Evening star., 1952-04-15

while Eddie and Mike nodded Sagely
"Now it's up to Mike she said parting word.
Eddie win this and you have to call them right"
Next day the Tigers incredibly hit five home of Lopat
With measured tread the batteymates met for conference
Eddie, said Mike in kindly voice, I'm afraid Libby
didn't have it today
eddie considered this at some length" Mrs. D. relates
"and then nodded his head in gracious assent.
Nothing the fast ball. he admitted sadly This is not
good park for the hook.
you think might omit Chicago trip?'
asked Mr.. fresh with interest have friends in Waco
"Lopat slow in answering. No. he finally said
uctantly think we'd better back and face it. think
we got her signals mixed up"
THE FRENETIC ATMOSPHERE of the inner baseball world
is pointed in another story, this concerning the young
daughter OF Freddie FtzsmmonS the Giants coach
of the clubs rontne pitchers BY the time little Helen
a. she the Intelligence Of adult
according to the story She picked baseball phrases along
with baby talk and possessed truly frightening
which allowed her to repeat verbatim everything said ball
diamond around hotel lobby Mrs. Durocher writes
One evening at training camp little Miss Fitzsmmons asked
of the New York sports writers they would publish her
engagement to Outeder Hank Leibe who when sought out
confirmation along with gag the happies
in the world" Leiber said One newspaper played
the story.
he young prospective bride would probably the
newspaper" quoting Mrs Durocher land couldn't read it in
any event. but somebody it.
The rguy alarmed concocted elaborate
campaign to coneract any harmful results that might follow
when little Helen discovered the ceremony being delayed In
the midst of long, careful exposition of the strange of
and life little Helen broke in on her mother
"Oh Mama she said disgustedy you know can't marry
Hank He has get that hitch out of his swing rst
IN THE SPRING of 1899 pitcher named Red (RusselD
Evans from New Orleans and impressed Leo then
of the Dodgers The gmnick that Evans had
weakness for beer When Evans stayed out till o'clock in
the morning $50 he had borrowed from Durocher Leo called
meeting and asked the other pitchers what should be done
with him.
cat point Charlie Dressen the COACH piped up: Evans
gets drunk eight nine bottles of beer night
Charlie got further Mrs D. writes "for the culprt
on his feet, roaring like a bull
Eight nine botes! he beloved. Why, you little punk
had 26 last night before got drunk"
is inevitable that Lefty Gomez should appear in the
book 1t isn't Gomez anecdote but it's worth repeating
1t the early stages of the Gomezune ODea
when the musical comedy star weety ignorant of baseball
"ONE DAY"-Mrs Durocher relatng-"June waited in her
for Lefty who had just lost tough 21 12nnng to
the Detroit Tigers AS he stumbled into the seat half dead
from disappointment and fatigue June comforted him.
"Thas all right, honey she said cozy You just
back in there tomorrow and beat 'em good"
AS plain Miss Day. admits Mrs Durocher she pretty
ignorant herself when it to baseball Sufficiently she
recalls that she asked Who is Leo Durocher?" and
"What is a Brooklyn Dodger?"
Now, baseball wife, Mrs Durocher acknowledges she is
less grim than the next Only last year. after having
bought roast for Leo dinner she fired the walled
through broadcast which carried of two Giants losses in
and had to her cresfalen hus
band. She forgot to put the roast in the stove.