Steeplechase at Camden - S. Carolina, L to R: War Mist with J.V.H. Davis up, Emerald Isle with Carroll K. Bassett up, Sunset with Joseph Cotton up and Hotspur, the winner with Raymond Woolfe up

May Succeed Romney - Roy Abernathy (above), a dynamic, fast-talking, cigar-chomping sales executive, is the man considered the most likely to succeed George Romney as head of American Motors Corp. Abernathy is one of three executive vice presidents of American Motors and since November has been general manager. Romney will take a leave of absence to seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan.

Ft. Independence from S., Boston

Strikers Halt Car--Pickets at the main gate of the General Electric plant at Fitchburg, Mass., halt a car carrying Navy personnel which attempted to enter the plant today. A pushing and shoving battle broke out between police and pickets. The strikers from the International Electrical Workers union won a truce after the 15-minute scuffle. The Navy wanted to remove two steam turbines which officials said were in need of repair.

Double Trouble for Don Wert -- Don Wert (left) Detroit Tigers rookie infielder, has an abrasion that became infected doctored by trainer Jack Homel in clubhouse before he began working out in Lakeland today. At right Homel looks at Wert's black eye after a ball took a bad bounce during infield workouts today sending the promising rookie to a hospital for x-rays of loosened teeth and area around his eye.