Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
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THE TRAGEDY AT INDIANAPOLIS raises more
the $500 question Is it worth it2 Maybe it would be
better for all concerned the Dodgers moved from their
football Coliseum to the Speedway Biggest American
League disappontments by far have been the Detroit
Tigers We're Is per cent better than last year. Manager
Jack Tighe said in March he took dead aim on the
Yankees Just goes to show that when he aims Tghe no
Marshal Dillon.
When he tied Goose Gosln's all-time record Of l27
home in Washington uniform, Roy Severs was
reaching the figure in shorter time Sievers has been
Senator less than five years. whereas Gosn spent nearly
a dozen seasons in the Nations Capital On the other
hand Severs had the efed beachers brought closer to
HIM while the Goose, who swung southpaw had the
present formidable wall to clear in ghteld 1t would be
nice to have Severs and Gosln in the oued, with
Sam Rice sandwiched between.
When it is considered that magazine articles pre-
pared weeks ahead of publication Dick Youngs piece,
"The Dodgers Are Due for Collapse in the current issue
Of Sport seems more than bit prophetic Remember
horse called Silky Sullivan? Billy Brown, who recently
resigned under fire the IBC matchmaker reported to
have been offered the matchmaking assignment at DetroS
Olympia Stadium How come, after ruling out more
than agteam match, it is suddenly permissible to
book two of the acts in Madison Square Garden? Last
winters riot which responsible for the curtament,
must have been forgotten Eddie Arcaro has Just opened
a restaurant in Los Angeles called "Arcaros Winning
Circle. In the meantime, back in ST. Louis exbowlng
champion Don McClaren has contracted to manage Stan
Musials S2-lane bowling alley.
TRAVIS KERR, THE OKLAHOMA CITY oil man whose
Round Table has earned than 81 Million says that
his interest in football that indirectly got him involved
with thoroughbreds Kerr brother of Oklahoma Senator
Robert S. Kerr visited his first track in 1899 after
attending football game between Oklahoma and North
western Still avid grid buff Kerr has named of his
colts Buds Big Red in honor Of Oklahoma Coach Bud
WikinSon's squad Lou Perrin who built champion
ship ball club in Milwaukee is building motel there
Anyone who has tried to find place to sleep during
venon World Series time knows the town could stand
some additional accommodations.
Johnny Ruane the good young jockey, size
Shoes but don't envy him. They cost . Root first of
the ght-heavy champs because he beat Kid Mccoy in
Detroit in April 1908, to naugurate division
SO last week. Ruben Gomez of the Giants not only is
pretty fair pitcher but must be of the cleverest
fighters in the world True he hasn't baseball fight
but he hasn't been hit yet either The Pirates with whom
Gomez staged his latest rumble say that you look it
you'll find that Gomez hits somebody with pitched ball
in every game There's rhyme to it, Pitcher
Bob Friend says Brushing back thing but he just
hits people If they really want to stop it, Today
pension is the only way"
Roy Campanella who can have an $80 year job as
deputy State boxing commissioner in New York. has
learned feed himself with device strapped to his wrists
and When the former Dodger catcher arrived at the
Bellevue Medical Center May having been transferred
after battling for his fe he had muscle functions in
his arms.
JOHNNY GILBERT, who used to ride 2-year-olds
we'll any jockey the country the trainer of
modest sevenhorse group located at Delaware Park two
owned by H. R. Gray of Washington. If the American
hope in this weeks EPSON Derby nquisitive Prince
Simon in 1885, he is apt to get licked Wednesdays United
States hope will be Bald Eagle owned by Harry Guggen-
helm, who the Kentucky Derby Unexpectedly with
Dark Star Trouble with Bald Eagle he wants to know
what's going In the so EPSON Derby, Prince Simon
owned by William Woodward ST. looked like winner until
he heard a noise from nearby merrygo-round at the
EPSON Fair He turned his head in curiosity and was
nosed out by Galcador. Mel Patton, co-hoder OF the
world record in the 100yard DASH that AanS are the
up-and-coming trackmen.
Whitley Lockman, the veteran who plays both the out
field and first base is not in the doghouse of Manager Bill
Rgney of the Giants by Rigney tells this story
passed along by Jack Hand Il Orlando Cepeda
before spring training at Phoenix" Rgney relates But
everybody said he would make it. With Lockman Ray
Jablonsk and Bob Speake had four guys who could
play first base in pinch.
Whitley worked hard with Cepeda, although, if you
figure out could have cost Lockman his job One day
l asked Whitley how Orlando coming along Lockman
just going up to bat and he called back his
shoulder He's two years away asked him two years
away from what Whitley yelled back, The Hall of Fame.