Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
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CLARK GRIFFITHS ALL-TIME Washington outfeld
was Goose GoSin Clyde Milan and Sam Rice but the Old
Fox rated his by the years they spent Senators
uniforms and to lesser extent by their popularity far
as Grif himself concerned Throwing out these factors
and relying the books Washngtons greatest
outeld might have been Al Simmons Iris Speaker
Delahany OF course Simmons played here only two years
and the late Mr. Griffith not overly fond of him.
way Speaker 80 when he played his with
the Senators, although he still managed to hit 1927 in 141
games Delahanty who pre- Griffith in the Nations
Capital the only hitter to lead both the American
and National Leagues *.s5t
Bucky Harris, who managed Simmons played here
lenient pilot at least he mellowed Bucky always
looked the other way when the late slugger who had
ondness for the brew of his native Milwaukee, gave his bags
to redcap road trips and bthey STROBE into the Pull
man with of beer under his and paid
the porter to fetch tub ice when you've great
as Simmons-and still greayou make small conces-
son Harris once told the writer He treated Joe Daggio
the way when he later managed the Yankees And
DMag like Simmons, played good ball for Bucky AS
matter of fact, the only ones who didn't-couldn't!
THIS is A VIGNETTE supplied by our Rod Thomas
bowling editor and here it the value of for
is pointed The recent passing of Joe Brewer
at the Lucky Strike bowling plant somehow escaped
newspaper notice Thomas friend belatedy heard of
Brewers death but remembered him not only ncenoted
bowler but for line duty that did get headlines
1T during the prohibition and Brewer al
Internal Revenue agent Rod recalls stationed in ST.
Marys County Md he shot to death moonshiner defiant
who had killed Brewers partner and set for
shotgun blast at Brewer Nevertheless Brewer brought
to trial in Baltimore He acquitted, but feeling
against him in st. Marys
THE mans courage was superb BY his own request
he assigned back to St Mays And there for he
made his home respected weked citizen whose
and devotion to duty transformed hatred into admiration
SOME YEARS AGO Joe williams, the New York sports
columnst bequeathed thoroughbred whose ownership
divided into shares Most of the regulars who
the Kentucky Derby found themselves for minimum bite
part-ownerS colt that wouldn't or couldn't run very
fast He called Pounditout following poll by Williams
a of he
Later Dave Camerer time Dartmouth football player
and writing associate of Williams, dashed witty little
book freely illustrated by the gifted Willard Mullins that
became chidren's favorte Now it develops that Dick
Andrade the Texas partythrowe and hoSegiver has de-
vered Pounditout II to Restauraeur Gene Leone who in
turn is giving shares of the colt inspiring Williams
comment: Fortunately there is law which compes
American citizen to accept"
Apparently people are getting all kinds of horses given
to them named after them these days One of the first
osprngs Of AdoS Harry who holds the alme competitive
harness horse record of 1855 has been named ode Ados
after Mrs Golde Herman wife of Demon Dave pubicist for
Maryland and Delaware harness tracks
FROM JANE F WHEATLEY, 1872 Hamilton street NV:
"As Citation hacker naturally interested in his
spring such Fabus In the last paragraph of your
day column Ed post -Preaknessl you state that
stopwatch will tell you they're not real class referring
the time of this years Preakness
Il was little surprised at this statement because
have of your columns regarding Citation my scrap
book and know That you admired him. Yet Big Cy the
the sowes time for that race namely
2022s The difference between Citations time and Fabus
time is about the the difference in time of Nashua
and FabiuS would like to make it clear that I'm not
arguing that Fabus great perhaps he
will continue to improve during the year and cause you to
alter your opinion OF him. Regardless of your present
thoughts Fabus and Needles do think that the basis
should be the time Of the Preakness REMEMBER CITA-
TOM"
Fabus started to alter opinion here since your letter
when he won the $4,000 Jersey Stakes Saturday And
1t might be mentioned Just like his daddy Citation did
California advisors were saying during Kentucky Derby
week that Swaps right foreeg worse than Rex Ellsworth
and Mish Tenney would admit 1t can't be so very bad he
only loses by to Porterhouse the time of 4O for
the mile and sixteenth just wo-hfths OF second off
Swaps world record for the distance STILL IL would be nice
dgyn with the all-time greatest.