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JudyCoplon Gets Up to 10 Years;
Goes to Jail as Bond Is Doubled;
Palmer Is Excoriated by Judge
Reeves Would Bar
Him From Trials
In Courts Here
By James J. Cullinane
Judith Coplon, convicted.Justice
Department political analyst, was
sentenced today to spend from 40
months to 10 years in prison for
betraying her country.
Judge Albert L. Reeves read the
sentence shortly after 11:15 a.m..
and the tiny brunette heard it
unfllinchingly.
The sentence was imposed in
this manner:
Forty months to 10 years on the
charge of attempting to betray
national security secrets to a So
viet agent. One to three years for
having secret Government docu*
ments in her possession.
The sentences will run concur
rently.
Judge Reeves set the appeal bond
at $20,000, which is twice the pre
vious bond.
Removed to Temporary Lockup.
Miss Coplon was taken in cus
tody by a court marshal pending
posting, of the new $20,000 bail,
and was removed to the tempo
rary lockup in the basement of
District Court Building, about a
block from the Municipal Court
Building, where District Court
uses §ome quarters and where the
trial was held.
Under today's sentence, Miss
Coplon would be eligible to apply
for parole in 40 months, should
she lose the appeal her attorney
announced would be made.
Judge Reeves recommended that
the sentence oe served in the
Women’s Reformatory at Alder
son, W. Va.
Unfair Trial Charged.
A short time before hearing her
penalty, Miss Coplon made an im
passioned statement to Judge
Reeves, but she did not ask for
mercy.
She declared she had been
denied a fair trial in a “loyalty
ridden” city and that the Govern
ment was trying to break her spirit
Woman Juror Says
She Doubted Judith
Tried to Aid Russia
The principal, reason the
Judith Coplon jury was out
for two days was the insist
ence of one jurer, Mrs. Mattie
. Taylos, colored, that she was
not convinced Miss Coplon '
was guilty of attempting to
aid a foreign power, although
she believed the defendant
had removed the FBI papers
in violation of the espionage
law.
Mrs. Taylor, 59. of 558
Twenty-third place N.E., said
it took her a long time to make
up her mind whether Miss
Coplon was trying to injure
the United States by reporting
secret information to the
Russians.
Mrs. Taylor said she had
received 27 telephone calls at
"her home and a number of
other persons had come to her
home to question her about
the trial.
and keep her in jail by additional
bail to put her at a disadvantage
when she goes to trial in New
York in about 10 days.
Miss Coplon is jointly indicted
there for conspiracy with Valen
tine A. Gubitchev, 32, a So
viet engineer. The Government
charged that she took secret docu
ments to turn over to him.
The 75-year-old white-haired
Judge replied with dignity and
some emotion that he considered
the jury's verdict eminently fair
in view of the evidence, and de
clared that he had opened every
possible avenue for the defense
to bring out any evidence that
could tend to clear Miss Coplon
of guilt.
“I even opened the secret files
of the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation to give Miss Coplon's at
torney access to all material with
even a questionable bearing on the
case,” the judge said.
"This may have been somewhat
damaging to the Government’s ef
forts against Soviet espionage, but
I felt it was necessary to give this
defendant a wholly fair trial.”
The reprimands to Miss Cop
lon s temperamental attorney con
tinued up to the last minute of
(See COPLON, Page A-3.)
McCloy Stops in Paris
On Way to Germany
ly the Associated Press
PARIS, July 1.—John J. Mc
Cloy, who today becomes Amer
ican military governor of Ger
many, stopped off here this after
noon on his way from Washing
ton.
Mr. McCloy said he “just
wanted to talk to Averell Harri
man about Marshall Plan prob
lems in Germany.”
Mr. Harriman, American rov
ing ambassador in Europe, met
Mr. McCloy at the airfield.
Krug Offers to Let D. C. Board
Run All Recreation Facilities
Terms on Segregation Are Not Revealed,
But Agreement Seems Near After Meeting
By Coit Hendley, Jr.
