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but little-known contender
can do to q name" opponent
has made Democratic leaders
in New York and Washington
talk more seriously of match
ling 44-year-old Representative
Samuel s. Stratton against
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller next
year.
For the same reason, Re-
publican leaders from Gen.
Eisenhower on down are i'm
portuning Rep. William w.
Scranton, also a, to carry the
COP. colors against the en-
trenched Democratic regime in
Pennsylvania.
vigOr in Campaign Seen
In both cases, the interest in
the young Representatives is
based on the belief they could
wage the kind of 18-hour-a-
day, seven-day-a-week cam
paign that carried the 51-year-
old Mr.. Hughes from obscurity
to victory against his older.
better-known and favored
rival.
Mr.. Stratton. who left this
week for a tour of active duty
with the Navy. is eager for
the fray. The Schenectady
congressional district he has
represented for two terms was
abolished Friday by the Re
publican legislatures reap
portionment bill. He would
like nothing better than to
tackle the author of what he
calls the "Rockymander."
Until this week, many Demo-
cratic leaders have been cool
to Mr.. Stratton's ambitions, be-
cause they were skeptical that
a little-known Representative
could make a showing against
Gov. Rockefeller, let alone de-
feat the man Mr.. Kennedy had
tabled as his most likely 1864
opponent.
Thinking Revised
Mr.. Hughes example has
caused at least some of these
officials to revise their think
ing. No decision on the party's
1862 gubernatorial nominee is
expected, however, until the
man who will have the largest
voice in the matter-New York
City Mayor Robert F. Wagner
has had a chance to deal with
the reorganization of party af-
fairs in the city and State.
Pennsylvania Republicans, by
contrast, are ready to sign up
now with Mr.. Scranton if he
will agree to say "yes" to the
gubernatorial race. During the
past week, Gen. Eisenhower
and other national and State
G. o. P. leaders have pressed
the freshman Representative to
agree.
So far, he has not said yes
but he has not given an out
right refusal either. An in
formed source said Mr.. Scran-
ton would prefer to run for re-
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Mondays the night the
BEEFEATERS
are fed at LamSburgh'S

Whot chef con do with hunk of COW is
simply fontostic.
from l.s5 for moiestic BEEF tenderloin down to
q dolor for what our chef calls BEEF SURPRISE.
As we've soid before, we get no beefs from our
BEEFEATERS at Lonsbursh's!
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Young House Members
Eyed for Governor Bids
BY DAVID 8. BRODER
star staff Writer

Richard ]. Hughes upset victory Republican James
Mitchell in the New Jersey gubernatoral
PEELED pair of relatively unknown young Representatives
into the center of their parties planning for the 1862 State
House contests in New York and Pennsylvania.
Hughes demonstration Of what hard
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WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
Yoqi: Dean of the Yankees
By FRANCIS STANN

