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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
1t Couldn't Happen
To Any Nicer Guy
BY FRANCIS STANN

BY FRANCIS STANN
was traded to the Cleveland Indians for
First Baseman Vic Power.
NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE who are
wont to call the Twins the glamour gang
of the AL, and maybe they are. One looks
for the week when Minnesota will fall
apart, but so far the club hasn't and the
Twins success couldn't happen to a nicer
guy than Sam Mele.
This is Sans first full year as man
ager. He was one of Lavagetto'S coaches
until last June g. when he was kicked up
stairs while Cookie was fired. Not every
body felt that Sam was Griffith's perma-
nent manager After ALL Cal had fired
class guy in Bucky Harris and also dis
posed of Chuck Dresser.
But as these lines are written Mele has
fooled lot of experts.
Sam isn't the martinez, and prob
ably never will be one. Sam likes to sit
down with a friend and talk of boyhood
days at Astoria Long Island, when he
played stickball on the asphalt and basket:
ball in the local gyms.
81 GUESS IN THOSE DAYS my best
game was basketball" Sam muses.. 81
played some second base-imagine that
in high school. But thought one of my
brothers was so much better"
Sam comes from a sentimental Italian
family. His uncle is the stocky little Tony
Cuccinello, who once Tin 1945) came
within one point of winning the AL batting
n1oT hut &c o..
ing been a handy little infielder in both
major leagues and now the sturdy right
arm of Manager AL Lopez of the Chicago
White Sox.
TONY was hero to me-" Mele relates.
when he played for Boston in the National
League they were known as the Bees. When
the club came to the Polo Grounds my
uncle, Tony, came to Astoria to eat some
of his sisters pasta. Usually he'd bring
along Lopez, who was his roommate My
mother always fixed up something special
for these two.
ut was an event." Mele muses.. 1.-THE
whole block got excited. Who else had an
uncle who was major Lacquer? Who else
was bringing one of the best catchers in
the business for dinner?"
SO MELE, PREFERRING basketball,
stuck to baseball. He played for the Red
Sox and the Senators and the White Sox
and Red Sox (again), and wound up with
the Reds and Indians. Maybe he wasn't
a star, but he was an honest performer,
like Uncle Tony.
1t would be wonderful If the Twins
could make up more than 38 games and
win it all, although the Minnesota pitching
staff is suspect. Mele realizes that after
PaScual-and perhaps Jim Kaat-he hasn't
much starting material
But this is the kind of guy he is and
the kind of family who brought him up.
Just before he left for spring training camp
last February he asked his mother, ''Who
are you going to root for this year, me or
Uncle Tony with the White Sox?"
Anna Cuccinello smiled, and with the
wisdom of female Solomon, she replied,
Sam, hope you win half the time and
Tony wins half the time"
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and sank to their eighth loss
in their last nine starts. The
Orioles. now Just 41a games off
the pace in fifth place, won
their eighth in 10 games.
Harmon Killebrew launched
Minnesota's assault on the
White Sox when he cracked
his 18th homer with one on in
the first off Juan Pizarro. The
Twins got two more off the
Chicago lefty in the second on
four straight walks and a sac
rifice fly, then ripped Dom
Zanni with a five-run explosion
in the fifth. Southpaw Jim
Kaat Slugged a homer, Vic
Power did the same. and Bob
Allison followed with another
with two aboard.
With all this support, Kaat
breezed to his seventh victory
in IL decisions, yielding IL hits,
including a homer. double and
single to AL Smith.
Bill Monbouquette cooled off
the Indians, who had won four
in a row and nine Of IL, pitch
ing a four-hitter. The Boston
Highlander had a shutout go
ing until the eighth. when .
walk and Gene Green's pinch
homer gave Cleveland its two
runs. The Red Sox collected
all 10 of their hits and three
of their runs against Ruben
Gomez. the ex-National Lea
guer making his first start in
the majors since 1860.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
BY the Associated Press

