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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-02

River Report
tFrom u. s. EngineersI
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Ferry and clear at Great Falls: Shenan-
doah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Readings WASHINGTON National Airportl
Midnight 1900 II Noon II
4 am. -- 80 pm. ~ ~
s am. - 20 s pm. ri
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest, q5. on June i3.
Lowest 20. on January "a, % and
February %
High and Low Of LAST 21 Hours
High. So. At 5 pm.
Low. 81, az : am.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED By the United States Coast
and 0endetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High - 4.2f am b.2O am
Low --. ll:44a am.
High - 4.4g PM $3.50 m
Low -- 1l:47 pm. 1915 pm
The Sun and Noon
Rises Sets
Sun, today d:09 ana S:lHp.m,
sun. tomorrow 500 am. s.iSpm
Moon. today i.4S am 4:b3 D. m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
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Thick Fog flinders
Opening at Suffolk

SION, May Is (R.-A
thick fog BACKED out most of the
racing for 1928 opening day
fans yesterday as Suffolk Downs
began its ?2d year.
Although there was a fairly
clear view of the finish line in
front of the stands, horses could
not be followed down the back
stretch or around the far turn in
most of the nine races.
The start of the $500 Paul
Revere Handicap. the featured
six furlong test. was visible only
through binoculars. The horses
then disappeared into the fog
and colors couldn't be picked up
again until sixteenth of a mile
from the finish.
G. r. Whites Lucky William
bl oke on top in the horse
field and, although fans couldn't
tell. led all the way. He defeated
Eternal Mark by a length ano
paid 81 to win.
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ADVICE FROM AN OLD PRO
Mr.. Primrose SEEKING
5th Straight at Rosecroft

Driver Billy Haughton stole
the show last. night with win
|ners in both pacing features. He
came in first with Duane Han
over in the $4,000 Variety Club
the seventh race, and with
Meadow Pet in the SLIPS
Brandywine, the fifth race. Both
horses, incidentally, are owned
by John and Adolph Karl OF
Garden City, N. Y.
1t was a beautiful finish in
the Variety Club, with Haughton
and Duane Hanover squeezing
through to nip Hundred Proof
by a head. Dale Frost was third
by another head.
So Longs Lad, a 30-to-1 shot,
was the early leader, but Duane
Hanover, Hundred Proof, driven
by Bob Parkinson, and Dale
Frost. driven by Jimmy Arthur,
took over in the last quarter
and staged a tremendous battle
to the wire. Favored Duane
Hanover paid $500, $40 and
$3.50.
Haughton also was favored
with Meadow Pet in the fifth
race, and had an easier time of
it there, moving up from second
in the stretch to beat Golden
Way, a stablemate, by better
than two lengths. The winner
paid $3.50, $3.50 and 1920.
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Stake Mark Set
By Nance Lad

NEW YORK. May is CSpe-
ciaD .-Nance's Lad gave Bel
mont Parks opening-day crowd
of $500 something to remem-
Der yesterday by winning the
SD Toboggan Handicap in rec
ord time of 1:082s for the six
furlongs.
Chester ]. Caithness, Bethesda,
Md, automobile dealer, and Hill
ton A. Dabson. former jockey,
own the speedy 4-year -old. which
is trained by Dobson. Caithness
was here to watch Nance's Lad
add $17,350 to his bankroll, send
ing his all-time earnings to
$l6l,175.
Nance'S Lad knocked two
fifths of second of the Tobog-
gan mark made by Gladiator in
1929 and equalled last year by
Brookmeade Stables ill-starred
Sailor. He beat Gerald S. Celel-
las Switch On, the 2-to-1 favor
lite, by a length and a half, and
paid $3.50. $7.l0 and $3.50
across the board.
Nance's Lad was ridden by
Johnny Choquette, best remem-
bered for losing the mount on
Needles, and carried high weight
of 1875 pounds.
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ROSECROFT
RESULTS

