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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Ted Is Calm
About Slump

CLEVELAND, May 20 tR.-
Has age caught up with Ted
williams? Don't bet on 1t.
The 39-year-old slugger had
a PAL average today as the
Red Sox invaded Cleveland for
a night game opening an IL
game road trip. Everyone in
baseball seems concerned about
Ted's average except Ted him
self and the Red Sox.
Don't worry" Ted declared.
I'm feeling better every day.
I'm confident the base hits will
start falling before long"
Hell get going as soon as
we get a stretch Of good, warm
weather." Manager Mike Hig-
gins said. This is Just a
temporary slump"
Seven years ago today-in
l951-Williams saw his aver
age dip to .226 after going hit
less against Detroit's Hal New
houser. Rumors spread that
Ted was slipping, but 10 games
later he was hitting .32l.
Last year Don Larsen of the
Yankees suggested that Ted's
swing might have slowed. Will
hams ended UP by hitting .453
against New York pitching and
1913 overall to top both major
leagues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS

BASEBALL
Results Yesterday
BladenSburE, 81 Bethesda Chevy CHASE.
Bulls Prep. g: Water Reed, s.
DeMatha vs.. ST. Anthony postponed.
rain
HiEh Point. ~; wheaton. o.
Ls: siSS.T Douglass .; Manassas Re-
Montgomery Blair. 4: SuitIand. o.
Northwestern, 81 Oxen Hill. I.
SurrattSville, .; Laurel, 4.
Wakefield, "a; ST. stephens, o.
Games To-day
Damascus at Richard MontTOmery,
Walter johnson at Sherwood, 3;3O.
La Plata at Lackey, 3.
Ryken at Calvert Hall, $3.50.
fairmOnt HEIGHTS at Bates tAnnspe.
ST, Stephens at GsOrEstown PREP,
81. Adams at Landen, $40.
Woodward Prep at LOnEfellOW, 2:3O,
Tech al SpingaTn, $3.50.
AnaeOstia at Eastern, $3.50.
Chamberlain vs.. Armstrong at Tech
800.
Wilson at Roosevelt. $3.50.
Bell at Dunbar, $3.50.
CoOlidEe at CardOEo, $3.50.
WashlnEtOn-Lee at FairfaN, $50.
Wakefield at Falls Church, \.
GrovetOn at Mount Vernon, 4.
GEORGE Washington at Mclean, Z.
Annandale at Hammond, Z.
LoudOun County al George Mason,
800.
HerndOn at Garfield, $3.50.
Hoffman Boston at Phelps, $40.
Manassas Regional at JohnsOn-Wii-
hAms, I.
GAMES TOMORROW
IT. Anthony at 81. Johns 4.
AnnAndale at Mclean, Z.
Fairfax vs.. GTovetOn al Mount YER
Mons
TRACK
To-day
Wakefield at MARYLAND Frosh, 3,
Tomorrow
InterhiEh League trials 81 Co0ltdEe. =.
TENNIS
Today
Western vs.. CoolidTe al Rock Greek,
$3.50
81. Adams Al LandOn, $50
81. stephens at Georgetown Prep, 2 30.
LOudOun County al GeOrGe Mason, y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Famed Auto Pilot
Dies From Burns

WARMERS, Belgium, May 20
(R.-Archie Scott-Brown OF
Britain. 81. one Of the all-time
wonders Of auto racing, died
yesterday from burns received
Sunday in the Grand Prix OF
Spa sports car race at Fran
corchamps.
He was leading the race
when his Lister-Jaguar skid
ded of the track and burned
Although born with no fingers
on his right hand and only
five feet tall, Scott-Brown for
many years was one of Eng
lands leading race drivers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
BY DICK O'BRIEN
star stan Writer

