Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-20
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ;, FRANCE, ,7Ap~
PiersoII and Cosey's Lawn


DURING MOMENTS OF LEVITY which not nfre-
quen when the Yankees riding hgh Casey Stenge is
apt threaten to send Jim Piersa of the Red Sox bill for
messing his lawn few days ago Piersa Tipped wnen an
official called Jerry Coleman instead of
cheap ineld hit for Jm who responded by cutting out
dvot two with his spikes when he returned to centered
IT realized was BUSH" PierSa said later in apologize
Tone but if the tme was correctly quoted he
too thinking in bush terms 81 wasn't going to call any
questionable ball hit when it would have been the first hit
the game" he said What If Whitey Ford went on to
pitch hitless ball thereafter"
The play happened up in the second inning And
the scorer, incidentally has been quoted as retiring.
Official scorers fans constantly call sports desks to
Learns baseball writer's the daily beat 1t is not high
paying deine although rewardng than formerly
and sometimes it strains relations between the writers and
the players One two decisions summer mean the
difference between 800 and less for player
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THE AVERAGE PLAYER is concerned chiefly with his
batting figures Joe Kuhe however not average He was
prdefu of his fielding ability at first base and day at
Griffith Stadium he charged with an error on tough
play
Kuhel later to become manager of the Washington club,
brooded for the rest of the game one error could
possibly affect his next years salary his status one OF
the most agile and expert first basemen of his day. To the
surprise of teammates he dressed hastily and took of on
to the parking lot where he ambushed the unsus-
pectng
Beigerence in Kuhel was not precisely in character
this occasion it unmstakable and the writerscorer
brave but also WISE mood give away 40 pounds
youth to boot He hastily rolled the windows OF his
automobile thereby locking the vehicle and Kuhels passion
not such that he cared to throw fist at OF
safety glass.
Kuhe drew modest fine-$5O from the Washington
club memory servesbut he wasn't hurt financially One
FAM for instance him check for $25 adding in note:
f you had socked the oandSo I'd have sent $25 more
All told, Joe wound up with more than $50.
ON OPENING DAY of the 1886 season in Washington
Senators VS.. Yankees-there tricky decision In the
first inning Chapman, speedser at the time dumped
bunt to third base Bobo Newsom who had spent all
spring convincing Manager Bucky Harris that he the
logical opennggame pitcher broke for the ball but yielded
Ossie Bluege still master at third base.
Buege, cat-like scooped up the ball and whipped it
toward first base His rifle throw caught Newsom squarey on
the side Of his jaw.
There was no reason for Newsom even less expert
enced pitcher TO be standing upright Even the yro knows
that in situation such that you make by hitting
the Bobo goofed Chapman safe and the official
at the time young man, suddenly wondered why he
hadn't turned to modelling underwear, something
Hit" he sammered, reasoning that Chapman was fast
and Newsom, on this play, had been very stupid
$3.50
PRACTICALLY OUT OF HIS HEAD (he almost lost it,
Nevso remained in the game eventually survived
Lefty Gomez 10 The happy with his decision
to American League headquarters for verfcation Of
his ruling.
Because of chapmans speed" he inquired should II
be assumed that he would have beaten the throw? On the
other hand, If Newsom hadn't been picking his teeth
Back came the verdict to wit Change your scoring
Buege made the perfect play but unfortunately Newsom
in the path of his throw. Therefore it's fol
Bluege"
And so it went into the books, although ossie never
chased the scorer to his automobile
GETTING BACK TO PIERsALL, he's been most tract
able young since we'll, you know when but there
been that Jim and Ted Williams haven't spoken
to each other for quite time Maybe and maybe not
Piersa whose locker at the Red Sox clubhouse in Sara
directly the aisle from Wlliamsa distance
perhaps 20 feewas in fact calling Ted Her Majesty ever
as Williams reported for training.
Spying group of sportswrters convergng the
Persall cracked:
Her Majesty is without But Her Majesty will be within
IN short time and he'll give you all the you're lookn
for"
@ Does Ted hear you make remarks like that?" write
inquired.
81 hope not" Piersall replied. although he didn't lowe
his voice Did you see the size him' He'd break me In half