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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

$50, in the city championship
game last year.
The Johnnies bounced De-
Malta, 1910, Saturday to run
their unbeaten string to five
straight this year. Eastern
ground out TO victory over
Spingarn on Friday.
Annandale Third
Annandale, the Northern
Virginia Group I powerhouse,
climbed back among the lead
ers, taking third place with
43 points. The Atoms, held to
a TT tie by Wakefield two
weeks ago, ran up a 1876 victory
over Mclean Friday.
Episcopal received Al points
but slipped a notch to fourth
place. The Maroon, with a 20
l record, plays top-ranked St
Johns at 2:30 pm. Saturday
at Episcopal. However, Epis-
copal will be without its top
runner, Max Chapman, who
suffered a broken collar bone in
Saturdays 20-7 victory over
st. Christopher's of Richmond
Gonzaga polled 80 points
this week. compared with A a
week ago, and slipped from
second to fifth place after be-
ing hard-presSed to defeat
Roosevelt. 1876.
Wakefield. with a 2-0-2 re-
cord, moved up to sixth place
The Warriors, one of the areas
strongest defensive clubs, de-
lfeated Falls Church, POT.
Wheaton, CardOzO Climb
Unbeaten Wheaton climbed
a notch to seventh as a result
of $50 victory over Oxon
Hill. DeMatha skidded from
sixth to eighth and Cardozo
made its first appearance in
the top ten, polling seven
points for ninth place.
Carroll, the surprise of the
Catholic League, and Fairfax
winner of four straight shut
outs since an opening loss tc
Washington-Lee, tied for 10th
The top ten with total points
first place votes and records
in parentheses):
I
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GUNsEL COULD BE SUCCESSOR
Sportsmen Gather
For Bells Funeral
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10 (AP)

PHILADELPHIA, oct. IS (AP)
Sports leaders from all over
America began arriving here
today to pay their final respects
to Bert Bell, commissioner Of
the National Football League
who suffered a fatal heart at
tack Sunday at Franklin Field
while watching the Pittsburgh
Steelers play the Philadelphia
Eagles.
A requiem mass will be cele-
brated at IL am. tomorrow for
Bell, who was SIS. He will be
buried in Calvary Cemetery
near his Narberth. Pa, home.
Later in the day the NIL club
owners. who will act as honor
airy pallbearers, will gather to
discuss a successor for his Of
flee.
Gunsel Possible Successor
To a man the club owners
say that Bell. who had been a
player, coach. club owner and
then boss Of the sprawling
league, cannot fully be re-
placed. But the man currently
in charge, and one Of a num-
Der mentioned as possible sue
cessors to Bell, is Austin H.
Gunsel, the late commissioners
top aide and a former admin
istrative assistant to FBI Chief
J. Edgar Hoover.
Gunsel, so, was brought into
the league by Bell seven years
ago as a watchdog to protect
the growing football organiza-
ton from scandal.
In addition to his position
as investigator. Gunsel became
league treasurer in 1856. BY
league constitution, when the
commissioner dies the treas
urer automatically becomes &C
tive commissioner until a new
one is selected.
Started As Accountant
Gunsel is a native of Irving
ton, N. j. He was an account.
ant for six years following his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
Johnnies Remoin No. !:
Eastern Is Runnerup

st. Johns, the defending city
champion, and Eastern. the
team the Johnnies beat in the
title game last year. took the
No. / and Q spots today in the
weekly high school football
rating list, selected by The
Stars staff of six scholastic
writers.
st. Johns received a perfect
score of 60 points. Eastern,
moving up from fourth place
last week, polled A points. st.
Johns defeated the Ramblers,
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ATCHISON'S
ANGLE
By LEWIS :. ATcHIsoN