Esquire Direct was favored to
take the final round Of the
william E. Miller pace next
Monday night but he will have
plenty Of trouble from a AZ
toll lonsshot who won one OF
the divisions Of last night;
qualifying trials.
Gear Shift paid $500 by
winning the second division
while Esquire Direct won the
first qualifying trial, paying So,
Esquire Direct, under Billy
Haughton's handling. recorded
a .2:05.2 over a rain-soaked
track labeled "good"-the best
time for both divisions
and 1t left little to be desired
in establishing q favorite for
next weeks final, worth $26, 100,
the richest harness race in
Maryland.
The biggest disappointment
was the showing Of Del Miller's
O'Brien Hanover, the 10 fav-
orite in the second division, who
burned up some $4,000 wag-
cred on him to win. He I'm
ished third behind Gear Shift,
who was driven by Elwood
Banks for Owner Jacob Banks
Of Millville, Del. SeconC. place
went to william Way, also
handled by Haughton, and a
l2-to-l shot.
POcketed Along Rail
O'Brien Hanover appeared to
have trouble untracking him.
self from the start. The son
Of Tarheel was pocketed along
the rail going down the back
stretch at the three-quarter
mile pole. Miller finally got
him on the outside, but the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Wight Will Join
Cardinals Today

ST. LOUIS, May 20 Up
The Cardinals intend to pick
up Lefthander Bill Wight to fill
the hole left when Reliefer Phil
Clark was optioned to Omaha
yesterday.
Cincinnati requested waivers
on Wight last week end and a
72-hour waiting period expires
today.
Wight. has pitched for New
York, Chicago, Detroit. Cleve-
land, Boston and Baltimore in
the American League, and Gin
cinnati in the National.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Gear Shift Surprises
In Rosecroft Feature

| S-year-old from the Hugh
Grant Stable lacked the kick
TO win.
For Esquire Direct It was an
easy victory. The son Of Esquire
was taken of the pace early
by Haughton. When Haughton
called for the stretch drive, the
3-year-old bay colt answered
with a burst of speed and over
took the front runners, Lucky
Eden and Senator Spangler.
Other qualifiers in the first
division besides Esquire Direct,
Senator Spangler, who finished
second, and Lucky Eden. third
place, were First Skirt and
Pleasant Lady.
Pat Rainbow Fails
Gear Shift along with Will
liam Way and O'Brien Han
over. Adios Mont and Jacob
Hanover qualified for the finals
in the second division. The
failure to qualify of Stanley
Dancers Pat Rainbow, who
finished in 2:05 in an earlier
race this meeting at Rosecroft,
was a jolt to those who backed
him down to odds Of S-to-5.
The mutuel handle from the
$3.50 persons who attended last
nights card. was $236,956.
The biggest daily double of
the meeting Melted holders of
the 81 combination q 1921 80
payoff.
Tonight's feature includes the
running of two divisions for
the Jack Blank trophy. Handy
Victory and Julian Nathan are
rated favorites for the first d.
vision on the ladies' night card.
FarStar and Spen Vic rule the
outstanding challengers in the
second division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
GiardeIIo Set
For TV Fight
AtShoreham

MlddleweiGht joey oiardello.
who can't do much about his
title ambitions until Sugar Ray
Robinson and Carmen Basilio
decide what they are going 70
do. win night In Washington
June II.
Hell be the principal attrac-
ton In the black-tie charity
show at the Shoreham Hotel
terrace
oiardello will meet Franz
szuzina. q 27-year-old German
who has been campaigning In
this country for two years, In
the night feature Of the t25-a-
plate dinner for the benefit OF
the Big Brothers Club Of Amer
lea. an organization that helps
underprivileged children.
IL win be q television night
over the ABC network
(WMAL-D.
The Shoreham terrace will
seat about 1000 for dinner and
Promoter ooldie Ahearn says
the international Boxing Club
and the TV sponsors are pick
ing up the tab for expenses 10
increase the money going TO
the Big Brothers.
0iardello Is the No. 3 middle
weight contender on the Ma
tional Boxing Association list
and No. 4 according TO Ring
Magazine. His chances Of get
ting a crack at the title in the
immediate future seem slim,
though, as long as the Robin
son-Basilo series continues.
When Robinson and Basilio
are finished, however, Joey is
certain of top consideration.
joey won all his fights last
year over a good list of OPP
ponents-except for a no de-
cision affair with Willie Vaughn
and recently added to his
rating by beating Rory CAL
houn. He also beat Calhoun
last year. plus Randy Sandy,
Chico Vejar, Bobby Lane,
Tiger Jones and one or two
others Of lesser note.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20

