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Pills Shade
Cubs, 5-4,on
Hit ByJones
PHILADELPHIA. May "a On.

PHILADELPHIA. May a. On.
AN eighth-inning single by
Willie Jones with Granny
Hammer on third enabled the
Phillies 10 edge the Cubs. So.
at Connie Mack Stadium today.
The victory came after two
losses 10 the Cubs and was
Pitcher Dick Farrel's first win
OF the season, Farrell took over
In the seventh. relieving Curt
Simmons with the score "A. It
also snapped Don Elston's Ave-
game winning streak as a relief
hurler for the Cubs. Elston re-
placed Dick Drott In the sew
enth.
Farrell held the Cubs 10 one
scratchy hit, by Alvin Dark in
the ninth.
The Phils earned their mar
gin when Hammer led OF with
a single and went 10 third on
Stan Lopatas single. Lopata.
trying for second. was tagged
out on a rundown. Jones then
came through with the third
single Of the inning. scoring
Hammer.
Harry Anderson and Chuck
Essegian homered for the Pills
on Drott. Ernie Banks tripled
and doubled for the Cubs.
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Friend Beats
for.
Seventh Win

PITTSBURGH. May "a N1.
Bob Friend became the FIRST
National League pitcher TO win
seven games this season as he
went the route in hurting the
Pirates 10 a 6-i victory over
the Cardinals today.
Friend. who now has a 7-2
record. gave up 10 hits. He
was backed up by fine defen-
sive work, including three dou-
bic plays. Two Of the hits he
allowed were singles by Stan
Musial. who flied out on his
other two appearances.
Larry jackson was all-even
with Friend until the Pirates
exploded for i've runs after
two were out In the eighth. Bob
Clemente stole second base and
scored what proved to be the
winning run on Bill Mazero-
skis single. Friend beat out
a hit after Danny Kravitz
had been walked Intentionally.
Then came a two-run double
by Bill Virdon, an intentional
walk. and a two-run double by
Dick Groat, who had knocked
In the Pirates first run in the
third inning.
The Cards got their only run
In the seventh on singles by
Ken Boyer and Hobie Land
rith
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Griffith
SWuDNothino
But Words

CLEVELAND, May "A (Spe-
ciaD President Cal Griffith of
the Senators and General Man
ager Frank Lane of the Indians
snapped a lot of conversation
today, but that's all. They
couldn't get together on a trade.
Griffith conferred with Lane
for "a hours before the game
here, but refused to go for a
deal which would have sent
Third Baseman Ed Yost,
Pitcher Pete Ramos and Out
fielder Jim Lemon to the In
dams in exchange for Out
fielder Rocky Colavito, Pitcher
Cal McLish and another player
from among Pitcher Mike
Garcia, Outielder Larry Dolby
and j, w. Porter, general
handyman.
1t was reported that Lane
was willing to trade Colavito
and McLish for Pitcher Truman
Clevenger and Yost in another
proposition. but that offer also
was Stunned by Griffith.
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fielder has been out of the line
up since last July II with a
severe right knee injury re-
ceived in a collision with Short
stop Felix Mantilla.
Knee Still Stiff
Bruton said DR.. Bruce Brewer
had given him the go-ahead to
play again. He said his knee
isn't back to its normal size
and still is somewhat stiff.
IT won't know what I can do
until I get into a ball game.
That's the best test there is"
Bruton said.
Halle broke into the majors
with Cincinnati in 1885, He
batted .23l while appearing in
only six games that season and
then was traded to the Braves
in April, 1856. for First Base
man George Grove. Pitcher
Corky Valentine also came to
Milwaukee in the deal.
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RedIegs Rout
Newcombe in
5-4 Victory

CINCINNATI. May "a @.-
The Redlegs today made the
most Of 10 hits and tight relief
pitching by Brooks Lawrence
for q second straight victory
over the Dodgers. 5-4.
Walks by Don Newcombe and
Sandy Koufax also aided the
Redleg cause. Jerry Lynch had
four hits In four times at bat
for Cincinnati.
Lawrence. who hasn't been
able 10 complete q starting as
signment this season. came on
In the sixth after John Rose
boro and Carl Furillo had hit
home runs of Johnny Klipp-
stein. He stopped the Dodgers
with three hits the rest Of the
way, but Klippstein received
credit for the victory.
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CLUE EATING
or More At-Batsl
An A. A "a. - -

