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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20
Tigers Top
Yankees in
Sc Hitting

The Tigers finished fifth in
1856, but Individually and as a
team, they excelled in hitting
and pitching above even the
World Champion Yankees.
However. The rise of most
Tiger averages and pitching
marks came after the mid-sea-
son break.
For the first time since 1850,
the Tigers won over 80 games
With an 1912 mark. In 1850 the
club finished second and won
o5 games.
For the first season since 1914,
Detroit had two 20-game win
ners with Frank Larry leading
the American League in VIC
tories with 81 and Billy Hoeft
posting 20 wins for the first
time in his career on a final day
relief win.
Last Time the Tigers had two
20-games was in 1914 with Hal
Newhouser winning 20 an d
Dizzy Trout, 81 victories.
In the home run department,
the Tigers pounded out $50 to
tie their all-time mark set in
1887 when the bats of Hank
Greenberg and Rudy York pro-
vided most of the punch.
Maxwell. Sets Record
Charlie Maxwell set a new
Tiger mark for left handed hit
tiers with % round trippers.
Also. il was the first season
in the clubs history that three
men hit rs or more home runs.
In 1888. Greenberg hit SO
homers, York 33, and Charlie
Gehringer 20 for the best pre-
vious three-man effort.
Harvey Kuenn, named to the
Sporting News All-Star team,
led the league in hits with 1876.
and was followed closely by Al
Kaline with 1914. Kaline's 1913
RIBS were two behind league
leading Mickey Mantle.
Detroit won % Of its last SO
games, and in the final month
Of the season won 20 games
against seven DEFEATS.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20

The Florida Classic Committee
rounded up the general plans
for the second annual sports
extravaganza to be staged in
) acksonvillc's spacious Gator
Bowl Saturday. October 20.
The Classic will pit the Flo
rida A and M University
Raftlers Against the Bethune
Goodman College Wildcats.
The Fam-U Raiilers won the
first contest $40 and hold a
four 10 one record over the
Wildcats.
DR.. H. Jimmie Green, of the
Jacksonville Citizens Commit
tee. presided over the meeting.
The parade will contain four
floats. four bands, and five
convertibles.
The famous Florida A and M
University 132-piece, and the
Bethune Goodman Collie & c
marching bands will highlight
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20

Wayne State University's
cross-country team makes its
first trip Of the season on Sat-
urday, Oct. 20 as the Tartar
barriers travel to Chicago. Ill.
to meet Loyal University.
The Tartars have won six
straight from Loyola. including
a 81 to 81 victory last year here
in Detroit.
All of Wayne University's
home football games will again
be carried over WDEf. 1919
on the FM dial AL Reicheld
and Al London will broadcast
the games for the Tartars.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20
Hampton Coach
Named Athletic
Chairman Of NAS(

HAMPTON Va.-Harrv r.
Jefferson. athletic director and
head football coach a: HAMPTON
Institute. has been named first
chairman Of the National Ath-
lei'o Steering Committee.
The NASC. founded bv he
athletic director of Central
state College fOhio). Mack M.
Greene. in 1850. Is com~osed
OF representatives OF negro
colleges ihrouohouf the coun-
Try. who have bound together.
10 fichf racial prejudice in in
iercollegiste athletic programs.
During its short history. the
committee has opened the doors
OF the National Association OF
intercollegiate Athletics 10 Ne
gro colleges: sponsored the APP
poIntment Of representatives
rom Negro colleges on commit
ices OF the NCAA and the NAIA;
successfully introduced resolu-
uon In the NCAA and the Ma
ucnal Football Coaches Associa-
uon 70 meet in cities where all
members will be entertained
WIN EQUAL rights; and spear
headed the inclusion If the bas-
he'nall champions Of the four
major major Nesro conferences in the
NSAA COLLEGE Basketball Tour
"oments. beginning in 1857.
Mr.. Jefferson has recentlv also
, veen elected Central District
wee PRESIDENT of the CIAA. and
~ membership In the CIAA Bias
Ae'oail Tournament Committee
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20
SUGAR HART
SCORES KO