and 49-45. respectively. Serna
had it 50-43 for Foley.
After the bout, Swift said /:
Tive never seen such a fight.
I'm never going out of Phoenix
This headquarters again"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Pitchers Star as Blair,
Hiqh Point Ride High

and took advantage of IL err
rors to wallop st. Stephens,
24-0; Surrattsville defeated
Laurel, 9-8, and Leesburg
Douglass defeated Manassas
Regional, ga. in nonleague
games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Cubs Option HurIer

CHICAGO, May 20 (P).-
Fernando Rodriguez, 38-year-
old right-handed pitcher, has
been optioned by the Cubs to
their Portland affiliate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
MOVE OVER. PITTSBURGH Phil
Meetthe Frenchmon:
Legend of the Trots

Now they got guys around
like The chinaman, Biz Gus.
the Italian outfit and the Greeks
They're real big bettors but
they all bow 70 The French
man. Big Gus bets for himself,
but these other guys are 'front.'
ing for syndicates. They got the
guys In the mutuel windows
Staked 80 they'll know what
The Frenchman is betting on
They got guys we call pool de-
tectlves following all The
Frenchman's boards. You'd be
surprised what a Gestapo they
got out at Roosevelt 70 know
what The Frenchman Ia doing
Likes the Double
1.-THE Frenchman likes the
daily double. He says it's no
good at the fats but It's q hell
Of q gamble az the trots. Hell
bet anywhere from a q TO
$4,000 on q double. He's got II
timed. He sends his man TO the
window a few minutes before
the double Is OF. The guy stalls
the ticketseller.
I'm other words, suppose he's
buying a @ worth of tickets on
two horses at the 500 window.
Instead Of saying punch 10
tickets 10 times. he'll say two
tickets on number so and so.
Then count his money and say
another ticket on the same
horses. The guy does this. de-
liberately taking his time, so
that you can only by a couple
Of tickets after he got his.
He knows that right behind
his man are the pool detectives
from the other syndicates. They
got a chance to buy maybe one
or two tickets on the double
he's playing, but no more. Nat
urally. they know his key horse
in the second race, but he don't
care. They can't hurt the price
on the first horse. But his key
horse in the second gets killed.
The guys in the windows and
the pool detectives spread it to
the syndicates.
Works Hard
1--WE never seen a man work
anything out like he does. For
| instance, the Frenchman has il
figured so that he knows that
he can buy 20 tickets at the
500 window when he hears the
call. The horses are on gate
He enjoys having rich guys
around him and humiliating
them. He'll give them. maybe,
5000 worth of action apiece,
These are guys who bet as much
as he does, remember. He
never tells them what horse
they're betting on before the
race. They give him the money
and he sends his stooge to the
window with it. When the
windows closed. he hands them
out their tickets. He keeps re-
minding them what a favor
he's doing by saying. MY bust
ness is points and when / lei
you guys bet $500 you knock 9
point of my price
He's afraid of stickups ano
don't cash his tickets after the
races. He sometimes carries as
much as $4,000 on him in I'M
cashed winning tickets. He's
always got a briefcase with
him. In it he has programs
that go back to the first day
of the meeting. A couple OF
Saturdays ago he won $27. 00C
on the double and the fourth
race.
ITS funny what guys do fol
money, Big businessmen
who could buy and sell him
go for the Frenchman like
they're messenger boys. l die
myself, but he makes it toe
tough. He likes to degrade
people. I just couldn't take it..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
FIGHT RESULTS

