The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-03
TODAY'S
SPORT
PARADE
BY HENRY McLEMORE

united Perss stan C0rfesponuent)
New York, June 3 - (U.P.) My
wife, who has proved herself q sec.
ond columrist Oh more than one oc-
casion, yesterday parachuted down
Oh the Yankee Stadium and man.
aged 10 land In the special section
OF seats reserved for the wives OF
the Yankee players
She had been fully equipped by
me with the proper pencils and
notebooks, and by nature with the
necessary nose for newBy gossip,
During the double header with the
st. Louis Browns she dutIfully coll
lected information on the behavior
OF Yankee wives during the games
and brought II back 10 what like
10 consider rs general headquarters,
After the necessary deletion OF
notes concerning such matters al
hats, dresses, shoes, recipes and
babies, here w what ] found that
might interest you:
There are Ave Yankee wives who
never misS q game, be " hot or cold,
the Browns or the Red 6ox {.
they are Dorothy Gordon, Dorothy
Oimaggio, Frances Chandler. Jo-
sephine Dahlgren, and Jessie Had
ley all Of those who mist
games do not do 10 voluntarily
for instance, Martha Keller stays at
home with the baby while Charley
Is playing, and listens 10 the game
on the radio Violet Dickey, on
the other hand, lives In an apart.
rent which oyerlooks the Stadium
and she can take her daughter
"Toots" and see the game from q
living room window at the same
time.
Wives "Get Along"
There Is q tremendous feeling OF
camaradierie among the wives
while their husbands are fighting TO
retain their worlds championship
when Marius RUSSO, who
pitched the first game, got into tenn.
porary dificulty the wives all turn
ed to Mrs. Ruggo and offered en-.
enlargement and assured her that
her left-handed husband would
weather the storm , when DE-
maggie hit q home run into the left
field stands the girls all stood up,
ehook Dorothy Dimaggio'S hand
vigorously, and gave her the femi-
nine equivalent OF an assist. Hand.
shaking rs limited 10 extra bage
hits , q single by n husband
draws only a ned OF approval or a
gIrllsh poke In the back.
The spirit OF carnaraderie between
the wives extends even 10 dinner
and supper menus whenever
Yankee player has an exception.
ally good day at bat-say three for
four or four for five the other
wives call his home and find out
what he had for dinner the night
before whatever II was, the
other husbands are served the same
dish the following night there
are other superstitionS, too v!
Dickey, for example, uses an old
gypsy ritual 10 get Bill out OF @
batting slump when he isn't
hitting che walks around q broom
five times on the day Of a game
stomps her foot on each complete
circle, and says. "one hit, two hitg
three hits, four hits, and five hits
II Is estimated that during
Bits recent slump vi walked II
miles and wore out four brooms.
The Yankee players have great
pride In their team, but no more
than their wives when the
Yanks were In the cellar and being
beaten by the worst clubs In the
league, they admitted that for the
first time they really understood
how the wives OF the Browns and
Athletics players have felt for many
years and they despised the
understanding.
Hello, Dearie!
All the signals given on the field
during q game are not given by the
manager or coaches 10 the players
there is quite bit OF wig
wagging between players and wives
during the first game yester-
day Dorothy Gordon kept a close
watch on Joe because he had prom
ised that he would give her a hand
signal as to how many people he
would bring home to dinner. :.
innings went by and Joe didn't sig
nal finally, In the first inning
Of the second game, Mrs. Gordon
said: Joe must be bringing six for
dinner, because he nasn't signalled
me, he keeps turning his back on
me. and the number on his back Is
still six. I guess ] am going 10 have
to leave before the second game Is
over - three fried chickens instead