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Evening star., 1961-05-06
By the Associated Press

The New York Yankees, ex-
pected to blast down the walls,
belted Just one home run in
their first crack at cozy Wrigley
Field in Los Angeles, but it kept
them in a tie for the American
League lead. And they got it
only because Clete Boyer
couldn't bunt.
Boyer. coming to bat in the
ninth inning with the tying run
on first base. twice fouled off
attempts at a sacrifice bunt
and then sent a 350-foot shot
over the leftfield wall for a two
run homer that beat the Angels,
5-4, last night.
1t was Boyer's first home run
Of the season and left the Yam
KEGS all square with the Detroit
Tigers, who raped the Chicago
White Sox, 8-4. Minnesota re-
claimed third place, three games
behind. with a 81 victory over
Boston. Cleveland slipped with
a So defeat by Washington.
Baltimore-K ansas City was
rained out.
Clevenger Victim
Boyer drove in three runs
for the Yankees. who were held
to one hit and an unearned
run for six innings by Ron
Moeller. A single by Elston
Howard, Boyer's double and a
sacrifice fly by Pinch-hitter
Deron johnson gave New York
two runs in the seventh for
Evening star., 1961-05-06
WEEKEND SPORTS
ON RADIO-N
TeIeVision
TODAY

Baseball
Senators at Cleveland
WTOP-9, 2 pm.
Bowling
Bowl The Champ, WMAL-7
4 pm.
Bowling Stars, WRC-4. S pm
Make That Spare, WMAL-7
l0:45 pm.
Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby, WTOP-9
Sis pm.
$50, ,000-added Carter Handi.
cap at Aqueduct, WTTG-5
4:30 pm.
World OF Sports
Spring Football Roundup
= Alum nj Varsity games
WMAL-7, 5 pm.
Boxing
joey Giambra VS.. Yams
Bahama. middleweigh
WMAL-7, 10 pm.
SUNDAY
Baseball
Senators at Cleveland
WTOP-9, 1880 pm.
Orioles at Kansas City
WJz-13, $3.50 pm.
Bowling
Champ pionship Bowling
WMAL-7, 3 pm.
Golf
Tee-Off Time, WRC-4, 4:3O
pm.
Tournament of Champions,
WRC-4, S pm.
Rudio
TODAY
Senators at Cleveland
WTOP-l500, 1855 pm.
Orioles at Kansas City,
WOL-1450. 1928 pm.
Steeplechase
Virginia Gold Cup Races
WAVA-780. 3 pm.
Horse Racing
Shenandoah Downs, WEEL-
1910, 10 pm.
SUNDAY
Baseball
Senators at Clevelan d
WTOP-1500, 1;25 pm. double
header.
Orioles at Kansas City
WOL-1450, ?:25 pm.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Riggs Feature
OF PimIico's
Opening Card
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