The pundits have been saying
for the past six years that
there's no telling just how we'll
Don Drysdale might do if he
were to get his temper under
control. The big Dodgers pitcher
finally is making them look
good.
With a firm rein on tie fiery
temper that has been one of the
chief reasons he's failed to
make the magic 20 wins in six
previous seasons, the 6-foot-6
Highlander is off to his best
start and is one Of the prime
movers in the Dodgers drive to
the top of the National League.
He notched his 18th victory
of the season last night as the
Dodgers moved out to a az
game advantage over the fall
tering Giants. Last season Don
didn't get No. IL until Sep
TENDER 4.
His steady nine-hitter and his
eighth complete game, along
with some lusty hitting by
Frank Howard. helped the
Dodgers to a 80 victory over
st. Louis while San Francisco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20

and knocked San Francisco
another game off the pace. The
Colts belted Billy O'Dell (7-6)
for three runs in the first and
never were headed.
Jerry Lynch'S single, his third
hit Of the game, drove In Don
Blasingame with the run that
broke a IL tie and lifted Gin
cinnati two percentage points
ahead Of the Pirates.
Lynch also scored the first
run after a fourth-inning triple.
Jim Maloney set the Pirates
down on four hits in eight in
nings.
The Cubs collected their fifth
straight victory in the come
back against the Phillies. Phil
adelphia had a So lead going
into the ninth, but the Cubs
damned in six runs against
five Philadelphia pitchers.
Roger Craig's seven-hitter
and home runs by Gene Wood
ling and Joe Christopher were
the big items in the Nets VIC
tory over Milwaukee, the sixth
time in 10 meetings the leagues
tail-enders have beaten the
! Braves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
By the Associated Press

Could be the Angels have
taken the Yankees place in
more ways than one.
The ever = surprising Angels
took over third place from the
Yankees in the ever-surpriSing
American League race last
night and they did it by beat
ing the Yanks' once-private
patsies-the Athletics. Their
IA decision was the Angels
sixth straight victory over the
AS and their ninth in IL meet
ings this year.
Meanwhile, Boston knocked
off the front-running Indians,
Az: Minnesota moved up by
rapping Chicago, ga; Balti-
more won its fifth in a row
and handed the YankS their
fifth successive defeat, 81, and
Frank Larry recorded his first
victory in over two months
with a neat six-hitter as De-
troit blanked Washington, SO.
The results lett Cleveland a
bare half game ahead of the
Twins, Los Angeles pa back in
third, and the fourth-place
Yankees three games behind
the Indians.
The Angels Socked four hon.
erS, three doubles and collected
six walks against four Kansas
City pitchers, but had to strug-
gle to beat the AS. who've been
doing pretty well themselves
against everyone except the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
Cicada Shoots
For Triple in
American0aks

NEW YORK, June 20 tAP).
- Cicada, the tough tomboy
filly who could beat most of
the 3-year-old colts If her
owner gave the word, shoots
for a cool 100000 Saturday in
the Coaching Club American
Oaks at Belmont Park.
The greatest money winning
gal racer in history may be
opposed by seven or eight rivals
in the mile and a quarter finale
of the rich New York Triple
Crown for fillies. But she has
beaten most of the opposition
at one time or another, and will
be an oddS-on favorite to annex
the 18th stakes Of her brilliant
career.
The bay daughter of Bryan
G.-SatSuma from C. T. Chem
ery's Meadow Stable whipped
King Ranch's Tamarona in the
Acorn Stakes at Aqueduct, and
trimmed E. Barry Ryan's Firm
Policy in the Mother Goose
Stakes at Belmont three weeks
ago. The Oaks is the Triple
finale and may be her hardest
test. No filly has won all three.
Firm Policy and Tamarona,
along with the Wheatley Sta
ble's Batter Up and Ogden
Phipps' Broadway. an entry
trained by Sunny Jim Fitzsim-
mons, are expected to start,
along with James Cox Brady's
UpSwept and c. v. Whitney's
Jazz Queen.
Another prospective opponent
is the Canadian champion. E.
P. Taylor's Flaming Page. Ci-
cada whipped Flaming Page in
the Kentucky Oaks at Louis
vile in May, but it could be an
other story Saturday. Flaming
Page defeated the top colts in
Canada Saturday in the $4,000
Queens Plate at Woodbine, 60
ing l "a miles. Previously, Flam-
ing Page won the Canadian
Oaks.
Saturdays winner will COL
lect about $4,000. If Cicada
makes the grade, she gets an
additional $4,000 bonus for
winning the Triple Crown. She
already has earned $3.50, 176,
and an Oaks victory would
vault Cicada from 30th place
to goth in the all-time money
winning list - right behind
Social Outcast with $668,300.
Willie Shoemaker, the
wealthy Jet commuter, will be
in from California again to ride
Cicada. He's hit the jackpot
on the last three Saturdays at
Belmont, winning the $780, ITS
Mother Goose June 2, the $751;
800 Belmont with Jaipur June
2, and the Glen Mccarthy
Purse with Kelso and the $685.
$50 Nassau County Stakes with
Beau Prince last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
WIN LOSE OR DRAW

