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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-05


the 42d National Conference on
Weights and Measures in the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
He explains the button trick
this way:
The clerk has a button securely
fastened to his jacket. AS he
rises on his toes to see what
the scales register the button is
hooked over the edge Of the pan
and depresses it. This trick is
hard to detect. and even If OBJ
served. the clerk can say the but
ton caught the pan by accident.
Prof. Gordon discloses this and
other tricks in a pamphlet,
Watch Your Weight and Meas
ures," published by the Council
on Consumer Information.
He points out that, in some
areas. ceiling fans are commonly
used in hot weather. BY placing
the scale directly under the fan.
he adds, the pan can be depressed
/. 2. or 3 ounces by the blast of
air.
Don't fall for the broom
trick" is another piece of advice
this expert gives. Here is now
the broom trick works:
A shopper doing her market
ing has. say, 20 items in her cart
when she reaches the checker.
AS the clerk tallies the items the
shopper apparently is inattentive.
If, however. she questions being
charged for 81 items instead Of
20. the clerk counts each item in
Guiding broom standing nearby,
priced at $1.69. When the shop
per says she is not buying the
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broom, the clerk apologies and
deducts $1.69 from the total.
Careless buyers who never
count the number of items buy
that broom over and over in the
course of a day." Prof. Gordon
says. Instead of a broom. a
pound Of coffee or a box Of candy
or almost any standard item
may be used"
The Weights and Measures
Conference got under way yes
terday with addresses by Walter
Williams, Undersecretary Of
Commerce, and DR.. A. v. Astin.
director of the National Bureau
Of Standards.
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EogIe-Eyed Professor
Gives Shoppers Warning

Watch the market clerk who gave up weighing his thumb
% when he weighed the you bought
He may now be practicing the button trick.
This the warning given by Prof Gordon director
Weights and Measures Research University
Granville Ohio He scheduled speakers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-05

We like the foshons thot moke living cosy without Yielding
inch in their nence good lines and pleasant prices
here at Woodward 6 Lothrop.
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These pretty Fashion 5th Shop
dresses demand little or no
ironing, pack almost weight
lessly for vacation trovel, and
ore moderately priced. Black
or navy cotton broodcloth, plus
white, with skirts that swirl and
collars that cover your shoul-
ders lightly.
At left tucked white vestee
snaps in or out. 1918. 1925
Right big white birdseye
pique collar shows off your ton.
Polko dot royon toffeto tie.
l2-l6. 1926
WGL-Foshion 5th Daytime
Dress Shop, 5th Floor
-. olso Chevy Chose, 7 Corners
and Alexandria
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Lions Get Liddick,
Star CIV Tackle

The Detroit Lions have an
nounced the signing of Tackle
Dave Liddick of George WASH
ington University, Quarter
back Jack Kemp Of Occidental
and Halfback Carl Johnson of
South Dakota.
Liddick, an all-Southern
Conference selection, was the
Lions eighth draft choice.
From Montreal, the Asso-
ciated Press reported that Jack
Hennemler, who re-joined the
Maryland staff this year, will
assist the Calgary StampedelN
in training camp starting next
week. Hennemier coached the
Stampeders in 1855.
The Philadelphia Eagles
announced that Bob Judson.
225-pound defensive back from
Clemson. had ended his one
year retirement. and signed for
his fourth year.
The Baltimore Colts received
the signed papers of Buzz Nut
ter. one-time Virginia Poly
center. back for his fourth
season.
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Andrews Shoots 73
In French Open

PARIS. July Q tP). - Gene
Andrews Of Pacific Palisades,
Calf, former United States
Public Links champion, shot q
one-over-par 70 today in the
first round of the French Open
golf championship at st. Cloud
today.
Andrews. who qualified for
last weeks British Open but
failed TO survive the cutoff
after SO holes. came in seven
strokes behind the early lead
ers. Peter Alliss Of England
and Flora Van Donck Of Bel
GUM.
With the first round still
incomplete. Alliss and Van
Donck had Cos. two strokes of
the record for the st. Cloud
course. Dali Rees Of ',t~'--'
Harry Weetrnan Of England,
Georg Bessner Of Germany and
Carlos Celles of Spain had 67s.
The 72-hole medal play tour
nament is run of in two days
with SO holes played each day.
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MAY START NEXT IN TRAVERS
Bold Ruler on Shelf
Until Saratoga Meet

