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BARNETT, WILLIE FLORENCE. {

sIoRENcE sgI6dsyN Nfs BARNETT a 1911 Of 47GS %tER sEstR
place. Woodlawn, Nd. beloved wife
Of the late Charles Albert Barnett
and mother of Joseph l. and Dallas
Andrew Barnett. She also is sur
vived by four sisters and six broth
erS Services at the GaSch Funeral
Home, 4739 Baltimore ave. Hy-
attsville. Md, on Thursday, June
/, at IL am. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment George Wash
ington Cemetery Al
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day. May 20, 1861, at his resi-
dence, 1885 10th st. NV, HARRY
TRIGGER. beloved father of Mrs
oscar A. Dodek. Miss Julia Treger
Mrs. Adele Manner and z. Joel
Treger OF Alexandria. Va He also
is survived by two sisters. Mrs
Fannie Jacobs of Baltimore. Nd
and Mrs, Annie Baer of Lockhaven
Pa, and a brother, Frank Treger
OF Orlando. Fla. Funeral services
at the Bernard DanZansky a. Sons
Funeral Home. 1901 14th St NV,
on Wednesday May 81. at IL am
lnterment B'nai Israel Cemetery
Memorial week. 1885 18th st NV
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WILLIAMS. MOLLIE BURFOor n,

Sunday. May rs, 1861. MOLLIK
BURFOOT WILLIAMS OF 1929 Co.
lumbia I'd NV, wife Of the late
Jesse A Williams, beloved mother Of
Miss Annie Williams Of the nome
address, Mrs. J. c PERKINS OF BEL
Raleigh n C. and the ave Robert
L. and Joseph c. Williams. She ako
Is survived by a number of grand
children and great-graudchudren
Services at the S. II Hines Co Fu-
neral Home. 29nl 18th st NV. On
Wednesday. May 81. al II am.
parking facilities) Int-rment CO.
lumhia GardenS -rlinrLnn Va 40
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PERRY. CARTHERINE L. On sunda

NAV y. l96l, CATHERINE /
PERRY OF 3l5 C st ne. wife OF
Janice Foster and sister Of Mrs
Louise Chandler and Willie Lock
mart Also surviving are her srand- =
mother. Mrs. Irene Mcqueen, other
relatives and many friends Notice
OF funeral later. ArranEementS nv
Mcclure, Inc.
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JONES, AUGUSTUS. Suddenly, on
dence, 394S C ST. Sc, Apt. a. AU-
GUSTUS JONES, beloved husband OF
Mrs Margaret Jones Notice of serv-
ices later. ARRANGEMENTS by the
Norris A. Carter & Co. Funeral
Home, 3O5 H st. NV.
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MADDEN. sALLIE MARIA On satu,

ton hospital Center, SALLIE MARIA
MADDEN of l06 10th st. Sc, be-
loved sister OF Mrs. Odenla NJ. Phil
lips and Mr.. Thomas o. Madden, jr.
OF Elkwood, Va; Mrs. Ruth Alex
ander OF Hanover, Va: Mr.. Oliver
Madden, Mr.. Hannibal H, Madden
and Mrs. Landonia M. Jones OF
Madden Of Arlington, Va, and Mr.
E, z Madden OF California. She
also is survived by other relatives
and many friends. Remains resting
at the John T. RhineS g. Co. Fu-
neral Home, 3015 18th st. ne. Fu-
neral and tnterment private
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RICHARDS, SARAH r. Suddenly, on
Sunday. May rs 1861. at the resi-
dence OF her daughter in Cordova.
Md, SARAH p RICHARDS Of the
Coronet Apartments, beloved wife
Of the late James Fulton Richards,
mother OF Mrs. John Walsh Of Cor
doVa. Nd. and Mrs Robert S.
Anderson OF Colmar Manor, Nd.
Funeral from the James T Ryan
Funeral Home. 3l7 Pa ave. s.e.,
on Wednesday. May 81. at $40
am. REQUIEM mass at St Peters
Church at am Relatives and
friends invited. Entombment Cedar
Hill Cemetery
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DOREY, ARTHUR G. washington