a. THE YEARS SLIDE EASILY off Lawr-
ence Peter Berra, the more familiar Yogi of
the New York Yankees. This is his 18th
season as an integral part of the Yankee
machine and still, after all those years of
catching, his legs are good enough to carry
him with a clumsy speed around the Ameri-
can Leagues leftfields Almost exclusively
an outfielder now, Yogi is not benched or
switched even when his patrol is extensive,
as in Washington and Yankee Stadium.
At 36, Yogi is the dean Of the New York
; club, whose troops privately and not so pri-
yately are looking forward to spending or
investing another World Series share. He is
the only player left from the AZ Yankees,
managed by Bucky Harris, who beat the
Brooklyn Dodgers in the series and went on
from there, with changes in the cast, to win
10 more pennants in the next 13 years.
All of Yogi's original teammates have
passed out Of the picture {. the graceful
DiNaggio Tommy Heinrich Phil
Rizzuto &. E. George McQuinn . Billy John
son . the late Snuffy StirnweiSs J.. i.
Johnny Lindell :. the pitchers Spec Shea
Joe Page, Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi, Spud
Chandler, Floyd Bevens and Bobo Newson.
Only Yogi remains, stocky gnome-like
figure who still swings a potent bat and is
synonymous with Yankee success, Yankee
loot.
/ SITTING ON THE NEW YORK bench
Z yesterday, Berra was asked if it were possible
. to separate all the Yankee teams. to rate one
above the other. After playing on II WIN
| ners and never missing any first-division
other?" was the way it was put.
: Yeah, in way" Yogi admitted. "I'll
, tell you one thing. this years club has more
F. power than any of the others. And the de-
Tense is good, too L. Richardson, Boyer,
: Kubek -
! - But the pitching is little short?" he
was cued.
"Oh the pitching doesn't compare with
! a few of those other clubs. I mean, when
we had Reynolds, Raschi, Lopat Ford and
Joe Page. That was pitching staff
/ Whitley Ford not only still is with the
DuO dloO AlC 10 ClJOSl1lS S1CdCCoJ
, season. the only one in which he has won
, 20 games. But Whitley came up three years
. after Yogi and is only junior grade Yankee
, dean.
IF we could put that 1850 pitching staff
! together with the 1861 teams power" Yogi
unused, wouldn't that be something?
You'd probably kill the American
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homer into the centerfield bull
pen, a poke of more than 430
feet. to lead off the first inning.
Mantle hit his in the ninth, a
mighty wallop that hit high
on the wall in back of the bull
pen.
The Senators chased Bud
Daley with a six-run uprising
in the sixth and added four
more in the seventh.
In the nightcap, Maris hit
"a two-run homer off Marty
Kutyna to highlight a three
run Yankee first inning. Ku-
tyna gave up five hits in this
inning, then settled down to
yield only one run and three
hits the next six. He was re-
lieved for a pinch-hitter in the
eighth.
Mike Garcia pitched to five
batters in the eighth, giving up
three hits, a walk and a sacri-
flee fly. Dave Sisler came in to
yield a two-run homer to
Boyer before cutting off the
Yankee fireworks. The Yankees
scored five runs in that inning.
The Senators picked up an
unearned run in the seventh
and added three more in the
eighth as Coates, won his ninth
against three losses.
Mantle went hitless in the
nightcap, finishing the series
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A. G. Spalding & Bros. Inc,
whose president, Edwin L. Par
ker, says: "Today's ball and
the one Ruth hit are identical. I"
Laboratory and field tests
proved this was not entirely so,
the Times reported.
For instance, the 1851 base
ball was found to be less dense
than the 1927 ball. It was 5.6
per cent lighter than the 1927
sample and IA per cent larger
in diameter. However, this was
not figured to give the batter
an advantage. "It should be
easier for the pitcher to throw
the ball faster" said Parker,
the president Of Spalding.
The engineers conceded that
the Ruth ball may have picked
up weight from moisture over
the years, so no definite con-
cluSion could be drawn from
that phase of the tests.
The manufacturer said that
major league specifications re-
quire that a baseball weigh
between 5 and 514 ounces and
that a gross (144 Of new balls
in 1861 would weigh the same
as a gross in 1927. ..-
In the weight computations,
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with 3-for-13. Maris hit safely
in every game, going 7-for-l8.
Each now has As homers in 1T
games. When Ruth set the rec
ord in 1927, he didn't hit No.
As until game No. 1872 on Sep
tember 6. After lit games,
Ruth had 38 homers.
NOTES.-The bat Green used
to grand-slam the Yankees into
defeat Saturday nav no official
action yesterday. Green broke
it on his first swing in batting
practice For the first time
in his big league managerial
career, Al Lopez will take a
second division club into YAM
kee Stadium when his White
Sox open a three-game series
there tomorrow night. The
White Sox will face Whitley
Ford, who will be going after
his 21st victory.
In yesterdays crowd were 800
newsboys from Richmond . .
Pitcher Dick Donovan, winner
of five straight distance-going
games, was picked as Washing
tons player of the month of
July coach George Susce's
17-year-old son, John, who will
be a senior at Northwestern
High School in the fall, pitched
batting practice and was fast
and sharp, according to the
players and coaches.
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Yeah, guess so. We'd win by Is, 18
games"
THE BOY FROM DAGO HILL in st.
Louis never was graceful at any position, yet
he became very good catcher and is not
a bad outfielder now. When he first Joined
the Yankees he surprised enemy fielders with
his speed. Despite his knock-kneed lumber
ing gait he reigned for years as the fastest
catcher in the American League. And he
retains his foot.
II was lucky that way" Yogi was saying.
II never had any trouble with my legs. I
think soccer had lot to do with it. Back in
st. Louis we kids only played two games Soc
Ger and baseball. We didn't have no basket
ball or stuff like that. Soccer is good. You
run on ground and you learn to handle your
feet"
When it was Yogis turn in the batting
cage, Manager Ralph Houk looked thought
fully at Berras retreating figure. There's
only one Yogi" Houk unused.
HE kind of messed up your playing ca
reer, didn't hep" Ralph was asked. Houk,
w. WdS 1dLlAoc CdICIlCI, puL Will oerTd
on the same club he virtually lived in the
bulpen.
He sure did" Ralph said But how
could anybody else play with Yogi there?"
WHEN BUCKY HARRIS came to Wash
ington for his last managerial term he tried
very hard to obtain Houk. planning regular
duty for a skillful and intelligent receiver.
have been anxious to be traded" Ralph said.
And because Bucky couldn't make a
DEAL" he was reminded, you wind up boss of
the Yankees"
Funny how things work out" Houk said,
wonderingly. Say. speaking of catchers, why
don't they fix the batting champion rule?
Our man, Elston Howard, can't possibly win
the title. He can't make 500 appearances at
bat-walks and so forth included-which is
the new rule as I heard it. No catcher can
win"
Actually, the rule reads 81 official times
at bat multiplied by the number of games on
the schedule. Howard, although relieved only
infrequently by John Blanchard hardly can
qualify. "It would be a damn shame if he
had the highest average and couldn't have
the title" Houk lamented.
THAT isn't all of it," a man said, nod
ding toward the home run twins, Mickey
Mantle and Roger Maris Howard can't even
get his name in the papers"
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examination. Some were dis
sected. All of them were given
"a battering by an explosive
driven Remington Arms ram.
According to Robert w. Batey,
the company's director of spe-
cial evaluations, and Stephen
E. Taub, the firms acting direc-
tor Of engineering, there was
no concrete finding to show
that the modern baseball diff
fers appreciably from its prede-
cessors. of the last three dec
ades.
The construction of the base
ball has come in for renewed
attention since Mantle and
Maris began their concerted
drive on Ruth's record of so
home runs in a season.
The engineering firm tested
seven ballS-one of them a ball
hit by Ruth in 1927. another a
1886 ball autographed by the
New York Giants, a 1860 Of
ficial American League ball,
a 1861 American League ball
from the Yankees collection
and three official American
League balls bought in a SPORT
ing goods store.
All Of the balls are made
and have been for years-by
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it was found that the 1861
Yankee ball weighed 5.16
ounces compared with 5.53
ounces for the Ruth ball with
possible accumulated moisture).
Still another test showed an
other of the 1861 balls weighed
5.28 ounces while the 1886 ball
weighed only 5.25.
In a rebound test the 1885
ball was livelier than any of
them. Dropped from a height
Of 8.6 feet, the 1886 ball re-
bounded 1872 inches. The 1861
Yankee ball rebounded 1913
inches while the Ruth ball
bounced back 31.6 inches. But
two Of the modern balls re-
bounded 31.4 and 31.2 inches.
Each ball was driven into
the air 10 times by a piston
geared to strike both smooth
hide and seams. The 1861
Yankee ball recorded the long
est flying time-5.2 seconds.
But the old Ruth ball was
clocked in 81 seconds, proving
it still had a lot of life left.
The study also showed, ac-
cording to the Times, that a
ball struck on the seams trav-
eled farther than one hit on
the smooth hide.
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LARGER, TOO, NEW YORK TIMES SAYS
Ball Slightly Live|ier, Survey Shows

