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FIGURES TO HAVE BEST SEASON
! Long Cutting Down on Strikeouts

son, who played in about the
same number Of games.
I'm going to cut that way
down." he said. II know I can
do it by not going for those bad
pitches. After ALL" he added
with a grin, 1--WE got to get my
money back"
Attitude Much Better
Every time Dale gets a hit
somebody kiddingly suggests he
tell General Manager Ed
Doherty about 1t. Doherty has
said he'll restore Longs 1917
per cent salary cut If Dale
comes up with a big year.
Long not only has been slug
ging. but his attitude is said to
be much better than it was last
year. Dale is a big guy who has
a tendency toward q lackadai-
steal appearance. But he has
pride and appears exceedingly
pleased with his fast start.
They say the Dodgers pen
nant hopes ride on Towards
ability to curb his Strikeouts.
And while the 20-year-old
Powell could give the Orioles
the long ball they need to give
Jim Gentle a lift, he will have
to cut down on his whiffs to
stay in the lineup. Powell is g.
feet-4 and 235. and Howard g.
feet-7 and $50.
NOTES Dave Tyriver, the
24-year-old pitcher who will be
returned to the Indians If the
Senators decide not to keep
him, was almost unconsolable
after the White Sox scored IL
runs off Of him in 11s innings
Monday.
Burt Hawkins, the Senators
travelling secretary, noticed the
red-eyed Tyriver around the
motel and Burt told the young
ster that Bob Teller and many
others had had their bad
innings. But it was Of little
consolation to Tyriver. who
couldn't hold back the tears
Manager Mickey Vernon also
appeared touched by Tyriver's
nervousness and sincerity and
probably will give him another
chance.
Joe McClain may try six
innings today when the Sena-
tors play the first Of three con-
secutive games with Kansas
City, this one at West Palm
Beach and the next two at
Pompano. John Gabler will
finish up. Claude Osteen
and Pete Burnside may try the
six-inning route the next two
days.
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BY STEVE GUBACK
Star staff Writer

The Redskins took q giant
step today to put more punch
into their attack, the weakest
in the National Football League,
by obtaining Bill Barnes, veter-
an offensive back, from the
Eagles as part Of q two-for-two
trade.
Barnes and Defensive Back
Bobby Freeman, also a seasoned
five-year vet, come here in ex-
change for Jim Schrader, one
of the leagues top offensive
centers, and Ben Scott. also q
defensive halfback.
Barnes. a tough, 26-year-old,
202-pounder from Wake Forest,
Is the key man as far as the
Redskins are concerned. He
gives the club a fourth top
drawer running back to go with
Don Bosseler, Dick James and
Bobby Mitchell. Barnes can
play fullback or halfback.
Follows Mitchell Deal
Coach Bill McPeak, hailing
the trade as a ten-strike
figured that almost overnight
the Redskins had made their
weakest department one OF
their strongest.
They made their first major
move to put oomph into their
running last December when
they snapped their No. draft
choice, Ernie Davis Of Syracuse
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Dale, who tops the Senator'S
exhibition statistics with a .462
average. IL hits, four home
runs and IL runs batted in,
did not strike out in his first
five games. The first pitcher
to fan him was the Reds Bob
Purkey on a knuckle ball that
had so much action that the
catcher missed the ball, allow
ing Long to reach first.
Georges Miranda Of the
Twins was the only other hurl-
er to fan him-on a swinging
third strike.
Dale famed Al times last
year-not bad, but more than
Gene Woodling and Bob john
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PhiIIies RETIRING
Roberts No. 36

CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar.
81 (AP).-The No. SO uniform
worn by Robin Roberts when he
was with the Phillies will be re-
tired today after the exhibition
game with the Yankees.
Roberts, who won more games
with the Phillies than any other
pitcher in the clubs history,
was sold to the Yankees at the
close of last year.
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Williams but a bit heavier, is
SO years old and is still fight
ing strikeouts. However, he has
famed only twice in 80 times
at bat In the eight exhibition
games in which he has played
this spring and If he can main
tain that pace he figures this
could be his best season in the
majors.
Struck Out Too Much
II know that's why Branch
Hickey gave up on me-" Dale
said yesterday on the Senators
day off. HE figured I struck
out too much" Long twice was
with the Pirates.
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BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star staff Writer