New York-Miekey Crawford, 1914
Saginaw, Mich. outpointed Andy Fis
ueroa, 1884,, New York, 10.
Las Vegas--Zora Foley, 1913. Chand.
Ter. Ariz., outpointed Art Swiden, 1874
Pittsburgh, Pa, 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
ny JIMMY CANNON

NEW YORK. May 20.-There
Is q horse player In every gen.
Grafton who becomes famous
among his own species as a
Handicapped. Such as Chicago
O'Brien. the Speed Boys. Pal
mer House Ryan. Pittsburgh
Phil and The Brain made their
regulations buckine the fats.
The Frenchman. a stingy. ed
ucated. arrogant and dresSy ex-
stock broker. Is the first "a
become q legend at the trots,
AZ the New York tracks his jeal-
Gus contemporaries resort Ia
bribery and espionage as they
scufie TO get his lucrative fig-
ures. Syndicates compete with
each other. but the Frenchman
has no partners although he
uses other high players TO run
his bets.
The Frenchman's theory OF
gambling Is based on the simple
proposition that all wagon
horse players are dumb. II is
his Dragging claim they are
much more stupid than those
who challenge the fats and II
is possible for him TO roll up
scores by getting down on OBJ
vious bargains the 81 multitude
overlooks.
Unpopular Fellow
His slogan is bet a little and
make a lot and he repeats II
every time anyone solicits his
advice. He is unpopular with
the other clubhouse gamblers
at Roosevelt Raceway because
he tolls TO keep his information
secret and refuses to give away
any tips. He explains his sur
reptitious betting with another
motto, Points are my bust
ness"
THE Frenchman." explained
a earment-center businessman
who is one Of the gamblers few
intimates, used to bet on the
flats. He did pretty good, too
But he got a load Of how people
bet at the trots and he stopped
betting the fats.
He says, who goes to the
fats? Horse players. what else?
They know a little about it
But what kind Of people go tc
the trots? Businessmen who
got to take care of their BUSH
ness in the daytime. A lot oil
gabby women who don't know
what time it is. These kind OF
people make false favorite'
with their deuces. They don't
know nothing about over-lays
things like that. They go fol
drivers like Stanley Dancer anc
Bill Haughton, while the
Frenchman is looking for some
thing dropping down in class
A Nose Rubber
Nobody likes him out a.
Roosevelt. He's a nose rubber
He rubs his tickets in your nost
after he wins a big bet. But
you don't see a ticket he's go
until the race is over. He dom
want information and he dom
give any. Ask him and he'll say
Points are my business anC
walk away from you. l dom
care how good he knows you.
But he uses people to be-
for him. l seen real big business
men standing around him lik,
they were his butler. He SENDS
them to stand by a window fol
him and they're just like little
boys. Or he makes them rur
and cash his bets like they were
servants. I've seen guys who
are real big shots IN trotting
too. Guys who own pig pieces o.
tracks. They beg him for in
formation. You want to see how
he treats them. He's such a bis
bettor he asks a pass for thu
track. He goes for nothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
HIGH SCHOOL
BASEBALL
STANDINGS

INTERHlGH LEAGUE
East Division West Division
W. L. W. L
Anacostia 3 Wilson y
Tech 5 3 Western
Phelps q 5 Coolidge
Armstrong 5 3 Roosevelt
Spinsarn ) : Bell
Eastern = Cardoso
Chamberlain u 10 Dunbar
CATHOLIC LEAGUE w ,
St. Johns z 0 DeMatha 3
Carroll 4 G't0wn Prep !
GonzagA 4 81. Anthony |
MARYLAND BI.CoUNTY LEAGUE
ms.osry Blair ! Northwestern v ! !
No. VIRGINIA GROUP / LEAGUE
wskeneld ID i orovston u 7
E E, 8 2 Mount t Vernon 4
Mclean y 3 Hammond 3
Annandale 4 4 q. Wash. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
GRADED HANDICAPS
AT ROSECROFT

