Evening star., 1962-09-02

Uncle Sons
Credit Questioned
By MORRIS SlEeH


@ OF all things: Uncle Sans credit rating good enough
to borrow $24 million to build D. C. Stadium moth
ing to Milwaukee engineer who demanded to be paid
$50 in advance before repairing the automatic arpaulin
He finally agreed do the ob but returned the machines
faulty motors COD The National Institutes of Health
forwards mildly encouraging report Ernie Davis
THE tests continuing He is not the critical list"
spokesman at the Bethesda research center said
you don't mind being speared feel free to sing
Double your pleasure double your fun" around the YAM
KEGS The reelng champions who have lost double
headers far this season. also have lost % Of their total
Of 81 defeats in twin bills While their Is NIL rivals
listed commonplace items such hnemen and backs as
their chief needs for the coming the champion
Green Bay Packers simply asked for more seats in the
stadium"
MICS Saturday and Sunday pro basketball telecasts
have been dropped Not only viewers scarce, but
sponsors Betting the Lston Patterson
fight continues to make Liston 7to-5 favorite but
sdegh bookes also taking wagers that Liston won't
be the choice by fight time September Is. The New
York Nets eliminated from the National League pennant
race earlier than any team in history moving in
another negative statistic BY today they should become
the first New York club to lose 1O2 games since the Yam
KEGS Highlanders) did it so years ago.
To rate cluster in his 1851 asterisk for hitting 81
homers in 162 games Roger Mars must smack 80 in the
% remaining Yankee games He hardly the favorite
General Electric which boasts that progress is its most
important product took giant progressive step recently
by adding Cliff Battles to its Washington staff Two
nearby Maryland golf clubs after reading in The Star last
Friday of Internal intended breakdown CAL
cuta golf tournaments have scrapped the bggambling
events.
Tropical Park won't install quinela betting recently
approved by the Florida Racing Commission. Tropical
does well enough with its lucrative s. daily double without
ginmcks employed by dog tracks and jaiaai frontons
General Manager Bing Devine of the Cardinals and
Manager Gene Mauch of the Phies who appeared shaky
both rehred for 1862 but the status Of Ed Dohery
and Mickey Vernon of the Senators remains the same
unless General G. has had change of heart.
Veteran hodog gourmetS insist the frankfurters and
the service in general at D. c. Stadium the worst in
their long experience of athletic cookoutS. The $3.50
tab for heaterTv Of the LstonPaterson fight almost
bold heist job the recent SIS million mail truck
stckup Not the Redskins who at least guarantee
four full quarters charge much for their skrmishes
The American Football League should put up squawk
President Kennedys two Supreme Court appontees
Justice White former Pittsburgh Steeer and current
rooter while JuStice-designate Goldberg is Baltimore
Colt fam
New York sports announcer with a receding hair
line vetoed for the Wtassponsored CHS college foot
ball scoreboard show. Channel rs Bill Malone, who of
course doesn't that greasy kid stuff selected for
the job With only IA playing dates left the Senators
must average $4,000 hit their goal of 100000 customers
.... Deane Beman shocked to read in a Virginia
newspaper that he had retired from competitive golf He's
currently spending every spare moment his insurance
business permits praccng for the National Amateur at
Pinehurst in two weeks
The Interior Department is far and away Washing
tons biggest sports benefactor 1t primarily inStru
mental D. C. Stadium and solely responsible for pro-
viding George Washington U. with its new Columbia
Marina practice site The Redskins didn't drop Jim
Pace because they fearful of his knee
They cut him instead assistant coach sa because the
49ers hot rod himself afraid of another injury.
In personnel addition likely to strengthen their
half time appeal than their record the Redskins hired
Doris Snyder Of Hyattsve former Colt cheerleader to
head 3Ostrong cheereading section Of their Now
it's up to Bill McPeak to give the girls something to cheer
for.
Since the commissioners ruled that fans who run on
the field during liable to arrest and prosecution
there hasn't of respassng at D. c. Stadium
On the other hand the Yankees haven't been here since
the edict In scheduling the home -andhome Sc
with Brigham Young Bob Far CIV athletic director
is counting heavily the areas Mormon population Of
5000 to support the 1868 appearance of the Uahans here