FIRST RACE - Purse $500; trot;
class 2bi ] mile
Eta Key u. SMITH 1910 500 $50
Alan Hanover Nv. Hsughton) $50 I.IO
:, Miss Martha D, Amity Hanover. cary qy
Hanover ro Bargbie, Chester Breeze (DNFj.
DNF denotes did not finish.
SECOND RACE Purse $500; pace;
class IS cond.: ] mile.
Vernon Brewer Oh. story
Golden Harvest II. Cherri1 ~ 1.sS
Newsom Rosecroft. Princess Reward
DAILY DOUBIE.Etta Key and Vernon
Brewer b-n, paid S52.2O.
THIRD RACE - Purse $500; pace:
class rs cond.; ! mile,
Indian Dale Dannir R. Frey
Able Gene g, EyIer, $40 800
Maryland Mac. Laurlna Rosecroft
Malor The. Second, Can DO Keepers
Starlite. Time. 2:O9.4.
FOURTH RACE PURSE 81 1875: pace;
s,year-old thlliesJ; mile. THE Brandy
.DsSswOrthy Lady q. Arthur
DAydrsam Hanover wv. Fleming 'O
Gray Sky w. HauEhtonl 80
Royals Last. Merry volstadt, Jane
Fence. Consress Mite, Marilyn Greed.
FIFTH RAcE-Purse si.i25 pace;
s,year,old tfilliesi / mile; The
Meadow Pet wv. HAuEbtonI
Golden Way IN, TesEusi $50 go
Emaioi BYRD. Mishty Surprise RENE
Anne, Miss Pasauoiank, scratched Ma.
Jor'S Brownie. Time 2:0S4.
Haughton entry.
SIXTH RAcE-,-Purse $500; pace; &C
classified; | mile
I s.. g fss ss's rs u s Esep 1850 sS SS
Homestretch Flare ". jones' 1900
Mishty Lucky. Vernon Dale. Ina
knight' Seattle Chief, Dale Royal Time
2;US.l.
SEVENTH RAcE--Purse 1000; pace
class f ~ eond'i liz miles The Va
duane Hanover Nv. HaushtOnl
Hundred Proof err. PsriinsOn11 go @'oO
Dale Frost q. Arthur :i.GS
Bay State Pat, keystoner f'Frisco
Rebel Chestertown Boy ESQ Lons s
Lad. Date knight, Scottish Chief, The
Iippler. Poor Pop. Time, 2.lU4.
fDenotes mutuel ield.
EIGHTH RACE--Purse $500; pace c
classified. mile ,.
Alton Patch tR. RiddIckl
$40 400 ESQ
Bearcat Honor IR. NesbitD $50 800
sub R,sa w. HylanD 2.lO
Caiety Chief, Canadian Hopker
IMicomico Tom. The Light. Keeper Ne.
Time. 2.US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15

Buck Minniear will be seeking
q fifth straight victory with Mr..
Primrose in tonight's pacing fea-
ture, the sixth race, at Rose
croft Raceway. Mr.. Primrose
won three races at Santa Anita
in California before coming here
for a 2:06As victory at Rose
croft last week.
Tonight is ladies night at
Rosecroft. with women being ad-
mitted for a 25-cent charge.
Port of Call, driven by Jack
EdmundS, and Miss Mel, driven
by Eddie Taylor. rate as Mr..
Primrose's strongest competition.
Tonight'S trotting feature is
the 81 $50 seventh race in which
the likely favorite is Worthy Alb
bot, 7-year-old gelding who was
second to Citan in a close race
a week ago. This shapes up as
a really tight race, with such
other stars entered as Colbymite,
General Meredith and Miss Mary
Stewart.
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ATcHISON'S
A NGLE
By LEWIS +. ATcHIsoN

i Time doesn't mean a thing"
Heiden said. Winnings what
counts"
Heiden said Count Chic gave
him his greatest thrill in rae
ing" by drawing alongside Fabius
between the quarter and six
teenth poles in the Derby.
I've never had a 500, 900
winner, he said. "and / thought
for sure we had one then. The
chart won't show him even with
Fabius, but Steve Brooks told
JUS after the race he was even
with him, although he didn't get
the call"
1t was suggested that the
shorter Preakness distance
(l10 yards shorter), the depth
Icf the track and the sharper
turns might help, Count Chic
Saturday.
I'm not saying anything"
Heiden said with a smile. but
he held up a hand showing his
fingers crossed. I'm just hop
ing"
Needles was in the care of Burt
Collet. his "trusty hot walker"
when we called at his stall on
the other side of the track. The
colt was giving a ball of hay
and timothy a bad beating and
paid no attention to his visitors.
Needles has new exercise
boy, one Bill Raucher, %, who
has the job quite by chance and
who figures to pick up $500 to
81 900 Saturday if the Florida
colt gets home first. He's only
been up on Needles twice but
Jack Dudley and Bonnie Heath,
who own him under the D. & H.
Stable banner. are generous with
their help and stake" them
pretty good when they win.
Matter of fact, Heath received
a letter from Needles fan with
IS enclosed. asking him to bet it
on the colt in the Derby. 1t
ARRIVED too late so Bonnie sent
him a check for $13 anyway.
1t would be an easy and SEEM
ingly safe way of making money.
but Heath couldn't afford to keep
it up. Fontaine received a note
from a California lady, a new
conner to racing. asking him to
bet So on the colt.
/ You can imagine what she
thought when we sent her the
$500" Fontaine related. "She
said she knew nothing about
races-hadn't even seen one-but
had taken a fancy to Needles.
She'll be a fan from now on"
| Needles rivals, from owners on
down to the hotwalkers, have
their eyes on Saturdays affair,
but even so it's hard to root
against Fontaine and his horse.
Its hard to pull against a
fellow who was walking hots
himself for a buck or two only
a few years ago." one explained.
Needles may not be a great colt.
Nobody thinks he is. Looks like
the Lord just sent him to Hugh
at the right time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
New Starting Time
At Old Dominion

