Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-15
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW By FRANCIS s7Aun
Of This and That

HAPPY CHANDLER, the Presidential asprant, blew
chance to set the Meet the panel straight when an
interviewer suggested that was vacating person who
had resigned Governor Kentucky as SEN
ator and again commissioner of baseball Happy to
great lengths explaining his political designations but
bthey skipped reference to the baseball of the ques
ton He did not resign at ALL of course fought hard
and in vain to keep from being fired by the club
Yet in reply to another querWhy you retire from the
Senate to take that baseball job?-Chander was quick to
respond: Because needed the money"
PROBABLY the finest and among the most expensive field
ers gloves available sporting goods shops the Johnny
Groth model vet Groh never approached the excellence of
Stan Musa whose model far less costly Baseball takes
so much out of Ted Williams these days giving up
fishing during the season. even when he draws day of
Man, I'm SO tired that Just hole up whenever get
chance, Ted was saying Al-Sar Day. he'll to be
Old and try to play young mans game"
NO EVENT IN MEMORY seemed to point up the made
ouacy OF Griffith Stadium as much the Al-Star
While countless thousands frustrated their
Tor tickets drew the second smallest crowd in the
history The old park may have been hot 1912
but it's outmoded This is the month Cronn
and Hank Greenoerg indicted into the Hall of Fame
the village of CooperStown N Y It's hard reconcile
those marnetype stories told by Marquette football
candidates with Johnny Druze the who has been
taking the rap Druze former Fordham captain Navy
shipmae, and it would be difficult imagine gener guy
Why do Brtons get SO exercised when angry loser
like Vic SeiXaS fails to thank you to the umpire eSpe
cay when he feels that several close decisions
hm Do the British mpire say thank YOU the players
Ior playing? Walter Hagen, the author and ex-golfer
has onehole at his lodge Michigan
plays regularly his permits when you've
been in golf long hav he says you get
the desire to swing club" Speaking of golf in case
you're lefhanded and proud of your game
National Lehandes Golf Tournament will held August
SO at the Catawba Country Club in Hickory, N. c.
DAVE SINE OF DUKE probably the swiftest man afoot
was heartbroken when groin injury erased him as an
Oympan but he may wind up richer as result Dave who
originally went to Durham baseball scholarship now
plans to return to his No sport Ace Parker his coach
IS SAID to have plans to make switch out of him
lnaSmuch as his boSch circuit suggest he can
hit pretty good rght-handed Slime might make superb
sWitcher-eSpecialy with all that speed
Al-Star visitors like Hal Schumacher the onetime
Giants pitcher who peddleS bats big leaguer
were astounded to note that thirst cannot be saked at
Gth Stadium except by soft drinks 1T Schu-
macher CALCULATED "Washngtons games are sponsored bv
You mean you can't buy cup in this park?" The small
oetos swung to the National League the 18th
got happy The big ones took the Al-Star bath Now
that Floyd Patterson will be able to fight in September
Archie Moore may have pulled by scheduling his
own personal title fight with James Parker Toronto
July % OF Arch shouldn't have trouble but you never
can tell II Moore should break hand Patterson ought to
be able to take him easily in 1857
BY FAR THE BEST of the National League nitchers
Bobo Newsom is Bob Friend of the Pirates les one
thng wrong Bobo claims. He amt got no big vindun lilo
ola Booo had He be unbeatable wound IN like Roho
instead of that little btsy notion
IL IS possible to land the biggest fish tournament and
sun not WIN prize, as s. j. Henry Youngstown Ohio
learned in the Bmn Blue Marlin Sweepstakes tho other dow
For half an hour he fought FOUNDER before the marlin
sounded swapping the rod Reinforced tackle eventuauv
ooaed the ish but naturally, it disqualified Most
neWSpapermen roofing for Bill Veeck to wind up at the
mead OF the Detroit Tigers not be written of as Ringing
He makes He also puts fans in the ball marks his GUN
and those of other owners of whom apparently don't
realize it.