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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
WITH ROD THOMAS

Baltimore, 1896; Congressional
Shopping City, Washington,
1927; Investment Pharmacy,
Washington, 1919.
Mems doubles-JameS DeitSch-
John Weinkam, Baltimore, 80;
Charles Kaehler William Esser,
Baltimore, 1855; Bill Kiggins-Joe
Penner, Baltimore, 785.
Women's doubles-Betty Hum
mer-Toni Downey, Washington,
1858; Shirley Duvall-Pearl Kei-
ster, Damascus-Mount Airy,
Md. 684: Jean Robertson Ger
trude Vitkoski, Baltimore, 683.
Mems singles-Craig, 412;
Warren Covelly, Baltimore, 400;
Jimmie Robertson, Burlington,
N. c., 400.
Women's singles-Doris Myers,
Baltimore, 1874; Joan Greffen,
Baltimore. 1856; Ethel Die, Bal
timore. 375.
Mems all events-John Vein
kan. Baltimore, 1920; Warren
Covelly, Baltimore, 1859. George
Young. Baltimore. 1854.
Women's all events-Jean Rob-
inson, 1881; Doris Myers. Bal
timore, 1855; Lucille Engle-
brecht, Walkersville. 1045.
The sharpest duckpin perform
ance of the week end came not
in the National tournament. but
the Arlington Handicap at the
Arlington Bowling Center.
Freddy Martin. stringpean south
paw from the Jenkins Sheet
Metal team of the District Minor
League. rolled 739 from scratch.
an average of one pin short of
l48. to win first prize of $50.
Rolling on the same lanes
where three years ago Sonny
Weldon set a world flve-game
record of 1856. Martin fired games
of l48, 1875, 1875 a46S for three.
l25 and LAG. With a handicap Of
"a, he crossed 1863. His margin
over he runner-up. Roy Thomp-
son. who tailed 51-708. was IS
pins. Thompson received $40 and
Ben Thomson. who finished
third at 27-703. earned S24.
Sharing honors with Martin
was Phyllis Jones. who rolled $50
from scratch, with games of 1903.
l4l. 1853. lac and Ill, and crossed
42-70l to tie for fourth.
Others in the payoff were: Pat
Morris. 69-701: John Yingling,
53-701; Gene Iannucci, 30-695:
Rudolph Lutz, 5l-68l: James
Melton. 54-686; Bill WOODBURY.,
1864; Larry Upton. 54-678;
Charley PAGE. 36-677: Elmer
Swartz. 54-677: Richard Dunn.
84-675; Hildur Lagos. 54-675:
Russ Spilman. 27-674. Frank
Aquino. SAB. and Fred Siedwarth,
l79. got consolation prizes. The
entire prize list is subject to
check.
There were 1875 entries.
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s-Country Race
Again Won BY Kuts

PARIS. April l (P.-Vladimir
Kuts Soviet olympic champion,
yesterday for the second straight
year won the l0-kilometer cross
country race sponsored by the
Communist newspaper "Huma-
Mite" His time was 80 minutes
$50 seconds.
Kuts. a Soviet Navy officer,
was the distance star of the Mel
bourne Olympics last fall. VIM
ming both the 5000 and 10000
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Paumonok Can
Tops Opening
Jamaica Card

