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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-10
LEISURE
SPORTSMAN
FORE AND AFT
Thriftwoy II Too Hot to Handle
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE

outboards designed to measure
IS feet IL inches.
If the viewpoint expressed by
the poll is to be accepted as q
mandate by the OBC, then that
trade group may be expected t.
oppose at least that portion OF
the proposed Boating Act Of 1857
The Bonner committee recon-
mended numbering of all power
driven pleasure craft, not once
but at least every three years
Paul Parramore, the Jet IA
booster extraordinary. is the
proud possessor of an original
Buttersworth oil painted back in
1850. It's a Hudson River sloop
and was done before the British
artist tried his hand at the his
toric painting Of the old schooner
America. The 1850 painting was
handed down in the Parramore
family. and Paul is not planning
to sell it. in case any collector
gets ideas.
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Boy Fishing
2WeeksAwuy

Any real Chesapeake Bay fish,
ing apparently is q couple Of
weeks OF, despite determined ef-
forts Of fishing captains to find
the rockfish.
A trip this week with Capt.
Ernie Clayton Of West River,
Kennedy Ludlum. outdoors
writer, Max Breen Of Philadel-
phia and Stew Wells Of Largo
Sport Shop produced nothing
despite several hours Of trolling
the waters known as the Gum
Thickets and the Hill on the
Eastern Shore, Still-fishing OF
Poplar Island for hardheads also
was unproductive.
This year Capt. Clayton is in
shutting a novel two-day pack
age plan. He will take a party
Of four on a trip Of two days
and one night for SIS. Ernie
will provide clean linen and ice
and do the cooking while the
anglers must provide their own
food and bait.
George Baer Of Cape Loeb
Haven reported taking the sea-
sons first spot 100 yards up the
South River from No. 10 buoy
He said he also caught three
hardheads weighing about two
pounds each.
Better-than-average fishing
for hardheads in the Honga
River on the Eastern Shore has
been reported by Brady Mckay
Of Ridge. Md. With two COM
panions, he caught $50 q few
days ago.-COVELL.
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The weather remaining fail
for this week end. fishing should
be generally good. However, we
feel that one can have just
about as much fun and catch
as many fish in nearby waters
as he may find by travelling
far afield.
Unless things pick up with
a bang in Chesapeake Bay. not
much fishing will be had except
in the rivers and thta mostly
in the very early mornings and
late evenings. Some pan rock
and hardheads are being caught
bottom fishing in the South and
Severn Rivers, and in the lower
Potomac as well, but they are
few in numbers.
On the other hand. with the
upper Potomac clear, shad fish,
ing will pick up. Both white
and hickory shad should take
lures in the stretch between
Walkers Point and Big Eddy at
Chain Bridge. and there is also
a good chance of picking up
some small pan rockfish with
blood worm on a junebug
spinner. or blood worms fished
just of the bottom across from
Fletcher's at Dixie Landing.
Big Eddy at Chain Bridge i:
also a favorite spot for the small
stripers and many are caught
at times by anglers for shad
Spinner hooks are excellent fol-
bottom fishing where the cur
rent runs strong.
If you're looking for bluegills
and crappie. a good bet is some
Of the ponds on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. Except fol
one or two. you'll need a car-toy
boat. which is something Of
a drawback. But for those whit
have. one. there are 10 such
ponds.
Up above Chestertown anc
near Millington is Millingtor
Pond where one can rent a boat
Then running down the line
there is Service Pond at Chester.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-10