know what we argued about?
He wanted TO coach the team
one year.
II told him we couldn't do
anything like that. Ray
Flaherty had just won the
championship In Boston and ]
couldn't remove him to let Bert
coach even for a year."
Bert later went into a part
nership with Art Rooney Of the
Pittsburgh Steelers and the
anecdotes that came out OF
that relationship are legion.
I'VE were in our room. rest
ing. trying to figure out how
to raise the. bus fare back to
town." Bell once recalled,
when the Giants called us and
offered $1,000 for one of our
players. I said, 1000. Are you
crazy? That boys worth at
least $2,5OO,'
Rooney was ready to jump
out the window because we
were just one step ahead of
the sheriff. But the next day
they called us back and we got
the $2.500."
Bell eventually embraced the
Catholic faith, but even before
he did it was not unusual to
see a priest watching the game
from his teams bench. Rooney.
whose brother is a Franciscan
priest, never missed an oppor-
tunity to chide his partner
about invoking the prayers of
the clergy to help the team.
One day, after the Phil
Pitts upset the New York
Giants, 28-l4, Art saw Bell
strolling across the field, talk
ing with a priest.
You'd better sign him up
today, father" said the poker
faced Rooney, next Sunday
We play the Chicago Bears"
-
Bells dentures came in for
some good-natured banter from
his friends, especially among
the press. Photographers ar
ranging a picture always eau
toned him to be sure that he
had them. One columnist de-
voted a piece to a description
of Bells day with his dentures.
Bert chuckled when he saw it,
picked up the telephone and
dialed his daughter and
Bert. jr.
you ought to see the piece
so-and-so's written about my
teeth in today's paper" he said.
Joe Donoghue, an official of
the Philadelphia Eagles, went
with Bell the day he was re-
ceived into the church. The
ritual included baptism. AS
they were leaving the house,
Joe turned to his friend and
said, Don't forget your teeth. "
Whoever heard of anyone
with teeth getting baptized?"
Bert replied,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

ing the two days and be pre-
pared to concentrate on football
when practice resumes tomor-
row for the Redskins game
Sunday.
Casualty reports Of the more
temporary type came from
other league cities.
Pass Receiver Tommy Nc
Donald Of the Eagles bruised
a face muscle while attempting
a diving catch against the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
FIGHT RESULTS

PROVIDENCE. R. Candy Nc.
Cecil Courtney, 142, Miami Beach, 3
BALTIMORE-Joe Salci, 145, Bal
timore, outpointed Johnny Gilden, 149
Baltimore, 8.
1873, West Philadelphia. outpointed
Danny Livingston, 1856, Trenton
N. j., 9.
NEW ORLEANS - Henry Hank
1909, Detroit. outpointed Holly Minis
1881, Washington, D. c., 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
SuitIund Booters Win

Buddy Mattingly booted two
goals yesterday as Suitland
High School scored a So soccer
victory over Gwynn Park at
Gwynn Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

Other teams receiving points
are Richard Montgomery, S:
Landon and Westinghouse,
3 each.
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MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBAcKs
Hardin Satisfied With Navy Showing
Two Straight Shutouts Indicate
Terps' l-Formution Needs Help

promised high-scoring, exciting
football. It's not very exciting
when q team has been shut out
for two straight weeks. And the
week after Kansas scored 2l
points against Syracuse. Mary
land never advanced the ball
out Of its own territory against
the same team.
Wake Forest Next
Nugent should be commend
ed for holding Novak out Of
the Syracuse game. Richie was
running without apparent difi-
Guilty, but his ankle was not
strong enough to Withstand
another knock. The coach suf-
fered without his only quarter
back, but both wouh have suf-
fered If Novak had been hurt.
Wake Forest. Disappointing
In defeat by Tulane Saturday
night, visits Byrd Stadium this
Saturday. Coach Paul Amen OF
the Deacons made a rare type
statement, for him, when he
said he'd ram the I-formation
down Nugent's throat. The
feeling seems to be general.
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Tukomu Park Youth
Sets Shooting Mark

ABERDEEN, Md, Oct. 5
Especially. = Eighteen-year- -old
Robert Morgan of Takoma
Park. Md, shot the highest
score ever recorded in the
Maryland d. c. open rife
championships over the week
end, winning with 3,l88x3 200.
Harry Rochman of Phila-
delphia was second in the two
day shoot with 3,184, while
l5-year-old Eric Sundstrom OF
Patterson, N. j.. the national
junior champion, was third
with 3,18l.
Mrs. Freeman Morgan OF
Takoma Park took the women's
title with 3.169.
Evening star., 1959-10-05
YOU BE THE v
QUARTERBACK
ANSWER
Iuestion on Page D-4)

