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Evening star., 1960-03-19
FOR sELF-TREATMENT OF FINGER
Griffith Threatening
ToSuspend Courtney

bring up such names as Camilo
Pascual and Roy Sievers. We're
not going to trade Pascual and
they won't get Sievers for Bat
tey."
Catching Situation Bad
Meanwhile, the Senators
catching is in sad shape. Hal
Naragon sprained his left ankle
10 days ago and viii try to
catch batting practice here to-
Gay before a game with Kan
sas City. With Courtney and
Naragon both idle, the burden
has fallen to Steve Korcheck,
who has caught all except three
innings of the teams i've ex-
hibitions. He was replaced
briefly by Clyde Mccullough
In one game.
Korcheck is sturdy and rated
an excellent receiver, but La.
vagetto is anxious to acquire q
catcher with more hitting DO
tential. Steve batted .l91 with
Miami and .l59 with the Sena.
tors last year after hitting .07s
in a short trial with Washing.
ton two years ago.
Lavagetto may carry only
two cstchers during the regular
season and Korcheck could wir
the second spot even If the
Senators pick up a harder hit.
ting catcher in a trade. Cookie
admires Steve's handling oi
pitchers, his aggressiveness anC
general department.
Game Rained Out
Rained out of a game with
the Orioles yesterday at Or.
lando. where a mushy fielC
would have prevented actor
anyway. the Senators will try
again today, with Chuck Stobbs
Bill Fischer and Dick Hyde
slated to oppose the Athletics
The Senators missed batting
practice for a fourth straight
day in this saturated State
Cookie nevertheless had his
club in uniform and found
enough dry ground outside the
stadium to give his boys run.
ming room. The leg-limbering
plus some throwing by pitcher.
and infield practice on a muddy
diamond. went on for foul
hours,
NOTES: Sievers' left elbow
still is puffed after being hit
by Detroit's Phil Regan last
Sunday and he won't be able
to play for several more days
He hasn't attempted tc
swing at bat since he was
clipped. Pitchers Fred
Bruckbauer reports soreness
has vanished from his arm and
the rookie could make his debut
shortly.
Publicist Herb Heft has re-
turned to Washington to enter
Georgetown Hospital for treat
ment of a throat infection.
The Senators return to Orlando
tomorrow to meet the Dodgers.
They'll be of Monday, but
not inactive. for Cookie plans a
long batting drill. Then
they'll face the Orioles, Red
legs. Dodgers, Pirates and Ath-
letics at Orlando on successive
days.
Evening star., 1960-03-19
Brad|eyChoice
By4Points in
NIT Tit|eGan

+ NEW YORK, Mar. 19 (AP)
Bradley. with a drug scare
to star Sophomore Chet Walker
apparently resolved, rules a A.
point favorite ever Providence
in the championship basketball
game of the National Invita-
tional Tournament today.
The top-seeded Braves (26-
-, playing in the NIT final for
the third time in four years,
meet Providence (24-D in q
nationally televised CWRC-D
title game at 4 pm, following
a third-place game between st.
Bonaventure and Utah State.
1896 Expected r
With more than 5000 RAM
bunctious Providence fans here,
the double -header is expected
to lure another capacity crowd
Of 1896 to Madison Square
Garden.
We've had our hands full
trying to get ready for. Provi-
dence and I'm glad this orange
juice matter seems over" said
Bradley Coach Chuck Orsborn
after a police laboratory re-
port and a doctor indicated
yesterday that the juice that
Walker drank before the teams
82-71 victory over st. Bonaven-
ture Thursday night was not
contaminated. The juice was
brought to Walkers hotel room
by a young man dressed as a
bellhop.
The 6-foot-7 Walker, from
Benton Harbor, Mich, who
leads Bradley in scoring with
a 22-point average, has spent
most of the time in bed since
he became i'll during the game
with the Bonnies.
To See Limited Action
IT expect Walker to play,
but / probably will have to
use him in a limited capacity
again." Orsborn said. I'm
inclined to think it was a
nervous stomach caused by the
excitement of the tournament" "
Despite Walkers physical
weakness, Orsborn leaves the
impression his team has
reached its peak for the first
time since Bobby Joe Mason,
playmaker and defensive star,
was graduated at mid-term.
Bradley. the 1857 NIT cham
pion but beaten In an overtime
final by st. Johns last year,
may have to be at its peak TO
stop Providence. The Friars
See NIT, Page Ais
Evening star., 1960-03-19
CARROLL ADVANCES IN K. OF c.
St. Johns S Creates Stir
Going to SemifinoIs

