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Evening star., 1961-08-14
HOLLYWOOD
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM
BIS Unhappy Aqoin

to marry Elizabeth Taylor"
Terence is % and he shouldn't
give up hope.
Gregory Peck, in the snug
ness of his villa in the south
of France, gives the definition
of a star. "In the early days I
chased the girls. I knew 1 was
a star when the girls chased
me-"
Swinging along on a sum-
mer's day in Grosvenor Square,
1 met Douglas Fairbanks, jr.
We embraced. Il do enjoy my
work.. How does it feel to be
a grandfather" I asked. "I
haven't gotten used to being
a father yet" Doug replied.
Fairbanks, busy with his bowl
ing alleys and hotels, is putting
Sir Laurence Olivier on wax,
he told me, in a long playing
record of the Bible!
So
To supper at the Savoy with
Susan Hayward, her lawyer
husband, Eaton Chalkley, and
Susari's 16-year-old twins. The
boys were bored by London
and were looking forward to
visiting the Lido in Paris. "I
have a scoop for you," said
Susan. "Peter Finch will be my
costar in I Thank A Fool 4"
It will be filmed in West Ire
land.
A cocktail with Robert Ryan
in GroSvenor House. 1--WE just
had a week with John Huston
in Galway" said Robert. "I
told John I was part Irish and
he replied, I never met any,
one who wasn't part Irish.
Robert, starring in Billy
Budd." is looking forward to
returning to his $3.50, 1000 new
home in Holmby Hills, Calf.
From Spain, Paul Lukas re-
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Heights, is back to stage the
Jones play. He plans to offer
it off ff-Broadway during the up
coming season.
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veals that he lives there like a
king, in a big house with two
servants, for about $125 a
month. Spain, here we come!
Madeleine Carroll, by the
way, has made a good thing of
buying dilapidated cottages in
Spain, fixing them up, and
renting them for fancy prices
to rich American tourists.
Madeleine owns a real castle
in Spain, rents it in the tourist.
season, and lives in a small
cottage by the sea with her at
tractive husband.
And, of course, Frank Sina-
ira is everywhere, leading the
clan into high European So
ciety, via his pal, Princess Grace
Kelly.
Evening star., 1961-08-14
THE PASSING SHOW
Z Mother Knows Best? ?
But Son Is the Boss
By HARRY MACARTHUR
Star staff Writer

Heights, is back to stage the
Jones play. He plans to offer
it off-Broadway during the up
coming season.
y -
PROJECTS AND PEOPLE
A book to await with eager an
ticipation is THE American
Theater as Seen by AL Hirsch-
field" promised by George Bra
ziller, Inc, for October 18 pub
lica ation. Mr.. Hirschfeld,
whose caricatures decorate The
Sunday Stars amusement
pages whenever possible, has
been pictorially reporting the
theater with a deft pen since
the 1920s. The book promises
to range from Florence Reed
in Shanghai Gesture to Zero
Mostel in 'Rhinoceros,' from
Weber and Fields to Julie Har-
ris and Noel Coward" Brooks
Atkinson has written the in
PRODUCTION titled "Al the
Beard" Among all the
theater marques across the
country, the one movie-makers
and movie stars like most to
make is that on Radio City
Music Hall in New York. Even
the biggest names seem a little
bigger to their owners in those
lights. So, when Breakfast at
Tiffany's" opens there soon,
Audrey Hepburn will find her
self among the leaders in this
league, batting a sensational
.555. Four previous films of the
nine she has made-"Roman
Holiday" Funny Face"
Green Mansions" and "The
Nuns Story"-have played the
New York showcase.
Evening star., 1961-08-14

Joy -Cormody, dromo editor Of The
4, ,StoF, is on vocation. His column
! will be resumed on his return.
Evening star., 1961-08-14
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
And Times of Showing