NEW YORK, April ! (P.-
Horse racing returns to New
York today and it will be a big
day for those who like to bet on
the thoroughbreds in the AFTER
noon and the trotters at night.
Approximately 10000 are ex-
pected at ancient Jamaica for
the first fiat race of the season.
Some seven hours later the first
harness race will be off at Yonk-
ers Raceway before an antici-
pated $4,000. An aggregate So
million or more is expected to be
wagered at the two tracks.
The afternoon feature will be
the usual six-furlong Paumonok
Handicap, which has drawn a
field of Is sprinters topped by
Switch On and Roman Patrol.
At Yonkers the feature will be
the Inaugural Mile Pace in which
10 sidewheelers have been en-
tered headed by the Stanley
Dancer triple entry of Ichabod
Crane, Knight Commander and
Chief Rainbow.
Eddie Arcaro and Willie Har-
tack are slated to renew their
riding rivalry in the Paumonok.
In Saturdays Sl00,000-add
Florida Derby at Gulfstream.
Hartack rode Calumet Farms
Gen. Duke to a thrilling victory
over Arcaro and Bold Ruler. the
odds-on favorite. In the Pau
monok, Arcaro is slated to ride
Switch On. top-weighted at 1875
pounds, while Hartack will be
atop Roman Patrol.
Roman Patrol, who won his
last outing at Gulfstream by
three lengths. and Switch On,
third to Bardstown and Mr.. First
in the Widener Handicap at
Hialeah. face stern opposition
in the Paumonok. Also entered
are Jet Action. Noorsaga, Mr..
Turf, Gray Phantom, Decimal,
WalruS. Nance's Lad, Singer,
Admiral Wee, Caesar Did and
Pine Echo. an early paddock tip
who won his last race handily
at Lincoln Downs.
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DeMurs and Schneider
Defend HondbulI Title

Unseating Harry DeMars and
Bill Schneider will be the goals
OF other contenders as the Dis
trict AAU handball doubles
championships get under way at
8 O'Clock tonight at the Jewish
Community Center, Sixteenth
and K streets NV.
DeMars and Schneider will be
going after the sixth straight
championship.
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Golfer Tours 3,l65
Courses in 43 Years

NEW YORK (Pl.-When fail
ing eyesight forced Ralph A.
Kennedy Of New York to hang
up his golf clubs in 1858, he had
played 3.l65 courses in IA coun-
tries.
Kennedy averaged II different
courses a year in 43 years be-
fore turning in his last card at
Hamilton Inn Golf Club in Lake
Pleasant. N. Y. on September
81. 1853.
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Persons Hurt Slightly
As Stock Cor FIips

VALLEJO. Calf. April Up
Johnny Parsons OF Van Mugs
Calf. was slightly injured yes
terday when his stock car over
turned on the west turn of the
United States Auto Club national
championship stock car race at
West Coast Speedway here.
Parsons. winner Of the 1850
Indianapolis 500. got out Of his
wrecked car and walked of the
track. The accident occurred in
a heat race preliminary to the
l00-lap main event.
Parsons suffered a cut lin. The
car was demolished.
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D. c. Soccer Teams
Beaten in Cup PIuy

Washington's two soccer teams
were eliminated in play for the
Stewart Cup yesterday in Balti-
more.
The Knights Of Columbus were
beaten by Community Jewellers
OF Baltimore. 40. and Washing
ton Sports Club bowed TO Pom
peii, also of Baltimore, SO.
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Helmet Saves
Willie Jones',
Cut by Throw

CLEARWATER. Fla. April
(R.-"It's a good thing I was
wearing my helmet. If I had my
cloth cap on, I'd probably be
dead right now" Willie Jones
said yesterday after he was hit
on the head by a thrown ball.
The Phillies' third baseman
was hurt on a play at second
base in the second inning of the
game which the Phils lost to Gin
cinnati, 81.
Jones had singled and was
heading for second on a ground
ball hit by Roy Smalley. Second
Baseman Johnny Temple of the
Reds grabbed the ball and threw
to Shortstop Alex Grammas at
second for the force on Jones.
Grammas let go a bullet throw
toward first in a double-play
attempt. It struck Jones at al
most point-blank range.
Jones is one of the few players
who wears his plastic batting he'll
met while running bases. The
ball split the peak Of his helmet
and caromed off to centerfield.
The veteran infielder was hurried
to p hospital for X-rays. which
showed no fracture. A doctor
used six stitches TO close a cut
on his head and said Jones would
be able to return to action within
a few days.
Last spring Jones suffered a
hair-line skull fracture when he
was struck above the left ear by
a Don Newcombe pitch in an ex-
hibition game with the Brooklyn
Dodgers. He was hospitalized for
five days and out of the lineup
until shortly before the opening
of the season,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
MIC and Bulls Book
Massachusetts Nine

