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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Migrant Relief
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The Senate Subcommittee on
Migratory Labor urges elimina-
ton of State residence require
ments for public welfare aid
to migrant farm workers.
An interstate welfare COM
pact or Federal grants-in-aio
could be used to help finance
public assistance in States with
large numbers of farm mi
grants, the subcommittee sug-
geSted in a report released yes
terday.
The subcommittee also called
for study in these other prob
lem areas:
Extension of workmen's COM
pensation coverage, involving
benefit payments for injuries,
to all agricultural workers -
probably through Federal &C
ton.
Liberalization of social secu-
rity coverage for farm mi
grants.
Tighter enforcement Of safe.
ty regulations for vehicles
transporting farm migrants in.
terstate.
Unemployment compensation
coverage of farm migrants
probably with Federal financia
assistance.
Farm migrant bills passed
by the Senate this year anc
awaiting House action woulc
tighen restrictions on chile
labor, establish education pro-
grams. require Federal regis.
tration of crew leaders, provide
health grants and establish al
advisory council on migratory
labor problems.
Senator Williams, Democrat
of New Jersey, is chairman o.
the subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02

pGe~WOTlu war IL level, meas
ured on a per capita basis.
The report said production
in Communist China declined
sharply because of drought and
other natural disasters.
Uneven Pattern Seen
The world organization said
1t saw comparatively small in
creaSes in production during
the I961-62 season. Setbacks
due to bad weather were said
to appear to be rather numer-
Gus in several regions of the
world.
1.-THE years review of the
state of food and agriculture
again reveals the general pat
tern which has become familiar
during the past decade" the
report said.
There is still an abundance,
often a surplus, of agricultural
products in the economically
more developed half of the
world, side by side with con-
tinuing malnutrition and even
hunger in many of the less de-
veloped countries"
U. S. Program Noted
The FAC said these two
problemS-an uneven pattern
of production and declining
prices-do not permit any rapid
solutions. They will remain
with us for many years to
come, it predicted.
The world organization said,
however. that there were fav-
orable developments in the
world food picture.
One was said to be a steadily
increasing determination to
make even fuller use of the
areas to relieve want and to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Staff Writer

Former Senator Green, Oldest
member ever to serve in Con-
greSs, looked forward on his
Gath birthday today to the
possibility of setting still an
other longevity record.
The Rhode Island Democrat,
who left the Senate last Janu-
airy after "a years, was in a
hospital in Providence. His
progress toward recovery from
a heart attack was so encour-
aging that well-wishers hoped
he might yet become the Oldest
former Senator in history.
That long-Standing record
was achieved by Cornelius Cole,
a California Republican who
served in the House from 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Mrs. Subin Named

Mrs. Joseph c. Sabin has
been appointed administrative
secretary of the Wheaton Md
Chamber of Commerce, which
has moved to offices at 11435
Grandview avenue. Stem S,
Nordin. executive director of
the chamber since July, 1860,
recently resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
FAC Says Population
Outgrew Food Output

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has
reported world food production during season failed
to keep pace with population increases.
In its annual report the FAC said preliminary estimates
indicate production excluding Communist China about
per cent larger than in the previous season.
But the worlds increase population 16 per cent
1t said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02

foster economic development in
the less developed countries. In
Guided in this effort was the
Food for Peace program of the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02

The incompatible flavor and smooth satisfaction of
Seagram's Crown have made it the No. whiskey in
America for Is straight years. Quite record? Surely But
then, it's quite whskey. SAY sEAGRANTs AND BE SURE
Evening star., 1961-02-28
WiItCun Set
Record With
Six Tonight