Interior Secretary Krug said to
day he expected to conclude with
in the next few days an agreement
which would allow the District
Recreation Board to take over the
operation of all Interior Depart
ment recreation facilities in the
city.
Mr. Krug did not reveal the
terms of the agreement, leaving
tvide open the one question of most
interest to Washington citizens—
will the recreation facilities remain
segregated? '
The statement was made fol
lowing a conference at the In
terior Department with the Dis
trict Commissioners, Harry S.
Wender, president <of the Recrea
tion Board, and officials of the In
ferior Department's National Capi
tal Parks office. The conference
w'as called yesterday, not many
hours after Mr. Krug had ordered
the Anacostia swimming pool
closed indefinitely after fights and
other disturb? nces there over tht
admission of Negroes.
Mr. Krug said the Anacostia
pool will remain closed until after
the agreement has been reached
with the Recreation Board.
Mr. Wender, after the confer
ence, said that Mr. Krug had
made a specific proposal which
would give the Recreation Board
the control it has long sought over
the six swimming pools, the ten
nis courts and other recreation
facilities in the city which the In
terior Department controls. He
said he was not at liberty to
divulge the details of the proposal
or to discuss what Mr. Krug's
thinking was on the question of
segregation in the facilities.
The Recreation Board will be
called together to consider the
proposal /nade by Mr. Krug "as
i See POOLS, Page A-4.)
Two Czech Policemen
Reported Killed in
Slovakian Rioting
Catholic Bands Declared
Organized to Resist
Communist Attacks
By th« Associated Press
PRAGUE, July 1.—At least two
Communist policemen were beaten
to death and an undetermined
number injured in rioting between
Roman Catholics and government
adherents in Slovakia recently, I
according to reliable reports
reaching high diplomatic sources
here.
These sources added that the
situation in this intensely Catholic
province now appeared ‘quiet on
the surface.” But they were in
clined to give credence to reports
that at least small bands of Cath
olics had been formed there to
stage violent resistance to the
Communists in the church-state
fight.
To hush up the situation, diplo
matic quarters said, the govern
ment was restricting travel into
Slovakia.
Vatican Protest Ignored.
Other developments in the
: church-state war were:
1. Disclosure that the Czecho
' Slovak Foreign Ministry so far has
ignored a protest delivered by the
diplomatic corps here about the
forcible detention earlier this
week of Msgr. Gennaro Verolino.
Vatican diplomat.
2. Msgr. Josef Beran, Arch
bishop of Prague and the nation's
primate, is staging a virtual “sit
down strike” in his palace, refus
ing government suggestions .that
he leave for a summer holiday.
Diplomatic quarters were in
clined to evaluate cautiously open
Slovak anti-Communist activity.
Nevetheless, they said, the re
port about at least small-scale
partisan activity were persistent.
These reports said the anti
communists called themselves
“Janosikovcl,” after Janosik, the
Slovak "Robin Hood.”
Organize to Protect Priests.
The trouble in Slovakia was
said to have started when the
Catholics organized td protect
their priests from arrest. These
volunteer protective bands clashed
with the police in various towns.
Slovakia, according to church
pastoral letters, has been the
main target of Communist per
secution. There the monasteries
have been closed, priests kidnaped
an.d arrested and other repressive
measures haVe been farthest ad
vanced.
This also has produced renewed
animosity among the Slovaks to
ward the Czechs. Recently a bus
load of Czech tourists was stoned
and cursed by Slovakians who
(See CZECH, Page A-5.)
Truman Leaves Tomorrow
For Holiday Yacht Cruise
President Truman will spend
the holiday week end cruising in
nearby waters on the yacht Wil
liamsburg, the White House an
nounced today. ^
The President will leave tomor
row morning and return Monday
evening.
The only stops planned are
overnight anchorages.
Miss Margaret Truman will be
in the party accompanying the
President.
