Saturday, May 18, 1957 was one of the slowest news days yet in this series. The biggest news stories were negotiations over tolls for the Suez Canal, and Armed Forces Day Parades in the US. In sports news, Bold Ruler, ridden by jockey Eddie Arcaro, won the Preakness.
Meanwhile, members of the Washington Board of Trade, the leading organization of DC businesses, were enjoying their 61st Annual Spring Outing, and T.D. "Tom" Lane of the Universal Match Corporation was there. The festivities for the event, held in Chesapeake Beach, MD, included a parade, entertainment, and a chicken dinner. Tom Lane, a WWI veteran who was a race car driver and flew in a flying circus in the 1920s and 1930s, was a longtime match salesman who was elected President of the Sales and Marketing Executives of Washington in 1964.
Meanwhile, at Griffith Stadium, the local nine were trounced by Cleveland, 8-1. Jim Busby had two hits, including a HR, and scored three runs in the rout.
Tom Lane should have gotten a card.
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