Ted Jones. the unlimited
hydroplane designing genius.
has come up with a really hot
boat in Thriftway II-so hot,
lin fact. Owner Willard Rhodes
couldn't find a driver to handle
it at last weeks Apple Cup Re-
gatta on Lake Chelan. Wash.
This is the story as pieced to-
gether by John Richardson,
legislative assistant to Repre-
sentative John Magnuson Of
Seattle.
In preliminary trials last week
Jones drove in excess Of ITS
miles on the straightaway and
an alleged lao miles on the turns.
He came ashore with the words
sensational" on his lips. On
lockers agreed that the new bow
cockpit racer was just that.
But when it came time for
the actual qualifying trials, Bill
Muncey who was tapped to drive
in the regatta land as such, had
to be at the controls in the
trials) just couldn't hold Miss
Thriftaway on the turns. Jones,
meanwhile. has retired as an
active racer. and he did not
elect to qualify the boat.
So. Miss Thriftaway. the hot
test thing afloat. remained in
the pits. and nine other hydros
came out for the races. Winner
at a reported 100 mph average
was Bill Waggoner's Maverick
with Bill Stead at the controls
William Boeing's Wahoo was
second under Mira Slovak. and
Waggoner's Shanty. driven by
Col. Russ Schleeh. third. The
two Waggoner boats raced in
the Presidents Cup last year.
The new Jones boat in all
likelihood will be tanned enough
to permit it in competition be-
fore too long. Certainly it bears
watching. And the same goes
for another boat Jones is work.
ing on-a jet job which should
interest Britisher Donald Camp
bell who is planning a new as
sault on his own mile speed
/ mark Of 225 this summer.
A little late to be of any value
to the House Merchant Marine
Committee in its recent pleasure
boat study, the Outboard Boat
ing Club Of America has made
a survey Of boat owners. marine
dealers and manufacturers of
marine products on various pro-
| posals in boat safety.
Most significant was the re.
port that 69.3 per cent were
against extending the present
numbering act to some 3 million
outboards under Is feet. Under
the 40-year-old act. outboards
less than Is feet overall don't
have to register with the Coast
Guard or carry identification
numbers on their bows. AS a
result. there are many, many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-10
Writers Organizing