U. 5. Charges Russia
Condones Satellites'
Violation of Pacts
Note Asks Reconsideration
Of Soviet';; Refusal to
Help Settle Disputes
By Garnett D. Horner
The United States today charged
Russia with condoning peace
treaty violations by Bulgaria,
Hungary and Romania.
The charge was made by the
State Department in making pub
lic a note calling on the Soviet
government to reconsider its re
fusal to join with American and
British representatives in efforts
to settle disputes over peace
treaty provisions with the three
satellite governments.
As an outgrowth of such things
as the Cardinal Mindszenty prose
cution. the United States and
Britain have accused the Com
munist regimes in Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Romania with “repeated
and systematic violations” of
peace treaty guarantees of re
ligious, political, press and other
basic freedoms.
Governments Deny Charge.
The Balkan governments have
denied the charges, accusing the
Western powers of interference in
their internal affairs.
This situation, the United States
and Britain insist, involves “dis
putes” over peace treaty enforce
ment which, under other provi
sions of the treaty, must be con
sidered by the American, British
and Soviet diplomatic chiefs in
the countries concerned.
Russia replied on June 11 to a
formal request for taking up the
j disputes in this manner and said
that the peace treaties have not
been violated and therefore there
I is no reason to invoke the ma
chinery for consideration of
disputes.
; “The Soviet government," the
State Department said today,
“has chosen to give its complete
support to the position taken by
Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
(See BALKANSrPag(TA-5J
3,000 Catholic Clergymen
Reported Held by Reds
ly the Associated Press
VATICAN CITY, July 1.—An
unofficial Vatican informant esti
mated today that nearly 3,000
Catholic priests and members of
religious orders are imprisoned in
Soviet orbit countries.
He said he obtained his figures
by canvassing sources in Rome
who have been in contact with
Romania, Hungary, Czechoslo
vakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Bul
garia and the Soviet incorporated
countries of Lithuania, Estonia
and Latvia.
Romania heads the list, with
600 priests and members of re
ligious orders thrown into jail
since the Communists came to
power, the informant said.
Poland is close behind with 500,
according to the Vatican source,
who gave the folowing breakdown
for the other countries:
Hungary, 450; Czechoslovakia,
200; Yugoslavia, 200; Bulgaria,
about 30; Lithuania, Estonia and
Latvia, 1,000, most of them in
Lithuania.
Pope Sees U. S. Envoy
VATICAN CITY, July 1 (JP).—
Pope Pius XII today received in
private audience Myron C. Taylor,
President Truman’s personal en
voy to the Vatican. It was the
sixth time the pontiff had con
ferred with the American envoy
since Mr. Taylor arrived here in
May.
Hiss Trial Judge
Bars Witnesses
For Prosecution
Eisler's Former Wife
Kept From Stand After
Lengthy Argument
By Newbold Noyes. Jr.,
and Robert K. Walsh
Star Staff Correspondents
NEW YORK. July 1.—Federal
Judge Samuel H. Kaufman today
refused to allow Mrs. Hede Mas
sing, former wife of Gerhard
Eisler, to testify for the Govern
ment as a rebuttal witness against
Alger Hiss in his perjury trial
here.
Mrs. Massing, also known as
Mrs. Hedvig Gumpertz and Mrs.
Hedda Gompers. was named as a
former Communist by Whittaker
Chambers last summer before the
House Un-American Activities
Committee.
Mr. Chambers, confessed ex
Communist courier who is Mr.
Hiss’ chief accuser, told the
committee Mrs. Massing, a native
of Vienna, once took Alger Hiss
to task for trying to get a mem
ber of her underground Com
munist apparatus to join his ap
paratus.
Denied Knowing Mrs. Massing.
Mr. Hiss denied from the Al
ness stand here that such an in
cident ever occurred or that he
knew Mrs. Massing. He also had
denied knowing her in the famous
confrontation scene in a hotel
here last December, shortly be
fore he was indicted.