UONLI' mn nun o. WashIngIOn
=, Gsgt, Lodge. No. Is, B. P o.
A%. Elks, will assemble at the
SN Va S H. Hines Co Funeral
-So Home. 290l 18th ST NV,
~ ~. on Tuesday May 80,
$A ~ 1851, at $40 pm. to
-nIS y eXemplfy the ritual of
the order. in memory of our late
brother ARTHUR G. DOREY. BY
order Of CLAUDE S. MARTIN.
R. T. P1CKREL. Sssu secrstarT' TuIeI.
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MILLER. CAPT. FRANCIS G. UsMC

IKetiredl. on Saturday. May 27,
1861. FRANCIS G. MILLER Of
56l5 Mckinley St, Bethesda,
Carel H. Miller and father Of Mrs,
Frances Jeanne Blazer OF Gathers
burg. Md. and Miss Carel NJ. Miller
o. Bethesda, Nd; brother OF H. j..
Miller Of Bethesda, Md. Friends
are invited to call at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Funeral Home of Rob-
ert' A. Humphrey. Bethesda, Nd
Services Wednesday May 81, at st
Jane Frances DeChantal Catholic
Church, 9701 Old Georgetown I'd
Bethesda, Md, where requiem mass
Will be offered at $3.50 am. Inter-
ment Arlington National Cemetery
In lieu OF flowers. donations may
be made to the American Cancer
Society. 30
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HALL, LAURA B. PHOENIX. On satur.

DAY, May II, 1861, LAURA B.
PHOENIX HALL of 5000 Blaine st.
ne, devoted cousin OF Mrs Her
mena c. Pinckney and DR.. Theodore
r. Pinckney. Theodore c., Theodore
K. and Marine K. Pinckney. Also sur
viving are many friends. After 1
pm. Tuesday, May 80. friends are
invited to call at her late residence
Funeral Wednesday, May 81, az
pm. from Sergeant Memorial Pres
byterian Church. 5lSt and Grant
sts. nee, the Rev Everett A. Hew-
lett officiating. tCasket will not be
open in church, Interment Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery. ARRANGEMENTS
by MCGUIRE. Inc 80
HARRISON. CECIL G. Suddenly, or
Friday. May 20. 1851 CECIL @
HARRISON Of Folly Quarter I'd
Ellicott City, Md, beloved husband
OF Elizabeth T Harrison tnee Tou.
paszi and father of Miss Jessics
Faye and Cheryl Ann Harrison
Friends may call at the MacNabb 4
Son Funeral Home. Frederick anc
Wade aves. lat the Beltwayl. Ca.
louisville. Md. on Tuesday, May 30
from 3 pm. until 3 pm. and from
pm. until 2 pm. Funeral services
Wednesday, May 81. at IL am. In
terment Baltimore National Gene
terry. 81
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consin ave. Bethesda. Md, for the
purpose OF conducting funeral Serv-
ices for our late sister. MAYME A.
HARTSTACK
MARGARET E. BYWATERs, W. NJ.
ARDAH p. JENNINGS, Secy
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MILLER GERTRIrnE On Mo,

May 20. 1861. GERTRUDE MILLER
of g617 Clearview pl.. Silver Spring
and devoted mother Of Jon B. and
Herbert 8. Miller She also is sur
vived by four sisters. Mrs Fannye
L. Steuer OF Miami Beach, Fla; Mrs
Ida L. Leichter OF Philadelphia, Pa
Miss Helen Levin, Mrs. Sarah l.
Policy. both of Baltimore. Nd, and
two brothers, DR.. M. B. Levin OF
Baltimore. Md, and Jacob Levin OF
Philadelphia. Pa. Funeral services
at the Bernard DanZansky a. Sons
Funeral Home 350l 14th st, NV
on Tuesday, May 30. at 1870 pm
1nterment King David Memorial
Garden. Memorial week, a617 Clear.
view pl., Silver spri8s. Nd. 80
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JOSEPH !. On Monday,

