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Evening star., 1961-08-31
WIN; LOSE OR DRAW
The Man With the Thinking Walk
BY FRANCIS sTANN

LESS THAN A YEAR AGO the Ameri-
can League lost it's most colorfm manager
in Casey Stengel Now the one who was
perhaps the AIS most dynamic also is
leaving This would be Paul Rapier Rich
ards, new general manager of the new
Houston Colts of the soon-to-expand Ma
tional League.
To the casual observer the word la
comic is proper for Richards Or maybe
even languid. But the casual observer
doesn't know the real Paul Richards.
He sees tall, almost thin man shuttle
from the dugout to the playing field,
hands thrust deep in his hip pockets He
sees man walking so slowly and obviously
wearily that he looks no better than even
money to reach his destination much less
make it back
That's his thinking walk" said Jim
Busby, one of his ballplayerS.
But he always walks that way" it
was remarked to Busby.
"So?" Busby retorted. Hes always
thinking"
BallplayerS swear by or at Richards.
They never ignore him. They know that
he is a 16-hour-a-day manager. Then,
when Paul does go to bed," said Watson
Clark, the old lefthander who roomed
with Richards in 1888, when the Giants
won the pennant, "he gets up during the
night and walks in his sleep. We always
had room near the ground floor, with
sofas and chairs stacked up in front of
the windows"
RICHARDS NEVER HAS WON a
major league pennant in II years of man
aging, but critics and supporters alike
rate him one of the games top managers.
This is a grading he earned at Chicago.
plotting the White SoX. There he took
over nothing team" that had finished
in the second division for seven straight
years and made four consecutive first
division finishes. Anybody who can do
that with such junk has got to be the
greatest" one of his newspaper admirers
wrote.
Ironically, Richards move follows by
only a few days an involuntary one by
his diScoverer, Frank Lane At the time
Lane became general manager of the
White Sox the field pilot was Jack Onslow
Frantic frankie didn't want OnSlow. In
the back of his mind was the image
of a minor Lacquer he had seen years
before at Macon.
Lane, watching Macon play double
header, observed Richards, who was a
pitcher. Not only a pitcher, but ambi-
dextrouS, at that In the second game
Richards played third base. Later, Lane
learned that he also played second base
first base, shortstop and third base.
He became a catcher, finally. Il saw
him not only catch but help the umpire'
call balls and strikes" Lane recalled
He was hateful guy if he wasn't or
your side I made up my mind that if
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Bonus Boys
Coming Back
To Senators

Eddie Brinkman, whom the
Senators paid a fat bonus to
sign last June, is expected to
start at third base tomorrow
night against the White Sox
at Griffith Stadium.
Brinkman is being called
UP from Pensacola in the
Alabama Florida League, where
he hit .292.
Leroy HeiSer and Carl Boul-
din, two young pitchers from
Middlesboro, KY, in the all
rookie Appalachian League,
also are due to report to the
Senators tomorrow night. Ron
StillweIl, the Shortstop signed
off the University of Southern
California campus, will report
September II.
Pitcher Tom Cheney, on the
disabled list for more than a
month, will return to active
status tomorrow.
Hal Keller, WaShington's
farm director, says Stillwell is
good enough to play major
league ball right now. I'VE
might as we'll play him" Cen
eral Manager Ed Doherty says.
I'VE can't finish higher than
ninth anyway. Fans will be in
terested in watching kids like
that, and it's better to find out
what they can do"
The Senators wind up their
season series with the Indians
tonight at Griffith Stadium,
Bennie Daniels (8-8) will pitch
for the Senators against Mud
cat Grant (12-8). The Indians
have beaten the Senators IL
times in II meetings.
Evening star., 1961-08-31
Yonks Get Flag Fever;
Homers Shrugged Off

