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WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW B, FRANCE, ,7Auu

(Here is the first of three chapters lightly touching on
the three eras of Washington in the American League to
wit: the Pioneer Years. the Griffith Age and the Early
Months OF the Pete QueSadas).
PEOPLE WITH SHORT MEMORIES are likely to be a
mite hazy to the precise details But 81 years ago the
Nations Capital didn't merely close to losing major
league baseball status did when Cal Griffith nostrils
a-quver took off for the Upper Midwest 1t did lose it.
On January IS, 1900 the National League unwieldy
with IL teams excused four and Washngtons outfit was
among those included out 1t wasn't until the Amer-
can League began to operate in 1901 that town eganed
big league status although ynics Of the day doubted
the Senators ever had 1t, so sad they were.
In Washington's early American League days new own
ers and managers and went like changing of the
watch Yet the Senators themselves models Of con-
sistency except for two seasons when they finished sixth
In all OF the other from 19011 they finished seventh
eighth The year 1904 brought historic season. They
SO and lost 113 Another year-19O2Athey weren't
even baseball champions Of the District Of Columbia.
Georgetown University winner Of two Of three
games claimed the title.
Ironically it was during this 11-year preGriffith era
that two great ball players Senator uniforms One
was Ed Deahanty, the other Walter Johnson
DELAHANTY AND JOHNSON had nothing in common
except uncommon ability that membership in the
Hall Of Fame Deahanty was notorious bottle and
legendary hitter His lifetime average 346 Twice he
hit 400 better He is the only player to lead both
major leagues in batting
Ed of six brothers who lived beyond infancy
Five-Ed Frank Jin Joe and Tom-made the big leagues
but Ed by far the best.
He playing for the Phles in 1899 when he led the
National League with 4O8 He jumped his contract in 1902
and joined the Senator'S with whom he batted 376 to
top the American League But Delahanty was a moody
man. On an earyseason Western swing O3 he threat
ened to kill himself-with 1888 batting average yet
That was in Cleveland. When the club moved to
Detroit the big slugger AWOL on July g. Five days
later Jimmy Lotus, who managing that season. re-
ceived telegram from the Pullman Co. at Buffalo to the
effect that passenger answering Deahantys description
had been put off train at Fort Erie the Canadian side
of the International Bridge.
On July his body found II miles below the bridge
nude except for necke and shoes leg was severed
the tragedy 1t deduced that after being
elected from the train for being loud and bosterous
Delahanty began walking He was last seen alive by
Evening star., 1961-04-07
Writers Picking Dodgers
And Yankees for Pennonts

NEW YORK, April 7 (AP) -
The Los Angeles Dodgers and
the New York Yankees today
were picked by an Associated
Press poll of sports writer's and
sportcasters to win the major
league baseball pennants this
season.
The Dodgers nosed out the
world champion Pittsburgh Pi-
rates in the National League
by three points. However, the
Dodgers received 125 of the
1886 first-place votes to 80 for
the Pirates. The Pirates drew
strong support for second and
third place to make 1t close.
In the American League, the
Yankees made a runaway of
the poll, more than doubling
Baltimore's first-place votes.
The Yanks had 1872 firsts to
the Orioles 85. In points the
Yanks led 3,13l to 1856.
Points were figures on an
8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis in the
National and on a 10-9-8-7-6-
5-4-3-2-1 basis in the American.
The writer's and sportscasters
figured Milwaukee, San Fran
cisco and ST. Louis also would
be in the National League race.
They gave the Braves IS firstS,
the Giants 90 and the Cardi-
nails 25. No other National
League team drew a first-place
vote. One writer picked the
Phillies as high as second and
one put the Cubs third.
In the American League, all
but the new clubs in Los An
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25 rounds at Augusta National.
He was thankful for the. SO,
but you had the feeling he
thought it could have been bet
ter.
Nicklaus, Palmer's playing
partner, did not share Palmer's
putting fortune. The 21-year-
old Ohio State student out
played Palmer from tee to
green, but, of course, putting
is a major part of the game.
Player Has Great Start
Player had the days best
start, three under par for six
holes. 1t was his 10th straight
round under 10 on the PGA
circuit, of which Player is the
leading money winner.
Washington's Deane Beman,
who was paired with Player,
said he figured Gary was going
to shoot at least a IS at that
point.
But Player had only one more
birdie, and offset that by his
lone bogey on the 18th.
Player said the most crafty
ing angle to his round was his
added distance. Last year he
was concerned about not being
able to reach the par fives, but
he birdied two of them yester7
day.
Somebody pointed out that
Player frequently used six and
seven irons to green's where
Palmer was using four and five
irons.
But Beman, who studied
Player throughout the round,
said Gary is at least a club or
two stronger than most players,
and what clubs he used doesn't
mean much by comparison.
Palmer plays with Kel Nagle,
the British Open champion to-
day, Player with Bill Hyndman,
the amateur from Philadelphia
and Nicklaus with Ken Ventura,
one of seven par shooters at 70.
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Palmer Domination Hanqs
Over Masters Once Aqain

