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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-30

good man caught in a web of
evil.
AS De Sica tells his story, UNI
berto D is the more eloquently
the symbol of age by having the
particularly of all De Sica char
acters.
This one is played by Carlo
Battista, an aristocratic looking
elderly professor of languages
acting for the first time in his
life. The incident Of this mans
last battle for human dignity
could not be more simply
summed up.
1t is reflected in the streets
which he walks alone with only
his dog for companion; in the
shabby. insect infested bedroom
from which his bizarre blond
landlady is trying to eject him:
in the public hospital to which
he retreats in the wan hope of
saving enough money to pay his
rent.
In this sordid setting, Umberto
D is tormented not merely by the
shame of an unmerited poverty
but by his greater obligations
to see that his dog is loved and
led and that the dumbly inno-
cent kitchen girl shall have one
decent human relationship. This
is the heartbreak of the films
message. that its hero is a man
who can neither live respectfully
nor find a decent escape I'M
death.
AS IN earlier films where he
has used novices, De Sica has
found a gifted, sensitive amateur.
IN Prof. Battista. 1t is a remark
taoly quiet, terSe performance
in which he searches out the
heartbreaking areas of desola-
ton and defeat that can be the
reward of honorable service.
The other performances of
"Umberto D. are merely Incl
dental, but effective. The most
useful of these is that of Maria
Pla castillo as the maid. pregnant
and unwed whose sole contact
with human decency is summed
up in the suffering old man. It's
opposite portrait, that of the
brazen blond who would rid her
house of its oldest roomer, is
equally telling in the hands of
Lima Gennari.
"Umberto D." a study in cour-
age, is a challenge to that of
moviegoerS who clamor for the
distinctive in moviemaking.
* X X
BULLETIN BOARD: Holiday
him openings: At Keith's For
eign Intrigue" with Robert
Mitchum; Columbia, "Unidenti-
fed Flying Objects" starless
semidocumentary made by Clar-
ence Greene and Russell Rouse:
Palace. "D-Day The Sixth of
June" with Robert Taylor. Dana
Wynter and Richard Todd +
The world premiere date and
place for John Illusions "Moby
Dick" have been chosen f. New
Bedford. Mass. what city more
appropriate, will be the scene
and the date June 81 The
Metropolitan and Ambassador
will follow with their Washing
ton openings early in July :.
Proving once more that the
industry no longer thinks in
terms of summer doldrums and
saving its best pictures for
more propitious season .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-30

vi lLCS, 10 iiOl q lCW PlNbQlG, d.
though it is being shown in
Washington for the first time. It
was four years getting to New
York, where it was shown last
year, and 1t is still superb
movie seemingly doomed to
look endlessly for an audience.
This fate is implicit in its
theme and in the power of its
treatment.
Daring. too daring it has
turned out. De Sica has VEN
tured to tell the story of old age
and its heartbreaking loneliness.
The manner of its telling is
simple, compassionate and cam
did. He has scorped to give it
a soft ending but in doing So
he has given it one that is a
tribute to the durable decency
of the human spirit.
USUALLY and unsteady, "Um-
berto D" represents De Sica S
style at its best.
x
The most moving of De Sica S
movies tells the story of an eld-
erly pensioner. This TALL digni-
fed, quiet old man gave 80 years
of his life to public service. With
the end of that service. he has
come to a pitiably inadequate
allowance from the state. Worse
still. he has come to an empti-
ness of all the relationships that
make life bearable to one who
has used it with honor, distinc-
ton and faith.
Yet, Umberto DIS life is not
quite empty. 1t still has respon-
sibilitieS for a moral man, in the
case of this one a duty to pro-
vide food and shelter for a mon
grel dog and a gentle, under
standing affection for a kitchen
slavey in the tenement where
he rooms.
1t is these duties to the more
helpless than himself that close
r." door to death to this very
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Time of The Cuckoo" which
became the basis of the film,
Summertime" will be presented
by the darlington Players, June
l and 2, at the Charles Barrett
School The Katherine Gibbs
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alumnae group in Washington
will sponsor a showing of THE
Wizard of OF" on Saturday, 10
am, at the Calvert Theater :.
For the benefit of the scholar
ship fund.
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taken him to a private room and
said: Senior Flynn, I have a
song here that I wrote that would
be magnificent for your picture"
released by NANAl
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THE PASSING SHOW
Dupont's 'Umberto D.
Is De Sico at Best
BY JAY CARMODY