Judge Kaufman, following an
hour and a half of debate in his
chambers, sustained a defense ob
jection to Mrs. Massing's appear
ance. on the grounds that her
testimony bore only on “collateral
issues” in the trial of the former
State Department official.
Mrs. Massing is the wife of Dr.
Paul Massing, a sociology profes
sor at Rutgers University. Eisler,
her former husband, named by
the House committee as the No. 1
Communist agent in this country,
fled the United States after jump
ing $23,000 bail and made his way
to Germany aboard the Polish
liner Batory.
Judge Kaufman also turned
thumbs down on another proposed
rebuttal witness, described only as
an officer of the Cherner Motor
Co. in Washington.
Sought Facts on Auto.
Assistant United States Attor
ney Thomas F. Murphy said he
proposed, through the witness, to
prove facts relating to the pur
chase and sale of the 1929 Ford
automobile which Mr. Hiss loaned
or gave to Mr. Chambers in 1936.
Mr. Hiss is indicted on two
counts alleging perjury before a
Federal grand jury last December
15, when he denied having given
secret State Department papers to
Mr. Chambers in 1937 and 1938
for transmission to Russian agents,
and said he did not see his ac
cuser between 1936 and 1948.
Paul A. Solandt, an employe of
the Libbary of Congress, testified
for the Government during to
day's abbreviated session, that he
spent the summer of 1937 in
Chestertown. Md„ at the board
ing house run by Mrs. Lewin W.
Wickes. This is the establishment
in which Mr. Hiss says he spent
the first half of August, 1937,
when Mr. Chambers contends that
he and the Hisses made a motor
trip to Petersborough, N. H.
Didn’t See Hisses.
Mr. Solandt said he did not see
or meet Mr. and Mrs. Hiss at
the Wickes’ home. When the de
fendant and his wife were asked
to rise from their seats in the
well of the court, the witness
said he had never seen them
before.
Another Government rebuttal
witness today was Stanley Russell,
a representative of a typewriter
concern, who testified he had
rented a Woodstock machine to
(Continued on Page A-4, Col. 1.)
Weirton Steel Distributes
$3,407,800 Pay Melon •
By the Associated Press
WEIRTON, W. Va.. July 1.—
The largest pay melon in the 40
year history of the Weirton Steel
Co. was cut for more than 12,000
employes today.
Company and union spokesman
said the $3,407,800 payroll Repre
sented regular earnings supple
mented by vacation pay for work
ers who remained on the job this
week.
Company officials said the task
of distributing the money to the
workers in the Weirton and
Steubenville (Ohio) plants was so
great that It would require tWo
days:
Company officials said most of
the workers chose to pass up their
vacation and draw both vacation
allowances and regular earnings.
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Transit Workers to Stay on Job
Pending Result of Arbitration
Strike-Saving Device Wifi Submit All
Controversies to Board of Five Men
Washington escaped a transit
strike today when union members
agreed to keep streetcars and
buses running while arbitrating
their contract dispute with the
company.
With the fate of thousands of
riders pivoting on their decision,
about 3,000 Capital Transit Co.
employes accepted a compromise
plan at 1:25 a.m. in a confusion
packed meeting at Turner’s Arena.
Suggested by Federal concilia
tors and recommended by both
company and union officials, the
strike-saving device will place be
fore five arbitrators all the issues
of wages and working conditions
left unsettled aftet two months
of bargaining.
Any changes from the present
wage scale will be made retro
active to July 1. Until a settle
ment is reached, terms of the old
contract will be observed.
The compromise was proposed
by Cyrus W. Ching, chief of the
Federal Mediation and Concilia
tion Service, during day-long
meetings between company and
union negotiators.
Leaders on both sides condi
tionally accepted about 7:30 p. m.
Later E. D. Merrill, Capital
Transit president, signed an ac
ceptance for the company, and it
remained for the union member
ship to act.
The members began gathering
at midnight, expiration time for
the present contract. When the
meeting was slow in getting
under way, there was stamping
of feet and cries for action.