Stage
National Theater-"The Mu-
sic Man; $3.50 pm.
Carter Barron Amphitheater
Janis Paige in South Pa
cific";; $3.50 pm.
Olney Theater-Dark. Can
dida' starts tomorrow.
Screen
Ambassador - THE Steel
Claw; lis, 4:40 and 8:15
pm. World by Night; 2:55,
6:25 and 9:55 pm.
Apex - THE Bridge; 1:25,
$3.50, 5:35. 7::35 and GAS pm.
Evening star., 1961-08-14

From Terence Stamp, new
young star in Billy Budd"::
When I was a boy I wanted
Evening star., 1961-08-14

EUROPE (NANA) .-Brigitte
Bardot is depressed again. One
more movie, THE Warriors
Rest" with ex-mate Roger
Vadim, to follow her current
"A Very Private Affair"-and
Brigitte will positively. she
says, retire to a place where
there are mo more reporters
and no more films" But
happy Bing Crosby, on the set
of his Road to Hong Kong
in London, told me he'll go
very dramatic in his next, "The
Devils Advocate" from the
Broadway play.
The feud between Jackie
Gleason and 5-year-old Diane
Gardner in their "Gigot" film
is something fierce. Danes IA
ther or agent yanked her out
of the movie for a few days
while demanding more money,
Just as the youngster was
about to be written out of the
picture, she came back-at the
same salary.
Fred Astaire has teamed
with British Actress Anna Nea-
gle to open 20 dance schools in
England, Scotland, Ireland and
Wales. Lionel Bart, who
authored the top musical
Oliver" in London, is ready
to launch another hit, "Blitz, "
which sounds even more ter
rifle. Bart was a child of the
blitz during the war. The
zagrev Studio bought the
Jugoslav army! The Jugo cav
airy is in great demand for
European film epicS.
Peter UstinOv is willing to
star for Producer Henry Wilcox
in Henry the Eighth and His
Six Wives" I don't have to
tell you which role Peter will
be playing. When Charlton
eston told me in his
Dorchester suite that he would
star in THE Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire" he
added, Its like announcing a
film on the Encyclopedias
Britannica"
4 4 +
From Terence Stamp, new
young star in BILLY Budd"::
When 1 was a boy I wanted
Evening star., 1961-08-14

Plaza-"The Truth; IL, 2:16,
4:35, 6:55 and $40 pm.
Town - La Dolce Vita;
1880 am, 2:30. $3.50. $3.50 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Guns Of Nav
arone";; 1925 am, los, $3.50,
$50 and 9:10 pm.
Uptown "Spartacus";; las,
5 and 500 pm.
Warner Fanny; 11:45
am, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10 and 9::35
pm.
Evening star., 1961-08-14

Metropolitan - World by
Night; 1880 am, 8, $3.50 and
10 pm. THE Steel Claw; 1:20,
4:50 and $40 pm.
Ontario-"The Naked Edge;
/, 2:50, 4:35, 6:25. $40 and
9:55 pm.
Palace - Exodus; 1880,
ABS and 800 pm.
Playhouse - Gums of Nav
arone";; 1890, 1920, 6:10 and
1855 pm.
Evening star., 1961-08-14

Capitol - Honeymoon Ma
chine; 11:30 am, i::10, ass,
4:35, $40, sos and e:45 pm.
DupOnt-"Never on Sunday;
4. 2:50. 4:40, $3.50, 8:25 and
1915 pm.
Keith's Goodbye Again;
10:40 am. 1855. 3:15, 5:25,
and 10 pm.
Macarthur - Man in the
Noon; 6:15, 7:55 and 9:45
pm.
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Films of More Than Routine Merit
ed MacMurray

"THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR"-Fred MacMurray
in bouncing farce by Walt Disney and company
"THE APARTMENT'-Bily Widers Oscar winning joke
about seduction; Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lennon.
"BEN HUR2-ChartOn HestOn in the classic adventure,
tertaining well as large and expensive
GENERAL DELLA ROVERE"-VittoriO de Sica seedy
Opp0rtunist in Roberto ROsselin masterwork.
"NORTH BY NORTHWEST'-Cary Grant flees spies and
Eva Marie Saint in q corking thriller by Hitchcock.
ION THE DOUBLE"-Danny Kaye a shy GI ordered to
mpersOnate a high-Iving British general.
Evening star., 1961-08-14