THIS WAS A DAY in March at Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, new training grounds of
the Yankees, and the Minnesota Twins
were buSing from Orlando, or someplace
to play an exhibition. The Twins-once
the Senators representing Washington
didn't seem especially happy.
Sam Mele, the manager was suiting
up in the visitors dressing room. He sat
on folding chair and pulled on his long
socks. A couple of newSpapermen sat on
catchers' chest protectors, placed on the
floor, like guys in Geisha house.
The Twins had finished SO games back
of the Yankees in 1861. They had stand
out holdout in Camilo Pascual 1t looked as
if they had problems in the infield. Har-
mon Killebrew, who wanted to play first
base, was grumbling because he'd been
shifted to leftfield.
Zorro Versailles makes all the plays
one day and not single one the next"
Mele mumbled, speaking Of his moody
shortstop. He had no established third
baseman or second baseman, just rockies
like Rich Rollins and Bernie Allen, plus the
aging, take-you-nowhere guys like Jose
NoANANAOAoO ohO O4AAJ NAoA
PEDRO RAMOS, the nominal No. 2
pitcher behind the striking Pascual,
stripped down in far corner Of the room.
He didn't bear much resemblance to the
1.-THE Cuban who once was willing to bet
money that he could outrun Mickey Mantle
Excuse me-" Mele said, striding to-
ward his newly pot-bellied pitcher. "I1l
be back in couple of minutes"
But you could hear Mele talking to
Ramos on the other side.
"You were kind of late checking into
and you missed the bus coming here"
Ramos placated. "a couple of things
came up, Skip" he said. "I didn't mean
to break the rules"
Mele sighed and returned to his small
audience of newsmen. ut isn't good, is
it, Sam?" a man asked.
1T could be better" Mele replied,
struggling.
IN THE GRANDSTAND, later, Cal
Griffith admitted that he was serious now
about signing PaScual. Joe Haynes, the
vice president of the Twins, wore worried
look.
81 have hunch," one writer said, "that
Mele is skating on thin ice, or haven't you
seen any thin ice since you moved to
Minnesota"
Sam is our manager" Haynes said.
$50 was Cookie Lavagetto," he was
reminded.
Haynes ignored the remark.
There are rumors," he was told, chat
a couple of guys are looking over Mele'S
shoulder. You know, Ed FITZGERALD and
Floyd Baker"
Look" Haynes said, we've got man
ager. We haven't got the ball club yet"
And then suddenly everything about
the Twins took shape. Rollins became the
third baseman, maybe as good as any in
the American League right now. Allen, the
ex-Purdue football quarterback, supplanted
the veteran Martin at second base. Ramos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
Stair Denying
He'll Resign Post
For CoIIeqe Job
By the Associated Press

Elvis j. Stair, jr., has de-
MED reports that he is plan
ming to resign as Secretary of
the Army to become a uni
versity president.
Mr.. Stair issued a state
ment yesterday in reply to a
story that he was considering
leaving the Government to be-
come president of Indiana
University. He said that some
weeks ago he had learned that
he was one of a number of
people being considered for the
Indiana post.
But, he added, Il have heard
nothing further about the mat
ter since that time. can state
categorically that I have not
been offered the presidency of
Indiana University and 1 hope
that stories to the contrary,
of which I do not know the
source, have not caused the
university any embarrassment.
4 am not considering leaving
the Government to accept that
or any other position"
Mr.. Stair, who will be As
Friday, was president of West
Virginia University before be-
coming Secretary of the Army
lin January, 1861.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05

up a breeze from the west.
and restrained the sliding
ship with power equivalent to
four sea-going tugs. A theo-
retical mud flat was set UP
on the far side nS the basin.
Every time the carrier was
launched, she slid across the
water beautifully, and ended
up on the mud flat. So the
senior phoned Norfolk and
told an admiral that, no mat
ter what he did under such
conditions, his ship was 60
ing to end up high and dry.
You're nuts" the admiral
said. THAT launching is
scheduled for tomorrow I'M
der those conditions. Half Of
Washington is going to be
down here and they want to
see this CIV in the water. Go
back to your toys, my friend"
AT THE BASIN, the Off
GERS shrugged. The following
day, with cabinet members
watching, the carrier slid
slowly down the ways, IT,
900 tons dead weight, and
went straight across the es-
tuary and up on a mudbank.
The officers at the Basin
were still playing with their
toys and laughing when they
got the flash. That's the
trouble" one of them said.
Nobody listens to u.s."
copyright, 1862, King Features
Syndicate. Inc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05

