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The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
Washington Notes
BOOM IN CROPS

Grains are leading the way to a
new record crop total, according
10 a report received from the
Agricultural Marketing Service
on the farm outlook.
The Government said that in
September corn prospects improv-
ed 3 per cent and sorghum grains
5 per cent - both to new highs.
with a record barley crop and an
above-average oats crop, feed
grain production is being pushed
to a level 8 per cent higher than
last years record production.
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
BUSINESS UPSWING

Business demands Tor capital
seem to be strengthening. These
demands fell during the recession.
The Commerce Department at
tributed the recession drop in
need for capital funds to inven-
tory liquidation and a marked
showdown in spending for a new
plant and equipment.
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
GROSS UP

The gross national product rose
briskly in the third quarter to
an annual rate Of S44O, 600, 000, 900,
the Council of Economic Advi-
sers estimated recently. Thus, by
the end of the July-September
period the national output of
goods and services had made up
70 per cent of the recession loss.
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05

One of the most interesting
addresses heard by the Sidney
Kiwanis Club in its history was
given at the weekly luncheon
today noon by DR.. J. S. Beagle.
The occasion being the commera-
ton of Hospital Week.
May 9Th, 1880
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
Post No. 1899

FFW Post No. 1899
HAROLD LORENZ, Commander
BOB DASINGER, Adjutant
Regular Meeting the Second and
Fourth Thursdays of each month
Masonic Lodge No. 80
BILL ROUNCE, W~orshipful Master
BUD HALVORSON, Secretary
Regular Meetings First and Third
Wednesday OF each month.
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
LIVING COSTS STEADY

LIVING COSTS IN September took
another breather from their
steady climb while factory
worker earnings rose TO a record
high.
Lack OF 2 September increase
was welcome news, even though
tne experts cautioned another
slight rise can be expected when
October costs are calculated.
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
GETS ALASKA Flag

Alaska's flag, symbol Of the
sor.y-ninth state, has been pre-
sented to the Association of the
United States Army.
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
A AID

Texas farmers received the
most financial aid extended by
the Governments price support
loans on 1857 crops.
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
TIGHTER HATE CURES EYED

Government lawyers plan to
study the possibility of drafting
more effective laws to bar hate
literature from the mails.
The Sidney herald., 1958-11-05
CLUBS

Kiwanis
KEITH KREBSBACH, PresideRf
HURLY CAREY Secretary
lunci.eon meeting al Lalono+ Hover
every Thursday noon
.uniat Chamber of Commerce
~ FH1s,rR5ON President
BOZ STATION Secretary
RcgC4a Alcctlne the Second and
.l.soNy of eacn month.
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GidnfsHa
AZ Setback
By Simmons
SAN FRANCISCO. NAV 3 lA1.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 3 (H9,
Curt Simmons, with help in
the ninth from Dick Farrell,
pitched the Phillies 10 a IA de-
clsion over the Giants today
before a crowd OF 1908.
Simmons, 2B-year-old south
paw, had q five-hitter going
into the ninth. when the San
Franciscans rallied. Daryl Spen-
Ger singled. Bob Schmidt dou-
bled and Pinch-hitter Whitley
Lockman got the first hit OF
Farrell TO score Spencer.
But the big right-hander got
pinch-hitter Ray Jablonski 10
fly to Richie Ashburn, Pinch
hitter Jim King TO strike out
and Jim Finigan TO fly out.
Ramon Monzant. who lost 10
Simmons and the Phils Tues
day. was belted hard and took
his third loss against two VIC
tories
The pills got two runs in
the second. Granny Hammer
doubled and scored on Stan Lo-
.pata's single. Ted Kazanski
singled and a sacrifice fly by
Eddie Fernandez scored Lopata,
They got four hits in the fifth
inning TO score two more.
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Wake Forest
Beats Terps
For th Win