The starting time at Old Do
minion Speedway for the Sat-
urday night stock car races has
been changed from 8 to $3.50,
Director AL Gore announced. The
new time will remain in effect
for the remainder of the season.
Meanwhile. statistics released
today disclosed that Rookie Jack
Oeniston of Arlington continues
to set the pace for scoring among
the Old Dominion Stock Car
Club drivers with 234 points.
Close behind with 224 is Don
Carter of Falls Church and in
third place Wally Gore, also of
Arlington and last years winner.
with 900.
Others in the top 10 are Bill
Lone, 200; Bill Wynkoop, ITO;
Eddie Payne, 1852; Don Roberts,
l42; Pete Minor. 1873: Ollie Dodd,
1876, and Jimmy MARS. 1913.
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Armstrong High First
In Dual Track Meet

Armstrong High had two dou-
BILE winners and st. Johns one
in a dual track meet yesterday
at Brooks Stadium, won by
Armstrong. 7412-201a.
Roscoe Dawkins of Armstrong
won the 100 and 900 yard dashes
and Joe Simms took first in the
lS0-yard low hurdles and broad
jump. Bob Cronin of st. Johns
won the discus and shot put.
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Almus Golf Club Lists
First Tourney TOMORROW

The Almas Golf Club will hold
its first tournament of the sea-
son tomorrow at East Potomac,
Clyde E. Taylor, president of the
club. announced.
E. E. Suffer, chairman, will
make pairings for the play
shortly after noon. Golfers will
meet at the Sphinx Club of the
Almas Temple for dinner at 7
pm. Bunker Hill, membership
chairman, invites golfers from
other temples to the event.
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Field Of 10 Expected
To Start in Preokness

Ia public workout scheduled be-
tween the fourth and fifth races
today. With Willie Hartack in
the saddle this is the one who
is expected to cut out the pace
Saturday. and the one Needles
must catch.
Fabius. who was expected to
go 6 furlongs today, has been
picking up support this week
and might be as low as S to 2
on the odds board when Starter
Eddie Blind sends the field away
Saturday. Fabius' famous daddy,
Citation, won the Triple Crown
in l948 and went on to be-
come the first thoroughbred ever
to win 81 million.
Assorted Unimpressive
Assorted ran the best race of
his career in winning the Prep,
but his time of l:45h under
l16 pounds was not particularly
impressive. He'll have to carry
10 more pounds in the Preakness
and over the longer mile and
three -sixteenthS route. Trainer
Mackey took the blinkers of
Assorted for the first time and
also gave him different type of
bit, which seemed to help.
Yesterdays crowd of $500,
which wagered a mere S758,543,
was a terrific disappointment in
view Of the Iact that the track
had no competition from Garden
State, which was closed for the
day.
A new turf record, almost as
common as discarded mutuel
tickets at Pimlico. was estab-
lished by c. M. Greer's Lofty
Peak, who reeled of seven fur
longs in 1885. The previous
mark of 1:253s was made and
then equaled by Euclid and Sand
Fly, in that order, only last Sat-
Iurday.
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Olympic Rowing Picture
Appears Rosy to Goes