BALTIMORE. May 6.-Like
the rest Of the turf world
Pimlico was awaiting the out.
come Of the Kentucky Derby
today as the l44th race meet
ing began at the Maryland
Jockey Club course with the
SIS. 5.000-added Riggs Handicap
to be run on the sparkling in
field turf.
Because Of the weather, nc
more than 10000 were ex-
pected to welcome the horses
back to these old stamping
grounds for the first Of a dozen
programs.
The short spring meeting will
not begin to pick up steam
until the Derby results are in
and the fancy 3-year-olds start
moving in for the $3.50. .0O0-
added Preakness, second and
richest section of the Triple
Crown due for it's S5th running
May 20.
KrOese Entry Strong
Starter Eddie Blind was pre-
pared to send the first field
away today at 2 pm, the
post time for the entire meeting
with the exception of Freak
ness Day. Then. due to added
festivities and the anticipated
large crowd. post time has been
moved up to lis pm.
Due to the interest in the
Derby. Pimlico officials were
speeding up today's nine-race
card in order to have the races
completed before the scheduled
$50 post time of the Kentucky
classic. The Derby telecast was
to be carried on the track S
closed circuit TV set-up in the
clubhouse and grandstand.
The Riggs Handicap, at q
mile and an eighth. looked like
the field against the strong
John S. Kroese entry of Civic
Guard. topweighted with liz
pounds. and Mozart. ia.
Civic Guard, an Irish -brec
4-year-old colt to be ridden by
Nick Shuk. won the Laure,
Anniversary Stakes, setting {
course record for 11s miles or
the grass. Mozart, who earlier
in the Laurel meeting. won thl
Wilwyn, also on the grass. wa
second in the Anniversary
Jockey Bobby Corle was pilot.
ing the English bred colt.
Will to Live LongshOt
One of the longshotS in tn,
13-horse Riggs field was
3-year-old, Will to Live, ownet
by 1sidor Bieber. trained b,
Hirsch Jacobs and eligible TO
the PreakneSs. At Hialeah las
winter, Will to Live won one o
two starts he made on tn
grass. He could earn a Preak
ness berth today, although
Trainer Jacobs principal hop,
in the big one is DIR. Miller
owned by his wife, Ethel.
Expected to give the Kroes,
entry its most serious troubl
were Mrs. H. l.. NathenSon'
Greek Sovereign. a winner. a
Laurel recently, and the Irish
bred Claret II, owned by Mrs
Frances Janien and trained b!
Tom Barry. Greek Sovereign
was toting l13 pounds and be-
ing refined by the veteran Pet
Anderson.
Apprentice Luigi Gino wa.
slated to ride Claret II. who wa!
second high weight with IL!
pounds.
With 13 starters, the Rigg!
was worth a gross $17,S75.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Hobough's Five-Hitter Adds
To Senator'S Pitching Feots

4 in his 18th straight game, with
two out in the third inning
But Temple was left as Ho-
baugh got Tito Francona on
an easy ground ball to Danny
O'Connell.
Hobaugh had a shaky start
in the fourth. He walked
Jimmy PierSall. wild-pitched
him to second and gave a sin
gle to Woodie Held for the In
dians' first run. He got the next
three batterS on pop-ups. Vic
Power singled TO start the
seventh and was left on first.
A walk and back-to-back singles
by PierSall and Held in the
eighth gave the Indians their
other run.
The Senators pounded out
nine hits in sending Johnny
Antonelli to his third loss
Harry Bright raped his first
homer of the season over Wal
ter Bonds outstretched glove in
rightfield in the second inning
Gene Green. on first with a
single. scored ahead of Bright.
The Senator's scored two
more in the third on singles by
Hobaugh and Willie Tasby and
Phillips error and another in
the eighth on Marty Keough's
triple and Tasby's single.
NOTES: Green, who recent
ly made the lineup after over
coming a series of ailments,
has five hits in IL trips.
Coach George Case was not in
uniform last night. He is
suffering with bursitis. =.
Gene Woodling remained at
his home in Remsen Corners,
Ohio, suffering with a virus.
Trainer Tom McKenna was
AZ yesterday. Tom Stur-
divant and Pete Burnside will
pitch for the Senator's in
tomorrow's twin bill against
Cleveland's Wynn Hawkins and
Mudcat Grant.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
BY BILL FUCHS
Star staff Writer