Lentz says Roy Sievers will be
out of the starting lineup at
least four more days. and there's
a possibility Norm Zauchin will
be out even longer. Zauchin
injured his shoulder diving for
a ground ball Thursday night
and can't swing a bat.
Yost played leftfleld today.
one of the few times he has
strayed from third base.
Korcheck took Stobbs out Of
trouble in the fifth by picking
Avila OF third base. Steve
also choked of q run in the
sixth after throwing wild into
csnterfleld trying to pick Chico
q lrrasquel.
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Illinois Wins
Big Ten Title;
44OMark Tied

LAFAYETTE. Ind, May
"a (R.-Glenn Davis Of Ohio
State tied the world 440-yard
record and five Big Ten rec
ords were set today as Illinois
used its depth to win the West
ern Conference track and field
championship.
Davis sped to a 45.8 seconds
quarter-mile triumph even
though he slackened 10 feet
from the finish. His perform
ance was even more notable be-
cause it was around two turns.
The present record was set
around only one turn by Jim
Lea Of Southern California in
1856.
Illinois. indoor team champ
ion too. dethroned Indiana with
46 points although it captured
only two flrsts on the 14-event
two-day program. The Illini
took seven second places to
build up their total.
Indiana won the closing mile
relay to finish second with Al
points. Ohio State was third
with IS.
Football star Bob Mitchell,
dethroned Wilmer Fowler of
Northwestern in the 220 and
taking second in the broad Jump
and 100-yard dash, spear
headed the balanced Illinois at
tack with Is points.
Davis, next with IL, scored a
second in the 900, was fifth in
the broad jump and shared in
Ohio States third in the mile
relay.
Conference records set, in adj
dition to Davis performance,
included: Len Edelen of Min
nesota with 9:08.2 in the
2-mile: Bob Henry of Mime
sofa with 5612 in the shot put;
Dave Lean of Michigan State
with l:50.1 in the half-mile,
and Indiana with 3:1l.7 in the
mile relay.
Will May of Indiana matched
a 21-year-old record of IA Sec
onds fiat in the l20-yard high
hurdles.
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THE BASEBALL
BEAT
BY BURTON HAWKINS

ening and that's q nasty. re-
grettable action.
"What disturbs the league"
Giles said, lis the adverse pub
licity which has been given 70
the league and TO baseball by
the charges and counter
charges. What confuses me Is
that there can be any doubt
about the outcome when !
understand every major group
in Los Angeles has Endorsed
the plan"
What disturbs others is the
fact that Giles didn't have the
foresight 10 be disturbe d
enough previously to ask.
"Where are the bugs In this
thing? Where could we possibly
be missing a point?" What
confuses others is why there
is confusion at all. There would
have been none IL the planning
had been meticulous.
The "or else" admonition by
Giles cheapens baseball. It
demonstrates that the problem
of transferring the Dodgers
wasn't explored TO the fullest
extent, that top-level thinking
was hasty and faulty.
Regardless Of the outcome OF
the June 3 vote. baseball suf-
fered a dark day when Giles
elected to level a pistol at the
heads Of a generous portion of
its fans.
Giles is guilty Of a thought
less threat. He is guilty Of plac-
ing baseball in the position Of
demanding a favorable vote for
a stadium or infiicting revenge
upon fans who have accepted
the Dodgers wholeheartedly.
but who may have reasonable
reservations about providing a
stadium for them.
The stadium should have
been guaranteed. with no pos
sibility Of an upset, before the
Dodgers moved. 1t wasn't guar
anteed and because 1t wasn't,
heavy. heavy hangs, the sword
over Los Angeles voters. It's
poor business.
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Two Win Awards