cluded a 120-foot wedge shot
into the cup on the fifth hole
and a 100-foot putt by his own
measurement on the 14th, and
four brides on the last six
holes. Not even Rosburg, one
Of the great short-game artists,
figures to duplicate that.
1t was a disappointing day
for the sentimentalists who still
yearn for Sam Snead and Ben
Hogan. They were in a null
tiple tie at IA, both struggling
all the way. Snead was three
over par for six holes, and is
not the Snead of even last year.
Few DisappOintments
In fact, both were surpassed
by their immediate predecessor
as the golfing great, Byron
Nelson. Nelson had a II, as did
Johnny Pott, one of the solid
young players; Paul Harvey, the
big hitter, and Doug Ford, the
former Masters champion who
holed a chip shot and a trap
shot en- route to his one-under-
par round.
There were few disappoint-
meAtS, because this is supposed
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We'll give you o better tire
buy brond for brond, line for
line. any doY Of the week or
we'll refund your money
promptly" Joe Gronvills
Req Trode Mork
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geleS and Washington drew at
least one first-place vote. Chi
cago got 33, Cleveland 20, De-
troit 3 and Minnesota, Boston
and Kansas City l each.
The new Washington team
drew one fourth-place vote and
Los Angeles drew three fifth
place votes, their only first di-
vision ballots. Washington was
consigned to 10th place in the
expanded American League.
Los Angeles was placed ninth
as had been expected.
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Senators Waive Semproch
ToAngeIs, Get Downto Limit

The Senators got down to
the 28-player limit today by
sending Pitcher Ray Semproch
to the Los Angeles Angels for
the $12,500 waiver price.
The transaction was an
nounced in Washington by
General Manager Ed Doherty
The handwriting was on the
wall as far as Semproch was
concerned after an abortive ef-
fort last night as the Senators
six-game winning streak was
snapped by the Baltimore
Orioles, 81, in Miami.
Ray, a 6-foot, 168-pound
righthander who had a 80
record with the Detroit Tigers
and an 11-2 mark with Spo-
kane Of the Pacific Coast last
year, gave up seven walks. four
hits and six runs in 32a in
nings, adding three wild pitches
for good measure. One of the
hits was a two-run homer by
Jackie Brandt.
Has Had Troubles
The 30-year-old Clevelander,
a highly regarded draftee, has
had his share of troubles.
He was bothered by a sore
shoulder early during the train
ing period. Apparently cured
Of that, he then had trouble
with his control. He has shown
no signs of being able to get
the ball over the plate with
any degree of consistency, CIV
ing up l6 bases on balls in 725
innings.
Prior to last nights game
Manager Mickey Vernon indi-
Gated that in starting John
Gabler. with Semproch and
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HimsI Named
Lead Cubs
First 7 2Weeks
BuhI Goes Route
For Third Time
In Loss to Reds
By the Associated Press