training room, not too anxious
to talk about the home run
which left him one game ahead
of Babe Ruth'S pace. MariS,
who is seven games up on the
Babe, was much more willing
to chat.
Getting More Pitches
I've been getting a great
many more bad pitches lately"
Roger said after Jim Katt
three times went to three balls
on the lefthanded slugger. And
I've been swinging at too many
Of them"
Its my business now to lay
off those bad pitches. The
other guy CMantle) will start
hitting some more homers, and
then we'll see if the pitchers
start pitching to me again"
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MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 81
(AP).-Mickey Mantle had just
swatted his 47th home run, but
there was little talk in the
Yankee dressing room about
that. Everyone was more con-
cerned over how second-place
Detroit came out with Chicago.
Most of the Yankees had left
the dressing room when the
final score was posted: Chicago
7, Detroit 4.
There isn't much talk about
the home runs" Manager Ralph
Houk said. The boys are
more interested in winning the
pennant."
The pennant fever was best
exhibited last night by Roger
Maris, who rlsked injury slid
ing hard into Minnesota Sec
ond Baseman Billy Martin
when Martin was attempting
to complete a double play. The
ball sailed into the Twins
dugout and resulted in the
YankS' first run.
Time to Take Chance
Il had to t4ke my chances
with an injury" Maris said.
The score was 90 at the time,
and if I upset the double play,
that meant a possible run
We're out to win the pennant
and any records will be Incl
dental"
Houk said he felt no concern
at the slide. but II would have
if he hadn't tried to break up
the play. These guys are all
professionals now. They should
know how to slide"
Mantle spent his time in the
Evening star., 1961-08-31
Senators SIuggers Direct Blasts
AT Front Office After Benchings
WoodIing Quick
ToUphoId Long,
Tusbyu and Green
By BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

The Senators top three
home-run hitters we're swing
ing from their heels today
not at Griffith Stadium'S dis
tant fences, but at the clubs
front office, which has labeled
them indifferent.
Catcher Gene Green, Out
fielder Willie Tasby and First
Baseman Dale Long were
benched prior to last nights
game with the Indians at
Griffith Stadium. There was
no immediate improvement in
the fortunes of the club, which
lost, 80, to Gary Bells four
hit pitching and thus extended
its losing streak to IL games.
The benching of the trio was
announced in a public state
ment and followed a meeting
among President Pete QueSada,
General Manager Ed Ooherty
and Manager Mickey Vernon.
Vernon was held blameless by
the players, who laid the public
reprimand in the lap of Que
Sada.
IF you're going to stick the
sword to anybody, you should
stick it to all 25," is the way
Long put it. According to cur
contract, if we don't do our
best we can be fined. But this
thing-I've been around a long
time. Every losing club needs
its excuses"
WoOdling Aroused
Gene Woodling, whose play
has been highly satisfactory to
the front office, is just as
steamed up about the incident
as anyone. Woodling, the clubs
player representative, indicated
he may take up the matter with
Gen. Quesada today.
IF I do-and it depends on
what I read in the papers-Ill
call my own press conference,
he said, "and I'll have Green
and Long and Tasby there to
defend themselves"
The sta t e m mt, mimeo-
graphed and passed out to the
press last night, read in part as
follows:
Thoroughly disappointed by
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take against those players, who
are drawing major-league sal
aries, and are playing minor
league ball"
No Comment by Vernon
The statement went on to
quote Vernon, If some of
these guys think they can rest
on their early-Season &C
complishments, they are travel
| ing the wrong road. There is
no place on this club for good
losers"
Vernon had no comment to
make on the statement or the
action.
Doherty said he called the
meeting, but that it was a
"three-way proposition"
I'm the general manager
and Pete is the president" he
said. when you lose II in a
row you have to try something.
We have no complaint with
Mickey as manager. He's done
the best he can do with what
he has"
Long, Green and Tasby all
denied the charge. I'm running
as fast as can CO." Long said.
"I never caught more than
so games before in my life, "
Green said. How am I going
to do what I haven't done? Do
they expect me to be as good as
Pete Daley in one year? I
played about so games as a
catcher with st. Louis. Most Of
the time I've been first base
man and outfielder. All know
is that I've done the best I
can"
"How can they say I haven't
hustled?" Tasby asked. Il put
out when I was going good and
nobody said anything. Well, l
put out when I wasn't going
good, and sometimes when I
didn't feel good. I always put
out"
No Change in Script
Harry Bright caught last
night, rookie Bud zipfel was on
first and Marty Keough was in
Tasby's regular centerfield spot.
They did all right. but that
didn't stop the Indians, who
sent II men to the plate in an
eight-run fourth inning.
Willie Kirkland's second triple
of the night, a double by Tito
Francona and singles by John
Temple, Bubba Phillips and
Bell, plus three walks and wild
pitches by starter John Gabler
Evening star., 1961-08-31

and reliever John Klippstein,
all had a part in the wild
inning. Marty Kutyna came in
to pitch in the fifth and blanked
the Indians on four hits the
rest of the way.
Bell blanked the Senators all
the way. Woodling had two
singles and Chuck Cottie1
raped out a triple and double
to make up Washington'S at
tack.
Evening star., 1961-08-31