(QuestlOn on rage D-4)
4. Quick opener. A quick
opener shouldn't go against q
keyed-up defense.
3. Long pass. Not too bad.
But the defense has probably
been drilled to watch for this
one after previous embarrass-
ment. and keyed up as they are.
they'll give you quite a rush. u
2. Forward-lateral. An intri-
cate play to open with. But bet-
ter than the long pass because
you don't have to hold out
rushers so long, and because an
eager halfbsck will be on top
that first receiver.
/. trap. The late Jock Suth-
erland used to say that a soph-
omore lineman would cost him.
on an average, a touchdown a
year. going for a trap. The
Wildcats are on edge, increas-
ing vulnerability to a trap. and
a running play is an easier
game-opener than a pass. a,
Distributed by The Register ana
Tribune Syndtcatel .sii
Evening star., 1959-10-05

liam grounded out. Neal then
got Wills across with a smash
past Sammy Esposito at third.
Sherry, who saved the Sec
ond game for the Dodgers with
a fine relief job. whipped third
strikes past Pinch-hitter Norm
Cash and Aparicio in the ninth
before Nellie Fox singled. Then
Jim Lands went down swing
ing.
The White Sox loaded the
bases with one out in the first
inning when Fox walked.
Lands singled and stole Sec
ond, and Kluszewski walked,
the fourth ball being thrown
wide intentionally. Lollar
fouled to Gillian and Good
man grounded out to Hodges
to end that threat.
Rivera walked and went out
stealing before Donovan singled
and Aparicio walked with two
down in the second. That left
1t up to Fox, who grounded out.
In the third Lollar and Good
man singled with two down, but
Smith famed.
NOTES: Lands made one
Of the all-time great catches
at Gilliam's expense in the
first inning when he raced to
his left, made a headlong dive
and came up with Juniors
drive Zack Wheat. latest
addition to Baseball's Hall of
Fame, threw out the first ball.
The largest paid attendance
at a baseball game was 93,103
at the same park May 7 when
the Dodgers played the
Yankees in a benefit for Roy
Campanella The previous
record for a World Series game
was 86,288 at Cleveland in the
fifth game of the 1948 Series.
Evening star., 1959-10-05
Syracuse 20. Maryland 0


BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
star stan Writer
Maryland's football team has
proved In the last two weeks
that there is no magic in Tom
Nugent's I-formation. There
are eight consecutive scoreless
quarters that furnish ample
evidence that the ! is ineffec-
tive, like any other formation,
when the quarterbacking is in
competent and the opposition's
defenses are stout.
Unfortunately, Maryland has
met two teams that appear to
have the staying power to finish
in the Nations top 10. Texas
has played Nebraska, Maryland
and California and has scored
70 points to 0 for the opposi-
ton.
Syracuse was not impressive
scorewise against Kansas. its
first opponent. but even with
new quarterbacking the Orange
has rolled up 83r yards in total
offense to 96 for the combined
efforts Of the Jayhawkers and
Terps.
Size, Experience, Depth
Syracuse has the size, the
experience at most positions,
and the depth to 60 almost. If
not all, the way. The line COM
pletely outcharged Maryland's,
and for the most part the Terp
backs were nailed without
blocking. Syracuse does not
have the speed of the Texas
backs. but is more powerful.
The Orange figures to be the
favorite over Navy this week.
Maryland's outlook without
Dick Novak as the quarterback
seems hopeless. And with the
Terps' attack having been
stopped inside, even with Mo-
wax, against West Virginia, OUT
side against Texas. and both
ways against Syracuse, there is
the suspicion the defenses again
have caught up with the I-for-
nation.
And the fumbles, intercepted
passes and blocked kicks that
have led to Texas and Syracuse
scoring opportunities conceiv-
ably could be traced to the
complexities of the I-formation.
At least, that's what some Of
the other coaches are saying.
At this point Of the schedule.
you'd have to say Maryland is
not ahead Of last years pace,
despite all the promises. After
three games last year, Mary
land had been routed by Wake
Forest. had beaten N. C. State
the week after the latter had
beaten North Carolina, and
had played Clemson's Sugar
Bowl team even except for one
back-breaking 50-yard pass.
Nugent was not expected to
perform miracles this season.
because his type Of ball club
with his type material is two
or three years away. Lean line
man and fast backs are what
Nugent wants. He has some on
the freshman team and will
get more in another intensive
recruiting program this fall.
But the Terps' new coach.
even after a long look at the
material he was inheriting,
|
Evening star., 1959-10-05
TyIee Wins at Vista