great and tragic motion picture whose tragedy doubled
by the neglect of moego opened today at the Dupont heae
This is Vorio de Sicas "Umberto D." the directors
choice Shoe Shine and THE Bicycle Thief finest
achievement in story telling.
"Umbero D. which has made of the worlds top film
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-30

Carlo Battista retired college professor gives his
first film performance and a deeply moving one
in the title role of "Umberto D." which opened
today at the Dupont Theater. He is the latest of
line of amateurs to act under the wizard direction
of Vittorio de Sica
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THE EVENING STAR A-23
Washington, D. c. ."
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1885

out in front and improve your
position" DeSpirito has gone to
the front of the parade at Bowie.
Going into today's program he
had IA winners and seven thirds.
Oddly enough. he hasn't been
second yet.
Tom Miller, one-time Hamp-
den Sydney end who later played
one season with the Redskins.
has been named promotional
director of the Green Bay Pack
ers. Miller, who played here in
1945, began his new duties yes
terday. The position incorpo-
rates Bonnie Ryan's old job Of
publicity director, along with
other responsibilities. Ryan re-
signed to accept a job out Of
sports.
A native of Milton, Pa, Miller
has been around, putting in two
seasons with the Philadelphia
Eagles before joining the Red
skins and another with Green
Bay. in 1916, after leaving Wash
ington. He served in the air
arm of the Navy during World
War II and in 1949 coached
Wilkes College and the Wilkes
Barre Barons football teams
while completing work for his
college degree.
Evening star., 1956-03-20
Burken1o
Tied for Lead

PALM BEACH. Fla, Mar. 20
(P.-Four brides and Ia pars
gave Jack Fleck of Davenport,
Iowa. the National Open cham
pion, and Walter Burkemo of
Franklin, Mich, 68s and a tie
today at the halfway point in
the 36-hole Seminole pro-ama-
teur tournament.
Close behind as the bulky field
went into the final round was
the trio of Ben Hogan, Fort
Worth, Tex; Ed Furgol, st.
Louis, and Ted Kroll. Fort
Lauderdale. who posted COS over
the 6,901-yard par-72 course.
Within striking distance with
70s were Shelley Mayfield, West
bury, L. l.; Bob Rosburg, San
Francisco; Paul Harvey, Bolton,
Mass; Claude Harmon, Palm
Beach; Bo Wininger, Oklahoma
City; Dow Finsterwald. Bedford
Heights, Ohio, and Don Fair
field, Casey. Ill
Fred Hawkins, Ell Paso, Tex,
teamed with Anthony Wilson,
Hobe Sound, Fla, and Della
Plain, Va, to lead the pro-am
division with a best ball of
81 1859.
Mike Souchak, Grossinger.
N. Y, won both the pro and pro-
am divisions of this tournament
last year but had a fat 79 yester-
day. Sam Snead. White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, carded rs and
Lew Worsham, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla, had a 73.
Evening star., 1956-03-20
Team of 7 johnson Boys
In Arlington Cage Meet

