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A-10 THE EVENING STAR SnortC Washington, O. C. “ Monday, August 29, 1960 ■f j. yjb -, ' f _‘ " 8L?... *>< p % awgMßy, •lapiv' IS 1 M [ \M.-JjglF t <*• % O Lt- t£ w*. V ;'>"' W W* r ’ f 0 V f A w ° Si ' ■ JTmiA\ i Displaying a little advertisement to help the family’s business, Jack Kelly of Philadelphia, an Olympic sculler, chats with his two sisters, Elizabeth (left) and Princess Grace during WIN, LOSE OR /W DRAW By FRANCIS STANN s fedjf ’ IMr > i 'l'd Make the Same Deal' LET’S ASSUME THAT Cal Griffith didn’t telephone Bill Veeck that early April day in Florida or, if he did, Veeck said no to Cal’s proposition, which was to trade for Roy Sievers. The champion Chicago White Sox wouldn’t still be contenders. Maybe they wouldn’t even be in the first di vision, because that’s how many games Sievers has won personally. But would the Senators, if they had retained Roy, be challenging the Yankees and Orioles, instead? “No, we wouldn’t," Cal was saying yesterday in his ball park office. “We wouldn't be as well off as we are now if we didn’t have Battey. Os course,” he mused, a wistful light in his eyes, “if we had Battey and Sievers . , .” • • * “I'D MAKE THE SAME deal today,” Griffith went on, pulling himself back to reality. “Even with Sievers leading the American League in hitting and knocking all those home runs I’d have to have a catcher. “Battey—and Billy Gardner, too—gave us balance. I’m happy to see Roy doing so well but if we had Sievers and no catcher . . . well, you saw where we’ve been finish ing in previous years. In the cellar, most of the time. “I talked to Veeck the other day and mentioned that two clubs finally made a trade that benefited both. ’Things would be better in this business if we stopped trying to cheat each other,’ I told Veeck. He agreed.” Griffith thinks that right now Battey is the best Wash ington catcher since Jake Early, at least, and is improving all the time. Some observers might feel that Cal could have gone beyond Early but they’d get an argument from Griffith. • • ♦ "I MANAGED JAKE in the minors and watched him closely after he came to Washington," Cal pointed out. “He was a good catcher with a wonderful arm, like Bat tey's. And he wasn’t a bad hitter. He hit the long ball, too.” Originally, the Senators wanted John Romano from the White Sox. Os the two catchers riding the bench be hind Sherm Lollar—Romano and Battey—the former was rated the better hitter. But Romano, now with Cleveland, isn’t hitting with Battey, noi can he receive and throw like Earl. “We got Battey just in time, I’m thinking," Cal said. "Another year on the bench and he'd have forgotten how to play, like Gene Stephens of the Red Sox and Billy Con solo with us. Like Rube Walker and Ralph Houk, when they were behind Roy Campanella and Yogi Berra. Like Don Zimmer. "Another fellow who had a close call,” Griffith volun teered, “is Don Hoak of the Pirates. He’d just about for gotten how to play—in fact, I heard he was thinking of quitting—after .so many years on the bench at Brooklyn and Chicago. Now it looks like he’s having a lot to do with winning a pennant for Pittsburgh." • * * THE “BOOK" ON BATTEY was that he couldn’t hit breaking stuff. “That ‘book’ is out of date now,” Griffith said. “Last spring, when we got Earl, he was having trouble with the curve. But what can you expect, not playing? Now he’s hitting breaking stuff pretty good.” Sievers’ rise to the batting leadership, his almost day-to-day heroics in behalf of the White Sox, is a source of satisfaction to many in this town, including a fan named Richard Nixon. It was a slow spring for Sievers, who when traded was joining one of the few teams with three first basemen— Ted Kluszewski, Earl Torgeson and Roy himself. For a while Sievers and Klu shared the job, until it became ap parent to Manager Al Lopez that Roy must play every day to hit his best. Once given the job all to himself—and Sievers was only hitting about .220 at the time—he started his move. The White Sox have been leaning on him ever since. Moore Trounces Japanese To Keep His Feather Title TOKYO, Aug. 29 (AP).