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Evening star., 1960-07-04
BY the Associated Press

The Pirates, surprise club of
the year in the National League,
are thoroughly familiar with
the fact that Fourth of July
pacesetters are not cinches to
win pennantS, but at least they
are in a more commanding po-
sition than the Inflated Giants
of 1859.
Pittsburgh's hustling club
goes into today's holiday bill
leading the Braves by 312
games and the Giants by So.
Last year Bill Rigney had San
Francisco in front by a half
game, with Milwaukee second
and the Dodgers only ~
games behind.
Drysdale Whacks Lead
Records show that two out
OF every five Fourth of July
front runners blow their leads
The Giants stumbled in the
stretch, Los Angeles topped
Milwaukee in a pennant play
of and Rigney. after a falter-
ing 1860 start, got the gate.
Yesterday the Pirates got a
warning that they can't let
up. A full game was cut from
their lead as they bowed to the
Dodgers Don Drysdale, 6-2,
while Milwaukee edged St.
Louis, 4-3, in IA innings.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
|n-and-Out Griffs Take On
Task Of FIagging Yankees
Mantle, Boyer
Give Bombers
3-Gume Lead
BY the Associated Press

Some American League fans
think it may be time to dust
off the old refrain. Break Up
the Yankees"
With Casey Stengel's crew
on a six-game winning streak
and New York's lead now meas
uring three games, there is a
suspicion that you have seen
all Of this before.
Perhaps Baltimore can
steady itself. Perhaps Cleve-
land is ready to make its move.
Maybe Chicago is ready to play
its 1859 brand of ball. But there
Is no perhaps" about the
Yanks on this Fourth of July.
Cletis Boyer won yesterdays
first game with Detroit, 7-6,
with a three-run homer, and
Roger Maris saved it with a
clothesline peg to the plate.
Mickey Mantle won the second
game, 6-2. with another three
run homer while Art Ditmar
took charge Of the Tiger
batterS.
Tribe Passes Orioles
Cleveland bounded into Sec
ond place on the strength of
two victories over Washington.
So and LIS, as Baltimore was
losing to Chicago, 81, in II
innings. Ted Williams 506th
home run featured Boston's 13-
2 rout Of Kansas City.
The YankS have won % of
their last 28 since Maris and
Mantle began to lombard the
fences. They came from be-
See AMERICAN, Page Ais
Evening star., 1960-07-04
BY JOSEPH b. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

STANTON, Del, July A.
More than $4,000 fans today
are expected to put on the
traditional Fourth of July jam
at Delaware Park where the
unbeaten 2-year-old lisa Great
Day is out to live up to his
name in the $24, 100 Christiana
Stakes.
lisa Great Day, whose owner,
w. Logan Grier, jr., turned
down a reported offer of $780,
600 last Friday from Joseph
Arnold, head of the Bally Ache
syndicate, is seeking his fifth
straight triumph.
In his last and most i'm
portant victory, the colt won
the Caesar Rodney Stakes,
beating, among others, C. ".
Evening star., 1960-07-04
CRANK DELAYS
YANKS, TIGERS

NEW YORK, JULY 4
(AP).-A bomb scare de-
layed the departure Of the
Yankees and Tigers about
two hours last night.
Chartered United Airlines
flights of the Yankees to
Washington and the Tigers
to Detroit were held up
while the Airlines searched
the planes and all baggage
after an anonymous tele-
phone caller told the office:
"The plane carrying the
baseball players is going to
crash"
Both planes left La
Guardia airport about II
pm. after the search
turned up nothing out of
order.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Rudio
Baseball
PROBABLE
PITCHERS
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
(Won and lost records in parentheses. }
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York COATES 9-0) at Washing
ton tWoodeshick 3-D.
Chicago (Shaw ~ and Baumann
I'D at Detroit Cunning AS and
Kansas City (Herbert 3-s and Kucks
l-2l at Cleveland BELL 6-6 and Bows
field 4-3).
Baltimore Barber Sd and Walker
2-1 at Boston tMonbouquette ~ and
Borland 0-3).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PHILADELPHIA lConley 3-p and Green
i.D at Cincinnati Hook 81 and Nux-
Pittsburgh CHaddix "A and Friend
9-4 at Milwaukee (Burdette S-4 and
Jay 2-3 or Wiley 4-3l.
San Francisco (Antonelli 3-5 and
Sanford ,7-5) at Chicago ellsworth AS
and Anderson 2-5).
Los Angeles CKoufax as and Nc
Dewitt n-l or Craig 1-I at st. Louis
tSadecN 2-3 and BroRlio s-4).
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Senator'S Flaws
Show as LOSING
Streak Hits 4
By BURTON HAWKINS
Star stan Writer