William Saroyan's THE Cave
pwellers" is to be staged at
the Phoenicia, NY. Playhouse
later this month and the re-
hearsals could be worth seeing.
They could, in fact, turn out to
be the most dramatic thing
that has happened or will hap
pen in the theater all summer
long. There's no sound basis
for expecting this. but the rela-
tionship between star and di-
rector of this production is a
unique one that holds possibili-
ties, for interesting develop
fnents.
: The star of this staging of
''The Cave Dwellers" is to be
Evening star., 1961-05-28

kicked out fast" and that
schools Should quit buying
teams" He'd settle for a little
less pro-looking team and
more loyalty to the school.
Sister Mechthilde of the Lit
tie Sisters of the Poor, will re-
ceive the religious award at
Wednesdays festivities, and
Gene Autry will be honored
from the entertainment world.
The four awards recipients will
receive their tributes at a
luncheon at the Willard Hotel
and will be presented to the
crowd in ceremonies preceding
the baseball game that night
between Autry'S Los Angeles
Angels and the Washington
Senators.
Tickets for both events are
still available to the public.
Eddie Rosenblum has more in
formation at Sterling 3-3092.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
SNEAD TO PLAY
AT MT. VERNON

Sam Snead, winner Of
the Tournament of Cham
pions at Las Vegas and his
own Snead Festival at
White Sulphur Springs in
the last three weeks, will
play an exhibition match
opening the Mount Vernon
Club in Alexandria Satur-
day. June 10.
The club will show
off it's facilities to the
press June /. The 9-hole
course will be open for
play about June 8.
In the exhibition Snead
and Dick Mason, the host
pro, will team against Pros
Bobby Bowers of Spring
field and Al Jamison Of
Forest Lake.
Evening star., 1961-05-28

18th to send the match into
overtime.
Bob Chandler and Ted Rutley
Of Kenwood, the medalists, had
to go 20 holes to defeat George
Moore and Bobby Brownell OF
Chevy Chase, on Chambers
par four.
The only match that didn't
go extra holes found Ken Poer-
stel and Dick Latimer, the
Columbia Club ch am pion
downing Dick Preuit and Perky
Cullinane of Bethesda, the
District Amateur champion
4 and 3.
Poerstel and Latimer played
the best golf of the day, with
Poerstel contributing brides or
seven and eight that helped his
team to a 4-up lead after nine
holes with a best ball Of 81.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Becker-Wi|Iett Win on 18th Hole,
Reach SemifinoIs at Congressional

Eddie Becker and Gil Willett
of Prince Georges won an extra
hole match for the second
straight day to lead the way
into the semifinals of the Con-
pressional Country Club mem
ber-guest tournament yester-
day.
Willett, thre e-time club
champion at Prince Georges,
used a handicap stroke for a
net birdie on the 10Th hole to
heat B. D. Cooper and Ralph
Bogart of Chevy Chase, l up.
R. o. Wissinger and Lew
Russell of Washington G&CC
aIso won in 10 holes over Ralph
Guplielmi, the Redskins quart
erback, and Don Dawson OF
detroit, on Wissinger's natural
birdie. Guglielmi m a de
tricky 5-footer for par on the
Evening star., 1961-05-28

NEW YORK, May q (AP).
Harold Henning, young pro-
fessional, accepted an invitation
to take Gary Players place on
the South African golf team to-
day, completing the 34-Nation
competition that opens in
Puerto Rico Thursday for the
Canada Cup.
Player. 1861 Masters Cham
pion; Arnold Palmer, United
States Open champion and
Stan Leonard Of Canada, with
drew from the Cup matches
yesterday when the Profession
al Golfers Association said
they would be subject to $500
Evening star., 1961-05-28

