davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1962-01-29
BASEBALL LURES
ROCKY'S BROTHER

BROCKTON. Mass, Jan.
20 (AP).-Peter Marchegia-
no-a name with a familiar
ring-may appear on a
professional baseball con-
tract before spring training
gets underway.
The younger brother of
Rocky Marciano, who re-
tired as unbeaten heavy
weight boxing champion of
the world, was an all
scholastic baseball catcher
and football center.
Marchegfano has passed
up this term at the Uni
versity of Miami to con-
slider some pro bids.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
UeIses to Get Two Cracks
At16-FootVau|t ThisWeek

inches held by Don Bragg. 1t
also topped the recognized
world outdoor record of Is
feet 914 inches set by Bragg in
the 1860 Olympic trials.
Equals Pending Mark
His leap also equaled the
pending outdoor record set by
George Davis of Oklahoma in
the Big Eight championships
last July. The previous D. c.
Armory mark was Bragg's
l5-4L2.
The mark will not be sub
mitted for recognition as a
world record. Indoor marks
are not recognized as world
marks by the International
Amateur Athletic Federation
since indoor vaulting is not
widespread outside North
America.
When he is unable to vault
outdoors, Uelses does most OF
his practicing on Quantities.
basketball floor on an approach
lane lined out with tape. He is
able to travel to the Naval
Academy two days a week to
work out in the Middies' field
house.
Room to Spare
The Marine vaulter cleared
the bar with room to spare on
each leap Saturday night. On
his record jump, it appeared
he could have cleared the bal
had it been set at 16 feet. =
| Uelses has developed his cwr
Evening star., 1962-01-29

for the Empire Games in Perth,
Australia, later this year.
1.-TWO months of strict train
ing would bring me back to my
Rome standard the won the
Olympic ,500-meter)," Elliott
said. But must concentrate
on my studies first.
IF Smell and I do meet, it
will be a tough race. 1t all will
depend on how tired we are at
the finish. If we're equally tired,
SHELLS speed could be decisive.
But I shall not go unless I'm
fit"
Smell said that I'm anxious
to meet Elliott at either the En-
pire Games of the 1864 Olym-
pics"
Elliott said he was not sur
prised that Smell broke the
record.
Hes a relatively unknown
quantity Elliott said. But his
past performances suggested
he had it in him. I'd have been
surprised If it had been any
one else"
Evening star., 1962-01-29
SAN FRANCISCO SPECTATORS
TAKE THEIR (OUCH!) LUMPS

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20 (AP).-Two spectators
were hit on the head by golf balls at the Francisco
International Open yesterday and both shots were by
players in the final threesome.
Police Sgt. Eugene Doan reported a Santa Rosa
(Cato man with the same name, Eugene Dolan, S.
hit by Billy CaSpers hooked drive on the fourth farway
On the 18th fairway, drive by the tournament
winner, Gene Ltter, conked Norman Sacchetti ST. on
the head Sacchetti, DAILY City, Calf, was taken to
Alemany Emergency Hospital.
That wasn't ALL" Sgt Dolan said. "One guy had
sunstroke and another burned his foot when
body spilled coffee him.
That's kind of odd though. of those getting
hit on the head having the same name as me-"
Evening star., 1962-01-29
ONeiII, Vosmik
Rites Tomorrow

CLEVELAND, Jan. 29 (AP).
Two well-known Cleveland
sports figures will be buried
tomorrow.
Steve O'Neill, SO, former
major league catcher and man
ager who died here Friday night
after suffering a heart attack.
will be buried in Scranton, Pa,
following a requiem high mass
in Scranton's st. Joseph Church.
Services for Joe Vosmik, 81.
former slugging outfielder for
the Indians and four other ma
jor league clubs, died of pneu-
monia yesterday. Services will
be held at the Golubski Funeral
Home in suburban Garfield
Heights, with burial in High
land Park Cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
Beatty, GreI|e Ready
For Race With Smell