CLEVELAND, May 6.-Ec
Hobaugh. a 26-year -old Michi,
gan State graduate with a de.
gree in physical education. say.
he would like to educate the
White Sox concerning his pitch
ing talents.
The Senators righthandel
gave lesson No. here last night
at the expense of the Indians
a five-hit, So victory. A gather
ing of 6,277 saw Hobaugh win
his first major league game
the latest in a series Of stand
out pitching performances that
keep popping up on the Wash
ington side of the scorebook.
Hal Woodeshick, who beat
the Yankees his last time out,
was to face Cleveland's Gary
Bell today.
Glad to Get Away
Dick Donovan already has the
White Sox wondering whether
they should have put his name
on the expansion draft list last
December. A bullpen figure
most of last season with the
Sox, Donovan has pitched four
standout games as a starter for
the Senators, though a loser
each time because of a lack of
batting support.
Now along comes Hobaugh, a
White Sox farm worker for his
three previous seasons of pro
ball.
Il can't imagine why the
White Sox didn't want to see
if I was really developing,
Hobaugh says. Il was having
a good year at Indianapolis in
1859. They told me they were
fighting for the pennant and
didn't have any room for me
Last year was doing well
at San Diego and they didn't
say a thing to me,
The next thing 1 know ]
was drafted by Washington. ]
was glad to get away from
them"
Hopes to Do Better
Hobaugh was liza at Water
loo in 1856, his first season in
professional ball. He posted a
2.95 earned-run average. He
spent the next two years in the
Army, pitching for Fort Knox
KY, and posted a 1877 record
with Indianapolis the following
year. At San Diego, he was
11-1l.
For that three-year perioc
Ed struck out 359 batters in SOC
innings and walked only 1872.
Il hope do better next time
out" he says. Il still don't fee
sharp. I usually don't walk that
many, but I'm not really COM
planning. It's great to win"
Hobaugh was a little dis.
turbed over the fact that he
walked four last night. The In.
Evening star., 1961-05-06

the post. The winner will pick
up $120,500 at the end of a
journey that will take slightly
more than two minutes. The
record is 2:012s. set by Whirl-
away in l941.
Some 10000 reserved seats,
many Of them out in the open
and extending from the top OF
the home stretch to the first
turn, long have been sold, but
thousands of people sprawl over
the infield in picnic fashion
with no protection except per-
haps an umbrella or rain wear
Trainers Almost GleefuI
Strangely, there wasn't a
single trainer or owner of the
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Yonks Hit Only One Homer,
But That's All They Needed

a 80 tie, but the Angels went
ahead again in the same in
ming on singles by Gene Leek
and ex-Yank Fritz Brickell.
That's the way it stood until
the ninth, when Reliever Tex
Clevenger- (2-D walked Roger
Maris and then gave up the
Evening star., 1961-05-06

fCouped in the mutuel betting field
Alberta Ranches entry.
Weigh-An carry 1875 pounds Distance-14 miles.
Value Us starters)-S63 900. Gross winner $120500
second SIS 900; third $125OO fourth $1,000.
Probable post tme-53O pm Radio and teevision-5:15-
AS pm. lWTOP-9).
Evening star., 1961-05-06

dians were disturbed. too, be-
cause they couldn't master hi,
assortment Of fast balls, sliderS
and curves.
He was in spring training
with us one year" said Bubbs
Phillips, who was traded to the
Indians by the White Sox last
winter. Il remember the name
I don't remember him, particu-
larly, but I'll know him from
now on. He looked real good out
there. If he pitches like that all
the time, he ought to win a lot
of games.
Credits Coaches
You sure can't say he was
lucky" said Manager Jimmie
Dykes. He didn't give us many
opportunities. This is the sec
ond time one of those new
Washington pitchers has done
this to US"
Joe McClain, another rookie
righthander, also won his first
major league game at the ex-
penSe of the Indians. He also
went the distance. giving up
seven hits in a 80 win April
IA in Washington.
Manager Mickey Vernon of
the Senators said the pitching
has been so good, it is almost
incredible. You can give the
two coaches. Sid Hudson and
George Susce, lots of credit for
it," Vernon said. They've
worked hard and done a fine
job"
Bright Hits Homer
Hobaugh still has a way to
go to prove himself a bona fide
major Lacquer, but he sure
looked the part last night. He
was particularly effective when
he had to be.
He gave up a double to
Johnny Temple, hitting safely
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Trainers Almost GIeefuI
KENTUCKY DERBY FIELD

LOUISVILLE. KY, May (AP).-Rain yesterday and the
possibility of off track resulted in revision of the probable
odds on the 87th running of the Kentucky Derby.
The field listed according post positions with
jockeys and probable odds:
Evening star., 1961-05-06

