Evening star., 1952-03-16

days. Medwick was husky 185-pounder Now the old
Gas House CANCER who is managing the Tampa
the Florida international League svelte 100 pounds
Although Lou Boudreau hasn't the personnel practice
the platoon system la Casey Stenge he defends
sary in present-day baseball with all these night games
Lou young players every
else they lose their sharpness Still fresh
memory that reegame series in Chicago last July when
the Red Sox and White played IS innings
than "a hours including successive night games which
II innings and 10 innings Neither team recovered for
week." Lou 1--WE started twi-night doubleheader
o'clock in the evening players didn't park
until 8 o'clock the following morning"
episode almost Immediately his arrival here denies he
fought in defense of President Truman reported
the newspapers "Ths here guy at the bar drunk"
Dz explains He walked and said, Are you gonna
vote for Russel? Russel?, said. Who is Russe?
Then he made pass at and he got punched in
the eye Dz knows however that Senator Richard
Russell of Georgia is Presidential candidate.
In honor of Grantand Rice's first visit of the
to my favorte track Sunshine Park named the first two
races last Wednesday for the noted sports columns
The FIRST half of the daily double he Grantland Purse"
and the second half "The Rice Purse" The veteran
sporwrer held six daily double tickets the 4S cobna
ton and saw his first horse come home at $1640 But
his other beaten by by 35to1 shot, costing
Rice1 $51720 To add insult to injury, track officials
called Rice to the winners circle asked him make
short speech and congratulate the jockey who beat him.
SITTING MATS bench at ST. Petersburg yesterday
Gus Mancuso telling Bucky Harris about Vinegar Bend
Mze Of the Cards who warming up to pitch against
Washington "He's fast Diz Dean when he
broke into the majors" said old catcher got
better Not only that, get
the plate" Whereupon the Mats proceeded pin back
Mzels scoring five in the first inning despite
double play
Paul Cobb brother Ty and real estate dealer in
Sarasota, is seriously i'll in hospital The main
the Braves eager for Rookie Ed Mathews make good
is that they need hitting drawing the
Red Sox. The Braves dropped wad last
Everywhere look Florida there old members of the
Gas House Gang including Medwick Rip Collins frankie
Frisch and Pepper Martini who will manage the Miami Beach
club this year.
Ball players enthusiastic the plastic
helmet designed by George Lentz trainer of the Na
that he make himself bundle The gadget fits under
the and protects not only the sides of the skull against
wild pitches but the head, where players
frequently injured when sliding into nelders kneecaps
LAST WEDNESDAYS CARD at Sunshine Park was one
for the books Before late scratches 8 horses named
for the first and 8 for the second They had
total of 100 times this year and not single horse
had Reminds of Comic Herb Shriners story of
the annual beauty contest in his home town Indiana
he girls there hoey Shriner says that nobody
for five years"
It develops that fly foaled February 81 by Moor
Duchess Doreen not the great Irish get
reported Two days earlier Moor became the poppa
another y the imported
named-Fily oNoor Ben Chapman easy player
to sgn delighted when Manager offered
him coaching job with the Reds last winter that he said
the telephone: "Just fill out the contract Luke
mail it, I'll sign"
Just reminder to take the Grapefruit League results
lightly the Chicago Cubs last springs champion club
and finished in the National League cellar.