Milestones Sep. 7, 1998

WON. TOMS RIVER EAST, the pint-size baseball team from New Jersey, defeating Kashima, Japan, 12-9, after twice giving up the lead, at the Little League World Series; in Williamsport, Pa.

DIED. CHARLES DIGGS JR., 75, 13-term Congressman who left the House in 1980 in disgrace; in Washington. Diggs, a Democrat from Detroit, pushed to increase American aid to Africa and in 1969 helped found the Congressional Black Caucus. In 1978 he was convicted of orchestrating a payroll-kickback scheme, and he was censured by the House in 1979. He resigned the following year.

DIED. FREDERICK REINES, 80, Nobel-prizewinning scientist known as the father of neutrino physics; in Orange, Calif. Undeterred by skeptics who doubted the invisible neutrino's existence, Reines persevered, often locking himself for hours in his lab, where he could be heard indulging his other great passion: singing opera.

DIED. FLOYD HASKELL, 82, former Colorado Senator who began political life as a Republican but was elected to the Senate as a Democrat in 1972 after his opposition to the Vietnam War compelled him to switch parties; in Washington.

DIED. E.G. MARSHALL, 84, Emmy-winning actor whose resonant voice and stoic demeanor led him to portray a succession of authoritative and trustworthy characters; in Mount Kisco, N.Y. Perhaps best known for roles on The Defenders (1961-65) and The New Doctors (1969-73), Marshall also starred in films and appeared in the 1956 Broadway premiere performance of Waiting for Godot.

DIED. LEWIS POWELL, 90, the Burger court's balanced conservative--appointed in 1971 by Richard Nixon--whose 1978 Bakke opinion barred racial quotas but opened the door for affirmative action; in Richmond, Va. (see Eulogy, below).