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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12

Harry Bright will be on dis
play for quick appraisal by the
public.
Stevens and Bright are in
the lineup as strategic moves
by Manager Mickey Vernon,
Both are righthanded hitters
and White Sox Manager Al
Lopez has selected Southpaw
Billy Pierce as his starting
pitcher.
Stevens, eX Pacific Coast
League home run king, replaces
Dale Long and Bright takes
over for Billy Klaus. Long and
Klaus swing lefthanded.
Hoping for Big Crowd
Stevens. Bright and Daniels
came to the Senators for
Pitcher Bobby Shantz, picked
up from the Yankees in the ex-
pansion draft and dealt off
quickly for three young pros
poets.
The Senators are hoping for
a big crowd tonight. Three
Dixieland bands, a German
band and the Northwestern
High School Band will provide
music, and in place of President
Kennedy and other dignitaries
who graced opening day, there
will be a group of plain citizens
rooters.
Five lucky members of the
Boosters Club" will dine with
Pete Quesada. club president,
and General Manager Ed DOH
erty tonight and then will sit
in the Presidential Box. Miss
Meredith Pierce, 1G-ycar-old
student at George Nason High,
will throw out the first ball.
Her fellow boosters, all picked
on Eddie Gallaher's radio show,
are Ed Jaffee of Washington,
John Baughman of Laurel,
John Dunbar of Washington
and Guy Hynson of Silver
Spring.
Hasn't Disappointed
Another booster will be
awarded a trip for two on one
of the clubs Eastern swings.
The drawing will be made by
Gallaher at home plate before
the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12

Daniels, whom the Pirates
threw in to clinch the Shant2
deal, had four short stays with
the Pirates. Vernon, a coach
with the Pirates last year, liked
what he saw of the big Negro
from Tuscaloosa, Ala. ano
tagged him for one of his
starters from the start.
Daniels hasn't disappointed
He pitched three-hit ball fol
six innings against the Red SoX
last Saturday in his final exhi-
bition tuneup. In 81 innings Of
exhibition pitching he gave ur
only four walks. Hit in the
early going, he settled down
and was throwing hard anc
well in more recent outings.
Bright is on the club because
of what he can do with bat
He is not expected to field as
well as Klaus but will do a
capable job, according to Ver-
non, and should hit major
league pitching.
Indians Invade Next
Stevens could wind up as a
big hero on this team. Not
as well known as Long. he is
nine years younger at 26 and
twice during the spring cracked
out bases-loaded homers. He
hit 81 homers for Salt Lake
City last season.
Otherwise the Washington
lineup will be the same as the
one which lost to the White
Sox, 4-3. Monday. Gene
Woodling. Willie TaSby and
Marty Keough will patrol the
outfield, Danny O'Connell will
be on second, Coot Veal al
shortstop and Pete Daley be-
hind the plate.
The Senators, who roughed
up Early Wynn in the two
innings he worked Monday,
come up against another Chi
cago ace in Pierce. who posted
a lat record and a 3.6S
earned-run average last season
The Senators play the White
Sox again tomorrow afternoon
Then the Indians move in Fri
day night for a three-game
series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
BY the Associated Press