— Davey Moore of Springfield, Ohio, battered Kazuo Taka- i yama of Japan into a bleeding, staggering wreck and retained i his world featherweight champ ionship by a unanimous deci- i sion in a 15-round title bout ' tonight. Moore weighed 126, his oppo nent 125. Approximately 20.000 : saw the fight which was tele vised throughout Japan. Moore, in his second success- ; ful defense of the title he won from Hogan <Kid) Bassey of < Nigeria, had Takayama help less and almost out on his feet in the 12th and 13th rounds •» but could not knock him out. rights until he punched him self into exhaustion. At one point near the end of the 12th round it appeared referee James Wilson had stopped the fight to prevent Takayama from taking more punishment. He stepped be tween the fighters and Taka yama was reeling helplessly along the ropes. He smashed the Japanese around the ring with lefts and Moore backed away. Wilson explained moments later that he thought he had heard the bell. He motioned for the fight to continue as the bell sounded. JOB’’ yesterday’s day-off lull at Rome. The wealthy Kelly family is in the contracting business in Philadelphia.—AP Wirephoto. PASCUAL GOES AGAINST GRANT Griffs Glad to Finish Stand Against Tribe By BURTON HAWKINS Star Staff Writer Washington fans tonight will see the last of the Indians for this season, and the Senators wish they could say the same. Cleveland is having its diffi culties, but the Senators aren’t among them. Beaten by the Indians 14 times in 19 games, the Senators will confront their nemesis to night when Mudcat Grant starts against Camilo Pascual. Cleveland clobbered Washing ton. 9-1, yesterday before 12.698 fans as Barry Latman and Johnny Klippstein combined on a five-hitter. Pascual, seeking his 13th win.’ will oppose a righthander who (has made a major league living at the expense of the Senators. Grant has won 28 games since crashing the majors three years ago and 15 have been against i Washington, which has inflict ed only one of Mudcat’s 24 1 losses. Grant has achieved four of his eight victories this season against Washington, while Pas cual has experienced contrast ing luck. Camilo unleashed a five-hit shutout against the Indians in his last start against them, but previously he was battered in a 12-2 loss. Two More Meetings The Senators will have two games remaining with the In dians at Cleveland after to night. and those are dates they’d prefer to skip. The Sen ators have lost seven of 10 games to them here and they’ve dropped seven of nine at Cleve land. The only thing the Senators will like to remember about yesterday's drab affair is that their home attendance eclipsed the entire turnout for 1959. The LEAGUE STANDINGS o -f S . c - " a AMERICAN .£ -5 £g&X.2t:c u -J Results Yesterday o <-» ;J i 2 »J J 5 g ~ ||“ Cleve.. 9; Wash,. 1. <z> "o U > ,L> a co X >, _j |af 119 • ; %5: New New York I—! 9 11’ 7|14|12| 7|l3| 73| 49| .598| -I Boston. 2-5: k. c.. Bo | tjmore | 6 |_|i2| 6|ll|l2|l4|l2| 73| 53; .579; 2 Baito,. 3: Chi., i. Ch!cogo | 9 -| 7|_|l2| 9f 5 1514! 71| 53'| .573| 3 Cle«’”a’t T<, Wa T sh.. WASH. |lo| 9| 61—| 512! 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The Indians came to town " with a five-game losing streak. c They had blown nine of 11 games, but the sight of the * Senators always revives them s and seems to make the Wash- • ington team listless and shaky. 3 Homers foir Tribe " Jim Lemon failed to stab Joe ’ Mcrgan’s fly to deep left-center ’ yesterday at the start of the 3 third inning, and that three . base error launched the Sena . tors on another misadventure. > Vic Power singled Morgan ? across, and Jim Piersall boomed his 16th homer into the left-! 1 field bleachers off Truman ’ See SENATORS. Page A-12 . T7 ■ f Herb Elliott Out ' Os 800 Meters - ROME, Aug. 29 (AP>.—Herb 1 Elliott today withdrew from the e Olympic 800 meters. *■ Having already discarded the 5 idea of running in the mara thon, the Australian star will now concentrate solely on the 1500 meters. 5 "This is a decision Herb took himself,” said Syd Grange, Aus- ■ ’ tralian team manager. "He 5 stands a better chance with : out question in the 1500 meters ’ than he does either in the 800 \ or the marathon.” Bevyn Baker, 22, Australian! ; sprinter and broad jumper, I t also withdrew today from the t 100 meters and broad jump. He i is in the hospital with gastro s entericis. Tobian Takes Diving Title, Gives U.S. Ist Gold Medal 'Pennant Call' On Kin's Blast Embitters Sox By the Associated Press “If you ever saw a pennant call, that could be it,” Ted Kluszewski said after his three run homer in the eighth inning was wiped out by an umpire’s ruling at Baltimore yesterday. A technical