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Little League Starts In Rockville on May 4 Rockville’s Little League baseball season opens May 4 with 42 teams lined up and appropriate opening ceremonies scheduled for B-Day. A parade steps off from Broome Junior High promptly at 9 a.m. and ends at the Villa Theatre where teams will hear brief words from Rockville Mayor Frank Ecker and Gene Stevens, president of the Rock ville Boys Baseball Association. The brief words will be follow ed by a movie titled "Kill the Umpire.'' At 12 noon a double header will get under way at Richard Montgomery athletic field. In the first game the Pee-Wee De Veau Construction team takes on Beall's Esso with De Veau standing as the home team. At 2 p.m., Midget teams, Civi tan and Meadowbrook, will op pose each other with the Clvi tans taking the home-team side. Senior games also are sched uled for opening day. Other teams in the Little League will begin their playing season on May 11. Rockville Golden Retriever Wins Beta Berk’s Rockerest Apache, a golden retriever own ed by Elmer Saffell, of Rock ville won the blue ribbon In the Derby Stakes of the Long Is land (N. Y.) Retrievers’ Field Trial Club last weekend. The prize was won in com petition for Labrador, Chesa peake and golden retrievers under two years of age, staged as one of the top events in the licensed AKC field trials held by the club at Westhampton Beach, Long Island. Apache's outstanding win came after he had made strong bids in two earlier trials, win ning awards of merit in compe tition in Pennsylvania and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland of) preceding weekends. The Long Island prize was the most coveted, however, since it was in competition Honoring Montgomery Blair New Stamp to Be Issued In Silver Spring May 3 A commemorative air mail stamp honoring Montgomery Blair, postmaster general under Abraham Lincoln and one of the early Silver Spring residents, will be Issued May 3 at Mont gomery Blair High School. Postmaster General J. Ed ward Day will visit the school to conduct the ceremonies. Blair, son of Francis Preston Blair of Kentucky who came to Washington in 1831 to publish a newspaper, was a noted law- Two Win Civil Service Awards Two local men who have made outstanding contributions to the Federal Government were among winners of Career Service Awards by the National Civil Service League. They are Dr. Gregory K. Hartmann of 10701 Keswick St., Garrett Park, who is tech nical director of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in White Oak: and Arthur C. Lundahl of 4401 Chestnut St., Bethesda, assistant director for photogra phic intelligence at the CIA. Lundahl has worked in the government for 20 years and has been involved with the most important photographic prob lems affecting national se curity. ;Dr. Hartmann is credited with initiating many new con cepts in the management of the complex scientific program of the Naval Ordnance Labora tory. He is a former Rhodes scholar and has published 55 papers in his field. — ROCKMOHIX CHEVROLET / the home or \ I Open Evas ’III t—Sot ’til S I 110 N. WASHINGTON ST. : | ROCKVILLE • GA, 45700 | The 1963 season will In clude 16 Pee-Wee games; 15 for the Midgets, and 20 for - the Seniors. No schedule has been set up at this time for the Juniors* In the Pee-Wee classification, the American League is repre sented in the baseball associa tion by Hans Blocklin, Paul Ed wards represents the National League. Eight teams are in each league. The Midgets have 12 teams and their association represen tative is Gene Sheridan. The eight Junior teams are repre sented by Bill Brooks. In the Senior division, there are six teams and the association repre sentative is Bruno Paluch. Stevens said the July 4 "All- Star” game is on the schedule for this year. Star players from the Pee-Wees, Midgets, Juniors and Seniors will stage an all day battle-of-the-mound at Rich ard Montgomery High School athletic field. with entries from throughout the east, including a number of top Labradors from New Eng land. The field totaled 27 re trievers. Saffell, who also owns the 10 - year -old Show Champion Arctus Rex, said he was particu larly pleased with Apache’s win in the field trial class because of the extensive requirements, which includes retrieving of ducks from the water and pheasants on land among the rigid competitive judgment fac tors. Aas an amateur, Saffell was in competition with a group of trainers in which the ratio is about 15-1 on the professional 1 side in field trial events. Saffell said he trained Apache : within a few miles of his home, , utilizing several rural ponds i owned by family friends. yer of his time and lived in “Falkland” which was razed about five years ago to make room for a shopping center at 16th Street and Eastern Avenue. Lincoln was an Infrequent visitor to Silver Spring at the home of Blair's father, Francis Preston, who is believed to have played a major role in Lincoln’s selection as Presidential nomi nee. Montgomery Blair’s sister, Elizabeth, married Samuel Phil lips Lee and the couple’s son, Blair Lee became United States Senator from Maryland. Blair Lee’s son, E. Brooke, was county Democratic leader for many years and once served as speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. He now lives near Damascus. His son, Blair Lee 111, represented Mont gomery County in the House of Delegates for two terms and last year was defeated in his bid for the U. S. Senate. He is living in Silver Spring. Bjp v r ■ y T I WCA iy REFINANCE! Sea us. Chances are, we can arrange practical pay ments to fit your budget. Talk to us about refinancing today. Metkqpqutam FEDERAL SAVINGS and Loan Association 7712 Wisconsin Ave. ■erkosda 14, Mnryland OL 4-El 00 ®>nde Sndiatt Sports B4 X- .Wr - w* -m >. 