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (AP).-
Wilt Chamberlain, barring seri-
Gus injury or sickness, is ex-
pected to break his single
season National Basketball AS
ISOLATION scoring record early
in tonight's game against Los
Angeles in Philadelphia.
Chamberlain moved to within
six points last night by scoring
IS points as the Warriors beat
the Lakers, 1888. in Los An
geles. An ice-cold first half
during which he scored only
three points kept him from
breaking the mark Of 2,707 he
set last year as O rookie.
The 7-foot-1 Chamberlain has
scored 2,702 points and still has
five regular-season games left.
Wilt has a $50 average, well
ahead Of the LakerS' Elgin Bay
lor. who missed the last two
games because of a strep throat.
Baylor Is not expected to play
again until tomorrow when his
team goes to Boston. He has
scored 2.305.
The scoring leaders:
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Tar HeeIr Add
.LSU Grid Team

CHAPEL HILL, NC, Feb. 20
(AP).-Louisiana State Univer-
sity is a new addition on the
1861 North Carolina football
schedule released yesterday by
Chuck Erickson. athletic direc-
tor. -
LSU will be played here No
vember IL. The Tigers replace
Notre Dame. which goes off the
schedule for one year, return,
ing in 1862.
Otherwise, the Tar Heels
meet the same foes as in 1860,
The schedule:
September 80. NC. state: October
z, Clemson; IA, Maryland at College
Park; 2l. South Carolina at ColumbIg;
~, Miami at Miami
November 4, Tennessee; IL, LSU;
1S, Duke at Durham; rs, Wake Forest
at Winston Salem; ~
December 2. Virginia. %r
Evening star., 1961-02-28

wasn't fully aware of it until
game time the next day.
There they were." he says,
meaning the photographers.
"They had to get pictures of me.
with seven bats and seven balls,
even before I got up to bat"
But he hit the seventh and
the eighth off Ben Flowers and
Carl Erskine and now, as he
puts it, That's my claim to
fame"
Long wound up that 1866
season with a total of ~.
homers, but in May, 1857, he
and Outfielder Lee Walls were
traded to the Cubs for Infielder
Gene Baker and First BaSeman
Dee Fondy.
4 -
Although he was limited to
part-time duty with the Giants
and Yankees last year. the 35-
year-old Long is hoping he can
make it big again with the new
Senator's. He got into only 26
games with the Yankees, but
he learned something Of value
from Casey Stengel.
when 1 first got up and
took a swing. he came out of
the dugout yelling. Butcher
Boy I found out he doesn't
like anybody swinging from the
heels. So I shortened up and
started getting more homers
and triples and doubles. He
wanted me to just meet the
ball. It worked, and that's what
I'm going to do here"
Going back to that To-day
stretch five years ago, Long
says he can't figure it. "I Just
couldn't miss" he says. Every
thing they threw up there I
hit, I don't know what 1t was.
All I know is that I've lost q
lot of sleep trying to figure it
out"
Evening star., 1961-02-28

was q happy era when O young
man could take o 30-day period
Of training in the summer, with
a reserve commission in mind.
or leave it alone. It wasn't pop
ular at the start, but Names
ideas helped build up interest.
At the end Of the CMTC
season in 1924 George had q
6-foot baseball built, to be
rolled around the countryside
as a publicity gag. 1t went
over pretty well, with banner
crowds turning out in South
Bend, Ind; Flint, Mich; Cleve-
land; Buffalo; Syracuse; Roch-
ester and such places.
ut attracted so much in
terest Ford Frick, who was
ghoSt-writing newspaper arti-
cles for Babe Ruth, persuaded
the Babe to pose swinging his
bat at it. It was supposed to
get boys interested in playing
baseball. and to show that
CMTC training wasn't so bad,
and 1t worked out we'll"
One Of Names favorite per-
sons is Ty Cobb. the old fire
brand. who didn't have many
friends during his playing days.
People don't know the real
Ty Cobb" George said. "They
didn't understand him. Ty told
me that he never started a
fight but that those he became
involved in were in elf-defense.
He said some antagonizers
even dressed a fellow in band
ages one day and sent him out
to abuse Cobb. deliberately to
get him mad. Ty did grab the
fellow, and the next day New
York papers carried stories
that he struck a cripple. It
wasn't true"
George says Cobb has quietly
aided old-time players down
on their luck but too proud to
seek financial aid. These, of
course, were not covered by
baseball's comparatively new
retirement benefits. He also has
set up a foundation to help
educate 40 Georgia-born stu
dents a year, and built a hospi-
tai at Royston, Ca, in honor
Of his parents.
"Ty has been a much mis-
understood man." George said.
Hes a fine person."
Evening star., 1961-02-28
BY the Associated Press