May -, 1861. JOSEPH l.. SIMMONS,
father OF Robert, Leonard, Joan
Ann. Beverly. Sandra and Charla
Simmons: son of Mary e. Simmons.
Funeral from the Walter W. Deal
Funeral Home 1912 Georgia ave
NV. on Thursday. June /. at II
am. Interment Rock Greek Gene
terry. al
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1n Mrntnrtatt

DAVIS, LOTTIE d. AND CHARLES A.
tribute of love to the memory Of
our dear mother, LOTTIE D. DAVIS,
who departed this life IL years ago
today May 80 1919, and father.
CHARLES A. DAVIS. who departed
this life eight years ago. July 10.
JQ69
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Bell. DAVID R. On SUNDAY Nav q

BELL, DAVID K. On Sunday. May IS.
1861, at Providence Hospital. DAVID
r. BELL Of 50O7 4th st. NV. be-
loved husband Of Elizabeth j. Bell
tnee Keenan,. father OF David j..
Allan J., Francis A. and Roderick
T Bell: grandfather of Mrs. Ray
mond J. Mcdonald, Roderick T. Jr.
and Sharon Ann Bell There also
are three great-grandchildren Fu-
neral from the Timothy Hanlon Fu-
neral Home, 474S Wisconsin ave.
NV. on Wednesday. May 81. at
1890 am. High requiem mass at
St. Gabriels Church. Grant circle
NV. at IL am Interment Gate of
Heaven Cemetery. Relatives and
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PRYOR, CLARA. On Mouday May %,
1851. CLARA PRYOR OF 500 Hill
wood ave-. Falls Church. Va. mother
OF Annabelle Day. grandmother OF
Ledford II. Day. ir: Mrs. Joanne
Beeson of FallS Church and James
Day, Two great-grandchildren also
survive. Funeral services at the
Pearson Funeral Home, 472 North
WHhington St. Falls Church. Va
on WEDNESDAY May 81, at 10 am
lnteEmenf Rlnnnnt n nt nr. IrA ~
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JILL, ELOISE. On Saturday, May y,
1881, ELOISE BELL of 1927 r St
NV, beloved wife OF WILLIAM H.
Bell. daughter Of Mrs. Idelle Crump
She also is survived by one brother.
other relatives and friends. The
late Mrs Bell may be viewed at the
Stewart Funeral Home, 80 H st. ne.
after 3 pm. Tuesday. May 30. where
services will be held Wednesday.
May 81, at 10 am. Interment Ma
tinnal Har park
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Dratha

BAILEY. HENRY WILLIAM. On Mon
day. May 20. 1861. at Physlcans
Memorial Hospital. HENRY W. BAL
LEY of Potomac Heights, Nd, be-
loved husband Of Maude K. Bailey.
father of Earl Rodney Bailey OF
Potomac Heights. Md. and grand
father OF Rodney. Ronald and Rob-
ert Bailey. He also is survived by
five sisters. Friends may call at
the Arehart Funeral Home. Inc,
La Plata. Nd. where services will
be held on Wednesday, May 81, at
II am. Interment Cedar Hill Gene
tery.
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PRYOR. CLARA. Officers and mem
- members OF Laurel Rebekah
N Lodge. No, "A, OF Fails Church.
W Va. are hereby notified OF a
GN special meeting to be held on
WlI Tuesday. May 30. 1851, at 80
NY pm, for the purpose OF con-
Nil Quoting Rebekah services for our
" late sister. CLARA PRYOR
~ NOZZLE H MILLER.
Noble Grand
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Dratha
COLE, BERNIs EDWARD. On TUE
DEAL. EDNA L. On Tbursdav NJ

