Evening star., 1954-09-19

Comic relief badly as developed was provided long
before the main event Bobby Gleason. manager of the
Cuban heavyweight champion, Nino Vades. Gleason dis
ibuted mmeographed sheet to each member of the
which began Statement after Marcano-
Charles fight 1t continued "Nino Valdes tonight chal
enged Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marcano to box him
for the tite etc"
Gleason and his tiger evidently dead certain OF
Marcianos victory which odd tack in of the fact
that Vade's only important victory Charles in
fashion far less convincing than Marcanos After the
fight Gleason and the Cuban fighter made big show of
crashing Rockys dressing where Marcianos
AL WE'LL greeted them follows "You trying to steal
the show? it, valdes protested only get
Rockys autograph Turned out that once he got it, Nino
departed happily
UNTIL MARTY MAR1oN's promotion to manager Of the
White succeeding Paul Richards it believed
circles that Bucky Harris would be offered the Chicago job
This based recent conversation between General Man
Frank Lane and Chicago sports count in which Lane
said in part IF lose Richards the I'd like to
get Harris because Bucky like Richards is pitching
calst The only club like the White Sox going to win
pennant is by pitching which is 80 per cent of the
and only four or five good men are necessary"
Maryand's sports pubcs Joe Blair, is ambitious
in lingering Fulback Dick Be 1858 second stringer
of the TerrapnS' two three AllAmerca hopes
BelsN will be buckng among Others the widely pubicized
Alan Ameche Wisconsin Pubcist John of the Naval
Academy proved couple of how comparatively
simple it Is to build up Ineman to AAmerica status
succeeded spendidy with Steve Eisenhauer, who
good but hardly of the best two guards in the Nation.
r THE DODGERS RECENT surge, plus accusations that
various players have been frockng at late hours at
Brooklyn and saying they didn't like Jackie Robinson,
has pmeted Walter Ason to heights of popularity
Now the word being passed that matter what happens
Aston will be back manager of the Dodgers in 55.
Oddly AL Lopez not mentioned prominently for
honors might expected but the genial
from Tampa should figure high up. He probably
made the of the when he acquired Vic Werz
from the Orioles and converted that slowfooed veteran into
fair midding first baseman who swings dangerous bat
Louis could wrong in the eyes of group
top sports writer's in New York. longer commands the
same respect charging Rocky Marcano with
being "foul" fighter Contention is that, Louis were
shilling for the BC and building Charles he needles
and unthinkngy putting the nice guy Marciano,
whose only flaw is crudy AS for Joes charges that Rocky
hits after the bell fighter in sugged opponent
harder longer after bell than Louis did against Buddy
In Griffith Stadium, making old of the younger
Baer overnight
WHILE THE REST OF the American League laughs,
rumbngs of discomfort read into the dispatches from
bographers of the Yankees of whom said to be
accusing the front office of letting them down. Example,
February the claimed getting compacent
and might blow the flag In fact the brass that really
turned out to be too compacent in mdseason and refused
get the help that would probably have meant sixth
straight pennant"
Casey Stengel whose disappointment in Mickey Mantle
Deep quoted: e's gotta change his attitude and
doing things he's told not to do He's gotta maybe change
his stance when he hits left handed He'll have to
to become the great player he should be-
Although Army football honors before
the starts Red Baiks squad Of 81 Is his smallest in
IA years at West Point and the colonel moaning We're
off for depth than last season. he saying "and
may be recalled that in last three in SO used
only IS n" Nonetheess, Blaik is opening with
very good backhed couple top nemen and all remain
hale and hearty Cadets should begin their climb back
to national prominence