The First Baptist Church of
the City of Washington, D. c.,
closed it's week-long Festival OF
Religious Arts by presenting
the Washington Cantata Group,
Ia small chorus of excellent
singers conducted by Richard
Weilenmann. They were accom-
panied by an unidentified but
rather good orchestra.
The program consisted of a
Bach cantata and a Haydn
mass, separated by the Bach
suite for flute and strings. The
suite was played we'll by Louise
Corey, flute, who gave an es-
pecially good account of the
final Badinerie. The accom-
panying strings we're good, eX-
cept for a certain amount of
tagging and uncertain pitch in
the bass part. Tempt were
good, although the Polonaise is
more effective faster, with
three beats to the bar instead
of six. A harpsichord should
have been used for the con-
tinue. The trio of the Polo
naise sounds terribly bare with
out the chords.
The group was better re-
hearsed and better balanced
than the last time I heard it..
The Bach cantata suffered by
using the organ, which was
lower in pitch than the oboes
could manage. No one else
quite knew which to tune to.
The Haydn was bright, tuneful,
and altogether lovely. The
soloists were exceptionally good,
with the coloratura work of
Carolyn Knight in the Kyrie of
the Haydn Mass being possibly
the most noteworthy individual
contribution. 1 was also i'm
pressed by the rich, dark tone
and even scale of 10 Ann Toll
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
DEAR ABBY
Courteous Youth Gets q Jolt
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

bands with her. I have one
who is a real nut on clean
illness. He showers every
morning, and if we go out
that evening he showers
again. Then, no matter what
time we get home, before
going to bed, he takes an
other shower.
I have had 26 bath towels,
16 pairs of socks, IA pairs of
shorts and 7 pairs of pajamas
in the wash in one week!
Please don't get the idea that
I am sloppy, because I am
not. I'm for cleanliness, too,
but a person can overdo the
immaculate bit. WIFE.
Hang on to your super
immaculate husband. Mod
Grafton is, of course, ideal in
all things, but If your hus-
band must 60 overheard on
one, be glad it's soap and
water.
DEAR ABBY: Please don't
think this is too silly to an
swer, because we want to
know and cannot find it any
where. Do Eskimos really rub
noses together to show affec-
ton?
CURIOUS KIDS
I don't know either, but I
am printing your letter
hoping that someone up in
Alaska will write in and in
form us both. Who nose?
y Il Il
Still worrying about the
same old problem? Write to
Abby in care of the Enentng
Star for a personal reply. in
close a stamped, Sel-ad-
dressed envelope.
For Abby'S booklet, "HoW to
Haze a Lovely Wedding" send
SOC to Abby, Boz 1865, Beverly
Hills, Calf.
Distributed by
Mcknight Syndicate)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
Attorney Group
Elects WILEY

James A. Wiley has been
elected president Of the Asso-
citation of Plaintiffs Trial At
torneys of Metropolitan Wash
ington.
Other officers elected at a
meeting last week were: Jacob
Gordon, vice president; Ber-
nard Shankman, treasurer, and
Alden w. Hoage, secretary.
The association includes an
estimated 300 lawyers who rep
resent plaintiffs in cases be-
fore Washington courts.
Jacob A. Stein. a member,
was presented the groups
Plaintiffs Lawyer of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
By PETER J. STEINCRc"N