Outfielder Willie TaSby and
Catcher Gene Green are
benched and will remain so
until they earn the privilege of
a regular starter.
"Quesada and Doherty, seeth-
ing over the play of the Sena-
tors last night CTuesday) when
Cleveland scored six runs in the
seventh inning without a ball
being hit out of the infield, told
Manager Vernon that the front
office will back him 100 per
cent in any action he might
Evening star., 1961-08-31
MANTLE HITS HTH
'Sneoky' Chicago
Giving TigersFits

second straight game and were
checked on five hits by south
paw Juan Plzarro Q1-5), who
struck out 10. Bunning (15-10)
was roughed up for 10 of Chi
cago's Is hits, but it was a
three-run eighth against reliev-
ers Gerry Staley and Hank
Aguirre that won it for the
Sox. They got the three on a
walk, a triple by Sherm Lollar,
a single by Pizarro, an error
and a single by Floyd Robinson,
who had three hits and drove
in three runs.
New Homer Mark
Stafford Cpd dueled Kaat
(7-13) with only a 10 lead
until Mantle hit mis- first home
run in nine games leading off
the seventh inning. MariS
drove in his 121st run of the
year with a two-out single in
the eighth, and Howard hit
his 14th home run in the ninth,
off Rehever Ray Moore. Kaat
struck out eight in his eight
innings, giving up the big run
in the fourth on a walk to
Maris, an error on Mantle's
double-play grounder and
How""d's single.
Gentle had three hits and
drove in four runs, Snatching
the RBI lead from Maris with
124. The Orioles picked up
their other home runs from
Jackie Brandt, Earl Robinson,
Ron Hansen and Jerry Adair
in support of Jack Fisher g.
I'D. Ron Moeller (4-8) was
the loser.
/ Ted KluSZeWSki homered for
the Angels, who have totaled
80 home runs to 105 by the
opposition at Wrigley Field in
cracking the AL record of 200
in one park set at Detroit in
1859. There are IS games left
on the Wrigley Field schedule,
enough to wipe out the major
league home-run record of 2l9
set at Cincinnati's Crosley
Field in 1857.
Winning Righthander Gene
Conley Old beat the AS and
Jim Archer Gid with a tie
breaking, two-run single in
the seventh for the Red SoX,
who pushed across five more
in the ninth.
Evening star., 1961-08-31
Grove Back at VMI

LEXINGTON, Va, Aug. 81
(AP). - Burley Grove, who
twice has welded effective pass
defense secondaries in the last
two years, is returning to Vir-
ginia Military Institute as
assistant football backfield
coach after a year at Villanova
University.
Evening star., 1961-08-31

lack of hustle and apparent
Indifference on the part of
some veteran members of the
Senators, President Pete Que
Sada, General Manager Ed
Doherty and Manager Mickey
Vernon, after a two-hour con-
ference this morning decided
that the loyal fans of Washing
ton and the surrounding COM
munlty were entitled to some
thing more than passing toler-
ance.
First Baseman Dale Long,
Evening star., 1961-08-31
Reds Victims
OF Comeback
By SturdiVdnt
Senators Custoff
Cuts Leud in Fifth
Complete Game
BY the Associated Press

