Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAW By FRANCIS sTANN
OF This and That

THE YANKEES HOPES Of trading for Pedro Ramos,
which faint at best also must high praise from
Manager Paul Richards of the Orioles who fatty states the
best young pitchers in the American League Ramos and
Herb Score of the Indians Another of the perth
nent comments from Coach Harry Craft of the A
etcS who doesn't think highly of the White Sox chances
You don't talk pennant with Dropo Fox Aparicio and Ke
your infed."
Football players shy of brains? Joe Gasparella, who
saw action Notre Dame quarterback and later
blocking back for the Pittsburgh Steeers and Chicago Card
nails has become Fulbright Scholar, which involves
advanced in architecture in Milan, Italy The
word out that Tony Trabert is tired of losing Pancho
Gonzales and will quit the tennis tour when his contract
with Promoter Jack expires 1t might be added
1t will be at Kramers request He needs boy.
Able Sting and Brown Booer were the yearlings Hugh
Fontane recommended that Jack Dudley and Bonnie Heath
buy paving the way for their $4,000 outlay for Needles.
When Able Sting and Brown Booer proved winners while
Dudley and Heath umed themselves for not listening,
they read Fontaine loud and clear the third time.
THE AUTOGRAPH ON big leaguers bat doesn't
always he is using the model Explaining his great
clutch hitting Hank of the Yankees says: not
doing anything different except that I'm using Billy Martins
bats which have thicker handle than mine switched
because Mickey Mantle started using mine spring
training He likes that real thin handle and when started
hitting those tape measure jobs in Florida him my
whole set So I'm using Martins and think Martin is using
Berra's"
Rocky Marciano still flying. Now there's
talk of investing shoe manufacturing enterprise and
opening boys camp plus reports that recurrn headaches
invited his retirement Charley Goldman, who developed
Rocky from crude amateur, is back at Stman's gym
regularly that he has lost his meal ticket looking
for other like Marciano. Well, he's got 10000to1
chance at that
1t develops that Frank Umont and Eddie Rommel of
the American League umprng staff were not the first in the
majors to wear glasses while working Larry Goe veteran
National Lacquer that he contact
all year. Nobody noticed it, just didn't say any,
thing" he laughs. But they bothered and I've
switched this year to regular specs Three parsone for
working behind the plate for the bases and for
reading"
GEORGE KREHBIEL. popular racing writer for the
Detroit News who died the day after covering the Kentucky
Derby, wound up command of his company World War
when all of his superior officers killed in the battle OF
Beeau Wood Krehbe also of the few turf writers
who owned and raced a stable.
Confirming CD item in this space last March, it's
freshly rumored that Charlie Grimm will be skating thin
ice the Milwaukee Braves still aren't top close to by
June 49, Successor most mentioned Leo Duroche although
manager holding big league job is supposed to have
conded to friends that he has the inside track 1t has
been argued that because Needles Derby run only
2O32s fast track the 3year-od crop very
ordinary Be that may it still faster Derby than
Count Fleets-and this one a Triple Crown winner.
Odd sight at Louisville incidentally, that of half
dozen jockeys watching Landy Bailey and Delany TV
right after big and Johnny Adams breathing
broke the 4mnute barrier At that the two may
have travelled faster than Countermand in the Derby
WHEN WAS THE LAST time, if ever a team used a
four-man outheld such Cincinnati employed when Willie
Mays is batting? The strategy has familiar ring. Otto
Graham may be doing the telecasting of the Cleveland
Browns football games it is said and glib is
ought to be natural Trouble is Graham will be too easy
for Coach Paul Brown to grab the Browns quarter
backing troubles as they did last year.
Doing well they have been without Ted Williams
talk of the Red Sox trading Catcher Sammy White Billy
Goodman and Jim Persa to Cleveland for Bobby Ava
Ray Nares sounds phony One thing about Jackie Rob-
nson He pops off lot but often follows 1t with conciatory
letter. Did again recently when he mailed long note OF
apology to Mayor Barry of Jersey City, whose home city
had blistered
postcard from the peerless publcst Harry Mendel
reads Ray Robinson is down to 1914 and he don't 60
stale. he should win early.