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SPontoneity and AggressNeness
Are Assets in the MARRIAGE Race

Beamish (born Janet Steven
son of Yonkers), generally
considered the most elegant
and attractive Of all the
Westminster wives. "She had
exactly what I was looking
Intelligence and beauty,
plus that appealing American
dress sense" explains her
husband, chairman of the
Tory Foreign Affairs Com
mittee.
Like the majority of the
American wives, she got her
man here (while fashion ed
itor Of the English edition Of
Harper's Bazaar IN 1950) and
married him within a few
months Of their meeting.
The Turning Point
Marriage to HELEN Gug-
genheimer of Forest Hills,
N. Y, was the turning point"
in the career of Minister Of
Housing Sir Keith Joseph,
according to a profile of him
In q recent issue Of the OBJ
server. Since his larriage, 1t
stated, "he has worked o
good deal harder"
A striking brunette sculp-
tress, Lady Joseph met Sir
Keith In 1850 as a Wellesley
College junior studying at
London University. She has
become so Anglicized that at
her elaborate dinner parties
the ladies are ushered from
the room after dessert so the
men can talk freely over
brandy and cigars.
"An American wife is con-
sidered very desirable prop
erty here" says Comdr. Peter
Smithers, Parliamentary Un-
dersecretary Of State for for
eign affairs. 1T is true there
is a current Of anti-Ameri-
canism in England, but 1t
doesn't extend to SEX"
More adaptable than most,
better able to fit into their
surroundings" is how he as
sesses the American woman's
special desirability as a wife.
His wife, Dojean, of st. Louis,
thinks they're also more
persistent" in getting their
man.
They met In Mexico City,
where he was British Acting
Naval Attache, in 1943, and
married a few months later.
Mother of three children,
fortyish Mrs. Smithers is now
earning my first penny"
with a monthly column about
London for her hometown
newspaper. Like most Of the
wives, she returns home for
a visit every year or two, en-
joys English life and Is sell
dom homeSick.
Country Week Ends
Life as an MP's wife gen.
orally means weekdays in
London, week ends In the
country in the constituency
from which her husband has
been elected. The London n
home is frequently an apart
ment in the shadow Of the
Houses Of Parliament, with q
private division bell" which
summons him when a parlia-
mentary vote is about to be
taken.
The country home may be
anything from a small, mod
ern house with central heat
ing (still a rarity in Eng
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land) to a vast mansion with
towers, domes and pinnacles,
acres Of gardens. woods and
ponds, and nothing to allevi-
ate the frigid magnificence of
its colossal rooms through
out the winter.
Such is Capesthorne, the
ancestral home of 1t. Col. Sir
Walter Bromley Davenport
and his wife, Lenette, = Phil
adelphia. In order to afford
the taxes and upkeep on this
creation of a more opulent
age in British aristocracy,
they have been forced to turn
1t into one of the stately
homes" open to the public at
35 cents a head.
At first distinguished
looking Lady Bromley-Dav-
export was the only guide;
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American because they were
friendlier and better
informed and he wanted q
wife he could talk to-"
Novelist and writer Of TV
documentaries as well as the
mother Of four children who
does all her own housework,
glamorous 35-year-old Mrs.
Benn is a personification Of
the "super-efficient, super
well-groomed, super-marvel-
Gus woman" she says most
Englishwomen think Ameri-
can women are.
Instead of being envious or
antagonistic, she says, Eng
lish girls "have q defeatist
attitude and think 1t quite
natural that an Englishman
would prefer an American
woman"
In common with q sizable
proportion Of the American
wives Of men in the govern
ment, diplomatic service. pro-
fessions and entertainment
world here, Mrs. Benn is q
lady" (though she hates
titles and refuses to use it,.
She is exceptional in being
married to a Socialist-albeit
a "well-born" one-American
wives traditionaly being the
favorites Of upper-class
Tories.
Most wives retain their
United States nationality but
frequently discard their
American accents. One is for
mer New York cover girl and
fashion editor, Lady Tuition
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BY CARLOTTA ANDERSON
Star Special Writer