DEALI EDNA Z. On THURSDAY, May
20. 1861. EDNA L. DEAL of 235
l4th st. ne. formerly Of 1856 North
Carolina ave. ne, wife of Edward
She also is survived six sisters, six
brothers, other relatives and many
friends. Friends may call at the
Malyan & Schey. Inc. Funeral Home
New Jersey ave. and R st NV,
after IL noon today where funeral
services will be held Wednesday,
May 81. at 1870 pm. Interment
HarnnnnN AIannnrAnl nn
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RICHARDS, SARAH ? The o,fic.r,

2s. 1851. at Providence Hospital,
ne. beloved wife OF John w. Rob
inson, sister OF Mrs. Mary Wright
OF Washington, D. c.; oscar Tiusley
OF Louisa County. Va. and Harry
Tinsley of Hinton, W. Va: several
nieces and q host Of friends, Friends
may call at the Walter E Hunter
Funeral Home, 25l2 Sheridan I'd
Sc, Wednesday, May 81. from 4 to
10 pm. Funeral services Thursday.
June l, at pm. from the Mount
PisEah Baptist Church. 10th and
Gales st ne. Interment Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, al
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bIEHM, WILLIAM II. On Monday
May %, 1851. at his residence, sO69
Maple Ridge rd., Bethesda, Md. WILL
LIAM H BUEHM. beloved son of
Vera Mauger Buehm and the late
Graef W. Buenm: devoted brother
of Helen Beuhm. Funeral private
at the Collins Funeral Home, 1921
14th st. NV. en- Wednesday, May
81, at pm. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery @In lieu OF flowers
kindly make donations to the Mont
gomery County Chapter for Crippled
Children Rockville Md
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I'd 1T. ISAAC G., USA tRe-
I'd 1T. ISAAC @. TILLERY. UsA
(retiredl. of Wilmington. N. c.,
brother Of George L, Tillerv OF
Washington, D. c., and Miss Emma
W. Tillery Of Wilmington, N c.
Friends may call at Gawler'S Chapel,
1855 Pennsylvania ave NV. (cour-
tesy parking oppositeI. after II
noon Wednesday. May 81. Services
will be held at Fort Myer Chapel
on Thursday, June l, at pm.
Interment Arlington National Gene
terry, A
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GWfNN, RANDALL B. on Sunday.
May IS 1861. at Doctors Hospital,
RANDALL B. GWYNN, son OF John
M. and Carolyn Gwynn; brother Of
john Debbie and David Gwynn
grandson Of Mrs. Louise Richards.
Gravesioe services will be held at
Arlington National Cemetery at
pm. Thursday, June l. Friends
may assemble at Memorial Gate at
1880 pm. 81
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% day. May h57 q. naSi 1851. GTHEh Hh sciIs- cAR-
RICO BURCH of 4307 North Beth
st. Arlington. Va. wife OF Stanley
Burch. mother OF Mrs. Francis z.
Gardiner. Mrs. Edward A. Murphy.
Mrs, Russell Z. Rafdal: Mrs. Joseph
Kohler, Charles S., John X and
Patrick c. Burch; sister OF Leo and
Lawrence Carrico. Funeral from the
Collins Funeral Home. 1921 l4th
st. NV. on Wednesday, May 81. at
$50 am. Requiem mass at St
Gabriers Church, at 10 m. Inter
ment Mount Olivet Cemetery View
ing 3 to 5 and : to $50 pm.
Monday. May 90. and Tuesday, May
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q. .iS6i. JUNE Z. BURTON f ct
6l5 West Lynfield dr. Rockville,
Md, beloved wife Of Richard A.
Burton. mother OF John David.
Linda Clara and Judy Elaine Bur
ton; daughter Of Mrs Olympia Grillo
and sister of Mrs. Lillian Gardner
Friends may call at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Funeral Home Of Rob-
ert A Pumphrey, Bethesda. Md, be-
tween the hours of pm. to 9 pm
Tuesday. May 80. REQUIEM mass will
be offered Wednesday. May 81. at
$50 am. at St. Mary's Catholic
Church. Rockville. Md Interment
Arlington National Cemetery. In
lieu of flowers. token of sympa-
thy may be made to the Montgom-
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Naval Hospital. MARK LEROY NOLL
Of S405 Dixon ave. Silver Spring,
Nd, husband of Flora L. Noll. father
Of Mrs. Robert E. Atkinson and
James Z. Noll: brother of Mrs
Arthur Nuss, John and Elmer s.
Noll Mr.. Noll rests at the Warner
E. Pumphrey Funeral Home, S434
Georgia ave-. Silver Spring, Md.
'parking facilitieS). GraVeside serV-
am, at Arlington National Gene
terry. Friends are invited to as
semble at the Memorial Gate at
ll:oO am Al
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GRIFFITH. CLARA ANGELINE. On
ASGELiNE "di GR1FTirH ri fV9l Of Rockxilie' eEAFA
Md, daughter OF the late Margaret
and David Griffith and sister OF
the late Emily, Rose and William
Thomas Griffith. Friends are in
yited to cali at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Funeral Home of Robert A,
Pumphrey, Bethesda. Md, where
services will be held on Thursday,
June |. at IL am. Interment
Rockville Cemetery Al
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HARTsTACK, MAYME A. The officers

