Evening star., 1953-08-23

they would riskng by Washington
they signed him. When that plaque to commemorate
Gehrigs birthplace placed at 3O9 East Ninety
street in New York last week wasn't at the true cradle of
the late Yankee sugger. According to Mamma Gehrig
the correct address 1894 but confused
midwife the wrong address to the Health Department
If The sasher hadn't been injured and if Eddie Arcaro
had not accepted the mount Ted Atkinson had the inside
track with Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt to ride Native Dancer
the American Derby although Ted is the regular rider of Tom
Fool When Vanderbilt wouldn't giving
Atkinson valuable data on Dancer, scheduled
meet Tom Fool in the Sysonby September g. he replied
IF Ted isn't impressed by colt don't think he
will be-" Sonny Workman incidentally, picks Tom Fool
to beat the Dancer. Il don't they mile,
mile and eighth a mile and quarter" Sonny says,
i've got to like the older horse"
THE OBRIEN TWINS who jumped from the campus to
the Pittsburgh Pirates regular lineup will return Seattle
the end of the Is hours study for their
degrees in finance After working for Branch
Hickey they probably figure they'll need masters degree
the subject The Atlantic Coast Conference has selected
Athletic Director Jim Taum of Maryland as chairman of
the swimming committee. weird choice inasmuch Tatum
can't swim w. M Mcintyre of Silver Spring is correct
when he points out that Citations initial defeat not by
Sagy but by his Sabemate Bewtch when both 2year
odS 1t should have read initial defeat 3year-od
Navy which opens football practice tomorrow will chalk
its 350h victory the next time the Mddes win
They have lost 1913 and tied As taking the
in 1879 At this years National Open, Ben Hogan,
given 49, told reporters when athlete reaches 40 it's
time thinking retiring" felowTexan
Jimmy Dearet says: "Ben is 49, not 40 ought to know.
grew up with him." When Ray Scarborough signed with
the Tigers after the Yankees him release the pitcher
automatically all claims World Series share.
However, said given Scarborough $4,000
bonus to make for this load plus contract for 1854
FOR THE UNIPTEENTH TIME in his career as broad
of games Bob Wolff INDUCED in his sopho
morc superstition Friday night when he refused to acknow
that Chuck Stobbs pitching noht ball until Skinny
of the Red sox finally singled in the sixth inning
That's fair to the listening public which by and large is
intelligent suppose that enghtenng word from
VOLTS lips will bring disaster to StobbS? If Wolff and
Arch Mcdonald other radio people (who obviously still
bel a
the newspaper business they'd be out the
Moreover VOLTS constant references to Runnes
Petey" "Gly" tiresome and phony
they Objectionable to both players.
Eric Guerin sideined yesterday because of a Today
suspension earned something like $4,000 for riding
Native Dancer in his first 10 Guerns total racing
the saddle approximately 80 minutes and it has
estimated that he worked full 8our day at that
rate he would have netted $1o72OOO. Chuck Dressen
observation he Giants is dead posted the
bulletin the Grounds by Leo Durocher to
the Giants to fiery pitch So what happened except that
dead uns dropped three in to the Dodgers
Harry The proposes that home plate be
videned by five nches-from % nches-in order to
curta wdness promote faster and help the pitchers
If go 18 innings without scoring.
they did again last week. how they going to get
with 22-inch plate? The American Derby is noted
for unusual happenings including delay the post
80 minutes in 1S93 when Snapper Garrison repeatedly broke
up the fined each time After every false
start Garrison dsounted and surey walked back to the
starting line while other horses freed with their weight up
JOHN j. JACHYM, who late 1949 held about 40 per
cent of the stock Washington Ball Club and sold out
prohaby Gabe Murphy and Others has become
Eastern division manager of James G. Brown g. Assoc,
repuedy has under lease thousands of
acres of They having all sorts of trouble
decking Bamores Municipal Stadium, ranging from
hardness construction schedule to inconsistent tests
of the lower level Expansion of the stadium from
10000 capacity supposed to have been completed
by September co. when Colts play the Redskins in
exhibition or at the latest by September o. Baltimore
opens against the Chicago Bears
indications are that the seating capacity
both ~ fhocaU