Ad-daleel., 1946-05-08

1174. He had a bad liz game on his fifth try.
With any sort of breaks, Red could have over
taken the leaders, that's how close he came.
From Bowling to Golf and Softball, so
shine up your clubs boys and girls and follow
your Editor for later reports.
A. S. L. A. Softball Team play their first
game of the coming season, Sunday, May IL,
at 1890 A.. NJ, at Lodge Field.
Their opponents will be Geo. Bouhanna's
Rendezvous Cafe.
BOWLERS, SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR.
THE IMMORTAL LOU"
"Memento to a great ballplayer and an all
around swell guy.
I'm referring to the late LOU GEHRIG,
who ended his baseball career in Detroit. This
epic of Lou, came up between two sports fans
and myself while discussing good first base
men of the past, in the Major Leagues. Gehr1g
was brought up from Columbia University
by the noted sports writer George Blake OF
New York, and brought to the attention OF
the late Miller Higgins, manager OF the
Yankees. Lou was farmed out to the Minors
for a year, but was called back by the Yank-
ees to take Wally Pipps place at first base,
June l, 1925. He was never replaced in the
lineup. He played with men like the former
king of the Swat" Babe Ruth, Meusel,
Combs, Lazzeri, Pennock, Shabikey, Shocker,
Rolfe, Dickey and others. Lou was predicted
a power hitter by Blake, when he watched
him on the Columbia ball team, and through
out his twelve years he proved himself as
such. During ,1927-28-29 when the Yankees
were considered the power of the League,
with the Babe slugging so many home runs,
Lou never took a back seat for anybody, not
even the. Babe. Those Of you4who remember
Gehrig batted IN the fourth slot all through
those years, iand the Babe batted third. He
was always well up in the home run column
He played TWELVE years swithout being}sre-
placed IN the lineup. Thus he was given the
moniker, ..s'Iron Man. Of BASEBALL. In later
years Lou was suffering from lumbago, but
he managed to get in the slineup, and as sick
as he was he managed his; share .f hits. He
led The league. in batting five out of twelve
years; He was the most valuable player Of
1936137 seasons: Louis lifetime average was
$40. So from those facts, you know that Lou
was more than. respected by the opposition.
In 1888 he slumped to 295 and as all sports
writers said, che had a bad year,. The next
season in 1899, he wasn't feeling well, and
began complaining about his leg, and was
only batting 143. When they arrived in
Detroit to play the Tigers, Lou stopped man
ager Mccarthy in the lobby of the Book
Cadillac Hotel, the setting of his momentous
decision, and said, There's no sense in kid
ding myself, I'm not doing the team any good,
l want you to take me out OF the lineup
tomorrow. I'm just hindering the boys out
there on the diamond. O. K. Lou, said Joe.
So the next day Babe Dahlgren was to play
first base for the Yankees. The game was
announced and Dahlgren was put in, in place
of Lou. A crowd of 10000 people sat in their
seats were stricken and dumbfounded when
they heard the new lineup announced. The
Iron Man was finally tanned, not because he
wasn't game, but that sickness had really
struck him. That day Lou was chosen to take
the starting lineup to home plate. And when
the fans saw this, they stood on their seats
and echoes of cheers rang out, in what was
Navin Field at the time. Then Gehrig walked
back to the Yankee dugout, he sat in the
corner all alone, as he wiped a stray tear
from his cheek. And the crowd was cheering
as he watched Babe Dahlgren on first. Lou