The Chicago Cubs have a
leader-for two weeks anyway
- and the exhibition tour
finally hits a major league park
today as baseball closes in on
the start of the 1861 season.
The Cubs picked Vedie Himsl
from their nine-man coaching
group to open the season as
quasi-manager. It's Owner Phil
Wrigley's idea to go with a
leader instead of a definite
manager this season, shifting
the head man role among the
four coaches who will be with
the club at any one time.
With the season set to open
Monday, the exhibition trail led
the New York Yankees to st.
Louis today for the opener of
a three-game series with the
Cardinals.
Buhl VictimiZed
Both were idle yesterday
while the Cincinnati Reds again
clipped Milwaukee, 6-5: the Los
Angeles Dodgers belted San
Francisco. lat: the Cubs de-
feated Boston, 9-5: the Detroit
Tigers trimmed the Chicago
White Sox, ia: the Cleveland
Indians beat the Los Angeles
Angels, 6-5. in IL innings, and
Kansas City smacked Mime
sofa, ga.
In a night game at Miami,
Baltimore whipped Washington,
81.
The Reds came from behind
with two runs in the ninth at
Columbia. S. c., against the
Braves Bob Buhl, who went
the distance for the third time
although giving up IL hits. A
home run by Leo Cardenas tied
it for Cincinnati and a single
by Jerry Zimmerman and al
double by Gus Bell broke it up.
Sam Jones Of the Giants was
9 tagged for nine runs in four
innings at Phoenix by the Dod-
gers, who finished with 13 hits
including a double, three
triples and home runs by Duke
Snider. Pitcher Don Drysdale
and Charlie Smith.
SantO Productive
Seven runs in the fourth in
ning-all but one unearned-I
sent the Cubs home free
against the Red Sox at San
Antonio. Ron Santo hit a home
run and a double.
At Sarasota, the Tigers had
Just four hits, but won their
third in a row with five un-
earned runs in the second
inning. Herb Score was the
loser. giving up only three
singles, but walking seven and
getting hurt on Al Smiths two
out muff in the outfield.
Johnny Romano's third hit
of the day. a one-out single,
capped a two-run comeback for
the Indians in the bottom of
the 18th at Tucson against
Rookie Aubrey Gatewood. Lou
Klimchock's three-run homer
brought the Athletics from be-
hind in the seventh against
Twins ace Pete Ramos at West
Beach. Leo Posada went 4-for-
4. driving in two runs with
three doubles and a single for
the AS.
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Gabler in the second inning
on Gus Triandos' double anc
Whitley Herzog's single. They
scored another in the third
when Third Baseman Harry
Bright'S error put Russ Snyder
on second base and Brooks
Robinson and Jim Gentle fol-
lowed with singles.
Break Camp Today
When Triandos beat out ar
infield hit to load the bases
Semproch came on. He got of
to a good start. getting HerZog
to ground into an inning end
ing double play. Then the roof
fell in as four walks, two wild
pitches and a two-run single
by Robinson netted four runs
in the fourth. Brandt's blast in
the sixth completed the damage
The Senators had little sue
cess with Barber but finally
broke through for their lone
unearned run off Wilhelm in
the eighth when Dutch Dot
terer singled. took second or
Sturdivant's single to center
moved up on a passed ball and
scored on Marty Keough's sac
rifice fly.
The Senators break camp at
Pompano Beach, Fla, today and
fly to Durham. N. c., for a
game with the Boston Red Sox
tomorrow. They also meet the
Red SoX in Winston-Salem
Sunday before returning home
for Mondays opener with the
Chicago White Sox. They will
have to cut three more players
by May 10.
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Tom Sturdivant following, the
contest probably would decide
which of those three borderline
pitchers might get the ak.
While Gabler was far from
a fireball for effectiveness, CIV
ing up five hits and two runs,
one unearned, in the first 21s
innings, he at least exhibited
control. walking only one. This
was his first appearance since
March IA when he worked two
innings against Kansas City
before leaving in the third with
sore arm.
Sturdivant Impressive
Sturdivant was most impress
sive Of the three and may have
saved his job with a hitless,
scoreleSs two-inning span in
which he walked but one. In
addition, he famed three with
a sharp breaking curve that
was clipping the outside corner
all night. Earlier, Sturdivant
confided to several Baltimore
players that he was doubtful
of making the club.
The Senators. who went into
the game with nine victories
in their last 10 starts, could
do little with Steve Barber, q
sinker ball expert from Takoma
Park. Barber yielded only four
hits and no runs over the first
seven innings in his fourth
straight impressive Grapefruit
League performance. Hoyt Will
helm. the veteran knuckle4
baller, finished up, allowing
three hits and one unearned
run in the final two innings.
The Orioles got a run off
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round today-he and Bob Ros-
burg shot four-under par 68s-
and Gary Player is only one
stroke back at SO. But you can
feel it, on the golf course, in
the locker room, in the club
house, Palmer is the man.
Arnie now has led or shared
the Masters lead in nine of
the last 13 rounds of the
championship. He had to one
putt the first four greens to
stay one under par at that
point, but he overcame a
slightly shaky start and poured
it on the back nine.
1t probably was the most
true-to-form first round in
the history Of the Masters
with Palmer at 68, Player al
$50 and Jack Nicklaus, the bril-
liant young amateur at 10.
Pin Placements Tough
1t was a rainy, chilly day and
the pin placements were tough.
er than usual for the opening
round. The weather is sup
posed to improve. but actually
the gentle rain was preferable
to the winds that can make
Augusta National a monster.
RoSburg, who won the Crosby
Open this year and stands
ninth on the money list, was
the only intruder, but he's
capable. Rosburg's round in
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ENDOFSTREAK