Daryl Spencer, st. Louis
shortstop, waited a long time
for Southpaw Warren SPAIN to
make a mistake. And when the
Milwaukee pitching great fl
nally did, Spencer was ready.
A .245 lifetime hitter, Spencer
leaned into Spahn'S first pitch
in the 10th inning and cracked
a homer. boosting the Cardinals
to a 2-1 victory over the Braves
yesterday in a National League
opener.
That's the first mistake he's
made against me in seven
years." Spencer said happily
1T was a screwball. Usually
SPAIN pitches me just about
an inch off the plate. But he
finally came in a little toe
much on the inside. 1t felt real
good when I connected"
Heart-Breaking Defeat
Spencer'S blast against a
stiff head wind landed in the
bleachers in left-center and
sent SPAIN down to a heart
breaking defeat before 33,327
chilled fans. the smallest Mil
waukee turnout for an opener
since the Braves moved from
Boston in 1858.
The world champion Pitts
burgh Pirates came from be-
hind on Bill Virdon's three-run
homer with two out in the
ninth for an 81 triumph at
San Francisco and Cincinnati,
rolling on homers by Frank
Robinson and Wally Post, wall
loped the Chicago Cubs, IL, in
other afternoon openers.
An infield hit by Charlie
Neal off Robin Roberts leg led
to a three-run inning and gave
Los Angeles a 6-2 victory over
the Phillies in a night game.
Roberts Sets Record
Roberts, setting a National
League record with his 18th
opening day assignment for the
Phils. wound up with a 5-6 rec
ord for inaugurals Zone ended
in a mo decision" for the
righthanded veteran) after the
three-run Dodger seventh.
Pinch-hitter Ron Fairly capped
that rally with a two-run dou-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
Majors Draw
284,732 Fans
BY the Associated Press

Major league baseballs nine
game. two-day opening drew
284,732 fans, with the top
crowd, 50.665, sitting in an last
nights game between the Phil
lies and Dodgers at the Los
Angeles Coliseum.
Bolstered by the Los An
geleS throng, the National
Leagues four openers attracted
154,128. The American League,
after drawing 26,725 at Mon
days presidential opener in
Washington, added 103,879 in
four games yesterday despite
poor weather for a total of
129,604.
Last year, when the majors
also counted nine games on
their opening schedules, the
crowds totaled 370,435.
Yesterdays figures:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
PROB ABLE
PITCHERS

Bp the Associated Press
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ParentheseS)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago at washington (n)-Pierce
Q4-D VS.. Daniels I'D.
Los Angeles at Baltimore-Post-
poned cold trescheduled for tomorrow
night.
Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh at San Francisco-Law
t2O-9O VS.. Loes GID.
Philadelphia at Los Angeles I'M
Sullivan (6-l6) VS.. PodreS G4-12).
Only games scheduled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY
Cincinnati, Z: Chicago. /.
Pittsburgh, S; San Francisco. z.
Los Angeles, &: Philadelphia. >.
St Louis, 2; Milwaukee. l 40 In
ningsD.
GAMES TODAY
Pittsburgh at San Francisco
Philadelphia at Los Angeles (n).
GAMES TOMORROW
Chicago at Cincinnati.
st. Louis at Milwaukee.
Philadelphia at Los Angeles (n).
Pittsburgh at San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
Senators Slate Big Show
For Opening Night Fans
Daniels in First Sturt;
Stevens, Bright to Play
BY BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

The trading of the Washington ball gets its
first acid test tonight at Griffith Stadium all three figures
in the December deal with the Pirates swing action against
the White Sox weather permitting Game time is 8:O5
Amid festive opening night ceremonies Pitcher Bonnie
Daniels, First Baseman r. c. Stevens Third
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
MAJOR
LEAGUES
BY the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY
Minnesota, G: New York, 0.
Cleveland. g. Detroit. 5.
Kansas City, ); Boston, 2.
Los Angeles. Z: Baltimore, 2.
GAMES TODAY
Chicago at Washington. sos.
Los Angeles at Baltimore, postponed,
cold .reScheduled for tomorrow night.
Only games scheduled.
GAMES TOMORROW
Chicago at Washington, l pm.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Minnesota at New York.
Kansas City at Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
SPAIN. VCTIMIZED
PotiencePoy
In Win for Cards