Star Special Writer
LONDON.-In the marriage
race for Britain's most prom
inent men, American girls
have always been among the
swiftest.
OF IS current members Of
Parliament with foreign
wives, is are married to
Americans compared to only
seven from Commonwealth
countries and one each from
France, Yugoslavia and
Switzerland.
Both Churchill and Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan
had American mothers (the
latter, a doctors daughter
from Kentucky, and, despite
a certain contempt for the
United States. much-married
Bertrand Russell picked
Americans twice out Of four
tries.
In the diplomatic corps,
American wives are an as
set" but other nationalities
often a drawback, according
to recently published "Anat-
omy Of Britain" by Anthony
Sampson.
Most famous American wife
Of the lot, sharp-tongued. ir-
reverent Lady Nancy Astor Of
Virginia, now "a, became in
1919 an MP herself, the first
woman ever to sit in Parlia-
ment. She held the seat until
1945, paSSionately espousing
the cause Of temperance and
reforms in woman and child
welfare.
What have the Americans
got that helps them edge out
the British girls in their own
country?
American Assets
More aggressive in the
chase" "easier to talk to-"
"gayer, more spontaneous"
better educated" are some of
the answers given by the
American wives and the men
who picked them.
"If two women are chasing
the same man, the American
will probably win out because
she's more experienced with
men," says blond Cincinnati
born Mrs. Anthony Wedg-
wood Benn, whose reluctant
peer" husband has been
fighting to renounce a title
and regain his seat in the
House Of Commons.
English girls are usually
shy and Ill at ease with men,
thinks Mrs. Benn, because
the British keep the sexes sep
arated through most Of their
schooling. In addition, they
are at a conversational dis
advantage because until re-
Gently 1t was considered
pointless to give any but the
most brilliant girl an ad-
vanced education, and even
now men outnumber women
10 to at oxford and Cam
bridge.
Mother OF Four
Mrs. Benn, the former Car
oline de Camp, was a Vassar
graduate studying at Oxford
when she met her husband
to-be in 1948. HE had been
to America and already de-
cided he wanted to marry an
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Mother Of Four

Mrs. Benn, the former Car
oline de Camp, was a Vassar
graduate studying at oxford
when she met her husband
to-be in 1948. HE had been
to America and already de-
cided he wanted to marry an
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Tigers Defeat
Tribe, Is, on
4-Run Spree

DETROIT, Aug. 3 (AP).-
The Tigers mixed IL singles
with a two-run double by Don
Vert today for a Us victory
over the Indians.
Woodie Held and AL Luplow
hit two-run homers for Cleve-
land.
Five straight singles started
a four-run third inning when
the Tigers broke a % tie.
Wert's two-run bloop double
climaxed the rally. He also sin
gled in a run as the Tigers
scored twice in the second after
Held's homer sent the Indians
ahead.
Luplow blasted his homer in
the fourth.
Phil Regain was the winner,
but needed help from Terry Fox
in the seventh when the Indians
put across their fifth run with
out a hit.
AL Kaline helped Fox out Of
the jam by catching Willie
Kirkland's drive after bouncing
into the right-field wall. Two
runners were aboard.
Dick Donovan was the loser,
lasting less than three innings.
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Boston Routs
D. c. Typos
To Win Title

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3 (AP)-
Boston ended Washington's
five-year hold on the Union
Printers international baseball
championship by defeating the
D. c. team, 1873, today in the
final game.
It was Boston's first cham
pionship since 1913.
A six-run outburSt in the
fourth inning Sewed up the
title for Boston which received
strong pitching from John
Ball. He walked none and scat
tered 10 hits.
Bob Motroni Of the winners
had three hits, including q
two-run double in the fourth.
Bill Gallagher started for
Washington and took the loss.
He was relieved in the sixth
by Sam Webb.
Sloppy play contributed to
Washington's defeat. The
Washington club lost its first
game of the double elimination
tournament to Boston, 1913,
yeterday.
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Braves Score 5 in 9th
To Overhaul Nets, 1917

Ken Mackenzie came on in
the sixth inning but the Braves
had an 8-5 lead before he
could retire the side.
Singles by Tore and Lou
Klimchock, a double by Denis
Menke, an intentional pass,
McMillan's key single, a sin
gle by Eddie Mathews and an
error by Al Moran accounted
for the five runs.
The Metsbcut the margin to
81 with two runs off Tony
Cloninger in the seventh, but
Mathews singled in two runs
off Jay Hook in the eighth to
wrap up the victory.
Denny Lemaster, third OF
five Milwaukee pitchers, re-
ceived credit for his eighth VIC
tory when Bob Shaw replaced
Cloninger and BANKED the
Nets in the last three innings
Stallard was the loser.
NEW YORK MILWAUKEE
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Sanford Chased in 5th
Silver Spring ~
Defeats CheverIy
In Swim Meet