WINSTON SALEM, N. c.,
May 3 R.-Bill Lovingood held
Maryland 10 seven scattered
hits 10 pitch Wake Forest 10 n
So Atlantic Coast Conference
victory here today.
Lovingood famed nine and
led Wake Forests l0-hit attack
with a double and two singles.
Maryland threatened only
once. scoring twice In the sew
enth inning. Pat Clarke and
Walt Alley singled and both
runners advanced on an error
In centerneld. Bruce Corbin
drove them In with a pop sim
gle behind third base.
The Deacons raped Starter
Joe Zovona for two runs In the
third on a walk TO Frank Skin
ner, singles by Buster Ledford
and Rex Mcmillan. two wild
pitches and q sacrifice fly by
Ron Guthrie.
Wake Forest added a run In
the nth on Ledford's single. a
stolen base and Al Bakers
single.
Charlie Forte. Wake Forest
third baseman, homered over
the leftfield fence with one out
In the sixth. Lovingood then
doubled and scored on Bob
Browns single.
The victory gave Wake For
est a "A Atlantic Coast Con-
ference record.
a
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Touchdown Club
Sets Dinner for
Dutch Ber1mun

Arthur (Dutch) Bergman,
former Redskins coach and
sports commentator, will be
rendered a testimonial dinner
by the Touchdown Club at
$3.50 PM May 20 at the Stat
Ter Hotel.
Now manager of the Ma
tional Guard Armory, Berg
man organized the Touchdown
Club % years ago and was its
first president. At that time
there were only 40 members.
The membership today is more
than TOO.
A backfield star at Notre
Dame under .Knute Rockne,
Bergman coached at New Mex
leo Ann College and was ath-
letic director and football
coach at Catholic University
from 1880 to 1910.
In 1913, Bergman coached
the Redskins to the Eastern
Division championship of the
National Football League. He
was an Army pilot in World
War I and for many years was
a sports commentator with the
National Broadcasting Co.
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PhiIade|phians
Take HOnors
InCUTrack

I
Roman Catholic High School
Of Philadelphia won the sew
enth annual Catholic Univer-
sity track meet yesterday. but
Archbishop Stepinac's Henry
Korn stole the show when he
smashed the meet shot put and
discus records. FIVE other rec
ords fell on the rain-soaked
field.
Korn. a l9-year-old who
stands 6-foot-3 and weighs ais
pounds. put the shot 81 feet l
inch 10 approach the national
record Of g. feet a inch by
Clark Branson OF Pasadena
High last year at Pasadena,
Calf.
Korn came back 10 throw the
discus l56 feet IL inches 70
break the mark OF las feet ia
inches set In 1856 by Joe
Marchiony Of LaSalle Military
Academy of New York,
Marchiony also set the old
shot put record in 1856 at 81
feet 8 inches.
Roman Catholic had 81
points while Archbishop Step
mac of White Plains. N. Y,
was second with 28h. Five
Washington area schools were
shutout. However, ST. Johns
totaled 1914 points TO capture a
special division set up for area
schools. Gonzaga was second
with 4ha points and Carroll
and Priory did not score.
Cardinal Hayes. defending
champion from the Bronx,
N. Y. placed third with 281s
points. followed by All Hallows
Bronx, 252s: Northeast Cath
Ollie PHILADELPHIA, 2l12; Xa-
vier New York;, 2; Tower
Memorial New York;, Us and
Delbarton Prep (Morristown,
N. j., rs.
The summaries:
100-yard dash. ken Bantum
| cardinal HayeSl; 3-Joe Almaguer
IAll Hallowsl; Carl Grant tRc).
i'@ aso: vi 6 sSsGna' Bantum ,Rc,; .
Joe Almaguer tAHl; 3--Jim sullivan
(cHD; Art caprio tAHl. e2.6 Sec
onds,. New record. Old record, 22.7,
Frank Derro, CHI, 1851.
449; Pat Niesstro tRcl; =
(AH; 4-chsrles McGovern tArch-
bishop Stepinacl SOL seconds. New
record. Old record 50.2, Bill Rohn,
West Catholic, 1852.
p,i $50 Scot, R pc, Nicssiro Rcl; a.
!AH 4-Bill Kelaey (NOrtheasO.
Mile: l-Tom Dempsey lAs); -
Maurice Cannon lRCl; 3-Mike seully
AS; . Jim MsAndrew tRcl; AZ, 9;
Baldwin, West Catholic. 1850,
lSo-yara low hurdles; Frank
1RcJ; 8-Charles Hammock (Rc); A.
Gene Merren tcH. % seconds. New
isG-yard hieh hurdles: Char
les Hammock (RC); Frank owens
lNorthsastl; Bob Boyer tRcl; A.
Steve Bezzari (AHl: 1875 seconds.
Shot put tGciIH i Rorn M, !AS >;
| (AHl: John Shea (ASl III feet /
inch. New record ord Old record gl de- 81
feet 8 inches. Joe Marchiony, La Sale
Discus; = Henry Eorn CAs,;
John Shea tAs): 3-Ray Juliano
tAD; .4--Joe Nowicki lNortheasO
record dsei fees inches eS 5oe MSr ara
chiony, LaSalle Military, 1850
| Pole vault: Steve Holmstoek
I tNortheasD and George. Lydane 1Asl:
/ tie; 3--Manual' Gonzales tCH) and
Dick Bolander (As) tie. 10 feet 10
feet 2 inches, Jim McAndreV, west
/ High lump: 1-charles Hammock
tRC): 2-Dick Bolander (Asl and
Raw Liddy NORTHEAST tie; 4-five-
way Tie; feet 5ha inches. 60.
CAsi: A% aERe D Green n't lcA, A' S%Jlm
sullivan lcD; don Baker NORTH
east 20 feet 10 inches.
] One-lap relay: ALI Hallows Joe
Almaguer' Dick Deeoursey;. Steve Biz
GARD; Vie Spinal; cardinal HAYES;
and Power Memorial lie. Al seconds.
Mile medley relay: Archbishop
- Roman Catholic; Cardinal
Hayes: Xavier. 3:l1.5.
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Tigers, Red Sox Halted in Fourth

