Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-29
SPOTLIGHT
SPORTS
Of This and That
By BILL FUCHS

MOSS COLLINS NEWLY APPOINTED successor to
Tuffy Leemans head football coach at Carroll High
School, need take from any athletes reporting
overweight next fall The 6foot3 Collins is slim 21O
pounds, after cutting off whoppng so pounds in an
about campaign begun in January Even with that
success he still managed to lose bet He made wager
with his Skeptcal fancee that he would knock off IS
pounds in one month and the best he could do was g.
1t was rs years ago this week that Babe Ruth hung
up his glove for keeps. Jimmy Pitt, Bally Aches
trainer predicts his horse will pull away from the field in
tomorrows Jersey Derby but adds that Venetian Way is
the horse to beat. He says the Kentucky Derby winner
just had bad day in the PreaknesS when he finished
fifth "A lot of people fail to realize that horses can have
good days and bad days." Pitt says.
They laughed at Dick Calgaro 5-foot-5 15O-pound
student at Gonzaga High School, when he announced he
was going to be miller They quit laughing after hung
up 4265 cockng in winning the Catholic League title
last week. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will
give track boost in this tomorrow with its first
meet which features the top five nsherS the Catholic
and 1nterhigh League championships
CHRIS Won SALTZA, holder of II American SWIM
ming records, is the subject of piece in Life Mays
newest issue Yet the real heroine is given e-ine
bruSh-off: up at $50 am. she Chris seepy eats
breakfast prepared by her long suffering mother" The
story doesn't say what time Ma gets up George Nc
QUINN former major league first baSeman and now baseball
coach at Flint Hill School in Fairfax County will conduct
clinic starting June 90 Boys interested should get in
touch with McQunn at the school,
They celebrated the anniversary of the first night
baseball game Wednesday night in Cincinnati and
hand was Paul Derrnger who pitched that memorable
occasion in the Reds park in 1885 Derringer weigh
ing close to 300 pounds threw out the first ball. Lights
are better now he conceded "but still don't like it."
An Austrian manufacturer claims he is making superior
ski of material used for American rockets The plastic
jobs he says the to the metal skis that helped
the French beat the AuSanS and become the class of
the sport last season.
BEFORE CALLING OFF the game between the Braves
and Cubs because of fog Milwaukee recently Umpire
Frank DaSco ordered test Frank Thomas of the Cubs
fungoed out to centereld in the general direction
of his teammate Richie AShburn. Ashburn didn't
the ball. which led Dasco his decision that there
was indeed foggy, foggy dew
Manager Hughie Jennings of the 1909 Tigers put
in pnchhitter for Ty Cobb of all people But not by
choice The Tigers trailing by six going into
the last of the ninth and Cobb who had batted in the
eighth and lacked faith, headed for the showers The
Tigers rallied for four and had the bases loaded with
out and Cobb the scheduled hitter An angry Jennings
left Mulin batted for Cobb not like him. smacking into
a me-ending double play.
Once about 10 years ago the Maranao team of the
Cuban Winter League lost of its equipment route
to play Cenfuegos Mike Guerra, former Washington
catcher who then Marianao'S manager, asked Al
CampanoS manager of Cienfuegos for half dozen bats
"Give player" Campanos said, land we'll give you
Pascual for dozen bats