Figure-weary general man.
ayers continued to be plagued
by the seasonal contract sign
ing headache today as major
league baseball's official mid
night "holdout" deadline ap-
preached with a long list OF
players still haggling over
terms.
The tranSplanted Minnesota
Twins hold a secure lock on
first place with eight dis
satisfied members, including
such key personnel as long
distance hitters Jim Lemon
and Harmon Killebrew and
Pitchers Jack Kralick and
Canilo Pascual.
In all, IS players remain to
be signed-11 in the National
Evening star., 1961-02-28
BuekeyesStay
In No.. 1 Spot
In AP Poll
By the Associated Press

Unbeaten Ohio State, Just
two games away from q per-
feet season, has turned the
voting for the Nations No.
college basketball team into a
formality. But with the end OF
st. Bonaventure's amazinl
string Of home court victories
it appears that this weeks
games win settle the No. 2 spot
for the season..
For the 18th consecutive
week, Ohio States Buckeyes
were the unanimous choice fol
first place of the 36-man panel
of sports writer's and broad
casters who make up the weekly
Associated Press poll. They re-
ceived the maximum of 36C
points on the usual basis of IL
for a first place vote, 9 for sec
ond, etc. 49,
st. Bonaventure, beaten fol
the second time in % games
barely held second by a five.
point margin over Cincinnati.
(21-3). The 87-77 defeat oi
the Bonnies by Niagara was 9
shocker because 1t happened or
their home court at Olean
N. Y. where they had won 9s
straight over a span of more
than 13 years.
The Ne. 4 team in a close
vote is Bradley, the team that
can tie Cincinnati for the Val.
ley title if it can get past tough
st. Louis Saturday.
Then come North Carolina
Iowa. Kansas State, West Vir.
ginia. Duke and Southern Cal
ifornia.
North Carolina ended its sea
son on a hig note by beating
Duke. 69-66, in overtime Satur-
day. moving up from seventh
place to fifth. In the shuttle
Duke-playing without ace Arr
Heyman-dropped from sixth
to ninth, Iowa State went dowr
. notch and Kansas State and
West Virginia each moved up
one. .
The top 10, with won-lost
records through Saturday and
first-place vote in parentheses
points on 1898, etc., basis) :
Evening star., 1961-02-28

Reno Bertoia and Jose VAL
divielso. Second BaseYnan Billy
Gardner agreed to terms yes
terday.
The Milwaukee Braves signed
Pitcher Lew Burdette and In
fielder Billy Martin yesterday
reducing to five those unsigned
and only Outfielder Yves Cow
ington apparently ready for Q
long holdout siege.
First Baseman Joe Adcock
Infielder Felix Mantilla and
CatcherS Joe Tore and Mer-
ritt Ranew also have not signed
contracts.
The Chicago White Sox Off
cially classed ShortStop Luis
Aparicio. Third Baseman Billy
Goodman. Infielder Tony Roie
and Pitchers Bob Shaw and
Evening star., 1961-02-28
THE BASEBALL
BEAT\
BY BILL FUCHS

