Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS sTANN
Of This and That

the AnSar Game in years. why is the American
League quoted 13to-0 favoe Tuesday at Griffith Sta
dunn? Nearly SO years Man O. War retired as the
top money winner among thoroughbreds with earnings OF
S24965 Today horse must S3561 to beat out Moor
as No so on the list of winners
Al WE'LL managed few champions in his day-Marciano,
Ambers etcbu in his idle moments Ire Vest still likes to
talk about the times he cups for his Waiting You
know who used to regularly Tuesday," WE'LL asks
George Burns and Oracle Allen that's who" . The
Dodgers like the idea of Jackie Robinson playing second base
again, but apparently they buckng the sentiment of
Manager Walt Aston. Jim Busby's fame home
run hitter couldn't happen to nicer guy.
Bert Silverman of Larrabee Associates advertising
frm reports that during cruise the SilverStar that
nice job that docks here he learned the officers and
have rstcass team They're Swiss, Italian and
German Siverman says and they're available for matches
in Washington July 10, q and August 25." Idle
thought How fast could Swaps he had four good legs
instead of only three On the other hand beating Mister
Gus in couple his world-record achievements didn't
impress Fasteners much They thought great
deal of Mister Gus.
DON ZINIMER, Brooklyn inielder figured in the sports
twice in recent months First he wanted of the
Dodgers because they weren't playing him. Then he got
action and fast ball struck and fractured his cheek Zim
still must have the vim because when Manager Aston
consoed him in the hospital CYoun be back in the game
in couple of weekC, Don retored Il wouldn't that
I've been out longer when wasn't hurt
Waite Hoyt time boy pitching wonder for the YAM
and the radioTV voice of the Cincinnati Redegs,
credted-or being charged with-the appointment of
those five Reds who will start for the National League in
didn't the fans in their voting give Casey stenge of the
Americans pretty old starting team? For instance Ted
Williams and Mickey Vernon in their 3Sh years and
George Kell is pushing a.
The courts have adudged baseball to be a sport, not
business yet the evidence that beer and tobacco interests
noursh the game Aside from eecasts and broadcasts did
anybody that the Phes $l75000 scoreboad was
gift of sudS firm? It's easy to say when one doesn't
own Swaps Nashua that the wise would be to
retire the horse but what about the NICOLA that keeps
coming in?
The tin is mt that General Manager Hank Greenberg
of the Indians is going push the plan for inerleague
schedule at next months meeting of American League mogus
There's nothing really original about It, Walter OMalley of
the Dodgers and others before him suggested
games among of both major leagues with the
results to count in the standings.
CASEY STENCIL NOW is quoted as saying Pete Runnels
is the best aaround second baseman in the American
League and regrets that he couldn't choose Pete for the
A-Star team (Neie) elected by the fans had
to right-handed hitting guy Casey says defen-
svely and took my guy BILLY Martini So you can
blame the fan poll not me- The irony Is that recently
Runnels often has been in the role of first basemar
for the Senator's And the Senator the Sar team
happens to be Roy Severswho is advertised THE Wash
ngton first baseman.
The Navy are disconsolae because
the Admiras didn't qualify at the Syracuse Olympic Trials
and not the fact that wo-man shell without coxswar
trip to Melbourne much help. They're Navy
all right but via Stanford where they learned to row. ano
apparently it amt the
Now it's being said that Joe Louis not Sugar Ray Rob
inson financed the of Tennis Star Athea Gibson
In reVVing the run for the Plmlco cup marathon o
116 miles, naugurated in 9l9 directors of the Pmc
Race Course asking for the most in thoroughbred
at the time bringing up memories of such a
Exermnator the grand old gelding who the first hre
trimmings in l9l9-2O-2l Stymie another winner.
RORY CALHOUN a mddeweight fighter, should not b
sold short in the ring Ray Robinson knows it, Now
develops that Rory preachedor promised to preacha
from his fathers pulpit in Atlanta His dad is
minister there, when he isn't farming. TempuS Fugi
Dept: This will be the Redskins goth year in Washington
Concentrating this in the 1856 brochure is reproduction
Page of cartoon by Jim Bergman our Pulitzer Priz
penman depicting tired Redskn BOSTON, and Marshal
not gray Of head now, saying to Jm's nimitabl
Colonial ID c."
Here he is Uncle I've decided that you've got to adop
him!"
, This much for GPM.-He m5de it stick We've sti &C
the Redskins, If not much else.