Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
SEGE AT LARGE
Tickets Foremost
With Senators
By MORRIS SIEGEL

OF ALL THINGS: The only public sale the Senators
have in mind is the sale of TICKETS according to jim
Lemon of the Johnstonto-Lemon ownership double play
combination Absolutely untrue" he called published
reports the Senators planning public stock offering
Representative Jim Healey of New York former Penn
track star making rapid strides in his recovery from
mild stroke which oored him shortly after he offciated
in the MiroSe games. Guard Vince Promute, who
began his rookie Redskn career regular is finding it
much tougher to make the varsity in business He drove
truck for two weeks part of indoctrnaton
when he Joined the Pepsi marketing division.
Jackie Gleason, explaining the absence of Sonny
Lton and Floyd Patterson from the guest list of sports
celebrity party of which he is the host put it beautifully
THE last time these two got together Minnesota Fats
said, they almost fought Quarterback Bobby Layne
denies that boong disturbed his play for the steeerS
last year. Not enough fans attended the games in Pitts
bursh to do a good job of booing," Layne declared.
St Johns Fuback Jay CaabreSe gets the royal treatment
this week from Coach Charlie Bradshaw who will try to
sell Caabrese the advantages of playing for Kentucky
THE POPULATION EXPLOSION is being felt in
Apache Junction, Arz, where the towns has al
most doubled due to the influx of 81 baplayerS the
Houston Colts have in spring training. When the
starter handed Jim PerSa set of rules governing play
in the baseball players golf tournament at Miami recently
Persa brushed him off II don't play by rules he pro-
tested Il break EN-" Even if they lose the first two
games of the to the Orioles the Senators still will
receive noisy welcome to Washington The Touchdown
Club has set April II the date to formally greet the
team.
Jake Gather football coach of all-Negro powerhouse
Florida Ann, reports that he's looking the sudden
rush of previously awhite Southern colleges to recruit
emotion" On the afternoon that 10000 Bowie
patrons bet $6O0OOC searching for George Washington
birthday specials the number of observers sent
than 100000 through the machines at Hialeah where
the thermometer also topped Bowie's by SIS degrees.
Until last year The Redskins permitted players to grade
their game performances but Bill McPeak ended the
practice after the 430 rout by the Giants in 1861 From
their grades McPeak wry observed you'd have thought
won"
CASEY STENCIL FINALLY got his name in lights
Miller Higgins Field in St Petersburg Fla long the home
of the Yankees but reduced to housing CaseyS Nets
changed the Of the park to HuggnSStengel Field
American League President Joe Cronin predicts the
ownership setup will help the Senators. Mickey
Vernon agrees "f the directors pitch hit"
Mrs Bill Russell wife of the Celtics' basketball star
claims her husband is such fierce competitor in
thing that she's afraid to play monopoly with him.
Odds the two upcoming haSSleS involving the four
top-rated heavyweights indicate gross misunderstanding
gross oddS-making, which unlikely Champion Sonny
Lson Al opranked Floyd Patterson and CaSsius
Clay No. O. also is Al third-seeded Doug Jones.
Dick Say The Stars auto racing expert, thinks the
incident of the MICS firing the American fishing
boat Key West is being overplayed ITS nothing but
aquatic drag race observed the perceptve Mr. Stay
When Gallaudet thumped TowSon State the other
night, it gave Gaaudet its first winning in "A
years leaving the Senator'S who haven't been in the first
division since l945 rs the losngest team in town.
defense is simple according TO Tampa high school coach
who claims Bama last year always knew which back
carrying the ball. When the opposition broke the
hudde" the said 1.-THE Alabama linemen watched to
which back had turned pale That was their man."
. If the Senators find way to avoid the Yankees
Athletics April and September they'll have improved
record this year. They only six games and lost 80
New York and K c. last year and also dropped 80
in the first and last month of the The Yankees
will have formidable double-play combination in the
radio booth this year. with Gerry Coleman teamng up
with Phil Rizzuto for the pre- game programs