1t was cold and windy, and
some of the Districts top anna
teurs said it was impossible to
reach some of the long par
fours in two strokes.
Bogart played the best in
dividual golf of the day. He
pared the first 10 holes. and
was only one over for 18 with
a 70. But Becker and Willett
out-teamed the losers. Willett
mad two handicap strokes, and
one fell on the first hole
which decided the match in
overtime.
In this mornings semifinals
Becker and Willett meet Wis
singer and Russell at 9:08, and
Chandler and Rutley play
Poerstel and Latimer at 9:16
The finals are scheduled fol-
l1:l5.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer

If Commerce Secretary Lu-
ther Hodges wasn't down for
the national award at WedneS-
days Interfaith Committee
celebration, he'd qualify for the
sports honor which is going to
Coach Red Auerbach of the
champion Boston Celtics.
The gray-haired, Soft-spoken
former Governor of North Car
olina is eligible on two counts
basketball and fishing.
I'VE played a rough game
in my day." he told us. Not
this panty-waist stuff you see
today. Why, they didn't blow
the whistle until you were
bleeding"
The stocky secretary, who
fired furnaces and waited on
tables while working his way
through the University of
North Carolina, was a scrub
on the football team. He also
managed the Tar Heel nine.
But basketball was his best
sport. And it was rough in
those days.
Worked at YMCA
After his graduation Hodges
organized basketball team at
the Spray IN. c. YMCA. His
work in the Y was in his selec-
ton for the Interfaith award,
for during his student days the
future Governor gathered five
or six players together on Sun
day morning to read the Bible
and pray.
1t was different on the bas-
ketball court. The late William
Evening star., 1961-05-28
CAGERs ROUGH IN those DAYS
Luther Hodges No Stranger to Sports

"I got excited at those
games" he confessed, land
rooted like blazes for my team
I yelled so loud a newspaper
man sitting in front of me
turned around and said, you
really root, don't you, Gov
ernor?'
"a couple of days later Billy
Carmichael called me up-and
what a delightful person he
was-and said, Luther, did you
see what that fellow wrote
about you? He said you made
so much noise I should have
knocked all your teeth out.
The Secretary prefers trout
fishing but will go surf fishing
at the drop of a reel. He fire.
quently fishes for tuna off
the North Carolina coast and
expects to be there next week
for the marlin fishing tourna-
ment.
II was fishing for drum with
a fellow who chewed tooacco," "
the Secretary began, relating a
fishing incident, "and all of a
sudden the water was alive
with them. There seemed to
be literally thousands. We were
using mullet for bait and this
fellow got so excited he put
the tobacco on the hook and
the mullet in his mouth. And
that's a true story"
Getting back to basketball,
Hodges concurs 100 per cent
with the recent action at North
Carolina and N. C. State, in
limiting scholarships to two
outside ACC territory. He
thinks the culprits who sold
out to gamblers Ought to be
Evening star., 1961-05-28
TEE EN-
By MERRELL WHITTLEsEY

There was some talk anon,
the star amateur golfers in tn,
Belle Haven 4-3all Invitationa
tournament last week about 6
possible change in formal il
the future.
Some suggested a 72-ho,,
stroke play tournament, insteac
OF the match play method cur.
rently used, and others leaned
towards only a championship
flight of 80 teams, eliminating
the other flights.
Under the present setup, the
championship bracket has only
16 teams, and each year some
of the top twosomes fail tc
qualify. Last week it was
Deane Beman, the National
Amateur champion, and Billy
Buppert, and the strong Con-
greSsional entry of Bob
Chandler and John Eisinger
Both teams lost by matching
cards.
The Belle Haven 4-Ball
which is two-man teams, with
out handicap, long has been
one Of this Departments favor
ite tournaments.
But, if the committee men,
bers, who in the past have
frowned on suggestions, would
adopt a playoff instead of the
bush-league method Of settling
ties for the championship
flight by matching cards, the
tournament would grow in
stature.
1t could be done by request
ing half of the field to qualify
Thursday, and cutting off the
starting times at 2 o'clock on
Friday. There would be ample
time for a playoff about $3.50
Friday. Everybody is there for
the tournament dinner, SC
there is no inconvenience. A
playoff would add spice to the
tournament, and some of. the
star teams who v'erc on the
borderline would have a much
better chance of making it.
There was one rulnor that q
small group of members have
suggested abandoning tn {
tournament. Let's hope that Is
not true, because 6asically the
Belle Haven 4-Ball is the tor
event of its kind in this Sec
ton. But it could be better
When Dick Latimer, the Co.
lumbia Club champion, thrilled
q gallery of a hundred or more
persons with his hole in -ont
on the difficult ninth hole al
Chevy Chase Club in the mem.
ber-guest tournament las
week, the shot brought bacl
memories to two club member!
IN the group.
John F. Simmons, form
head of protocol, who wa
watching, made the first hole
in-one ever made on the holt
in 1928. And Admiral Charles
Courtney, another witness Il
the shot, said he is the only
person ever to have made two
aces on the long par three.
NOTES-Indian Spring Clut
Is offering a week for two u
the Deauville Hotel in Miam
Beach to the winner of thC
sum m err long membership
drive. There will be other prizei
Evening star., 1961-05-28