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 6
(AP).-The sun that does or
does not shine bright on the
ancient home of the Kentucky
Derby today figures to play an
important role in the 87th run
ming of Americas most colorful
horse race.
There were no signs yesterday
of the sun that "shined bright
on my old Kentucky home" as
1.39 inches of rain drenched
rambling Churchill Downs.
where an estimated crowd of
100000 annually gathers for one
of the Nations greatest sports
spectacles.
The racing strip, on which Is
three-year-olds battle for fame
and the major share of $163. 500,
looked more suitable for a
crew race.
Superintendent Tom Young,
wise in the ways of whipping
a stubborn track into shape,
said it would take a hot sun
and wind to make the going
even good" by post time at $50
pm. National television is
scheduled for 5:15-5:45 pm.
(WTOP-9 in WaShington).
Prospect for Wind, Moisture
Young wasn't promised much
cooperation by the weather.
man. The forecast said it would
be rather windy at times and
the temperatures might go as
high as 10 degrees, with more
moisture.
By mid-morning the rains
had stopped, but the sky re-
manned heavily overcast. The
breeze was strong. however,
enough to offer some hope for
improved track conditions.
Under a new rule. the dead
line for scratching was 7 pm.
last night. In the past. it was
possible TO scratch a horse up
to As minutes before post time
and save the 81 $50 starting fee.
And with all Is parading to
Evening star., 1961-05-06

Horse
Dearborn
On His Metal
Sherluck
a Four-and- Twenty
Loyal Son
t Ronnie's Ace
t Jay Fox
Globemaster
+ Bass Clef
AmbiopoiSe
Crozier
Light Talk
a Flutterby
Garry Back
DR.. Miller
Evening star., 1961-05-06
CLEVELAND


Grounded out for Antonelli in I'd;
b walked for Latman in Sth: ground
ed out for Locke In 9th.
WASHINGTON - O22 600 O1O-5
CLEVELAND ------ 900 100 01O-2
z - Phillips, Latman, Francona,
PO-A-Washington, 27-7: Cleveland
27-13. DP-Antonslli TO Held to Pow
er: Held 20 Temple 10 Power LOB
Washington. 4: Cleveland. Z.
2b-Temple, Keough.
Evening star., 1961-05-06

Anson.1ii WlnSSF ~ 7o.R7 Ra700auEh I'D Loser :
WP--HobsuEh U-smith, Mckinley,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27

went up one-half cent.
Receipts, composed chiefly of
money from the sale OF stamps
Tor all classes Of nailings, have
mallngs, have maintained a
steady annual increase over the
past years The only exceptions
were the depression years be-
tween 1890 and 1893
The volume Of business At the
Farmville office bareS out the
need FOR . new building In 1919.
when the present office was oc
cupled total receipts amounted
to 81 900. Fourteen wears before
that the total receipts totaled
orly 5000. Now. The holiday
mailing bill Of more than $l0,o
tops that.
No word OF a decision of To-
cation Of the proposed new ia
cihty has been received, accord
ing to Postmaster Paulette.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27
Snow Blankets
Area With s To
8 Inches Forecast
High Temperatures
Stand Steady At
Below Freezing

Old man winter blanketed
Farmville with snow today with
the depth predicted to reach four
to six inches. BY 1890 am. on
Thursday, all area schools were
closed.
The temperature at am. re-
corded by E. F. Striplin, local
weather observer, was Is de-
grees. Temperatures for the day
were not expected to climb above
freezing.
January's low temperature for
the month was four degrees on
Tuesday night Little relief came
the next day when the mercury
barely climbed back up to five
above zero.
The snow today. the second
major one of the winter. was
brought on by warm, moist air
moving up from the Gulf Coast
ard hitting the cold air over Vir-
GINA. state forecast noted.
Precipitation for the month
amounted to 209 as Of Thursday
morning in Farmville. Striplin
pointed out that this was quite
shy of a 25-year average normal
of 406, but that the month might
still make it. December, Novem-
Der and October fell below nor
NAL in the amount of precipita-
ton that fell
Two inches Of snow on the 10th
accounts for most of the precipi-
tation in the first month of 1861.
There was a trace. of snow on
the 18th, and a little in Deem
Der.
Winds in the area have been
normal on all days except Tues
day when their force was higher
than usual, Stripln reports.
Temperatures for the month
have dipped to below freezing
every night but three. The aver
age low has ranged around 20
or 81 degrees The low for the
winter came on December %
when the mercury tilted to one
above. However. the low for last
winter topped that. when zero
weather was recorded in March.
The month has carried its
usual amount of chilly to cold
weather. but there have been
warm or warmer days. A high
of g. was recorded on January
s. 7 and IL.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27
Longwood Offers
Eight Adult
Night Glasses