take the runnerup spot in the
Washington Catholic League
showed the same fighting
Qualities defeating the favored
Crusaders, New York Catholic
League champion last night.
DubOfSky Leads Attack
The Cadets, led by Frank
Dubofsky. an all-league selec-
ton, doggedly held on for the
first two periods, then took COM
mand in the second half, al
Dubofsky got able assistance
from his teammates.
Coach Joe Gallagher of st
Johns. asked II he thought II
was Dubofsky's best game OF
the season, didn't commit him
self to that extent, but instead
had praise for the entire team
IF the boys give me a game
against st. GATHERINGS like
they did tonight I think we can
beat them" the pleased Gal
lagher said.
Dubofsky was S o m e thin 6
special with his timely goal,
that kept the Cadets from
dropping back too far in the
early going. st. Johns held 9
1919 first-quarter lead, with
Dubofsky making seven Of his
23-point total in that period.
Cadets Trail at Half
The Crusaders held an 1917
halftime edge. but Dubosky
came up with three field goal:
and John Stnons chipped ir
with three and the Cadet.
moved out in front at the enc
of the third quarter. 1926.
They were never headed
thereafter. Tim Cohane, jr., Of
Stepinac. son of the sports edi.
tor of Look Magazine, made
four straight foul shots tc
bring it to 40-37, st. Johns
with 20 seconds left in the
game. Don Roth of the Cadet,
countered with four straight
from the foul line to close out
the scoring. -f
Carrolls Lions played cal
and mouse with the undersiZec
Explorers, running up 1874
47-l4 and 1920 quarter leads
Coach Bob Dwyer substituted
freely in the second half.
The 39-point difference wa.
the largest margin in the his.
tory Of the tournament. Car.
roll twice had 31-point spread.
in last years tourney anc
Mount st. Joseph of Baltimore
had the same in the first yeal
of the affair.
The Lions rang UP points like
a super-market cash register
hitting 20 of SO fleld-goal at.
tempts and II of 19 from the
four line. In the latter depart
See CATHOLIC, Page Al!
Evening star., 1960-03-19
Golfers Must Wait
For Public Courses

All four of Washington's
public golf courses-East Poto-
mac, Rock Creek. Dupont and
Langston-will be closed to-
morrow.
The heavy SHOWS have left
the courses unplayable.
Evening star., 1960-03-19
California Favored to Beat
Ohio State forNCAA Title
Beers ShuckIe
Oscar; Buckeyes
Romp Over NYU

SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 10
(APl. - CALIFORNIA; Golden
Bears aim for a second straight
NCAA basketball title tonight
against an underdoe Ohio
State club after turning back
Cincinnati and its great Oscar
Robertson.
The Bears won their semi.
final. 77-69. last night. Earlier,
Ohio State romped to a 1854
triumph over the violets of
New. York University.
NYU and Cincinnati meet in
q consolation game tonight at
Z pm. psf (midnfght, EST.
Only three times before have
teams won two NCAA cage
titles in a row-Oklahoma
AIM in 1856. Kentucky in
ls4s-s and San Francisco in
1856.
Bears Favored Tonight
California went into the
Cincinnati game as q three.
point fayorite and tonight will
be the choice by that much or
more at the Cow Palace despite
the high scoring Buckeye Of
fense that led the Nation with
a sI.6 average.
Last night Cincinnati and
California played a near-repe-
tition of their semiflnal last
year when the Bears limited
Robertson to 10 points. This
time he scored only four field
goals but added 10 from the
free throw line for a total of ls
far below his 34.3 season
average.
Darrall Imhoff, CALIFORNIA;
6-foot-l0 All-America center,
turned in one Of the greatest
games Of his life. He scored Is
points and led the comeback
after Cincinnati held q 20-11
lead early in the game. Team
mate Bill McClintock tailed 10
and like Darrall proved q
demon on defense. 1t was the
Bears 18th straight victory.
Oscar Watched Closely
Tandy Gillis was the man
guarding Robertson. but Coach
Pete Newell disclosed after the
game that all of his team
watched Oscar when he had
the ball.
I'm glad we don't have to
play against Oscar anymore,
Pete said. His assists must
have set up at least 35 points.
We jammed up on him in the
first half and had to everyday
him so much they got a man
loose"
Newell, who was named
coach of the year by the
United States Basketball
Writers Association yesterday,
made no predictions as to the
outcome Of the Ohio State
game tonight. except to say
that the Buckeyes had "one OF
the best Big Ten teams I've
seen in q long time"
They showed it in jumping to
an 80 lead against NYU and
never falling behind. All-Amer.
lea Jerry Lucas and Larry
Siegfried, an unsung play
maker, led the attack with 10
points each.
Lucas is further along than
Cincinnati's Sophomore Paul
Hogue on both moves and
Shots" Newell observed. He
has all the shots that a senior
center has"
Lucas at 6-8 made the All-
America team this season as a
sophomore. Tonight's final
could develop into a face-to-
face battle of All-America pivot
men. =
Coach Fred Taylor of Ohio
State wouldn't make any pre-
dictions either except to OBJ
serve, "One thing for sure. We
can't afford to give the ball
See NCAA. Page Ais
Evening star., 1960-03-19
Handicap Aces
CIashing Today
In GuIfstreanl

. MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 10 (AP) .
Trainers of eight feet thor
oughbreds studied weather and
track conditions before map
ping their strategy in today's
100000 added Gulfstream
Park Handicap.
Most trainers hoped for a
fast racing strip. but Harris
Brown, who trains Mrs. Tilyou
sChristopher's Amerigo, said an
on track would boost his
horses chances in the mile
Snd-a-quarter race.
Amerigo has won turf races
At Hialeah and Santa Anita
this winter and moves up when
the dirt strip is anything but
fast.
!. Bald Eagle Favored
Amerigo is one of the "big
four" in today's race, which
finds Cain Hoy Stables Bald
Eagle the early 8-to-5 favorite,
followed by Brookme a d e
Stables Sword Dancer, 1853
horse Of the year, and On-and-
On. Calumet's handicap star,
who are expected to be CO.
second choices at about 81.
Jimmy Jones, trainer OF On
and On. does not like a muddy
track and hopes the Gulfstream
running strip viii dry out after
yesterdays rain.
The forecast calls for clear
and colder weather, with a high
OF about IS degrees at post
time.
YcaZa on FavOrite
Others expected are Elmen-
DORIS Day Court, DR.. Frank
j. Recio's Noble Sci, Mrs. O.. A.
5. McKean's Polylad and Chas-
mar Stud Farms Trackdown.
Bald Eagle. winner of the
recent Widener. rates the role
of favorite OF his record and
workouts. Manuel Ycaza will
ride the bay 5-year-old son Of
See GULFsTREAM. Page Ais
Evening star., 1960-03-19
By BURTON HAWKINS
Star stan Writer