Mark w. Diashyn, a sophie.
more at Washington College.
Chestertown, Md, has been
given the most valuable
player" award in track, and
Roy c. Henderson. a senior, an
award in baseball. Diashyn Is
a graduate of Wilson High
School and Henderson a grad
uate of Northwestern High.
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CLEVELAND. May 24.-War-
rem Giles has presented a smil-
ing child a lollipop. permitted
the innocent 10 lick lovingly.
then has said. Nov. let's see
you'll promise 10 eat your spin
ach at dinner tonight or you'll
give me back the candy, right
now"
It's the loaded pistol tech
nique and there can be no adj
miration OF the National League
president for employing a
threat 10 accomplish an end.
! He has stated that Los Angeles
voters have the choice OF APP
/ proving construction Of a sta
dium on the Chavez Ravine site
or losing a major league fran
chise.
Il had no idea there would
be so many roadblocks thrown
/ In the way Of the program
which called for the Dodgers to
erect a spectacular baseball sta
dunn which they themselves
would finance and Los Angeles
could point TO with pride" Giles
said.
He had no idea, but he
should have been bursting with
ideas and questions. He. and
National League owners. should
have considered every possible
ENHANCEMENT before consent
ing TO uproot the Dodgers in
Brooklyn and transplant them
in Los Angeles.
This is a sorry and sordid bus
mess rushed into with a maxi
mum Of enthusiasm and a mini
mum of common sense, This is
a business transaction involving
millions of dollars and millions
Of fans, but nowhere along the
line did anybody stop to ask,
What happens If there's OBJ
lection? We have 1914 approval
Of the City Council, but is that
the final answer"
1t develops it wasn't. The
final answer rests with Los An
geles voters June 3. They vote
for a stadium, or Giles pulls
the trigger. Born in April.
major league baseball in Los
Angeles could perish, or at least
start its death rattle. in June.
Vote for the stadium, says
Giles, so that the Los Angeles
Dodgers will not be a dream
of the past"
This is planning? No, this is
greed. This is the unthinking
mad rush from one prosperous
point to another which appears
more lucrative. The switch to
Los Angeles was made before
all angles were considered
Giles threat is the bitter fruit
OF that juvenile method of
operation. The threat is the
cover-up for faulty reasoning,
the failure to brake for Just a
moment and ask. But is this
fooolproof?"
"A decision to vacate a great
city like New York, where the
Dodgers had enjoyed unusually
good attendance over the years.
was not easily arrived at"
Giles said. But the long-ranee
advantages seemed to outweigh
the disadvantages"
The long-range advantages
indeed could be superb, but the
short-range mental maneuver-
ing which permitted shifting
the Dodgers without ironclad
guarantee Of a suitable place
to play now has caught up
with the bright boys of base
ball. They're reduced to threat
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MINOR LEAGUES

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
columbus s. Montreal, l.
Toronto, z; Richmond, 5.
Miami, 8; Buffalo, 4
Havana, 3; Rochester. 0.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Diego, 9: Portland. 3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
wichita, 4: Louisville. 3 (first camel.
Minneapolis at Denver, rain.
Charleston, 4; Indianapolis, 4 % in
nings, rain).
EASTERN LEAGUE
Binghamton, 4: York, l.
Allentown, 5; Springheld, 4.
Reading, 10; Williamsport, >.
Albany, s; Lancaster, Z.
WESTERN LEAGUE
Topeka. 8; Albuquerque, 3 list
game3.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Charlotte, s.; Knoxville. 8.
Savannah, s; Jacksonville, o.
Augusta, 3; Macon, ,.
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SENATORS
Continued From Page CT

catch Harrell snoozing. Mossi
scored from second and Harrell
raced to third on the peg past
Nec0uer. and Harrell scored on
Minnie Minoso's squeeze bunt
down the flrst-base line.
Cleveland took q 80 lead in
the fourth when Ward doubled
to left and Dick Brown singled.
NOTES: AL Cicotte and Russ
Kemmerer will face the Tigers
IN a double-header tomorrow at
Detroit. Trainer George
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Home PIuters Dine

The Home Plate Club will
hold a dinner meeting at 7:15
pm. Wednesday night at the
Touchdown Club. Fourteenth
and I streets, NV. Members
d ID friends are invited.
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White, Martyr Homer

Martyr had hit a solo homer
in the third inning to match
one by Sammy White in the
Red Sox half of the inning.
The winning pitcher was
Wall, who came on for Frank
Sullivan in the eighth. Marty
Keough, batting for Sullivan,
tripled of German, who had
retired 10 straight after re-
lieving starter Alex Kellner in
the fourth inning. Jim Piersall
singled Keough in with the run
that tied the score 4-4.
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RED SOX
Continued From Page c.

