Evening star., 1954-12-21

coach of the year. when the shindig over wen
midnight Blaik carried his cleaning trophy into Toos Shors
suite Stae mopped his brow, and said to the man
aIm getting old Just can'tstake this any more"
The other glanced at the trophy. You can't take it.
The other was Eddie Erdeiaz of Navy who licked Blak
season. going the Sugar Bowl and who rates as
coach-of- -the-year himself.
THERE WAS BOBBY THoMsoN's horribly broken ankle
in spring training possibly costing the Milwaukee Braves the
pennant and the late February Haeah when
FBI agents. disguised the wives OF Jockeys Conn McCreay
and Ted Atkinson captured ex-convict who had threat
hands and fingers and harm our families
McCreary Atkinson failed to signal him to which
horse would win in given race
And so the year grew vic Rasch being sold by the
Cards. Slaughter being sold by the Cards
to the Yankees There was Paul Richards insisting this
the year would be beaten He both right and
wrong he predicted his White Sox would top New York,
whereas Cleveland accomplished the trick.
prophet however, Richards must have been among
the best of the Of the World Series he haty
stated he Cleveland hitter who VIII give the Giants pitchers
the most trouble Vic Werz not Dolby not Ava not Rosen
Wertz wound up Tribes hitting hero. sowfooed,
synthetic first baseman with bald head and little future
You didn't see marveled from afar when both Roger
Bannser Great Britain and John Landy Of Australia
broke the 4-minute mile And then met in Canada the
ALL time mile among humans, with Bannister winning
and eoapsing into the arms OF Landy, among Others
81
NATIVE DANCER RETIRED ahead Of his time with
injury and the noted Handicapped John Campbell
passed away-two great racing And then came
sports greatest loss Grantland Rice.
olf2 It hardly was the SPORTS greatest year. but few
victories were received warmly Ed Furgo triumph In
the National Open nice who, despite withered arm
doggedy followed TRAIL picked the scraps
over the years. and finally hit the jackpot.
There was late August afternoon when Ted Williams,
aziy reclining well before game tme told this
one he worried because his batting 069
for past days. We those things Ted said
BY @wen he evidently meant the real pros.
He did, Bobby Avia (because of 400 or more times at
bat) became official American League batting champion
But williams higher than Avila and In this
he remains the best, rules or no.
THE SINGLE TOP THRILL Of the year baseball must
have been Mays incredible catch on Werz in the first
game of the World Series otherwise pedestrian
affair The one dramatic football contest that Is
membered was Navys 27-20 win Army
tough say goodby to Bucky Harris after many
years as Senators manager although It nice to
say hello to Chuck everything wound
we'll Bucky hooked with Detroit where he has chance
to young club upward and Dresser back In
the big leagues, where he belongs.
All yes Marciano of the real nice big ers.
There was morning the Catski where he awaiting
his fight with Ezzard Charles and Rocky was sitting at the
breakfast table in tumbledown cottage and
talking "Dont print this and make Al WE'LL sore.
Rocky said abu wish he'd let weigh 180 pounds Any
body you lick at higher weight lick at l80ony
faster and better" ss
Coming down stretch Of the Laurels third
annual washington D. International stands out in memory
great show was, and when it there was g "
Whitneys little Fisherman circle the band
played "The Star Spanged Banner" for the first time
to the of course but space shortage
and faulty memory demanding. It full IN
sports coming wl It says here viii Be
even fuller. It always Is