POMPANO BEACH, Fla,
Mar. 21.-Dale Long, whose
torrid hitting tops the Senators
IN four departments, can SYM
pathize with Frank Howard of
the Dodgers and Baltimore's
Boog Powell. two huge young
sters whose smuggling potential
Is unlimited If they can learn
to reduce their Strikeouts.
Most big men don't have Ted
Williams coordination. Ted
Is Ga, but had great wrists
and eyes and was a stylist with
the bat.
Long. the same height as
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tor who plays to win," McPeak
said, land that's the kind of
guys we need"
The asking price came high.
Freeman and Scott could off
set each other as defensive
backs, although the Redskins
figure they've picked up a plus
there since Freeman, 20, a
member Of the Eagles 1860
title winning secondary, is
better as a deep defender.
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Negro Players In
TomPa Tennis Meet
For First Time

Tampa, Fla. CAMP - For the
first time in history, two Negro
players competed in the Tampa
city tennis tournament at the
hitherto exclusive all-white Davis
Island courts. They participated in
first and second round matches.
Scoring early tournament victor
les and winning friends among the
white players were Kelly Best,
Florida State Negro champion, and
Chester Miles, former Florida A
& M university star and a teacher
at Blake High school here.
Best showed class in winning his
first round match, but was ousted
by Jim Woods, 90, 6-3, in the
second.
Best then teamed with Miles in
winning a first round doubles
match, So go, but the duo was
later beaten by the top-seeded
team of Steve Colson and Henry
Wagner, 6-3, go. Colsop also won
the singles championship.
Later Best, who is also a king
pin at table tennis, said he was
handicapped in the city tournament
by the lack of experience against
top-flight competition. Negro play
ers against whom he played in the
past did not play as steady a game
as the whites he encountered in
the Tampa tournament, he ex-
planned.
However, he described the ex-
perience he gained in the city
tournament as gratifying, and said
that with training he could hold
his own with any of the players
in the city Of Tampa.
Best and Miles were also pleased
by the cordial greetings they re-
ceived from the white players in
the tournament. They invited them
to come back for workouts at the
club.
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1t was through this act that
Minneapolis, in June of this year,
received a federal grant of $149,-
900 for a two-year study of juve-
nile delinquency in the city. But
Walter Judd voted no.
And there are other examples of
Mr.. Judd voting against the needs
Of his district. He voted against
an extension of the Water Pollu-
ton Control Act, although his
constituents drink water from the
Mississippi River. He voted against
an urban affairs cabinet post, al
though his constituents are urban
residents. He has voted against
the very kind of urban renewal
Legislation that has enabled Min
neapolis to revitablize its lower
loop area.
1t is votes like this that lead me
to believe that Walter Judd has
been away so long that he no
longer knows just what the best
interests of his district are.
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SPo RTS
BY BILL BRoWER

