Evening star., 1957-08-25
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV BY FRANCIS sTANN
OF This and Thot

AnAA DOubILESS WAS good advice by Tommy
Lougnran who urged Pete Rademacher to quit the ring
because OF his age (2, but there is niche in boxinps
nan OF tame occupied by Bob FitzsimnonS who did not
have his first fight until he was 2S That was against Dick
Es Australia Fitz, who in his time held the heavy
weight hght-heavy and middeweight championshius Of
the world fought for the last time at 52 facing one
Knockout Sweeney at Wiamsport Pa On the other hand
Ad Wolgast former lightweight champion was washed nm
long before he was 2S
typographical error in Navy's football brochure
makes 1t sound like the mdshipmen served breakfast
In bed In the book breakfast Is served at Sis am but
reVeie isn't until so minutes later Pubcst johnny Cox
instead OF being devastated. philosophical Maybe he
says 1T will help recruiting" Frank Fortune insists
that IN Buffalo the scribes serious when they say Phil
CaVarreta win succeed Cookie Lavagetto as manager Of
the Senators It's likely that Cavarretta now man
ager OF the frst-pace Bsons, viii join Cookie coach
nihe moves at all.
It's because of glass eve that Charles Douglas vvho
pitches for the Pirates. is called Whammy by his team
mates He lost the sight of his right eye at 49, while opera
ing an electric in workshop in his home at Saxapa
naw N @ Walt Aston may have hit the nail on the
mead Wnen ne spoke OF the other clubs in the National
League you tell they aren't afraid of us by the
shorter games Brookyns manager says Our games are
running only ABOUT Two hours 1t used to be quite
LICK Wnen we played one in less than two and half
npus That means the pitchers aren't being so careful
with US And it's taking less time to get us out"
*%+*#
SEVEN HoRSES-nve in actual competition-broke
down so badly the Del Mar racetrack in California that
truckoadS of sand will be worked into the soil to cut down
te cushion to two inches Deepness of the track since
ne seasons start and the tendency Of the dirt to ba up
mas been blamed for the rash of injuries seven horses
had TO be destroyed and another Miss Todd promising
My who the 1855 running of the Del Mar Debutante
was so badly injured that she has been retired
If Sugar Ray Robinson truly runs out of the Carmen
6aSo ngnt scheduled for next month"; reported that
~ VIII cost the International Boxing Club $65OOO in pro-
motonal costs There supposed to be 100000 advance
Speaking of Basilo, back in the days when Harvey
Miller was Marine colonel in charge of athletics at Camp
eune he was asked by the commanding general to name
the standout prospects in big boxing tournament
Il named three" Col Miller recalls "and the general
exclaimed But they all losers know it, said but
they lost as amateurs they spros-and think they
are, potentiagtheyd be terrific Rocky Castellani was
one OF the losers and Danny Narco another grant
that Nardco didn't go too far But Rocky did the third
guy was Baslio"
THE JACK SANFORD STORY (hes the sensational
Rntlies pitcher) would be remarkable if he
could lick the Redegs most every pitcher has been
ooing lately When the newly elected head of the
Lutheran World Federation was asked in Milwaukee for
world Series choice Dr. Franklin Clark of New York put
sls way Ine milwaukee Braves are my favorite team
Tor the Yankees to beat"
Johnny Longden Al, and grandpa. is waiting for the
Ag when the cast is taken on the leg that was broken
recently by nervous y in the starting gate Then III
tioe again Kcn Guy Longden says Il like to ride"
LeIty Gomez is wearing 20 pounds less around the middle
and mustache on his upper lip The onetime Yankee
pitching star sporting goods executive these days
Tne Atlantic City Race Course must indeed be pretty
piece OF property because Sir Cuum Wech Lord Mayor of
LONDON lost three pounds, six shings and eight pence
the other afternoon and still had some kind words ave
never seen race beautiful" he beamed as he
spoke before the Poor Richard Club" in Philadelphia
+%*%
IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION to Pete Rademacher he
is being rated by Floyd Patterson as tougher opponent
than Hurricane Jackson Asked II his fight with Rade-
macher would have been different under amateur rules
Patterson replied Yes I'd have put all in three rounds
what did in six"
DiXieand records by "Pappa John" and his Dxieland
band have been favores in the Detroit Lions football
camp Pappa john is the father Of John Gordy rookie
hneman, former Tennessee guard . The late Chalkv
wright onetme featherweight champion was suspected
OF being much older than he would acknowledge according
TO Eddie Walker who managed him. HE wasn't no kid
when got him." Walker says HE used to burn me un
because ne had white beard and around the gym
needing shave I'd chase him out and make him 90 to
barber shop before he worked With that white beard he
looked like he was too old to fight"