POMPANO BEACH. Fla, Feb.
2S.-On q May night in 1856
Richard Dale Long found him
self caught up in a whirwind.
He had hit eight home runs
for Pittsburgh in eight con-
secutive games over a To-day
stretch, and suddenly he was
a celebrity.
1T was like being thrown
to the wolves" he recalls, which
isn't to say he didn't like it.
That eighth one was in a
night game" he says, land
it was 2:30 in the morning
before I got to bed. Then the
Pirates publicity man called
me on the phone at 4::30 to go
on the Dave Garroway Show
at 1880.
"Garroway said, you're. a
hero today. Dale, but if you
don't make it nine in a row
you're a bum"
y
That afternoon was a dreary
overcast day in Pittsburgh, and
Don Newcombe was burning
them in for the Dodgers. But
I did get hold of one," Long
says, land it sailed over 400
feet into centerfield. Duke
Snider hauled it in"
But eight homers in eight
straight games was two better
than anybody else ever had
hit. and the Pirate first base
man was ready to convert his
newly won fame into something
more negotiable, like money.
"Oh, I made some money,
he says, "but not nearly as
much as I could have If I had
known what to do. Frank Scott
the New York agent. finally got
hold of me. He's the one that
handles a lot of the big stars
like Mickey Mantle.
II was on the Ed Sullivan
Show and I signed T-shirts and
smoked certain cigarettes, and
I did some stuff locally. I got
an offer from q brewery, but
one Of the club directors owned
q different brewery and I didn't
know what to do. Joe Brown,
the Pirate general manager,
said to take the best offer. I
did"
- &&
The lefthanded swinger from
Springfield, Mo-. always had
been a fair home-run hitter. He
led the Pacific Coast League
with 35 homers and 116 runs
batted in for Hollywood in 1858.
He hit % for Hollywood the
next year and in 1855, his first
with the Pirates, he Swatted 16.
So when he began popping
them out in successive games,
he wasn't thinking in terms of
records. After he hit six in a
row to tie the record. he still
Evening star., 1961-02-28

League and "a in the expanded
American, although some clubs
already have classed their non.
reporting operatives holdoutS
after instituting early arrival
dates this year.
Lemon, KraIick Difficult
The Twins, who have moved
their franchise from Washing
ton. admitted that Lemon, O
.269 hitter with 38 home runs
and 100 RBI last season, and
Kralick were proving difficult
to sign, but said they didn't ex-
pect too much trouble with
Killebrew and PaScual.
Other former Senators re-
luctant to ink contracts are
Outfielders Pete Whisenant and
Lennie Green and Infielders
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Luver in Net Lead

CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb
% dAP).-Top-seeded Rod La
yer" Of Australia led the field
into the second round of the
Caracas international tourna-
meat yesterday with a 6-1,
S-6 decision over Juan Notz
OF Venezuela. Whitney Reed OF
Alameda. Calf. runnerup for
tbs United States indoor cham
pioaship. also advanced.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
0xon Hill
Wins Title

Oxon Hill High School, Prince
Georges County Glass A cham
pions. battles Gaithersburg,
Montgomery County Class A
winners, in the Maryland Dis
trict II basketball finals at o
pm. Saturday at Suitland. The
winner then qualities for the
State tournament the following
week end at Maryland's Cole
Field House.
Oxon Hill, winless In the
Maryland Bi-County League,
clinched the Class A title last
night by whipping DuVal, So
81. at Frederick Sasscer.
Behind ny 10 points twice in
the third quarter, Oxon HN
grabbed the lead for good, ST.
SO. on a foul shot by Dave
Pyles with 2 minutes left in
the game.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Tennis Fuvorites
Win Easy Matches

BROOKLINE. Mass. Feb. %
(AP).-Janet Hops Of Seattle,
and Kay Hubbell Of Conway,
N. Il, the two top-seeded play
ers in the national women's
indoor tennis championships,
won effortless opening round
matches yesterday.
Miss Hops, ranked No. 6 ma
tionally, breezed past 15-year-
old Joyce McRae of Mansfield,
Mass, 60, 81. Miss Hub
bell, the 1855 champion. stopped
Jan Levitan Of Brockton, Mass,
60, 60.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Twins Tops With Eight Unsigned
IAs DeadIine for HoIdouts Neors


