For many years in the thirties, after I graduated from the Naval Academy, he and I carried on our own private, inter-service golf tournament. We bought a silver loving cup, had it engraved Reeder Brothers Cup, and put all our scores on it. We used it for toasts at both our weddings. I finally conceded the cup to him after he beat me in a long string of matches. We both married well.
More players get on base by being walked than by hitting.
Red s grandnephew Red sent the paramedics back for his wristwatch as they were loading him on the ambulance. Punctuality was important to him. Then those involved will be more likely to remember and be on time. His daughter found his watch and returned it to his wrist. At five-thirty the morning of my West Point Graduation, the phone rang.