and members OF Electa
Chapter. No. =. o. E. s.,
are hereby requested to as
semble on Wednesday, May
81. 1861. at s pm, at
the Robert A. Pumphrey
Funeral Home. 1857 WIS
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MAXWELL, N. SAMENA. or sO4 Val
Buren st. NV. on May %, 1861
sister Of Mrs. Jean Spencer. Sery
ices at Chambers Funeral Home
400 Chaplin st. NV. on Thursday
June /, at 1l:30 am. Intermen
private.
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DRzw Sz tosz Or The Bat the Ball and the HomerNo

whips into the ball. which be hit with precision be-
the meat" of the wood-the good hitting area-s
smaller.
Its all or nothing today" he adds with touch Of
regret which accounts for 800 htters and more
home runs.
Two years ago carefully checked records of all
bats by major eaguers in 1949 and then all used in
1859 found that in 40 about 142 cent of the bats
weighed 80 less In SO the number had jumped
close to SO per cent s->-s ..~Tt.
Our old-time employees astoniShed. Ruth used 4O
bats in 27 although he swung heavier ones
early Mantle and Ernie Banks had 31ounce bats last
year when they led their leagues Ten IL ounces diff
ference in the weight bats is not the same as say
the difference of 10 IL pounds between two 6foo men,
It's difference of so to 10 pounds in two 6-footerS This
gives some idea of the stress hand and wrist
action"
FOR THE SAKE OF the suffering pitchers, legal
izaton of the outlawed spitba has been
This is no remedy only because most pitchers are
throwing spitters They clever about Wettng
their fingers with sweat and pretending to wipe them dry
and umpres suspected of being Simpatco Lew Bur
dette has of the best pubcized ptter but Whitley
Ford Luis Arroyo and Mike Garcia among Others bootleg
the pitch
Garcia the elderly ex-Indan now pitching for the
Senator'S has dandy his first game this season he
relieved in Los Angeles Coach Red Kress Of the Angels
called to Plate Umpire Larry Napp as the Big Bear
warmed up:
Larry watch out for his spitter!"
Napp turned toward Kress "You watch out for it, !"
he yelled. "You taught it to him at Cleveland"
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Who is Jack McGrath? He happens to be the buSi-
manager of the famed Herich d Bradsby Co., max
Of the louisville Slugger and bat caterers to
professional ball players since 1890 he may have at
least good explanation not the best for the
precedented ong-distance hitting in campaign which
SO far has seen: 49, #SvSt$
/. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris both we'll ahead
of Ruh stand today with 43 and al home runs
respectively.
q Willie Mays using a borrowed bat slams four home
runs in a single game. yr; q. -
g. Jim Gentle hit four grand slammerS to date two
coming in consecutive innings of game.
4. John Blanchard Yankee non-regular, stroke four
homes in successive times at bat twice pinch hitter
S. The Milwaukee Braves collect IA home in
three games land lose two of them.
6. Pete Runnels, batting champion of the American
League, sitting onthe Red Sox bench because he doesn't
hit home runs Eleven-year output for Pete 81 HRS
I'll .f #&
THE PUNCH HITTER, choking up heavy bat, is
vanishing There aren't many left-Nee Fox, johnny
Temple Runnels few in the National League The great