NEW YORK-Garnett (Sugar)
Hart, a smooth and hard-hitting
welterweight prospect from
Philadelphia. Monday night
racked up his ninth consecutive
victory by stopping Earl Den
mis- in three rounds of tele-
cast bout at St. Nichols Arena.
DR.. Alexander Schiff examin-
ed Dennis. New Yorker.
after the third round ended
with Dennis on the deck. He
then ordered referee Teddy Mar
tin to stop the scrap.
1t went into the book as a
third-round technical knock
out as the bell had not rung
for the start of the fourth.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20

Fidyin9 IKE me lille con-
tending teams represented
Detroit in 1882. SO, and '54.
the Lions have scored victor
les over Green Bay. 20-l6.
Baltimore. 3l-l4. and Los An
geles. 24-2l. in their first three
games of the season TO equal
the entire 1855 output of
victories.
To continue their victory
string, Parker's club will have
to contain one of the top Of
fensive clubs in the game, tutor
ed by one of the leagues most
fiery competitors, frankie AL
bert.
Albert was q star quarter
back for the 49ers from 1916
until he retired in 1852. He took
yer the head coaching job of
the 49ers last winter.
The Lions power-packed de-
fensive club must contain the
running game spanked by Hugh
McElhenny, John Henry John
son, and Joe Perry. yet con-
tend with the passes of Y. A..
Title.
McElhenny has regained the
form that made him the most
feared runner in the NIL prior
to a foot injury and scouts rate
the 2l0-pound former Wasing-
ton star cas- dangerous as ever"
Behind Title, the 49ers have
Michigan States All American
quarterback Earl Morrall, one
of the leagues top rookie per-
formers.
Meanwhile, the Lions have
shown a powerful rushing game
of their own paced by the
running of rookie Don McElhen-
ny of Southern Methodist, rock
lie Howard "Hopalong" Cassidy
of Ohio State, and veteran Gene
Goldman, who returned from
service for the 1856 season.
Layne Has 3 IDS
Bobby Layne. Detroit's ace
quarterback, has thrown off
the shoulder soreness that plag-
ued his play throughout the
1855 season and is passing at
a $50 percentage after three
games, having completed SO of
81 aerials for $40 yards and
three touchdowns.
Last year the 49ers scored
two victories over the Lions,
27-24 here in Detroit and So
81 on the Coast. In the overall
series, Detroit has won four and
lost eight since the 49ers joined
the NIL in 1850.
All reserved seats for the
game have been sold but bleach
erer tickets $4,000 and standing
room will be on sale at the
Lions office, 140l Michigan Ave.
Detroit l6, from 900 am. to
600 pm. this week.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20

New Coach For
Lawrence Tech

Lawrence Teach will have a
new basketball coach this sea-
son.
The appointment of George
Verdonckt. former three sports
Lawrence Tech athlete. TO
succeed Ray Mawhorter is an
nounced by Don Rider. aihle-
tic director.
Mawhorter has resigned after
two seasons to devote all his
time to his sporting goods bust
ness.
Tech Star
Verdonckt. age 81. starred
in Lawrence Tech basketball
football and baseball in l940-
4l-42.
He has been coaching high
school athletics and basketball
in recreation and local amateur
leagues for the past ten years.
He has coached at st. Juliana,
st. Ambrose and st. GATHERINGS
but probably is best known as
the mentor of his Verdonckt
Bakery team of ex-college stars
which has won at least ten
titles in the past decade.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20
"IN THE LIONS DEN"

End Dave Middleton of the
Detroit Lions is a student at
the University Of Tennessee
Medical School (Memphis) dur
ing his off-seasons from pro
football.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20

Improving with age? Jim
Martin the oldest player on the
1856 Detroit Lions roster, kick
ed 48-yard field goal against
Green Bay. the longest of
his football career.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20

stitutions will enter floats.
The convertibles will carry
the officials of the committee
and the two schools. The school
queens will ride floats.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20
Lions Ready
For Number 4

ooach Buddy Parker's Detroit Lions only unbeaten
team IN the Western Division of the National Football
league VIII try to make four straight when they en-
teain the San Francisco 49ers in Briggs Stadium Sun
DAY afternoon, October 81 Kickoff is at 80 pm EST
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20
5paytan-kish Clash
Nations Game of Week

