Evening star., 1952-09-07

Belmont Park for the meeting opening September
the Eastern hand to cheer their
arrival Fred KovaeSki given congatuatory pats on
the back by New York tennis experts for his fine stand against
Savtt in the nationals at Forest Hills but it's mistake
to regard Kovalesk product of Washington courts
When the big fellow to the Capital from Detroit not too
long ago he already was an accomplished player
WEEK AGO. when Billy Goodman of the Red sox was
Cancelled game before su
innings played it logged memories Back
the 1e3Os the late Lou ehrg had even rougher experience
Lou had been beaned by pitched ball during exhibition
game Norfolk The next day the Yankees played in Grif
fifth Stadium Gehrg hit three tremendous triples his
first three times at bat Then the rains came and wiped
them off the records Lou never was lucky ball player
Lyn Larry the championship
for Gehrg in Washington testify Early in the
put bleacher buLary
thought the ball had been caught third out and
trotted past third to the dugout Gehrg passing Larry
deprived of the home which would have enabled him to
beat out Babe Ruth.
American will be rendered invitations
within compete in the $4,000 Washing
ton D. C, international at Laurel october 49, Already in
the field for the test half dozen from
England Ireland Canada and Argentina and three inv
taons been extended another pair English and
another Argentine racer It's understandable the Brook
lyn Dodgers take dim view of Staten Island N Y That's
where Bobby Thomson of the Giants and Karl Drews of the
Philes are neghbors year the final game
National League payo was Thomsons ast-nnng homer
that beat Brooklyn This Drfws has whipped the
Dodgers four times with his pitching, including three
wherein the Brooks failed to score earned run.
JERSEY JOE wALCoTT continues say his title bout
with hard hitting Rocky Marciano September % in Phy will
be my easiest fight Easiest shortest? Corpl Jerome
Michael of L. Michael of The Star department.
pitches for the 18th Aborne Corps Fort Bragg Recently
his WIFE, expectant mother game instructed
her to sit IN the in of emergency lean the
automobile horn In the seventh inning Michael heard the
horn and took off in hurry while his team leading 3d.
Fifty minutes later 7pound boy born in the base
hospital All this and credit for the game too.
book dictates that right-handed htter's chance
Of is while facing southpaw pitcher Well, the
National Leagues three top baters have thrown the
book out the window At last count Hank
had 27 of his against rghh pitch
ing Ralph Kners of 81 Hodges of 49,
On the other hand Yogi Berra Larry Dolby in the
American League swing from the left side and they've feasd
pitchers who pitch the other way, getting
first 20 homers against ouhpaws and Dolby his
ARTHUR P. DOUGLAS Of Internal Revenue, one of the
real old baseball fans around town, can't find himself
critical of Centereder Dave Phey of the Athletics
to sleep day last week. caught fly thinking it was
the third out and allowed Eddie score from second
base II the great iris Speaker do the thing
Douglas writes and the bases loaded Speaker made
great catch against the Scoreboard walked
mond idly juggling the ball in his glove looking
ground OF course the third base walked
the others advanced"
John Carmichael, sports edor-coumnst Chicago
Daily News, comes with few Ted Williams Daggio
statistics During Williams big-league career which en-
braced 1927 games he hit only Griffith Stadium
DMag, playing 1763 gameS hit 30 put ball
into the seats three times in single game unprecedented
feat The two longest blows into the Washington beachers
IN left hed-withn this memory, at eastwere by
Meuse OF the Yankees and Walter Johnson.
cleared the tin advertising signs astonishing
power at bat Joe Judge said of Walter eff anybody
threw baseball where swinging he'd give ball
bigger ride than anybody except Ruth"