Tops Drive-Inn turned in an
lis record this season. good
enough for second place in the
Arlington Recreation unlimited
league. That earned the john
son boys a spot in the tourna-
ment along with the Fairfax
Owls, the Arlington champion.
The Owls set a tournament
scoring record last night in one
of the opening games at STRAIT
ford. defeating Mount Rainier
I111-56. The other quarter-final
last night resulted in Cahill's
Cafe of Alexandria beating Sill
yer Spring Recreation Center,
1888.
Tops Drive-Inn faces Southern
Pig BARBECUE at 8:45 tonight
at Strstford after Kidwell and
Kidwell plays Bethesda Mer-
chants at 7:45.
On the sidelines tonight will
be two other Johnsons, sisters
Betty and Brenda. the latter the
baby of the family at 13. The
mother. Ressie johnson. prob
ably will stay at home at 573e
South Third street. That's where
all the children grew up ano
Jack, Jerry, Cliff, Jimmy ano
Brenda still live there. The other
four children are married.
Evening star., 1956-03-20
Bad Cut Over Eye
Rings Final Bell for
|48-Yeur-OId Boxer

ROTTERDAM, Mar. 20 R.-I
Bep Van Klaveren, one OF the
worlds oldest active fighters at
48, stepped into a ring for the
last time last night. But fate
decreed a sad finale for the one
time Olympic champion.
Van Kleveren, who lost only
one of his 300-odd bouts on a
knockout, was forced to abandon
the final fight of his career in
the fifth round.
Wiener Handke, Berlin Welter-
weight, opened an old wound
over Van Klaveren's eye which
bled profusely The ringside
doctor advised the referee to stop
the eight-round contest.
But Van Klaveren went out
fighting. He did well in the first
four rounds of the bout and in
the third round Handke had
some tough moments from Van
Klaveren's swinging lefts.
Evening star., 1956-03-20

One of the more unusual bas-
ketball teams in the Washington
area begins play tonight in the
Arlington Recreation Depart
ment invitational tournament at
Stratford Junior High.
The roster Of the Tops Drive
Inn team includes seven players:
Paul johnson. Biff Johnson. Jack
johnson, Melvin johnson, Jerry
johnson. Clifford johnson and
Jimmy Johnson-a scorekeeper's
nightmare.
They're all brothers. Paul is
the eldest at 20 and Jimmy the
youngest, 16. Jimmy also is the
biggest at 6 feet and 200 pounds.
A sophomore at Wakefield High
Jimmy is the only one of the
seven who has not participated
in interscholastic athletics, but
give him time.
Because of the demands of
military service. the johnson
boys never competed as a team
until this winter. Jimmy, being
the least experienced, rides the
bench most of the time, accord
ing to Paul, leaving Melvin and
Jack the biggest regulars at s.
feet-11.
That's where we're hurting
lack of size" Paul says.
Evening star., 1956-03-20
|Mid-AtIuntic PGA Drops Plan
To Change Handicap System

rules. making the pros RESPONSE
BILE for handicaps, and slapping
a few penalties on those who
take advantage of handicaps, we
can make our pro-amateurs run
more smoothly"
Elbin said that if the Execu-
tive Committee had not voted
the plan down, he foresaw hours
of wrangling at the spring
meeting of the association next
Monday at Belle Haven. The
pros already have tight sched-
ule for the meeting. and a
lengthy discussion would have
upset the entire day.
The principal objection to
the Tournament Committee Z
proposal was that it would
greatly benefit the few low
handicap golfers who play in
the pro-ams. and would be a
hardship on the players with
handicaps of 10 and up.
Evening star., 1956-03-20
ATCHISON'S S
ANGLE
By LEWIS r. ATcHIsoN