Willard Nixon set the Tigers
down on two hits in the first
three innings and had a two
strike count on AL Kaline lead
ing of the fourth when time
was called.
The Red Sox failed to capt.
talize on scoring chances in
their three turns at bat against
rookie Bob Shaw. They strand
ed two men in the first, one in
the second and three in the
third
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BOSTON. May 3 (R.-After
starting in a steady downpour
before a crowd of about $4,000,
the Tigers and Red Sox were
washed out today with the
game scoreless in the top of the
fourth.
The game was SO minutes old
when the umpires decided to
call time. After a wait of an
other hour the contest was
POSTPONED.
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THE BASEBALL
BEA T
BY BuRToN HAWKINS

team 10 throw at" Layagettc
said. "Our pitchers would sink
one In the ribs or drop the
TOP hitter a few times and, all
Of a sudden. there would be nc
more throwing at U.S."
49,
Still working out with the
Senators and looking good In
batting practice Is Chef Mich
OILS. who led the National
League In earned-run average
at 2.8e while winning II. losing
8. as a rookie In 1851. The
likeable lefthander Is trying 70
rebound from a sore arm but
admits there's little 10 be de-
tcrmined from pitching batting
practice. The stress Of COM
petition is the only method OF
testing an arm. he says.
In their first IS games at
Los Angeles the Dodgers at
tracted 450,7l2 customers only
6.S67 fewer than the Senators
drew all last year. The
Senators are 4,i54 ahead OF
last years home attendance
pace for the same number OF
dates. And by this time last
season they had played the
misunderstanding Yankees three
times here compared to once
this year.
4 $50
Herb Score, Cleveland's
pitching ace who injured his
left elbow against the Senators
Wednesday night. took treat
ments from DR.. George Resta,
Washington club physician,
Thursday. Friday and yester-
day. DR.. Resta said the ell
bow is responding nicely but
added. IF he isn't ready TO
pitch in one week, there's a
chance he'll be out for a
month"
Bill Veeck told a Toronto
dinner audience, Within two
years you'll have major league
baseball" .. Washington brass
says there's no significance,
aside from money, in the fact
they'll play an exhibition with
the PhillieS July 81 in Mime
apolis, which sought to land
the Senator'S franchise last
fall. The Giants play the
White Sox there May 10 anc
the Red Sox play Minneapolis
there June Is. Tickets fol
the games are being sold or
a package plan and the Sen
ators will receive $4,000.
X
Luis Aparicio of the White
Sox has stolen bases the last
10 times he has tried. He
ended the 1857 season with q
string of is successes and has
added four more this year.
The White Sox have stolen II
bases compared to the Senators
one, by Roy Sievers. Since
crashing the majors Aparicic
has attempted IS steals, has
made good SO times.
When Camilo Pascual beat
the White Sox Friday night il
marked his first victory over
them since August 8, 1854, wher
he won in relief. :. LavagettC
rated it a big win for Camilo
saying, I'VE usually kick away
games in which he pitches well
Winning that close one was a
tonic he needed"
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SENATORS
Continued from Page CT

