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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04
Griffs Ranks Decimated
BY BattIe Royal and illness
Status of Sieyers
Doubtful; Ramos,
Porter Wounded
by BURTON HAWKINS
star stan writer


CHICAGO. May 4.-The Sem
ators are the walking wounded
OF the baseball world. As the
aftermath OF assorted injuries.
illnesses and a battle royal with
the Indians, Washington has
no reserve outfielder, no re-
serve catcher and no lefthand-
ed pinch-hitter.
Catcher Jay Porter. who re-
ceived a cash on his left arm
requiring Is stitches when he
was spiked by Coach Ellis
Clary in a free-for-all yester-
day at Cleveland. is out for an
indefinite period, reducing the
Senators catching corps TO Ed
FITZGERALD. The Senator's reg
ular receiver. Clint Courtney,
is recuperating from mumps.
Sievers Hurts Shoulder
Slugger Roy Sievers is a
doubtful participant in either
of two games with the White
Sox starting here tomorrow,
and how long he'll be idle is
conjectural.
Sievers damaged his right
shoulder Saturday at Detroit.
1t stiffened on him overnight
and he was unable to play yes
terday as the Senators split a
double-header with the Indi-
ans, dropping the first, SO. on
Mudcat Grants two-hitter and
winning the second, 81, on a
production of four hits against
Mike Garcia.
Sievers said he hurt his
shoulder when chasing a double
to left by AL Kaline. Roy RAM
med into the wall. then aggra-
waited the injury with a hasty
throw. He has been in con-
siderable pain and is supporting
his arm ing-style by tucking
it in his jacket.
Roy's recovery may be hamp-
cred by the fact that his dam
aged shoulder is the same one
which was operated on years
ago, prolonging his baseball
career at a time when 1t APP
Hpeared ended as the result OF
diving for a line drive.
Three Others Ill
First Baseman Norm Zauchin
remained out Of action yester-
day with an upset stomach,
while Herb Plews remained at
the teams hotel, a virus victim.
Also down with a virus is Out
fielder Able Pearson. back in
Washington, but he'll be rushed
here today IL he has recovered
sufficiently.
Also injured yesterday in the
small war which materialized in
the seventh inning of the first
game was Pitcher Pedro Ramos.
the loser. His pitching arm
was twisted severely in the
scuffling. and he may miss a
turn on the mound.
The Senators to a man
blamed Manager Joe Gordon
of the Indians for igniting the
hareup which saw all members
of the Senators and all except
the Indians bullpen brigade
join in the scrapping.
Ramos fired an inside pitch
to Jim Piersall, who strobe
angrily to the mound, bat in
hand. Pedro stood, hands at
side, and let him advance. Ed
Hurley, plate umpire, restrain
ed PierSall, who had turned to
| Continued on Page A-21, Col. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04
CLEVELAND

Grounded out for Piersall in eth,
2 Fouled out for Romonoskv in Sth
WASHINGTON 000 200 000--0
CLEVELAND 003 600 20x--5
Porter, Sanford. Killehrew. PO-A
Washington, 24-16: Cleveland. 27-9.
DP--Strickland. Martin and Power, .;
Sanford, Bertoia and Becuuer: Becuuer
unass ted. LoB-Washington 5;
Cleveland, 8.
eb-Becquer. Power Colavito. sB-
Power.
ip h er BIB so
Ramos Ga s K 3 3
Romonosky - p 0 0 o o
o oFsIlfk - - g 9 9 8 g
winner-Grant q-0. Loser-Ra-
mos (3-2D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04

ga. Pittsburgh defeated st.
Louis, 4-3, in the first game
of their twin bill. The Cards
we're leading, 81. after So
innings Of the second game,
halted by Pennsylvania's Sum
day curfew law. The game will
be resumed June 2.
/ Six home runs featured Mil
waukee's triumph over San
Francisco. Lew Burdette al
lowed six hits in winning his
fifth game for the Braves, but
three of those were home runs.
Willie Mays. Daryl Spencer and
Andre Rodgers got them for
the Giants.
Del Crandall joined Aaron in
the Braves homer spree. How
ever, a double by Frank Tore
was the key blow. 1t came with
the bases full to highlight a
flve-run fifth against loser
Johnny Antonelli and two re-
levers.
Melee Breaks Out
Jerry Lynch slammed a
three-run homer in the ninth
to snap a 3-3 tie and give the
Reds their victory over the
Dodgers. Bob Mabe won it in
relief. Danny McDevitt got the
Dodgers even, spacing 10 hits
in the nightcap. Gil Hodges
cracked a two-run single in the
sixth to spark a three-run rally
against loser Joe Nuxhall.
Bill Mazeroski tripled in the
tying run in the seventh, then
singled home the winning run
See NATIONAL, Page A-19
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04