Boos mingled with cheers after
Eli Oliver, a labor consultant re
tained by the union, explained
terms of the proposed compromise.
Confusion was so great that when
(Continued on Page A-4, Col. 2.)
George Tells Truman
Taxes Are So Heavy
They Reduce Revenue
Senate Drive to Slash
Budget Gains Ground
During Verbal Feud
By tht Associated Pr«*«
A two-party move for a 10 per
cent budget cut gained ground in
Congress today in the backwasn
of President Truman’s verbal feud
with Senator George, Democrat,
of Georgia over new taxes.
Mr. Truman's news conference
assertion yesterday that Senator
George never was for enough
taxes to run the government
brought a prompt retort by the
Georgian. He said the Presi
dent is wrong if he thinks the
people agree “with his theory that
he has got to have more money
to run this Government.”
Senator George, who heads the
Finance Committee and thus
stands astride tax bills in the
Senate, told a reporter he thinks
some taxes already are so high
they are hurting business. This
cuts total revenues, he contended.
“Any frugal government cer
tainly can live on a smaller bud
get than the President has pro
posed,” the Senator declared.
Called Nothin* Unusual.
Senator George's suggestion
that Mr. Truman publicly drop
his repeated demands for $4,000,
000,000 in new taxes brought a
presidential remark that this
wasn’t anything unusual.
Agreeing writh the cartoonist of
The Star, Mr. Truman had some
fun at the expense of the two
party move under way in both
houses to order him to slice 10 per
cent off money bills Congress
passes.
The cartoon depicted Congress
as asking Mr. Truman to please
stop it from knocking itself in the
head with the hammer of big ap
propriations.
The inference was that Con
gress could begin its savings at
home, but was trying to pass the
job along to the President. That
(See TAXES, Page A-3.)
Lloyd's Offers Britons
Epidemic Insurance
ty the Associated Press
LONDON, July 1.—Lloyd’s of
London is offering Britishers
1,000-to-l odds against catching
infantile paralysis, smallpox or
typhoid.
The insurance firm started
issuing a new policy today which
guarantees holders £10 ($40) a
week till they’ve collected $4,000
if they are stricken with any of
the dread illnesses. All this for
a $4 premium.
Taft-Hartley Act Foes
Undecided on Course
In Face of Senate Bill
Repeal Fight Believed
Lost This Year, However,
After 51-42 Vote
By J. A. O'Leary
Administration leaders were un
decided today whether to kill the
Senate-approved labor bill, retain
ing most of the Taft-Hartley law,
in House committee or give the
House another chance to vote on
the issue.
Most observers agreed, however,
that the administration lost its
; fight to repeal Taft-Hartley this
year when the Senate passed a
Taft substitute for the repeal
measure late yesterday, 51 to 42.
President Truman lost no time
in telling a press conference the
repeal fight will go on, but no
informed source at the Capitol ex
pects it to succeed before next
year.
With Congress about to start
on a Fourth of July week-end
recess, no decision is likely be
fore next week on ways to dispose
of the controversial labor issue
for the rest of this session.
Basic T-H Features Kept.
Although the new Taft bill
makes more than a score of
softening changes in the Taft
Hartley law, it keeps most of the
basic features which organized
labor and the Truman adminis
tration have sworn to get rid of.
Earlier votes in the House this
year indicate that body would not
go much further than the Senate
has gone in weakening the pres
ent law.
Mr. Truman did not commit
himself yesterday on the question
of whether he would veto the Sen
ate version, but Senate Majority
Leader Lucas has minced no words
on predicting a veto if the bill
reaches the White House.
Asked whether he would try to
beat Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio for re-election next year, Mr.
Truman told his news conference
he had never undertaken to defeat
the Ohioan. He had no comment
on the re-election prospects of
(See LABOR, Page A-5.)
