsors and knew
nothing about their plans" In
Columbus. Ohio, Senator Brick
er said: II don't know who they
are. They've made no contact
with me-" Senator Jenner was
not Immediately available for
comment.