Doctors are just plain,
ordinary human beings.
Most people expect these
fragile bits Of humanity to
live and act as if they were
as indestructible as steel or
concrete.
I am not trying to pro-
tect doctors from their de-
tractors. Being human,
doctors have their share of
faults. All I am trying to do
is alert you to the fact that
they can only do so much
and no more.
Fatigue and utter eXhaus-
ton are two of the doctors
greatest enemies. At times
they envelop him and i'm
prison him as if he were in
a STRAIGHTFORWARD.
He sits down to a warm
dinner with his family and
comes back, hours later, to
finish it-cold. He goes to
bed at night, almost pray
ing for a full nights sleep,
and is called out once or
twice for emergencies.
(There are still doctors who
make night calls.)
He is on call "a hours a
day, seven days a week. The
telephone bell jars him into
almost continuous action;
and the hands of the clock
thumb their nose at him
every moment. MANY a patti
ent has said to me-plumper,
dishwasher. businessman,
lawyer-I wouldn't swap Jobs
with you for all the maca-
roni in italy,
AT LAST, HERE is what I
have been getting to. My
purpose hasn't been to gid
the doctors knife or stetho-
scope. You all know what
kind of life he leadS-dedi-
Gated, but demanding. All I
suggest is that you be a patti
ent patient when he becomes
inpatient and surly. Per-
haps he's had a bad night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05

DEAR ABBY: My girl
friend (18) and I (19) went
to visit her grandmother. 1t
was a 7-hour bus ride. The
bus was packed, but we got
two seats together. At the
first stop a little, silver-haired
lady got on. Nobody offered
her a seat, so I got up and
gave her mine. She was very
grateful. She got off when
we did, but my girl friend
was so mad she gave me my
class ring back. She said 1
was a sap and should have
sat there and kept her COM
pany. Now my mother isn't
as old as this silver-haired
lady, but I've had it drilled
into me since I was a child
to respect age. Do you think
my girl should have broken
off with me over something
like that?
LOST MY GIRL
l think you are lucky to be
rid of her. A girl who would
give you the gate for showing
courtesy and consideration to
an elderly person is not worth
worrying about.
4 Il y \
DEAR ABBY: Tell ONLY
HIS WIFE" whose husband
took a bath once a year, that
I will be glad to change hus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
JIM BISHOP
REPORTER

At the David w. Taylor
Model Basin, Carderock, Md.
admirals play with toy ships
for a serious purpose.
The place was named after
Rear Admiral David w. Tay-
lor. In 1885, he graduated
from the U. S. Naval Acad-
envy with the highest marks
in history. He was a dis
ciplined intellectual. a young
man who harnessed his mind
with imagination. For awhile,
he went abroad to study naval
architecture at the British
Royal Naval College, and
there he saw a small basin
for towing model ships.
THIS GAVE HIM an idea.
He returned to the United
States and fought his super
iors for money to build a
basin where small models of
warships could be built to
scale. In 1896, he won and the
first basin was built. Young
Taylor was appointed dlrec-
tor and he supervised ship
tests for Is years.
He was deep in retirement,
in 1886, when the new one
was started at Carderock. 1t
is not a toy factory, but a
place of infinite precision.
Every class of navy ship is
built to exact scale-long be-
fore the big one is on the
Ways-and is towed, tested,
and turned for weaknesses.
From October 1910, until
now, the Taylor Basin has
saved the United States Navy
scores of millions of dollars
in mistakes.
Inside the main building is
a towing channel, 1900 feet
long. 1t is built to the precise
curvature of the earth. So
are the four sets of rails
which flank it. Small towing
cars pull each cruiser, each
aircraft carrier, at varying
speeds the length of the
channel. The officers who
conduct these tests can pre-
dict within a half knot, how
much speed the big prototype
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05

1t is doubtful that any one
musical instrument has ever
enjoyed the long term esteem
accorded the lutte through the
18th and 18th centuries, and
we'll into the 18th. It accom-
panied singers and dancers,
figured Importantly in orch
chestras, and served we'll as
a formal solo instrument.
Yesterday afternoon at the
Corcoran Gallery. two gifted
artists explored the immense
world of musical literature this
singular instrument has left us
and it was an afternoon of pure
pleasure.
The Belgian Mezzo Christiane
Van Acker and lutenist Michel
PodolSki selected a fine pro-
gram that emphasized the in
strumest's long-lived universal
ity, and displayed an intimate
! understanding of the wide
range of styles it covered.
! Miss Van Acker was remark
ably adaptable in the varied
demands of an ingenious set
of Spanish vihuela songs, a
group of sustained Elizabethan
lyrics, and Monteverdi's i'm
pasSioned drama. Her language
facility was commanding, her
accuracy beyond reproach.
Denis Gaultier'S sophisticated
ornamentation and Bach's con-
trapuntal misunderstanding to
stretch the Instruments capa-
bilities beyond endurance -
posed Mr.. Podolski with more
than a few problems. He met
them bravely and effectively
however. and never ceased to be
an able and knowledgeable ex.
ponent of his rare art.