Perhaps the most intriguing
the inevitable speculation the eventual
Maury Wills will overtae Ty Cobbs single
season.
Wills running Astar game in Washington still
has the baseball world talking probably
will keep them talking because his basesteang exploits
National League.
This only majors after langlishing
in the minors with the prospect of getting nowhere
mdseason any member spanked
the Dodgers to the National League pennant.
Then he broke out base worth watching
he stole so bases. Last year restricted to
started Manager Aston gave him
the He's running week. he
pfered At bases in so shots and still has more than 70 90
which he could steal so
of &C.
course remembered what he did in the Astar game In
the sixth running promptly
of the best defensive atchers in basebaE Batey
Minnesota promptly game
Dick the Pittsburgh single through middle
But Maus speed was more pronounced the eighth inning
that He Topped single Wills speciality
Jim Davenport of the San Francisco Giants ripped single
auy made wide turn at second If daring Rocky Coavo of
Detroit throw Rocky Maury
third sliding under Bobby Richardson's New York Yankees second
baseman throw.
Wills Felipe
Wagner of the Los Angeles Angeles in short right daring
running gave the MI team an insurance run in its 3o1 victory
This of is fresh the minds sug
gested his burglary the paths likely
Leo Durocher a Dodger coach says of Wills:
HE has the speed of acabbit He has sharp judgement He
has the CUTS Of a burglar"
attempts season. his
20, straight attempts
I'm this year" the hortstop explains
skipper Walt per-
mission to my judgment the bases consented
II didn't get the
big inning He figured with the Coliseum
would be rskng too trying
Aston says Wills excellent judgment.
When Wills the Dodgers something
great Reiser Dodger
coach suggested that he become tcher Mauy
successfully
shorsop another reason
He hit his first major league home runn Day
his appearance against
he collected two in single the Dodgers
York, he hit two
Wills product Washington
college scholarship bids football
this father of five children sporting
supremacy happy with his
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think Gil Hodges made the best
summary: IT am proud to say I
was a member of the same team
as Jackie Robinson. He was the
spark which made us a great team,
and shall always feel deeply in
debted to him for it On and
off the field Jackie was always a
gentleman, as far as know, and
it thrills me no end to see him
make the Hall Of Fame"
Reese Calls Him "Greatest'
Pee Wee Reese, the man whom
Jackie credits with doing the most
to make his entry into the majors
easier, says Jackie was the great
est" He could do everything, and
I loved playing with him. When 1
heard he was going to be a Dodg-
err and realized that he was a
shortstop, it worried me - not be-
cause he was a Negro, but because
I didn't want him messing with
my job When they decided
to let him play first, I was with
him all the way"
Dean AdmIres His Fight
Dizzy Dean, the man who wrote
baseball history with his brother,
Paul, for the st. Louis Cardinals
about 80 years ago, was loud In
his praise Of Jackie. I was partc-
ularly impressed with his state
ment to the effect that he ad-
mired Jackie ION and OFF the field"
I asked him what he meant; did
it mean that he did not oppose
Jache's fight for equal rights for
Negroes?
Dean was quick in his answer:
II admire any man who stands up
for his rights; and If were col
ored I would be fighting just as
hard as Jackie. Jackie was a great
man on and off the field and be-
longs in the Hall of Fame"
Dean, while waiting to do his
telecast Of the Game Of the Day,
began to reminisce a little. He
went back to the days when he
and satchell Paige had their fam
Gus transforming battles. Sat
chell is the greatest Highlander
II ever saw, and he would have
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KenYan Runner Ties
World Sprint Record

