Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-26
WIN, LOSE or
DRAW. J, FRANCE, SIAM
A Bad Week for California

NEW YORK Sept. 26.-It is fortunate, perhaps, that
practically all Calfornians have thick hides there
might have been rash Of high and dry dives from tall
buildings this last week Things haven't been going
well lately for Cafornians professional and native
born alike, as for instance:
whole coyey of sports writer's from the Golden State
swooped down this town for II to predict.
victory for Archie Moore against Rocky Marciano While
y Is true that Moore Is only pseudo cafornan-bing
himself out of San Diego, but with some reference to q
suburb called Toledo Ohio-he is less authentic than
most called Caifornans
As you know, Archie got busted loose from his
moorings last Wednesday night by the shoemakers boy
from Brockton, Mass. That enough but the
band Of opmists descended College Park Md for the
UCLA- Maryland football match and bones made
about the fact that UCA really loaded and deserved
the No ranking accorded by the magazine mystics.s
AT ONE TINE DURING the asta10 days there was
occasion listen to Sid z Los Angeles sports colunnist
this the long ride back from Marcianos training
camp at Grossngerwheren he lauded the Ucans foot
ball squad
at terrific squad" he said If memory UCLA
is really loaded understand Maryland Is loaded too but
Jim Tatum will team loaded much UCLA"
In the pressbox Belmont Park just before the 100000
added Sysonby was OIL, there came the word that
Maryland had defeated UCLA TO.
n There bad in the ofing that same
afternoon far Californians concerned. Leo
Durocher while and bred Fastener has been claim
ing California his just few hours before the
of Marylands victory UCA been announced
that Leo had departed from the Giants as their dandy
little manager.
Dispatches Said-and haven't yet-whether Leo
pushed fired just plain quit but anyhow he going
to California ex-Giant manager to make living in
private enterprise
IT WAS A SHOCK to Californians when Swaps. winner
of the Kentucky Derby Nashua beaten badly
in the 100000 -ake-a match in Chicago
August 81 Willie Shoemaker their pride and Joy
aboard Swaps that day and while slightly unsettled Cali
fornians looked confidently forward to Willie treally
Texan riding Jet Action in the SySonby.
Shoemaker however, got set down for 10 days after
earlier In the week and Hedley Woodhouse rode Jet
Action, who finished second only head behind High Cum
California claim Shoemaker its very own although
Willie has been rewriting racings history book out there
Willie, who Is about laxative retarded parakeet
made appearance at the jockeys Guild dinner at the
Waldorf Astoria Saturday night In brief st he walked
the stage in blackte uniform and pretended not
to recognize Eddie Arcaro president Of the Guild who was
decked out in the dots and scarlet OF
William Woodwards Belair Stud
Didn't you recognize that fellow" asked Eddie Bricken
the master of ceremonies. That Mister Arcaro"
recognized him only after the back Of his head
going off stage Shoemaker replied That's all saw Of him
last time Swaps Nashua in Chicago"
THIS so FAR Is not CALIFORNIA; year. unless you count
players Swaps Archie Moore is dead Chuck
might put and Durocher has retired For
the confident Cafornians playing
Leo The dandy little manager talked big and managed
we'll but who could tell what he was going to do next? Leo
speaks confidently of in movies and teevisicn but
ham that he is Durocher established in those
fields than, say, Dagmar
The new up boy the Polo Grounds is this guy.
Bill Rigney who mostly utility ineder while with
the Giants and, grazing 36-year with
success the big farm team at Minneapolis.
Rigney far from hoot-and- holler and there are
those who wonder he is g" enough to be the leader OF
the Giants what with taking where John McOraw Bill
Terry Mel OFT and Durocher left off,