future schedule already becom-
ing choked by four home post
ponements.
! A rainout with the Yankees
will be made up as part of a
double-header Sunday, May 18.
A postponed game with the
Indians will be played as part
of a twin bill Sunday, June
Is, while a washed out contest
with the Orioles will be played
! as part of a double header
Sunday. August 10. Yesterdays
rainout has not been re-
scheduled.
Gerry PAGES AS
Kansas City imports one of
/ the games hot hitters in Out
fielder Bob Cerv. Batting .405,
Cerv is leading the league in
home runs with eight and in
runs batted in with "a.
Ramos has Sizzled in each
start, winning twice. On the
other occasions he was lifted
for pinch-hitters after eight
innings and both times Tru-
man Clevenger came along TO
pick up the victories.
Manager Cookie Lavagetto
is hopeful that Kemmerer will
show him enough to warrant
retention in the starting rota-
ton. He has the stuff to be
a winning major league
pitcher" Cookie said, "but he
has to get it over the plate"
Cookie says he has no inten-
ton of alternating Neil Chris
ley and Jim Lemon in right
Ifleld-that Lemon is out of the
lineup temporarily with a sore
arm.
Il think Lemon will have a
big year." Lavagetto said. land
plan to play him regularly
OF course, if Chrisley gets hot
he could force me to change
my mind"
With the Yankees also rained
out of a date with Kansas
City. the Senators chung to
second place. a game and a
half behind New York. Two
White Sox triumphs today,
coupled with a pair Of Wash
ington wins, would put the
Senators on top.
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Auto Fans to Meet

Movies of a recent Indian
apolis 800" race will be the
entertainment tomorrow night
at the monthly meeting of the
Metropolitan Auto Racing Fans
Club. The meeting starts at 8
O'Clock at the Guy Mason
Recreation Center, Wisconsin
avenue and Calvert street NV.
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MARYLAND 600 600 GOO
WAKE FOREST 002 OLE 00x-5
@santo clarke Ledford. Po-A--
MARYLAND t24-i3: Wake Forest
"B-Lovinsood HR-Forte SD
ner Ln.incood SF-Guthrie. DIP
Forte 10 Guthrie 10 Forte Mcmillan TO
Forte LoB-MaTyland. 81 Wake For
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Aquusco Holds Drugs

If Aquasco Speedway gets a
break in the weather. Larry
Hickey of Bethesda is expected
to break the quarter-mile
tracks speed record today in
his nitro : burning Chrysler
dragster. The drag racing
program starts at 10 am.
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Rocky Bridges comment on
Bob Cerv's eight homers and
"a runs batted In: He's had a
good year already" Cookie
Lavagetto's recipe for keeping
the Senators up there in the
clouds: Three more solid
pitchers" Lavagetto's
answer TO somebody who said
Il would be nice II the Senators
would be this close 10 the
Yankees In September. IF we
are I'll walk every step OF the
way home 10 California. and I'll
be walking on afr all the way"
Cookie cites the reason why
Julio Becquer is a terrific pinch
hitter. yet says at the plate
when played regularly.
Put him in q situation where
the opposing pitcher is In
trouble and Julio is a wonder
full hitter, because the pitcher
must come In with strikes. Play
Becquer regularly and he simply
can't lay of the bad pitch,
When the ball is over the plate
he'll hit, but when he's In the
lineup every day he goes for too
many wide ones
Becquer, incidentally. gave a
man in Orlando. Fla. $50 TO
drive his car back to Washing
ton when the Senator's broke
training camp a month ago.
He hasn't seen the car yet.
Tom Meany, author Of many
fine baseball books and former
sports editor Of Golfers Maya
zine. has joined the Yankees
promotion department.
Mickey Vernon of the In
dams says Cerv Of the Athletics
now is betting the inside fast
ball that used to get him out,
|. Cerv has taken of is
pounds. Bob says he's
swinging more freely as the re-
suit of trimming from 235 TO
900, He has a large cheer
ing section in his own family,
what with four daughters and
two sons. Another baby
Is due in August.
Lavagetto has no sympathy
for hitters who complain about
being brushed back by swift
ones inside. When Cookie
played his first exhibition game
against the Cubs as a rookie
with the Pirates, he was
dropped into the dirt nine
times.
Cookies career was spent in
the National League, where the
head high. tight pitch is more
commonplace. and he says the
194l Dodgers had a cure for
teams that threw at them.
Our pitchers simply picked
the best hitter on the other
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Germ NuqIer Signs