Continued From Page C-l
lefthanded- Bob Martyr
on an easy grounder for the
final out with Hal Smith on sec
ond base.
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BOSTON

Totals IS 8 3 Totals IS 41O4
1 Ran for Demaestri in 9Th: 2
rripled for Sullivan in Sth: 2 Called
out on strikes for Buddin in sth; 4
for German in 9th: G Flied out for
ea~-s in 9th.
BOSTON DOL 200 O11-5
KANSAS CITY OH OO1 600
e7-l5 Kansas CITY 27-l0. LOB@
Boston s. Kansas City z.
2B-Chiti. Smith. 3B-Keough. HR
white, Martyr SF-Chiti.
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BRAVES REINsTATE BRUToN
Tigers Get Halle
In InterIeogue Deal

MILWAUKEE,, May "a (P.-
The Braves today traded Out
fielder Bob (Hurricane) Halle
to Detroit after obtaining Ma
tional League permission to re-
store injured Billy Bruton to
the active list.
The surprise inter league
deal climaxed a disappointing
spring for the 27-year-old
Halle, who helped spearhead
the Braves pennant drive by
hitting .403 at the tail end of
last season. His 1858 batting
average had shrunk to .179.
The Milwaukee club an
nounced at first that Halle
went to the Tigers for an I'M
disclosed amount of cash and a
player to be named later. But
General Manager John McHale
said at Detroit that no player
was involved.
Will Offer Player
General Manager John Quinn
of the Braves explained that
technically McHale was correct.
If the two clubs cannot agree
on a player, Quinn explained,
the Braves will take the money,
IF the Tigers can't satisfy
us with the player they offer
US. then we'll be forced to take
the money" Quinn said. I'VE
hope they can come up with a
player we want. We'd rather
have a player than cash."
Halle, a solidly- built. left
handed batter, had been pla-
TONED in right field this season
with Andy Pafko and Harry
Hanebrink. He joined the
Braves last June. coming up
from Wichita, where he was
batting .283.
In Al games as the Braves
raced for the pennant. he MUIR
dered National League pitching
by collecting 81 hits in 1874
trips, including IL doubles and
seven homers, and driving in
q runs.
The National League Office
gave quick approval to the
Braves request to reinstate
Bruton. The speedy center
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LOS ANGELES

| Bounced out for Roebuck In 7th;
. Hit into double play for Grammas
in sth; 3 Struck out for Labine In 9th
os ANGELES 100 QQa 0oo--sa
CINCINNATI 80 0O2 030 O0x-b
E-None. Po-A-Los Angeles. a.
II, Cincinnati. 27-9. DP-Zimmer 20
Neal TO LODGES; 0rammas 70 Temple
70 Grove. LoB-Los ANGELES O. Gin
2b-Furillo. Lynch. 3b-0illiam.
HR-Roseboro, Furillo. s-Klippstein.
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tl-El.
HHP-By Sullivan CDemaestri). u
Ber Mckinley, Flaherty, chylak.
T-rN;2S. A--6,95s.
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CHICAGO
PHILADELPHIA

Totals 80 4 Q 4 Totals 2s BeB
ami s sln5 ns.r for prCtt in n; 2 RoPsss
for ooryl In 9th.
CHICAGO OOa 600 iOo-A
PHILADELPHIA - ITO 020 OILS
Hammer. Po-A-chieaso, GAS:
Philadelphia, 27-n. DP--Neeman u
Qoryl LoB-chieaso. o: PhiladelphiA
Banks. HR-Anderson, Essegian. So
Ashburn. Fernandez S-0oryl ASH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25

winner-Farrell DID. Loser-El.
ston (5-l.
U-smith, Daseoli. Donateln. craV.
ford. T-2: 3S. A--5.210.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25