1,1 **•jjjSßF’jp eL? jjE j£9| % is Champion Strategy Coach George Ginenger, left, talks over pitc chlng chorges with hurler Bob Laßocca, center, and catcher Mary Kromer, as the Montgomery Blair Blazers head into the season as the defending Montgomery County Class AA Champions. While the outlook for Terps Spring Practice Using Two-Team System COLLEGE PARK (Special)— With the substitution rules changed in college football for 1963, Head Football Coach Tom Nugent of the University of Maryland, has decided to go from the three-team to the two team system. In spring practice the Terrapins’ two units will be known as the "Free Staters” and “Old Liners.” During 1962 the Terps three units were known as the “M- Squad,” “Gangbusters” and “Hustlers.” The Terrapin eleven will hold 20 days of spring practice for a five-week period ending May 11 with an intra-squad game in Byrd Stadium at 2:30 p.m. The Terps will practice Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day and Saturday each week with next week an exception. Not a Cheap Joke H. E. Adams, of 1001 E. Mont gomery Ave., Rockville, is author of a "Humor in Uniform’’ anecdote appearing in the cur rent issue of Reader’s Digest, for which he received an award of SIOO. see "Bill" Sharpe! 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The last week of the spring Northwood Track Schedule Date Meet Place Time April 9 Blair, Walt Whitman, Northwood Northwood 3:00 23 Walter Johnson, High Point, Northwood Northwood 3:00 27 Wakefield Invitational Wakefield 10:00* May 4 Northwood Invitational Northwood 10:00* 17 Montgomery County Relays RMHS 1:00 21 Frederick, B-C. C., Northwood Frederick 3:00 24 Montgomery County Qualifying W. Johnson 1:00 June 1 Maryland State College Park 10.00* • a.m. W (II! MOW! State Farm insure* 7,000,000 cars! Why not make yours No. 7,000,001? You’ll en joy the Famous Low Rates and Hometown Service that have made people insure more carsr with us than with any other com* pany! Call today! S|L ; RODNEY THOMPSON ■ 10 N. Summit Avs., Gsithsrsburg, Md. v ' WA. 6-3700 rJ STATE FARM ID Wutuil Automobile Inurinca Compiny home Office: Bloomington, Illinois #z )o 4* driilse the Terrapins will be divided into the two teams and they will drill on separate fields and will have one week to put in any new plays that they think might fool the other team. Coach Nugent and his staff are expected to have a tough time rebuilding the Terp line. The Terrapins lost four starting linemen from last year’s squad. Three of the starting back field members are back but the Terps will miss the fourth member very much; his name is Tom Brown. Thuraday, April 11, 1963 Hagerstown Rol s Over Blazers, 9-0 The Montgomery Blair base ball team had its first taste of the fruits of things to come last week when they were thorough ly trounced by Hagerstown, 9-0, despite the good showing of a couple of Blazer pitchers. Tom Petrie hurled a one-hit ter against the defending Mont gomery County Class AA champs, while three Blazer hurlers worked out on the hill against the victors. As evi denced by the score, the Blair pitchers and fielders were un able to contain the Hagerstown team. Bob Laßocca, who is ex pected to fulfill most of the Blair pitching duties this year, led off on the mound for Blair and gave up three hits and two runs. Laßocca was replaced by Mark Kromer, who was tapped for three hits—one of which was a homer by the opposing pitcher, Petrie. The Hagers town squad nailed Kromer for four runs before he was re lieved by Mickel Tull, who did no better. Errors and strong bats took their toll of Tull and that was the ball game. As it became in creasingly evident there was little to win but a chance to get the rest of his players a little experience, Blazer Coach George Gienger sent them into the fracas. It might as well have been a scrimmage game with the Yankees. Petrie struck out 15 Blazers, held them to one hit, slammed a home run and left Blair wondering about the prospects of winding up anywhere near the top of their league this season. While the 9-0 loss did little to encourage the Blazers on to better things, Gienger says it was ‘just an exhibition game. The veteran diamond athlete isn’t about to give up his team’s chances this season that easily. Gienger has admitted all along that the Blazers have problems this year and the Hagerstown contest bears out what he has been saying. By the same token, it is a matter of conjecture whether any other team in the league could have defeated Hagerstown. Hagerstown is a fine ball club and Petrie is one of the best pitchers in this part of the country. Gienger knew this before he agreed to the game. However, he felt it was best if the team took on tough opponents—the tough er, the better —before heading into the competition for the county Class AA title this year. It was a gamble and well worth It, most sport fans will agree. Had the Blazers won that one, it would have been a tre mendous moral factor. By los ing, they only proved that GUHWNEftSftRY 25 Years of Service COME ONE—COME ALL May 3rd A 4th Doer Prizes and Refreshments Grand Prize ... SIOO