BILE, and Rookie Carl Warwick
drove in the final run with a
Ipinch-single. following two
walks by reliever Ken Lehman,
in the eighth.
The Dodgers started fast,
scoring in the first inning when
Speedster Maury Wills singled,
went to second on a sacrifice
and then Scampered home on
a single by Tommy Davis.
Wally Moon homered in the
second. but Johnny Callison
then squared it for the PhilS
with a tWo-run homer in the
third inning off winner Don
Drysdale. The PhilS managed
just five hits off the big right
handler, who struck out eight in
his seven innings. Larry Sher-
ry mopped up, tanning five and
allowing one hit in two shutout
innings.
Face Gets Victory
Southpaw Mike Mccormick,
whom new Giant Manager AL
Dark had exempted from relief
work earlier this spring, was
hustled in to face lefthanded
hitter Virdon in the ninth after
the Pirates had put the tying
runs on base against Stu Miller
with two out. Virdon creamed
McCormick'S first pitch. Sam
Jones started for the Giants,
but left in a two-run sixth.
Willie McCovey batted in two
runs and Orlando Cepeda drove
in three, and each belted solo
homers off Bob Friend, the
Pirate starter. Roy Face was
the winner.
The Cardinals, BANKED on
two hits for seven innings,
scored the tying run in the
eighth off SPAIN on Hal
Smiths triple and pinch
single by Bob Nieman. Spen-
GERS shot then put it away,
leaving SPAIN, who allowed six
hits, still a dozen victories shy
of 300. Indy Mcdaniel pitched
three hitless innings and gained
the decision in relief of Ernie
Broglio. who gave up four hits,
one Ed Mathews fourth-inning
home run.
Cincinnati collected IA hits
off loser Glen Hobbie and three
BELIEVERS with Posts ttree-run
homer breaking a IL tie in the
third. Jim O'Toole was the
winner with four hitter. The
Cubs scored on Andy Rodgers
home run in the third.
Evening star., 1961-08-07
HOLLYWOOD
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN

dos financial future possibly
hinging on the outcome of
Cleopatra" - into a frantic
tailSpin.
Small wonder that the
private phone jingles at Liz's
bedside each morning. You'd be
dialing, too, If you had SIS
million or so wrapped up in
the well-being of lis pounds
Of the worlds most salable bit
of femininity. So far the news
hasn't been too alarming-and
the breathe taking countdown
continues.
Hundreds of jittery employees
reporting for work at a Rich
field oil refinery near Los An
geles thought their jobs had
been sold out from under them
all due to Paramount studio
and flock of invading make
believers. The Escape From
Zahrain" troupe, starring Yul
Brynner and Sal Mineo, ar
rived to shoot several key
scenes and the big Richfield
signs on the gates, buildings
and storage tanks had been
replaced with new ones reading
Zahrain Oil Company.
The bona fide oil people had
neglected to notify their per-
sonnet about the Hollywood
visitation and, consequently,
employees, seeing the new signs,
rushed in CONSERVATION to the
office believing that the plant
had been sold. ,:.s
This marks the SD acting
anniversary of the screens all
time darkest villain. Stuart
Holmes, the suave mustache-
twitcher who tormented Theda
Bara and other early day Si-
rens, has been cast by Allied
Artists as a hilarious butter
and-egg spender In 1.-THE
George Raft Story"
Holmes, a prominent stage
actor, made his film debut in
the New York area in 1909 and
was brought to Hollywood in
1920 to play the villain in 1.-THE
Four Horsemen of the Apoc-
alypse."
Evening star., 1961-08-07
DEAR ABBY
Didn't You Know His Record?
sy ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

know what is so good about
having a marriage license2
I am sick of married women
turning up their noses at me.
I have been q mistress for IL
years, have two children by
the man, and he hasn't left
me yet. He lives with his
folks, and I rent a house. He
comes to me every chance he
gets. He can't take me or the
children out in public on
account of his folks and
friends, but a lot Of married
people don't go out together
either. ! am just as good q
mother as any married
woman, so what's the differ
ence?
NOT MARRIED
If you don't care neither
your children are legitimate
and have q normal home life,
and IL social acceptance and
responsibility mean nothing
to you, then there Is nothing
the matter with your ar
rangement.
&# y
Everybody has a problem.
What's yours? For a per-
SouGI reply, turite to Abby in
care OF The EUening Star.
IncloSe q stamped, SELF
addressed envelope.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Inc
Evening star., 1961-08-07
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