Silver Spring YMCA over
came four record breaking
performances by Cheverly to
defeat Cheverly, 247-179, yes
terday in a Division A Prince
mont Swimming League meet.
Chris Biting shattered rec
ords in the 14-and-under So
yard backstroke and 50-yard
butterfly events. Babs Congour
set marks in the 50-yard senior
girls backstroke and 100-yard
freestyle.
Pat Grimes eclipsed the So
yard breaststroke mark in the
senior girls division for Silver
Spring. Teammate Danny Kelly
broke the 25-yard breaststroke
mark in the 10-and-under
bracket.
In other action. Adelphi
edged visiting Takoma, 2l8-
208. Adelphi picked up five
points in the final girls relay
race to nail down the victory.
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old Dominion Captures
Reqotto Second Time

PELHAM MANOR, N. Y,
Aug. 3 (AP).-The Old Domin-
ion Rowing Club Of Alexandria,
va. won both the Soar dis
lance and quarter-mile fea-
lures today to recapture the
Huehes Cup point trophy in
the $50 annual Metropolitan
towing regatta.
old Dominion scored q total
Of 40 points In the 22-event
program, beating out the New
York Athletic Club, second
with 1873, and the Union Boat
Club Of Boston, third with 1906
Old Dominion. winner Of the
cup in 1861. entered Is races
and won nine. The club placed
second in three others and had
one third place.
- Ewing Dodd was a three-time
winner for Old Dominion. He
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Reds Errors
Help Pirutes
To 81 Win

CINCINNATI, Aug. 3 (AP).-
Sloppy fielding by the Reds,
who were guilty of four errors,
helped the Pirates exc out a
5-4 victory today with the win
ming run scoring on q wild
pitch by Jim Coates. Four OF
the Pirates runs were unearned
John Edwards dropped a foul
Eddie Kasko fumbled a ground
er and Pitcher John Tsitouris
threw wildly during the fifth
inning when Pittsburgh scored
three times. Singles by Johnny
Logan and Ed Bailey and a
double by Roberto Clemente
were scattered among the err
rors.
With the score tied at 3-3 in
the sixth, Bill Mazeroski's dou-
BILE and Dom Clendenon's sin
gle put the Pirates out front,
chasing Tsitouris. After Coates
took over, Clendenon stole Sec
ond and continued to third on
Edwards low throw and scored
on a wild pitch.
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won the junior l50-pound sin
giles and rowed with the eight
cared seniors shell which won
both the 1900 and 500-meter
races.
other Old Dominion winners
were the junior quads, the nov
ice fours, intermediate doubles,
senior fours. novice Fights and
junior fours.
The Virginians captured the
l.200-meter distance race in 3
minutes and three-tenths Sec
onds, beating out the Union
Boat Club by 10 feet and the
NYAC by a half-length.
In the quarter-mile sprint,
Old Dominion won in 1:07.2,
edging the Union Boat Club
and NYAC. second and third,
respectively.
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MILWAUKEE,, August 8
(AP).-The Braves erupted for
five runs in the sixth inning
today to beat the Nets, 1877.
A two-run pinch-single by
Roy Mcmillan was the key
blow. Frank Thomas of the
Nets and Joe Tore of the
Braves hit home runs.
The defeat was the Nets
30th in the their last IS games
and their 26th in their last %
games on the road.
Casey Stengel's men took a
ST. lead against Hank Fischer
in the first three innings, with
Thomas three-run homer in
the first the big blow. The
Braves got two runs back
against Tracy Stallard in the
fourth on Torres home run,
and two innings later they
drove Stallard to cover.
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Carter Is Named
As AII-Americun
Bowler 10th Time

