Evening star., 1958-05-11
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ,, FRANCIS srApp
OF This and That

himself as custodian of $1,000 baseball scores
dating back 1885, urging fans who favor the old system
to write to Associated Press Sports Editor Ted Sms in
New York schott makes the point that abOlishng the
puou and assist columns take something of historic
value from the game.
In 1920 when Boston and Brooklyn played 26-inning
IL tie game, Walter Hoke first baseman made AZ
putouts Schott writes Jake Beckley played for
20 in the majors from 1888 and recorded %
putouts Think of it! Then Earl Clark editors note:
Washington producD of Boston handled 10 chances in
cenerheld on May TO- 1929 Twelve putouts and assist
This box score is an historical document"
Lend-lease stuff Sugar Ray Robinson will put on three
boxing exhibitions at the Brussels Worlds Fair July
and return to the United States August And as result
OF the reputation he built up in this country Stephan Red
young German mddeweight contender will make his first
appearance professional boxer in his native land when
he fights Gerd Muller in Stuttgart Germany, May 81
Bob Pelegrini Al-Amerca center at Maryland in 1855
apparently pulls some weight in Pennsylvania Bob who
will be out of the Army in time to ejon the Philadelphia
Eagles wangled auto license "53-BP" That's his number
with the Eagles and his initials
ONE OF FOUR IVY LEAGUE colleges will land Ed
Danowsk jr of the famed Fordham and Giants pass
ing ace. Young Ed is 6foot-1, 185-pound end. Mrs
Richard Lunns big the Preakness next Saturday
won't be Rise N Shine, for whom she paid $4,000 but
Gone Fishin colt she bred herself from arecosting
only $4O0 The mare gray and quite old (23 Her name
Saturday Of, inspired the colts monicker.
When Bobby Bragan manager of the sputtering In
managerial post at Pittsburgh he commented There's
only When the Indians hired me was among
the unemployed" Pumpsie Green second baseman
hitting well for Minneapolis, may be the Red Sox' first
Negro. switch-hitter, too
Frank Graham jrs new book on Casey sengel relates
how Del Webb first got the idea he wanted Casey his
Yankee manager Webb and Stengel attended party
When Del left at am Stengel still going strong On
his way to appointment $3.50 the next morning Webb
saw Casey, less, standing in the middle of bunch of
kids Oakland sandlo "I decided" Del said, "that
anybody who loved baseball that much would make
rife manager"
ENOS SLAUGHTER A. is sweating out the May IS
deadline when major league teams must cut down. Re-
minded that he always return to his farm OF Warhoss
snapped you don't make any money out of farm"
Wasn't 1858 the date pegged in the book "The Year the
Yankees Lost the Pennan" which became Damned Yam
KEGS? And the winner was Washington?
Watching Tony Kubek play rightfeld makes WON
der If the versatile young isn't the Yankees most
valuable player Where there's smoke there's usually
fire. and don't be surprised if Duke Snders days with the
Dodgers numbered Duke just can't hit the home
that Coliseum Imagine the surprise of the clerk of
scales at Jamaica when the brother of Manuel
up from Panama City to ride in this country and reported
that He had ridden 900 winners The brother Aejandro
year older at % than Manuel and did all of his winning
in Panama and Mexico Now there brother acts
riding, the YcaZas and the ValenZueaS.
Before he entered the racing game, Vic SovnSki,
trainer of the highly regarded PreaknesS hopeful Lincoln
Road, baker The $68 TAO gate for the Joe Brown
Ralph Dupas fight repeatedly has Gus DAmato manager
OF Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson listening to
Promoter Lou Viscus of the Houston Coliseum Viscusi
thinks everybody make bundle with Patterson
Roy Harris title fight.
Il sell $500 seats at $1O0 apiece" VscuSi prom
iSes "The Coliseum seats H. 900 people and fans would
weight championship fight On top of that could have
theater television."