PORTLAND. Oreg., Jan. 20
(AP).-The next big mile race
comes up February 10 at Los
Angeles, and Jim Beatty and
Jim Grelle of Los Angeles are
ready for it.
So too is Peter Smell, the Zea-
lander who cracked the world
mile record Saturday and who
is coming here for this indoor
meet.
Grelle' showed his readiness
in the Oregon indoor track meet
Saturday night by upsetting the
current collegiate mile cham
pion, Dyrol Burleson of Oregon.
He won by 10 yards in a last
lap drive. Slow going in the
early laps cut the time to 4:10.2.
Beatty also proved he was in
condition with a last-lap sprint
that brought victory in the
l 1,000-yard race. The time was
2:09.9. Just two seconds over
the world indoor record.
At Los Angeles Beatty and
Grelle also will be facing Laszlo
Tabori, the former Hungarian
ace.
I'm about ready for that
one. I was just running to win
here, but I should be able to
go under 4 minutes at Los
Angeles" Beatty said.
Burleson is the principal
challenger to Beatty for recog-
milton as the premier middle
distance runner in the United
States. Beatty won three mile
races in a row from Burleson,
but Burleson won their last out
ing last year.
Grielle was the college mile
champion when he was at the
University of Oregon, but in his
senior year lost much of his
fanfare to Burleson, then a
sophomore.
Il thought I could take him.
Y waited until Just before the
start of the last lap, then cut
around him." Grelle said. Grelle
managed to get 10 yards in
Evening star., 1962-01-29
SPOTLIGHT ON SPORTS
By BILL FUCHS
By BILL FUCHS

shirt, drew a punch, and knocked 80 cents
worth of beefsteak and onions out of my
ticket.
"It pains me very much to do this he
said, but duty is duty I'm letting you
off light this time. Don't do it again or
you'll lose few pieces of pie"
THERE is THE STORY of how Ed
Reulbach, pitcher for the Cubs, found Harry
up at the Brooklyn grounds one day and
found Lumley. the Dodger slugger, taking
batting practice.
Ruelbach pitched to Lumley for while
and later told teammate Mordecai (Three-
finger Brown: 'I've got Lumley's weak
ness. Low curve, inside the plate. I pitched
them to him half an hour and he can't
touch them" Brown muttered. "You may
try him with one; 1 won't" :: -.
Reulbach finally got his chance at a
crucial point in the next series in Chicago.
The Book of Baseball reported: "The dent
is still in the sign over the rightfield
bleachers where that ball struck, and Reul-
bach is still searching for Lumleys weak
ness"
If present-day managers feel like COM
planning about the lack of fire in their
rockies, it may console them to know there
can be too much eagerness.
rookie named Arthur Ball joined the
Baltimore team just before the turn of the
century. He came up from the minors
filled with tales of the necessity of follow
ing orders without question. One day the
Orioles loaded the bases in the ninth inning
with the score tied and two out against the
Giants, and Manager Ned Hanlon sent Ball
up as pinch-hitter.
WHAT SHALL I DO?" Ball asked.
'Use your head" Hanlon snapped
Ball did. He deliberately stuck his head
in the way of fast ball from Amos Rusie,
one of the fastest pitchers of the day.
When he was released from the hospital
two weeks later, feeling satisfied because
he had followed orders, he was amazed to
be given his release.
"You won the game for me-" Hanlon
said, "but if you haven't any more respect
for your head than that, you won't do on
my club. If you had caught that fast one
of Rusie's square, we would probably be
planting flowers over your resting place
now"
In summing up the 1910 season, the
authors had this comment to make on the
Senators: Unfortunately, not all of the
pitchers finished as well as they had begun,
and there were occasional lapses toward the
latter part of the year in which Washington
lost opportunity to advance by reason of
failure to win double-headers"
That's exactly what Mickey Vernon was
thinking the other day.
Evening star., 1962-01-29

he held out all season and
never did join the Giants.
In recent years Roush has
been putting on a uniform and
helping around the Bradenton
park while the Milwaukee
Braves work out. 1T gives me
something to do" he said.
Two Batting Titles
Missing training camp didn't
seem to hurt Roush. His life
time average for 16 years was
1923, and he won the batting
title at Cincinnati with .34l
in 1917 and 1921 in 1919. He
was a lefthanded batter and
thrower. He was an excellent
centerfielder who liked to play
shallow. right behind second
base. In his day he used per-
haps the heaviest bat (48
ounces) in the game.
McKechnie also was a big
league player. He was active
as an infielder for seven clubs
between 1907 and 1920, putting
in six seasons with Pittsburgh,
but he was elected as a man
ager.
Deacon Bill won a pennant at
Pittsburgh in 1925, beating
Washington in the World
Series. He won at St. Louis in
1928, losing to the Yankees, and
at Cincinnati in 1889 and 1910.
The Reds lost to the Yanks in
four straight in '39, but they
beat Detroit in seven games
in 40.
After McKechnie stepped
down at Cincinnati in 1916, he
coached under Lou Boudreau at
Cleveland from 1947 to 1949
and at Boston Q952-3). While
he was managing at Cincinnati,
Roush once served under him
as coach in 1888.
Old Deacon Bill, a native of
Williamsburg, Pa, heard the
news in Syracuse, N. Y, where
he was visiting his son, Jim,
between dinner appearances at
Boston and Pittsburgh. He has
another son, William, jr., who
is president of the Glass D Flo
rida State League.
II just don't know what to
say" McKechnie said over the
telephone, noticeably affected
by the news. Il just can't de-
scribe it. 1t is wonderful. 1t is
great to hear that Edd was
elected. We just had a long
talk the other day. You know
we played together and are
neighbors in the winter"
Evening star., 1962-01-29
McKechnie and Roush
cam Up Again in Hall
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (AP)

