Evening star., 1955-05-15
WIN, LOSE OR
INAV BY FRANCIS STANN
In Case You're Interested

Higgins plays Ted Williams at nrst base as service
limited he might do in order to keep Faye Throneberry in
the lineup, only the last such conversion attempt
involving star Williams magnitude failed Joe DMaggio
anything but gazee the day Casey Stengel put him
on hrst base in Washington
Goldie Ahearns buddy AL WE'LL, telephoned from Cali
forna yesterday to D ask how the ticket sale for the
Rocky Marciano-Don Cockel fight moving at Loews
Capitol and az to invite Godie to out to the
affair got two rngsde tickets for me- Goldie shifted
but he don't say anything about transportation which
happen to know cannot afford Incidentally standing by
Rocys corner-just in case-w be the plastic
who sewed up his after Ez Charles ripped it open
Slaughter who wep when the Cardinals traded him
to the Yankees in April 1854, big grin for the
photographers when he and Johnny Sain sold last
week the City Athletics Mrs. Rex Ellsworth
of the of Swaps revealed in Louisville after the
Kentucky Derby that had offered $4,000 for the red
year that advised her husband to sell
Swaps has $23665o all except $20s51 of it this year.
MOST CHUCNE-PRovoKING Endorsement by ball
PLAYER these DAYS is that Job showing
of Dusty Rhodes of the Giants and quoting him. Dance
lessons at Arthur Murrays make big hit with me- Then
DUSTY sits out dance now However the "a pinch
hitting hero of the Giants, has been doing lot of sitting
OUT on the ball field so far Hank Foies who has been
catching young Herb Score because they baemates
while Score posting 225 record and whiting 800 hit
ters in the American Association last the young
sensation should we'll the majors because
year ago he had good the hnesse Foles
the muscular catcher who oddly colored glasses for
night games and crystal for bright day games
Many folks wondering why something isn't done
to the Kentucky Derby winner automatic quaher
PreakneSS
the Belmont to be sure but only has in 81
runnings of the Derby what that risk compared to hav
ing Swaps in this years Preakness and Belmont?
accuracy fetish, Cockeus name is pronounced
Cookie" After the third and last time he licked Harry
Matthews winning but presumably declining
of the Seattle fighter he asked Jack Hurley the
ager Matthews Does butt?" "Who?" Hurley quered
"Marciano" the reply When Hurley grunted, non
commttally, Engands tat boy growed, III butt i'm out
of the ring"
THE FIRST TIME the Yankees speedballer Bob Turey,
the Indians Score may mark rebirth Of gate
pulling rivalry of few ago-Bob Feler versus Hal
Newhouser The American the gimmck along
with Ted Williams return to bolster sagging attendance
figures Pacific Coaster Emmett Ashford, may become
the first Negro to umpire in the major leagues They say
he's of conviction and knowedgeable to boot.
How much the loss of face by department heads
of the big bamakng factories that make such fuss over
indvdualzed bats? Mickey Manes feat of hitting three
homers game against Detroit using two borrowed bats
must have come as blow Ben Michael, who ldentines
himself of the of the ly Native Dancer
reminds that standardized folk not the first to steal
the of famous horse I happen TO know tnat we
had Citation association long before Warren Wright
Caume) had his Citation. Also, we had Bold Venture
and had vagabond King, whose running namesake
is still running
Sports Illustrated carrying by Paul Richards
called Inside Baseball" but lot of readers be apt to
think that Rchardsand Charles Dressenare over
doing those multiple lineup changes ad lnflntum
WILLIE HARTACK IS red hot and power to him,
but here says that Willie Shoemaker is the best of all
Jocks . Remember Baski, the onetime heavyweight
contender? Somebody him job recently as bouncer
Yos Roseland Ballroom, salary plus the glorled
of floor manager" Gil Turner, who might have
gone way not strayed from the straight and
narrow fights Fuees out of Los Angeles on TV next
Friday favored to win his fifth in row. He never should
have lost more than two.
racing machine such that which participates in the
50Ome Speedway at indianapolis costs approximately
mention parts and tools that come to another
$9O0O-pus a mechanic of high skill who works for six
months Oh, yes, there's the question of driver who Is
willing risk his neck for 500 miles at an average speed
of perhaps 127 per mile old brick track.