D. Billy Carmichael, later
vice president and finance Of.
ficer, once played against
Hodges Spray Y five. During
the game he hit Hodges in the
mouth with his elbow, knock.
ing out a front tooth.
I'VE didn't even stop" the
secretary recalled. Il picked VI
the tooth, put it on the scorers
bench as I ran by and kept
going"
Loud ROoter
Many years later, while Gov
ernor Of North Carolina
Hodges was invited to throw
out the first ball, opening the
Dixie Classic at Raleigh.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
FordLeads
Speedway Coli
By2S Strokes

INDIANAPOLIS, May q
(AP)-Doug Ford, the puzzling
former National PGA cham
pion who has not won a meet
since the Speedway Tourney a
year ago, today charged into
the 54-hole lead in the very
same tournament which car
ries a $4,000 first prize.
Ford fashioned a four under
par 81 to give him a three
quarter mark total of 2O5,
which was two strokes ahead
Of the halfway leader, Arnold
Palmer. and the current money
winner leader, Gary Player OF
South Africa. They shot a 10
and 81 respectively, over the
par-71. 6,605-yard Speedway
course for 54-hole totals Of
207.
A three-way tie for fourth
developed at 209, four strokes
off the pace. among Australian
Peter Thomson, Art Wall and
Jack Cupit. Cupit had a 81
today, while Wall shot a SO
and Thomson a 10.
Ken Ventura was alone at 210,
shooting a 68 on a SUM-
drenched course which played
far easier than yesterday when
there was 43-degree weather
and a biting 24-mile-an-hour
north wind.
Six strokes off the pace at
211 were Bob Shave, jr. and
Billy Maxwell, who came in
with SO and 10 third-round
scores.
Eight players were grouped
at 212, among them Jackie
Burke, whose five-under par
Sc was the days best round.
The field was trimmed to the
low 81 pros for tomorrow's
windup round in this golf show
which serves as a prelude to
the Memorial Day 500-mile
race.
Among the pros who failed
to survive were former U. S.
Open Champion Dick Mayer,
Ted Kroll, Bob Goalby and
Dutch Harrison.
Palmer, who led SO holes
with a five-under-par 1877, fall
tered to his second successive
10, while Ford charged into
command with a 34-33 round
which included five brides and
only one bogey. Ford missed
only one green, the first. In
the 26 puts Ford used, he had
birdie taps Of 81, 20, IS, 7 and
feet.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
u. S. Netmen Get
Davis Cup Sweep

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,
May 27 (AP). - The United
States made it a SO sweep over
the British Caribbean team in
the American zone Davis Cup
tennis competition by winning
the final two singles matches
in straight sets at Kensington
Oval today.
Chris Crawford, of Piedmont,
Calf, beat Peter Phillips, 60,
60, 60. Marine Cpl. Jon
Douglas, of Santa Monica,
Calf, beat Peter Valdez, 60,
60, 6-1.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Henning Replaces Player
On South African Squad

fines and six-month suspen-
sions If they competed.
The Memphis Open, a PGA
co-Sponsored event, has the
same June IA dates as the
Cup matches at Dorado Beach,
Because the players are among
the leading money-winners and
have won titles this year, they
must appear at PGA events or
not play. The Cup matches are
organized by the International
Golf Association.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
The players decided to avoid