Members of the outdoor Writ
ers Association in the Chesapeake
Bay area have been invited to
a meeting at 1880 pm. Friday.
May II, in the Riverdale Presby-
terrain Church, University Park.
and. to organize a group cover
ing their own area.
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little JU at Bishopville and
ocean City. Md. second at
Greenwood Lake. N. j., Crisfield,
Md, and in q regatta here July
81. and third in races on the
Bush River.
Then came the heart-breaker.
In the national championships
August % at Cambridge. Nd. he
placed first In his elimination
heat only to be disqualified be-
cause his boat failed to reach the
prescribed weight.
Specifications Rigid
Like all cupboard or inboard
racing craft. JUS must meet very
rigid specifications. 1t is a rela-
lively new class and Capital
Power Boat Association for which
the Thornton family will race
this season is one of the few
clubs to have the class in this
vicinity.
A junior utility cupboard must
have a length of 9 feet and a
beam Of 40 inches at the widest
point. Its moulded depth is IL
inches and at the sheer. 8 inches.
The motors can't be larger than
IA cubic inches in displacement.
The minimum age limit for
drivers of the little craft which
zip along at speeds of IS to %
miles per hour is 9 and the
maximum, IS.
Must Weigh 100 Pounds
There is one other important
specification. the weight. which
lost Robbie his race. Boat, driver
and engine must total exactly
100 pounds. and lead plates are
fitted into the hull to compen-
safe for variations.
The first three boats are
weighed after each race and
Robbie's Two Bits was found to
be 3 pounds light. apparently
from drying out in the sun on
the trek from Fort Monmouth.
Craig Dill turned 9 February
10 and Dad anticipated his de-
sires by buying a JU for him last
November from an Air Force
colonel in Norfolk whom Sergt.
Thornton met while attending
an APBA banquet at Langley
Field.
Necessary to Rebuild Boat
After they got the boat home,
Thornton found 1t did not meet
APBA specifications and it be-
came necessary to tear 1t COM
pletely apart and rebuild 1t,
Young Dill enlisted the help Of a
family friend. Dick Ellis Of l25
winchester way. Falls Church,
and together they did the lob,
with Dad lending an occasional
hand.
! Ellis. now in the Navy, and Dill
not only rebuilt the boat, saving
scarcely anything Of the original,
but they tore down and rebuilt
the Mercury Mark S with which
1t is powered.
Mahogany plywood was used
to cover the frame and the hull
was fiber-glassed to add weight
and smoothness. A deck also was
added to Robbie's boat this year
and then Sergt. Thornton took
both craft to the Fort Myer craft
shop where the boys sanded and
masked the boats for spray
painting.
Expensive Hobby
What's the attraction that
makes boat racing a family
hobby" ITS expensive" Sergt.
Thornton admits. land the tro-
PIXIES have little money value. but
we like it," It costs about $40 to
trailer the family to a weekend
regatta and when we use the
Bay Bridge we have to pay
double. but We see lot Of the
country. And as for friends. we
have them in almost every
State"
And does their racing interfere
with school work? Not a Bit
says the Sergeant. "Robbie's in
the fifth grade at Stonewall
jackson School and Dill's in the
third. Both are getting AS and
B's."
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&SObbACs VIII was QulIC u SCIlod-
ton in outboard racing circles
last year in this area, facing a
challenge from his brother. Craig
Dill. Just 8, Dill is eligible for
his first season of racing.
Safer Than You Think
What's that? Surprised at boys
Of 9 and 10 racing outboards?
Well, says father Herb. an Army
sergeant. cts safer than life in
. trailer village. Why, only q
few weeks ago a car struck Rob-
bie's bike and wrecked it. al
though Robbie got of with a few
bruises and scratches.
Furthermore, JUS (Junior
utilities. the class in which they
race had a perfect record in
1856 racing. They didn't have a
spill. which is more than you can
say of the bigger boats"
The Thorntons, who race un-
der the name of the Little Bits. "
park their boats on a three TERED
trailer next to the aluminium
house trailer in which they live,
At the bottom is Dill's boat,
Little Fury; in the middle. Rob-
bie's Two Bits, and at the top,
Dads bigger DU class racer. Six
Bits.
Dads the Mechanic
Thornton does little racing
these days. serving mostly as
mechanic for the team. Mother
is the cook and general handy
man.
Herb, q veteran Of IS years in
the Army, is a sergeant first
class, in charge Of the photo
graphic laboratory at the Signal
Corps intelligence agency in
Washington. His boating adven-
lures started on his 9Th birthday,
when he received an 8-foot out
board. That was followed by a
succession Of sailboats and A.
nally, racing craft.
Last summer Sergt. Thornton
was stationed at Fort Monmouth
and the family travelled week
ends fro mEatontown, N. j.. up
and down the Chesapeake to
take part in American Power
Boat Association regattas.
Robbie Started Well
Young Robbie. who had turned
10 on May 80, started his racing
career with q parade Of firsts and
seconds. He was first with his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-10
THE LOGBOOK
TOMORROW

TOMORROW
CoRINTHIAN YACHT CLUB-sailinl
GIBSON ISLAND YACHT CLUB
Spring meeting. Cocktails at ane
dinner at with film Of last year.
Trans-Paeihe race TO follow.
SUNDAY
EASTERN POWER BOAT CLUB+Flag
raising and opening ceremonies. Buffe
will be served
POTOMAC RIVER SAILING AssOcIA.
T1ON-Spring racing series OF Hahn
Point
THURSDAY
CUPBOARD BOATING CLUB-Meet
at pm. In the Barnes and Kimme
Auditorium, Arlington
WASHINGTON BOAT CLUB-Semi
annual meeting at & pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-10
HALF-PINT OUTBOARDERS
Brother, 9, Challenges
'OIdster,' 10, in Rocinq
BY CHARLES COVELL