Mombasa, Kenya (ANP) - A
26-year-old Kenyan Splinter named
seraphino Antao, recently tied the
world record for the 100 yards
dash in a track meet at Dublin,
Ireland when he was clicked at
90 seconds, but the mark was dis
allowed because Of a strong tail
win, it was reported here.
Antao's feat was reported in a
dispatch from London, where he
also equaled a meet record for the
100 meters in 1O.4 seconds.
The Kenyan Splinter was also
successful in Berlin where he won
the 200 meters event and placed
second in the 100 meters in an in
ternatonal track meet.
With Antao on his European tour
was another Kenya athlete, Arere
Anentia, a long distance runner.
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ing, 42-year-old former Brooklyn
Dodgers star did not say so. While
the honor came to him as one Of
the great heroes of the game, it
also marked his complete accept
ance.
The first Negro to enter the
major league Is years ago, Robin
son last week also became the
first of his race to be immortal
lied in the Hall of Fame, located
on Main Street of this the birth
place of baseball. Robinson was
also the 88th member to be in
Quoted into the Hall, the honor
coming to him moments after Edd
Rousch, who, along with former
pitching ace Robert Teller and Bill
McKechnie, were the other three
inductees Monday, July %.
The ceremony was held on the
steps of the Hall of Fame Museum
before a crowd of 1000 that in
cluded many of baseballs leading
figures. Presiding was baseball
Commissioner Ford Frick, who
presented the honorees with bronze
plaques citing them for their con-
tributions to baseball. Robinson's
! trophy praised him for his batting,
fielding and daring base run
ming during the II years (1947 to
1850 he played with the Dodgers.
1t also mentioned his winning the
Most Valuable Player award
(1949) and listed his lifetime bat
ting average as .311.
Robinson, as were Teller, Roush
and McKechnie, was visibly touch
ed by the ceremony. Speaking in
response, he was eloquent but had
to grasp the side of the speakers
table to hold back his emotion and
keep his voice under control. He
paid tribute to the three persons
whom he said played vital roles in
his baseball career - his mother,
Branch Hickey and his comely
wife, Rachael.
All three were present at the
ceremony. 1t was Hickey who late
in 1945 rejected advices to the
contrary and broke with baseball's
hitherto lillywhite tradition by
signing Robinson and bringing
him into organized baseball.
Robinson expressed thanks to all
three in this way:
ut could not have happened
without the guidance of three of
the most wonderful people I know,
all of whom are here today.
Zone is a man whom consider
like a father, Branch Hickey. Then
there is my mother, who taught
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ANsLAHGo
SAMlv'
BY BOB BREWSTER
Outdoor Editor,
NTsrruru Ny1bo1sJ.

Anyone who's gonna get seri-
Gus about catching a large
mouth black bass on a flyrod
ana a pepper bug will have to
remember a number Of items.
He'll want to recall that. dur
ing the warm months bass feed
in the shadows in early morn
ings and late evenings, and the
shoal waters are where he'll
want to present his popping
bugs.
He'll remember that the first
few feet of water next to the
shore is where the hungry bass
will feed, and he'll confine his
casts to that area; perhaps by
DOMINIC a pair of hip waders
and strolling around the edge
of the lake as he casts. perhaps
by throttling his Mercury out
board down to a purr and cast
ing as ne travels along at drift
speed, flicking the edge Of the
water with his pepper bug.
{ He'll balance his outfit
for pepper bugs, Temem-
bering that it takes a
heavier line and longer rod
to present bugs properly
than it does to drop a dry
fly on the surface OF a
quiet trout pool. He'll use
a long leader, say nine feet,
tapered to a whisper at the
business end, and tied di-
rectly to the pepper.
And he'll reverse the obvious
by recalling that in pepper bug
fishing the race belongs to the
slow. He'll cast his bug so that,
it lands a foot or so from shore
with a gentle "whap" - then,
let it lie quietly until all the
ripples have disappeared. Then
he tightens the line enough to
make the bug twitch, but gent
| ly, giving the impression Of a
large insect that has fallen on
the water and is unable to get
airborne. He keeps twitching
and tightening the line, slowly,
all the way during the retrieve.
He'll remember that va
riety Is the spice Of life
to a bass as well as to an
angler, and he'll vary his
'retrieVes as much as pos
sible, first one way and
then another, giving free
rein to his inVentivenesS
and fishing skill, trying to
make that bug look as much,
like a moth as possible.
And, If he remembers all
these things, he'll catch fish.
Simple. isn't it?
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chumberIan, BelIamy Tops
With PhiIIy Writers

Philadelphia (ANP) wilt
Chamberlain of the Philadelphia
Warriors and Walt Bellamy of the
Chicago Packers were honored
here recently by the Philadelphia
Basketball Writers Club as the top
player and rookie of the year in
the National Basketball Assn.
Honored at an award banquet,
Chamberlain, who became the first
man in the association to top
1000 points, was voted the out
standing player of the year, while
Bellamy was named the top rookie
Of 1862. Wilt scored 1929 points in
80 games.
Bethany amassed the second
highest total for a rookie in the
league, when he finished with a
season total Of 2,495.
The Philadelphia writer's thus
Joined other writer's throughout
the country who have voted sim
liar honors for Chamberlain and
Bellamy.
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TURPIN LOSES RING
FORTUNE; WRESTLING
FOR PALTRY FEE