NEW YORK, Aug. IA (AP)
The baseball which Mickey
Mantle and Roger Maris are
betting at a record home run
pace is slightly larger, slightly
lighter and slightly livelier"
than the ball with which Babe
Ruth hit so home runs in 1927,
scientific tests by the New York
Times disclosed today.
However, the tests failed to
prove that the ball should
make home runs any easier
today than "a years ago. In
teresting, but inconclusive, "
was the scientists verdict.
The Times, spurred by talk
that Ruth's great record was
in jeopardy because of the "rab-
bit" in the modern baseball, de-
cided to subject some baseballs
of different eraS to analysis.
The job was given to the firm
OF Foster D. Smell, Inc, con-
sulting chemists and engineers,
who spent a week putting the
various baseballs through tests
in laboratories and in New
York's Central Park.
The baseballs were measured
with a vernier caliper. The
materials were subjected to
closest scrutiny and chemical
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caught some of the Yankees
hitting punch, which is just
fine with Vernon.
The Senators went on a 16-
hit spree in yesterdays opener
with Chuck Hinton and Jim
King contributing home runs.
Bob johnson raped out two
doubles and a single while
Gene Green, King, Bud ZipfeI
and Willie Tasby each stroked
a double. In the nightcap, the
Senators belted 10 hits against
Jim Coates. giving them dou-
ble-figure hit production in
each of the four games of the
series.
Green, who was on the bench
for catching deficiencies until
he hit his grand-slammer Sat-
urday, caught both games yes
terday. He got three hits in
nine trips for the day.
Maris Opened Strong
The home runs by Mantle
and MariS were the only runs
off Daniels, who chalked up
his seventh victory against six
losses. Singles by Maris, FL
ston Howard and Clete Boyer
were the only other hits off
the hard-throwing righthander,
who struck out six and didn't
issue a walk.
Maris hit his first game
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By BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