ctar stan Wrtef
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
Mar. ls.-Ciint Courtney won't
be able to catch for the Sena-
tors for at least two weeks be-
cause Of an infected finger, and
President Cal Griffith vows that
If Clint isn't in condition by
the opening day he'll be fined
and suspended.
Courtney angered his bosses
by walking out of Orange Me-
mortal Hospital of his own ac-
cord Sunday night. The ply
sician treating him said the
AWOL act naturally retarded
healing processes" and added
that Clint will be unable tc
throw for at least two weeks
'Tt sure didn't help get the
finger better" said Griffith
who revealed that unless Court.
ney henceforth follows doctor
orders precisely he'll be sus.
pended Immediately. IF there's
any further funny stuff" Ca
said, he'll be on his own finan.
cially until such time as w
think he's in shape" Since
players aren't paid until thu
season starts, this would NEAR
Courtney's expense money
would be withheld.
Clint Invites Infection
Courtney's attempted self.
treatment Of a pulled finger
invited infection. He was sent
to a physician for treatment
and when there was no i'm
provement. he was ordered tc
the hospital for closer super
vision.
Clint was placed in a room
with a heart patient and tol6
his bosses he departed un-
announced because he wa'
fearful his roommate wa;
going to die. He told nurses
he was going to take a walk
and did. r rs
But he didn't tell them ht
wasn't coming back. Courtney
picked at the index finger Of
his right hand with a needle
to aggravate a slight Original
injury. He has been inactive
for more than a week. won't be
ready to resume playing unit
April l at the earliest, ther
must be tuned physically before
the Senators Opener April Il
or suffer acute pain in the
pocketbook.
Courtney Is Trade Bait
There are indications, how
ever, that Courtney won't be
around that long. Grifiith ad-
mits he is trying to obtain a
catcher in a trade and it's nc
secret that Courtney is part OF
the bait. Cal declares he isn't
close to completing a deal al
the moment. but adds that the
situation could change quickly
I'm going to talk to Frank
Lane again." Griffith said,
but so far he hasn't given
me a clear idea of what he
wants." While the Cleveland
general manager might be hazy
concerning his desires, Cal
isn't. He wants John Romano.
right-handed hitting catcher
who batted .294 in part-time
duty with the White Sox last
season.
Griffith says it's impossible
to talk with the White Sox
about getting Earl Battey, also
a right-handed hitter. Battey
is regarded as a better receiver
than Romano, but less likely
to hit. Battey batted .219 with
the White Sox last year, but
Cal says. when Battey's name
is mentioned the White Sox
Evening star., 1960-03-19
BY BOB HANSON
star stan Writer

Most of the capacity Grove
last night at Georgetown Uni,
versity came to watch Carol
open defense of its title in the
knights of Columbus scholas-
tic basketball tournament. but
they cheered scrappy st. Johns
A turnaway crowd of more
than 1000 saw the Lions chew
up LaSalle Of Cumberland. 75-
SO, but got the nights best
show from an underdog st
Johns team that upset Arch
bishop Stepinac of White
Plains, N. Y. 44-37..
In other opening-round
games. st. GATHERINGS Of Ra-
cine. Wis, got by Loyola oi
Baltimore. 50-45, and st. James
Of Chester. Pa. outlasted st
Gregory's of Shawnee. Okla.
$3.50.
If Carroll wins as expected
and st. Johns gets by st
GATHERINGS in tonight's semi
finals a precedent viii be set
as it will be the first time the
two Washington Representatives
have met for the champion
ship in the seven-year history
of the tournament.
PIayOff Schedule
st. Johns and st. GATHERINGS
will meet at 8 o'clock followed
by the Carroll-St. James game
at $50. In the losers bracket
Loyola and Archbishop Stepi-
nae will tangle at s.. followed
by the LaSalle and st. Gregory
game at $50.
The championship game will
be played at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row. The winners Of the first
two games today will meet al
1880 tomorrow for the con-
ISOLATION championship. The
losers Of the last two game,
tonight play at 2 pm. tomorrow
for third place.
st. Johns, the Cinderella
team Of the tourney by virtue
of its having won a playoff tc
Evening star., 1960-03-19
McLSh Gives
Reds and Self
Real Surprise
BY the Associated Press