majority Of hters today whether muscular 225pounders
1856 pound glove men, swinging from the end of
their bats in quest of the home
1.-The Cadilacs at the end of the bat,"- say the
players THE singles hitters drive Fordss" So af i
The A. G, Spading Co.. maker of the official major
league ball. vows that the enrals of the ball have been
unchanged Since Ruths day; they more, no less
lively But Hierich BradSby comedies there is new
trend and style in bats
For long time we preferred to change the subject
whenever anyone brought UP weights Jack McGrath says
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Humphrey" as Green is
called affectionateiy, has rs
hits in 246 at-bats and 81 of
them have gone for extra bases.
He and Gene Woodling are the
only 300 hitters on the club,
though Chuck Hinton has come
along lately. Hinton, who had
two hits last night, his fifth
homer and a double, has banged
out IL hits in his last 20 at-bats.
He now is a .272 hitter. Wood
ling, two-for-three last night,
has q -.301 average. ,..,, /, i.
Bob Johnson also went;2-for-
3 and hit his second home run,
but all these heroics went for
nothing as the Senators sopped
UP their. fifth straight loss.
They have a47l2 record on this
road trip, which ends with to-
nights game. They are off
tomorrow. prior to entertaining
the Yankees in l. four-game
series starting Friday night at
Griffith Stadium. .., -
Vernon, whose goal is to keep
the Senators from finishing
lower than seventh, is ready to
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RUNNELS SINGLES
INTODOUBLE PLAY

BOSTON, Aug. 9 CAP).
Pete Runnels, Boston
Red Sox second baseman,
had the unique experience
of singing into a double
play in last nights game
with Minnesota.
With one out and Don
Buddin on second in the
fifth inning, Runnels poked
a ground ball past the
pitcher. Twins Second
Baseman Billy Martin
backhanded it behind the
bag and flipped to Third
Baseman Bill Tuttle, who
caught Buddin in a run
down. Runnels,- credited
with an infield. single, was
caught attempting to take
second on the play.
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By the Associated Press

~@@SNN--s~~
That two-team scrap for the
National League pennant
'erupted into a wild and woody
battle from coast to coast last
night as. moving from West to
East: .,.
The Los Angeles Dodgers
finally caught up with Lew
Burdette and whipped the Mil
wsukee Braves, 7-3, for a one
game lead; - s
Third-place San Francisco
beat the Chicago Cubs, al, in
a beanball duel between Jack
Sanford and Don Cardwell;
The st. Louis Cardinals outa
slugged second-place Cincin-
natl. SIS.
And Pittsburgh's fallen idols
and the last place Phillies went
att in an all-out brawl in the
second game Of the Pirates
1872 and 3-2 twi-night double
header sweep.
Snider Comes Across
! The Dodgers, who had lost
nine in a row to Burdette ir
the Los Angeles Coliseum
twice blew leads before finally
beating the big righthandel
with a two-run sixth inning
They won when Junior Gillian
walked, went to third on DUKE
Snider's single and scored a!
Catcher Joe Tore, dropped q
throw at the plste-after Gil
liam stepped on his ankle
Srider. who drove in two runs
one with a homer, then CAM
acfoss with the: ciinching tcur
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BY the Associated Press