Michigan State University Spartans play the top game
OF the week Saturday when they journey Notre Dame
University TO take the fighting Irish in their fourth
game of the season.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-20
Rott|ers> Bethune in
Florida Classic Saturday

the parade. Matthews-Gilbert
and the New Stanton High
bands of Jacksonville will pa
The alumni associations Of
the two schools and the in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
Pershing Memorial

national memorial to General John
]. PerShing, World War commander of
the American Expeditionary Forces in
Europe, is at last assured with the
signing by President Eisenhower of a
congressional resolution The measure
authorizes the American Battle Monu-
mentS Commission, which General Per-
Shing headed, to prepare plans for suit
able permanent monument to the revered
soldier, who died eight years ago.
The commission has the response
bility not only of suggesting what form
the memorial should take but where it
should be erected. We think the COM
mission has chosen very appropriate
site for the monument in Washington.
where General Pershing spent most of
the years of his life after his war serv-
ice was completed. The recently restored
park area bounded by Pennsylvania ave-
nue., Fourteenth street, D street and
Fifteenth street is an ideal spot. This
site, centrally located, overlooks the
broad avenue along which General Per-
shing marched his triumphant troops on
their return from France in 1919 1t
would be hard to find a more prominent
or suitable place for memorial to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
Five-Stor Diplomats

The State Department has chosen
well in its selection of the first four men
to hold the rank of career ambassador,
status generally equivalent to that'of a
f1ve-star general in the military service.
Those taking the new oath of Office this
week we're Robert D. Murphy and 10y w.
Henderson, each currently Deputy
Undersecretary of State; H. Freeman
Matthews, Ambassador to the Neither
lands, and James C. Dunn, Ambassador
to Brazil Each of the four has had a
distinguished career in our diplomatic
service, leaving the strong imprint of his
experienced judgment on the conception
and execution Of our foreign policy
particularly during the difficult years OF
World War II and the decade since. 1t
is both fitting and fortunate that all are
in positions today where their skills and
maturity continue to be of great value to
our Government.
The new rank in diplomacy was Gre
ated by congressional action, on recon-
mendation of the Wriston Committee for
Reorganization of the State Department
and the Foreign Service. The objective,
along with proposals to establish a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
Permits by Mail

Traffic Director Keneipp's proposal
that automobile drivers permits be
mailed to applicants instead of sold over
the counter, is bad news for permit rack
eteers." Under the present system it has
been easy to defraud the permit bureau,
either through fictitious names or adj
dresses or BOTH There is no regular
procedure now for checking identities or
addresses Sometimes the frauds are ex-
posed when police try to trace persons
involved in accidents or other offenSeS.
Other fake registrations remain undiS-
covered, often for years. And the fraud
ulent cards are frequently used to aid in
the commission of other frauds.
The mail system, on the other hand,
would discourage the giving of fake names
and would end the fictitiOuS-addresS
practice. AS City Postmaster North has
pointed out in letter to Mr. Keneipp,
the knowledge that permit will be
mailed would in itself act as a deterrent"
to fraudulent schemes. Virginia and
many other Jurisdictions already have
adopted the mail-order system of distrib-
uting permits, with good results The
Commissioners should give Mr. KeneippS
recommendation their approval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
Buryinq the Watchdog

The Senate vote against the So
called watchdog committee for the Gen.
trail Intelligence Agency reflects high
order of legislative responsibility.
1t was never possible to demonstrate
any need for supervisory committee
of this sort. And the argument that
there is something undemocratic about
the lack of supervision in this instance
was an exceedingly hollow one.
Actually the CHA is subject to check
by regular committees of Congress. But
it is not democratic" agency in the
loose sense of that term and its function
is not compatible with any goldfish bowl
concept of democracy at work. This
agency is engaged in dangerous and deli
cate intelligence activities of vital i'm
portance to this country. It's effective
ness could be destroyed by needless "su-
pervision." The Senate as a whole, and
Senator'S Russell, Barley, Hayden and
Knowland in particular, are to be con-
graduated for their effective work in
burying the watchdog committee bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