Winner-Griggs u-0l. Loser-Gar-
cis ODD.
U-Runge. Tabacchi. Psparella and
Hurley. T-2:10. A-I9,5S6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04
Dykes Touch
Brings Record
ByMaxweII
-Four Homers Help
Luy and Mossi
Sweep Yonkees

52-year-old, ciear-smoking Sir
James must have a Midas touch.
Look what the likeable little
round man did Just "a hours
after he had been appointed the
detroit manager.
He took a sadly disorganized
Detroit team. brought an out
fielder - Charlie Maxwell-out
OF the managerial doghouse and
a pitcher--Don Mossi--out Of
the overworked bullpen and
proceeded TO lead the cellar
dwelling Tigers TO a stunning
double-header sweep over the
Yankees. The scores Of Dykes
suspicious debut were AZ and
80.
Thus, in one day. Dykes won
as many games as his prede-
cessor, Bill Norman, had won in
the previous II. Furthermore,
the feat was witnessed by q
wildly cheering crowd Of 43, 43s,
largest Of the American League
season.
Old Trick For Jimmy
Giving Keeling ball clubs a
shot in the arm is nothing new
for DR.. Dykes. Last August IA,
he succeeded Birdie Tebbetts as
manager Of the last-place Reds
and directed them to q fourth
place finish. In the last month
and a half of the 1858 season,
the Reds, under Dykes leader
ship, played .585 ball, winning
"a Of 40. Under Tebbetts they
had played 400 ball.
OF course, Dykes didn't pitch
and didn't hit yesterday. The
pitching was taken care of by
Frank yankee Killer Larry
and Mossi: the hitting by Max
well. Larry and Mossi allowed
only eight hits apiece. The first
game triumph was Lary's 18th
in % lifetime decisions with the
Yankees. He whipped them
seven times last year.
Maxwell walloped four con-
secutive home runs to equal a
major league record. Three Of
them came in the second game.
during which he drove in six
runs. Before yesterday, the
Ilefthanded Maxwell had hit
only one homer, in a pinch hit
role. He had lost his leftfleld
job to Larry Dolby because of
a 4-for-22 batting slump.
Fifth Straight Loss
The Yankees, who now have
lost five in succession and nine
of their last 10, now rest in
seventh place, 6l2 games behind
lleague-leading Cleveland, which
split double header with
Washington. After Jim Grant
had pitched the Indians to a
SO triumph in the opener, Hal
Griggs of Washington won over
Mike Garcia. 81.
Baltimore moved into a triple
tie for second place with Chi
lcago and Kansas City. defeating
the White Sox, Az, in 10 in
lnings. The Athletics trounced
Boston, 7-3.
/ Billy Gardner and Chico Car
Irasquel hit home runs in the
10th of Turk Lown to give
Baltimore's Billy Loes his Sec
ond triumph against one defeat.
Loes replaced starter Billy
EODell in the ninth.
Homers also won for Kansas
City. Roger Maris and Bob
Cerv connected, each with a
man on base. Ralph Terry al
lowed eight hits for his second
victory. Frank Malone hit two
homers for the losing Red Sox.
Shifts Kaline, Dolby
AS Dykes took over the Tig-
erS, he promptly put Maxwell
back into leftfleld because /
always liked him." He moved
Dolby to rightf1eld. a position
he never before played, and
switched AL Kaline to center.
He said he also would move
Harvey Kuenn to first base as
soon as he is over the effects
of a bruised elbow.
| Maxwell's explosion at the
plate equaled a consecutive
See AMERICAN, Page A-19
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PROBABLE
PITCHERS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston ct Kansas City-Hoeft did
or Casale U-2) VS.. Tsitouris GOD
Only game scheduled
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles at Milwaukee IN -
Podres f2-2l VS.. SPAIN t3-2D
san Francisco at Cincinnati IN -
Mccormick f0-D vs.. Purkey t3-ll.
Chicago at Pittsburgh (N)-Ander-
son (2-Ol vs. Kline 0-D.
Only gsmes scheduled.
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TODAY'S SPORTS
ON TELEVISION

Bowling
Strikes m Spares, WMAL-7,
1880 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04
LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN

Results Yesterday
Cleveland, 81:
Wash, 0-3.
Detroit, As: New
York, -
Baltic. 4; Chi, 2
90 lnningsl,
K. c., z; Boston. 3.
Games Today
Boston at K c
Only game sched-
uled.
Games Tomorrow
WASHINGTON at Chi
cago, 3 pm.
N. Y at K. c. (n).
Boston at Detroit,
BALTIC. at Clev. (n).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04
NATIONAL

Results yesterday
Milw.. Q: s. F., 4.
Cine, 6--1; L. A.,
81.
Chi. A; Phila.,
3-5.
Pitts. fl: st. H..
30 ed game
suspended after
Z innings).
Games To-day
L. A. at Milw. (n).
S. r. at Cine. tn)
Chi. at Pitts. I'M.
Only games SEIZED
uled.
Games Tomorrow
st. L. at Phila. I'M
Chi. at Pitts. (n).
s. F. at Cine. (nl.
L. A. at Milw. tnl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04

START OF THE Observation-Disclosures Ed Runge Qe
try to hold back Gordon in Washington
the beginning the fight that
seventh inning yesterdays first in Cleveland Gordon going
after Pitcher Pedro h who is being restrained by First
Baseman Julio Bcque Ramos has Just completed swing
with pitch Piersan advanced
toward the with his bat.-AP Whephoo
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22

its temporary home at the County
Building one block away.
One windy, cold day last week,
a reporter toured the old court
with Higgins as the sound of
hammers and rasping saws echo
ed through the building. Holes
for new doorways revealed six
courses of orange-red bricks. The
walls are two feet thick.
Higgins picked up one of the
bricks and pulled out steel
measuring tape. The bri * was
nine inches long and four and
three-eighths inches wide, consid-
erably larger than modern bricks.
The cavernous courtroom was
even bigger once, but a law Ii
brary was walled in along its
western side. The library will be
turned into a small courtroom to
handle overflow court cases.
Albert M. Bouic, longtime
Rockville lawyer, believes that if
the courtroom were returned to
its original size, it would be the
most elegant in the State. He re-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22

out and down reveals the false
faces of the city's stores.
One last ladder takes the in
trepid into the very peak of the
courts tower. There in the pitch
black gloom glitters the ruby-red
eyes of a radio transmitter op-
Grated by the State Police. The
incongruity of modern electronics
in this tallest of Rockville places
somehow is startling.
The courthouse tower has aided
the police in other ways. About
20 years ago, according to Rock
vile station Captain Marian B.
Dayhoff, police were plagued
with crap games in a section off
Middle la. known as Monkey Run.
Discovering game in pro-
gress, police would sweep down
only to find the players scatter
ing in every direction" Capt. Day
hoff said.
Then one day somebody got
bright idea: Why not take a
telescope up into the tower
and identify the players be-
fore making arrests.
THAT telescope brought them
right up to us as though they
were only a few feet away. We
wrote down the names of those
we knew and saw two were
strangers. We decided to concen-
trate on those two.
well, we got them while the
others ran. And the rest never
could figure out how we got the
drop on them," Capt. Dayhoff
said.
Back down at the courtroom
level, Higgins compared the
tower with one in his hometown,
Greensburg, Ind. 1--WE have one
the people are pretty proud of,
he said, sucking on pipe.
1--WE have a 15.foot pine tree
growing right out of the shingle
roof" he asserted.
He explained that a bird must
have deposited the tree seed
under a shingle and that it has
been nourished by pigeon manure.
His skeptical questioner asked
how the tree lived without water.
ooh, / suppose it gets that from
the clock spring." he chortled
from behind a cloud of derisive
smoke.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22

Now used by the Peoples Court
and by other county agencies, the
towering red brick building,
thanked by immense elms, was
built either in 1890 or 1891 local
historians say.
The ceiling of its once majestic
courtroom, peaked 30 feet above
the floor, will be lowered and
covered with acoustic tile. Broad
staircases leading to the court
from the street floor will be re-
moved and the stairwell will be
floored for new offices.
The renovation job is part
of a $2 million package that
will see another wing append
ed TO the Circuit Courts west
end. The complex of three
buildings will be completely
air-cOnditiOned. The center
section was built i'm 1881.
The Dorset Construction Co., of
Hyattsville, is doing the job. In
charge is John ID. Higgins, con-
struction supervisor. He has 30
men working in the old building
now, while Peoples Court is in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22
Strictly Personal
by debbie dean

I get big laugh out of these
women who weep and moan when
their husbands run around. Any
one would think men are precious
gold and their loss means the end
of the world. Nearly Is years ago,
I found out my husband was no
good, but did l leave him and
allow him to make his merry way
through life without regard for
his responsibilities to me and the
children? You just bet 1 didn't.
I stayed right with him and he
and his bank account have paid
dearly for what he did to me. /
think this world would be bet
ter place if women quit crying
over lost husband and consid-
cred them for what they are
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22