Turk Lown as holdouts yester-
day when they formally opened
training.
Four Orioles Unsigned
Among the clubs with lesser
headaches. such top players as
Detroit Outfielder Charley
Maxwell. Kansas City Pitcher
Ray Herbert, New York In
fielder Outfielder Hector Lopez
and Cleveland Pitcher Barry
Latman have not come around
Baltimore has four unsigned
with Shortstop Ron Hansen
and Pitcher Steve Barber In
the Army and not due in camr
for a month. Philadelphia has
a half-dozen to go-Infieldel
Ted Lepcio signed yesterday
but only the language barrier
with the six Latin Americans
has slowed progress, according
to the club.
San Francisco closed its ranks
yesterday when Pitcher Juar
Marichal came to terms anc
the Giants Joined Pittsburgh
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Washing.
ton, Boston, the Los Angeles
Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs
as teams with completed rosters
Nicholson Beaned
Elsewhere around the train
ing camps, Dave Nicholson
the Orioles $l15,000 bonus
prospect, was beaned during
batting practice, and three
members Of the world cham
pion Pirates came UP with
minor injuries.
Nicholson was hit behind
and slightly above the right
ear by q Yves Stock pitch, but
his baseball cap plastic liner
saved him from critical injury
X-rays indicated no evidence
Of o skull fracture.
At the Pittsburgh camp, First
Baseman Dick Stuart reported
a pain In his back, Pitcher Roy
Face pulled q muscle in his left
leg and Infielder Gene Baker
was treated for q sprained
right knee. v...
Mickey Mantle reported to
the Yankees camp two days
early and promptly smashed
two drives over the centerfield
fence batting righthanded. He
said his chronically sore right
shoulder Is as good as 1t ever
is going to be.
Relief Pitcher Mike Fornieles
checked into the Red Sox camp
suffering reaction from a small
pox vaccination he took before
leaving Cuba. His throwing
arm is swollen near the shoul-
der, but the righthander is
expected to be ready for work
in a few days. Rookie Carl
YaStrzemski, heir apparent to
Ted Williams leftfield job, also
reported. but the former Notre
Dame athlete was suffering
from q slight touch of virus
and did not get into uniform.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
SoftbuII Clinic Set

Softball umpires, league Off
cials, managers and players are
urged to attend a clinic to be
conducted by the Greater
Washington Softball UmpireS
Association at 8 pm. Friday at
Guy Mason Recreation Center.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Kansas State,
MarquetteGet
NCAA Berfhs
By the Associated Prsss

S N~AS SAeSSSa@to0 GNVo3
Kansas State and Marquette
have Joined the lineup for the
NCAA basketball champion
, ships. bringing to eight the
number Of schools set for the
24-team national tournament
next month.
Kansas State clinched the
Big Eight Conferences berth
last night. whipping Nebraska.
77-67. and Marquette an
nounced acceptance Of q bid to
play as an at-large team in the
Midwest Regional.
, It's possible the Wildcats.
now 1874 and ranked seventh
nationally and the erratic
i Warriors, 1873. viii wind up
playing each other in the Sec
ond round Of the tournament.
Marquette. making its third
NCAA appearance. win play
another at-large selection,
Houston, at Houston March Is.
The winner win advance to the
Mid West Regional at Law
renee, Kans., March II, against
Kansas State in o double
header that also will match the
Missouri Valley and the South
west Conference champions.
Texas Tech Stymied
Texas Tech, still leading the
Southwest Conference, failed In
its bid to join the NCAA lineup
last night losing, S5-9l in
overtime, to Rice ct Houston.
Texas Tech. at 1913, has
clinched at least q tie for the
title, but Arkansas and Texas
A6SM both are Ga and could
share the title and force q play
off or coin flip unless Texas
Tech beats defending cham
pion Texas in its last league
game Thursday. !
Kentucky. on an eight-game
winning streak in q desperate
bid for an NCAA berth; Iowa,
Mississippi State, Vanderbilt.
Xavier Of Ohio. DePaul and
New Mexico State won other
key games on last nights coll
lege program.
Kentucky crushed Auburn,
77-51, for q ga Southeastern
Conference record with one
game left. Vanderbilt matched
Kentucky at 81 with one to
go, beating Georgia. S7-76.
Mississippi State clinched the
conference title with an 11-2
record clipping Tulane, 62-57,
but will not play in the NCAA
tourney because Of the unwrit-
ten State law against competi-
ton with Negroes. AS a result,
the next eligible team in line
Vanderbilt or Kentucky-will
draw the tournament assign
ment.
Both Arkansas and Texas
AIM kept alive in the South
west race-the Porkers beating
Southern Methodist, 8S-S2, In
overtime. and the Aggies rout-
ing Baylor, 00-69.
Iowa Beats Purdue
Iowa, sixth ranked nation
ally; overcame O 35-point per-
Torrance by Purdue's Terry
Dischinger and beat the Boiler
makers, 1852.
Elsewhere in the Big Ten,
Minnesota spilled Illinois, S5-
IS; Northwestern beat Indiana,
60-5S, on Ralph Wells basket
with six seconds left in an over
time period, and Wisconsin
topped Michigan. 1868.
DePaul, in the National In
vitation Tournament field,
went on q 900 burst in the
second half and whipped
youngstown. 1885, for a 1877
record. Xavier Of Ohio Q6-D |
beat Miami Of Ohio, 86-S1, in
overtime, and New Mexico |
State, winning the first of three |
it must sweep to tie Arizona
State U. for the Border Con-
ference championship. thumped !
Hardin Simmons, 1889.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
ATCHISON'S
ANGLE
By LEWIS r. ATcHsoN

