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Holmes County herald., 1960-08-25

School Directory of the
white public schools, Holmes
County school district Hol-
mes County, Mississippi ses-
sion 196O-61.
l.. r. Thompson, Superin-
tendent of Education Lexing-
ton, Miss. Mrs. Lucille l..
Chapman, Bookkeeper, Mrs.
Tom Riley, Secretary.
County Board of Education
w. B. Kenna, President Dis
trict l, Lexington; w. H. Nc
Kenzie, Jr., District II, Du-
rant; H. E. Chisolm, District
III, Lexington; M. l.. Smith,
District ", Thornton; c.. c.
Wade, District V, Cruger.
Lexington School
w. r. Schneller, Principal;
w. E. Smith, Elementary
Principal; o. A. Cleveland,
Agriculture; Mrs. Mary b.
Allbritton, Home Economics;
Woodson Earle, Coach, Math;
Johnny Davis, Coach, Jr. HIS
Math; H. A. Grisham, Jr.,
Coach, Science; Miss Clara
Watson, Social Science; Miss
Louise Hendrix, Commerce;
Mrs. Alice J. Thurmond, Jr.,
HIS Social Science; Janet
Herman, English; Mrs. Ann
M. McWilliams, Librarian;
Mrs. Arvile w. Terry, Eng
fish, Latin; Mrs. E. C. Went
worth, Piano; Miss Adams,
Public School Music; Mrs.
Margaret G.. Rush, LIST; Mrs.
Lille R. Earle, 1st; Mrs.
Geneva H. Lindholm, End;
Mrs. Ruth M. Cauthen, End;
Mrs. Dorothy M. Wilburn 3rd;
Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Dillon, 3rd;
Mrs. Mae Belle O'Reilly, 4th;
Mrs. Dorothy G. Lever, 4th;
Mrs. Mary S. McInniS, 9Th;
Mrs. Christine G.. Williamson,
9Th; Miss Meta Moore, 9th;
Mrs. Mary S. Ammons, 9th;
Mrs. Doris Summers, Office
Secretary and Mrs. ANNA
McRae, Lunch Manager.
Durant School
N. G.. Hathorn, Principal;
j.. c. Alexander, Agriculture;
Mrs. Laura M. Bowie, Eng
lish, Librarian; Mrs. Edna T.
Burrell, Math; Mrs. Nettie H.
Hester, Commerce, Secre-
tary; Mrs. Katherine Joyce,
History; Dale Brasher, Coach,
Science; Mrs. Faye Hood
Owen, Commerce; Mrs. Kath-
crime B. Hague, Home Eco
nomics; Mrs. Rose Binegar,
Music; Harvey Ray, Coach,
Science; Miss Rachel Winters,
English; J. H. Hague, Science;
Walter B. Oswalt, Band Direc-
tor; Mrs. Nonee w. HOllings>
Holmes County herald., 1960-08-25

They will leave Lexington
August 20.
Replacing Mr.. Siler as As
sistant County Agent will be
Duane Tucker, a native of
Boyle, Miss.
Holmes County herald., 1960-08-25

MOORk'S RADIO & TV SER
VICL. For the Best Radio and
TelevisiOn service in this area,
let a man with 80 years ex-
perience do the job. Service
calls anywhere. Reasonable
price. Record players repaired,
4ntennas installed. Located on
Carrollton Ave. on Lexington
Acona road in former Lehman
Grocery Store. Business phone
755, residence 417-J-1. 12tfnp
Heart disease is no reSpec-
ter of persons. It strikes from
the cradle to the rocking chair
in all economic brackets.
Holmes County herald., 1960-08-25
Last Rites
For David
Louis HOcutt

Funeral services were held,
Sunday August 81 for David
Louis Hocutt, infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Lewis
Hocutt.
He was born August 18th
and died August 10Th at the
Baptist hospital in Jackson.
Graveside services were
held August 81 at Harland's
Creek Cemetery with Rev.
Dennis R. Johnston, pastor of
the E benezer Methodist
Church conducting the SER
vices.
Southern funeral Home of
Lexington was in charge of
arrangements.
McCool, E. H. Veazey of Ethel
and R. w. Veazy Of San An
tonic, Texas.
Holmes County herald., 1960-08-25
Births
STEPHEN LEE HODGES
BORN TUESDAY. AUG. 1,

oA Lillian 1L11L lAOAU11O
BORN TUESDAY, AUG. 16
A-1st and Mrs. Marvin Lee
Hodges are the proud parents
of a son born on Tuesday,
August 10Th, at the Hospital
in WinSloW, Arizona.
Sharing congratulations with
the happy parents are the
paternal grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Drayton Hodges, Of Du-
rant, and the maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everette
Castleberry, of Lancaster, Cal
ifornia.
Holmes County herald., 1960-08-25
Hospital
Patients.
LEXINGTON