The Senators, who have had
more streakS than a zebra in
recent weeks, encounter two
impressive ones today at Grit
fifth Stadium when they stack
up against Jim Coates and the
Yankees.
The unbeaten New York
Highlander is going after his
10th victory. His club has
opened up a three-game lead
with six straight triumphs.
Washington's latest stretch
of unchecked agony was ex-
tended to four games yesterday
as it dropped So and lis de-
ciSions to the Indians before
l2,545 fans. The Senators now
have lost eight in a row to
Cleveland in promoting the In
dians' pennant prospects.
In-and-Out Pattern
The only consistency about
the Senators has been their in
consistency. In their last 19
games they have switched from
"a three-game losing streak to
"a three-game winning streak,
then to a four-game losing
streak which was followed by
a five-game winning streak.
Last week they were beginning
to enjoy life and were dreaming
of reaching a 500 level, but that
has been punctured by their
current string of reverseS.
The deficiencies of the Sena-
tors have been showing up in
pitching, batting and fielding
departments. They resemble a
weary team which didn't have
much ammunition to start with
and now has expended it.
The only thing they seem
TO nave going for them at this
point is the fact that they've
looked that way before and
snapped out of it. They ap-
peared just as feeble in the
West before embarking on
their longest victory string in
several wears,
WOOdeshick Starts
Today they're looking to Hal
WoodeShick to provide the
tonic they need to restore them
to health against the winging
league leaders. Hal has Sparkled
at times this season, but he has
suffered from lack of batting
support.
In his last outing Woode-
Shick Travelled 10 innings
against the White Sox and
yielded only one run, but still
couldn't emerge a winner. He
See SENATOR'S, Page Ais
Evening star., 1960-07-04
NATIONAL

Results Yesterday
Los Ans., 8; Pitt,
S. r, IL; Phila.. 5.
Nil, /: st. N L.. 8.
GA innings)
Games Today
Pitt. at Milw. CoI.
s. ?. at Chi. (2).
1. A. at St. l.. (2l.
Phil. at Cine. (2),
Games Tomorrow
2, gttti at Mllyi aSi On; N;
8: F. at L. A. (N).
Phil. at Cine. IN
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Suburban Cap
Heads HEAVY
Racing Slate
Tracks Muy Draw
Over BOO, 900 to
Holiday Programs
By the Associatsd Press

The 500, ,0O0-added Suburban
Handicap at Aqueduct heads
the second straight rich payday
for the Nations top thorough
breds today with the tracks pre-
pared to handle a total crowd
that may exceed 100000.
Although 283, ,702 fans wa
gered $40, ,026,595 at II tracks
last Saturday, racing officials
didn't expect the figures to
match those of the Memorial
Day week end when 664.621 wa
gered $43, 3,808, ,999 at IA tracks
Then the biggest turnout OF
394. .299 and the most betting of
$24.785,147 was on Memorial
Day.
Supporting the 1K-mile Sub
urban are the $50,000-added
Stars and Stripes Handicap at
/ 3/16 miles on the turf at Ar
ington Park and the 1h-mile
$50 ,000-added American Handi-
cap at Hollywood Park.
Other Features Listed
Rounding out the national
feature cards are the $25,0O0-
added Longfellow Handicap at
Monmouth Park, $40, 900 added
ChriStiana Stakes at Delaware
Park. $4,000 National Holiday
Handicap at Detroit and $500
events at Rockingham Park and
Thistledown.
Two tracks - Rockingham
and Waterford-will stage both
morning and afternoon races
Each will hold five races in the
morning. Rockingham COM
pletes a 14-race program in the
afternoon while Waterford runs
its total to 10.
The Suburban attracted only
six horses. but they are the
best and include the Cain Hoy
Stables Bald Eagle, who is top
weighted at 1873 pounds. Bald
Eagle is attempting the Handi-
cap Triple achieved by only two
horses since the Suburban was
inaugurated in 1884.
The Cain Hoy ace, who'll be
ridden by Bill Hartack, won the
Metropolitan May 80 and needs
"a victory today and another
July 30 in the Brooklyn to
match the featS of Whisk Broom
II in 1888 and Tom Fool in 1853.
Competition Strong
Arrayed against him will be
the Brookmeade Stables Sword
Dancer with 125 pounds, C. j.
Chenery's First Landing with
l22 and Ada L. Rice's Talent
Show with 119. Talent Show
ran second to Bald Eagle in
the 1859 Suburban and recent
ly won the Massachusetts
Handicap with First Landing
fourth. Waltz Q15) and War
head Q15) round out the field.
Resolved with 122 pounds
and Ounce, with 121, head a
field of eight named for the
Stars and Stripes. Bagdad.
under 126 pounds, gives away
plenty of pounds to six rivals
In the American Cap.
Shield Bearer with lis
pounds and General Arthur
with lis are the top weights
for the mile of the Longfellow.
which will be run on the grass
course. The race attracted a
field Of 10.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
TODAY'S SPORTS
> ON RADIO-V
Television
Horse Racin.

