Sport of Kings. In Washington, B.C., after he was expelled from a local ping-pong club, Attorney Charles S. Geier sued for $3,000 damages, explained in court that the expulsion had damaged him "emotionally, physically, socially, financially and professionally."

Connoisseur. In Ravenna. Ohio, after he had been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $150. Moonshiner Melvin Stork admitted that he was his own best customer, confided, "It's pretty good stuff, Judge."

The Dress Rehearsal. In Jacksonville Beach. Fla., City Manager H. J. Maccotter reported that overcautious motorists dropped $164.35 in the city's 20 new parking meters in the ten days between their installation and the date they became legally operative.

Nightcap. In Los Angeles. Mrs. Anne Snoyer won an uncontested divorce after she testified that her husband habitually ate two or three raw onions while reading in bed at night.

Point of Honor. In Troy, Ohio, cooperative Convict John Weaver, 33, readily admitted being a member of a gang that had pulled twelve burglaries and three arson jobs, explained soberly: "I've been treated so right I want to tell what I know."

Cowboys & Comrades. In Berlin, the Communist East German news agency announced preparation of two books describing Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull's "heroic battles" against his "American oppressors."

Travel Check. In Geelong, Australia, Carmen Schembri, 34, was fined $4.50 for assault after his wife Carmel testified that he wrote his name on the soles of her shoes before he went to work, to find out whether she went out during the day, then beat her up despite the fact that she had stayed at home.

Run Silent, Run Deep. In Birmingham, the Jefferson County Sportsman's Association announced that a scheduled fish fry had been canceled because association members had failed over the weekend to catch enough fish to make it worthwhile.

Elementary. In Milwaukee, Veteran Cops Franklin A. Smith and Franklin F. Berg took -- Rookie Cop Leo S. Markowski out to show him how to question suspicious persons, picked out two soldiers who happened to be wandering by, promptly drew admissions from them that they were AWOL from Fort Ord, had committed burglaries in Las Vegas, Denver and Nebraska, had a gun hidden in a nearby alley for use in a planned filling-station holdup.

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