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high. He may go the full nine
innings next week If he gets
a warm day and has his stuff.
Wild Ninth Inning
Pitching was the highlight
Of the early innings yesterday,
but certainly not Of the late
ones. The Senators scored three
runs in a wild ninth inning to
beat the Nets and boost their
record against National League
opposition to 81. The Nets
had won four straight.
The Nets scored five times
in the ninth for an 8-6 lead,
but Harry Bright. who singled
in two runs as a pinch-hitter
in the sixth, stayed In the game
and singled In the winning run
with the bases loaded and two
out in the bottom Of the ninth
Bright got a chance to be ,
hero only because Clarence
Coleman, rookie catcher for thu
Nets, made a mistake. The
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Hector Maestri, the little
Cuban who can warm up with
four or five pitches, came in
and Coleman tagged him for
the home run. Hinton almost
speared the ball with a leap
as it cleared the wall. Maestri
got mad and struck out the
next two.
NOTES-Jim Piersall was
angry with himself for stand
ing and watching a high pop
fly at the plate land in fair
territory and then getting
thrown out. The ball appeared
foul by many feet, but a puff
Of wind blew it fair and out
Of Coleman's reach. Piersall
didn't start to run until Cole
man had missed the ball. 81
hate to be embarrassed" jim
said in disgust.
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Daniels Virtually C|inches Opening Day Start

five. He was extremely proud
of tanning the side in the fifth
for Bonnie claims he doesn't &c
for the strikeoutS.
II don't overpower them, but
I got some today, didn't -" he
said. How many did I strike
out? Five? That's pretty
good"
Bonnie had an upset stomach,
a slight cramp in his right arm
and had to call Trainer Tom
McKenna to the mound to get
a bug out Of his eye, but he
weathered all the small incon-
venienceS.
Bonnie probably will 60 seven
innings later this week and
maybe seven more before the
Senators leave Florida In the
middle Of next week. He threw
rs pitches in six innings yes.
terday, just about what Man.
ager Mickey Vernon and Coacf
Sid Hudson wanted. Bennie
thought the total was a little
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Senators had the bases full
with nobody out in the ninth
when Bob Johnson grounded to
third. Don thinner fielded the
ball, stepped on third to force
runner and then threw home
in an attempt to get Chuck
Hinton. Coleman forgot that
the force had been removed on
Hinton and made no attempt
to tag him, letting in a run and
killing the double-play effort.
Long Smashes No. 6
Dale Longs contribution of
the day was the longest home
run in Municipal Stadium in
two years. It sailed over the
centerfield fence about 420 feet
from the plate. The fence Is 10
feet high.
While Long upped his homer
total to six-topS for all major
sluggers-and his runs batted
in to 16, he dropped to third
in the team batting race with
a .450 average. Danny O'Connell
had 2-for-3 and climbed to .486,
and Hinton had a single and
double and moved past Long to
.464.
easel Stengel arrived only Is
minutes before game time and
managed the Nets in civilian
clothes. His tactics were the
same as those he used with the
Yankees. although the man.
power is slightly different.
For instance, Casey pinch
hit for his centerfielder in the
ninth inning and the replace
ment, Rufus Marshall, who had
been 1-for-12, drove in two runs
with a single off the fists. He
used a pinch runner for Mar
shall.
Then he permitted Coleman
to hit for himself and the
young catcher hit a home run
driving in three.
In the bottom Of the ninth
Stengel brought in Aubrey
Gatewood as a relief pitcher
and then took him out after
Gatewood faced one man and
walked him.
Five Hurl for Casey
Stengel used five pitchers
only one Of whom was in the
majors last year. In order
with their 1861 records, they
were Ray Daviault, Takoma
Q0-9), Bob Botz, Louisville
CD Herb Moford, Rochester
G5-13), Gatewood, Dallas (0-2)
and Des Moines (3-5, anc
HOWE Num-, Cincinnati Old
The Senators didn't do much
with Daviault for five innings
In fact, O'Connell and CHUCK
Cottier had the only hits. But
they shelled Botz, were tanned
by Moford and then jumped
on Num-.
John Gabler pitched hitles.
ball against the Nets for hi
first two innings but was taker
out in the ninth after thret
hits and a walk.
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VIM LOSE OR DRAW
Secret of the Reds: Fewest Runs Yielded
By FRANCIS STANN