NEW YORK, July 8 (R.-
Sunny Jim FitzsimmonS is look
ing ahead to racing Bold Ruler
at the Saratoga meeting, start
ing August s. now that the
Preakness winner definitely has
been withdrawn from Satur-
days 00,000-added Arlington
Classic in Chicago.
I'm not going to take any
chances with him." the 81
year-old trainer of the Wheat
ley Stable 3-year-old said to-
day. Il don't know when he'll
run next. but we might have
to wait until Saratoga if there
is nothing else around. I'm not
going to make it any worse by
running him right away"
Bold Ruler seemed dis
tressed" following a fast six
furlong workout at Belmont
Park last Saturday. Although
the exact trouble was not
known, Mr.. Fitz said he did
not think it was the small splint
the colt had after the Belmont
Stakes. The injury responded
to treatments of paint.
HE took an awful long time
cooling out after that work. ="
Sunny Jim said. Just what the
situation is with him. I don't
know. l do know it isn't that
splint."
Both Mr.. FitZ and Johnny
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Nerud. trainer of Gallant Man,
the colt that left Bold Ruler far
behind in the stretch of the
mile and a half Belmont
Stakes, have indicated they are
pointing for the $40,000-aoded
Travers Stakes at Saratoga
August II. This year will be
the 64th anniversary of Mr..
Fitz's first visit to Saratoga.
Jockeys Dick Winant and Ted
Atkinson each rode four win
ners yesterday, Winant topping
his big day at Narragansett
Park by urging Rebel Call home
in the featured Arcade Purse.
Rebel Call paid $26. Winant
also won with Bruce, Sashsyin
and Mighty Tom.
Atkinson, continuing his hot
pace at Belmont, won on Sweet
Wendy G., SIG; Devils Image.
$3.50; Duck Heaven, 5000, and
Hueso. $3.50. He leads the
Jockeys at Belmont with 81
victories.
At Arlington Park, Alhambra
won the 45th running of the
$17,650 Hyde Park Stakes. Un-
beaten in three starts, Fred w.
Hooper's colt edged T. Allie
Grissoms Little Reaper in a
photo finish to pay $3.50, $3.50
and 1920. The time was 1:053s
over dull track.
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ship horses to the Yonkers
Raceway or not TO race at the
Yonkers Raceway."
Both motions arose out Of a
dispute over distribution Of
purses between the owners
group and the track. Horsemen
had asked that the manage
ment boost its purses from IS
to As per cent Of the track S
share Of the pari-mutuel take
In announcing his decision.
Judge Dawson noted that the
tracks arbitrary attitude made
1t impossible to reach a COM
promise on the issue.
The Transamerica was a Sc
ries of races held at several
tracks. Horses accumulated
points to become eligible for
the final race.
Tananbaum said the track
would substitute q $4,000 Har-
ness Tracks Of America Invita-
ton for Saturday.
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Kenwood Juniors
7 axe First Place
In Inter-CIub Golf

Kenwood, led by Dahn
Linkins. is setting the pace in
Section / of the Inter- Club
Junior Golf League.
Linkins fired a "a over the
Columbia course to lead Ken-
wood to a To victory in one
of five league matches yester-
day. Two Columbia players
followed Linkins, Carl Mac
Cartee with rs and Jack
Holzberg with rs. Next was
Richard Gambatese of Ken
wood with 70.
Chevy Chase beat Congress
sional, 6-3, in the other Section
I match. Kenwood now has II
points, Chevy Chase has 1912,
Congressional 8 and Columbia
6l2.
In Section II matches. Be-
thesda defeated Manor, SO:
Prince Georges defeated Argyle.
5l2 to 312. and Washington
won over Woodmont. 51a to
az
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Burning, Purkey Lead
Eorned-Run Averages