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (AP).-
Edd Roush and Deacon Bill
McKechnie, two sparkling
names in National League his
tory, have been named to base
balls Hall of Fame.
RouSh, 68, and McKechnie,
IA, were elected yesterday as
the seth and Goth members by
the veterans committee which
considers only players in active
for at least 80 years.
They will be inducted July
% at Cooperstown, N. Y, along
with Bob Feller and Jackie
Robinson, named last week by
the baseball writer's from men
retired at least five years but
not more than 80 years.
1t was fitting that Roush
and McKechnie should get the
nod at the same time. They
were teammates in the Federal
League at Indianapolis and
Newark in 1914-15 and with
the Giants in 1916 before they
were traded with Christy
Mathewson to Cincinnati for
Buck Herzog and Wade Kille-
fer. In the winter they are
neighbors, living only about
two blocks apart in Bradenton,
Fla. Both are regulars on the
spring training beat in Florida.
Sometimes Too Late
Roush was in Bradenton
when he got the news by tele-
phone from Paul Kerr, secre-
tary of the veterans commit
tee which had met in New
York.
tits all right, but sometimes
these things come too late"
said RouSh, a native of Oak
land City. Ind. 1T takes them
too long to vote on these play
ers. Waiting for 80 years after
a man becomes inactive, and
five years to vote him in is too
long. BY that time a lot of men
are not around any more"
Roush still was under the
writer's jurisdiction in 1860
when he topped their poll, but
he did not have the required
three-fourths vote. This year
was the first time the veterans
committee considered him.
It was ironic that Roush
should get the news in Florida.
When he was a player he
Stunned spring training until
the last minute and then
grabbed a bat and took his
regular place. One year, 1880,
Evening star., 1962-01-29

to change his mind about TAX
ing a crack at it.
Uelses said later he had
cooled off" because of a long
delay in measuring the bar
after the record jump. He
also said he didn't want to
aggravate a groin injury suf-
fered in the Sugar Bowl track
meet during the Christmas
holidays.
Uelses' vault Saturday night
bettered the existing world in
door record of IS feet 91a
Evening star., 1962-01-29
Ford Gets Award In Philadelphia

most courageous athlete of 1861.
whose identity is kept secret
until he is introduced at the
banquet.
A host of famed sports figures
will attend the associations
58th annual banquet.
Evening star., 1962-01-29

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 20
(AP).-The Philadelphia Sports
Writers Association will honor
Southpaw Whitley Ford of the
Yankees tonight as Americas
outstanding athlete of 1861.
Also to be honored will be the
Evening star., 1962-01-29
LiftIer' Putter
Pays Dividend
In Coast Golf
ST Club Provides
Winning Touch
At San Francisco