in Maryland if they can go to
New Jersey. New York or Della
ware. Possibly not, but they
won't run in the snow and sleet
of early spring or late December,
either. Not the good ones. Give
the horsemen a decent program
and Maryland will get the horses
and enough fans to make it
worth while. If the sport isn't
big enough to stand on its own
two feet, maybe they'd better
turn it all over to the trots.
One of the more heartwarm-
ing stories at Bowie is Tony
DeSpirito's comeback after a
near-fatal accident that put the
22-year-old saddle star from
Lawrence, Mass, in the hospital
for five months.
Tony, if you remember, was
the Nations leading rider in
1852 with 800 victories-a world
record. Wee Willie Shoemaker
had to crack the 400-mark for
the first time in racing annals
to top the feat.
Last September, fate inter-
vened in young DeSpiritoS ca
reer when he was thrown dur
ing the running of The Beldame
at Aqueduct and suffered a
broken jaw and lacerated brain.
The accident happened at the
first turn, where Shawmut
Stables Gainsboro Girl fell. De-
Spirito, on Walter M. Jeffords
Open Sesame, and Pete Ander-
son, astride w. Arnold Hangers
Rico Reto. struck the PROSTATE
horse and were thrown heavily
to the ground. DeSpirito was hit
by other horses that had no
change to veer aside.
Five long. painful months in
bed might have discouraged an
other youngster, but not Tony.
and his return to racing gave
him no unusual feeling, other
than the JOY of being able to
resume his trade. He doesn't
think of the spill, and takes each
race as it comes. Accidents, Tony
notes. occur in all businesses,
and a rider can't afford de-
featiSt attitude.
Following the good advice of
an anonymous trainer to get
Evening star., 1956-03-20

The only surprise yesterday
when Bowie called of racing for
the day was that there was even
the slightest hesitation about it
1t wasn't a fit day. as someone
once remarked, for man-even
a racing bug-or beast. And
there have been altogether too
many days in Maryland when
the tracks persisted in running
despite the weather.
Patiently overlooking its obli-
CATION to the fans. Maryland's
timidity in not bucking New
Jersey, New York and Delaware
has forced it to take leftover
dates when the risk of inclement
weather is high. At best it drops
to a second-class operation. and
the future looks no better with
the Racing Commission and
track owners trying to squeeze
20 additional days on the calen-
dar - without opposition, Of
course. !
The fact that too many fans
will settle for racing in any sort
of weather, frequently under al
ost impossible conditions.
hasn't helped the situation. But
it seems to us that Maryland
officials have an obligation to
the customers to take a firm
stand, pick spring and fall dates
when the weather may be ex-
pected to be reasonably good.
and let the other tracks go hang
Too many ideal days have
been passed over in October be-
cause Garden State or Atlantic
City was running or because the
World Series was a rival attrac-
ton. Belmont Park runs some
of its best races in Oc-
tober-the Futurity, woodward,
Jockey Club Gold Cup, to
name a few-and does all
right. True, Belmont has New
York's millions to draw from,
but Maryland would do better
than break even during a similar
period when the weather is ideal
The tracks might not make
fortunes for their stockholders,
but it would be a break for the
fans. Or don't they count?
The argument is advanced
that top flight horses won't race
Evening star., 1956-03-20

The Middle Atlantic PGA will
crack down on golfers with ex-
Icessive handicaps this season,
but will not experiment with
the tournament committees
proposal that would have made
handicap strokes useful for pars
Ionly.
The Executive Committee met
lat KenWood Country Club yes
Iterday, and after a long discus
sion decided against playing the
first three pro-amateurs under
Ia system by which handicap
strokes could not be used for
brides and eagles.
1.-The Tournament Committee
had the best interest of the pro-
amateurs at heart, and Ward
Burgess made a fine presenta-
Ition," Max Elbin, the MAPGA
president said. But we feel that
by putting teeth in our present
Evening star., 1956-03-20
BOWL ING
With ROD THOMAS