Dear Debbie Dean:
Three years ago this coming
summer, my wifes parents came
to visit us from the West Coast.
1t was to be only a visit but
they're still here. My father-in-
law is a television fan and stays
glued to it every evening. If
l want to watch the fights or
the wrestling matches, you'd think
l had cut his throat. My wife
says l ought to baby him along
because he's not in good health.
My mother-in-law has spoiled our
kids rotten and it has gotten so,
if l correct them, they run and
bawl to her. My wife says l ought
to be grateful to her mother for
baby sitting so she can keep her
job. My wife doesn't think I'm
fair to her parents. / say they're
not fair to us and, If they had
any sense, they'd go back nome.
They have nice house out there
which they're renting out now
and my fatherin-law gets a nice
retirement pension. They live off
us, however, and you'd think
they were hanging up the moon
If they break down once in a
while and buy roast for Sunday
dinner. I'm pretty sick of the
whole thing. I've told my wife it's
her place to tell them the well
come mat is worn out. She says
she can't hurt them, What can
l do.
Fed Up - Silver Spring
My sympathy. In the eyes of
this objective source, your par
ents-in-law are a couple of
teaches and a pair of selfish,
incOnsiderate bOObs. If your
wife is too chicken to tell them
politely how you feel, you will
be justified in pointing out the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22
School Board
Creates Two
New Posts

Employment of an additional
aide to assist in inspection of
school buildings has been APP
proved by the school board.
The board action came at least
in part in response to pleas by
P-TAs and other groups after
three classrooms at Bethesda
Elementary School were aban-
doned recently because of struc-
tural deficiencies.
The inspectors position was
one of two additions to the con-
struction department approved
by the board last Saturday.
The second new position calls
for a mechanical engineer to
serve on the staff of James III.
Sheldon, director of construction
Salary for each position would
be slightly more than $4,000 a
year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22
Seckel Youth
Cleared in
Fatal Mishap

William B. Seckel, 10, of
1854 Lakewood dr., Wheaton,
Tuesday was found innocent
of reckless driving in an ac-
cident October 25 that re-
suited in the death of a IT.
year-old Richard Montgomery
high school girl.
Killed when SeckePs convertible
turned over on Halpine rd., Rock
vile, was Betty Gage Kidwell,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Poole, of 1913 Rockcrest dr., Rock
vile.
Testimony in Rockville Peoples
court disclosed that the accident
occurred after SeckePs car climb
ed a low bank, turned over and
pinned Miss Kidwell under the
vehicle. Seckel told Judge John
B. Diamond he had swerved to
miss a deep hole in the road.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22

The date - tentatively agreed
on earlier but never officially
stated until this week - is the
fall of 1861.
In the same statement of policy,
the board fixed a date one year
earlier, the fall of 1860, for end
ing segregation in the county's
secondary schools.
The declaration was hailed
by the local NAACP as one
which carries the organizations
full support"
By taking such formal action,
the board in effect transferred
responsibility for it's fulfillment
onto the County Council, which
has the final say over the school
budget.
AS of now, about 40 percent
of the county's 300 Negro
pupils are attending migrated
schools.
Still segregated are Rockville's
Carver Junior High School and
four up-county elementary
schools.
The boards proposed budget
for 1959-60 includes about 50 mil
lion in new up-county construc-
ton to further the migration
plan.
Most of the new construction
is aimed at reducing class sizes
in order to provide more inten-
sive instruction for up-county
children, both white and Negro,
whose achievement levels are be-
low general county standards.
The Indignation plan emissions
a Negro enrolment of no more
than one-third of the total in any
one school.
Alphonzo Lee, president of the
county chapter of the NAACP,
said his group "can give full
support to the school boards
budget" He declared:
Because of the new construc-
ton necessary in order to reduce
the size of classes up-county and
to give up-county children a bet
ter education, the time limit
adopted by the board is probably
about the best they could do"
Earlier, the organization had
asked for complete desegregation
by next school year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22
Watts Branch
Contract Let