Mr.. Vardaman Smith, Tchula
Mr. 0. w. Thompson, Lex.
Mrs. Beulah Galley, Cola
Mrs. H. B.. Farmer, West
Nj. Bob Kimbrough, Lexing.
Mrs. O. S. Williamson, Lex.
Mrs. Minnie Lannon's, Lex.
Mrs. Annie Mae Brown, Lex.
Mrs. O. d. Hooker, Lexington
Mrs. Kate Herring, Lexington
Mrs. w. c. Jones, Lexington
Mrs. Marvin Coward Cola
Mr.. Walter Murtagh, Pickens
Mrs. E. B. Chunn Lexington
Mrs. Billy Eaken, Tchula
Mrs. Georgia Self, Tchula
Mrs. Lucille Rogers, Lex.
Mrs. E. Carpenter, Lexington
Mr.. Chester Moore, Lexington
Mrs. o. w. Reid West
Mrs. B. V. Cox, Cola
MI. Earl Maddox, West
Mr. Jim Bradley, Lexington
Baby Girl Fisher, Sails
Mrs. Bill Young, Lexington
Holmes County herald., 1960-08-25
PIANOS

Largest selection in the
Delta WurlitZer Kimball
SpinetS, Consoles, Studios.
Used uprights and grands Re
conditioned and refinished.
Financed - no interest. See
them day or night Phone GIL
3-5316. The Piano Workshop
109 Lee St. Greenwood, Miss.
Holmes County herald., 1960-08-25

Let Pop GoudeIock cook
your hams, turkeys, chickens,
ribs or any kind of meats with
all the trimmings. Expertly
prepared. Ready to serve at a
reasonable price. Call l.. A.
Pop" Goudelock Phone
409-J - 800 North ST.. LeXing-
ton. 81 3t-c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
Eight Entered
In Bowie Cap

Tomorrow's Bowie Handicap
has drawn a field of eight,
headed by c. Mahlon Kline's
Mystic II and Mrs. Edith L.
Prices Yes You Will, who share
top weight Of 118 pounds. The
$500 Myrtlewood Handicap,
which was designed by Racing
Secretary John Turner, jr.. to
provide an event for fillies and
mares who lost their major OPP
portunity at the meeting when
j. Farrell succumbed after a
was showed out, did not draw
sufficient entries and was dis
carded.
Two recent arrivals from
Hialeah, Shoestring Stables
Ashlar, 116, and Elkcam Sta
ble's Open View, ia, are ex-
pected to furnish stout opposi-
ton to Mystic II and Yes You
Will. The other candidates are
William Hal Bishops entry OF
Pete's Folly, 113. and Sputnik,
1903; Alfred Muller's Charles
gate, 1903, and Skylark Fa is
Geechee Lou, los.
With eight starters the Bowie
will gross S28,600 and the win
ming owner will net $18,340.
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Zoning Approved
For Golf Course
At Guithersburo

The Montgomery County
Board Of Appeals has approved
plans for an 18-hole golf course
and a miniature golf course on
a 139-acre tract on Route $40
at Shady Grove road, Gathers
burg, Md.
The special exception to
county coming laws was sought
by Sam Fig Of the Shady Grove
Country Club. Inc, the WASH
ington Motor Hotel, Inc, the
Fields Road Corp. and Blaine
H. Fig.
The petitioners told the board
they planned to provide a driv-
ing range, golf shop. enlarged
clubhouse, swimming pool and
tennis courts. A clubhouse.
pool and tennis courts have al
ready been built in connection
with an existing club.
The board. while permitting
the new golf facilities, refused
to consider the operation as a
country club because it would
be open to the general public,
Classification as a country club
would have made the club
house a conforming use, which
1t now is not.
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CheItenhum Cup
Chase Is Taken
By 6-to-1 Shot

CHELTENHAM, England
Mar. II (AP).-Pas Seul, who
lost the race last year by falling
at the final fence, shot ahead
in the stretch yesterday to win
the gruelling Cheltenham Gold
Cup Steeplechase by a length
from Lochroe.
The Irish-trained Fonda was
five lengths behind Lochroe
in third place at the end OF
the ga mile chase over Il
tough obstacles. There were IL
starters.
Kerstin, an entry for the
Grand National Steeplechase
March 26. challenged for the
lead at the last Jump, but the
10-year-old mare fell and didn't
finish. Nightsbrook, another
Grand National hope, led fol-
half the race but tired and
dropped back.
Queen Mother Elizabeth was
among the crowd.
Pas Seul, ridden by Billy Rees
and owned by John Rogerson
Of England, went of at 6-1 and
covered the course in seven
minutes.
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FIFTH RAcE-Puss $4,000; eIoimins $4,000 sssoo sysa-
Ex-Minor League
Owner Succumbs

MOBILE, Ala. Mar. II (AP)
Edgar Cunningham Allen, 81,
former president and owner of
several Southern Association
baseball clubs, died in a Mobile
hospital early today after a
short illness.
Allen, of Point Clear, Ala,
was superintendent of the Los
Angeles Dodgers training camp
at Vero Beach. Fla, before he
became Ill.
He and a brother, Robert
Allen, owned the Little Rock
baseball club and later moved
the franchise to Knoxville,
Tenn In 1914, they transferred
it to Mobile and operated the
club until they sold it to a
group of Mobile businessmen
in 1852.
His wife. two daughters and
a brother survive.
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MAXWELL SIGNS
$4,000 PACT

LAKELAND, Fla. Mar. II
AP).-Outfielder Charley Max
well finally has signed with the
Detroit Tigers, thus relieving
Bill Dewitt, club president,
and General Manager Rick
Terrell of a major holdout
headache.
Maxwell, who led the club
last year in home runs (3D and
runs batted in 1857. came I'M
expectedly to the training
camp yesterday and after a
conference with Dewitt and
Terrell signed for $4,000. That
represents about $1,000 over his
salary of 1869 and is Just
$4,000 less than his first asking
price.
1T was mighty cold up in
Paw Paw" Maxwell said of his
Michigan residence. 1T was
about 5 below zero when ! left.
with 20 to rs inches of snow on
the ground. Then, too. 1
figured we weren't so far apart.
/ thought I'd come down here
and see what happens; figured
I'd use my little smile
and overwhelm them"
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vited thus far to the eight
team event. In addition to
Carroll and Stepinac, st.
Johns. runnerup to Carroll in
the Catholic League, and st.
GATHERINGS Of Racine, Wis,
consolation winner of the
tourney last year, are in.
The Crusaders, coached by
Nat Volpe, former Manhattan
College star, finished with a
20-l record and are headed by
Frank Richini, Tim Cohane
and John Mastropolo.
Richini. 6-foot-4. and Co.
hane, go, are the teams top
rebounders and Mastropolo the
leading scorer with q 16-point
average.
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Unseeded William jewell
Among NAIA SemifinuIists

final 20 seconds won for the
MisSourians.
Tennessee A&I, still quick
and dangerous, has been hurt
by graduation and is not the
team it has been in past tour
naments. The big difference
between it and Wofford was
Tennessee States sharp shoot
ing. The Tigers did not have
the ball often, but made 30
goals in So tries for SIT per
cent. Wofford hit 20 of II for
40.8.
Like Gene Alexander of Wof-
ford said, Tennessee is a ter
rife team. think they can be
had. but you can't do it by run
ming with them"
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N. Y. State Five Becomes
9TH K. of 6. Tourney Team

For the first time in the
seven-year history Of the
Knights Of Columbus basket
ball tournament, March 1920
at Georgetown University. a
newcomer from the New York
City area will be entered.
Archbishop Stepinac OF
White Plains, N. Y, has re-
placed Archbishop Molloy as
the New York scholastic cham
pion this year. Molloy, run
nerup last year to defending
champion Carroll, won the K.
OF c. title four times.
Announcement of Archbishop
Stepinac to the tournament
brings to four the number in
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Young Golfers
Pacing Field
In Pensacola

PENSACOLA, Fla, Mar. II
(AP)-The young golfers took
over in the first round of the
$4,000 Pensacola Open.
Led by 22-year-old Allen
Geiberger Of Studio City, Calf,
youngest regular on the winter
tour. they set a hot pace over
the 6,500-yard Pensacola Coun-
try Club course yesterday.
Geiberger, the best 1860
rookie, fired a sizzling 8-under-
par 3l-33-64 to pace So golfers
who broke par. His best finish
since joining the pro circuit
seven weeks ago was a tie for
fourth in the San Diego Open.
Geiberger turned in nine bir-
dies and used only 20 puts.
Three 24-year-olds were in a
tie for second with 81. They
were Dave Raglan, Orlando,
Fla: Don Bisplinghoff, Long
wood, Fla, and Bruce Camp
ton, Sydney, Australia, who is
playing his first tournament in
this country this year.
The Australian dropped a
hole in one on the par 8 sew
enth hole, the second ace Of
his career. The 155-yard shot
was made with an 8 iron.
Bisplinghoff had seven brides
and Ragan five. The two for
merly were teammates at the
University Of Florida.
The defending champion,
Paul Harvey of Worchester,
Mass, scored a two-over-par
IA. He played despite an at
tack Of flu.
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CEPEDA ALL SET
TO JOIN GIANTS

PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. II
(APl.-Orlando Cepeda. lone
holdout Of the San Francisco
Giants, arrived in training
camp last night and announced
he would sign his contract to-
day.
Cepeda, who had said earlier
that he had come to terms, re-
portedly will get $27,500 for his
third year in the National
League.
I'm three days. l ready to
play" declared the 22-year-old
Cepeda, who few here from his
home in Puerto Rico.
He looked to be in great
shape although he has played
only 10 games since mid -Jan-
uary. He wound up the Winter
League with a 1857 average.
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Roller Derby
To End Stuy
Here Tonight

The New York Chiefs and
Hollywood Stars wind UP their
two-game roller derby series at
$3.50 o'clock tonight at Uline
Arena.
The Chiefs, leading the Roller
Derby League, put on q fast
finish to defeat the Stars, 1888,
last night at Uline's before
1,786 spectators.
Bob Woodberry made five
points in the final period and
Sonny Rimatello added two
more to put the Chiefs into a
1898 lead. The Stars had a
1892 lead when the Chiefs
came UP with IL straight
points to clinch the victory.
Top performers for the men
were Ronnie Kuklovsky of the
Stars who had IL points, Mike
Cannon, son of Gene Gam
mon, the Chiefs coach, with 10,
and Ronnie Robinson, son of
Sugar Ray Robinson. four
points. @
Leading the women scorers
were Jean Porter Of the Stars
with seven points and Dru
Scott Of the Chiefs with six.
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Swim Mark Falls

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Mar. II
(AP) Ray Martin of Bowling
Green set a new Mid-American
Conference swimming record
here last night in the finals of
the 1,500-meter freestyle event.
Martin covered the distance in
1927, lettering the previous
mark of 1868 established last
year by Jim Mulligan of Mi
ami (Ohio).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11

KANSAS CITY, Mar. II
(AP).-William Jewell College
Of Liberty, Mo-, unseeded and
unheralded, finds itself in Sc
lect company in tonight's semi
finals Of the National Inter-
collegiate (NAIA) basketball
tournament.
In the first game at $50
pm, three-time defending
champion Tennessee A&I State
takes on fourth-seeded West
minister College of New Will
mington, Pa. At 1915 pm,
William Jewell runs into South
west Texas State, seeded No. Q.
Tennessee States 1880 quar-
terminals decision last night
over Wofford College of Spar
tanburg, S. c.. was its 18th
straight in tournament play.
In its match with Westminster,
fans will see two extremes of
basketball.
Westminster, led by Charles
Davis, a ball-handling wizard,
tries to slow faSt-breaking
teams to its own deliberate
pace. Tennessee State has
only one speed-full ahead.
Westminster eliminated Ham
line, another three-time tour
nament champion, in the quar-
terminals, $3.50, using its eff
fective delaying game.
In the other quarter-flnals
Southwest Texas capitalized on
a Appoint performance by
Charles Sharp and a stubborn
zone defense to defeat Gram
bling Ua) College, 1868, and
William Jewell, pressed to the
limit, ousted New Mexico High
lands, 67-62. Four free throws
by Charles Rutherford in the
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Umpiring Group
Issued Charter

The Metropolitan Baseball
and Softball Umpires Associa-
ton Of Washington has been
re-issued a charter in the Ma
tional Association of Umpires.
Officers of the Washington
group are Walter H. Brooks, ir.,
president; Robert Williams,
vice president; Reginald Free
man. secretary, and James B.
Richardson, treasurer.
Under terms of the charter,
this group has Jurisdiction of
approving membership of indi-
vidual umpires from Prince
Georges, Montgomery, Charles,
Arlington and Fairfax Counties
and the District of Columbia in
the national association.
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pion Kansas State in a play
of for an NCAA berth.
Big Ten champion Ohio
State (21-3), ranked third, and
its All-America sophomore
Jerry Lucas play the nightcap
of the Mideast regional at
Louisville. KY, against Ohio
Valley Conference winner
Western Kentucky (20-6). Ohio
University (17-D, a surprise
winner over Notre Dame in the
first round game Tuesday
meets Southeastern Conference
Representative Georgia Tech
(21-5) in the opener.
Won Last Year
Darrall Imhoff, California
All-America, PAGES the Bears
(25-D who last year beat Rob-
ertson and Cincinnati to get
into the finals against West
Virginia. Imhoff g. Co. held
Oscar to 10 points in the semi
finals.
The two could meet again If
victorious this week end. The
and Far West winners
play next Friday night and the
East and Mideast face each
other in the other semifinal
game. The two winners play
next Saturday night for the
title.
The NCAA small college title
is one the line at Evansville,
Ind, tonight with defending
champion Evansville meeting
tiny Chapman (CalifD College.
Last night, Evansville battled
past bitter rival Kentucky Wes-
leyan. 1860, and Chapman de-
feated Cornell Qowa) in the
small college semif1nals.
The two losers play for third
place tonight.
The National intercollegiate
Athletic Association Tourna-
ment (NAIA) tonight has its
semifinals at Kansas City with
three-time winner Tennessee
All, Westminster pa South
west Texas and William Jewell
going for the finalist berths.
In the quarter-f finals, Ten
nessee A&1 defeated Wofford,
1850; Westminster CPa.) won
over Hamline, $3.50; Southwest
Texas beat Grambling, 1868,
and William Jewell edged New
Mexico Highlands. 67-62.
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Howard to Send
5 to Swim Event

Melvin Ford of Howard. Cen
trail intercollegiate Athletic AS
ISOLATION record holder for the
22O and 440 yard and 1900
meter freestyle, will head
Towards five-man entry in the
NAIA swimming championships
March II and 10 at Muncie, Ind
The other four, who estab-
lished a conference record In
the 400-yard freestyle relay two
weeks ago. are Samuel East,
Charles johnson, Michael Smith
and Chandler Wynn. East and
Smith also will compete in the
so and 100 yard freestyles,
johnson in the 100 and zoo
yard backstrokes and Wynn in
the 100 and 200 yard butterhys
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Loneden to Return

ARCADIA. Calf, Mar. II
AP)-Jockey Johnny Longden
expects to be back in the saddle
a few days after his leg cast
is taken of March %. Longden,
who broke bone in his right
ankle when a horse tumbled on
him February II. said he's
looking forward to riding at
Bay Meadows.
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Slight Recline Shown
BASKETBALL
Continued From Page d.

Continued From Page d.
won the regional title and
went on to lose the national
finals to California. ITO.
Duke, starting four juniors
and a sophomore under Vic
Bubas, its f1rst-year coach,
staggered through a 1910 reg
ular season, but swept three in
a row to take the Atlantic
Coast Conference title. Doug
Kistler, 6-foot-8 pivot man, has
scored rs points in Dukes last
four victories after finishing
the regular season with an IL
point average.
st. Joseph's, unranked but
dangerous. has won its last
eight and has four starters av-
eraging in double figures. The
Hawks lost to West Virginia
last year in the regionals.
NIT on TV Tomorrow
The National Invitational
tourney at New York's Madison
SQUARE Garden is idle, but picks
up with afternoon might dou-
ble-headers tomorrow. which
include a quarter-f1nal matinee
game between second-Seeded
Utah State and Villanova on
national television (WRC-4. 4
PM.
Villanova and Providence
College each won first-round
games in the NIT last night,
but both had to scramble after
blowing comfortable leads
against Detroit and Memphis
State. respectively. Villanova
won. 1886. and Providence.
ITO.
George Rawlings two free
throws in the last 81 seconds
capped Villanova's victory after
the Cats were ahead by 10 with
seven minutes to play. Johnny
Egan did the same for Provi-
dence in the last IS seconds
after the Friars lost a l4-point
lead and fell behind by four.
Len Wilkens scored IA straight
points in Providence's come
back drive to help it into the
quarter finals against st. Louis
tomorrow night.
BearcatS Favored
Each NCAA regional double
header tonight will have a
member of the Associated Press
All-America on display, led by
Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson at
the Midwest regional at Man
udLUdl.
Robertson, the all-time COL
lege scorer who led the Nation
for the third straight year and
has a basketful Of additional
records. takes the Bearcats
against DePaul $3.50 in the
second game of a double
header. Cincy. 25-1, is favored
to win the NCAA title.
The other Midwest game
sends Texas 1886. the South
western Conference champion,
against Kansas (l9-8), which
defeated co-Big Eight cham
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MCMAHON SIGNS
WITH MILWAUKEE

MILWAUKEE,, Mar. II (AP)
Don Mcmahon, Milwaukee,
f1reballing relief pitcher, came
to terms with Braves General
Manager John McHale by tele-
phone today.
Mcmahon, who was So with
an earned-run average Of 2.56
last season, will leave his farm
home near Lancaster, Ohio,
today to drive to spring train
ing camp at Bradenton, Fla.
His signing leaves Milwaukee
with three holdouts - Pitcher
Lew Burdette, Outfielder Yves
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Two Hunt Clubs
Set New Dates

BERRYVILLE, Va, Mar. IL
(SpeciaD The Blue Ridge
Hunt announced today post
ponement Of its point-to-point
basis to Saturday, April 10.
The meet will be held at Ora
h a m Dougherty's Woodley
Farm.
Meanwhile the Rappahannock
Hunt whose race meeting was
Cancelled March S because of
heavy snow, has tentatively set
March Is as the date for its
program of 10 races.
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Hortock Rides Ameriqo
Close Win on Coast

1,561. 494 for last year, a drop
of 6.76 per cent. Total mutuel
handle was $ll6.959. l07, COM
pared to last years $3.50, 1885,
932, a drop of 3.34 per cent.
Trainer Harris Brown said
Amerigo probably will ship back
to Florida and possibly run in
the Gulfstream Handicap. He
may go to South America later.
Hartack rode Afnerigo to VIC
tory in the rich Hialeah Turf
Cup Handicap last month at
Miami.
Ran Third on Dirt
Amerigo finished third in the
recent $100,000-added Santa
Anita Handicap, but that was
on a dirt strip. Yesterdays
race was on grass at about a
mile and three-quarters.
Amerigo, the favorite, was
clicked in 2:47A, well of the
track and stakes record of
2:452s hung up last year by
Royal Living. He paid 81, $500
and $500. King O. Turf, owned
by Mrs. J. Ross Clark, II, paid
$l4.40, and $40. Aorangi was
third and Porter fourth in the
field Of II.
Hartack kept Amerigo close
to the front runners from the
start, and then the race devel-
oped into a two-horse battle as
Angel Valenzuela brought King
O. Turf into range. The two
alternated head and head until
the last so yards when Hartack
urged Amerigo on to a last
burst effort.
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Tryouts Slated
By Little Leagues

Registration and tryouts in
Little Leagues in Virginia will
be held tomorrow as follows:
Armand ale Registration
from 8 am. to noon at the
Annandale elementary and high
school, Masonville. Sleepy Hol-
low, WOODBURY., Weyanoke and
Wakefield Forest Schools.
Springf1eld-Tryouts at Ed
ward r. Carr field. Further in
formation may be obtained by
calling David r. Mcknight at
Clearbrook 6-4956.
Fairfax-Tryouts postponed
until March 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
Arlington Optimists
Win Cuoe TOURNEY

The Arlington Optimist Club
defeated the Jelleff Branch,
1924, last night to win the
Boys Club of Washington IT,
pionship.
Arlington, which finished its
season with a 1913 record, was
led by Tom Hahn and Tom Cox
who had l6 and Is points, re-
spectively.