Evening star., 1960-09-11
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the not precisely parallel but it did call up
the time Washington almost lost the greatest Of all
pitchers, Walter Johnson This in 1915 when Johnson
jumped to the Chicago North Side Club of the Federal
League after being given $4,000 bonus and an offer of
$4,000 as salary.
What burned up Johnson was that President Ben
Minor felt Walter had bad season and wasn't worth
the $4,000 the Senators were paying him. Although
Manager Clark Griffith pleaded with Minor not to do
the club president wrote letter to Johnson to that effect
Johnsons bad season consisted Of winning % games,
pitching 10 shutoutS and showing earned average
Of Ill for team that didn't have single 300 hitter.
Pittsburgh, which hasn't had pennant winner since
1927 all agog the Pirates recent visitor reports
that Beat EN- BUGS signs plastered all cars.
factories cafe windows In of the dime stores
toners ganged five six deep special counter
to buy shirts sailor hats pennants and other junk
stamped Beat EN- BUGS How many bigger bargains
there in baseball today than Maury Wills the Wash
ington boy who signed by the Dodgers for $500?
DONNA LYDIO TESTO widow of Federico Tesio
who bred Malhoa, Italys first entry in the Laurel
International is partner in Ialys counterpart of
Calumet Razza Dormelo ogiata. The lady is a. fuenty
speaks five languages answers all her correspondence
personally typewriter and smokes pack day.
Tim Cohanes tidbit LSU: with By) Cannon
and the Go Team LSU will concentrate character
building"
Nick Atrock turns "a on Thursday And his time
buddy and fellow clown the Senator'S coaching lines,
AL schacht will be the principal speaker at the Home
Plate Clubs awards dinner next Saturday. . Although
Carmen Basio rejected fight with Denny Meyer in late
October this doesn't that Baso despite his friends
advice, isn't going to try comeback "Au the big shots
want to quit" Carmen recently told friend in Syra
cuSe "but who'll to it make the $4,000 $4,000
year need to get by?"
Chief complaint by Maylands three major race tracks
-Pmco Laurel and Bowels that they produce 78 per
cent Of the tax revenue from racing while nine minor
trackS-hve halfmers and four troS-get IS per cent
of the racing dates. Pmlco incidentally may be the only
track in the world with two cubheuses. One would be
the fourstory structure that is being rushed toompon
for the November IA opening and the other is the grand
Victorian building which has been used for so years.
HARDLY ANYTHING DIsTREssEs Casey stengel
more than to of his Yankee pitchers walk Eddie
YoSt why do they it?" Casey asks "He don't hurt
you much when he hits" Be that it may, only Babe
Ruth, Ted Williams and Mel OFT have drawn life
time passes One football coach who is of being
hred-not this season but next-is Jim Lee Howell of
the New York Giants After the tension-aden SO cam
paign, Howell encouraged by his family announced that
after this he'll fire himself and into post
Of personnel director.
When the Providence Hospital Duckpn Mixed League
ing but not in spirit will be John P. Barak, chief Of
oxygen therapy and Of orderlieS Barak the leagues
organizer is now Providence patient. Since nearly
everybody else has out with book cooking why
not the wife of football coach? Francie Daugherty,
wife of Michigan States Duffy, is having 179 recipes
many contributed by wives of other prominent coaches
published by David Mckay Co.. and titled "oridron
Cookery "You just can't feed your husband hot dogs
when he off the banquet circuit" France says,
explaining how it all started.
Hyman PreSSman, described self appointed watch
dog for the taxpayers OF Baltimore says he will file suit
to stop the cityS plan to spend $1,000 promoting the
Mayfair Force game PresSnian is protesting the
ground that it sis clearly illegal to pay public funds to
a private organization for private purpose"