Drayton Tylee Of Alexandria
caught Harvey Bigelow of
Baileys Crossroads on the sec
ond turn of the goth and final
lap and won his second feature
motorcycle race Of the season
yesterday at Vista Raceway.
Robert Harkins was third. Newt
Swift Of Gaithersburg was lead
ing when forced out by q
broken chain on the 18th lap.
Evening star., 1959-10-05
CoIoniuIs Need
Hinos' Passing
In Tight Spots
West Virginia. 10; CIV. s
BY GEORGE HUBER
star stan Writer

The only thing for George
Washington to do is pretend
every situation is a desperate
one and have Ed Hino pass.
It was his fourth-quarter
passing. with seven competitions
in II attempts, that put the
Colonials on the board against
West Virginia. All II Of the
yards in the touchdown drive
came through the air.
The Colonials beat Boston U.
the previous week with a SINH
lar fourth-quarter drive, 81 Of
60 yards coming on Hino's
passes, four competitions in five
throws.
Speed Big Lack
George Washington's big
lack, it now becomes apparent.
is speed. No one on the team is
more than ordinarily. fast un-
less Lou DeSimone, the half
back who finally got into action
against West Virginia. turns
out to be a dash man. He's
suspected of being fast, al
though he hasn't gotten away
yet, and he is an artful dodger.
II his twists and turns can be
mixed to advantage with Hino's
passing threat, the Colonials
may yet give their rooters
something to cheer about.
Halfback John Caracciolo
has shown a little bit Of speed
and so has Halfback Tom Haly,
but neither would scare Charley
Paddock. Quarterback Chuck
Packan also is said to be fast,
but he's had bad underpinning
thus far.
GW's longest runs from
scrimmage have been on trick
tery rather than speed. Hino
got 81 yards against Boston U.
on fourth down when a pass
was expected and the defenses
scattered. The next best. II
yards for a score by Haly
against Detroit. also came on
a threatened pass play that de-
veloped into the Statue OF
Liberty.
HinO, Smythe Click
Hino's passing and Bill
Smythe's catching at least are
enough to make CIV exciting
and maybe things will click
against Wichita (unbeaten in
two games) Friday. at Griffith
Stadium.
Smythe now has caught 10
passes in three games, prac"
tically everyone Of them a
thriller of some sort. Three OF
those catches were against
West Virginia in GW's scoring
drive at a time when the Noun
taineers knew the Colonials
were passing and that Smythe
was the prime target. And two
of those competitions were on
fourth down with long yard
age needed to keep GW's hopes
alive.
Evening star., 1959-10-05
WORLD SERIES
Halted White Sox
Rely on Wynn Todoy
Continued From Page D-I