oE1N CIbTa1NS4ONS, OdIl. 80
(AP).-Gene Littler's one-dol-
lar putter was a cold and un-
responsive hunk of iron until
he really needed it.
Then the ancient, homemade
club the National Open cham
pion picked up for q buck in
Milwaukee three months ago
dropped two decisive puts for
Gene in a rally that made him
$4,000 richer today-winner of
the San Francisco Interna-
tional Open golf tournament
by two strokes with a 73-274.
The usually steady San Diego
pro was IL under par for three
rounds and six strokes in front
Of the field going into the final
round yesterday, and it looked
like a breeze for first money
in the $4,000 event.
Even George Knudson, the
spectacular young Canadian
who almost upset Gene at the
finish, as well as Billy Casper
and Bob Rosburg, were so far
back that it looked like they
were merely fighting it out for
second money.
Duel at Finish
Instead. there developed a
duel at the finish, with Knud-
son, Casper and Rosburg all
making a run for the top
money-and falling back in the
face of Littler's two key brides
on the stretch holes.
So at the finish it was Lift
Ter by two, with the 24-year-
old Knudson picking up his
biggest tournament check -
81. .600-for second place at 276.
Casper and RoSburg finished at
277 for $4,000 each before
heading for this weeks Desert
Classic at Palm Springs.
Even Dow Finsterwald came
from far back to shoot a six
under-par 80 on the front nine
and, up to the turn, enter into
lSerious contention. But Dow
came up with Bogey trouble
and wound up tied in fifth
place with 279.
KnudsOn Pulls Even
Littler's SO going out left him
with 237 after SO holes. Knud-
son and Rosburg each had 33
for 240. Casper and Finster-
wald were 81 for 241 at the
turn.
After Littler's game faltered
when he took bogeys at IL, IL
and '13 on bad chip shots,
Knudson pulled up even with
him, with Casper and Rosburg
just one stroke back.
However, Littler's putter
caught fire then. and he bird
led "a and 16 with six-footers
after fine approaches, steady
ing down to finish strong after
admittedly being shaky.
Gene went ahead on IA when
each of his three pressing rivals
took pars on the hole. Littler
added to his margain when
Casper blew himself to a bogey
at Is and Gene birdied ,16.
Player Out of Money
Knudson had pars all along
on the back nine until he and
Littler both bogeyed the 18th,
but by then it was all over for
Genes competitors.
Gary Player of South Africa,
the defending champion, fin
ished far down the list with a
1921, one stroke behind Jack
Nicklaus. the 1861 National
Amateur champion who re-
Gently turned pro. Nicklaus
collected $62.85. while Player,
the leading money-winner of
1861, didn't collect a cent for
the second straight week.
Arnold Palmer had 71-278,
while George Archer paced the
amateurs with a 1928.
The noOY1ev yuinoare.
Evening star., 1962-01-29

Francis Stonn is on vocation. His Win, Lose or Drow
column will be resumed February T.
np," player said "You might want to,
but you think about the fine you'll get and
you keep quiet" e..
Among the rare exceptions is Jim Pier
sail, who acts up quite often and is held to
be baseball's ''rnost 'colorful" player
"They wanted the game to have dig
nity" manager said. We'll, they've got
dignity. The game is so dignified they've
taken the fun out of it."
AND HOW WE'RE THINGS so years ago?
We took the trip back through the pages of
book published in 1911 The Book of Base
ball, From the Earliest Day to the Present
Season, published by P. F. Collier & Sons
of New York. is the property of Chuck Egan,
our sports editor who is on leave due to
illness. Egan received the book as a gift
from the late R. NJ Kaufman, formerly
The Stars vice president.
The copy has been wonderfully pre-
served. 1t is crammed with tickling anec-
doteS and clear photographs.
Umpires could levy fines then, too but
tney were slower 10 DO So and the relatlon-
ship between umpire and player was one
of ribald contention.
Things were so tough financially with
the Sacramento team in the California
League in 1910 that the players agreed to
work couple of weeks without salary. A
fan, who owned restaurant supplied the
players with meal tickets
This situation was wonderful, thought
John McCloskey, who later managed the
st. Louis Cardinals. No need to worry about
fines So McCloskey began to bait Umpire
Jim Mcdonald.
"ONE AFTERNOON" McCLoSKEY is
quoted, she called me over and said, You're
going a little bit too far, old boy. Don't
think that poverty cuts any ice in baseball
This sassy conduct will cost you something
yet. -.-. ....
II gave the jumps the laugh. told him
to go as far as he liked, that had cinch.
The next day rushed in from the field to
roar over play at the plate.
when I got close enough, Mcdonald,
without word, reached over lifted the
meal ticket from the pocket of my baseball
Evening star., 1962-01-29
Baseball in Living Color

BASEBALL DOESN'T NEED faster
pace. Somebody should devise way to set
the game back so years to that wonderful,
crazy era when baseball overflowed with
that quality known as color"
''The umpires have taken all the color
out of the game" a big league manager was
saying last season. Nov you can't even
holler back and forth between the dugouts." :"
This is common plant among players
and managers. "Everybody's afraid to cut
Evening star., 1962-01-29

Francis Stonn is on vocoton His VIM Lose or Draw
column will be resumed Februory7 T.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
. Raiinees-