"I begged Griff to take Xix
Cuyler for $500 in 1920,'
George Names related. but he
said. If Frank Navin doesn't
want him he wouldn't be any
good to me-
Connie Mack gave me the
same answer when I tried to
sell Cuyler to him. They said
II Navin wouldn't take q kid
in his own back yard, he
wouldn't be of any use to them.
The 73-year-old Names was
talking about the 3-year span
Of 1919-192l when he served
as president Of the old Michi-
gan-Ontario League and sent
a number Of good young players
to the majors.
What they didn't consider, "
George said, was that Navin
(late owner Of the Detroit
Tigers) had Ty Cobb, Bobby
Veach. Bob (Fa) Fothergill
and Harry Heilmann. He
couldn't use Kiki. who would
have helped Griff here in
Washington, or Mack in Phila-
delphia."
Some 10 years later Names.
who was a fan, scout and Off
cial in that order, sent the
late Clark Griffith the name of
another prospect-Joe Kuhel.
This time Griff decided to take
a chance and buy the young
first baseman. Eventually.
Kuhel took over for the aging
Joe Judge. indicating Names
judgment.
-
Now q publicity man with
more energy than a teen-ager
and more ideas than a high
school senior, George will for
get business to talk baseball
with anybody who shows the
slightest interest.
He's got some pretty inter-
esting yarns Of the old days.
Take the first All-Star game,
for example. We always
thought the late Arch Ward,
sports editor Of the Chicago
Tribune, thought up the game
for the Chicago Worlds Fair in
1898.
wrong" George says. "It
was played in 1921 at Cleve-
land to raise money to bug
sports equipment for poor kids. I"
Sure enough. there was an
AIl-Star game on September
20 that year at Cleveland, with
the American Leaguers win
ming a 6-2 decision over their
rivals. It didn't get as much
publicity as the modern ALL
Star games. possibly because it
was sandwiched in between
regular league games on a slow
day near the end Of the season.
Ed Rommel Of the Athletics,
Dick Kerr Of the White Sox,
Jim Bagby of the Indians, and
our own Nick Altrock and AL
Schacht pitched for the Ameri-
can Leaguers, with Steve
O'Neill Of Cleveland behind the
plate.
The brief account of the
game noted that two Cincinnati
Redlegs, Shortstop Heinie Groh
land Pitcher Eppa Rixey,
Pitcher Moses Yellowhorse and
Catcher Tony Brotton of Pitts
ourgh appeared In the National
League lineup.
4 4
Maines, q newspaperman in
his younger days, was recalled
to active duty with the Army
In the early l920s to help pro-
mote interest In the Citizens
military Training Corps. That