trouble ordinarily. but Of such
stuff are series goats concocted
II could be, too, that Apa-
ricio and his teammates
weren't confronted with the
same sort Of throwing during
the season that Catcher John
Roseboro is showing them In
the series. They've tried to
steal four times and they've
been thrown out on three of
those occasions.
Toss in a ridiculous effort by
Sherman Lollar to leg 1t to the
plate in the second game at
Chicago. when Third Base
Coach Tony Cuccinello waved
him on and the White Sox
have been stopped cold. They
weren't forced to run in the
lop-sided first game. of course,
but since then they have tried
and have been foiled too fire.
quently for comfort.
Manager AL Lopez of the
White Sox thought Luis had
stolen second base in the fourth
inning but smiled ruefully
when he said, II thought he
had it stolen but the umpire
(Bill Summers) didn't think
So"
Lopez didn't appear detected
I'VE haven't done anything
easy all year. We might as
well do this the hard way" he
said.
That's the way they'll have
to do it if they achieve the
sizable winners share, fol
they'll be forced to overcome
the bad background of 9
strange park If they're to re.
turn to Chicago for more exer.
else.
Opportunities Galore
Despite the glaring back.
ground. the White Sox made
IL hits. all singles. Five oi
those hits were off the con.
venient leftfield screen, and an.
other resulted from misjudg.
ment by Rightfielder Wall,
Moon. However, seven of tht
hits came with two outs.
The Sox had opportunitie.
galore. They had runners or
base in every inning, but left
IL. Seven of these were stranded
in the first three innings, anc
the fact that more weren't col.
lected is attributable to three
doubleplays the Dodgers en-.
gineered later.
Dick Donovan allowed the
Dodgers only one hit in thu
first six innings, retiring IA ir
a row after Gil Hodges singled
with one down in the second
Then. with one out in tn,
eighth. Neal singled and tool
second when Moon grounded
out on a hit-and-run play.
Donovan hadn't walked any.
body to that point, but his con.
troll vanished and he walked
Larker and Hodges to jam thu
bases. Lopez summoned Staley
He seemingly was out of the
inning when Furillo hit Il
Aparicio's left, but Luis wa!
late sighting the ball, and tina
was the game.
Sherry Kills Threat
The White Sox filled tn,
bases with none out in tn,
eighth. Ted Kluszewski singlet
to left and Lollar's fly to righ
was misjudged into a singl,
by Moon. This disposed o
Don Drysdale, who yielded /,
hits and walked four.
Larry Sherry came along Il
crash a fast ball Just below
Billy Goodman's knee load
ing the bases and perhaps elm
mating Goodman from tn
series. Kluszewski scored an,
Lollar shifted to third as A
Smith docked a double-pla.
Igrounder to Shortstop Maur,
Wills. Then the threat diet
as Jim Rivera popped to Rose
boro along the flrst-base line
The Dodgers added a run il
the eighth. Wills singled
Sherry sacrificed and Will
moved to third as Junior Gil
Evening star., 1959-10-05

I FACED bHtters IN cIh.
Winner-Drysdale Loser-Donovan.
BB-Drysdale 4 Cox. Kluszewski.
Hodges). So-Drysdale (Aparicio,
Smith, Lands 2. Donovan. Sherry 9
(Cash. Aparicio. Landis) Donovan 5
| Garker, Wills, Drysdale 2, Hodges.
U-Hurley "a. L., plate: secory
IN. Ii, frst base: Summers "a. Ii:
second base: Dascoli IN. L., third
base: Dixon IN L., leftfield: Rice
"a. L.. rightfleld. T-2:33. A
Evening star., 1959-10-05
WEEKEND FIGHTS
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES. Monroe. 122
Los Angeles. outpointed Walt Ingram
121. Pittsburgh 10).
HAVANA. = Luis Rodriguez, 145
Cuba, outpointed Larry Baker. 1857
New York l0
Evening star., 1959-10-05
LOG ON PITCHERS

LOS ANGELES, Oct. S (AP)
"A long look at today's World
Series pitchers:
Evening star., 1959-10-05
TODAY'S LINEUPS

Umpires - secory (NationaD plate;
Summers (Amerlcan) frst base: Das-
(American) third base; Dixon (Nation-
I'D leftfeld. Rice. (American) rightfield.
Evening star., 1959-10-05
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COMPOSITE BOX SCORE
CHICAGO WHITE sox

LOS ANGELES Oct. (AP) The composite box score Of
the first three games Of the 1859 World Series:
Evening star., 1959-10-05
DODGERS, g.;
WHITE SOX, !

AOtalS --------Sf . - -
/ sinsled for Demeter In 7th; 2 Ran
for Furillo in 9TH: 3 Ran for Good
man in Sth; Struck out for staley in
9th.
aascASS sas ASerGAs a. u SSS SS SSS SSS gii2
E-None. DP-Aparicio to Fox to
Kluszewski: Roseboro to Neal: Gillian
to Neal to Hodges: Wills to Neal to
Hodges. LoB-Chicago (A.L0 IL, Los
Angeles N.L.l 3.
Evening star., 1959-10-05
NBA EXHIBITIONS