All the talk is about Roger
Maris and Mickey Mantle these
days, but you'd almost think
Yogi Berra, the talkative
catcher who now finds himself
all alone in leftfield, is trying
to muscle in on the converse
ton.
After winning Monday nights
game with a home run, the
squat swatter brought New
York from behind with a tying
home run last night and the
Yankees beat the Los Angeles
Angels; 5-4, in 10 innings,
preserving, their three-game
lead in the American League
race with their sixth straight
victory.
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DODGERS BOOST LEAD TO FULL GAME
! N. L. Features BeonboIIs, BrowI

neck with a pitch that put the
Cub righthander out of the
game. He wasn't injured seri-
ously. y
Sanford then tagged a two
run homer off Reliever Don
Elston in the sixth and finished
with a five-hitter. Il
Cops to Rescue a
The Pirates and Phils got
into it in the City of Brotherly
Love as the BUGS handed the
Phillies a 18th straight defeat
and their 17th defeat in 18
yames-which should be enough
to get anybody riled. 1t started
when Pirate Catcher Hal
Smith fell on Tony Gonzalez
as he slid into the. plate and
ended when six cops came to
the aid of the out-manned
jumps. Managers Danny Muir
taugh of the Pirates and Gene
Mauch of the Phils went into
the brawl as peacemakers and
came outfwith the worst of it
Murtaugh with a spike wound
on his neck, Mauch with a
black eye.
Tom Sturdivant won his
first MI. decision although
giving up seven, hits. one a
home run by Gonzalez. Chris
Short (4-S} was the loser.
The Pirates banged out 13
hits in the opener. Smoky
Burgess was 5-for-5, driving in
four runs with four singles and
a sixth-inning home run that
settled it against Art Mahaffey
(7-16), who now has lost nine
i'm a row. Harvey Haddix (8-5)
Twas the winner ~ = -
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a. WE NEVER HEARD OF vITAAIINs when was COM
ing along In our family got meat only on Sundays
and then was cut with Our players bigger
stronger and, believe, faster.'-Joe DiMaggo.
Maybe they haven't put rabbit inside the base
ball But they're st hand stitching the they've
got different technique because the stitches ater
than hell and you can't put much todayS ball Early
wynn, -. -.'--e
THE strike has Shrunk. 1t used to be the width
Of the plate ad from the shoulders the knees The
way the umpres are calling now the strike zone is
about the size of grapefruit Dick Donovan. a}s#
Expansion has reduced thescaliber Of the major
league know it. y don't want to take anything away
from Mars and Mantle but they're batting against guys
they would have seen in previous yearss-Ted
Williams -. >3r
"The ball parks running out of real estate. Some
are much too small."-Charley Keller Il , r..
You can't knock down big hitter any more with
out drawing $50 fine The average pitcher can get
away with it only in about 10 pitches Jim Bros
nan F -. -, .. ~. :.
| 1T could be the light bat."-Jack McGrath '-.'
p : f.s 1,-t' ; -, q
THERE MAY BE MORE validity than originality to
most of these quotes relating to the home run BOOM
which threatens not only to break Ruhs record OF 60 IN
1927 but the Ruth Gehrig combo mark of lot the same
season the all time club record ETC. These are used to
Illustrate some Of the varying opinions of men who with
enc exception need no introduction. E'' '
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bunted Hinton across, but
missed the sign
The Senators scored two
runs in the fourth as Woodling
walked and johnson poled a
homer over the centerfield
fence more than: 400 feet away.
Hinton hit his in the fifth
off starter Barry Latman.
The Indians narrowed the
to 81 in the fifth.
Kirkland walked, went to sec
ond on a walk to Phillips and
scored on a single by Romano.
The Senators upped their
lead to 5-1 in the eighth on a
single by O'Connell, Weddings
second double of the night and
a single by johnson. =,