NEW YORK, July 8 (P). -
Righthanders Jim Burning Of
the Tigers and Bob Purkey Of
the Pirates. each starting for q
second division ball club. are
the mid-season leaders In the
major league earned run COM
petition.
Figures compiled by the As
ISOLATED Press show that Bum
ming PAGES the American
League with an earned run
mark Of 2.03. He has won 10
games and lost only two. A. g.
foot-3. 185 FOUNDER who relies
mainly on his fastball. Burning
has allowed % earned runs in
124 innings.
Purkey has permitted 81
earned runs in 10l innings for
a National League leading
figure of 2.76. Bob has won
eight games-the most on the
seventh-place Pirates-and lost
seven. He has pitched one shut
out. against the Giants.
Shanty Runnerup
Bobby Shantz. who is max
ing a spectacular comeback with
the Yankees, is runnerup to
Burning in the American
League, the pint-sized 5-foot-
6l2) lefthander has put together
an ERA of 2.25 while winning
nine games and dropping one.
He also has one shutout to his
credit.
Tom Sturdivant, another
Yankee mainstay, is third at
2.57. A former minor league
inf1elder. Sturdivant has a IA
won-lost record and has yield
ed % untainted runs in SO in
ningS.
Frank Sullivan of the Red
Sox is fourth with a 2.59 aver
age. He is followed by Billy
Pierce. ace of the White Sox
staff. at $50. Art Ditmar of
the Yanks with 2.81 and Billy
Loes of Baltimore with 2.84.
Pierce has won IL games, the
most in the majors.
Rookie Curt Barclay of the
Giants is second in the Ma
tional League. Curt has given
up IS earned runs in 113 frames
for a 2.79 mark. He has won
four games and lost six.
Larry Jackson, a 10-game
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Yonkers Cancels Rich Race
After U. S. Judges Ruling

NEW YORK, July 9 tR.-
The lure Of a $4,000 purse has
failed to reverse the shortage
Of trotters operating at Yonkers
Raceway.
Martin Tananbaum. Yonkers
president. said yesterday that
not enough entries were re-
ceived for the long-planned
$4,000 Transamerica Pace. So
he Cancelled the race.
He announced the cancella-
ton after Federal Judge Archie
o. Dawson denied a motion TO
punish members OF the Stand
ardbred Owners Association for
contempt in allegedly failing
in concert to enter horses at
the raceway.
At the same time. the Judge
directed that an injunction be
issued prohibiting the SOA
from endeavoring to induce
owners Of harness horses not to
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ture of tonight's eight-race pro-
gram. Shady Farvel. Ivan b.
hernia. Pansy Chief and Edna
mite Hi-Le also are entered.
Last nights big crowd was
treated to the seasons biggest
single payoff-$140.20 for each
So win bet on Americana Di-
rect in the $500 Pulaski Pace
Jack Wilcutts. Americana
Directs driver. also turned the
drums for drawing the winners
of the three Isetta sports cars.
They were:
Charles j. Wisemiller, 1886
Thirtieth street NV; Marta
King, 6 Shipley avenue. Cations
vile, and Max Hyman of Balti-
more. LYMAN was not present.
His alternate was H. r. Tits
worth of Baltimore.
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Baltimore Free Night
Draws Throng Of 1887

BALTIMORE, July 9 (Spe-
ciaD Its just plain Ladies
Night tonight at Baltimore
Raceway. with women admitted
to the harness track for Is
cents.
Normally. such a gesture on
the part of management is not
TO be sneezed at. but manage
ment outdid itself last night.
letting everybody in free and
giving away three sports cars
In the bargain.
The result of such generosity
"a crowd of 1887. largest in
the sports history in Maryland.
The mutuel handle was nearly
100000.
Majors Star, 5-year-old black
mare. heads field of eight
PAGERS in the seventh race, fea-
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'Dedicate's ia
.IopsMonnlouth

OCEANPoRT. N. j., July Q
tP.-Mrs. Burke,s Dedicate has
been assigned top weight Of l24
pounds for Saturdays 500. 600
added Monmouth Handicap at
Monmouth Park.
Weights were assigned yes
terday to 81 others. including
ia for Trafic Judge. who won
the Suburban Handicap July 4,
at Belmont Park and then was
retired to the stud.
c. v. Whitney's Career Boy
and c. T. Chenery's Third
Brother were bracketed at li9
pounds by John p. Turner, IT.,
racing secretary. c. Mahlon
Kline's Lofty Peak, who nm
ished second in the Suburban.
got lit. along with Greentree
Stables Riley. Dedicate, with
l26 pounds, ran third in the
Suburban, while Lofty Peak
had 1lS.
Calumet Farms Bardstown
and d. a. H. Stables Needles
were declared from the race.
The weights range down to i06
pounds on Field of Honor and
Mighty Chief.
A field of from 8 to 10 is ex-
pected to start in the mile-and-
Ia-quarter race.
Other weights were Greek
Spy. lis; Oh Johnny. ia;
Ricci Tavi. Skipper Bill ana
Tick Took. l13: Paper Tiger,
1l2; Aeschylus and Helfast,
Ill; Charlevoix. ITO: Ambe-
having. Beau Fond. Counter
mand. Rockcastle and Tellar-
ian,, 109; Attica, Busher. Fam
tasy, Levee and Moraine. 1903;
MIR. First and Olioarchv i07-
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winner for the league leading
Cards. is third at 2.S3. Then
come Johnny Podres Of Brook
Ign. 500. Don Drysdale. also CT
the Dodgers. sos. Indy Nc
Daniel of st. Louis. SOC. and
Brooklyn's Don Newcombe
500. Podres is the Majors
pacesetter in shutouts with
four. He has blanked Pitts
burgh twice and Philadelphia
and New York once each.
Jack Sanford Eighth
Jack Sanford, the Phillies'
brilliant rookie who leads the
league in strikeoutS with IS, is
eighth in earned run average
with Sill. Sanford has a 1872
record.
Whitley Ford of the Yankees,
last seasons ERA titleholder in
the American League, has
worked only 43 innings in 1857.
He returned to action last week
following a shoulder injury and
has a neat lat ERA. Whitley
had 2.47 last year.
Lew Burdette, the nationals
1856 frontrunner with a 2.71
mark. is well down the list with
a 3.84.
In order to qualify for the
earned run championship. a
pitcher must work a minimum
Of l54 innings.
The leaders (75 innings Oh
mOre).
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National Race Attracts
Top Sports Car Drivers