tirely joking. In recent months
not few bowlerS have switched
to the big-ball game, strange as
it seems, because they felt it less
strenuous. Harry Krauss, an out
standing figure in Washington
bowling history, who, in 1908
rolled tenpins for "a consecutive
hours and averaged 1856. declared
he would have been incapable of
such a grind in duckpins.
In Weldon, who finished only
Ia few pins behind Billy Stalcup
for the current No. duckpin
ranking in this area, there may
be another Krauss, in point of
versatility. KrauSs many times
mixed tenpins and duckpins in
League matches on adjoining
lanes, while leading both leagues
i'm average.
Jim Wolfensberger of Hagers-
town, Md, the National duckpin
match-game champion. defeated
|Stalcup, 1913 to SO. in one-game
match last night that officially
chriStened the automatic pin
spoilers at the Clarendon Bowl
ing Center. before a large gallery
State Senator Charles R. Fem
wick and Arthur T. Lundbers
Arlington County manager,
scored handsomely in eulogizing
Eddie Goldberg, the Clarendon
proprietor, and praising his
robot setup, but quite in contrast
was their performance on the
ImaplewayS. 1t was brief, and
not newsworthy, if you don't
mind us saving a bit of space.
4 X X X
Latest surprise winner of a
bronze medal, given for women
IduckpinnerS with games of $50
ior better is Mary Ellen Fitz-
gerald of the Bethesda Junior
Chamber of Commerce League
at the Boulevard. With four
spares and three strikes she
registered l62, part of a 343 set.
Her average is 81.
Evening star., 1956-03-20

Larkin Sonny Weldon, sew
enth-ranking duckpin bowler of
the country, is going back to an
old love-tenpins. Weldon has
accepted a place on a team
formed by Bob Miciotto, director
of the Andrews Air Force Base
and himself a top-ttight duck
pinner of long standing.
Six other names well known
in the duckpin world appear in
Miciotto's list of prospects. They
are Nick Rinaldi, who operates
the Takoma Duckpin Center.
with another under construc-
ton at Wheaton, Md: Ed Blake
ney, Moe Meade. Bob Hynek,
Jim Goodwin and Sam Vacchi-
ano. Miciotto now is seeking a
league franchise for next season.
Actually Weldon is following
the Footsteps of Miciotto, who
bowls in a tenpin league at An
drews, where the big-ball game
is the vogue, and in the District
Major Duckpin League. Weldon
intends to remain in the Dis
trict Major, where he is the de-
Tending champion, just as he is
in the District Minor.
x X x
Unknown even to many of his
playmates, Weldon once was a
tenpin star. He became a dew
otee at Baton Rouge. La, dur
ing the war, while a student in
the Army Specialized Training
Program at Louisiana State Uni
verSity. With a smooth bowling
delivery already established from
shooting duckpins, he turned out
to be a tenpin natural His
average in duckpins before the
war was 116. In tenpins he
reached the 200 class, with only
one season of experience.
Why the sudden yen for ten
pins?
Sonny grinned. "Duckpins, "
he replied, sis too tough"
He might not have been en-
Evening star., 1956-03-20

list with 1876 walks.
Sam has cut down on his
windup and is going to keep hi:
eye on the plate when readyine
his delivery.
BRADENTON, Fla, Mar. 2C
P.-The Milwaukee Braves
had first-base worries today
with Joe Adcock and Frank
Tore nursing injuries.
Adcock, who has been hitting
fairly well, sat out yesterdays
ILL blasting by the Yankees
because of a sore leg muscle.
Tore, a rookie having his
batting woes, played, but he was
slowed down in the field by 6
stiff knee.
CLEARWATER, Fla. Mar. 2(
.Rl.-Max Lanier treats lightly
arguments that his age is
against him in a comeback at
tempt with the Phillies.
"If I felt 40," said Lanier
who will be Al next August, 81
wouldn't try this"
The former pitcher for the
Cardinals and Giants operated
Ia restaurant at st. Petersburg
last year but sold that establish
ment. He said he dieted al
winter and started training
February IL for his comebacl
attempt.
Evening star., 1956-03-20
Ploy Continues Tonight
In Embassy VoIIeybuII

Russia meets Paraguay in the
feature game of the Embassy
Volleyball League at 9 o'clock
tonight at Western High School.
Russia is the league leader
with a 36-3 mark and Paraguay
is second at Ala.
In other games tonight, Cana
da plays Turkey at Z, Neither
lands takes on Yugoslavia at 8
and Turkey comes back for a
% o'clock clash against France.