TAMPA, FLA, MAR. ga year ago,
give or take day or so, Manager Freddie
Hutchinson of the Cincinnati Reds was
greeted by the trite query, What do you
think of your club?"
1--WE look terrible" Hutch replied with
characteristic bluntness. Never saw club
make so many mistakes"
This day Hutch again was asked how his
team looks to him. Worse than last spring."
he answered.
In between these unflattering appraisals
the Reds won the National League pennant.
How they won remains a mystery to many
people. They lacked strong defensive in
field and their catching was the weakest
OF any championship club in years.
Hutchinson, one of baseballs nice guys,
speaks gruffy at times but he was deeply
moved by the Reds feat of jumping from
sixth place in 80 to first in '61 I'D be
lying if told you I thought last spring
we'd win the pennant," Hutch said. "Our
pitchers weren't getting anybody out and
our hitters couldn't hit. But was proud
of the team when the chips were down"
And this season, despite the words
worse than last spring."
We've got chance" he admitted. I'm
the National League If things go right for
any one of five or six clubs, it could mean
the pennant'
ONE OF THE N. L. MANAGERS who
readily explains Cincinnatis victory is
Walter Aston, manager Of the Los Angeles
Dodgers who were supposed to win. "They
just gave up fewer runs than any other
club" Aston says. Look it up. And re-
member, too, that Hutchinson's pitchers
were working in that small Cincinnati park.
That's normally free-scoring ball field"
The figures for 81 show that Cincin-
MATHS pitching, as far as earned run average
was concerned, was only third best. ST. Louis
and San Francisco ran one-two in club
pitching. But Aston was right about the
Reds yielding the fewest runs.
They gave up $50 (only 576 earned). The
Reds were involved in Is shutout games and
won IL of them. They were remarkably
successful in squeakers, winning "a one-run
games and losing only H.
Aston has called the Reds "a guilty ball
club" and with the best of reasons. For that
story we flash back to August of 81, when
the pennant was won and lost in two sepa-
rate series, one in Los Angeles and the other
in Cincinnati
THE FIRST OF THE CRUCIAL series
began on August 15 when the Second-place
Reds moved into Los Angeles trailing The
Dodgers by two games. In the first inning
OF the opener joey Jay gave up two runs to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-26
By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer

POMPANO BEACH, Fla,
Mar. 26.-Bennie Daniels says
he is just about ready to face
the Detroit Tigers in the season
opener at the new D. C. Sta
dunn two weeks from today,
and his three easy performances
to date indicate that the coveted
assignment is his.
Bonnie paced himself we'll in
working the first six innings as
the Senators defeated the New
! York Nets, go, here yesterday.
Even though he hadn't pitched
in eight days, Daniels showed
the mastery that made him
Washington's only pitcher in
the plus column (12-1D last
season. 1t left him a virtual
cinch to work before the largest
baseball crowd in the history OF
the Nations Capital.
In his stint Daniels was
touched for three singles, two
walks. two runs and struck out
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championship fight and the
champion should be given every
opportunity to keep his title"
Actually. Paret scored the
only knockdown Of the fight.
That was in the sixth round
when he caught Griffith with
a combination. Goldstein
counted eight before Griffith
came out of it.
But all through the bout.
Emile connected virtually every
time he threw a punch. Also.
the fact that Paret had been
knocked out by Gene Fullmer
in a middleweight title bout
last December 9 at Las Vegas,
probably had taken something
out of him.
"Paret entered the ring in
top physical shape" DR.. Alex
ander Schiff Of the New York
State Athletic Commission said.
otherwise the commission
never would have permitted
him to fight. He had passed all
the physical tests required.
Paret has been shaken up be-
fore in fights. But he was a
sound fighter physically when
he entered the ring. The trag-
edy is that it did happen"
One of Eight Children
Paret is one Of eight children.
He never had any formal edu-
cation and had hoped to fol-
low in the footsteps Of other
Cubans who made a mark in
the ring in the United States
the likes of Kid Gavilan and
Kid Chocolate.
He boxed 31a years in Cuba.
then came here. His first bout
was a draw against Bobby
Shell in st. Nicholas Arena,
May 10, 1858. Just two years
later, he won the welterweight
title from Don Jordan. He de-
Tended his crown successfully
once before Griffith knocked
him out in the 18th round of
their fight.
Then he won it back last year
in a disputed decision.
There was i'll feeling between
Griffith and Paret from the
weigh-in Saturday. Griffith
had accused Paret Of making
nasty remarks about him in
Spanish.
Only two ring fatalities have
occurred in championship
fights-the first in 1897 and
the next so years later.
The last death in a title fight
came on June "a, 1947 when
Jimmy Doyle died of injuries
sustained when he was stopped
by Sugar Ray Robinson in the
eighth round in Cleveland.
The only other championship
fight fatality on record came
in the Jimmy Barry-Walter
Coot 20-rounder in London,
December 6, 1897, as Barry won
undisputed possession Of the
bantamweight title. Croot died
Of a brain injury.
There were nine deaths in
1861 attributed to injuries in
fights.
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BOXERS CONDITION SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Poret Fights Heavy Odds
In His Battle for Survival