Eight resident day and even
ing graduate and advanced I'M
dergraduate courses will be Of
fered by Longwood College for
the second semester, beginning
February L. Resident credit of
three semester hours earned in
these classes may be applied
toward a graduate degree and
or certificate renewal. Regis
tratlon for the classes may be
completed at the first class
meeting.
The following che dule of
courses is offered: Art, SCI.
Painting Studio. Tuesdays and
Thursdays. 2:O5 to 400 pm,
room 80, West Wing. Instruc-
tor: Mrs. Janice Lemen. First
class meeting February 2.
Education Sal. Problems Of
Curriculum velopme N t..
Continued On page 3
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27

las recommended that hard sur
Faclrg be started next spring,
md completed by October, 1861.
PERSONNEL CHANGES were
gratifying limited, but led by the
change in administrators bring
ing Willis as the replacement for
]. H. James. Jr. James left to
become administrator at 22O-bed
Wayne County Memorial Hospital
at Greensboro, N. c. Willis was
assistant administrator at Roa-
noke Memorial Hospital.
Admitted to the Attending
Medical Staff during the year
were DR.. Richard Deem. Of
Burkeville. with privileges in
general practice. obstetrics and
pediatrics, and DR.. James Dunn.
Of Charlotte C. H, with privl-
leges in general practice and OBJ
StetrlcS.
R.. S. Weaver. Jr.. of Victoria.
replaced Macon Fears. Of the
same community, on the board
Of managers during the year.
Elected to three-year terms on
the board ending in 1864 Tues
day night were P. T. Atkinson
and R. K. Brock. of Hampden-
Sydney, O. H. Written, w. C.
Fitzpatrick, H. L. Newbill. Mrs.
B. T. Taylor. Jr. R. j. Martin
and " c. Womack, all of Farm
vile. G. 0. Hardy. Of Amelia.
c. S. Hooper, Jr.. of Crewe, and
W. H. King. of Burkeville.
In its session following the
membership meeting, the board
of managers reelected all board
officers for another year. These
are F. Curtis Hubbard, presi-
dent, NJ. R. Large. vice presi-
dent, E. Armstrong Smith, Sec
rotary, and H. l. NeWblll, Jr.,
treasurer.
Willis was renamed admins
traitor. and the medical and dem
tai stats were reelected. Dr..
Charles L. Baird is currently
president of the medical staff.
STATISTICALLY, the hospital
recorded a number of advances,
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27
Rev, J. Hoge Smith, Jr., Accepts
Call AS Presbyterian Pastor Here

The Rev. James Hoge Smith.
Jr. associate pastor of First
Presbyterian Church. St. Peters
burg. Fla. has accepted a call
to Farnlvllle Presbyterian
Church. He will conduct his first
service as pastor here on Febru-
airy u
Rev. Mr. Smith, 46, is a grad
uate of Presbyterian College.
Clinton. S c.. and Of Columbia
Theological Seminary. Deca-
tur, Ga While his father was
pastor i'll Virginia. he graduated
at Madison Heights High School.
in 1881.
Prior to his work at St. Peters
burg. he was Presbyterian
Church US. missionary in Bra
zil from l948 to 1857. The last
two years of foreign mission
work were spent as director of
the Is of November School at
Garanhuns. Pernambuco, Bra
zil. He spent three years as
public school teacher after col
lege graduation III 1886 and be-
fore ia king up theological
studies.
Before entering the foreign
mission field, he held pastorates
at Meridian, Miss, Olivia. N.
c., and Knoxville. Tenn.
His father, the Rev. j. II.
Smth, now retired. served two
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27
NatiOnaINelus Summary
By II. " LANCASTER, JR.
RUSSIA RELEASES TWO AMERICAN FLYERS
} PIRATES HIJACK LINER . FOOD FOR CONGO
. FOOD FOR CONGO

