Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

Yonks or Senators
Price Is Same
BY MORRIS sIEcEL

OF ALL THINGS Gene Brito bedridden for 10 months
with what appeared to be fatal Illness is making such
rapid strides in his determined comeback he is able to
walk and feed himself The ex-RedSkin up 80 pounds to
almost 2l5 is recovering his home near Los Angeles
Although S5s separated them in the final American
League coundown the Senators and Yankees start the
new season even Both charge $3.50 for their best seats
Just Is case Tom Brown flunks out in baseball the
Redskins interested the extent Of trying to obtain
his draft rights from the Packers who claimed him
their No. boy. In this of contract jumpers and
wholesale coaching changes is refreshing to note that
the Maryland lacrosse co-coaches AL Heagy and Jack
Faber have been the job "a IS years. respec
lively Tennis Coach Doyle Royal begins his 18th
term at College Park.
Washington's representative in the world champion
ship table tennis tournament in Prague March 49, claims
at 81 he's the oldest active tournament player in the
United States. How bout that ping pongers? Longevity
tip from 88-yearod trainer Sunny Jim Fzsimmons "Just
double the quality of everything. If it pint of
milk use pint of cream" WI High Basketball Coach
Morrie Levin didn't play too well for Bud Mkans Mary
land Terps but he evidently learned we'll At the end of
the regular season. the Levncoached Alngtonans had
twoyear record of $780, including 10 straight this season.
ARNOLD PALMER, WINNER of three of the last five
Masters and certain to be at least cofavore for the next
April show, failed to make it fveforfive by total of
only three strokes. When fan at recent Alexandria
sports dinner suggested to George Sekrk that he
the trade for Jim Piersa and bring Dick Donovan back
and trade Bonnie Daniels after his first victory Selkrk
had good answer You do that and I'll make general
manager" The Red Sox will receive special batting
instruction in Arizona from their vice president for public
relations, Ted williams.
Promoters Of the Lston- Patterson fight must have
known two months ago Liston would injure his knee
swinging a golf club. They booked the Miami Beach
Auditorium for April H. the date well for April
4, the original appointment Joe Lynch, the former
Filler and also onetime Touchdown Club president, is
supervising construction of Del Mers Washington, Pa,
harness track which Lynch also will manage.
If the trend continues, golfers someday may be
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two 100000 stakes" competitions the SO tour where
$l2 million up for grabs Thirty years ago the tour
consisted Of 10 stops with total purse Of less than 0O
Pittsburgh University offers some slight evidence to
dispute the home court advantage in basketball In the
last II years covering 1885 games fouls called
against Pitt than the visitors They ought to change
officials that's all.
THE REDSKINS HAVE no regrets over abandoning
California training site. Just before the exhibition
game with Los Angeles last year they discovered of
the coaches who watched practice regularly at Occidental
paid scout for the Rams For the first time in
years. White Sox Manager Al Lopez is not predicting
pennant This he's selling only new look" for
the Chicagoans. 4 8ast
President Joe Cronin will inspect" American League
teams training in the west from comfortable perch at
Bing Crosby's Palm Springs home Calvin Griffith
free from legal entangements momentarily plans TO
celebrate his emancipation from Gabe Murphy lawsuits
by visiting Washington for the first time in year when
the Twins play here in April Accompanying Griffith and
his family on special charter VIII be wives OF all the
players who performed here before the switch to Twins
vile.
Billy Conn is back in the fight business manager
of young Pennsylvania heavyweight who at age Is has
had more than SO amateur bouts already When the
Senators spent $4,000 for Tom Brown 1t placed the in
vestment counselng firm Of Johnston Lemon in the
unaccustomed position of specializing with their money
for change Although Harry Bright botched the job
badly at Washington the Cincinnati Reds regard him
picture third baseman but only in their yearbook which
shows him PLAYING the bag in a Senators uniform
If the White Sox drive their fans to drink they won't
have to go far The team has opened fancy cocktail
lounge directly the street from the main entrance
to Comskey Park.