CHICAGO Aug. 8 (AP).-
Don Carter of st. Louis was
named to the All-America bowl
ing team for an unprecedented
10th time today by the Nation
al Bowlers Journal.
Carter first made the team
in 1853 and has been on 1t
every year since except for
1856, when he was sidelined
with a leg injury.
Other All-Americas named
by the magazine were four
more st. Louis veterans-Dick
Weber, Billy Welu, Tom Hen
Messy and Harry Smith and
Andy Marzich Of Long Beach,
Calf, the only rookie. He was
the leading money winner on
the Professional Bowlers As
ISOLATION winter tour.
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Twins, recently pitched in three
straight games, one against the
Senator's, in which he did not
retire a batter.
Hal Woodeshick, who had
won eight games in relief for
the Colts at All-Star time. has
not won since. He lost his last
outing. Ron Perranowski has
not been as effective during the
Dodgers slump, and Ted Aber-
nathy, the Indians submarine
specialist, no longer is a mys-
terry to the hitters.
Bill Fischer, who won his first
seven games for the Athletics
now is 9-5. Hal Reniff was
giving the Yankees excellent
late-inning protection for q
time, but has been clipped fire.
quently of tote.
y 49,
About the only four holding
UP are Ron Kline of the SEN
ators, Stu Miller of the Orioles,
who had a slow start, Jack
Baldschun Of the Phillies and
Indy Mcdaniel of the Cubs
although Mcdaniel has been
whacked a few times lately
Kline has been scored on in
only two of his last 10 games
and has won two games and
saved five over that stretch.
Gil has been good to me
and so was Mickey" Kline said,
referring to Hodges and
Vernon, his present and former
managers.
But it looks like some OF
the believers are being used
to long and often and it's
beginning to tell on them.
1T used to get to ElRoy
Face about the last week in
August when he was having
his good years with the
Pirates" Kline recalled.
And it could be that fellows
like Daley, Woodeshick,
Fischer and Alternately, all of
whom have kicked around the
minors and majors, had the
good streak and then tailed off.
4 \ =
When the Yankees made
Dale Long a coach the other
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Brog|io Stops
pills on 7 Hits
In 10 Victory

ST. LOUIS, August 3 (AP) &.
Ernie Broglio cut down the
Phillies on two hits today as
the Cardinals won their third
straight, TO.
The only hits off the Cardi-
nal Highlander were Ruben
Amaro's single to right in the
third and Clay Dalrymple's
in the ninth.
Working slowly in 100-degree
weather, Broglio walked five
and struck out three in gain
ing his 18th victory against
seven defeats.
A fine relief performance
earlier this week brought him
back into the starting rotation.
The triumph moved the Sec
ond place Cardinals three
games behind Los Angeles,
pending the outcome of the
Dodger game against Houston
tonight.
Carl Sawatski drove In three
runs, two with his fifth homer
Dick Groat had four hits and
increased his league-leading Gv-
erage to .342.
Greats third safety scored
Broglio, who doubled in the
fifth off Starter Cal McLish.
Julian Javier squeezed home
the first run after George Alt
man had doubled and took third
when Tony Gonzales fumbled
the ball. Curt Flood doubled
home the final two runs in the
eighth.
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McC ovey Hits No. 81
As Giants Rap Cubs

by Merritt Ranew, a walk and
Williams blast sent him to the
showers.
The Giants collected IL hits
off four hurlers, including -four
straight blows by Cepeda be-
fore he fouled out in the ninth.
Cepeda Drives In Run
Cepeda's first triple of the
season scored one run in the
second and he came across on
Felipe Alou's double. Mays
26th homer put San Francisco
ahead, 81, in the third.
McCovey's 32d homer kayoed
starter Bob Bull and account
ed for two of the three runs
scored in the fifth.
The Giants added another
run in the sixth and a pair in
the seventh.
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village, a few hundred feet from
Doubleday Field.
After the morning ceremonies
and a luncheon, the annual
Hall Of Fame game will be
played at Doubleday Field be-
tween the Braves and Red Sox.
A capacity crowd Of 9,700 is
expected at this contest.
Rain washed out last years
scheduled game between tn e
Braves and the Yankees, fore
ing a costly refund of more
than 1900 tickets. Two games
have been rained out and three
curtailed by rain In the series
that the National League leads,
1919, with one tie.
Selected by Veterans
The four new inductees were
selected by the veterans group,
headed by Warren Brown Of
Chicago. The group considers
only players who have been
inactive for at least 20 years.
The baseball writer's who vote
every other year have jurisdic-
ton over players active within
the last 20 years but out Of
the game for at least five. The
writer's group did not vote in
1868.
The selection of the four new
members boosted the total to
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,HALE CEREMONIES TOMORROW
Rice, 3 Others Await Induction

CoOPERsTowN, N. Y. Aug
3 (AP).-Four baseball stars OF
the past-Sam Rice, Elmer
Flick and the late Eppa Rixey
and John Clarkson-will be in
Quoted formally into the Hall
of Fame Monday in this pic
turesque village.
Rice, II, an outstanding out
fielder with Washington and
Cleveland with a lifetime 1922
average, will receive his bronze
plaque in person. It is hoped
that Flick, 81, q brilliant out
fielder from 1893 to 1910. also
will be on hand to accept his
new honors.
Clarkson, q righthanded
pitcher who won 483 games
from 1882 TO 1894. died in 1909.
Rixey. the 6-foot-5 lefty who
won 266 for Philadelphia and
Cincinnati from 1912 TO 1888,
died last February 28. a month
after his election had been an
nounced. Representatives Of
the Clarkson and Rixey fam
lilies will accept the plaques.
Ceremonies Near Field
The presentation ceremonies
will be held on q platform in
front Of the National Baseball
Hall Of Fame and Museum on
tree-lined Main street Of this
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Tigers Put Wood
On Disabled List