Senate Votes Controls
Senate passage sent to President
Truman late yesterday a bill ex
tending for one year the Govern
ment’s authority to control im
ports of fats and oils and rice and
rice products. The bill was passed
by voice vote only a few hours
before expiration of the controls
at midnight.
Bob Barnett Dead;
Cause oi Collapse
Is Still Not Known
Autopsy on Chevy Chase
Club Golf Pro to Be
Performed Today
Robert T. Barnett, golf pro
fessional at the Chevy Chase Club
since 1921, died at Georgetown
University Hospital early today,
48 hours after he was found un
conscious in the club's golf shop.
The cause of death was not
determined and an autopsy was
the be performed today.
A tutor of many outstanding
golfers, including Lew Worsham,
1947 National Open champion,
Buck Worsham of tht Congres
sional Club and Charles Bassler
of Baltimore. Mr. Barnett also
had served as professional at the
Indian Creek Club in Miami dur
ing the winters since 1930.
Never Regained Consciousness.
A former Middle Atlantic PGA
champion! he was defeated last
year in the Maryland Open by one
of his former pupils—Mr. Bassler.
He lived at 4503 Ridge street,
Chevy Chase, and was 51
years old.
News of the popular pro's death,
reaching the country's top pro
fessional golfers as they teed off
this morning in The Star Open
golf tournament at Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club,
drew expressions of sorrow from
many.
E. J. “Dutch” Harrison said,
“Old Bob was sure a friend of
every pro. He seemed to know
just about everybody in golf.
We’re all sure sorry to hear about
him.”
Lawson Little remarked, “He was
more a gentleman than most any
pro I ever knew.”
Hospitality Remarked.
“He opened the doors of his
club wider than any other golf
pro I knew—always making an ef
fort to be as hospitable as pos
sible,” added Buck White.
Washington Pros Wiffy Cox,
Congressional: A1 Houghton,
Prince Georges, and George Dif
fenbaugh, Kenwood, expressed
sorrow on hearing the news.
Mr. Barnett was found un
conscious in a chair at the golf
shop about 9 a.m. Wednesday by
William Hardy, assistant profes
sional at the club. He was taken
to the hospital and never regained
consciousness.
A native of Paoli, Pa., he was
a veteran of World War I and
served as an assistant professional
in Philadelphia before coming to
Washington. He was a former
vice president of the National
Professional Golfers Association.
He is survived by his widow, a
daughter, Mrs. William T. Nelson,
and a grandson, William Tucker
Nelson, jr„ of Chambersburg, Pa.
Burial Volley Kills Man
VALPARAISO, Chile, July 1 (VP).
—A former Chilean Navy captain
was being buried today with mili
tary honors. The guard of sailors
fired a rifle volley in salute. One
of the builets struck and killed
Ernesto Rodriguez, former navy
employe.
Bulletin
2 Questioned on Checks
Police this afternoon were
questioning twq men who they
said had 27 Gommment checks
in their possession ranging
from small amounts to $108.
The checks, all dated yester
day, were mide out to resi
dents of Southeast Washing
ton. The two men, both young
and “sportily dressed,” were
picked np on the advice of a
taxi driver, a former police
man, in whose cab they were
passengers. He was quoted as
saying he became suspicious of
the men when he saw the
checks.
m
Stars Open Golf
Tourney Starts at
Prince Georges
Snead Turns First Nini
In 2 Under Par 34
In $15,000 Event
By Merrell Whittlesey
Sam Snead played a great 75
foot approach shot, from deep
rough and partially stymied by 4
tree, to within a foot of the pin on
the ninth hole and turned the first
nine in two-under-par 34 today in
the $15,000 Washington Star Open
at Prince Georges Country Club.
Snead was two under par com
ing to the ninth and after pushing
his drive to the right of the fair
way he pulled his second to the
left. He had only inches in which
to miss the tree. After carefully
studying the shot he hit it firmly,
the ball rolled dead for the hole,
struck the pin and stopped inches
away.