SAVING: Physician n
philosopher DR.. Albert
Schweitzer denies himself
every luxury and many ne
cessities in order to save
every possible penny for his
hospital in Africa. writes
Norman Cousins in ''Dr.
Schweitzer Of Lambarene."
He writes his manuscripts
on the backs of envelopes,
calendars and miscellaneous
government forms. He shaves
without soap or lather. He
refuses to replace or even
to repair his crude piano.
"On one occasion, when
he had to make a trip by
train, he bought a third
class ticket.
"'But why do you travel
third clasp he was asked.
Because there is no
fourth class said DR..
Schweitzer.
Evening star., 1961-08-07
WHERE
AND WHEN

Current Theater Attractions
and Times Of Showing
Stage
National Theater-"The Mu-
sic Man; $3.50 pm.
Carter Barron Amphitheater
Janis Paige in South Pacific; !;
$3.50 pm.
Olney Theater-Dark. "a
Phoenix Too Frequent" and
"Cecile" resume tomorrow.
Screen
Ambassador-"The Plumber
ers";; 1915, 4:45 and 8:15 pm.
king Of the Roaring 20s";;
,2:50, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Apex-"The Bridge; 1:25,
$3.50, 5:35, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Capitol-"Francis of Assist; !;
12, 2:05. 4:15, $40 and 9:55
pm. Miss Washington Con-
test; $3.50 pm.
Dupont-"Never on Sunday;
/. $3.50, 4:40. $50, 8:25 and
1915 pm.
+ Keith's "By Love Pos
sessed";; 11:15 am, 1::20, 1925,
5:35. TAO and $50 pm.
MacArthur-"Man in the
Moon; 6:15, 7:55 and GAS
pm.
Metropolitan-"King of the
Roaring 20s"; 1880 am. 8,
6:35 and 10 pm. "The Plu-
derers";; 1:25, S and $3.50 pm.
OntariO-"The Naked Edge;
/, 2:50, 4:35. 6:35, $40 and
9:55 pm.
Palace - Exodus; 1850,
ABS and 500 pm. .
Playhouse-"Guns of Nav
arone"; 1890, $3.50, 6:10 and
8:55 pm.
Plaza-"The Truth; 12,
2:15, 4:35, 6:55 and 9:20 pm.
Town - La Dolce Vita;
1880 am, 2:30, $50 and
$3.50 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Guns of Nav.
arone"; 1925 am, 1:05, $50
$50 and 9:10 pm.
Uptown-"Spartacus"; las
5 and 500 pm.
Warner - Fanny; 11:4s
am, 2:20, 4:45. 7:10 and
9:35 pm.
Evening star., 1961-08-07
Liz Is a Worry

HOLLYWOOD tNANA). -
Behind movie headlines:
Anxious phone calls 60 out
each morning from the office
Of Producer Walter Wanger at
2Oth-Fox into the Beverly Hills
residence of the Eddie Fishers.
Wanger takes Fishers condi-
ton for granted - probably
couldn't care less-but he
hangs on tensely until he hears
that the health and general
spirits of his beautiful Cleo
pAtra" star was quite all right.
The restarting deadline of
September is for that So mil
lion jinxed movie is fast near
ing, and everyone concerned
with the film seeks daily re-
assurance that recuperating
Elizabeth Taylor will be okay
for the trip to Italy.
Worst Of all, from the COM
pany standpoint, Liz has been
getting frightening free advice
from many sides, urging her to
give serious heed to the in
clelnencies of Italian winters
and to take every precaution
against a recurrence of pneu-
monia, such as the attack that
hit her in London last winter
while attempting to get "Cleo-
pAtra" under way. In any
event, the alarmed Liz will tote
her personal physician along
again.
b.
Meanwhile, the actress has
been urged Ito the point of a
doctors order) to &C into semi
seclusion and get 10 hours
sleep daily until the Rome
take-off. Certainly, she must
be restrained from any more
such fatiguing excursions as
the recent cultural exchange"
visit to Moscow or those
nightly, small-hour ringside es-
capadeS at her husbands Las
Vegas shows.
A sharp warning was sounded
a, few nights ago when she
was stricken i'll and took to her
bed for two days after Fishers
opening performance at the
Cocoanut Grove.
This sent 20th- -Fox-the stu
Evening star., 1961-08-07
USELESS
INFORMATION
By PAUL STEINER
North American Newspaper Alliance