time-out call, heard by few, cost the White Major leaguf Box Scorej, Page A-13 Sox the winning margin as they I lost, 3-1, to the Orioles in a battle for second place in the American League. Third Base Umpire Ed Hur ley voided what what would have been a pinch-hit homer by ruling he had called “no pitch” just before Milt Pappas delivered the gopher ball. “Earl Torgeson and Floyd Robinson were warming up be tween the Chicago dougout and the bullpen. They were not where they were supposed to be. That’s why I called time,” the veteran umpire said. “If they had been on their way to the bullpen there would have been no call, but they had stopped and started to throw the ball.” Chicago Manager Al Lopez, who filed an official protest, said he doesn’t think Hurley had the right to call time in that situation. “Besides, what designates a bullpen here in Baltimore?” Lopez asked. “There are no lines to mark it off.” Two Behind Yankees The two clubs go at it again tonight. The Orioles are now in second, two games back of the league-leading Yankees, while Chicago is in third, three games back. The Yankees split with De troit. dropping the opener. 6-2, and taking the nightcap. 8-5. Cleveland whipped Washington. 9-1, and Boston took a pair from Kansas City, 2-1 and 5-4. Hurley’s call at Baltimore brought a vehement protest by the White Sox. and Nellie Fox was ejected during the uproar. Tony Cuccinello, the Chicago third base coach, confirmed Hurley's controversial call had been made, but he claimed it came too late. “How come See AMERICAN, Page A-ll PROEAELE PITCHERS AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland at Washington—G rant (8-6) vs Pascual (12-7), 8:05 pm. Chicano at Baltimore—Score (4-8) vs Fisher (9-fti. 8:05 p m Kansas City at Boston—Larsen < 1-P • vs Brewer 4 7-11* (n). Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis at Milwaukee Jackson (14-11) vs Willey (5-7) (n). ■ Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Law (18-5» vs. Podres (11-9* tn). Philadelphia at San Francisco—Ma haffey (3-01 vs. McCormick <ll-9). Only games scheduled. t iKh M • ;<i B'' ”' x ’ y X' ! 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Don't put it off too long—this gin has waited long enough! 103 years of experience prove time icorlin u'onderrt for Seagram Extra-Dry Gin A R . - Doctor Denies Giving Drug to Danish Cyclist COPENHAGEN, Aug. 29 <AP). —A Danish doctor who checked the health of Denmark's Olym pic cyclists, today said he did hot ordain Ronicol drugs and would have advised strongly ‘ against such a move. , Thorkild Madsen, president ■ of the Danish Road Cycling Union, earlier today confirmed that the four Danish riders in I the Olympic 100-kilometer ’ team road race had been given j Ronicol tablets before the - start. i One of them, Knud Enemark i Jensen, died after collapsing in j s the race. Another, Jorgen B ! Jorgensen, collapsed, too, but ■ recovered latpr in hospital. Doctor Denies Action i Madsen said after an all ; night hearing of the surviving I riders that the Ronical had ( been ordained by Dr. Gunnar . Stenaa. Later, when faced with I Stenaa's denial, he said he was ; certain the riders had told him > Stenaa ordained the pills. ’ Madsen stressed that, to his knowledge, Ronical was com- ‘ pletely harmless and that Ital l ian doctors who treated Ene-' ’ mark had agreed to this. 1 Dr. Stenaa flatly denied hav- | ing ordained Ronical, however, i ■ and said he “would not have! ; done so.” He explained that Ronical increases the flow of 1 blood going to the legs, but ’ does not increase the circula • tion back to the heart. ■ “I would regard it as most harmful to riders in such a strenuous cycling race and such a heat as prevailed in , Rome Friday,” Dr. Stenaa said. r Commissioner Jens Jersild of ' the Danish Health Police told , the Associated Press the use ' of Ronical is not illegal in this country. After the publicity about , Enemark Jensen’s death in . Rome, his department has been i . looking over a two-year-old! case of doping charges against other Danish cyclists, he said. Ronicol was found to have been used then, too, the police commissioner said, adding 4 Americans Hit By Mild Virus ROME, Aug. 29 (AP>.