Gift Certificate 25 Other Prizes . . . $5.00 Gift Certificates Tremendous Savinas LoWi Low Prlc *‘ °" AII 11 cmcnuou) savings Merchandise and service* Carpets—Wool, Cotton, Nylon • Wood Floors • Asphalt Tile • Linoleum Awards will be given Sat. Night, May 4 KING FLOOR SERVICE 91* CAST STRUT SANDING - FINISHING . COVERING FREDERICK, MD. CERAMIC AND PLASTIC TILE DAMASCUS. MD. 445-410E CARPET AND VENETIAN ELINDS CUemetir 3-2107 FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Prior to and during this sals, wa will hava on hand x T r STORM WINDOWS in 25 different stock sizes Si AAC for only # I U.TD (Plus Tax' Also, welded corners, combination SOO OC storm and screen doors dfc #e #0 (Plus Tax' Fret Delivery on 10 or More Windows. Small Additional Charge for installation. Bull, Wright Pitch Wheaton to 2 Wins Wheaton High took a pair of | pre-league games last week be hind the pitching arms of Jona than Bull and Bill Wright. In Tuesday’s win over St. John’s of Washington, Bull struck out 16 at the plate. A total of eight hits were chalked up by Wheaton while St. John's nicked Bull for five. The Whea ton team was charged with four errors and St. John’s with three. In Thursday’s windy • day I game with Einstein, Bill Wright struck out 11 and pitched his team to a 10 to 2 win. Jeff Green of Wheaton brought the tsands to their feet when he lofted two homers over left field fence. Coach Walter Dupee said shortstop Bob Moltz received knee injuries which may keep i him on the bench for several I Toured Wheaton Visitor From Sweden Impresed With Area “I have certainly learned a lot about Wheaton and Montgom ery County” was the comment of Olof Bergqvist of Sweden, a recent visitor in Wheaton. Young Bergqvist is one of 24 foreign students attending Co lumbia University Law School in the Master of Comparative Law Program, who were in the Washington area last week visit ing and meeting agency heads in the Federal Government. Monday and Tuesday during the day were filled with appoint ments for the group, each of whom stayed with Columbia Law School alumni in the area. However, Monday evening, Bergqvist, a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Marcus, attended a particularly Amer ican gathering —a meeting of the Glenmont & Vicinity Citi zens Association. There he not only met members of the com munity, some of whom had visited Sweden, but also learn ed about the park system of the Park and Planning Commission from guest speaker, F. Frank Rubini, and about the intricacies Sherwood Takes Carroll By 1-0 Sherwood took on John Car roll High of Washington last Friday in a pre-league home game and chalked up a 1 to 0 win over the Washingtonians. Coach Rupert Curry used three pitchers who struck out 14 men and allowed only one hit between them. Bill Lea, Dan ny Kimball and Steve White were the Sherwood twirlers. Curry said he used the three men against Carroll in order to see them in action. Hagerstown is as tough as was forecast. And, reading between the innings, it is of note that La- Rocca, who saw only fair action last year, held one of the most formidable foes in the state to only three hits. weeks. Moltz was spiked by an Einstein runner sliding into second. Dupee said 15 stitches were required to repair the damage. Both of last weeks’ games were played at home. Whea ton was scheduled to play Walt Whitman Tuesday and Springbrook today (Thurs day) at 3:30. Laudatory over what he be lieves is a real power house in this season's pitching staff at Wheaton, Dupee said the team faces its “big test” in the first league game scheduled with B-CC for the first Tuesday after Easter vacation. After B-CC, Dupee said Whea ton meets Northwood—another “toughie” and hard to figure at this time. of resolutions passed by local civic groups. On Wednesday, before leaving for New York, Bergqvist visited a fourth-grade class at Glen mont Elementary School where he spoke briefly to the children. He was particularly impressed by the fact that the fourth graders did not hesitate to ques tion him following his talk. In Sweden, shyness of their elders would preclude such questioning. He favors the ask ing of questions. The children were particularly impressed by the young man's height over six and a half feet. He had noted that the King of Sweden was also a tall man, and the youngsters wanted to know if all Swedes were so tall. Following his visit of the school, he toured the Wheaton Regional Park and was favor ably impressed by the facilities there. Theodore D. Gurney, who is in charge of the Old Mac- Donald's Farm section of the park took the foreign visitor on a complete tour of the farm and playground area. At the Brook side Nature Center, the pond with its Canadian geese, swans and ducks appealed particularly to the visitor. His last stop at a public facility in the Wheaton area was at the Wheaton Regional Library where he was some what startled to be addressed in his native tongue by Mrs. Gitte Ewanik, Children’s Li brarian of Danish origin. Bergqvist, from the Univer sity of Lund, comes from a pro fessional family. His father is a doctor, his mother a dentist, one sister a dentist, and another sister a doctor. Here’s a helpful hint from In ternal Revenue . . . uncompen sated property losses and dam age suffered from floods, tor nadoes, hurricanes, and unusual ly heavy storms are "casualty losses.” They are deductible on your Federal Income Tax re turn, if you itemize your deduc tions on Form 1040.