Fleetwood tFleminEl 20
10 Vireinia Darnley Crank 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Foirfox Urged to Shift
To Metropolitan Setup
BY DAN POOLE
Star stan Writer

Fairfax County urged yesterday to begin immediate
work toward establishing metropolitan county form of
eminent in order to close in its urban services
consulting firm told the Board of County Supervisors
they must "coSe the urban service with dramatic
speed and thorough future planning because Fafaxs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
New Driver Licenses
Seen Easy to Copy

Council President Louis L.
Goldstein said he wanted to
know why the State could not
issue a more permanent type
card such as the Illuminated
I'D" card issued by the armed
services. This, he said, would
be difficult to copy.
Senator Anthony F. DIDO
menico, Democrat Of Baltimore
City, said drivers licenses often
are used illegally by teen-agerS
for proof of age in taverns and
that the new license would
make it easy for INSCRIPTIONS
adults to have copies printed
by the hundreds for sale to
minors.
Senator DiDomenico also was
critical of the States system of
handling changes of addresses
on drivers permits. The State
does not issue a new permit
when residents address
changes. Instead it issues a
white piece of cardboard with
the new address. The card
must be carried with the orig
inal permit.
One legislator complained
that the change of address
card is easy to lose and makes
lit more difficult to use permits
as Identification in cashing
checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
BY A Star stan Writer

BALTIMORE, Nd, June S.
Maryland legislative leaders
are alarmed over the possibility
that the new State drivers Ii
censes may be duplicated in
mass quantity and used by
minors for the purchase of beer
and whisky.
The matter of the new license
"A simple photoStatic copy of
the application made out by
the driver-waS preached yes
terday by House Majority
Leader A. Gordon Boone at
meeting of the Legislative
Council.
The council decided to ask
James B. Monroe, director of
the Department of Motor We
hicles, to appear at its next
meeting July 2 to discuss the
new form.
Maryland is in the process
of cleaning out its driver per-
NIT files and requiring the
issuance of new permits costing
81. The previous license was a
printed card.
Displaying his own new
license to the council. Mr.
Boone said there was nothing
to stop a person from having
so or 100 photostatic copies
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Social Service
League Elects

Edward E. DiBella, sociology
professor at the University of
Maryland, has been elected
president of the Prince Georges
County Social Service League.
Other new officers are Mrs.
Fred Tuemmler, College Park.
first vice president; Mrs. Will
liam H. Wood, BladenSburg.
second vice president; Mrs
Mary Jane Kinzer, Greenbelt,
secretary. and William A.
Duvall, Branchville, treasurer.
Mr.. DiBella told the league
at the annual meeting Tues
day that officials have received
las calls from persons inter-
ested in adopting children
since an announcement last
week that the league will
provide this service for the
first time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Grove Asks
CountyBourd
Replacement

Establishment of a full time
governing body for Arlington
was proposed last night by
Alfred E. Grove. president of
the County Chamber of Com
merce.
Mr.. Grove suggested that a
three-meInber commission re-
place the existing county board.
which is made up of five mem
bers serving on a part time
basis.
Emphasizing that he was
speaking as an individual and
not as a chamber representa-
tive, Mr.. Grove said that the
county has outgrown its exist
ing form Of government.
Mr.. Grove, who made his
proposal during a panel discus
sion at a meeting of the Airing
ton Committee of 100, also
urged eliminating of the two
coalition political groups that
have elected county board
members in recent years.
you can take the Arlington
Independent Movement and
the Arlingtonians for a Better
County and dump them both
in the Potomac and you'd be
doing the community a serv-
ice" he said.
His criticism of the two splin-
ter groups was seconded by
other panel members at the
committees annual dinner
meeting at Hogate's Arlington
restaurant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
u Negroes Seek
School Entry