CHICAGO, May 8 (P.-
Germ Nagler, offensive end. to-
day signed for his fifth season
with the Chicago Cardinals.
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Totals 30 ana

Totals % ana Totals "a Q
/ SinEled for Taussig in 9th: . Flied
out for Barclay in 9th; 3 Struck out
for Davenport In 9th.
PHILADELPHIA - 02n O20 0O0-4
SAN FRANCISCO 900 OOi 00l-2
Z - Mays. PO-A - Philadelphia,
27-7: Can Francisco, 27-l5. DIP
Spencer to Finigarf TO cepeda. LOB
Philadelphia, Z; San Francisco. y.
Hammer. Barclay. Anderson,
Schmidt 3b - MAYS 8 - Ashburn.
SF-Fernandez, Cepeda.
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MINOR LEAGUES
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Buffalo, 3; Richmond, ..
Havana at Montreal, rain.
Miami at Toronto, rain.
EASTERN LEAGUE
Allentown at Binghamton, rain.
Lancaster at Williamsport. rain.
Suringfield at Reading. rain.
Albany at York. rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Phoenix. 10, San DIEGO. 4.
Salt Lake City. 4; Vancouver, 3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Minneapolis at Wichita, rain,
. st. Paul at Indianapolis, rain.
TEXAS LEAGUE
Austin, 3: Tulsa,
Fort Worth. 3: Dallas, g.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION 9
Memphis, A.; Chattanooga, 3. II
nningsl.
Birminsham. q; Mobile. 8. Il!
WESTERN LEAGUE
siou1k<ctty at Tooeka, rain.
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PITCHING

t1RAND-SLAM HOMERS-Vernon. Cleve-
lNpd. and House. Kansas CITY.
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$3.50 Value . Includes settir
ting Gambler! . Setting toe.
. Adjust front-end geom-
etry! . For many cars! All
Nashes, Studebakers, Hud-
sons; also Ford products,
'54-' SO Chew, '55-'56 and all
SIS and '58S are additional.
Parts additional. At all
Market Tire Stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

Club invitation on a leave of
absence.
'Right now, I doubt III 60
to Australia" Richardson ex-
planned. First. I've got to play
well. / don't know If / can.
And I wouldn't go down there
IL I didn't think I'd win. And
then there's my job.
THE only way to play anna
teur tennis seriously is to de-
vote all your time to it; with
an idea Of eventually turning
pro like the Australians do. For
someone with a job and re-
sponsibility. it's different"
Despite his apparent lack of
desire for a Davis Cup berth,
richardson plans to continue
on the grass-court circuit Ito
win the Nationals at Forest
Hills. Best I've done is get to
the semif1nals twice."
Top-seeded here in his sum-
mer debut, Richardson plays
Dick Raskind, Forest Hills,
N. Y. in today's second round
after breezing past Dever
Hobbs. Forest Hills, 6-3, 60
yesterday.
Second-seeded Sam Clam
malva, Davis Cupper from
Houston. faces Jon Erickson,
Kalamazoo. Mich. Giammalva
toppled David Greenslade. Ber-
muda, 81, e., yesterday.
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Two D. c. Girls
Win in Tennis

