Evening star., 1953-09-06

he has received no reply adding plaintvely
toned the nice golf course up here Odd that Gil Hooge
the accomplished sluggers in baseball will be
batting 800 for the first time in his career-mnos or ma
jorf the Brooklyn first baseman maintains his present
pace
Benny Friedman famed Michigan quarterback Of the
192s avors abolition opatoon system and sheds no
specialists who will be cut from college squads
They'll OUT Benny admits, "but they're not football
players anyway football you've got to take it and hand
it It's mans game. Men should play In lighter
ven Friedman patoons had been used in his
day, his substitute would have been famous his name
Benny says with grin, was Puckelwartz
JACK KRAMER WORLDS pro tennis champ and No.
promoter insists he has designs on Ausraas youthfu
contingent Forest Hills but observers note
he been spending lot of time talking to Ken Rosewa
that it's practically in the American League,
Casey enge plans play Johnny Mze at first base good
deal get him shape for the World Series Big Jawn
has had few opportunities to play even in pncntting
roles, that he is rusty
The heavy bag in Rocky Marciano training camp weighs
pounds eputed to be the biggest ever in fighters
camp. Service football may have former college
playing than any time since 1945 when Great Lakes
the Flight Schools Fleet City and other military bases
riding high Here are just few: Don Heinrich OF
u of Washington Cannamea of Southern Cal (Fort
Ord) Al Boiling Field, and Hank Lauricea and Bill
of Tennessee plus George Morris OF Georgia Iecn
(Fort Belvoir).
American League umpires will dark blue shirts
year. outgowth the recent heat Because
the heat President Will Harridge authorized his umpes
to do their coats but batters complained that their white
shirts reflected glare. Stengel is slipping Last year
he used 100 different batting orders so far this season he
introduced 86 with II games
manager is unlikely to match his record
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ROSCOE GOOSE, the jockey who the Kentucky
Derbys longestshot winner Donera at As to in 1879
picking Native defeat Tom Fool their long
awaited meeting September 26 at Belmont Park "In
picked FOOL Goose says but Native Dancer
has reached complete maturity The weights
the fall They favor the younger
horse" quite two years ago. Bobby Thomson of the
Giants the GLORY man" of baseball after hitting the
homer that beat the Dodgers in the 1851 payof Word
is that Durocher will pedde Bobby this winter for
a pitcher.
Sporting News copyrighted story to the effect that
Los Angeles eventually is destined to become National
League city to Frank Lane general manager of
the White Sox live wire among the American Leagues
reactonarieS has trying to his colleagues
that significance behind the National Leagues 1947
decision to revise its constitution to permit embracing two
more cities With minimum of legislative action the
National take Angeles and San Francisco Mon
trea into its fold whereas the Americans constitution still
provides for only eight clubs
start bringing farmhands this week. includ-
ing Scranton of the Eastern League with
the picturesque handle of Elder Haapala
LOT OF PEOPLE thinking Chuck Dresser will pull
his time boner doesn't start Lefhander Preacher Roe
against the Yankees in the World Series The
Stengeleers shut out nine times this and
southpaws accounted for six of the whewashes mean
ing Billy Pierce White Sox Alex Kelner of the Athletics
and Mel Parnel of the Red Sox.
Despite tendency toward giving up home runs, Roe has
record against the Yankees in World Series play beating
Iopat 5-3 last year and beStng Raschi To- in 1949
Preach has dry humor he demonstrated last week
following his ninth consecutive victory 1875 affair in which
all of the ST. Cardinals homers. after
the fourth one" Roe drawed Peewee Reese runnin
from shortsop and says Hey Preach you think playin
deep enough? YEAH it's them outhelders lettn
me they're playing far back they can get
but see you can't get to play little higher Later
Roe told reporter What they say-strong bull and
about think of somethin else I'm dumb
because know amt as strong as bull I've had my
worst year had with head Half the time don't
oYod tho nth hal