Carroll Shelby and Walt
Hansgen. the two biggest names
in American sports car racing
this year, are included in 100
entries for the National races
Sunday at Marlboro, according
to an announcement by the
Sports Car Club of America.
Entries will be accepted
through Friday in hopes that at
least IT'S sign up.
Shelby, who used to raise
chickens before opening a
sports car leadership in his
home town of Dallas. has won
two of the four National fea-
lures so far this season, at
Cumberland and Lime Rock,
Conn. Hansgen has been Sec
ond both times.
At Fort Worth, Shelby
wrecked his car early in the
feature event whcih eventually
was won by Washington's own
Dick Thompson on a course
practically under water.
Shelby drove a 3-liter Mas
craft until the Elkhart Lake,
Wis. event two weeks ago, when
he waited in vain for delivery
of a 4.5-liter Maserati. This
car, identical to Juan Manuel
Fangio's winning machine at
Sebring. Fla, and capable of
speeds well over 100 miles per
hour. is supposed to be at Marl-
boro Motor Raceway.
Hansgen. from Westport.
Conn. has driven on the D.
Jaguar team of Briggs Cum
bingham all season. He won
the Elkhart Lake feature over
teammate John Fitch, besides
running second to Shelby twice
previously. This Sunday, how
ever, Hansgen is slated to drive
a D-Jag belonging to Indy
Hanson.
The program Sunday. the
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Corthy Defeats
Cuqe to Win Title

Second seeded Jack Nc
Carthy defeated Bob Cage
No. /. ranked, for the Public
Parks singles tennis champion
ship yesterday at East Potomac
Park in a match which started
Sunday.
Darkness forced an interrupt
ton after four hours of play
Sunday with Mccarthy lead
ing. Sc. 4-6. 81, and the
fourth set tied, 3-3. Yesterday
it took Mccarthy IS minutes
to win the championship and
final set, Ga.
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Yacht Missing
In Pacific Race

LOS ANGELES. July 9 up.
The Coast Guard cutter
Gresham, accompanying the
trans-Pacific yacht race fleet
today is hunting for the trou-
ble-plagued schooner Nanaimo.
Apparently there was only
mild concern for the Nanaimo,
skippered by William B. Palmer
of the Los Angeles Yacht Club.
He reported all was well on the
radio roll call yesterday FORE
noon. But the schooner failed
to make the pm. roundup
contact later in the day.
Yachtsmen said this could
have been due to transmitting
trouble, or possible generator
trouble. Previously the Nanai-
mo lost use of her steering gear,
but later reported she was pro-
ceeding on course after make
shift Jury rig" repairs.
Frank Hooykaas' SO foot
cutter Barlovento was leading
the 34-boa4 fleet on the basis
of latest reports and was 900
miles from Los Angeles harbor
on the 2.225-mile run to Homo
lulu. The boats left here July 4
The Barlovento was ahead
both on a boat-for-boat and
handicap basis.
Latest reports showed these
leaders by classes: A-Barlo-
vento. Constellation, Orient
B-Volunteer. Ondine, Criter-
ion. c. Nalu II. Kialoa
Bagatelle. D-Y-Como, Mis-
tresS, Kochab.
The Ketch Beruth of Santa
Cruz. Calf, and the cutter
Groote Beer of Portland Yacht
Club. trailed the fleet. But the
Beruth reported picking up
better wind.
The twin-hulled catamaran,
Aikane, not entered officially in
the race, was setting a fast
pace. running well ahead of the
entire feet.
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Federal STORAGE
7 rounces Rotary