BY the Associated Press
RESULT YESTERDAY
Boston, lO1; Minneapolis, 81.
RESULTS SATURDAY
Cincinnati, 100; Detroit. SO.
Boston. 100: Minneapolis, "a.
st. Louis, 107: Philadelphia. es.
Evening star., 1959-10-05
CHICAGO (AL) !.
Los ANGELES (NLl

sB-Nssl, Moon. oillium,
Neal to Hodges, LOB-Chicagc
lQoodman). U-Summers fAL
AL), Dixon lNLl. T-2:35
Receipts-$325,757.09 Cfirst {
third game).
Evening star., 1959-10-05
WORLD SERIES
FACTS, FIGURES
By the Associated Press
STANDINGS (BEsT: :OF::0

STANDINGS 'BEsVw;ofin Pc.
s2s sRfczsS ASSHtzE 5zE, 'nl,- j ssa ssaa
Los ANGELES 900 900 600 s 8
CHICAGO 207, 200 00x-11 II I
Craig, Churn (3>. Labine a., Kou.
fax (5), Klippstein 90 and Roseboro;
Wynn, staley go and Lollar. WYNN
Home runs-chicaso. Kiuszewski C2)
Second game at Chicago, October Q
cHicASo cHfi ANSSlNs SSSSSS SS66SS SYO- ) 8
Podres, Sherry ca and Roseboro;
Shaw, Lown (7) and Lollar. W.
0faT; HON. TunsMLos Angeles, Neal ca,
Third game at Los ANGELES. octObs. Z
Los osHSeH ANaHIEs SSo00 SoS00 00SSSS SiS- s s Z
Donovan. staley az and Lollari
Drysdale, sherry (S) and Roseboro
W-Drysdale. donovan.
REMAINING GAMES
Fourth game at Los Angeles, Monday
% Siith saAme at Los ANGELES Tuesday
sixth game, If necessary, at Chicago,
Thursday. october 8.
Seventh game, If necessary, at Chi
cago, Friday, October 8.
FINANCIAL FIGURES
Third Game
Attendance-92,29 ,294
Total receipts-S549, ,071.76.
commissioners share---$S2, 800 76.
Players share-$2SO,026
National League share-$46,671.1 10
American League share-$46,671.10 10,
Los Angeles clubs share--S46,671.1 10
Chicago clubs share-S46,671. 10.
Three-Game Totals
Attendance-1S7,67 ,675.
Total receipts-S1, ,I9S, ,229 .12
commissioners share-$179, ,734 .36
Players share-$611, ,096.S6.
American League share--S10 OF .S49. AZ.
Los Angeles clubs share
S10l $40 AZ.
Chicago clubs share-s101,s4e.47.
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PITCHING SUMMARY
COMPOSITE SCORE By INNINGS

---------- -------------- SSSS5 oGS SSffOS--is
Lands. s-shsrry sF-Loliar. pP-Aparici,
Or, to JS Se1l aIia ns. to Nea TO Aedses wills Z
J.. Dascoli (NLl, Hurley (AL), secory (NL). Rici
1hrst gsme), 2:2l second gsme), 2:33 (thirt
ame), $S23.4oO.27 second camel, $549,071.7t
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-15
In Troffie Cases
County Man Causes State
To Adopt Nelo Technique

Those tell-tale skid marks
made by tires at the scene
of an accident are going to
be eyed differently by Mary
land State Police thanks to
the determined efforts of a
Montgomery County resi-
dent.
Fined for causing an accident,
largely because of what he be-
lieved to be unrealistic speed
estimates based on tire skid
marks, M. E. Mcpherson, vice
president of B & M Welding and
Iron Works, Gaithersburg, set
out to prove he had been
wronged.
Thorough research by Nc
Pherson revealed that a speed
stopping distance chart used by
State and other Maryland po-
lice actually was compiled 30
years ago by the National Blu
reau of Standards.
Using the chart, police through
the years have measured skid
marks of cars involved In acct
dents to arrive at their speed.
This evidence has been used In
court innumerabIe times.
Col. Carey Jarman, Superin-
tendent of Maryland State Po-
lice, said that in the future, his
troopers will consider the weight
of the car, the number of occu.
pants, and other specific factors
peculiar to each individual car
before coming to a conclusion
of its speed, based on the laws
Of physics"