demanded the report be In his
hands today.
Takes Severe Beating
Paret took q severe beating
from Griffith before Referee
Ruby Goldstein stopped the
bout in 200 Of the 18th round
Ringsiders counted between &c
and rs punches that connected
while Griffith had Paret in q
neutral corner.
AS Paret, his head caught be.
tween the ropes, slid slowly tt
the floor, Griffith-striving tc
regain the championship he had
lost to Paret last September 81
|-blazed away with uppercut
after uppercut.
Goldstein rushed in to stor
it, and had to pull Griffith away
from the bleeding, unconscious
Paret. Still Griffith tried to
keep punching and his CONAN.
ager, Gil Clancy, dashed int
the ring to help Goldstein pull.
him away.
II didn't realize the fight
was over" said Griffith, a ma
tive of the Virgin Islands, who
now resides in New York. 81
thought Goldstein was trying tt
break up what he thought was
a clinch.
"And now this. I have never
had to undergo an experience
like this. I pray to God I never
have to again, or anyone else
has to-"
Griffith, a Methodist, said he
went to st. Malachy's Roman
Catholic Church to pray fol
Paret.
1.-THE way 1t ended takes ali
the Joy out of regaining the
title" Clancy said. IT think
Goldstein did a good job the
way he handled the fight and
stopped it.
"Paret had been super.
human earlier in absorbing
punches and weathering Grit.
this barrages. AS for the end
ing, 7 had no impression that
the referee could have stopped
it earlier"
G0ldstein Criticized
Alfaro criticized Goldstein fol
permitting the fight to last as
long as it did.
when Paret's head got
caught between the ropes,
screamed for Goldstein to stop
it," Altar said. But apparent
ly he didn't hear me-"
Goldstein, who has refereed
many championship fights in
New York and is a former
boxer, defended his actions.
81 felt I did the right thing
in the fight and I still think
So" he said. Sometimes things
don't turn out right afterwards
I knew Paret as a tough fellow
Sometimes in the first part OF
a round, he doesn't go well.
"Then he comes out of it and
starts fighting. I thought he
might roll away from the ropes
in the 18th round. A lot OF
fighters do that. Also remem-
Der that this was a world
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NEW YORK, Mar. 20 (AP)
Benny kid Paret, battered
senseless in losing the welter-
weight championship to Emile
Griffith, was in a coma and
reported near death today.
His manager. Manuel Alfaro,
said DR.. Howard Dunbar, a
neurological specialist, told him
Paret's chances Of recovering
from brain damage were zone
in 10000"
However, early today Alfaro
said Paret appeared to be
slightly improved because his
muscles were relaxed instead
Of rigid and he was able to
move his eyebrows. Paret had
just been given some blood
transfusions.
Alfaro made the statement
to newsmen as he left Paret's
room at Roosevelt Hospital to
sleep on a couch in the hospital
office for his first rest since
Paret was carried out Of the
ring at Madison Square Garden
Saturday night.
Paret's Wife Pregnant
Boxer Jose Torres, a friend
of the 25-year-old Paret, spent
hours at the hospital and said
Paret's wife, Lucy, wept most of
the time she was in her hus-
bands room.
Torres said she frequently
patted her husbands face,
pleading: Benny, Benny, listen
to me-"
Mrs. Paret, who flew here
from her Miami home when she
learned the extent of her hus-
bands injuries, spent the night
at the hospital. She had
watched the fight on television.
Mrs. Paret, %, who is expect
ing a second child in seven
months, brought the couples
2-year-old son, Benny, jr., here
with her.
Paret, who rose from a 81
a-day cutter in the sugar cane
fields Of Cuba to a world cham
pion, has been in a special
care unit at the hospital since
shortly after he was battered
down in defending his title
against Griffith.
When Paret went down in
the 18th round of the ma
tionally televised fight, oxygen
was administered in the ring.
Then the unconscious fighter
was taken to his dressing room
on Stretcher.
Holes Drilled In Head
Less than two hours after the
knockout, Paret was on an OPP
Grating table at the hospital.
Surgeons drilled four holes in
his skull to relieve the pressure
. of blood clots on both sides of
his brain.
Meanwhile. the New York
State Athletic Commission was
rushing to complete a report on
the fight ordered by Gov. Mel
son A. Rockefeller. In q tersely
worded telegram to Gen. Mel
win L. Krulewitch, chairman of
the commission. the Governor
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THE FIRST OF THE CRUCIAL series
began on August Is, when the second place
Reds moved into Los Angeles trailing The
Dodgers by two games. In the first inning
of the opener Joey Jay gave up two runs to
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BRIGHT FINISH