Nichols Junior College of
Dudley, Mass, will play two
baseball games with Washington
area teams on its annual spring
trip. meeting Montgomery Junior
College April 9 and Bulls Prep
April 10.
James Eichberg, who attended
Wilson High. is a pitcher with
the Nichols nine.
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D'AgdtaDefends
Title Tonight
BY the Associated Press

Mario D'Agata. 30, Italian
oeaf-mute, risks his world BAN
tamweight crown tonight against
undefeated Alphonse Halimi. 25.
Of France in hereunder in
Paris.
D'Agata. undefeated in his last
20 bouts, is recognized as king
of the ll8-pounders by all COM
missions except the National
Boxing Association, which con-
siders Mexico's Raul (Raton)
Macias as champion.
The dispute may be settled
within a few months. Both
DAgata and Halimi have prom
iSed that the winner OF their
scrap will give the next shot to
Macias.
Halimi, who had 1879 amateur
fights. has a 1910 record as a
pro, including IL knockouts.
D'Agata's record is 44-3-3. in
GLIDING l8 kayos.
On the domestic scene, strap
ping Bob Baker, veteran Pitts
burgh heavyweight contender. is
favored over Germany's Will
Besmanoff in the l0-round tele-
vision feature tWTTG, channel
5. 1890 PM at St. Nicholas
Arena tonight.
Besmanoff, "a. a l90-pounder.
has won II straight but has met
no one near Bakers class. Bes-
manoffs record is 1867, Bakers
47-8-l.
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Basketball Timer
Shoots Off Finger

DENVER, April l tR.-Pinky
Flood, a veteran timekeeper, ac-
cidentally shot a finger off his
right hand last night when he
fired the gun at halftime of the
National AAU championship
basketball game.
Flood said the gun didn't go
off when he pulled the trigger
but actually fired about 8 Sec
onds later while he was examin-
ing it. The force of the powder
from the blank cartridge blew
off his finger.
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LIEB TELLS HOW COBB GOT .401
Scorer Kept Ehmke
From Twin No-Hitter

your decision. Once you've made
u. stick to it even when you know
you're wrong
I've never forgotten that. The
first batter to face EhinKe on
September IL. 1923. Whitley Witt
of the Yankees, hit a ground ball
to Howard Shanks at third. The
ball took a bad hop, bounced of
Shanks' glove and Witt was safe.
Since Whitley was a lefthanded
hitter and pretty fast. l ielt he
would have beaten 1t 1ut even if
the ball were banded cleaniy
and gave him a hit.
"Ehmke did not permit an
other Yankee TO get on base
after that. Along about the sew
enth inning, Tom BOYD. a Boston
writer. came to me and pleaded
with me to change my call. l re-
membered what Lynch had told
me and refused
THE game ended with Wits
questionable infeld single the
only thing that stood between
Ehmke and a second no-hitter
All kinds of pressure was put on
me to change my decision and
charge Shanks with an error.
but l steadfastly refused. A pc
tition to nullifv my decision was
drawn up and presented to
League President johnson. but
he supported me.
ITO this day Ehmke blames me
for depriving him of his second
straight no-hitter. OF course. !
it as much as anybody
II the play had come up in the
eighth or ninth inning. l prob
ably would have called it an
error. But I wasn't going to
change my decision.
oddly enough. in the game in
which ne got his no-hitter.
Ehmke got tremendous break
when the opposing pitcher. Slim
Harriss. hit the ball cleanly to
ightfield but was called out
when he failed to touch first
base while trying for a double.
so. while l did him dirt in
the second game. he did have a
break in the first game"
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LAUREL