A $3.5 million contract for the
first phase on the once contro-
versial Watts Branch filtration
plant was awarded last week by
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission.
Successful bidder was the
Malan Construction Co. of New
York, lowest of nine bidders at
$3,518,000. Work calls for two
pumping stations, underground
pipes, water intake facilities, a
treated-water reservoir.
The Commission is expected to
advertise bids for other construc-
ton phases within the next sew
eral months. Malan expects to
complete its portion by Septem-
Der, 1860.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22

meal tickets tn a t can't cancel
themselves out with honor. Don t
you think I'm right.
Mrs. Fl. H., Bethesda
think you are cold, cal
culating witch and 1 believe
your husbands unfaithfulness
was justified from the start.
would be interested to know
something of your pre-marital
background. No one could be
as calculating as you appear
to be without some fearful
youthful experience to have
kicked it off. Why did you
really write to me? Was it
because you've reached maturi-
ty and find your calculating,
protective covering is develop
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22
Two Suspects
Tripped by
Eggnog Loot

Some aged but potent eggnog
finally tripped up two men ac-
cused of burglarizing the Gath
ersburg home of Edgar NJ. Doug
lass, former assistant superin-
tendent of county schools.
Although prior police records
and possession of loot taken from
Douglass home cinched the ar
rests, fondness for eggnog may
have caused the burglaries.
Charged with burglary and in
Jail on $4,000 bond each are James
Edward Johnson, %, of Gathers
burg, and James Ellsworth Hol-
land, "a, of Rockville.
They are accused of breaking
into Douglass home January Is
and taking an old pocket watch,
some cigarettes, Canadian coins
and some eggnog.
Police said they have some evil
dence that Johnson and Holland
entered the house twice before
to get the eggnog, but the pair
deny it. When arrested Monday,
they were carrying several Ca.
madam coins which they told po-
lice had been brought back from
abroad by friend three or four
years ago.
But the coins were dated 1857
and 1855" arresting detective
Jack Bechtel explained.
The story started when Doug
lass discovered a roast of beef
and some rather special eggnog
was missing from his home Janu.
airy 3. douglass believes that
the way TO prepare eggnog is to
use cream, eggs and Seagram's
V.O.-and then save it for a year,
Douglass said he discovered
some more eggnog missing Janu-
airy II and on the next day. only
a little remained i'm a bucket. In
all, he told police, he lost about
two and a half gallons of the
milky brew.
Police questioned area men
with burglary records and came
up with the information that Hol-
land and Johnson had worked for
Douglass, cleaning up his home,
after a fire last year.
Some leg work among the ac-
cused pairs friends disclosed that
around six or seven persons re.
Gently have been doing lot Of
eggnog drinking out of season.
bet. Bechtel said Johnson and
Holland admitted breaking INFO
Douglass home last Sunday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22

members when its acoustics were
wonderful" before the library
was created. Something must
have changed them, however, be-
cause a microphone and a loud
speaker have been musts for
judges to hear witnesses the last
few years.
Bouic fondly remembers "the
good old days" of the grandilo-
quent defense, the sonorous ora
tary and the air of solemnity that
pervaded the then Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Names
of judges like Richard ]. Bowie,
William Veirs Bouic, James Nc
Sherry John c. Motter, Robert B.
Peter, Hammond Urner, John t.
Vinson, James B. Henderson, Ed
ward c. Peter and others evoke a
past for Bouic never to be re-
gained.
There are other names and
dates, etched or written, on the
walls of a narrow stairway lead
ing from the court up to the
towers top. Bouic remembers
some of them.
Edward Anderson (September
20, 1902 was the first cousin of
present Judge Thomas M. Ander-
son, Bouic said. And Dorsey
Beans father was one Of the
court clerks.
Edward w. England was
one of the clerks, and ID. j.
Carr, who scratched the date
1890 after his name, was a
member of the family that
owned Carr's Hotel on East
Montgomery ave., Bouic said.
The serpentine black iron stair
way leads to loft over the court
room where a chair and some fill
ing cabinets rest under mantle
of dust. The records stem from
the late 1905 and early 1940s.
Another floor higher, reached
by ladder, and the inquisitive
find themselves in a bare concrete
room where the wind whistles
through screens and the view is
commanding. One can see the
Washington monument on a clear
day, Bouic recalled.
In this airy perch stands the
city fire departments electric
siren. Skeletons of long-dead
pigeons are on the floor. A look
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-22
Dear DebIbie Dean:

Dear Debbie Dean:
What do you think of a boy
who gets mad at you if you dance
with someone else at a party
and even pinches you or twists
your fingers over it? / am Is
and so is my boyfriend. We have
been going steady for seven
months and three days. He's only
been like this for a short time
but he's so mean and hateful,
he scares me.
Rebel - Rockville
would say, it Is high time
for you to find new boy
friend. Don't cOndOne or put
up with such behavior. II
were you, I'd tell my parents
and have them tell him to make
himself scarce--and fast.