Tom Sturdivant, the pitcher
nobody in the American League
wanted, is Cincinnatis candi-
date today for the National
Leagues most wanted man. "
The Redlegs want him on a post
office poster.
The Redlegs have good reason
to offer a dead-or-alive reward
for the Pittsburgh knuckle-
baller after he stopped them
81, last night to trim their lead
over Los Angeles.
Waived out of the AL by
Washington and sent to Colum-
bus of the International League
in a trade with the Pirates
the righthander regained his
touch and was recalled late
last month. Since then he's
pitched five complete games
winning four of them.
His four hitter last nigh
ended the Reds winning
string at three and trimmed
their hold on first place
to 21a games over second
place Los Angeles, whic +
whipped Chicago, So. Sar
Francisco, after losing five II
a row, regained third place
from Milwaukee by beating the
Braves, 81. Philadelphia de-
feated St. Louis, 4-3.
Regular Work Helps
sturdivant, who at 81 attri'
butes his comeback to regu'
lar work CThe Senators sait
I didn't fit into their plansD
struck out five and just missed
a second straight shutou
while settling a score witt
Cincinnati. 1t was the Red
who banged him for seven hit
! and four runs in three inning
, in his MI debut August 5.
After giving up an unearne'
, run in the second inning, OF
Gordy Coleman'S single, hi
| lone walk and a two-out error
} Sturdivant retired 20 in a ROY
r before giving up singles b
> Coleman and Jerry Lynch wit
: two out in the ninth. Then h
got Gus Bell on a game-end
ing grounder.
Purkey Takes Loss
The Pirates beat Bob Purke
Q4-10) with two runs in tn
first inning. Bill Virdon's lead
off single, Dick Groat's tripl
and a wild pitch did it, Purke!
who now has lost three in
row and five of his last 81
decisions, was charged wit
e three wild pitches.
o The Dodgers did it with two
o run homers by Charlie Neal an
v Norm Sherry and the strikeot
< pitching of Larry Sherry, VIII
famed seven of the nine Cub
d he faced in three innings {
e hitless relief. Southpaw Johnn
e Podres Q7-4) was the WHINE
for a 100 record on the roat
= Dick Ellsworth (7-9) was tn
n loser.
: San Francisco managed onl
, four hits, but paired two {
q them, a double by Joe ANA
n fitano and a triple by Will
4 McCovey, with an infield oil
- for two runs in the fourth in
= !. ming off Carl Wiley (5-9
Mike Mccormick 0l-13 wa
the winner, combining wit
{ reliever Stu Miller for a six
" hit job on the Braves.
Z The last-place Phils blew
20 lead, but cracked a 2-3 tt
with two out in the eighth ir
. ming on Don Demeter'S doubl
i his second of the game off Ra
{ Sadecki Q2-O. Don Ferrares
(3-9 was the winner in relief
Evening star., 1961-08-31
BY the Associated Press

Detroit, looking ahead to its
weekend showdown at New
York for the American League
lead, suddenly has been
chopped down from behind by
charging Chicago.
The White Sox, who have a
long way to go even to nail
third place, put away their
sixth straight success and Sec
ond in a row over Detroit, IA
last night. 1t was only the
third loss in 13 games for the
Tigers, but they've dropped
these latest two behind Frank
Larry and Jim Burning, and
have skidded 212 games behind
New York.
The Yankees added a game
to their lead with a 40 victory
at Minnesota as Mickey Mantle
and Elston Howard crashed
solo home runs behind the
four-hit pitching of Bill Stat
ford.
1t was No. Al for the switch.
hitting Mantle, and he got il
batting righthanded against
southpaw Jim Kaat. That left
Mickey one game ahead o,
Babe Ruth's record so pace o.
1927. Teammate Roger Maris
after going 0-for-10, picked VI
q single, but failed to add tt
his home-run total of 81. He
now only seven games aheaC
of Ruth.
Gentle Belts AID
The hottest home-run slug
ger of the moment, jim Gentle
belted his 43d as third-plac
Baltimore walloped five homer
to crush Los Angeles, 11-4
There were six home runs il
the game, upping the total hi
at Wrigley Field to 204, a one
season record for an AL park
1t was Gentile's seventh hom
run in nine games, but he's ST
behind Ruth's pace for 13
games.
In other games, Clevelan
clobbered Washington, 80, fo
the Senator's 18th straight de
feat, and Boston whipped Kan
sas City, 9-3.
The Tigers, playing withou
! flu-stricken Norm Cash, tn
7 AIS batting leader at 1866, com
| mitted three errors for tn
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Evening star., 1961-04-12

ball in his hand he wanted to
give me. 1t was autographed
by him and by the vice Presi-
dent. He said. why don't you
sit up here with me-" I sat
about four or five seats away.
Lots of Autographs
He took the ball back and
gave it to some Senators and
congressman around to auto
graph and then he sent it
down to the Senators dugout
to have it autographed.
He was wonderful
Then when it was over
what impressed me the very
most, this most Of all, just be-
fore he left, he turned around
to me and said, Good luck to
you; have a nice trip"
He had to, leave right away.
I think he's the most won-
derful person that I've ever met.
r I'm very much impressed
and thrilled to have met such
an important man. He took
enough time to talk to me.
I know this is the greatest
experience I've ever had. I'm
very grateful to him.
Evening star., 1961-04-12
Reds Rebuke Fan
Of Mrs. Kennedy