Roger Maris and Mickey
Mantle, the guys who produce
more big hits than Rogers and
Hammerstein, have left Wash
ington after another smash
show that's got almost every
body wishing for more.
A turnaway crowd of 27,368
fans watched the Yankees in
their final appearance here
yesterday, a double-header that
capped a series that really salts
fled. Mantle socked one homer
in the first game, MariS belted
two, one in each game, and yet
the Senators still managed a
split-winning, the first, 1872,
behind Bennie Daniels five
hitter. but dropping the night
cap, ga.
Maris and Mantle, the "Dial
M for Murder" combination,
now are tied with As homers
apiece. They're Is games ahead
Of Babe Ruth's record pace,
and after the series here, they
have probably picked up a host
Of additional local believers.
Those faraway Griffith Stad-
ium fences didn't stop the
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BUT REDS WON'T QUIT
Snider Making |. A. Rough

shut out st. Louis, 80, with
eight hits. 1t was Williams 18th
victory and second shutout.
vada Pinson hit his 18th
homer and Post his 14th for
the Reds, who slugged loser
Mike Mccormick for nine of
their Is hits.
Tom Sturdivant, form e r
American Lacquer, won his sec
ond for the Pirates, although
the Phils got to him for 13 hits.
Mathews climbed into a 10th
place tie with Joe DiMaggio in
the all-time home run stand
ings by hitting No. 361 of his
career off Jim Brewer at Mil
waukee. 1t was his first since
July %. By reaching base five
straight times, Mathews ran his
streak to nine in two days.
Evening star., 1961-08-14
BY the Associated Press