Horse Racing
The Suburban Handicap
from Aqueduct, WTOP-9, 4:3O
pm.
Radio
Baseball
Senators VS.. Yankees, WTOP,
/ pm.
Orioles VS.. Red Sox double
headeD, VOL. las pm.
Evening star., 1960-05-31

Betty. 10, and Tom, 8. have
never been to camp. Bright
children. they already have Gre
ated a whole world of camping
in their minds.
They won't be disappointed.
Pioneer camping expeditions
actually are part of the pro-
gram at Camps Pleasant and
Goodwill in Prince william For
est Park.
1t will be easy to see Indians
hunting in the forest, just as
they did long ago.
Only your gift to the Evening
Star Summer Camp Fund can
send two eager children to
camp, where make-believe will
be real, for a little while.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Salesman Held
In Forgery of
Womun's S Check

An out-of-town magazine
salesman appeared in Municipal
Court today, accused of writing
$535 on the check of a District
woman with weak eyesight
after she told him to write
$5.35.
Jerry Edward Rickenbach.
%, of Reading, Pa, went to
the apartment of Mrs. Florence
D. Sutton, SO. of 4701 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, last wednes-
day and sold her $5.35 worth Of
magazines. according to Assist
ant United States Attorney
Robert B. Norris. They were
to be delivered to the Soldiers
Home here.
Because she has poor eye
sight, Mrs. Sutton asked Rick
enbach to fill in a check and
she signed it, Mr.. North said.
The next morning, he said,
her daughter Nancy, 40, dis
covered a receipt for $685.,
called police and stopped pay
ment on the check.
Rickenbach was arrested by
Eighth Precinct Detective
Wayne M. Hostetler after he
tried to cash the check at
Riggs National Banks Friend
ship office on May 26, Mr.. Nor
ris said.
He appeared today before
Judge Harry L. Walker charged
with forgery and was held on
81 900 bond for the action Of
the grand jury.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Lincoln Exchange
Phone Bells Silent

A cable failure today ham,
pered telephone service for
more than 900 subscribers on
the Lincoln exchange.
Subscribers phones were
working all right except that
the ringing mechanism was
knocked out by the cable
trouble. a spokesman for the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. said.
In other words, many Lin
coin exchange customers could
make outgoing calls but had
no way to tell when there was
an incoming call. The area af-
fected is mainly in Southeast
Washington.
The mpany said the
trouble began at 1925 pm
Gable crews began searching
for the break at once. Con-
Struction work was suspected.
Operators on large switch
boards we're forced to ring in
side phones by cranking
handles. This particular trouble
was corrected in a few minutes
when it was discovered that
the cable failure had blown a
fuse in exchange headquarters.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star stan Writer

Theodore F. Menk, at 81. re-
members well the year 1906.
when he was in charge of OPEN
ing and closing the draw span
on the old Fourteenth Street
bridge.
Now that construction has
begun on a replacement for the
old structure, Mr.. Menk. for
one, is sorry.
With a chuckle, Mr.. Menk
recollected the time he had to
make the President of the
United States-Theodore Roose-
velt-wait while a boat went
through.
When the bridge opened in
1906 the rule was that river
traffic got the right of way
and land traffic had to- wait, :"
Mr.. Menk recalled.
On an average day the elec-
trically-driv span was opened
about 40 times to let high
masted boats pass through.
Railway Crossed Bridge
mot too many people re-
member we had an electric
railway line running across the
bridge all the way down to
Mount Vernon" Mr.. Menk said.
1T was one day shortly after
the bridge had opened that l
had given the signal for the
opening of the draw span and
then I saw the rail car coming.
A man hoped out and came
running up. Bridge traffic had
been stopped.
"'Close that draw up again,
he yelled at me, I've got the
President of the United States
aboard.
Mr.. Menk's eyes twinkled and
he said, Il told him the Presi-
dent would have to wait; ev-
erybody else does"
But on the presidential par
tvs return trip word was sent
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Secret Weapon Tuned for Start
Of Folk Festival Here Tomorrow