WARSAW, April II (AP).-
The Polish Communist organ
Trybuna Ludu recently rebuked
a Polish woman writer for her
way of praising Mrs. John F.
Kennedy.
The newspaper noted that
the weekly magazine SWAT pre-
dicted the American first lady
will become the model, pattern
and oracle for women Of 1.-The
whole civilized world" including
"our ladies'"
Trybuna Ludu slapped at the
writer, a Mrs. Koszykowa, for
her gushing Endorsement of "a
way of life a la Mrs. Jacque-
line"
Has not KoSzykowa of SWAT
got confused as regards coun-
tries, systems, conditions, ideals
and manners of life?"
Evening star., 1961-04-12

of people who asked all sorts
of questions. Obviously they
were news reporters.
Then we we're greeted by Mr..
Ribicoff abraham Ribicoff,
Secretary of Welfare, and a
former Boys Club member him.
self.
The President came out with
the Foreign Minister of the
Netherlands (Joseph M. A. H.
Luns) and introduced us to
him.
Then we went into the Presi-
dents office. The first thing
that impressed me very much
was his rug, which had the
Presidents symbol.
And Now, About Harvard
The President reviewed some
of the accomplishments that I
had done. We talked about the
Boys Club and then about Har-
ward (Mr. Kennedy'S old col
lege). The President asked me
where I wanted to 60 to col
lege and I told him Harvard.
It's something I've wanted ever
since I can remember.
I showed him (the PreSident)
the picture that was painted by
one of the boys of the Ell Paso
club, Luis Pena, and he was
very much impressed with it.
This was the President in a
Spanish sombrero.
We were talking about the
Boys Club, and then he asked
me. Would YOU like to go to
the ball game with me?"
I didn't know what to an
swer. had a meeting with Mr.
Connally John B. Connal1y
jr.. Secretary of the Navy and
also a TeXan).
A Little Arrangement
Mr.. Hightower (from the E
Paso Boys Club told him we
had a meeting, and he said
We'll, I think I can arrange
that"
The President called himself
and came back and told one oi
his men-I don't remember hi;
name, was too confused-tC
let us go downstairs and get &
bite to eat.
just then I felt so feet high;
I was floating around in thC
clouds some place.
At the game / first sat about
three rows away from him
During the third inning he
called me up because he had g
Evening star., 1961-04-12

Richard Lopez. II, from EI POso. Tex,
went to the White House to be in
stoIIed os Boy Of the YeGr." among
members Of the Boys Clubs Of
America. He. wound up going to
the boseboIl game Monday with
President Kennedy. Richard is sports
editor Of his high school Paper. and
here's. his story about q doy with
the President:
Evening star., 1961-04-12
ItWos Quite q Ball
For Boy of the Year
BY RICHARD LOPEZ
As Told to the Associated Press

My first impression of the
White House was something
that could never speak of
again-I was so thrilled that I
didn't, know what to say; I
didn't know how to act.
AS I walked into the recep-
ton room I was met by a lot
Evening star., 1961-09-03

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Evening star., 1961-09-03
Speak up
and save your
landmarks!

instance have put aside their grief over the Orphans
Chapel to fight for the ll2-year-old Custom House,
superb example of the Classic Revival of a century
ago.
All these struggles may be hard, but it is far
harder to restore building once it has been de-
stroyed. Right now, for example, struggle is going
on in Philadelphia to rebuild the house in which
Jefferson wrote the Declaration of independence
Today the site of the original building is occupied
by hot-dog stand. independence Hall Association
is working at the task of raising $475 900 to restore
the handsome brick house - far more than to pre-
serve the original.
If you are afraid that your community MiA lose
a legacy from the past a Neo-Classical mansion
soon to be razed for trailer sales park, logcabn
schoohouse to be torn down for a concrete clover
leaf battlefield to be buried under housing devel
opment - then speak up, and loudly. AS veteran
of many successful preservation battles, know it
can be done.
In 1857, for example, the woodland on the
Potomac Rivers Maryland shore opposite Mount
Vernon was threatened by the spread of Washing
toms suburbs. helped found the Accokeek Foun.
daon to save the unspoied river bank and the view
from Washington's home. l was heartened by the
help that came from many quarters once the work
was started but somebody had to make the first
If you need encouragement to make that vital
first move, consider these battles that were won by
determined citizens:
Louisiana antiquarians angriy and stubbornly