Evening star., 1954-10-24

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commentator, Russ Hodges, plainly lost in ~ n
terest after giving it foamy early pitch.
That hurried low throw by Mickey in the opening
of the World Series may spelled his departure
the minors and if so it bum rap. Willie Mays
who swiped second base Dusty Rhodes
10th-nnng pinch homer stole Pitcher Lemon
orasso which recalls story told George stalngs who
managed the Miracle Braves" of 1914 that
he used thrd-srng catcher who, fielding bunt struck
the base-runner the head with his throw first base
The continued to third after the ball
noggn and the catcher fired When the backsop
planned to salngs "Gee, you because
bad throw the colorful replied m not firing
because hit the in the head I'm canning you
cause he able third base When catcher of mine
can't kill a man with peg the head he's finished"
THE LATE HUGH DUFFY, who batted record .438 and
died this at nearly 49, quiet modest little but
still few notes and anecdotes left after the
obituaries written his great fewer than
"a players in the National League he only major circuit in
those days. hit 800 better Once-ths after the
1893 of transforming big leaguers that in
cuded Clark Griffith wound up broke in San Francisco and
wired Duffy, who at Redands, Calf, to join them in
Los Angeles for exhibition When Duffy reported,
the pennles players Grif tells the story said Duff
great hitter telegraphed
you join is because know you've got
We've railroad tickets to New Orleans where started
but nobody has eaten for days. Hughe peeled of several
hundred dollars and Grf and his transformers wound
in New Orleans with food in their stonachs.
Miami sports writer's who have been -distancing
coaches and other football sages since the NCA put the
probation illegal youts trips Florida
surprised to learn from Bud wilkinson Of Oklahoma that
the from the Orange Bowl game with Maryland
last January only $0O In the big the Orange
Bowl representative must dvvy with the rest of the
bers and what with expenses for large
Marylands chartered plane arrived at Miami with
40 players Al extras" including many welwishers
that Washington's National Airport had too much
way to get the DC-6B airborne.
MIDWEsTERN FOOTBALL WRITERS have been wonder
ing aloud whatever happened to Caroline who
AAmerca last sophomore at Illinois and seemingly
destined achieve greater heights Caroline led the Nation
In ball carrying with 1885 yards wiped out the record of the
fabulous Grange that earlier
Ing his pasS-cachng yardage gained total OF 1870 to
Oranges total of 1900
But this season-not counting today's game-Illinos
co-Big Ten champion hasn't game and Caroline has
picked 271 yards by rushing in four weeks One
year ago. after four Caroline had rushed for 66S yards
and writer's wondering the nin line quite that
bad or If the blockers aren't trying.
Chris Kline, Washington waiter who narrowly missed
making Pappy Gault the bantamweight champion took
him nvasions OF Canada France Australia South Africa
Thaland and Cuba, has fighter In his stable Eddie
Thomas mddeweght from South Africa, the and
If he is good Kline will be only question Of time
before he gets crack at Bobo Olson's crown
NuAN1IANs, WHO ARE PROPERLY PROUD of their un-
beaten united Hurricanes lament what they consider
owy rating feel that afiaon with confer
ence costing them in prestige stascan has figured
that the Detroit Tigers required about 124 minutes
n home last season. of hours and II min
utes contest This won the Tigers distinction of sort
fastest playing home club in both eagues-But the Giants
who required 2:32 game the world championship
Bill King, whose Pelican Hotel at Stuart Fla, the
Of winter sport fishermen reports that the savage blues
whose last big back 1885, back bigger
than I've seen them" This might be good for
Washngonans because if the blues follow schedule they will
hit North Carolina early in May and the Chesapeake fishing
grounds in midsummer.
Until last night Coach Jim Tatum of Maryland
pected of looking for accommodations for
Orange Bowl game Tatu, because he the premises
appointed the Atlantic Coast representative
to Miami for headquarters but in the
Mams 81 victory over the Terrapns beginning
as South Caronas Rex Enright, Taums buddy
scene, may have bigger say