There are three unusual things about the Thornton
family who live in the Temple Trailer Village off Tee-
graph road Alexandria
First, outboard racing is their hobby with everyone
participating Second they make their own boats and
third they have two of the youngest drivers in the
Washington Area.
There's nter-family rivalry too with 1Oyear-old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28
Newk Posts First Win
By Toming Pirates, 81

PITTSBURGH. April ~ (R.-
Don Newcombe. flashing the
spark that helped him win q
games last year. pitched the
route. scored a run and batted ir
two more today as the Dodgers
defeated the Pirates. 90.
The big highlander allowed
nine hits but never was in seri.
Gus trouble as he posted his first
win Of the year.
The Dodgers collected IA hits
of Ron Kline and four success
sors. Gino Cimoii singled home
Don thinner and Newk in the
third inning. Roy Campanellat
hit made it 30 in the fourth anc
Cimoli's three-bagger and Duk,
Snider's sacrifice fly added a run
in the fifth.
Newcombe came through with
a two-run single in the eighth
after a walk and Campanellai
safe bunt.
Singles by Roberto Clements
and Bill Virdon and Dick Groat'.
sacrifice fly gave the Pirates 6
run in the sixth. The other came
in the eighth on Clemente's sin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28

them next time. -. Ramos beat
the Red Sox six times last sea.
son. but shortly after Bob Porter
field fired one inside to Pete
the other night at Griffith Sta
dunn. Ramos was out of the
game. 1t may have been
incidental. the fact that when
Ramos resumed pitching, Gene
Mauch clipped him for q double.
Mickey Vernon walked and so
did Ramos-to the showers.
Pete Runnels' batting average
will perk up when figures in
last Sundays suspended game
become official upon completion
of the contest May 81. He
hit a double and a single be.
fore the game was called.
\ \ \ \
Gus Triandos. 6-foot-3, 215-
pound Baltimore catcher injured
in a collision with the Senators
Herb Plews 10 days ago. will ac-
company the Orioles west tomor-
row. In his absence Joe Gins
berg has filled in nobly with
heavy hitting. =. Plews is q
wrong man to encounter. Last
year he whacked into Jim Lemon
while both were pursuing a fly
ball. :. Herb was playing in a
couple Of days. but 6-foot-4
Lemon was out for two weeks.
Jim Keelty. president of the
Orioles. is a former Senator'S
rooter. -. He is a graduate Of
Catholic University and fire.
quently attended Washington
games,
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PosedeI Appointed
Portland MANAGER

LOS ANGELES, April ~ (P1.-
Bill Posedel, q st. Louis Cardinal
coach. was appointed manager Of
the Portland Beavers Of the Pa.
cific Coast League today.
The former major league
pitcher succeeds Bill Sweeney
who died April 10. Coach Frank
Carswell has been managing the
team.
Posedel, 4e, started in baseball
with the Beavers In 1929. He will
take over the team at Portland
Tuesday.
Posedel, a Highlander. had an
80 record with Brooklyn In
1888, and spent four seasons
with the Boston Braves before
and after World War H.. He was
in the Navy during the war. His
major league record was 4l-43
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28
GW-Quuntico Game Halted:
Ousted Coach Pulls Off Team

Coach Bill Reinhart oil
George Washington University
ordered of the field by an UNI
Ipire yesterday. took his team
with him. bringing to a prema-
ture end the baseball game with
the Quantico Marines at GUAM
tico.
The Marines we're having a
field day with a fourth-strine
CIV pitcher. Bruce Dursema
slammed two homers in the FIRST
inning. driving in seven runs to
stake Quantico to an la lead
Trouble erupted in the bot
tom Of the second on a routine
force play at second base. Jim
Boyer. former American League
umpire. ruled Shortstop Dick
Cilento had removed his foot
from the bag too soon for the
out. Cilento didn't like the call
and neither did Reinhart, who
voiced his protest from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28
GEORGETOWN ALUMNI IN D. C. POLLED
Survey on Grid Return
AtHilltop Completed