Among the 1000 performers
pouring into Washington for
the four-day folk festival that
starts tomorrow is a woman
from New Mexico who feels
her music can do much more
than entertain.
Like many a visitor from the
land of atomic laboratories and
missile ranges, Mrs. Jenny
Vincent comes to Washington
with a "secret weapon which
she'll bring right out in the
spotlight when she performs
Friday and Saturday at the
Carter Barron Amphitheater.
What makes her big Spanish
guitar a secret weapon" Jenny
feels, is that many don't realize
how the music she makes with
it, as well as all folk music,
can create "a better under
standing of people"
Jenny came to Taos, an art
colony a scant hours drive
north of the sprawling atomic
research town of Los Alamos,
% years ago. She had spent
her girlhood in Northield,
Mimi, where her father was a
professor of Bible at Carleton
College, and four years at
Vassar, where she majored in
music.
In the little town named
after an ancient and still
thriving Indian pueblo. she
found herself enveloped by
Southwestern culture and fas-
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Reeves Wins
Election by
428 8Votes

Frank D. Reeves was elected
District Democratic national
committeeman by 428 votes, the
official results of the May 8
District primary show.
The District Board of Elec-
tions was expected to certify
the results in this and other
races late today. Completion of
the official tabulation changed
some vote totals, but not
enough to alter the outcome Of
any of the races as reported
previously on the basis of un-
official counts.
The official count by the
boards staff showed that Mr..
Reeves received 9,783 votes to
1856 for j. c. Turner. Un-
official results obtained earlier
had also indicated that Mr..
Reeves was the winner. but the
contest was so close that Mr..
Reeves had refused to claim
victory at the time.
Mr.. Reeves, an attorney for
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People who was backed by the
District Committe for Hum
phrey; will become the only
Negro committeeman on the
Democratic National Commit
tee, according to a spokesman
for the committee.
Mr.. Turner, who is president
of the Greater Washington
Central Labor Council, had
been supported by the D. c.
Morse for President Committee
and the Draft Stevenson Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
WIFE DOES THE MOVING
AND ALL THE WORLD KNOWS IT

Attorney Thomas E. ONeill is man who believes in
giving credit where credit is due
When he decided to from Virginia to Maryland
his wife did most of the packing arranging and supervs
ing. And she complained mildly because Mr. ONeil was
getting credit from their friends for doing the work.
Eyes DEAR yes DEAR" Mr.. ONeill agreed with his wife
while plan formulating in his mind
Sunday morning he surprised her with it-a personal
advertisement in the classified section of The Star tat
said:
This is to notify friends that my wife, Pomie
ONeill single e-handedly and without my assistance
couragement has done all the packing, arranging and
supervising of to Maryland Signed Thomas E.
O'NeiI"
you wanted recognition, you got recognition"
Mr. ONeil told his surprised and pleased wife.
The movers will haul all those boxes and crates which
Mrs ONe packed from their house at 1916 Mount Eagle
place. Alexandria, to their address at 4609 Chevy
Chase boulevard, Chevy Chase, Md, this week.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Spon-Keeper Stopped T.R.

ing strangely as it came across
the bridge from the direction
of a vice-ridden town on the
Virginia shore. He stopped the
buggy and the driver appeared
to be asleep. He had been
killed and placed in the buggy
and the horse was just sent in
the direction of home," Mr..
Menk said.
Entered Real Estate
A native of MINER, H., Mr..
Menk moved to Prince Georges
County as a youth with his
family. His father had the old
Bellevue Farm near Piscata-
way.
Mr.. Menk went to work for
the Army Corps of Engineers,
employed first in the electrical
plant at Fort Washington and
then taking charge Of breaking
in the draw span.
He resigned about a year
later and became a real estate
dealer. Still active in real
estate, he lives at 2O07 o street
NV.
THE only orders they gave
me when I got the bridge as
|signment were to keep out OF
trouble if you can,'" Mr.. Menk
said.
And that's what we did"
Evening star., 1960-05-31

ahead to Mr.. Menk. I'VE took
special care not to have any de-
lay that time" he said.
A good part of the bridge
traffic involved mule-driven
wagons bringing bricks from
yards on the Virginia side to
the District. "Once I had to
knock down pair of mules that
looked like they weren't stop
ping for the draw" he said.
Operator Fell Asleep
There were very few cars, but
opening the draw during the
horse-and-buggy rush hour
would cause a certain amount
of CONSERVATION.
On one quiet night the draw
operator on watch fell asleep.
The skipper of the District fire
boat wanted to get through the
bridge but couldn't wake the
operator with the signal. The
skipper had to tie up as some
one climbed up on the bridge
to get things moving again.
Another night a watchman
spotted a one-horse buggy act
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Police Investigate
Report of BruwI