Continued from Page ALI
Wayne Hendricks Weeper's Boy
Bowie stakes winner. and Mrs
Louis L. Voieht. Jr.'s Solar Sys.
tenn. who won the Barbars
Frietchie at Bowie.
Seven Stakes Set
Laurel will run seven stake,
during its 29-day meeting The
$4,000 Chesapeake Stakes fol
3-year-oldS is scheduled fol
April 20 and the Laurel Handi.
cap. raised to $4,000 this year
is listed on April 81. A new
stakes-the $4,000 Laurel Sprine
Turf Handicap-is set for May
4, closing day Next Saturday
the $4,000 Cherry Blossom Han.
dicap will be run and the fol-
lowing week end the revived
$4,000 Chesapeake Trial.
Because the event was too earl,
for Bowie, Laurel also will rur
of the 81 Bowie Breeders 2.
year-old stakes for its neighbol
track on Monday, April %. Tota
stakes distribution at Laurel i.
$50. 500 including Bowie's event
Adding interest to today's open.
ing card is the first grass race II
the season. mile and sixteenth
event for $500 platers. Several
other turf races are scheduled al
the meeting.
Laurers 29-day meeting is the
section of Maryland's 81
day spring schedule. which will
be completed with a l2-day ses-
sion at Pimlico. May to l8
Schedule makers left a gap after
Pimlico before the opening OF
Delaware Park on May 20 to pro-
vide. if necessary. for a wealth.
ered-out day at Bowie. but there
were no cancellations at the
Southern Maryland track.
Mrs. Jan Burke's Dedicate
winner by nose in the thrilling
100000 Campbell Handicap last
Saturday at Bowie will be head
ing back TO New York. His next
major start probably will be the
$4,000 Grey Lag Handicap al
Jamaica on May IL.
Christoper I. Chenery's Third
Brother, who dropped the moss
decision to Dedicate also will
campaign in New York.
Princequillo. who is establish
ing himself as one of the tor
stakes producers. can feel quite
SNUG about the Campbell result
He sired both Dedicate and Third
Brother.
Although Bill Hartack is not
on hand at Laurel. as he was
in 1856. to make it easy for
lazy handicappers. two appren-
tice riders are likely to stage a
fancy battle. They would be IT.
Howard Grant. whose
contract was purchased a few
days ago by the Carolyn K
Stable for $1,000. and l9-year-
old Frank Lovato.
Trainer William II. Bishop
who holds lease on LovatoS
contract, has stamped the per-
sonable youngster as the most
promising apprentice he has ever
seen and believes the lad will be
Hartack.
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Jorgo Jumping Winner
In North Wind Show

