Evening star., 1952-07-13

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book s good -na and not of championship class
Flanagan isn't better" schossberg prominent
New England hat manufacturer hung that tin Victor
McLaglen, the movie actor, in pro bout
The way to break ball clubs slump Mickey Cochrane
says to lift all training rules Fred Tenneys recent death
recalls "boner" wherein Merkle Giants
pennant in 1908 by failing to touch second base Tenney
hadn't been injured Merke wouldn't have been playing that
day As it was Tenney in 1856 games that
RUMORs PERSIST THAT the Mack clan is hard put to
the Athletics financial keel and that private
solution may the sale of Shbe Park Bob Carpenter of
the Phie in which the andlordng AS would become
tenants Lopez thinks Luke Casters slump which caused
the Indians to ship him to the minors was largely due to lack
Of confidence Luke got that he dropping routine
ned throws and when the to ride him he went
from bad to worse" the Cleveland manager says.
Patterson dept: Mike McGee of the veteran Jimmy
who trains horses for Larry MacPha and Art Rooney has
branched trainer himself and handling three of
Justin Funkhousers horses Mike did not leran the art at
Nore Dame but the of Preston Burch we-known WASH
ngton trainer majored in animal hubandy at Kentucky and
also is following in his fathers footsteps.
Much of the Ill will in the Olympic Games stems from box
ing decisions recalling that in 1885 the American fyweght
Louis Laura placed only third although by United States
standards lost When the competition ended.
LAURA was presented with trophy by
ing Federation for being the cleveres boxer in the tournament
departments with the why doesn't anybody at Griffith
Stadium the phone" That's this bureau
able to for % years. Ben Hogan nat
ay he told patrons at his recent White Flint
Clinic learned to golf right handed out Of necessity
As kid he couldn't left-handed clubs HoganS
first of sticks bought out of his caddy earnings DID,
shaed clubs which he selected from barrel at 81
apiece
DMaggios noted for their prowess but do you know
which of the clan staged the hottest performance in ALL
game? Not but Vince the eldest long since
departed from the majors In 943 at Shibe Parkrst time
the game played at nghhe singled pled and homered
three times bat Like his brothers. Vince superior
aed but he had blind spot at the plate and struck out far
too often.
Roy Campanella not only listed the shortest
National League ASar squad feet nches) but
heaviest 2O6 pounds Another dubious distinc
ton Campys is that he's hit safely going for 13
JACK KEARNS "fed up with hearing about joey Maxis
poor showing the Ray Robinson fight saying that
Sugar quit in his to avoid being knocked out
returned to his after the 10th round
tells newspapermen "he told that every time he
hit Robinson in the body the fellow groaned Robinson knew
he could not three minutes he refused
to out noticed his tried to push Sugar off the
stool but he refused to bulge"
Frank Baumann 1s-year-od 100000 bonus baby of
the Red Sox worth it, Fresh out of high school, he
jumped to the Louisville the American Association and
81 record, with two shuouts Hard to realize the
Redskins quarrbacks and center du to report to the
Occidental College training camp this week. Gilbert Hall,
who long way back still is playing tennis He was
In the annual Spring Lake j. tournament again this year.
Only players both AStar teams had 800 batting
averages Back in 1885, when the first held these
the final of Of the AStars Chuck Klein,
$685. Gehrig 1884, Simmons 331 Charley Gehringer,
1885, Bill Terry 322 Pepper Martini 316 Waly Berger, 313
Ben Chapman 32 Joe Cronn and Paul Waner 800; Frank
Frisch 1903 and Babe Ruth 3O1.