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2 Singled for Daniels in 9th.
3 Walked for Moford in 9th.
Singled for Smith in Sth.
3 Ran for Marshall in 9th.
6 Walked for MaeStri in 9th.
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demanded the report be in his
hands today.
Evening star., 1962-02-10
McKeIwoy Warns
On U. S. Control
OF News Matter

DENVER, Feb. 10 (AP).-
Government management of in
formation at the source in
Washington is a development
of more interest to newspapers
than any existing threat to
freedom Of information.
Benjamin M. McKelway, edi-
tor of The Washington Star and
president Of the Associated
Press, expressed this view in an
address to the Colorado Press
Association convention yester-
day.
He said newspapers should
always be aware of the possibil-
ity that Government manage
ment Of information originating
in the executive branch con-
ceivably could make newspapers
and other communications me-
dia the mere agents Of Govern
ment policy.
Mr.. McKelway said he was
attributing no such motives to
the Kennedy administration.
Prevention Of any such pos
sibility, he added, is the re-
sponsibility Of a free press
rather than of Government.
That responsibility is best
discharged through sound anc
independent reporting and in.
formed analysis Of information
to determine whether its pur-
pose is to serve the public in
terest or the interest of those
entrusted with Government, Mr.
McKelway said.
Evening star., 1962-02-10
Reol Understanding of Our Principles
Called Best Weapon Against Reds
RALPH McGILL

II the class will come to
order we will proceed with
the lesson on how to COM
bat communism.
It is a simple truism that
since we must use what we
call Americanism to over
come communism, we must
know what Americanism is.
We quickly learn that 1t is
many things to many per-
sons. Almost all of us have
our own personal reasons
why we love our country.
Our Nation has very special
meanings for each of us, and
this really is the way we
want it, and the way it
should be in any free society.
So this brings us down to
a very necessary decision.
Since we cannot teach Amer
icanism by offering our own
personal love for our country
(save by the example of our
lives), we must instruct
through it's principles, which
are its articles of faith in the
ability Of a people to govern
themselves.
These principles are, hap
PLY for us, in written form.
Evening star., 1962-02-10
Lord Russell Hits u. S,
Britain on Pirate Rodio

LONDON, Feb. 10 (AP).-
Bertrand Russell, aged apostle
Of nuclear disarmament, barged
onto the air last night with a
pirate radio broadcast Defend
ing colleagues facing trial and
denouncing United States-Brit-
ish nuclear planning.
Earlier in the day, Lord Rus
sell had warned the government
his ban-the-bomb movement
would organize mass civil diso-
bedience If Britain does not
reverse it's decision allowing
the United States use of
Christmas Island in the Pacific
for nuclear weapons testing.
Lord Russell's pirate radio
speech was heard Immediately
after BBC-TV programs ended
for the night with the ma
tional anthem. AS home screens
went blank, his voice came
through strongly. The radio
transmission broke down be-
fore he could finish.
The 89-year-old philosopher
leader Of an organization
known as the Committee of
100, said he took responsibility
for the actions of the six being
tried next week.
The six face charges Of vio-
lating the Official Secrets Act
by organizing demonstrations
last December 8 at the United
States base at Wethersfield
aimed at halting the flights oi
planes from the base. The
demonstration actually fizzlec
Evening star., 1962-02-10
Cone o7Heud
Educator Group