The Los Angeles Dodgers are
on the march, with old pro
Duke Snider showing the way.
The. heavenly aroma of the
richest World Series checks in
history seems to have rejuven-
ated The Duke, who has ID
hits in his last 80 trips.
After winning six straight
and 10 of their last % games,
the Dodgers own a 2la-game
lead over Cincinnati in the Ma
tional League. They would be
less than human if they weren't
beginning to think of the loot
from a series in the Coliseum
with it's crowds of $4,000 ano
Yankee Stadium with its TO-
000-pluS.
However, Cincinnati ism
folding. The Reds stuck righ
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on the Dodgers heels yesterday
by swapping San Francisco's
five-game winning streak, 81.
Wally Post drove in four runs
in the Reds farewell at Can
dlestick Park, where they won
eight of II starts.
Philadelphia lost its 10th
straight, 1874, to Pittsburgh
but finally broke its scoreless
streak after 20 innings. Mil
waukee's Lew Burdette won his
14th with the help of a perfect
day by Ed Mathews, who had
two walks and three hits, in
cluding his 23d homer, in an
8-3 victory over the Chicago
Cubs.
Snider came through with
a run-scoring double and a
triple in five at bats against
st. Louis, while Stan williams
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Results Yesterday
Pittsburgh, 13; Philadelphia, 4.
Milwaukee, s; Chicago, g.
Cincinnati, g; San Francisco, l.
Los Angeles, 8: St. Louis, 0.
GAMES TODAY
st. Louis at Los Angeles (n)-Broglio
tS-10l or Simmons 90 VS.. Drys-
dale 600.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (n)-Had-
dix (S-5l VS.. Buhl (9-S).
Philadelphia at Chicago-Mahaffey
0-16) VS.. Ellsworth (5-7.
Only games scheduled.
GAMES TOMORROW
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (n).
Cincinnati at Los Angeles (nl.
st. Louis at San Francisco (n).
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STANDINGS

Results Yesterday
Washington, 12-4; New York, "a.
Baltimore, 6: Boston, 5 I'll innings
Los Angeles, 8; Cleveland, 7.
Minnesota, 13; Detroit, 8.
Chicago, 8; Kansas City, 8.
GAMES TODAY
Los Angeles at Washington, 8 PM
Bowsfield (S-4) VS.. Gabler (3-4).
Kansas City at Minnesota M
Walker (5-S) VS.. Kaat (4-12.
Only games scheduled.
GAMES TOMORROW
Los Angeles at WASHINGTON (n).
Boston at Cleveland (nl.
Baltimore at Detroit (2l.
Kansas City at Minnesota (n).
Chicago at New York (n).
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Mantle-Maris Home Run Heroics
Prove Smash Hit in Washinqton

double-M twins, and neither
did the Senators pitching.
Maris belted four homers in
the four game series, Mantle
two and. If that's what at
tracted the three-day total of
$3.50, they got their moneys
worth.
Series Drew $3.50
Following in the wake of the
Yankee magnetism are the Los
Angeles Angels, and that may
be like following Ella Fitz-
gerald with a juggling act. The
Angels are here for a four
game set, beginning tonight
when it'll be Ted Bowsfield
against the Senators John
Gabler (3-4) on the mound.
There are plenty of tickets
available for this one, natu-
rally.
Hinton, King Homer
The Senators are in a virtual
tie with the Angels for 7th
place and things have to be
looking UP a bit for Manager
Mickey Vernon and his troops.
They came back from a dis
asterous road trip with a six
game losing streak, yet they
managed a split with the
league-leaderS. And, more i'm
portantly, they seemed to have
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U. S. ROYALS
BEST TUBE TYPE
SAFE-WAY low PROFILE TIRES

U. S. Royal Low Profile Tires
LOWER, shorter sidewolls
flex less, run cool.
WIDER Dir chamber holds
some volume ond pres
sure Of dir.
SAFER. Don't flex os
much. Don't work as
hard. Keep cool and
sofe.
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Your tires oetvolIy fIex 700
fines per mile. Under the
enormous weight Of your
cor. flexins builds up heot.
The longer the sidewolI, the
more flex-ond the more
: heat that eventually builds
up to the 2400 blowout
danger point.
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League" it was suggested.
Yeah, guess so. We'd win by Is, 18
games"
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Cobb Will Aids
Education Fund