—Four! members of the United States track and field team are among! athletes stricken by a mild virus attack sweeping through! . Olympic Village. “I don't think it’s serious— it’s one of those things which last only a day or two,” said! Larry Snyder, United States! track coach. Among the track team af fected are Shot Putter Dallas Long. Hurdler Glenn Davis, Javelin Thrower Al Cantello and Decathloner Dave Ed strom. None of the cases is serious. ITALIAN PERISHES IN WALKING RACE ROME, Aug, 29 <AP>.— Italy’s searing heat wave, which apparently contrib uted to the death of a young Danish Olympic cyclist, also cost an Italian soldier his life and felled six others in a walking race. The seven soldiers, mem bers of an Alpine regiment, entered the race in North Italy yesterday and col lapsed before it finished. Romano Francoforte, 22, died shortly afterward. The other six are recov ering in a hospital. there was no basis for formal doping charges. The use of Ronicol in Rome would not provide such a basis I either, he said, but.added: "Os: course I cannot say it has been I defensible.” Dr. Stenaa said he checked ! the road riders twice before I their departure for Rome. Ene mark Jensen’s condition was | then excellent, in fact better than that of the other riders. Meanwhile, in Rome, Italian authorities launched an inves tigation into Jensen’s death. Ferdinando Cocucci, Rome’s at torney general, said authorities “did not exclude the possibility” that Jensen had taken stimu lants. Doctors Informed Madsen said the doctor on the Danish Olympic team, Axel Boeje, had been informed of the drug and made no objec tions. “Doctors at the Rome hospi j tai where Jensen was taken after his collapse also were in formed immediately and all agreed the stuff was harm less.” Madsen said. Harald Jespersen, chief of the Danish delegation at the Olympic village in Rome, said he knew nothing whatsoever about use of “pep pills” by Danish cyclists. “It is forbidden in Denmark to use these things,” Jespersen See CYCLIST, Page A-ll TODAY'S SPORTS ! ON RADIO-TV Television Olympics WTOP-9, 11:15 p.m. Radio Baseball Senators vs. Indians, WTOP. 8:00 p.m. Orioles vs. White Sox, WOL. 7:55 p.m. Butterfly Record Is Shattered by California Girl By TED SMITS Associated Press Sports Editor ROME. Aug. 29. —The United States won its first gold medal of the 17th Olympic Games today when Gary Tobian, a 25- year-old ex-GI from Glendale, Calif., took the men’s 3-meter springboard diving title. It was the ninth straight men’s springboard title for the United States. Tobian upset his favored teammate, Sam Hall of Dayton, Ohio, in the final. Mexico’s Juan Botella was third. . Meanwhile, the United States threatened to go to the Inter national Olympic Committee with its protest of the disputed men’s 100-meter freestyle swim ming race Saturday. Rebuffed in his first appeal, Max Ritter, United States member of the International Swimming Fed eration said he would appeal on the basis of what he called new film evidence. Three Russians Win Throughout the American ! quarters—in diving, boxing, wrestling, weightlifting and other departments—there was strong resentment of what the athletes called a growing “Anti- American” and “Knock Down the Yanks sentiment. Dr. Sammy Lee, the United States women’s diving coach, said the judges had two approaches to scoring—one for the United States and the other “for the rest of them.” While the United States grabbed its first gold medal, the Russians also started to score with three firsts in canoe ing events. Carolyn Schuler, a 17-year old schoolgirl from Ordina, Calif., broke the Olympic rec ord while winning a qualifying heat in the women’s 100-meter butterfly swimming event. Carolyn Wood. 14-year-old 10th grader from Portland, Oreg., also won her heat, almost matching the old record, and qualifying for tomorrow’s final. U. S. Cagers Win The impressive United States basketball team continued its unbeaten march by polishing off Hungary, 107-63, qualify ing for the semifinals. Oscar Robertson of the Cincinnati Bearcats paced the winners with 22 points. Jerry Lucas of Ohio State’s national cham pions, scored 21. Ingrid Kramer, the blond Geiman girl who won the worn- I en's 3-meter springboard diving title in a major upset, moved into an early lead in the lO meter platform diving compe tition. The 17-year-old athlete from Dresden. East Germany, scored 56.20 points in four morning dives. Mrs. Paula Jean Pope of Santa Ana. Calif., who lost to the German in the spring board event, was second with 54.70. Mrs. Juno Irwin of Glen dale. Calif., was sixth among See OLYMPICS. Page A-ll