Inspector William T. MUIR
ply today is investigating re-
ports of a street brawl involv-
ing three off-duty police. pri-
Yates, one of whom was treat
ed for injuries afterwards at
District General Hospital.
None of the three has been
suspended pending the outcome
of his investigation, Inspector
Murphy said. He said the
three apparently were fight
ing among themselves in the
1000 block of Wahler place Sc.
Sunday night. Two of the
men are on duty today, and the
third is on sick leave because
of head cuts and arm injuries,
he said.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
SEND A KID TO CAMP
These 4Wide Eyes
Would See Indians

Betty and Tom know what
camp will be like.
1t will be like the Wild West
of legend and just as exciting
Their own lives are closer to
those Of the pioneers who didn't
become marshal of Dodge City
or Tombstone.
Their parents moved here
several years ago to make a
new life..
Almost alone. their father
built the tiny. two-room house
just off a dirt road on fiat,
bare land from which all the
trees had been cleared.
When it rains, wooden planks
are put down over the soggy
path to the front door.
No neighbors are near. There
is no family car. The family is
as isolated as the pioneers on
the lonely plains.
Somehow, the father of Betty
and Tom manages to support
his wife and five children. But
the living is meager, for illness
has plagued the breadwinner
The children depend on gifts
for clothing. Their ragged gar
ments barely cover them. Their
toes invariably stick out of
their shoes.
The entire family lives in
two rooms-one, a combina-
ton kitchen, living room and
dining room; the other, the one
and only bedroom. Water is
drawn from a pump in the
yard.
Toys are rare and shared.
ALI five children played with
one jumping rope for weeks.
1t was virtually their only toy.
Once in a while, mother or
father brings a wonderful new
toy home from the dime store.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Area Honors Dead
In Arlington Rites
Oren Lewis Confirmed
For Virginia Judgeship

The Senate today confirmed
the nomination of Arlington
Lawyer Oren R. Lewis to be
Federal judge for the eastern
district Of Virginia.
The 57-year-old former 10th
district Republican chairman
was confirmed without objec-
ton. The Office of the execu-
tive clerk said the approved
nomination would go to the
White House later today.
Mr.. Lewis of 3409 North
Albemarle street, Arlington,
will succeed Judge Sterling
Hutcheson of Richmond, who
announced his retirement re-
Gently.
The confirmation again
raises to three the number of
judges presiding in the east
ern district which includes
Alexandria, Richmond and
Norfolk. Because Mr.. Lewis is
filling a vacancy from the
Richmond area he is expected
to move there.
Mr.. Lewis currently heads
the Arlington law firm of
Lewis & Tolbert. A native of
Seymour. Ind, he is a graduate
of Hanover College in Indiana
and received his law degree
from the National Law School
here.
He made an unsuccessful bid
for the seat of Arlington State
Senator Charles r. Fenwick,
Democrat, in 1851. He was
defeated in 1947 for the post
of Commonwealth's attorney
Of Arlington.
Mr.. Lewis declared his in
tention of running for the
craftsmanship of the State Re-
publican Party in 1856 but
withdrew in favor of I. Lee
Potter, also of Arlington, who
is the present State chairman.
During a recent hearing by
a subcommittee of the Senate
Judiciary Committee Mr.. Lewis
was opposed only by Mrs. Eva
De Foe, 2056 North Twentieth
road, Arlington, who charged
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Car Death Ruled
AS Accidental

A coroner's jury ruled today
that the death of Carl B,
Golfer, 20. who was struck by
a car early Saturday, was ac-
cidental.
Mr.. Golfer, of I'll Twenty
first street NE, died in Wash
ington Hospital Center a few
hours after he was struck at
Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV. by a car driven by Joseph
L. Capps. jr.. 33. of 1900 Inde-
pendence street. Rockville, Md
According to police, Mr.
Golfer was standing in the
middle of the street and
stepped into the path of the
car.