Totals 30 Totals 81 8 . 8
l Struck out for Barber in seventh.
WASHINGTON - 900 900 0lO-1
BALTIMORE ~ oil 402 OOX-S
E-Bright, Dotterer. Brandt
PO-A - WASHINGTON, 24-l6; Balti-
more, 27-l6. DP-O'Conne to Veal
to Stevens: B Robinson to Breeding TO
Gentle 90: Bright to Boak to Stevens:
SempToch to Mahoney to Boak to
Stevens. LoB-Washington, 8; Balti-
more, s.
% - TriandoS. HR - Brandt. s.
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The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-02-25

the keynote speak r and a
more interesting" person was
not to be heard that night. He
laughingly spoke on Land Prog
ress; Need for Men with Bust
ness Sense; Cooperative Presi-
dent and Trustees; and Need
for Judge who will give both
Justice and Mercy. An example
he cited was the fact that he
had not purchased his city
'sticker and if he 'igot caught"
he didn't want justice, 81 want
mercy"
In general the convention was
very good and it did represent
substantial part of the party.
The candidates do not show a
great deal of strength outside
VI Moore and McCrary who will
more than likely return to their
hllce however, the party as
whole was verv Spontaneous
and will probably work very
diligently to swing their whole
ticket into office.
One point of interest to the
village was the fact that the
organization presented a writ
ten platform which was read to
the audience. 1t was accepted
by the body At the end the
I.CjP. pledged themselves to the
party and to work without stop
ping for a successful election
on April IS, 1861.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-02-25
Wednesday Ev'n
Bible Study

Each Wednesday at 800 pm.
the Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church offers to the citizens
of Robbins and the surrounding
communities the privilege of
systematic Bible study on the
basic doctrine of the Scriptures.
These Bible study sessions are
concluded with fellowship and
refreshments. Pastor Stephens
is the instructor and the church
is located at 1899 Claire Blvd.
in Robbins, Illinois.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-02-25
NOTE OF THANKS

Mrs. IneZ Edwards wishes to
express her sincere thanks to
her many friends and to her
pastor. Rev. Felix Taurvin and
church members for the kind
ness shown her during the ILL
ness and death of her husband,
Mr.. Sandy Edwards.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-02-25
THOMAS J. KELLAR
SCHOOL NEWS

Friday, February II, 1861 was
a "red letter" day for the 7th
grade class of Thomas J. KEEL
lar School. The pupils and
teachers enjoyed a beautifully,
well-presented do It Yourself"
assembly program. The program
theme was February On Par
ade." Audience singing of pa
triotic songs was enjoyed after
the opening pledge to the flag
and National Anthem.
The program featured four
different choral groups singing
the following selections: "Beau-
tiful Dreamer" when Johnny
Comes Marching Home" Get
ting to Know You" and Swing
Low Sweet Chariot" The latter
was a trio by Eddie Scott,
Jasper Sharp and Larry Snoddy.
Mary Ward and Mary Ray were
superb in their creative dance
number. Ernestine Shaw did a
commendable job in reading
L1coln's Gettysburg Address.
Perhaps the browning num-
bers presented were a This Is
Your Life" presentation by the
pupils of Mrs. Collins home
room and q trip to our neigh
boris south Of the border by the
boys of Mr.. Her derson's home
room. Gwendolyn Smith made
the This Is Your Life" feature
really come alive as she served
as an Al Mistress Of Ceremon-
les. We must admit that, just
like the "This Is Your Life"
program on T.V., much OF the
dialogue was entirely spontan-
eous and uf1rehearsed. The pu-
pills really got bang out of
the Mexican Fiesta in a normal
NJ x &c n classroom situation.
Jimmy Tucker brought the skit
to a close as he sang Jamaica
Farewell"
The red letter day in Feb
ruary will long be remembered
by both pupils and teachers.
We look forward to more ed
vocational 'Do It Yourself pro-
grams to be forthcoming from
OUR nth graders. All participants
on the program deserve a spe-
cial vote of thanks for their
wonderful job we'll done.
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The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-02-25
Smith, MdCrary
Top Independent
Citizens Ticket
BY Violet NJ. Weaver
BY Violet NJ. Weaver