old chestnut, Sea Foam, won the
green hunter championship and
also the reserve in the working
division, where she placed be-
hind still another stranger to
local ranks, R. v. Rill's Bourne.
tRill has a second horse. Boumi,
who also won and caused some
minor confusion.)
Hi Girl, a gray mare, won the
crown among the juniors. with
Si2 points over Debutante. owned
by the Mary Helen Riding Aca-
deny. which mad five. Richard
zimmerman rode the champion
and Colleen Zindorf was on
Debutante.
The green division brought
out enough new horses to keep
the ribbons flying in a number
OF directions for the rest of the
year. Points were evenly divided
but the eventual reserve cham
pion TO Sea Foam turned up in
Marshall A. Thompson, jr.'s
Gypsy JinkS.
Although the Hallmans' Sandy
Maid has been shown OCCASION
ally heretofore. she made her
debut yesterday in the Jumper
division The switch was sur
prlsing because Sandy Maid S
forte was the hunting field and
hunter-type fences: this trip.
however, she looked like a sea-
soned open horse as she went
at about half her usual pace
to win the Touchdown -and-out
over some real jumping special
lists.
The summaries:
Open Jumpers Red Cap. .
S Sss a-colonel Windy. oak Knoll
Gardner Hsllrnsn
: Junior Jumpers Iii Girl. =
Thinkers Damn oak Knoll Stable j.
" tA FtQEe. A-SeAn
Wolking hunter hacks l-Boume
3--Jason Save Me
Foam save Ne. 5mLinkys rnoT IsA
4-Lark's Coat
Junior hunters; IRA Weller. stew
Games ' snd Madsc ssrelay FFT MifTse
ihorns Save Ne
Tomms NerSii bT' s-Jars o'ss ah n13napg.
K. Ri!l 4--Bonne Fire
Jr green N.1 sSS,flns HUNTERS 9so,,. l-oipsy
and A Drury. 4-Linky's Thorne.
working hunters HI Girl -
sea Foam Bourne. i-IauEei Ridge
Melody Oak Knoll Stable 5@2colon ,e
Windy. Red Cap.
JUNIOR champion. HI Girl Reserve
p. Green TSorkins, champion; sea Foam
Working hunter champion Bourne
Res erve---Sea Foam
Jumper champion: JsrEo. Reserve
: Junio- hacks& i-Debu,ante. Mary
Helen Riding Academy Save Ne
Pegasus Stable. Happy Day. Joan
aayes Crusader. Meadoworook
:. Junior warm-up. Hi Girl, DR.. c
kehnc .-~Gradlation OAK Knoll sta
PIC J,--Sean' Stewart Carter. 5--Jalla-
haE. EicnaTu zimmerman
working hunters under saddle. L.
Jason, MargO Hasbrouck Bourne
K. V Rlll '!-Jallamar. Catch Ne
Martha Sterbak
Greer, hunters under saddle: Sea
Foam. Magsle Aorsky Electrician,
Mrs Garyin Tankersiey Red Gold
Janet Goldbers. 4-Rolls Royce Mr.. and
Mrs, s. L eridenbaksr
Warm-up jumpers. l--Jargo. Diana
Johnson. .-BOunte. 3--Red Cap. Al
Csrbailo. 4-Little Brook OAK Knoll
Stable
Junior working hunters. Rolls
Royce .--Larks Coat Mr. and Mrs
Gardner Mailman ;.--Linky's Thorne.
Sheiia Graham TIL Girl.
Open working hunters l--Boume
Sea Foam il-Linkv'S Thorne -
Laurel RIDGE, MYra Morrison
Junior hunter hacks sea Foam
!~-Debutanie Save Me merry
step. Meg Monks
Green hunter hacks: Sea Foam
!-Electrician Save Me i---Bonne
Fire. Mr. and Mrs Robert Gibbon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
Big Ten Average

Big Ten basketball teams av-
eraged 1913 per cent success in
their field goal attempts during
the 1867 conference season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-20
Harris & Ewfng Photo

lust HOW important is the vice presidency?
ID Richard NJ Nixon. who begins his second term
today asked the Library of Congress to look up
some of the things that have been said about his
post. The Library came up with more than four
typewriter pages of comments culled from Louis
Clinton Hatch's book, History of the Vice PreSi-
dency of the United States american Historical
Society," Inc.J, and Mr.. Nixon found them so
interesting he read them at dinner.
To our first Vice President. John Adams. for
example. the office was 1.-The most insignificant
that ever the invention of man contrived" And his
successor Thomas Jefferson. opined that "a more
tranquil and unoffending station could not have
been found for me-"
Theodore Roosevelt while considering the vice
presidential nomination, wrote to Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, The chance of a Vice President to
do anything is really infinitesimal."
This same Roosevelt incidentally, became
President six months after his Inauguration
Vice President in 1901. when President William
Mckinley asSassinated As Vice President. he
presided over the Senate for only few days during
a special session in March. Years later. he told
the New York Historical Society, Il came to the
conclusion that a constitutional monarch has
the same place in government as perpetual Vice
President-and that is rating them both pretty low
Woodrow wilson's Vice President, Thomas r.
Marshall is famous for the wisecrack. What this
country really needs is good scent cigar" Less
well known. but equally incisve, is what he said
about his job:
Since the days of John Adams. there has been
a dread that some Vice President would
raise He'll and Maria with the administration.
Everything that can be done. therefore, is done to
furnish him with some innocuouS occupation.
Among the other things given him to do is
the making of a regent of the Smithsonian Inst-
tuition There if anywhere, he has opportunity
to compare his foSSilized life with the fossils OF
all ages"
Marshall delighted also in saying. Il come from
Indiana the mother of Vice Presidents. the home
of more second class men than any other State
There was a time when the question of how
to address high officers of State was a matter OF
debate Benjamin Franklin proposed calling the
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What
They
Say
About
VPs