HBP-By Jackson (Groatl. u
sudol German, Burkhart, Bosses
T-2:35. A-13,330.
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Winner-klippstein l.-O. Loser
NeWcombe (0-4D. U-VenEon. ConlaF
and secory. T-2:2O. A-S,222.
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BOSTON =
KANSAS CITY

winner-wsli (3-s,. Loser oormal
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relations Of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad.
The Southern Pacific--a well
heeled, aggressive road--spent
$3l million in the past three
years on passenger cars for its
San Francisco and San Jose
commuter business. But, when
a new highway was opened to
clear a bottleneck, the SIP lost
1000 daily, commuter pasSen-
gers within a month.
Mergers Indicated
Merger is in the air for rail-
roads. The biggest study now
going on, Of course. is that of
the Pennsylvania and the New
York Central, the two largest
railroads from the standpoint
Of capitalization-but not prof.
its.
With mergers, consultations
and abandonments the way out
in intercity traffic, what will
happen to commuter traffic?
Two approaches have come
to the fore. One is offered by
George Alpert. president of the
New York, New Haven & Hart
ford. which is second to the
Long Island in the percentage
of passenger traffic to total
traffic.
Mr.. Alpert wants some sort
of subsidy for commuter bust
ness. He has asked the Massa-
chusetts Legislature to set up
a form of public authority
which. in essence, would pro-
vide the subsidy.
Another tack. has been taken
by the New York Central,
which contends railroads should
be treated as private enter
prises and therefore get q re-
turn of 6 per cent on capital
investment.
In furtherance of this policy
the Central's subsidiary, the
Boston & Albany. has asked
the Massachusetts Department
of Public Utilities for permis-
sion to increase all fares on its
Boston commuter service a nat
Tia cents, regardless of dis
lance travelled.
Tomorrow: How cities are
trying to meet problems created
by the greater use of automO-
biles in downtown areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05

ing in a wilderness. of despair
The railroads won't be able
to withdraw. entirely from the
passenger-carrying field in the
years Immediately ahead-pub-
lie regulatory bodies won't lei
them. Yet the flight from the
passenger field gathers mo-
mentum each year, almost each
month.
Lines Cutting Runs
Railroad after railroad is
cutting back on its service.
Here are a few recent moves:
The New York Central is
petitioning to end its passen-
ger run between Indianapolis
and st. Louis. The Baltimore
g. Ohio wants to withdraw the
Baltimore-New York run. The
New Haven has cut of 20
trains between New York and
Boston and New Haven and
Springfield.
The Katy ran its last train
into Houston last November.
The Western Maryland has
discontinued its last passenger
run in Maryland. two trains
between Baltimore and Hagers-
town. The Frisco has aban-
doned its passenger line be-
tween Tulsa and Enid, Okla.
On January 16 the Pennsyl-
vania eliminated two trains be-
tween Pittsburgh and Cincin-
natl. Ten days later the Erie
dropped two trains between
Cleveland and Youngstown.
And so it goes all over the
United States :.
4s Per Cent Drop
In the first nine months of
1857, the latest period for
which figures are available,
passenger mileage on trains
totaled 20,033,217,541, a stun
ming 43 per cent under the to-
tai Of 35,19O,414,669 in the
same months of 1947.
In 1916 railroads handled
66.2 per cent Of all for-hire in
tercity passenger mileage, buses
25.6 per cent, airlineS SO per
cent and inland waterways 2.3
per cent. In 1956-latest fig
ures--it was 36.1 per cent for
the rails, $40 for the buses,
29.5 for the airlines and IA
per cent for inland waterways.
Intercity passenger traffic
carried by private automobile
in 1916 amounted to 253.570.-
100000 passenger miles. In
1856 it was 617.7 billion.
There seems to be no way
to influence a person who
wants to fly to use the train.
nor have we found a way to
cause the automobile driver to
use the train" says c. E. Pet
erson. vice president in charge
Of passenger traffic and public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05
Member Drive Stcrts

The Jewish Community Gen.
ter's 1858 membership drive,
which began yesterday, will
continue through February %,
according to Leo Schlosberg,
general chairman Of the cam-
paign.