North American Newspaper Alliance
The folloUing information
Is all useless, all neD, and
mostly amusing. 5.
The Willigiman- -Wallalua
warriors of Dutch New
Guinea traditionally make
music by a harmonic grind
ing of their teeth.
There are Is calories In
one cup of cocoanut milk,
dieticianS have figured.
Following the lead of two
California cemeteries who
employ press agents, there is
now a cave in Missouri and
a garage in Manhattan that
are thus represented.
Within a few years there
will be scarcely a university
that does not. include a
course in accordion. playing
in its curriculum, the Ameri-
can Accordionists' Associa-
ton predicts. D.
Evening star., 1961-08-07

slipped me a few golden coins
of luck and, at others, has
taken them away.
My story is not original. It
is the story of all men of all
time. The wonderment in my
heart is not what happened
to me, but what has hap
pened to all the others? I
grew up with great hosts of
kids. Where are they now? I
have passed the 69th mile
stone and I look back over
my shoulder and wonder.
Some started to grow up
and failed to pass the physi-
cal. Some were manned in
early struggles with life and
surrendered, rather than
fight on. A few lasted until
recently. We start off
crowded for elbow room and
end up walking alone on a
vast desert.
Happiness is not an integ-
raj part of life. It's a momen-
tary Illusion. Hardship and
disappointment are the con-
comitants of normal living.
You learn to live with those
two, or you do not last.
You think I am downcast?
Oh no. I'm a man with a
perpetual smile. The fact
that see life as a little mote
in the eye of eternity does
not mean that I miss the
sparkle in that eye. I've had
joy out of the life, in between
battles and temporary vic
tories.
THE JOYS DO NOT de-
lude me to the truth. ! know
too well that, on this planet,
the servile pass for humble,
the respectable are called
worthy, and the wealthy are
accorded the status of the
wise. Before q man finishes
his boot training here, he is a
veritable scarecrow, stripped
to the essentials.
Who is the winner? Is it he
who leaves last or he who
leaves first? I do not know.
There is so much that I do
not know.
This earth is a lovely piece
of property. All it needs is a
reliable tenant.
Copyright. 1861, King Features syn
dicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1961-08-07

had it real good" since I
gave up my position in Prin-
cess Margaret's household.
For instance, I have Just
been married to a prosper
Gus English widow. This was
just a few weeks after I re-
turned from my all-paid-for
end-of-the-season holiday, a
pleasant cruise in the Carib-
bean.
! Just at the moment the
problem exercising my mind
is whether to buy a convert
ible or a compact car out of
my savings of $500 ac-
quired from three months
work.
That was in upholding the
position of butler-host to the
Jai-Alai Sports Palace in
DANA, close to the SkyScrap-
er hotels of Miami Beach.
Behavior Is Punctilious
I am well aware that my
general demeanor-not to
mention my mode of dress
and correct speech-has oc-
casioned some surprise to the
inhabitants Of these parts
who are not accustomed to
punctilious behavior.
They are shocked that I
continue to observe the high
est standards of butlering
here, even though I am in a
country where "Hiya, Mac"
claims preference as a greet
ing to Good morning, sir"
But of course I am a gentle
mans gentleman to the mar
row, and no other way.
My difficulties largely arise
from my inability to slough
off my unhappy association
with the royal family.
For example, I am at this
moment endeavoring to shake
Evening star., 1961-08-07