Recently I revisited the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
and found a striking change
of atmosphere has taken place
there in the past few years.
Groups of teen-agers sat about
on the steps, chatting and
Joking with occasional choruses
Of noisy laughter at some
witty sally. Others watched
the sentry with unrestrained
curiosity. and crowded close
to him at the turns. Several
off duty members of the
guard hobnobbed with the
nearby youngsters. 1t is APP
parent the respect and rever-
ence once accorded the tomb
and what it symbolizes have
all but disappeared and that
chief interest now centers on
the automatonlike precision of
the sentry.
The whole idea of that exact,
back and forth, 20 second
routine. day and night. winter
and summer. is alien to Ameri-
can tradition. 1t is something
imported from prewar Europe.
One is reminded of the story,
probably apochryphal con-
corning the rare plant pre-
sented a car by the ambassa-
dor of a powerful neighbour
ing state. The car accepted
the gift with ostentation,
ordered it be planted in a
sheltered spot on the palace
grounds and a guard be set
over 1t. Time passed; the
plant died and so did the car.
But no official dared withdraw
a sentry placed by royal COM
mand, and so it was when the
revolution came to Russia
that sentrieS were found walk
ing post around a vacant plot
IN a distant part of the
grounds; but no one knew why
they were there.
1t may be the time has now
come to end the ceremonial
guard-post at the tomb so
that our Unknown Soldier can
again Rest in Honored Glory"
undlsturbed by curiosity-seek-
ers come to watch fine young
men trying to equal the me-
chanical precision of robots.
First Division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY
Pokinq Around in q New Lost World

BOGOTA, (By MaiD. "A
new lost world" is being ex-
plored for the first time.
It is the weird, lichen-
beared La Macarena mountain
range 200 miles southeast of
Bogota. 1t is a range Of peaks
which reach attitudes Of 10000
feet. 1t is $50 miles long and
approximately so miles wide
and only recently has appeared
in vague outline on any map.
The isolated range towers
out of low. dense rain forest
jungle. It's structure is pre-
Andean-that is, it probably
has been in its present position
cons before the mighty Andes
mountains were born. Hence
various forms of life, especially
plant life, can be expected to
be unique. They were ac-
climated to a cold mountain
environment millions of years
ago and never have been able
to emigrate across the hot,
wet jungle below.
Collect Plants and Insects
The first scientific expedi-
ton to the lost world has Just
returned. 1t was headed by DR..
Leopold Richter, eminent en-
tomologist of the National Uni
versity at Bogota, who was &C
companied by two German and
two Colombian scientists. The
expedition was Joined later by
a professional animal collector.
There has not yet been OPP
portunity to study the collec-
tions made by the explorers
OF this completely uninhabited
range. The most notable i'm
preston was made on them by
the gray-bearded forest. The
boards on the trees are long
strands Of lichens of a quite
different family than that
found hanging from trees in
the Southern United States.
They also were impressed
by the large. luminous beetles
with three red lamps, two on
the head and one on the abb
domen, which. so far as could
be determined, shine continu-
ously through the night. The
explorers also mentioned long,
white caterpillars with a fluff
~ covering which reminded
them of eiderdown. This
burned badly when a worm
was picked up.
The major collections were
of plants and insects. There is
unlikely to be any major ad-
dltions to birds, mammals and
reptiles which move freely
over considerable distances
and probably long since would
have escaped from the lost
world. Very notable, however.
were the brilliant scarlet ibises
OF the tropical forests which
extend about 1900 feet UP the
mountain slopes. These, as are
also coal black ibises, are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

What some men wonder at.
is why everybody cries, even
themselves.
A wedding is a sacrament.
but why should one cry?
The best answer. we suppose,
is that 1t is just in the air.
The lights. the solemn &C.
casion, especially the church:
the parting of mother and
daughter, and the new life to
be led
These and a thousand other
memories. facts and fancies,
well up in heart and mind,
and touch the sentiment of the
race.
AS the party got to the re-
ception. somebody wondered
aloud how the groom was 90
ing to carry his wife across the
threshold.
How is he going to handle
that big skirt?
Well, he did, all right. skirt
and all; an amazing feat, any,
way you look at it.
$50
Here's a little story that
hasn't anything to do with
weddings, but Just with
women, the principal ingre-
dent.
Mrs Millington is a fine
woman who always manages
to ask the wrong questions at
the wrong time.
Most groups know her coun-
terpart.
AT a woman's meeting re-
Gently, Mrs. Millington was
listening raptly as the speaker
lectured on Mohammed.
"Mohammed was an illiterate
man. the speaker said. He
could neither read nor write.
The things that were re-
vealed to him by Allah had to
be written down by scribes or
secretaries"
Mrs. Millington INTERRUPTED
at this point. Mrs. NJ. always
interrupts, bless her.
why should such a wise
and great man." she asked.
mot be able to read and write?
You'd think after he got that
famous he would have learned
to read and write"
The speaker, dead pan, irked
once too often. said quietly:
He thought of going to
Yale, but his father wanted
him to go to Harvard, and his
mother to Princeton. so he
chucked the whole thing"
Mrs. Millington considered.
then.
why didn't he 60 to the
University of Maryland?" she
asked. ITS a good school,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
Chonqe the Law