The players decided to avoid
the PGA suspensions, but also
have refused to play at Mem
.phis. AL Johnston, a stylish
Quebec pro, was named to the
Canadian team in place of
Leonard, only man ever to win
the individual phase of the
Canada Cup matches twice.
jimmy Demaret, an infrequent
player on the pro tour in re-
cent years, took Palmer's place
on the United States team.
Henning, who partnered
Player in Melbourne's 1859
Canada Cup matches, has been
playing in England this spring.
Evening star., 1961-05-28

lof Hi-Fi sets, television and
transiStor radios. The winner
of the trip will be decided by
a draw.
It's another boy for Billy
(the White Oak pro- and
Dawn Wolfe. They named him
Charles Marion. Colum-
bias defending champions in
the District Gclf Association S
senior team championship meet
Prince Georges today, with Be-
theSda and Brooke Manor
clashing in the other semi
final.
The Middle Atlantic PGA'S
Pro-Presidents tournament has
been postponed from June 9
to a September date to be an
nounced. Fred Mcleod, the
Columbia pro, and Eddie Ault,
the golf course architect, will
discuss famous courses in
Scotland and other topics on
Jim Simpsons televised golf
show at 4::30 this afternoon
on WRC-4.
Notices are in the mail for
the Maryland and Virginia
Mems Amateur championships
The 41st Maryland Amateur
will be played June 1923, mid
week dates for the first time
in years, at Chevy Chase Club.
The deadline is June 13 at the
Maryland State offices, Is East
Saratoga street, Baltimore, and
no post entries will be accepted.
The 48th Virginia Amateur
will be played over the usual
June 29-July 4 dates at the
Cascades Course at Hot
Springs, one of the South h s
finest. June 10 is the deadline
with H. M. Blankinship at Box
237, Lynchburg, and post en-
tries will not be accepted for
this one either. The State Sen
ior, in which Johr Connolly of
Washington G&CC is defend
ing champion, runs concur
emily.
=
The Maryland State GA re-
minds the women golfers that
Wednesday is the entry dead
line for the Women's cham
pionship June So at Bethesda
Country Club. Thursday is
the deadline for entries to the
National Public Links cham
pionship. to be played in mid
July in Detroit, With qualify
ing June 19 in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Santana Wins Title

PARIS, May 81 (AP).-
Manuel Santana of Spain wor
the French national tennis
singles title today by defeating
Nicola Pietrangeli of Italy, the
defending champion, 4-6, 6-1
3-6, 60, 60.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Rowe in Form

WELWYN, England, May 27
fAP).-Arthur Rowe, British
shot-putter, tossed the l6-
pound ball 81 feet, Az inches
today - the best European
heave this season.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-09-16
Rev. Wright Buried
From New Harmony

The Rev. Arthur Garfield
Wright. GA. one of Detroit's lead
ing ministers and businessmen
was buried Thursday afternoon
from New Harmony Baptist
Church, PASS Mt. Elliott, where
he served as pastor.
Mr.. Wright owned a funeral
parlor at sos K. Hancock. He was
founder of the Wright Mutual
Insurance Co.
Rev. Wright died last THURSDAY
morning, II hours after he sui
fcrcd a severe head injury when
he either fell or was pushed from
the platform during fight among
ministers attending the 8lst Ann
uaI National Baptist Convention
at the Area OF the Municipal
Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
Rev. Wright was taken to Men
orah Memorial hospital where ne
remained in a coma and succumo-
ed after doctors performed two
hours of emergency surgery in an
effort to repair damage.
Wright was Standing on the
platform in the midst Of a pitch
ed battle over the presidency of
the organization. The riot broke
out Wednesday among 5000 de-
leastes when supporters OF the