The number of new requests
by Negro children for admis-
sion to Arlington white schools
has risen to Is with an appli-
cation yesterday for enrolment
in Thomas jefferson Junior
High.
The Is are in addition to
seven Negro students whose
court order for admission to
county white schools was up
held last month by the Su-
preme Court.
In addition to yesterdays
application for Thomas Jeffer-
son, four of the Is students
have asked for admission to
Gunston Junior High and one
to Wakefield High. The other
nine applications involve the
schools covered by the court
order for the admission of the
seven Negroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05

leaving today on summer train
ing were some 300 new seniors
who are taking their summer
leave first and will then relieve
their classmates aboard ships
in the Mediterranean. LISTS
0anding ships, tank were wait
ing at the Naval Academy piers
to take the cruiSe-going mid
dies to an attack transport in
Chesapeake Bay, which Will
carry them to ships in Norfolk,
Meanwhile, the round of 70
weddings which began in the
Naval Academy chapel after
yesterdays graduation exercises
continued at a pace of two per
hour.
Most of the other members
of the 899-man graduating
class had already left for their
hometowns. The newly COM
missioned officers will have so
days leave before reporting to
their duty station in the Navy,
Air Force and Marines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Woodside School Principal
For Is Years Will Retire

Miss Bess M. Young is retir-
ing this month after Is years as
principal of Montgomery Coun-
tvs WoodSide Element ry
School.
Marking the event will be a
reception given by alumni, par
ents of students and the stu
dents themselves at pm. Tues
day at the school she has served
since 1912.
Miss Young began her career
in education as an elementary
school supervisor shortly after
attending Michigan State
Teachers College.
She received her bachelor and
masters degree from Columbia
University. While there she
taught at Columbia Teachers
College and the experimental
Horace Mann-Lincoln School.
She has written extensively
about experimental education,
edited for a publishing COM
pany and financed several trips
to Europe with royalties from
children'S books.
Later she did experimental
teaching in North Carolina and
became an early advocate Of
the theory that an educational
program should be gearsd to
interests of the child
Her reputation at Woodside
Mas been one Of loyalty and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Middies Leaving
For Training at Sea

ANNAPOLIS, June 5 (P.-
Naval Academy undergraduates
set out today for a summer of
practical training at sea and
in the air as the academy's
June week program came to an
official end.
Saying good-by to parents
and girl friends we're 312 new
seniors who will train aboard
ships of the 9th Fleet in the
Mediterranean, 1876 seniors and
1876 sophomores who will en-
bark in ships of the I'd
Fleet for training in the At
lantic, and 70 seniors who flew
to New London, Conn. for sub
marine training.
Members of the second class
duniorsl left for Norfolk and
amphibious training at Little
Creek, Va. They'll later receive
aviation training at Pensacola,
Fla.
The only underclassmen not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Fire Hits Home
In Chevy Chase

A fire of undetermined ORR
gin last night caused loss esti-
mated at $4,000 in a Chevy
Chase Md home.
Flremen from the Chevy
Chase and Bethesda depart
mentS brought the blaze under
control, combining most of the
fire damage to the attic. The
house. a brick rambler, is
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.
Dapkus. 1904 Woodbrook lane.
The Montgomery County
FIRE marshals Office estimated
damage to the contents at
about $4,000, The fire broke
through the roof before it was
extinguished,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Kensineton Firemen
Elect Officers

Alfred w. Dennis of 101l0
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring
last night was reelected presi-
dent of the Kensington Volun-
teer Fire Department.
Other officers elected in
Guided: Harry B. Hawkins,
chief; George M. Pickrell III,
vice president; Ray Thompson,
secretary, and Joseph G. Berry,
treasurer.