c. Clinton Cone, principal Of
Arlington's Kenmore Junior
High School, will assume the
presidency Of the Northern
Virginia District H Principals
Association next week.
Seventy principals and as
sistant principals of Junior and
senior high schools in Arling-
ton. Fairfax and Falls Church
comprise the membership of the
organization. Mr.. Cone sue
ceeds Robert Garner, assistant
principal of George Washing
ton High School in Alexandria.
His term will last two years.
Other new officers elected are
Craighill Burks of Mclean High
School, vice president; Mrs.
jamie H. Gentry of Yorktown
High School, secretary, and
George Gibbs of Groveton High
School, treasurer.
Evening star., 1962-02-10
More Vodka
Produced,
Less Whisky

Vodka production in thu
United States increased by ovel
9.3 million gallons in fiscaI
1861, according to the Interna.
Revenue Service.
Statistics on the production
and storage Of distilled spirits
wine and beer in the year end
ing June 30, 1861, also showed
a drop in whisky production Of
Is million gallons in the same
period.
An IRIS spokesman pointed
out yesterday that figures or
the production of spirits have
little relationship to consump.
tion data. If stocks Of one type
Of liquor are high, production
will drop temporarily. the IRIS
said.
Whisky stocks at the end O.
fiscal 1861 reached an all-tim,
high Of 838, 100000 gallons, tn,
IRIS said.
Production decreases alst
were reported for brandy, run
and gin. Beer production
dropped about l million gallon,
in the fiscal period.
Cigarettes manufactured IL
the year totaled over 518 billion
the IRIS said. The total repre-.
sented an increase of more
than II billion cigarettes owe,
the previous year.
Evening star., 1962-02-10
F ears for ItoIy's Government Shift

that Italy may have a left
of-center government.
Italy is important to us
because Of the bases we have
in this country. So long as
the cold war continues, we
won't be invited out" But
should this change for the
worse, our presence in italy
under a government depend
ing on Nenni's support will
become uncertain.
The Germans already have
expressed their concern
about the role Italy may play
in the European Community
If the party on whom the ad-
ministration relies principally
for its new social engineering
follows the Kremlin's poll
cies. A similar concern has
been expressed by the French.
For the time being, the
Italian people are apathetic
toward the politicians antics.
But demagoguery has moved
the Italian masses to ex-
tremes in the past. Many
political figures fear that
once the door is opened a
crack to Mr.. Nenni, 1t may
not be long before he takes
over.
For nearly Is years the
Christian Democrats, whom
we helped to power after
Alcide de Gasperi founded
the party. have done well.
Since De Gasperi's death,
there have been no brilliant
men at the head of the gov
ernment. But the coalition,
based on the splinter parties
from the center and the
right, gave Italy an admins
tration which brought her
people to the present apex of
prosperity and dimmed the
chances Of the Communists
to take over.
The alliance with the near
Communist Nenni Socialists
may open the way, it is
feared, to a rash of govern
mentS changing every few
months. The So-called social
progress which Mr.. Fanfani,
Mr.. Nenni and others are de-
manding for Italy may be
purchased at the price of a
weakened Italian prosperity
with state controlle d
economy.
Evening star., 1962-02-10
POTOMAC FEVER
BY Pete Wyma
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Dick Nixon praises Bob Kennedys performance in Japan
Apparently Nixon hopes Bob becoming skilled in debate
he'll come home and take on his brother.
The White House refuses to let military talk to
Senator Thurmond Now know who muzs the muzzlers
when the muzzlers busy muzzlng
When you get to analyzing today's Republicans they
aren't much political party-as bunch of people linked
together by the aibi
Russian youngsters eagerly await arrival Of The Twist
East East and West West and the twain shall twist
Progress note: In ancient times ignorant he
didn't how bad off he Now any child turn
the TV and find out
President Kennedy contends Gov Rockefeller is moving
to the right this be ue there's danger of Jack being
bracketed as fellow traveller.