April IS, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Mylum entertained with an Open
House Sunday afternoon, celebr-
ating their first anniversary.
Mrs. Reuben Addlenan cut the
cake and Mrs. j. K. Robinson
poured. The guests were also
shown colored slides taken of the
wedding.
Several here attended the COM
muEitl night at Brickert's on
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Warner
spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Callie NeWcomb,
of Wylliesburg.
Guests during the week end Of
their parents, Nh. and Mrs. e.
A. KRONER, were Miss Virginia
Kroner and Mrs. Elmo Vaug-
han, of Richmond. and Mrs.
Clarence Tucker. of Chase City.
Those who attended the Annual
Ladies Night Of the Cumberland
Young Farmers Club Tuesday
night were Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Easter. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Thompson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Eric Robinson. Mamy Hubbard.
director of Virginia Farm Blu
reau, spoke on the threat of Com
munism. He urged that each per
son spend 70 hours studying this
poison Communism so that an
effective ant:dote might be al
rived at to fight it.
Several here completed the
FIRST Aid Course TAUGHT at Cum
berland, which 'ended April 8.
They are Mrs. l.. c. Warner. Mrs.
Herbert Warner, Mrs. Walter
Simpson, and Mrs. Thomas
Scott.
Mrs. Walter Simpson attended
the Gaping exercises Of the
Johnston Willis Hospital School
of Nursing. Her neice, Miss Ply
Hiss OWnbv was among the class
Of "a receiving cars. The cere-
mony was held in ST. Marks Epis-
copal Church.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
Amelia Squad
Has Paper Drive

AMELIA, April Is = The
Amelia Emergency Squad is
conducting paper drive on
Sunday, April %. This will be
the last drive which they will
sponsor for some time. so please
look carefully and get together
all newspapers and magazines
that you have been saving over
the months and donate them to
this worthy cause.
There will be three pickup
stations at this time, namely;
Sydnor's store at Mannboro,
Mattoax Civic Center. Mattoax,
and A m ella Squad House,
amelia. There will be door to
door canvass in the village Of
Amelia.
This is small thing that we
can do for an organization that
does so much for the public.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27

Mrs. Wdlburn's brother and sis
ter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. H. S.
Emerson. Other guests for din
ner on Monday night were Mr..
ard Mrs. II. W. Emerson and
Mr.. Nunnally. who makes his
home with the w. w. Emersons.
Mrs. Rosa Courier formerly of
Maplew0Od. who is now making
her home in Richmond. spent
the week end with her son. jim
mic. and his family. On Sunday
the Courier family enjoyed a
family reunion in Rice at the
home on Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
Brandshaw: Those attending
were Mrs. Rosa Courier, Mr..
and Mrs. jimmie Courier and
their children, Mrs. Jackson
Courier and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lindsey Smith and their
children. of Richmond, and Mr..
and Mrs. Petit and family, of
Danville.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Emerson
visited friends in Buckingham
on Sunday. On Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weaver Wilbulfl
and Mrs. Edna Parks were
guests of the H. w. Emersons
Mr.. and Mrs. John F.. Dickens
and family spent the week end
IN Waverly. with Mrs. Deeken' s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Mavor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S. Wat
ties and children, Jean and
Rob, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Wattle's aunt, Miss Winona Cary.
Miss Mary Jefferson, of Lynch
burg, and Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton
Jefferson. Of Victoria, were week
end guests of Judge j. Gar
land Jefferson, Jr., and his broth
er H. Mason jefferson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles johnson
and children spent Sunday in
Crewe with Mrs. Johnson's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Nc
Lean.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Boswell
and children, of Reidsville, N. c..
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Wallace
and children, of Richmond,
Sunday guests of Mrs. T. c. Bur
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. RAINY Dennie
and son, of Hopewell. visited
Mrs. Den1ie's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Easter, during the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Wallace
and children. Mr.. and Mrs. Rog-
er Burton, Mr.. and MIS-. Thor
ance Tilore. and the Rev. Mr..
Almond were visitors of MIR. and
Mrs. Alton Burton Oh Sunday.
Col. Allen B. Rowlett, of Ellis
worth Air Force Base, S. D.,
is spending some time with his
aunt, Mrs. c. c. Wingo, and his
mother Mrs. Julia Rowlett, Of
Blackstone.
Mrs. H. c. Rucker returned to
her home here on last Tuesday
after a visit with her son, H.
Cowles Rucker, and family at
Clifton Forge. She left again
Friday to spend some time with
another son, Benjamin Rucker
and family in Arlington.
Mrs. E. H. Burke attended the
convention II the VFWC in Rich
mond, last week. She went out Of
office as president of the Alice
Kyle District, VFWC.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
. ODDe

Helen-Isn't it odd how many
people are suffering from head
colds this winter?
Dorothy-Yes. it is rather
strange how those little germs
can always seem to find our
weakest spot.