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio. July
20 (R.-The National girls Is
and-under tennis champion
ships continues today with
Carol Southmayd and Betty
Ann Murphy the only two Of
five Washington area contest
ants who survived first-round
play.
Miss Southmayd, of WASH
ington, advanced yesterday
with a Ga, 60 victory over
Carrie Heldman Of New York
and Miss Murphy of Falls
Church, Va, ousted Bea Jane
Fry Of Springfield, Ohio, So,
6-3. 6-3.
Sixth-seeded Sandy Warshaw
of Tampa. Fla, defeated Gym
thia Goeltz of Bethesda, Md,
8-6, 6-3; Roberta Alison. of
Alexander City, Ala, stopped
Nancy r. Martin of Bethesda,
Md. GA. Ga, and Martha
Crime Of Middletown beat
Archie Hufty Of Washington,
Ga. 81.
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Lu Blues Death Recalls
'13 Years in Major Leagues

Funeral services for Luzern
A. Gu) Blue. former star first
baseman for the Tigers and
two other American League
clubs, will be held at 10 am.
Friday at w. w. Chambers
funeral home. Georgetown
branch. Burial will follow in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Blue. 81, died Of arthritis
yesterday at his home, 614
Bashford lane, Alexandria,
after an illness of four years,
Born March 5. 1897. Blue
was a native Washingtonian
His professional baseball ca
reer started with Martinsville
in the Blue Ridge League In
1916. He was drafted by the
Detroit club. then managed by
Ty Cobb. in 1918.
Later that same season, Blue
was optioned by the Tigers to
st. Paul in the American As
ISOLATION. He was assigned to
Portland in the Pacific Coast
League for the 1890 seasons.
The Tigers called Blue back
up the majors the latter part Of
the 1920 season and he re-
manned with the Detroit club
until December 10, 1927, when
he was traded with Heinie Ma
nush to the old st. Louis
Browns for Harry Rice, Elan
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Dodgers Shuttle
Six Players, but
Stick to Aston

Los ANGELES, July 20 up.
The cellar-dwelling Dodgers
dumped three players yesterday
and brought up three from the
minor leagues. two Of them
pitchers.
Pitcher Ed Roebuck went into
voluntary retirement, Infielder
Dick Gray was optioned TO st.
Paul. and Pitcher Bobby Gial-
lombardo was optioned to Mon
treal.
Pitcher Werner CBabe) Biz
rer was brought UP from Mon
treal. where he has a 1875 rec
ord. Infielder Bobby Lillis and
Pitcher Danny McDevitt were
recalled from st. Paul.
The shuttle came on the heels
of an announcement earlier to-
day from General Manager
Buzzie Bavasi saying there
would be some player changes,
but that Manager Walt Aston
stays.
I'VE emphatically have no
idea of changing our manager"
he told a newsman.
There have been persistent
rumors that Aston is due for
the ak.
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HAD Nc0RABLE SPINAL DISEASE
Gen. Duke Destroyed;
Once Derby Fovorite

IN Florida. beating Bold Ruler
IN two q three meetings. After
he ran second IN the Derby
Trial. he never raced again.
A stablemate, Iron Llege
won the 1857 Derby. :
Gen. Duke tied the world
record Of i:46% for the mile
and an eighth In winning the
Florida Derby at Gulfstream
over Bold Ruler. His total
earnings were $4,000 OF
which s7s.4o0 came IN the
Florida Derby.
Gen. Duke raced only twice
as a 2-year-old. winning one
and finishing third In the
other.
Melvin Cinnamon, Calumet
Farm manager. said Eve still
had hopes that he could be
pulled through UP 10 the iasl
two or three weeks"
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LEXINGTON. KY July 70
R.-oen. Duke. a hard-luck
horse that was the early favor
lie for the 1857 Kentucky Der
by. win be buried IN Calumet
Farms cemetery near pensive.
the 1894 Derby winner
Gen. Duke was destroyed by
Calumet yesterday because Of
an incurable spinal disease. He
developed wobbles. an ailment
affecting the nerves IN the
spine causing him 70 lose pow
'er OF coordination.
II was a leg injury. received
IN Florida and aggravated In
the Derby Trial at Louisville,
that kept Gen. Duke out Of the
Churchill Downs classic.
The 4-year-old colt BY Bull
Lea out Of Wistfnl mad won
IN Everglades. Florida Derby
and Fountain of Youth Stakes