oetoF
to be pontifical. It comes
with the calendar. I started
life in Elizabethport, N. j.
The place is famous, not for
having spawned Mitchells,
but for q big Singer Sewing
machine factory.
WHEN MY BRIEF candle
cutters out, however, the
matter will be briefly in
scribed on stone. There is
an interim between the first
date and the second, and this
interests me. This fraction
in the table of time; this
little breathing spell. What
happened before the first
date on the headstone, and
what happens after the Sec
ond, is material for the phi
lospher. It has no place in
my saga.
I was born on July II,
1892, in q stable. There were
no shepherds, no wise men.
Our house had burned down
and the family was living in
q barn. Our home had been
an Abandoned theatre with
living quarters upstairs. A
sign near the roof said
Mitchell Building" It is, I
think, an omen that all but
the last four letters of my
name burned down.
In the time between then
and now, I have tried to be
myself - without pretense,
without flash, just a beetle
browed actor who has never
stopped studying his craft
and has never learned all
there is to know about It. In
my roles, I have tried to
create a convincing illusion,
and sometimes I have sue
ceeded. Life has, at times,
Evening star., 1961-08-07

off the attentions of a man
from New York. who is ad-
dressed as Sammy" by his
friends-a most offensive
person who pronounces
"there" as "dere" and
those" as dose"
Keeps His Dignity
This mamie is about 35
years old with hair that is
grossly waved and oiled
declares that he has formed
an attachment to Her Royal
Highness, Princess Margaret.
Further, he is convinced I
can help him to establish the
necessary contact with her to
pursue his prepoSterouS case.
This man first approached
me when I was taking a stroll
under the palms on the
promenade.
"Ain't you Mister Cronin
who was butler to Meg?" he
asked.
I nodded and tried to pass
on.
Then you gotta help me.
You see, I want to meet up
with her, and I want you to
put me in touch"
Even though I was clad
only in a bathing costume I
endeavored to answer him
with all the dignity I could
muster.
Sir" I said, you appear
to have overlooked the fact
that you have been fore
stalled by Mr.. Armstrong
Jones. There is nothing I
can do therefore in the way
Of putting you in touch"
He refused to be shaken
off and indeed thrust into
my hand a letter he had
addressed to the Princess.
I would have run were it
not for the fact that my Gus
tom of years is never to run.
Naturally, I took speedy
Evening star., 1961-08-07

DEAR ABBY: I am mar
ried to q man who is so broke
he has even considered sell
ing his body to q medical
school when he dies for a
little cash today. He earns
(believe it or not) $4,000 a
year, but we can't break even
because he has to support
three families! He was mar
ried twice before, and has
six children. So he iias to
throw his money away on
wives and children he never
sees. It is like buying oats for
dead horses. / don't believe
in letting ex-wives and chill
dren starye to death. but both
his ex-wives are staying
single and bleeding him for
everything he has just to be
spiteful. Is there any way my
husband can get his alimony
and support money reduced?
Don't suggest a lawyer. We
are broke because Of them.
THIRD WIFE
Sorry, but when you want
legal advice, a lawyer is still
the best buy. The "hOrseS"
for whom your husband must
buy "Oats" are very much
alive. And, when a man
chooses to change horse in
the middle of the stream, he
had better have enough oats
to stock Churchill Downs.
You picked a losing Oat-
burner, sister.
4 = 4 \
DEAR ABBY: I am almost
IL years old. When I was
younger, my mother clob-
bered me. Now that I am
older, I get restricted. I would
much rather get clobbered.
What is your solution9
RAT
Rats can't choose their
poison. Behave yourself.
4 = 4
DEAR ABBY: I want to