Cal McLish has been saying
he'll have to learn the hitters
all over again in the National
League, and that "I'm just
not q good pitcher in the
spring I hope the Reds stick
with me-"
But that was before yester-
day, when the ex-Cleveland
Indian 19-gane winner scat
tered 11ve hits in five runless
innings against the Phillies.
Cincinnati lost the exhibi-
ton, 10. at Tampa, but the
Reds manager. Freddie Hutch
inson. had reason to be pleased.
McLish Impressive
Spring training is for work.
ing out kinks, he was saying
the same day McLish did his
talking. "If he (Cal) is going
to be knocked around. now's
the time for 1t to happen.
1t didn't. And even more i'm
pressive was that McLish didn't
give up any runs in his FIRST
spring game. He just doesn't
pitch shutouts. recording only
one Tin 1851 with the Chicago
Cubs) in a major league career
that began with Brookly in 1914
when he was a skinny 1S-year-
old.
Lefty Joe Nuxall finished up
for the Reds and lost it when
Rookie Jim Coker touched him
for q run-scoring double in the
eighth inning. Chris Short
rookie lefthander. was the win
ner, but Veteran Robin Roberts
matched McLish with goose
eggs over the first five innings
Braves Whip Yanks
Only two other games were
played in Florida, where rain
has been forcing exhibition
cancellations for several days
The Braves whipped the Yam
KEGS, IA. at st. Petersburg. and
Detroit beat st. Louis, 7-6, at
Lakeland.
In Arizona, the india s
slammed six home runs to de-
feat the Red Sox, l1-6, at
Tucson. and the Cubs homered
twice in a So victory over the
Giants at Mesa.
Hank Aaron homered of Bob
Turley for two runs in the
Braves three-run fourth and
Milwaukee wrapped up the
victory over the Yanks with
three more runs in the eighth
of Rookie George Haney. Yogi
Berra again played third for
the Yanks, making an error
but getting three hits.
Burning Blasted
The Cardinals ripped into
Jim Burning for all six runs
in the fourth inning. But Jim
Donohue. st. Louis rookie,
failed to hold of the Tigers,
who scored five times in the
sixth and seventh with Neil
Chrisley and Casey Wise de-
livering the clutch hits.
Rookie Walt Bond and Norm
Cash each homered twice for
the Indians. John Romano
and Gene Leek had the other
homers. Bond batted in six
runs on three hits. including
a single. Tracy Stallard. Red
Sox rookie. gave UP four of
the homers. Boston got three
home runs. by Marty Keough.
Lou Clinton and Pitcher Bill
Muffett.
Frank Thomas and Cal Nee
man provided the Cubs power.
Neeman homering for two runs
after Thomas broke the ice in
the Chicago three-run fourth.
Starter Seth Morehead. who
gave up only one run in four
innings, was the winner.
Evening star., 1960-03-19

See CATHOLIC, Page Ais
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-23

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Evening star., 1960-04-06
Court Rejects
Chessmun PIeu

SAN FRANCISCO, April 6
(AP.-Caryl Cheeseman's new
est legal bid to escape execu-
ton was rejected yesterday but
his attorney prepared a hur-
ried appeal to the State Su-
preme Court.
Chessman is scheduled to die
May 2. 1t is his ninth date
with San Quentin's gas cham
ber for multiple convictions of
robbery, kidnapping and sexual
assault.
The State District Court of
Appeals yesterday rejected the
convict authors habeas corpus
petition without comment.
CheSsman contended the trial
judge improperly charged the
jury and that his nearly II
years on death row constitutes
cruel and unusual punishment.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Rising Water
Fails to Rout
Defiant Band

URSA. H., April 6 (AP).-A
f1ood-defying band of Meyer,
III, residents had their backs
against the wall today in their
battle against the raging Mis-
sissippi River.
A dozen men and several
women, who refused to leave
despite rising water, battled to
save their furniture, clothing
and other belongings as the
muddy water played havoc with
their tiny community.
They're relatively safe out
there, but things look pretty
blue" said Keith Sickles, gen.
eral manager of the Ursa Coop
and its Meyer branch.
They wanted to stay there
and keep an eye on things" Mr..
Sickles said after returning
from Meyer in a small boat.
you'll always find few
around who Just hate to leave
their homes"
Meyer, a busy port for grain
barges plying the Mississippi,
was bypassed by the rampaging
flood waters which swept
through a levee break early
Monday, inundating 10000
acres.
But the f1oodwaters con-
tinued to rise and splashed
into the town of 100 residents.
Only boats can negotiate the
towns streets now, Mr.. Sickels
said. He said only a few homes
and the elevator are free of
water and several homes ap-
peared to have slipped off their
foundations.
Evening star., 1960-04-06

uated in scattered parts of New
York State and New England.
Major streams reached flood
crest stage in New England,
causing some minor floodings,
but Army engineers said the
flood control system was re-
ducing flood stages along New
England's two big rivers, the
Connecticut and Merrimack.
They forecast minor flooding
along the Connecticut from
White River Junction, VT, to
Middletown, Conn.
In New York, the overflows
from the Suquehanna. Mohawk,
Hudson and smaller streams
and rivers generally were con-
fined to the eastern half of the
State from the southern tier
to the st. Lawrence Valley.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Special Election Set

OLYMPIA, Wash, April 6
(AP).-A special election to fill
the House vacancy left by the
death of Representative Russell
v. Mack, Republican of Wash
ington, will be held at the same
time as the general election
November 8, Gov. Albert D.
Rosellini said yesterday.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Woman Acquitted
In 'Dupe' SIuyinq

LOS ANGELES. April 6 CAP)
A man meets a woman at a
downtown bar. After a few
drinks they go to his apart
ment to listen to hi-fi. He
hands her a .45-caliber auto
matte and says, laughing:
Shoot me it's got blanks
in it."
A shot. He falls dead. Is
the woman responsible for the
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Mississippi Swomps Bridge,
Claims More F arm Lands
BY the Associated Press

Flood damage spread down.
stream today along the shores
Of the swirling Mississippi.
A bridge connecting Kaskas-
kia Island and st. Marys, Mo,
was swamped by the rising
river. Homes on the historic
island, site of a French mis-
sion in 1886, are on high
ground above the danger level.
Boats ferried school children to
dry land.
Thousands of acres of farm
land were inundated at other
points between st. Louis and
Cairo, III.
The big river also was rising
along the Missouri and Illinois
shores north of st. Louis.
Swollen rivers and streams
caused trouble in New England.
The high waters in the East
and Midwest forced thousands
of persons from low-lying
homes.
Millions Of dollars in dam
ages was caused to crops, utili-
ties and personal property. Sew
veral million acres of valuable
crops and forest land lay under
water in the East and Midwest.
bikes Hold Firm
Dikes held firm at Niota, ILL.,;
Gregory Landing Mo-; Canton,
Mo, and West Quincy, Mo.
Water spilled over a levee
at Clarksville, Mo-, Yesterday,
inundating 5000 acres of farm
land. A small breach in a
levee east of Palmyra, Mo-,
flooded 800 acres.
The Missouri was expected to
crest at 22.5 feet at st. Joseph,
Mo, tomorrow. SIS above flood
stage. No flooding was reported
in st. Joseph but water covered
farmland across the river in
Kansas. Heavy flooding of
farmland also was reported in
the Boonville, Mo-, area.
Along the Missouri River,
Army engineers said some 90
600 acres of farmland were
flooded from Usage City to the
mouth north of st. Louis. They
said several thousand acres also
were flooded downriver from
st. Louis.
Hundreds in Northeast Flee
In the Eastern flood zones,
hundreds of persons were evac-
Evening star., 1960-04-06
FOUND

DOG. collie, male; in Kensington. JU
5-5l3S, s to > pm.
DOG, terrier, male. with rabies tag: ir
Kensington. JU. 5-51s3, 8 TO 5 pm.
Chase. JU. 5-51S3, 8 to pm.
DOG, German Shepherd, female: II
Wheaton. JU. 5-51S3, 8 to 5 pm
DOG, brown and white boxer; oSO(
Ontario I'd. NV. WASH ANIMAL
RESCUE LEAGUE. NO. 7-573O,
PARAKEET, banded. male, yellow anc
green; Sat-. Bethesda area. EN-
Evening star., 1960-04-06

Both points had been rejected
previously by courts.
George T. Davis, Cheeseman's
chief attorney, said an appeal
for a writ of habeas corpus and
stay of execution would go to
the State Supreme Court. pos
sibly tomorrow and on to the
United States Supreme Court
if necessary.
Evening star., 1960-04-06

Some 500 families we're evacu-
ated in the Oneonta area, in
the Troy-Waterford district
and on the outskirts of Syra-
cuse.
Evening star., 1960-04-06

thurs. 1t exonerated Mrs. Joan
Crawford Moreno, an unwilling
dupe to a suicide.
Evening star., 1960-04-06

death? No. a coroner's jury
ruled yesterday in the Satur-
day killing of Donald r. Ar