Evening star., 1953-02-20

is to tag him in the teeth with the ball the next time
Somebody asked Rzzuto if Casey StengeI knew he
running around with bigger boys T haven't heard from
sengel Christmas Phil Pete he
sent greeting in his handwriting Know how
he spelled my name? Rs-s-u-t-o swear don't believe
he writes his own lneups"
BERT SHEPARD of the Air Force citations who has
wooden leg replacing the he left in German prison
camp playing in the tournament Bert, who pitched
briefly the Mats real Leg hasn't been treated too
kindly by fate but he remains the nice And pretty good
the uptake.
Yogi Berra waddled across the putting practice green
looking much like golfer Mariyn Monroe Hello,
Wooden-eg," he called to Shepard
Hello, Wooden-head" Bert replied want to match
grains?"
the ball field, Dizzy Trout is was rst-class hot
head after the fashion of Wes Ferr Russ Meyer and Others
Out of uniform, he's something of wit The big fellow is
turning radio broadcaser and he's getting the full treatment
from his erstwhile colleagues.
"Ony radio announcer who doesn't need microphone"
Ewen Blackwell accused e just sticks his big fat mouth
out of the broadcasng booth and has wider length
than Mel Allen"
only grnned. There was no ball game at stake.
A NEWsPAPERMAN- invitatonal tournament wasn't
very exclusvekidded Trout "How you give up soft
job like pitching for this radio broadcasng racket" he asked
WAL drawed the upholstered Herb Shriner from Sand
cut Ind I admit that pitching pretty soft job But
what you out is backing up them bases"
STILL persisted the other "you throwing that
ball real hard"
YEAH" Trout conceded "I still throwing that ball
pretty hard Only trouble it wasn't going fast it
used to 60"
a Jimmy Durantes like
q Martini olive hove into view This Max Patkin the
double onted comedancoach who works for the Cleveland
Indians His bones ratified as he walked unnerving the
practice putterS
Patkin unhappy Trouble nothing but trouble" he
complained. "I got bursitis right shoulder. to
doctors and they laugh"
A WEIRD COMIC is Patkin "The doctors keep saying,
How you have anything wrong, the you flop your
ha6 the trouble with Lefty wiseman bless his
when he CeveandS trainer He'd Rubbing
is like rubbing the tentace of octopus I'll do it,
but you gotta wait your turn
Patkin sighed dramatically. "WiSeman would rub Bob
Feller the hour half the time the wrong Then
came the Others get tired of wait
ing and' finally Comedians and coaches have
arms but pitcher can't"
The trouble with you Shepard Said s that you don't
train hear you're going home from here instead of work.
ing out with ball club. You might take off of
that weight"
'where?" Patkin demanded From my nose?"
MAX" Shepard said you remember Mike Martin, who
trained the Senators? WE'LL this is the honest truth
pitching batting practice day in Boston and hear
crack put my weight the wooden leg I said to
self: Cripes, I've broken it.. threw another PITCH but
what didn't know that phony foot had fallen off
my wooden leg. Only the sock holding it,
"I GOT MAD, TURNED my back to the plate and gave
kick like Lou Groza field goal. The sock and shoe
with my wooden foot flew off and landed back base
People in the stands screamed but the guys my club fell
down laughing
But the payof Mike running from the dugout with
his kit of niment. Mike began working the
artificial leg-with foot-and about died laughing
"Took him quite few seconds realize he no tree
surgeon Bert concluded Does that top your story Patkn
about Wiseman treating Feller's wrong arm?"
T got to practice my putting" Max said, stridng away