CORNELIA, Ca, Aug. 8
(AP).-The will Of Ty Cobb,
baseball great who died July
II, was probated in Habersham
County Court Of Ordinary yes
terday. It provides that rs per
cent be left in trust for his
children and grandchildren.
Twenty-Five per cent of his
estate was left to the educa-
tional fund he established eight
years ago to help needy stu
dents complete their education.
The Ty Cobb Educational
Fund provides help "for the
manual arts school, technology
cal, professional or college edu-
cation of qualified boys and
girls who otherwise would be
unable to secure such educa-
tion."
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Karl Won Hess,
Valentine to Vie
In Mat Feature

Johnny Valentine, still not
satisfied in his quest for ven-
geance against Buddy Mature
Boy Rogers, now turns his at
tention to Karl Won Hess, an
other ruffian of the wrestling
world.
Valentine, who teamed with
Antonino Rocca to defeat
Rogers and Wildcat Orton last
night at Griffith Stadium, will
meet Won Hess in the feature
match of Thursday nights
card at Capitol Arena. =
Johnny received a rough
going over from Rogers and
Orton last night, even though
he and Rocca were the win
nerS. 81
A crowd Of 1884 fans also
saw Sweet Daddy Sikh and Art
Thomas win over Mark levin
and Don Curtis, despite the
roughhouse tactics Of Levin
and Curtis.
The Kangaroos, Roy Heffer-
nan and AL Costello, proved to
be too much for the new team
of Red Bastien and Dick Stein
born. In other matches Ra-
mona Isbell won the battle
royal among five girls, The
Black Terror pinned Angelo
Savoldi and Billy Zbyszko anc
Fred Atkins battled to a 20
minute draw.
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MISS SUPERTEsT WINS AGAIN
Modification Sought
In HormsWorth Rules

PICTON, Ontario, Aug. 8
(AP).-Miss Supertest HIS mo-
nopoly on the Harmsworth
Trophy has promoted sugges-
tions that the international
powerboating classics rigid
rules be modified to allow
better competition.
The unbeaten Canadian
waterflyer, which yesterday
became the first boat to win
three Harmsworths, has
shown convincingly she can
master any challenger from
the United States.
Supertest sped away from
Miss Detroit, the United States
challenger, and won Canada's s
third Harmsworth in the
minimum of two heats.
Nearly Two Laps Ahead
Bob Hayward had Supertest
nearly two laps ahead of en-
gine-troubled Miss Detroit al
the end Of yesterdays '15-lap
45-mile race. She won the first
heat easily Saturday.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Briton Leads
In Rifle Event

CAMP PERRY, Ohio. Aug. 8
(AP) Leslie A. Winter, a
visitor from England, took the
lead in the national small bore
rifle prone championship here
yesterday with a score of 1,198
out of a possible 1900 points.
George j. Stidworthy, jr., Of
Prescott, Ariz., held second
place in the field of 713 of the
country's finest .22-caliber
shooters with the same score.
Winter placed IS Of his 120
shots in the tie-breaking X
ring, q smaller circle within the
bulls eye, to SO for Stidworthy.
Joe z. Steffey Of Paris, III,
was in third place at the end
Of the days firing with a score
of 1.187.
Miss Janet s. Friddell Of To-
ledo, Ohio, the 1858 women's
and Junior champion, led the
women's field with 1,196 points
and Daniel M. Kendall of Oak
land. Calf, led the junior di-
vision with 1,195.
In the national position
championship race-in which
the shooters fire prone, stand
ing, kneeling and sitting
Army Corp. Gary L. Anderson
of Axtell, Nebr., and Army 1st
LIT. Tommy G. Poll of Colum-
bus, Ca, tied for the lead with
395 points out Of a possible 400.