1000 meters (mile, APT YARDS
Olympic distance on the Potomac
Saturday. Cornell won by six
tenths Of a second over Yale,
followed by Penn, Princeton,
Harvard and the Navy varsity.
The Admirals, in case you
haven't heard, are Navy's 1852
Olympic champions, who have
been brought back to the Naval
Academy to try for an unprece-
dented double in the eight-oared
race.
AugurS Well for Future
Cornell, the intercollegiate
Rowing Association champion at
Syracuse last year, has virtually
the same boatload back for an
other try at the IRA June l6)
and the big row in the Olympic
trials. Hampered by the usual
miserable weather at Lake Ca
yuga, the Big Red rowers, far be-
hind on mileage, finally came
into their own in Washington.
1.-THE result of the sprint
championship augurs well for
the future" was the report from
Cornell Coach Stork Sanford
which was read at the luncheon.
I'VE were hot Saturday. (San-
ford had referred previously to
his crew as hot and cold"). We
look for more consistency in view
OF the warmer weather."
This is the strongest crew
I've ever had" said Yale Coach
Jim Rathschmidt. I'VE have a
lot of power in the boat. We're
planning to beat Cornell cat the
Olympic trials) in June"
Rathschmidt drew laughter
when he paused. and then re-
peated, Planning to-"
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Forming
Swim League TONIGHT

A Northern Virginia SWIM
ming League will be formed to-
night at the meeting of COM
munity pool representatives from
Arlington. Fairfax County, Falls
Church and Alexandria.
The group will gather at 8
O'Clock at the home of Mrs.
Mary Lou Mullin. 1917 Sherry
court, Fall Church. The pur-
pose of the league will be to
provide inter-pool swimming
meets for youngsters. z
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Snead Enters,
Hogan Expected
In Dallas Golf

DALLAS, May is (R.-Sam
Snead already is entered and
Ben Hogan is expected to come
in and that will give Dallas
two golf tournaments. carrying
100000 in prize money, one Of
the finest fields Of the year.
The show that ranks second in
cash only to George Mays ex-
travaganza at Chicago starts
next week. The first tournament
the Dallas Centennial Open
with a purse of $4,000 is
scheduled May 24-27. First
money is $4,000.
The next week a $4,000 tour
nament is being offered to the
boys on the links trail. It's the
Texas International and it will
be held May 81 to June 8. This
one has first money of $4,000
Snead has formally entered
and gotten his hotel accommo-
dations. which means the col
orful veteran, who picks and
chooses among his tournaments
now. definitely will be here
Buster Reed, tournament CO.
ordinator. talked with Hogan
yesterday and will see him later
this week. The Fort Worth
great, who also plays in few
tournaments each year. indicated
he would be here, A. L. Dab
ney, president of Golf Interna-
tional, sponsor Of the tourna-
ments, said.
Ninety entries already have
been received. including Just
about everybody who's anything
in golf. Jack Burke, Masters
champion; Jack Fleck, National
Open champion; Mike Souchak,
leading money winner; Doug
Ford. PEA champion, and Peter
Thomson. British Open cham
Ipion, are included in the field
The entry is limited to 100
in each tournament and there
will have to be some qualify
ing. Probably so spots will be
up for grabs in each instance.
A hundred will be exempt. They
are the top men national
champions. members of the Ry-
der Cup team, Vardon Trophy
winners, Walker Cup team men,
berS, etc. Players can attempt to
qualify for either or both tour
namentS and what they do in
one has no effect on their status
in the other.
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Squeeze Play Wins
For Navy in Ninth

ANNAPOLIS. May Is (P.-
Navy used a squeeze play for the
winning run in the ninth inning
to take what mostly was a battle
of home runs over Villanova,
lilo.
Dave Severino of Villanova,
the losing pitcher, had tied the
score in the ninth with a three
run homer. Four other homerS
were hit during the game, two
by Dave Smalley of Navy.
The Navy Plebes also had two
homers as they beat Maryland
Freshmen, 6-5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
Tag Match Tops
.Cupitol Mot Cord

A return match pitting the
teams of Red Bastien : Dick
Steinborn and Karl Won Hess
Mike Paidousis will support the
main event in the weekly wres-
ting show at Capitol Arena
Thursday night.
The feature will find Antoine
(the Ripper Leone graphing
with Chief Don Eagle. This
match and the team bout will
go to three falls or go minutes.
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EuropeanHope,
High for Shot
AT Davis Cup