Snead birdied the first hole by
dropping a 4-footer, chipped close
for a birdie on the par 5 fourth
and holed a 10-footer to go three
under on the sixth. He three
putted the seventh, however, to
lose a stroke.
Fenna Has Bad Beginning.
Toney Penna, Snead’s playing
partner, was off to a discouraging
beginning when he four-putted
the first green for a double bogey
six, missing one through pur a
carelessness. That apparently
inspired him, how’ever. as he came
back with four birdies in the next
five holes and turned in 34. Andy
Gibson, the other member of tha
threesome, was even with 36.
The best of the early nine-hola
scores were 33s, three under par,
by Charles Bassler, the Maryland
Open champion from . Rolling
Road in Catonsville, and Dava
Douglas, the Delaw-are pro with
the match-stick build who holds
the Texas Open title. The first
four holes, all comparatively easy,
helped the players get off to good
starts.
The sky was overcast and a
slight breeze made for ideal play
ing conditions. The gallery was
large for early morning and most
of the spectators were following
Snead's threesome, with National
Open Champion Cary MJddlecofI,
Bob Hamilton and Roger Pea
cock also attracting a sizeabl*
crowd. Middlecoft was two un
jder par for the first six holes.
Diffenbaugh Scores 73.
George Diffenbaugh, the Ken
wood Club pro, who won a rich
pro-amateur here last year, topped
the eaHy 18-hole scores with a
73, one over par, while his play
ing partners. Host Pro A1 Hough
ton and Clagett Stevens, both
were one stroke higher with 74's.
Houghton, who seldom misses
the center of the fairway, hit two
balls out-of-bounds on the fourth
hole and scrambled to a 6 on the
par-5 hole. Stevens went over
par on the last two holes.
Several additional outgoing 34’s
were reported, by Pete Fleming
in Hot Springs, Ark., Glen Deal
of Morgantown, N. C., Ed Furgol
of Royal Oak, Mich., Eric Monti
of Santa Monica, Calif., Henry
Ramson of St. Andrews, HI., and
Ted Neist of Walla Walla, Wash.
As usual, golf tournaments at
tract ball players and New York
Yankees’ Bill Dickey, Tommy
Byrne, Fred Sanford and Charley
; Keller was present, while Ray
Scarborough, Sam Dente, A1 Evans
and Sid Hudson were on hand
jfrom the Nats.
With the -big three of profes
sional golf today. Snead, the
Masters and PGA champion; Mid
dlecoff, and Lloyd Mangrum, the
third leading money winner, all
on hand, there wasn't an out
standing favorite.
20 Topnotchers on Hand.
Skip Alexander, 33 under par in
eight rounds of the National Cap
ital Open at Prince Georges the
last two years, also had ample
support along with Dutch Har
rison, the new Canadian Open
titlist, and Johnny Palmer, the
fourth leading money winner from
Badin, N. C.
In all, 20 of the top 25 money
winners were on hand for the
four-day affair, with $2,600 await
ing the winner to be crowned
Monday afternoon. Gov. Lane of
Maryland will be on hand at that
time for the presentation cere
monies.
Prince Georges measures 6,873
yards but golf’s biggest hitters
were not bothered by any distance
problems over "the par-72 layout.
It is wide open, which favors
Alexander and Chick Harbert,
rated as the longest hitter in the
golf world today. Both are in
clined to mix wildness with their
power.
Alexander hopes this will be a
homecoming for him. The big,
prematurely gray Carolinian from
Lexington has not won a tour
nament since this one last May
and he is missing from the top
25 money winners for the first
time since he started his profes
(See GOLF, Page A-4.)
Golf Scores
Pairings Also Given
For Prince Georges i
A1 Houghton. Landover __ 35-39—74
George Dlffenbaugh. Bethesda 37-36—73
Clagett Stevens, Rocfcvi’le . 35-39—. V.
'Bob Harrington, Frederk’t 45-38—83
Walter R. Potter, Pt. Belvoir. - 40-43—83
‘Denotes amateur.
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