powerhouses Of the l920s and
the three undefeated seasons
during Coach Jack Hagerty's re-
gime in the late 1930s, would
vote for the pale replica OF
small time football. +
While no committee member,
including Attorney Bert Fergus
son. president of the club, would
discuss it, the document is ru-
mored to have some extremely
interesting items. The volume OF
returns was particularly signifi-
cant because alumni are believed
to have been asked v they would
financially support q varsity
team.
One interested alumnus put II
this way:
"The man who puts in IS when
the hat is passed now and raises
the dickens about no football
will be asked to raise the ante
III he wants football"
Majority Favors Football
There seems to be little, doubt
that a majority Of alumni favor
varsity football. The question:
naire was designed to discover
how much they want it back.
"We've got a fine athletic
plant" one pointed out, but no
program. I'm for bringing back
football and playing home
games on the campus"
Whatever the result of the
survey, Georgetown could not
return to varsity competition for
at least two years and 1t might
be 1859 before a team is fielded.
Then it probably would be
against opponents the size and
Icaliber Of such schools as Le-
high. Rutgers, Lafayette, Gettys-
burg and Bucknell. Many Of
these played Georgetown in the
old days and competition would
be keen even If technical per-
formances were not up to older
standards.
The next move, after the COM
mittee report is handed to Fa-
ther Bum. will be up to the uni
versity. The trustees could re-
quest a more complete survey Of
an estimated 10000 Georgetown
alumni in the country, or re-
ject the idea without further
ado. But interested alumni hope
the university at least listens to
their side Of the story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28

bench. Boyer ordered Reinhart
of the field.
II never left the bench. !"
Reinhart said later. They can
hear me without my getting of
the bench. Look. it was just a
practice game. I told this kid he
was going to pitch three innings
and ! didn't care IL they scored
40 runs off him.
They invited us down there
for this game. So Cilento took
his foot of the bag. What was
he supposed to do. get spiked?
1t was a routine play. So the UNI
pire throws me out for comment
ing on a decision. I've COM
mented on a lot Of them. I can
tell you one thing-I'm not going
to lose any sleep over It,"
Dursema. the Marines slugger,
Is an ex-minor Lacquer from Col
gate University and Is the prop
erty OF the power-conscious Gin
cinnati Redlegs. He played a
year at Sunbury. Pa. in the Class
B Interstate League. He hit his
first homer with the bases loaded
and when he got up again in the
same inning found two men on
and hit another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28
Basketball Officials
To Elect Tomorrow

The annual election Of officers
Of the District OF Columbia APP
proved Basketball Offlcials AS
ISOLATION will be held at z pm.
tomorrow at the Ambassador
Hotel.
Also on the agenda Is the
presentation Of an honor award.
given each year TO the man in
the Metropolitan Area making
the greatest contribution TO bas-
|ketball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28
.Lory's Knee Okoy;
He'll Face Yunks

CLEVELAND, April u (R.-
Frank Larry, ace highlander Of
Tigers who was hit on the left
knee by a line drive last night.
is expected to be in shape to
pitch when Detroit meets the
Yankees next week.
Trainer Jack Homel said there
was no fracture and the leg
looks good" The leg looked so
good. in fact. that X-rays orig
inally planned for today were
the Tigers who was hit on the left
ready to pitch in about four days.
Larry was hit by a liner of the
bat of Vic Wertz in the fourth
inning of Detroit's SO victory
over Cleveland.
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THE BASEBALL
BEA T
BY BURTON HAWKINS