In convention that was
quite unusual for the Village
OF Robbins, 1876 persons repre-
senting nine precincts nomin-
ated Marion L. Smith for the
office of Village President,
James McCrary, Police Magis-
trate, William Jones, Clerk,
Flazell Moore, William Posey
and Jimmy Young, Trustees.
Smith was the only candidate
nominated by any precinct to
run for President although Mr..
Carlos V. Lindsey was actually
campaigning for the nomination.
Mr.. Smith received 159 votes
out of 1876 which indicated that
he was not a unanimous choice
because precinct 43 only gave
him "a of their 81 votes and
precinct 3 gave him II out OF
IL. A hassle then ensued as to
whether it should be declared
unanimous and by a motion and
general agreement it was de-
clared unanimous"
McCrary and Jones ran close
TO deadlock with a 70-63 mar
gin going to McCrary. Several
delegations were polled because
of the closeness of the votes
The only discrepancy came
when Jones had precinct 10,
who had claimed IS votes for
McCrary, polled. The vote then
was 4 to II.
When Jones lost his bid for
Judge Gncidentally, he had his
acceptance speech prepared and
ready TOR delivery he was then
nominated by precinct 2 and 3
to run for Clerk. The other
precincts passed and the dele
cation assumed" that the pass
meant second on the motion
and he won unopposed.
In the race for Trustee, Mr.
Flazell Moore had a clean field
and won hands down. Taking
a little more effort to do the
same thing were William Posen.
Oscar Wilson, Paul Rayon, mo-
BILE Johnson, Jimmy Young and
George Mcdowell. Odell Ander-
son was nominated but declined
TO run because of his business.
The turning point in nomin-
otir~ the second Trustee came
when Rawon who was winninp
swung I'll his votes over to
William Posey.
Evening star., 1961-08-11

Over the years the patience shown by bat manufacturers
has been incredible.
Hugh Duffy, who batted .43S in 1894 for the Boston
Nationals, insisted that the billet of wood from which
MS bat was turned have certain ring when dropped on
concrete floor For quarter of century Eddie Collins
demanded bats from half red, half white timber.
TED WILLIAMS, an incorrigibly restless man. would
spend hours combing the Louisville lumber stacks for
narrow grain pieces While he did so AL Simmons and
Dick Barte searched for those with the widest grain
Ruth and another Babe-Herman- sticklers for
bets with tiny pin knots in the barrel Ruth bats
so heavy and sturdy that they lasted long time In
collection OF 80 famous bats has 2 notches cut into
the wood near the trade mark The Babe carved them
to commemorate 81 home The bat remains intact
ball player too busy to hang curtain rod at home
will spend countless hours per rubbing against
large animal bone in the clubhouse temperng the wood
Two years ago in National League clubhouse out
fielder caught teammate shaving with his without
permission. In rage, he climbed all the usurper,
who happened to be not only the star of the team but
also probably the best player in the league.
Somebody had to leave the club, so bad the blood
and so the owner of the shaver traded and is
playing in the American League. That merely
it had been favore bat that Used without
permission, it might have been for the homicide
squad
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OUR POLICY
AND HOW IT
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WIN LOSE OR
SNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
By FRANCIS sTANN

Last OF series dealing NTH the current boom IN
home-run hitting and speculang on the whys and phere-
toresJ.,
UNTIL RECENT YEARS, when seven out of 10 major
league hitters climbed aboard the ght-ba bandwagon
tne Louisville sugger makers knew almost nfallibly when
q oall player was slowing up or was tired
hlerich Bradsby, the bat manufacturer main
ans an extensive file thousands of professional ball
players When star in bygone years began asking for
less weight In his clubs the word spread among the
employees OF the factory and they would sigh and saw
"el' mes not a young any more"
In 1919, Babe Ruth, still growing youth of "a and
Dotn ptcnng and playing the outfield for the Red sox
USED bats that weighed 40 to 43 ounces according to
Herich Bradsby records He hit 90 home runs in 100
games.
Inc next year, approaching his prime he became
aankee and his bat weights increased to as much as
~ ounces He stroked 54 home and using the same
neaVy BATS upped his output 1921 to So His wand was
so massive that few other batters could swing it at all
The Babe swung from the end
RUTH WAS 80 YEARS OLD when he set the all-time
record OF SO homer in the 1927 season. the mark now
threatened by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris of the
Yankees by then he using slightly lighter bat"
JACK McGrath of the bat-makng firm reveals "The
Babe was down to 40 and 42-ounce sticks STILL he was