Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-11-04

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the Indians-and Stan Musial of the
Cardinals. Yet their averages are
wide apart in many respects.
In this group Williams, Musial
and BOudreau all have been hit
ting over 800 most of the year.
DiMaggio and Stephens have
been under 300. Yet the effec-
tive play of DiMaggio and
Stephens lists them high up,
practically on even terms with
those having far higher batting
averages.
The hottest race will be in the
American league when it comes to
naming the mos helpful star. Stan
Musial should take over the Ma
tional league selection with several
kilometers to spare.
Keller S Good Nature :.
You can get an idea of Charlie
Keller'S type from this incident.
When they wanted to give him a
Keller Day." the Yankee outfield-
er insisted that all receipts taken
in be used for a Maryland univer-
sity scholarship for some needy
youth.
That would be Charlie Keller's
I way. The Yankee outfelder grad
uated from Maryland IL years ago,
came to Newark in 1887 and report
ed to the Yankees in 1899. He was
not only great ballplayer at Mary
land but also an honor student and
one of the most popular fellows
on the Maryland campus.
asked him once where he
got that pair of hands-the most
powerful looking I'd seen in
baseball. 'Milking IL cows
every morning." Charlie said
with grin.
Keller was born in Middletown,
Md. in September, 1916, some 80
years ago. He came from the right
state as a slugger-the state that
gave the game Babe Ruth, Jimmy
Foxx and Home-Run Baker. In his
first year with the Yankees, Keller
hit 1874 and followed this with a
world series mark of .438. Except
for the toughest luck you can
imagine, he could have been one of
the greatest power men of the
game.
He was on his way to lead the
American league in all power de-
partments when he broke an ankle.
He was heading back when war ar
rived and took him away from the
scene in his prime. Once again he
fought his way up, then a spinal
injury cut him down. Now he is
Coming along again lin his fourth
surge.
Maryland university, under the
direction of Curley Byrd, is moving
up in both education and athletic
ranking. Under Coach Jim Tatum's
sound guidance and a few better
football players, it is worthy CD.
ponent for any team it meets-it
could be said here that Maryland
graduates and Maryland students
are proud of student Keller and ball.
player Keller, who has never brok-
en- training rule in his career. eli.
Their via the alcohol or nicotine
route.
Keller could have accepted Keller
Day with the usual thanks. In place
OF this, the Yankee hitter insisted
that the main benefits to be derived
on such day should be given in
the form of scholarship or scholar
ships to deserving young men WIS
wanted college education.
Football PrO,Uess
l ran into a rugged Texan the
other day who has followed football
closely for many years.
Il can't deny mat I'm biased"
he said, "but, throwing all bias out
OF the window, can't agree with
those who place the Midwest over
the Southwest. I'd like nothing bet.
ter than to have a substantial BET
on S.M.U., Texas, T.C.U. and Rice
against Notre Dame. Michigan.
Purdue and Minnesota. On the side,
we have Arkansas and others who
are much stronger than the remain.