BALTIMORE. April 27.-Spike
Briggs. who resigned under pres
sure as the Tigers general man
ager Friday. told an American
League club owner weeks ago,
II don't think I'll last the sea-
son out. I'm not accustomed to
working for anybody else"
It's ironic that Spike, who was
Detroit's president creased the
skids for Bucky Harris by pop
ping of against his manager
last summer, now is out Of the
picture but In Briggs case,
there are those comforting mil
lions in the bank.
There were only two custom
ers, both women, In the right
field bleachers here Friday night
when the Orioles were taking
batting practice at $3.50 O'Clock.
;. The gals were busy chatting
and never saw the ball that
zoomed into their sector and
clipped one Of them on the
shoulder. =. Harmon Killebrew,
one of the Senator'S bright
hopes for the future, is leading
the Southern Association in belt
ing runs across.
II Il n
Chuck Dresser isn't pointing
an accusing finger at anybody
in the spitball controversy. but
the Senators manager says, IT
had to have my suspicious about
one fellow in this league last
year when I saw him reach down
for the resin bag and pick it
up with the back of his fingers to
the bag. ! know he didn't do
it that way just to get the palm
of his hand sunburned."
Dresser says Schoolboy Rowe
was clever in his manner of
shielding a splitter. when
he fired a pitch at a batter he'd
spit on the. heel Of his glove
while delivering the ball." Ores
sen said. when he got the ball
back from the catcher the next
pitch became splitter"
Recommended reading for
adult baseball fans is THE Ball
player" by Ed Fitzgerald, not
the Senators catcher who caps
the &C." but the editor of Sport
Magazine. -. It's the most real
istic baseball fiction since 1.-THE
Southpaw." by Mark Harris. de-
spite a reference to Walter Mas
terson as a knuckleballer, which
he wasn't.
Somebody mentioned the pos
sibility Of elephants tearing up
the turf at Griffith Stadium
when the circus comes to town,
but Coach Ellis Clary of the
Senators ninimized the pros
pect. Tied Kluszewski was
there for an exhibition, maybe
to test the turf for the circus,"
Ellis said, land there was no
damage" The circus will
put down 1913 rubber mats to pre-
vent ripping up the park.
Watch for the Red Sox to
brush back the Senator'S. Pete
Ramos when he bats against
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Suuer Tags 2
las Giants Rout
Roberts, 1912

PHILADELPHIA, April ~ (F)
Hank Sauer's two home run.
paced the Giants to a 1912 VIC
tory over Robin Roberts and the
Phillies today. Ruben Gomez
scattered eight hits in hurting
his third straight victory.
Roberts. who has lost all three
starts this season, received poor
support as his teammates CON-
mitted an error in each of the
first five innings.
Sauer's first home run came
In the fifth inning after Red
Schoendienst had singled and
Willie Mays had walked. The
blow sent Roberts to the side
lines and put the Giants In front
go. It was the sixth home run
of the season of Roberts.
In the previous inning, Ossie
Virgil. a rookie, had blasted one
OF Roberts pitches for a two
run homer.
Sauer hit his second Of the
game and fourth Of the season
of Saul Rogovin with Mays or
base.
Willie Jones homered for the
Pills in the ninth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28
|McHuIe in Running
For Briggs Post

NASHVILLE. Tenn. April q
R.-An official of the Detroit
Tigers said today he understood
Johnny McHale. the clubs per-
sonnet director, is under con-
sideration" for the job of gen.
eral manager to succeed Spike
Briggs.
Paul A. O'Brien. Tigers vice
president, refused further COM
ment on yesterdays resignation
Of Briggs. who was with the club
81 years.
OBrien was interviewed here
upon his arrival for a speech al
nearby Lebanon tonight.
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Short Is Unit Chief
'Forlnterfoith Come

Dewey Short. Assistant Sec
Iretary Of the Army, has agreed
to serve as chairman Of the Gov
eminent committee of the WASH
Iington Interfaith Committee pro-
noting the first annual baseball
game between the Washington
Senators and Chicago White
Sox at Griffith Stadium May IA.
A parade and entertainment,
featuring presentation of awards
to four persons. including Joe E.
Brown and Jackie Robinson, will
Iprecede the game.