Federal Storage, Clark Grit
fifth baseball league f1rst-half
champion, opened the second
round of play yesterday by
soundly humping Rotary, 1910.
on the North Ellipse.
Craig Anderson held Rotary
to one hit until relieved by
Tommy Brown in the seventh
lining. Brown pitched hitless
ball.
The victors highliehted their
13-hit attack by scoring six
runs in the fourth inning and
adding seven in the fifth. They
also scored two in the first and
one in the sixth.
Federal Storage's first-round
record was 6-1, followed by
Rotary at AS.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

first SEGA National in this
area since the races at An
drews Field in 1854. will open
at 10 am. with the first of
six 10-lap qualifying heats. A
special FLAP race for Formula
III Coopers will be sandwiched
between the runrIing of four
final events. The feature, for
the big modified cars, will cover
30 laps and should end about
5 pm.
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Kuenn Bothered
By Punched Nerve

ST. LOUIS, July 9 (R.-
Harvey Kuenn, starting Short
stop for the American League
in the All-Star game today. is
bothered by a pinched nerve in
his back but thinks he'll be
able to play.
The Detroit player said he
would know for sure after TAX
ing batting practice and work.
ing out before game time.
The shortstop. scheduled to
bat in the leadoff slot for Man
ager Casey Stengeps Amer
leans, pinched the nerve in a
game with Kansas City.
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Government Net
Entries CLOSING

Entries for the Government
Employees tennis tournament,
July 1921. will close at 5 pm
tomorrow.
All employees Of the Federal
District. State and foreign gov
ernments are eligible. Entries
may be obtained from the Rec
reation Department. Adams
4-2050. or the Tennis Shop.
1926 Nineteenth street NV,
National 8-5l65.
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Girls Golf Honors
Won in PIuyoff

Lillian Lea of Courthouse
dropped a birdie on the second
hole OF a sudden death playoff
to edge Tina Boss of Chevy
Chase for top honors in the
District Junior girls field day
yesterday at Manor Golf and
Country Club. Each finished
the regular 10 holes with IS.
Robbye King of Army Navy
was third with "a. Tied for
fourth were Daphne Dutton of
kenwood and Barbara Nc
Guinness Of Prince Georges,
each SO.
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Girls SoftboII Teams
Hold PIuyoffs Today

The District Recreation De-
partment has. scheduled two
playoff games today in order
to dissolve a four-way tie for
first place at the end of the
first round in Its Women's Soft
ball League No. /.
Golden Fluff meets George
Deoude's at West Potomac No.
"a and Garvins plays Fort Bel
voir at West Potomac No. 25,
both at $50 pm. The winners
play for the f1rst-round cham
pionShip Friday.
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Joseph CordweII Dies,
Duke Star in Mid-'3Os

NORFOLK. Va, July 9 (R.-
Joseph T. Cardwell, As, one
time outstanding lineman for
Duke University and the old
Pittsburgh Pirates professional
football team. died at his home
here Saturday. He was a let
terman at Duke from 1894
through 1896.
Cardwell, manager of a
Hampton Roads tugboat firm
until his death. quit football
IN 1899.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-09
Capitol Mat Cord
Lists Rocco, Sturr

Ricki Starr and Hans
Schmidt will appear in sepa-
rate bouts on the weekly pro
wrestling card Thursday night
at Capitol Arena.
Starr has been matched with
Miguel Torres. a Mexican who
will wrestle here for the first
time in several years. Schmidt
will grapple with Enrico Ven
turf.
The feature bout will pit An
tonino Rocca against Irish
Danny McShain.
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Brissie to Leave
Hospital Today

Lou Brissie. former major
league pitcher who suffered a
leg wound while an infantry
man in Italy in World War II.
was expected to leave Provi-
dence Hospital today following
surgery.
DR.. Alfred j. Suraci per-
formed the surgery. which con-
sisted of the removal of scar
tissue from the leg injured IL
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-09
Athletes Back Broken

VINTON, Iowa, July 8 R.-
John Edwards, 20, varsity bas-
Iketball and football player at
Colorado College, suffered q
broken back yesterday in a
mishap at a packing plant here.
Edwards was working in q
storage room when a SEMI
trailer truck backed into him.