The latest development In the dis
miSSal case of former Police Private
Harold E. Jones provides additional evil
dence Of the need for change in the
law governing trial of Metropolitan Police
officers. Local policemen, whether they
are veterans of the armed forces or not,
ought to be subjected to the same dis
ciplinary procedures and the same rights
of appeal. AS matters stand, policemen
who are former Servicemen have addi-
tional rights of appeal to the Civil Serv-
ice Commission that are damaging to
police discipline and are a senseless
duplication of administrative effort
If Private Jones had not been a
military veteran his dismissal for drunk
enneSS long since would have been a
closed case. Found guilty by a trial
board, he was ordered dismissed by the
Commissioners, on recommendation of
the board and Police Chief Murray. But
because of the veterans preference laws
Private Jones was able to appeal to the
Civil Service Commission. which has rem
dered number of confusing and con-
flicting decisions to date. A civil service
examiner and the Civil Service Board of
Appeals found "procedural defects" in
Jones suspension and dismissal and or
dered him restored to duty The District
Commissioners appealed to the full csc,
which now has reversed the examiners
and boards findings, insofar as proce-
dural shortcomings in the dismissal are
concerned. But the commission has in
structed the Appeals Examining Office to
consider the merits of the firing.
In short, the csc is setting itself
up as supreme judge over the trial board
which heard the evidence, the Chief of
Police, who has the responsibility of
maintaining discipline in his department,
and the Commissioners, who are respon-
sible for public safety. This is an absurd
arrangement that Congress should cor
rect through legislation such as that
introduced by Representative Davis of
Georgia. All policemen should be on the
same footing with respect to disciplinary
measures. Otherwise morale and eff
cheney of the department are bound to
suffer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

known from other Colombian
jungles but here they appeared
particularly abundant and COL
orful. The environment is pc
culiar in that there is a "cold
rain forest" on top Of a hot
rain forest. Above this are bar
rem SUBMITS of some of the
mountains.
The "loSt world" is very
similar in its structure to the
better known area in Vene-
zuela which has been the sub
ject of considerable fiction.
How it happens to have been
lost" through the centuries is
somewhat of a mystery. Actu-
ally, of course, people have
known about it. 1t once was
explored by an American oil
company, which found nothing
of value and forgot about it.
Nobody thought it worthwhile
to put such a significant geo.
graphical feature on maps. It
was assumed to be an eccen-
trio spur of one of the three
branches of the Andes which
cross Colombia.
La Macarena rises out of a
sparsely inhabited country
side. Within it arise four or
five small rivers which flow
into the large Rio Guaybero.
Beyond it lies the almost I'M
explored country of the CO.
lombian state of Amazonas,
reaching to the Peruvian bor-
der. 1t is a nearly white area
on all maps.
An Isolated Spot
The jungle towns at the
foot of the mountain range
consist only of three or four
thatched huts. Most important
is the army post of Los Micos.
There are few places in the
world naturally more isolated.
The area is served, however,
by a taxi air service run>by a
subsidiary of Pan American
air lines which flies about
twice a week on an irregular
schedule. Landings are 10 to
Is minutes apart. The plane
carries pigs to market, the
SICK to hospitals at the near
est large town, Villavicencia,
and attends to all other trans
portation business.
La Macarena is one of sew
eral new lost worlds" which
have been found in the past
few years in this general area
of South America. The others,
however, are much smaller
isolated sandstone hills rising
from 300 to 1900 feet above
the forest floor, each of which
has unique species of plants.
Once above the treetops these
hills are nearly soilleSs. The
plants have survived precari-
ously in crevasses where some
debris has accumulated and
have twisted and snarled roots
TO fit into these interstices