DETROIT. Aug. 3 (AP).-
The Tigers placed injured Sec
ond Baseman Jake Wood on
the disabled list today and
purchased George Smith from
their Syracuse farm club.
Wood dislocated a Joint in
the middle finger Of his left
hand July Is while swinging
his bat. The injury failed to
respond TO treatment and he is
scheduled to undergo surgery
Monday.
Smith. a 25-year-old second
baseman. was batting .224 for
Syracuse. He viii report to the
Tigers tomorrow.
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day he had been at bat only
is times. That would average
out to about $1,000 each time
at the plate, considering that
Long makes about $4,000 and
the Yankees have played about
two-thirds Of the schedule.
On the White Sox bench,
somebody pointed out that Bob
Nieman went to the plate only
80 times in a full season with
the Giants last year. He was
in the upper salary bracket
and, of course, collected losers
share of the World Series. He
probably averaged about 81, ZOO
per plate appearance.
The Red Sox, the current
visitors, have hung on to Felix
Mantilla all season and he has
batted only "a times.
But the prize of all players
who have stayed a full season
is Les Moss, according to Man.
ager AL Lopez of the White Sox.
They carried him a full year
as a third-string catcher and
he had one Official time at bat.
Assuming that Moss, a 12-year
veteran, was at least in the
$50 bracket, he must have
been the highest paid player
in baseball history for one
swing.
When the Dodgers shifted
from Brooklyn to Los Angeles
in 1858, four of the players de-
cided to build homes within
a block of each other in Lake
wood, a suburb. Ed Roebuck,
Stan Williams, Norm Larker
and Roger Craig were the bud
dies who stuck together.
Their wives are close friends
and the men played golf and
bridge during the winter. But
one by one, Buzzy Bavasi
broke up the gang.
Larker was traded to the
Braves, Williams to the
Yankees, Craig to the Nets and
Roebuck to the Senators. They
all still have their homes and
will have more to talk about
this winter.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 8 (AP).-
Home runs by Willie Mays and
Willie McCovey and a pair OF
triples by Orlando Cepeda
powered the third-place Giants
to a 9-5 victory over the Cub:
today and broke a Six-game
Wrigley Field losing streak fol
the Giants.
The Cubs, who erased a six
run deficit yesterday to whip
the Giants, 12-11 made another
stab with a four-run fifth in
ming keyed by Billy Williams
18th homer, a three-run blast.
1t shaved the Giants edge
to 6-5, but Jack Fisher checked
the Cubs on one hit in the last
four innings for his sixth vic
tory.
Sanford Chased In 5th
Jack Sanford, who was
shelled in the first inning yes
terday, started for the Giants
and had a no-hitter going
through four innings. Wildness
cost him a run in the first, but
the first hit off him was a
bloop single by lead-off batter
Jim Schaffer in the fifth.
After that, a pinch-hit single
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Jose Stable Wins
N Bout Decision

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 CAP)-
Welter-weight contender Jose
Stable Of New York scored a
10-round unanimous decision
over Stanley Hayward Of Phil
adelphia tonight in the ma
tionally-televised main event
at Madison Square Garden.
Stable weighed lat. Hayward
l47Iz.
After an EVENLY fought first
and second round. Stable took
a lead that he never lost. The
second-ranked contender was
too much for the Philadelph-
ian, who went 10 rounds for
the first time in his career.
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"a members.
Rice, born in Morocco, Ind
spent most Of his big league
career with Washington, where
he played from 1915 through
1888. He signed with Cleveland
for one more year. Rice finished
up with 2.977 hits, only Is shy
of the 3,000-mark. He was a
fine defensive outfielder who
batted left but threw right
handed.
Won Batting Title
Flick hit .3l5 for IS seasons
In the majors and won the
American League batting title
with 1906 at Cleveland in 1905
In 1900 he batted 1913 but
didn't win. Flick was a left
handed batter.
Clarkson played under old
style regulations when the
front line Of the pitchers g.
foot box was only SO feet from
the plate. In 1885 he appeared
in 10 games. pitched 622
innings and won SO games.
Rixey, a gangling lefty with
a herky-j erky motion, held the
National League record for
southpaws with 266 victories
until Warren SPAIN topped II
in 1859. His best year was 25-la
for the Reds In 1922.