Warwick, England (ANP) -
Randy Turpin, who in 1851 amazed
the boxing world by upsetting
champion Sugar Ray Robinson to
win the middleweight title, and
earned an estimated $4,000
in the ring, last week was re-
ported to be near broke and earn
ing his keep as a wrestler for $40
a bout.
The disclosure was made when
Turpin, "a, British-born Negro Of
West Indian parentage, appeared
in Warwick Bankruptcy court,
where he listed his assets at 1904
pounds (about S4s,OOO) in income
tax. The Internal Revenue was
listed as his only creditor.
Turpin, in Sept. 1851, lost the
title back to Robinson in a bout
at the Polo Grounds in New York
City. The fight crossed more than
$4,000 to set a record for a fight
under the heavyweight limit.
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been in the Hall of Fame long ago
if it had not been for his color"
said Dizzy.
Dean also praised the late Josh
Gibson, saying:
Another man who was great
was Josh Gibson. I have no doubt
that he was the greatest catcher
who ever lived I know one
thing-he hit the longest ball ever
hit off me when he smashed one
up into the lights at Griffith stad-
ium in Washington"
All those interviewed about
their reaction to Robinson's cleo
ton to the Hall of Fame, started
off their answers with a surpris-
ingly similar statement: There is
no question in my mind that Jackie
Robinson deserves to be in the
Hall of Fame"
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me so many things, and my wife
Rachael, who has been such a
wonderful inspiration to me-" he
declared
II never thought I would win
this honor the first time was
eligible "a player must be mac
tive five years to be eligible for
election" he added. Then came
the clincher: It's a thrill I'll
never forget"
Robinson was voted into the
Hall of Fame by members of the
Baseball Writers Assn. of Amer
lea He was selected along with
Teller, Roush and McKechnie. His
plaque will hang in Halls museum
along with those of SO other her
oes, including such great stars as
Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Honus
Wagner.
In a surprise statement a few
days prior to his induction,
Robinson had told a New York
sports writer that he felt he
was elected to the Hall Of Fame
because Of his having been base
balls first Negro, rather than
for his ability.
ANY other Negro who might
have been the first would have
made it if he had contributed any
thing else in the way Of talent,
Gene Levy of the Oneonta (N.Y)
Star newspaper quoted him as say
ing.
Levy explained, however, that
Robinson said he also felt his
chances to make it on his merits
alone would have been greater had
he been white. IF had been white
would have had a better chance
to make it on my playing ability,
because I then would have begun
my career at the average age"
Jackie stated.
Robinson was 27 when he en-
tered organized baseball. He came
here for the induction ceremony
after being honored alta testimon-
ial dinner at the Waldorf-Astora
Hotel in New York City. Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller Of New York
and heavyweight boxing champion
Floyd Patterson were among the
honorary co-chairmen of the din
ner.
Robinson, Teller, Roush and Nc
Kechnie were also to be guests of
honor at an exhibition game be-
tween the New York Yankees and
the Milwaukee Braves following
the induction ceremony, but a ter
rental thunderstorm washed out
the game.
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TOMMY WILSON
TRADED TO CLEVELAND

Los Angeles (ANP) - Hat-
back-fullback Tom Wilson, at one
time one of the best running backs
in the National Football League,
was traded, along with quarter
back Frank Ryan, to the Cleve-
land Browns last week for defen-
sive tackle Larry Stephens and
two high 1853 draft choices.
AS a runner, Wilson set a single
game rushing record of 223 yards
His ability to find the goal line
inside the 20 earned him the name
of Touchdown" Tom Wilson. VIII
son was never used to his full
capacity because Of his blocking
tactics. He has spent six seasons
with the Rams.