pears more as an act Of politi-
cal revolt T h ere are some
Americans among the 500 pas
Sengers, and these have radioed
they are being we'll treated al
though they're not sure where
they're gong.
AN AIRLIFT Of surplus food
to the Congo was proposed by
President Kennedy at his news
conference. He said it should be
under the direction Of the UN.
He also suggested that the Ge-
neva talks with the Russians on
banning nuclear tests which are
scheduled TO be resumed early
next month should be postponed
until late March TO give his aa-
mlnlstratlon more time 10 for
mulate definite policy
MELVIN DAVIS REEFS, JR.. a
travelling musician accused of
numbering the four members of
the Carroll Verno Jackson
family in January. 1859. went on
trial III u S, Dlstrlc, Court IN
Baltimore Wednesday He is pc
ing charged under the Lindbergll
kidnapping law with taking the
Louisa county. Va. mother and
her elder daughter across the
state Inc INTO Maryland and
killing them Observers saw Recs
may enter a plea Of insanity
later III the trial. He is slsn
charged separately under Wiz
gina law with killing the father
and younger daughter III Spot
Sylvana county
A LAWYER tor tho New R.,.
chelle tN.Y) school board said
Wednesday that if federal
Judges school indignation order
IS sustained. the school district
polGles Of most Northern COIL
Continued cn pags 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27
and Yeor For FormvIe
Postal Business Above 100000

The F'armvllle post office
posted second Sl00. 900 plus
year II 1860 the records OF Post
master W. D. Paulette show.
The first class office receipts
for the year were SLOT ia, up
So 500 from 1889 the first year
the 100000 mark was sur
pa SSed
Percentage wise, the IN
crease was d slight | a per cent
over the previous year This Is
In comparison with 3 lump Of
IA per cent last wear brought
about primarily by the first
class rate increase that went III
TO effect August /. 1858.
The increase III receipts III
1860 is attributed In part to a
slight tipping of second class
rates on January | and the
climb Of parcel post rates on
February J. Third class mai!
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27
DR.. McRae To Teach
Fifth Sunday Class

DR.. Charles F. McRae. pro-
fessor of Bible at Hampden-Syd-
ney College, will teach the joint
Fifth Sunday adult Bible Class.
The interdenominational session
will meet in the main sanctuary
of Farmville Baptist Church at
GAS am.
DR.. McRae is a graduate of
Davidson College and obtained
his graduate masters and doc
torate degrees in theology at
Union Theological Seminary,
Richmond.
The joint Methodist PreSby-
terrain young adult class will
convene at Farmville Methodist
Church at the same hour.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-27

RECORDS OF tne county treasurer
show that the 1880 income .
primarily from dog license tag
sales was S. 800 20. Expenses
for the period were So, 1895
License tag sales totalled
S6,2Sl Additional income was
provided by charges for boarding
dogs IN the county pound. Sal so,
ard by the sale OF fox traps
5000.
Expenses
The salary and mileage eX-
pense of the warden, S2.425 was
the chief expenditure item. Other
OUTLAWS were: killing and burylng
of dogs. S375. license tag and
record book purchase. $274.90
and the programs share of the
county S participation III the po-
lice teletype system, $50.
Indemnity payments to county
residents for fowl and livestock
losses We're the final items of ex-
penSe. Combined these amounted
to $3.50 SO. OF which livestock