Vice President His Superfluous Excellency."
The press also has had some belittling things
to say about the vice presidency. One newspaper
qup. according to Mr. Hatch, went this way:
Reporter have accidentally discovered that
the late Mr.. Jones was at one time Vice President
Shall we mention it in his obituary?
Editor: Oh, no! Notice only important
matters"
Even the stage has directed some witticisms at
the vice presidency One of the most popular
stories Mr. Hatch records was about man whose
two brothers disappeared. One of them went West
the story had it, and the other became Vice
President.
OF all the things said about the vice presidency
however-and this article has barely scratched the
surface-thiS comment by woodrow Wilson. is
perhaps. the most devastating:
The chief embarrassment in describing it is
that in saying how little there is to be said about
it. one has evidently said all there is to say"
But that is no longer true. Today there is
much more to be said
For more than 20 years. the vice presidency
has been growing in Importance Presidents of
both parties have given their running mates some
thing more to do than sit in silence as the Senate's
presiding officer.
Vice President Nixon probably has benefited
from this trend than any of his predecessors
President Eisenhower has treated him member
of the White House team and has never heSitated
to give him important work to do
AS result, Mr.. Nixon has good chance for
the Republican presidential nomination in 1860.
when Mr.. Eisenhower must retire For this reason
the Vice President will be in the spotlight
than ever during the next four years.
In the Senate, his actions still will be limited
to his constitutional function of ruling on points
of order and casting occasional vote to break a
tie. But whenever he speaks outside the Senate
his words will take added significance. in
the of his recent foreign policy address in
New York
If Mr. Nixon should capture his party's presi-
Dental nomination in 1860 and go to win the
election he would be only the fourth Vice President
in history to advance to the White House via the
ballot boxes The others-John Adams Thomas
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Jefferson. Martin Van Buren-were all in the early
days of the Republic.
Only seven of the IS Vice Presidents who pre-
ceded Mr. Nixon moved up to the Nations No. job
by reason of the death of President John Tyler,
Willard Fillmore, Andrew johnson, Chester A.
Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge and
Harry S. Truman. Twenty-Five others served out
their terms and moved on to varying degrees of
obScurty Some made headlines while in office
because they had personalities that lifted them
above the hum drum of Vice Presidents routine
duties.
Notable examples were Charles G. Hell and
MariaJ Dawes. who waged brief but futile battle
against what he deemed outmoded Senate rules,
and Tom Marshall whose advocacy of the nickel
cigar already has been noted
Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the early sos, began
the trend which has grown gradually. of making
the Vice President more active and useful official
But as far back the early 20S Vice President
Coolidge was invited to attend cabinet meetings.
which has since become regular custom.
One of the most important functions of the
vice presidency-memberShip on the National
Security Council-has been established by law. The
late Vice President Barley the first to fill that
role and Mr.. Nixon has served since 1858.
President Eisenhower also has made Mr. Nixon
chairman of the Presidential Committee on Gov
eminent Contracts and of the White House Council
on Youth Fitness AS head of the former group,
Mr. Nixon has strengthened provisions against racial
and religious discrimination in Federal contracts;
in the latter position, he helps to coordinate the
work of IS Government bureaus which deal with
some phase of education health.
But perhaps the most significant thing Mr.
Eisenhower has done to elevate the vice presidency
has been to send Mr.. Nixon around the world as an
ambassador of good will. His most recent trip was
to Austria. for a closeup study of the Hungarian
refugee problem. Previously. he had visited 50
other countries. All this has been invaluable
experience for a who is expected to be a
strong contender for the presidential nomination
in 1860
How important is the vice presidency?
The answer may be given in a word: