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Evening star., 1961-04-25
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
By FRANCIS STANN

RIPLEY HOPES TO BRING back some
of the art of defense. This, he haStenS to
add, doesn't mean he's old fashioned The
parade hasn't passed him by
"On the contrary" he was assuring
Lynn, back in 1927 wrote a story for the
Cleveland Plain Dealer in which l pre-
dicted that basketball would develop into
the high-scoring game 1t is now. People
want home runs in basketball, just like
they do in baseball wrote"
Harry Lynn clucked in admiration of
his coach's foresight. That was in 1922"
he asked, impressed.
Maybe didn't think the game would
change quite so much" Ripley admitted.
I'm fact, I'd like to bring little of the old
game back"
Saperstein, the diminutive genius who
made pile out of the Harlem Globetrot-
ters is thinking along the same lines. The
American League, Abe points out, not
only is making a long basket count for three
points, instead of two, but is planning
other legislation.
THE REASON WE'RE INCREASING
the point value Of basket shot from Is
feet or further" Saperstein explained, lis
to give the smaller player who can shoot
better chance. Then, too, it will make the
defense come out to the shooters to keep
them from getting set behind the 25-foot
line. Finally 1t will create more shots that
hang in the air longer. 1t will add sus-
pense. The way it is now, the tall guys
dunk the ball so fast the public can't
follow it,"
Saperstein, who also owns the Chicago
franchise in the ABL, wants more legiS-
lation to reduce scores. Games now are
ridiculous" Abe said. when I owned a
piece of the Philadelphia Warriors I COM
planned to Eddie Gotteib about game
the Boston Celtics won over the st. Louis
Hawks, 173 to 152.
care they trying to make joke Of the
game? 1 asked. That's more than 300
points
"'Oh, they'll be having 5OO-point games
before long,, Gottleib told me-
That's when I decided that some rules
changes had to be made. A winners total
shouldn't be more than so points =. rs at
the most. Anything higher just isn't sound
basketball"
Evening star., 1961-04-25
AS Fire Peters,
Farm Manager;
Lost Mack Quits

KANSAS CITY, April 25
(AP) ).-The Kansas City Ath-
letics fired Farm Manager
Henry Hank Peters last night
and accepted the resignation
Of Connie Mack III. last OF
the famed Mack family identi-
fled with the club.
Charles o. Finley, new owner
of the Athletics, wouldn't say
why Peters, head of the clubs
farm system since 1855, was
discharged. Finley said Cen
eral Manager Frank Lane would
have to do the talking and
Lane couldn't be reached last
night.
Mack has been working in
the promotion and sales de-
partment since the club was
purchased by the late Arnold
Johnson and moved here from
Philadelphia in 1855.
Peters was assistant farm
manager Of the old st. Louis
Browns for eight years. He
served as business manager OF
Burlington, Iowa, in the Three
I League before joining the
Athletics.
Evening star., 1961-04-25
Believe 1t Or Not, By Ripley

CASEY STENCIL, even in winning a
pennant at 10 years of age, was considered
too old and cut loose by the Yankees. Elmer
Ripley will be 10 in July but he'll just be
starting another phase in his remarkable
roundball career.
Harry Lynn, president Of the new
Washington Caps of the new American
Basketball League, doesn't think Ripley is
too old to coach his team. Nor does Ripley
himself Il know can teach; know I can
coach, J." Rip says. IF just get the horses
one big guy and a good backcourt man,
especially-well do all right"
The Touchdown Club tossed luncheon
for Ripley, Lynn and Abe SaperStein, COM
missioner of the new circuit that will be
launched next fall Before the occasion,
Ripley and Lynn were holding court in the
boss mans office at Ulne Arena. An in
truder wanted to know if the old Original
CelticS N92O-23) felt up to all the travel
the new league will demand. ..-.
1--WE been all over the world, every
where except Russia" Ripley smiled. What's
a flight from Washington to Honolulu to
me?" He looks like he's fit and ready. Rip
could pass for so. His slight limp is not
due to advancing years but to an old polo
injury.
CRITICS HAVE WONDERED II Ripley,
born to the old school in which premium
was placed on a field goal, is simpatico
with modern dunkball. Elmer laughed. II
won't say I like it any better than the
game played" he said, "but the funda-
mentals haven't changed You still have to
know how to pivot handle the ball and
pass"
But the shooting technique has
changed" Ripley was reminded. How many
one-hand shooters played in your day?"
Its changed" he acknowledged,
That's because the ball has changed. It's
smaller and better We used about two
basketballs a season. They got lop-Sded
and swollen after so many games and you
had to use two hands to shoot well.
mo, he grinned, I'VE didn't have any
one hand shooters in those days We
passed and worked the ball until guy had
a real shot at the basket If anybody in my
time grabbed the ball and shot with one
hand, you know where he'd be the next
dayp On the way home"
Evening star., 1961-04-25
Hot National League Race
Bears Out Pilots Forecast

one game out of the cellar. To
further illustrate the cloSeness
Of the race, had the Braves
won last night, they would have
bolted into second place.
Can Change Positions
Every National League club
can change its position today.
San Francisco would take over
first place by beating Los An
geles. The Giants were slated
to pit Jack Sanford against
Don Drysdale. st. Louis could
share the top rung provided it
defeats Milwaukee and the
Dodgers lose. The Cards had
Curt Simmons primed to pitch
against Don Nottebart.
Pittsburgh, by beating Phila-
delphia tonight, also could
stake a first-place claim, if the
Giants beat the Dodgers. Vine
Evening star., 1961-04-25
Sneudo-Sun
Plays Role Of
Santa Claus

TOKYO, April 25 CAP).-
Sneado-San. Sam Snead to the
American golf fan, was back in
Japan today. But he wasn't
chipping very well.
"All the time short or over
green" said his caddy, Kurako
KaWame.
The petite girl had caddied
for Snead in 1857 when he and
Jimmy Demaret came to Japan
and lost the Canada Cup
matches to Japanese Pros Pete
Nakamura and Koichi Ono.
/ Snead had praised the girl
caddy and when he returned
last week for some exhibition
matches he asked for her.
He said she was not only
efficient at selecting clubs, but
knew the game of golf and was
cute as a button"
Snead played yesterday with
three japanese businessmen
and shot a one-over-par 70 at
the 6,164-yard Kasumigaseki
course.
After putting out on one
green, Snead asked his caddy:
You got any clubs Of your
own yet? You still playing?"
Kurako answered in the mega
tive.
We'll, I'll bet you will pretty
soOn," the golfer said.
On the 18th green, somebody
arrived with a huge package.
/ Sneado-San presented Kurako
with a matched set of woods
and irons. The SpeechleSs girl
broke into tears.
Evening star., 1961-04-25
BY the Associated Press

At the start Of the season,
the National League managers
predicted a five-team race with
a sixth team, the Cincinnati
Reds, having an outside chance,
The league standings today
make the pilots look like
geniuses-in the guessing de-
partment.
Only one game separates the
first four teams after two
weeks of play. Another sep
arates the seventh-place Mil
waukee Braves from the first
place Los Angeles Dodgers. San
Francisco, st. Louis and Pitts
burgh, the other three in the
top-rated five, are tied for sec
ond place.
In the only game played yes
terday, Pittsburgh edged Mil
waukee, 7-6, to drop the Braves
Evening star., 1961-04-25

gar Bend Mizell was the Pirate
pitching choice against Dallas
Green. The other game sched-
uled, Chicago against Cincin-
natl was rained out. They are
tied for fifth place.
Bob Friend won his third
without a defeat for the Pirates
last night but he needed ninth
inning help from Glenn Labine.
The veteran righthander al
lowed only five hits through
eight innings and went into
the final frame leading, IA.
CimOli Scores Clincher
Wes Covington's single, an
error and a sacrifice produced
one Milwaukee run. Friend got
John Demerit to fly out for
the second out but when
Evening star., 1961-04-25

Johnny Logan singled in a run,
Manager Danny Murtaugll
summoned Labine from the
bullpen. The sinker-ball spe-
cialiSt got Roy Mcmillan on a
grOunder to end the game.
The Pirates collected 13 hits
off four Milwaukee pitchers.
Mo Drabowsky, in relief, was
charged with the defeat.
Pittsburgh scored four runs
in the fourth, kayoing starter
Bob Buhl, but what proved to
be the winning run was scored
in the eighth-in an unusual
manner. With two out, Gino
Cimoli singled and Dick Groat
followed with another single.
Cimoli slipped rounding third.
In the rundown that followed,
he managed to elude the tag
and slid safely across the plate.
Cimoli had three hits, includ-
ing a double.
Evening star., 1961-04-25

said. Il could see his left jab
coming. I knew then all ! had
to do was let him lead that left
and cross with my right and
it wouldn't be long"
1t wasn't. Early in the first
round, johnson, a 3-to-1 favor
ite, staggered Clay with a left
hook and sent him staggering
across the ring. Before the bell,
he knocked him down with a
right cross over a left, but the
bell saved Clay.
Gets Biggest Payday
Beloff stopped he fight in
the second round after Clay
went down for the third time.
Under Pennsylvania rules, three
knockdowns in one round au-
tomatically ends a fight. It's
doubtful If Clay would have
continued. rule or no.
The crowd Of 6,738, which
paid $39,993, stood and cheered
JohnSon's sparkling perform
ance. The former bricklayer
and drummer earned his big
gest purse since putting on
the gloves in 1946-S13,188, 40
per cent Of the receipts. Clay's
20 per cent amounted to S6,594
in the first championship pro-
motion by AL Lewis, who other
wise earns a living in the check
cashing business.
Where does johnson go from
here? He has to wait and
see whether Moore, who is
recognized as light-heavy cham
pion in New York, Massachu-
sets and Europe, can make
Evening star., 1961-04-25

PHILADELPHIA, April 2s
(AP).-Harold Johnson, fresh
from q successful defense oi
his National Boxing Association
light-heavyweight champion
ship, today found himself in
the same old rut-waiting for
Archie Moore.
johnson, 174, scored a Sec
ond-round technical knockout
over Won Clay, IT'S, a fellow
Philadelphian, last night. The
simplest description of the fight
itself would be to say that q
man fought boy, and, as uSu-
ally is the case, the man won
Clay, a 2l-year-old with q
1882 record before the sched-
uled 15-rounder, never had a
chance. The 32-year-old john
son, a veteran Of Is years in the
ring and a boxer in the classic
style, knocked him down once
in the first round and three
times in the second.
Referee Stops Fight
Referee Dave Beloff stopped
the uneven match at 2::28 of the
second with Clay a badly beaten
young man. johnson simply
stood back and in his inimitable
style counter-punched his way
to an easy victory.
johnson said he knew this
first defense Of the title, which
he won last February 7 by
knocking out Jesse Boudry al
Miami Beach, wasn't going tt
last long.
He is a good puncher but g
very slow puncher," johnson
Evening star., 1961-04-25
BY the Associated Press

Cookie Lavagetto knows all
about Yogi Berra, Sherm Lollal
and Gus TriandoS but as fal
as the Minnesota Twins man.
ager is concerned, the best
catcher in the American League
is his own Earl Battey.
"Battey can beat you several
ways" LaYagetto explained
during a spring training inter-
view. He can hit, he car
throw, he is an expert handler
/ of pitchers and he can run
something unusual for a
catcher. During the last hall
of the 1860 season, Battey was
the best catcher in the Ameri-
can League, 1 think this year
/ he will be even better
So far the 6-foot, 2OO-pounc
Californian has made his man.
ager look good. Through the
teams first 10 games. the g.
year-old Battey is batting .33S
on II hits in SO times at bat
Last night he gave his best
performance of the season, get
ting three hits, including a
three-run double in the 10th
that led the Twins to a 10-e
triumph over the Kansas City
Athletics.
Detroit Retains Lead
The victory kept the second
place Twins within a hall
game Of Detroit, which re.
tanned its league lead with q
I4-3 victory over the New York
Yankees. Cleveland defeated
Baltimore, 5-1. Rain prevented
the game between Chicago anc
Los Angeles. Boston and Wash
ington weren't scheduled.
Minnesota rallied for threr
runs in top of the ninth K
overcome a 6-3 Kansas Cit,
lead furnished by Marv Thron
Evening star., 1961-04-25
johnson Waiting on Moore Again
After Stopping Clay in I'd Round

the weight for title defense
June 10-against Guilio Rim
aldi. If Moore doesn't get down
to 175--and there is great
doubt that he can-Johnson
may substitute for him.
Willing to Sign
Pat Oliveri, Johnson mana
ger, said he's willing to sign
as a standby if he is guaran-
teed $4,000. Oliveri wants 4C
per cent of the gate and recog-
milton before the fight as cham
pion if his fighter gets in the
ring with Rinaldi.
Teddy Brenner, Madison
Square Garden match maker
was here and said there would
be no difficulty in terms for
Johnson should Moore fail to
make the weight.
The bone of contention ap-
pears to be over Oliveri's de-
mand that Johnson be recog-
nized as champion before the
fight. The manager says II
would be a slap in the face to
the NBA, which gave. Johnson
his chance to be champion. Il
the NBA king entered a New
York ring as a challenger.
AS for Clay, Manager Tony
GraZiano said the boy was
dazed by Johnson's hard right
in the first round end never
snapped out Of it. The fighter
said Johnson had the swiftes,
right hand he ever saw, but
that he was ready to continue
after the third knockdown ir
the second round.
Evening star., 1961-04-25
TIGERS CONTINUE TO ROLL
Bottey Is Justifying
Lovogetto's Praise

berly's three-run homer in the
bottom of the eighth. Battey's
leadoff single ignited the tying
rally. Two Athletic errors and
Bob Allison's single filled the
bases in the 10th against loser
Bud Daley and set the stage
for Battey's game-winning
blow. Ray Moore was the win
iner in relief.
/ The Tigers extended theil
winning streak to eight straight
as Frank Larry continued his
hex over the Yankees. The
stocky little highlander, who
in 1859 defeated the Yankees
seven times, pitched a seven
hitter to lift his lifetime mark
against the Yankees to "a VIC
tories and only eight defeats
Phillips Grand Slams
! Rookie Steve Boros and First
Baseman Norm Cash led a To-
hit attack against loser BOZ
Turley and two relievers. Boros
raped out three hits and drove
in two runs. Cash put his team
in front with a fourth-inning
home run.
Bubba Phillips hit his first
grand-Slam home run in eight
major league seasons to spark
the Indians victory over the
Orioles. The blow came in the
sixth with the score tied at IL
The victim was Milt Pappas
who failed to finish for the
second straight time. Jim Perry
was the winner. although ht
needed help from Frank Funk
when the Orioles loaded the
bases in the eighth inning.
Johnny Temple, the leagues
leading hitter at .472 extended
his streak through all 10 0.
Cleveland's games. The Indi'
ans Tito Francona had a pail
of singles to stretch his hit
ting streak to eight games.
Evening star., 1961-04-25
7 SOx Alumni
Seek Revenqe
AS Senators
BY BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

BOSTON, April 25.-A flock
of Washington ballplayers are
bursting with eagerneSs to show
up the Red Sox as poor talent
judges in a two-game series
today and tomorrow at Fenway
Park.
There are seven former Red
Sox players on the Senators
squad and four of them-Out-
fielders Marty Keough and
Willie Tasby, Third BaSeman
Billy Klaus and Catcher Pete
Daley-are regulars.
Two others. Dave Sisler and
Tom Sturdivant, are relief
pitchers. The seventh is jim
Mahoney, a shortstop who so
far has seen action only as a
pinch-runner.
Tasby and Keough are par
ticular1y anxious to show off
their talents. Tasby,S the
chunky looking Negro center
fielder, boasts one of the
leagues fancier batting aver
ages at this date, 1857.
KeOugh Impressive
Keough, one-time Red SoX
bonus boy, is getting to play
every day for the first time
and has been quite impressive
He is hitting .286 and has been
guarding leftfield like ar
armed sentry.
The Red SoX traded Keough
to Cleveland last year and the
Senators got him from the In
dians in the expansion draft
Tasby went to the Red SoX last
June from Baltimore.
Klaus spent three seasons
with the Red SoX, l955-56-57
and batted .283. .271 and .252
He saw part time duty in 1855
and was traded to the Orioles
for Jim Busby before the 1858
season. He sat on the bench q
good deal at Baltimore.
The Red Sox traded Daley
to Kansas City for Sturdivant
before the start of last season
Now both are fixtures with the
Senators.
Sturdivant, and Sisler both
have been called in from the
bullpen. Sturdivant, in two
appearances, has pitched four
innings and given up two hits
and no runs.
Hoping for Breaks
Sisler, traded to the Tigers
after three seasons with the
/ Red Sox, has pitched three in
nings in three games, has given
up one hit and also has nc
runs against him.
The Senators are hoping the
breaks will soon start falling
their way.
Manager Mickey Vernon says
they have to. with the kind
Of pitching were getting, we
deserve better" he says. We've
got to start winning a few"
The Senators have a 3-6 rec
ord, but four Of the losses have
been by one run. Another was
a two-run defeat. The other
was a 6-1 loss to the White
Sox in which the Senators left
l3 men on base.
Pete Burnside. who hasn't
thrown an official pitch thi;
season, was Vernon's choice tc
start today. Gene Conley, who
plays with the Boston Celtic'
during the pro basketball.
! season, was supposed to start
his first game with the Rec
Sox.
Evening star., 1961-04-25
Reds Set Exhibition

CINCINNATI, April rs (AP) i.
The Cincinnati Reds yester-
day agreed to a night exhibt-
ton game May rs in Indian
apolis against the Indianapolis
Indians, their affiliate in the
American Association.
Evening star., 1961-09-04

respectful regard for Church.
lillian services to the country
but wants a younger man as
member of Parliament for
Woodford. The newspaper as
sertS the average elector is in
sympathy with its views, though
the Conservative Party leader
ship in Woodford remains loyal
to Sir Winston.
The only way out of the stu
alton appears to be in the
hands of Sir Winston himself.
If he were to resign his seat
voluntarily, the campaigners
argue there would still be
methods of keeping him in
Parliament. One school of
thought wants to elevate him
to the House of Lords. The
drawback is that Sir Winston
has turned down several peer
ages in his time and is known
to prefer the House of Com
mons.
The nationally circulating
Evening star., 1961-09-04
McCloy Prepares
To See Zorin
By the Associated Press

John ]. McCloy, President
Kennedy's disarmament ad-
wiser, is in New York today to
prepare for informal disarma-
ment negotiation talks with So
Wet Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian Zorin beginning
Wednesday.
This will be the third series
of meetings held by the two
men on problems involved in
organizing the full scale East
West disarmament conference
United States officials also
consider it significant oppor-
tunity for sounding out Rus
Evening star., 1961-09-04

sia's current intentions in the
light of Soviet resumption Of
nuclear testing and the chal-
lenge to Russia by Mr.. Kennedy
and British Prime Minister
Macmillan to ban nuclear tests
in the earth atmosphere.
Evening star., 1961-09-04

spoken only IA words. on the
occasion of his 85th birthday.
Yet he regularly attends and
obviously delights in every min
ute spent in the atmosphere
where his Scorching oratory
was once the most spellbinding
factor in British public life.
Article Sparked Talk
The spate of reservations
about his parliamentary per-
formance has noticeably in
creased since the British po-
litical commentator Malcolm
Muggeridge recently contributed
an article to the Saturday
Evening Post.
"Sir Winston" wrote Mr.
Muggeridge, "is too old to know
what is goirg on in the House
of Commons, hindered as he Is
by short sight and deafness. u
In the wake of that came
the Woodford Guardians cam
paign, which is pitched on q
Evening star., 1961-09-04

find him a new role-perhaps
honorary - in Parliamentary
life.
Churchill Himself Silent
From the old statesman him
self, there has been no word
Vacationing in the Mediterran-
can sun, he has maintained an
aloof silence.
Sir Winston's parliamentary
record is unparalleled in Brit
ish public life. He entered the
House of Commons in October,
1900, as MP for the northern di-
vision of Oldham. He has
been there ever since. with the
exception of a three-year per-
iod in the 20s.
1t is his recent record that
troubles those who wish to see
a younger, more active man in
his place. Since he relinquished
the premiership in 1855, he has
Evening star., 1961-09-04

Yorkshire Post suggested he be
made the first honorary MP
and this idea shows signs of
catching on.
But John Harvey, Conserva-
tive MP for a neighboring Par
liamentary division, says the
House of Commons still has
need of Sir Winston.
Somehow people derive a
certain something from his very
presence and it will be a colder
place when he goes" Mr.. Har-
vey said.
Evening star., 1961-09-04
30 Makes of Planes

MONTREAL. The 3,400 air
craft in the fleets of airlines
that are members of the Inter-
national Air Transport Asso-
citation are the products of
more than 80 different manu-
facturerS in seven countries.
Evening star., 1961-09-04

IS JIle Veteran SJdItSIIIdII uIIUe
sole charge against 86-year-old
Sir Winston is his age.
A campaign to unseat him,
or at least transfer him to an
innocuous role in Parliament,
has now achieved national
prominence, though not sup
port.
Critics are saying he no
longer makes any effective
contribution to the House of
Commons. They also contend
he is too old to give proper
Evening star., 1961-09-04
Churchill Flies Home,
Faces Demands to Quit

LONDON, Sept 4 (AP).-Sr Winston Churchill, flying
home today Riviera vacation, faces growing
of demands for retirement to Pariament sdelnes
Not for the first time his turbulent political career
the veteran fire This time however the
Evening star., 1961-09-04

I0'
representation to the electors
who put him there.
Ever since 1924, he has rep
resented the commuter town
of Woodford and environs II
miles east of London. Discon-
tent has rumbled there for
some time. but its echoes have
now spread to scattered de-
mands in the nation for the
government to tackle the prob
lem of Sir Winston's age and
Evening star., 1961-11-29
German Tourist Gets
IS Years for Spying

Mai. Gen. Petr Arhipovich,
read the sentence, the greying
hawk-nosed Werner bent over
and kissed his plumpish wife,
who blinked back tears.
Denounced by Prosecutor
The prosecutor denounced the
Werners for what he called
shameful acts. He recalled that
Werner was a member of the
Waffen SIS, the front line COM
bat division of the Nazi elite
guard. and declared activities
proved "Hitlerites are not fin
iShed with their adventurous
games"
Werner" he added, was not
just a blind weapon of Amer
lean intelligence but an exper-
fenced and dangerous criminal. !"
Just before the prosecutors
summing up Werner said his
activities had been harmless.
"Al of my observations were
made from my auto he said. "I
did not make any special effort
to locate something and what
Evening star., 1961-11-29

KIEV, Nov. 20 (AP) A So
Wet military court today SEN
fenced Adolf Werner, a West
German tourist, to is years
Imprisonment on charges of
spying for tire UT1yed states.
His wife, Hermina, was SEN
fenced to seven years.
The prosecutor had de-
manded a 15-year prison SEN
tence for Werner. a 51year-old
former Nazi, who pleaded
guilty. For Werner's 45-year-
old wife the prosecutor had
asked an eivht-year term.
Also Provides Death
Fifteen years is the maximum
prison sentence under Soviet
law, but it also provides death
by shooting.
One year of Mrs. Werner's
sentence is to be served in
prison, the rest in a labor camp.
Werner is to spend five years
in prison and 10 years in a
labor camp.
After the presiding judge,