LONDON. May is R).-Davis
Cup tennis is booming In the
European zone and all because
of q capitalistic reaSon-compe-
tition.
For the first time since World
War II, there are teams in Eu-
rope which have a good chance
Iof winning the interzone round
in Australia early in December
and then meeting the cup-hold-
ing Australians in Adelaide late
in that month.
With the shrinkage of Ameri-
can talent since Tony Trabert
turned pro. the Europeans have
good grounds for thinking they
can whip the United States in
the interzone-if the Americans
get that far.
There are even those in Europe
who think. probably incorrectly
that the European zone winner
would have a chance against the
Aussies in the challenge round.
Third Round Next
The next step on the road tc
Australia will be European zone
third round matches, which must
be completed by June S. Den
mark plays in Italy June l-3
France plays in Germany, Swe-
den plays in Belgium and Chile
plays in Britain. Italy com
pleted a SO rout of Poland yes.
terday, while Britain clinched a
victory over Yugoslavia.
Chile elected to play in the
European zone because its stars
are competing in the spring
European tournament circuit anc
ALREADY are here.
Third = round favorites are
Italy, doubtless the strongest
team in Europe; Sweden, on the
upSwing again; France over the
Germans and Britain with its
slowly developing quartet Of
youngsters.
The winner Of the Italy-Den-
mark meeting plays the Ger
many France winner and the
Sweden-B Belgium winner meets
the Britain Chile winner in the
fourth round; which must be
completed by June 10. Dates fol
the European zone final will be
determined later.
Out Since Perry Era
The last time a European
team held the top trophy in
tennis was from 1886, when
Britain, with Fred Perry and
Bunny Austin in their prime
dominated the world.
Just before that, from 1927
l32, France led the world. Those
were the days Of Henri Cochet,
Jean Borotra and Rene Lacoste
who made up probably the finest
Davis Cup teams in history. con-
ISidering their era and the COM
petition they faced.
Only four nations have won
the Davis in its Sc years of COM
petition = the United States,
Australia, France and Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15

NEW YORK, May IS (R.-
Cornell and Yale are good-and
confident-and Navy's Admirals
are coming.
at all adds up to a very fine
picture" Clifford (Tip) Goes,
chairman of the United States
Olympic Rowing Committee, said
yesterday. 81 still say we have
five Fights that are better than
what Russia showed in winning
the European championship last
summer. And our small boats
will be the best we've ever had.
Nov all we have to do is
collect the remaining $4,000 for
our Olympic budget of $4,000
and we'll be all set." Goes said
at rowing luncheon. The re-
Spouse has been very good so
far and we hope to get the rest
before the Olympic trials at
Syracuse June 1890.
. THINKS OtnerS Have Chance
Cornell and Yale looked great
in finishing one-two in the
sprint championships in Wash
|ington last Saturday, but / still
think the Admirals, Harvard,
Princeton, Penn and Washing
ton have a chance to win that
Olympic position.
THE Admirals will have plenty
by the time they get to SYRIA
cuSe. They looked impressive on
the Potomac in choppy water in
winning their exhibition. I'm
looking for some close finishes
at Syracuse"
They can't come much closer
than the almost dead heats un-
folded in the froSh. jayvee and
varsity championships over the
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Colts and SteeIers
Slate Benefit Come

BALTIMORE. May is up. -
The Baltimore Colts and the
Pittsburgh Steelers will meet in
a preseason benefit game in
Cincinnati August 25. the Colts
have announced.
! The night contest will be for
the benefit of the Hamilton
County Youth Athletic Associa-
ton.
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BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

BALTIMORE. May l5.-With
entry time about 70 hours away,
it appeared today that Satur-
days 80th Preakness at Pimlico
would draw a field Of 10 3-year-
Iolds. more than half of them
of mediocre calibre.
Yesterdays Preakness Prep at
"a mile and one-sixteenth pro-
duced a surprise winner in
Llangollen Farms Assorted, but
shattered the Preakness hopes
of Christiana Stables Ricci Tavi
and Jose F. Siccardi's Invicto
from South America. Trainer
Oscar Mackey announced i'm
mediately that Assorted would
start in the Preakness, but close
observers could see neither gain
nor loss for the big race from
yesterdays events.
AS it now stands, it seems
that the Preakness field will be
headed by the first four fniSherS
in the Kentucky Derby-Needles
Fabius, Come On Red and Count
Chic-and six horses whose own
erS hope to "luck" into $25,O0C
second money or the $4,000
show payoff.
Fabius on Display
The supporting cast probably
will include, in addition to AS
sorted, Winding Way Farms
Golf Ace, who has shown MOTH
ing in his last two races: w. E
BIRTHS No Regrets, seventh in
the Derby; D, G. Arnstein's mud
running Eiffel Blue. and the
Harvey c. Fruehauf entry OF
Fleet Peet and Ratherdam. Frue-
hauf owns a horse van service
and most observers figured he
entered his horses only because
he had an empty van coming
this way.
Fabius, Calumet's pace-mak-
ing runnerup in the Derby, had