Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-08-14
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DkAW By FRANCIS s7AAA
Of This and That

ATER THAT 32-7 CLOBBERING in the 9th Al-Star
game, following the 800 defeat year ago. it becomes
hard to picture bright future for Chcago'S football
spectacle What with hot baseball races the absence of
american Football League players from the AStar squad
and the Baltimore Colts playing wraps after the
first half, it's dull fare, live TV.
Because lp-tattooing of thoroughbreds has been so
completely successful in eliminating ringers" the United
States Trotng Association will introduce the practice
on harness horses Tomorrow will be IA years to the day
when Alfred g. Vanderbits Yankee Dollar became the
first of 9O546 thoroughbreds tattooed It's said that
in normally docie horse the reaction is flick of his
and quizzcal lick of his lip"
Floyd Patterson keeps talking Of a f~ht with Sonny
LiSton following his rubber match with lingo Johansson
but the word is out that Lston is going to get good
going over this fall when the Senate subcommittee inves
eating boxing calls him up One Of the investigators
admits that there quite file Liston and his shadowy
handlers, perhaps enough to make Jake LaMotta the
dry-tank diver, look like an A-Amercan boy.
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THE MAIN sCoREBOARD of the D. c. Stadium that
is abuldng will be 24O feet long will cost approx
matey 100000, although it will be audible" as
Bill Weeks monStrosty The Stadiums board however,
Will feature the magic message" system of flashing
appropriate news, etc. OF the 1872 two year. odds
Originally nominated for The State richest horse
race in the world 2SS remain eligible for the October
bonanza.
Pro football commissioners generally considered the
inventions of the clubowners although Joe AFT
wasn't sounding like when he addressed the Football
Writers Association members in Chicago last week. Baited
about one of the ALL owners who likes to his in
But I'm the commissioner and if what Harry says is
detrimental to the league he will his own socks pulled
up tight"
The Baltimore Orioles, heretofore unframed hitting
the long ball. belted 10 homers in eight games and
making the front office think of shortening the fences in
Municipal Stadium Il become very fond of that long
ball type of baseball" Manager Paul Richards admitted
You can do so much more in ball game. You wait
little while before getting desperate"
WHEN THE STORY appeared that the st. Louis Hawks
offered 100000 land turned DOWN Egn Baylor
of the Los Angeles Lakers Hawk Coach Paul Seymour
qupped When first heard that 10000 figure thought
the offer for Baylor University" In the periodic
fanfare about the possibility of somebody breaking Babe
Ru homer record of co. it usually forgotten or ignored
that even SO homerS don't often It has been
only seven times in the American League flour times by
Ruth including his record 1927 output once each by
Jimmy Foxx Hank Greenberg and Mickey Mantle. Only
four National Leaguers Ralph Kiner twice. Hack Wilson,
Johnny Mize and Willie Nays have hit so or more.
In defending the wakup start used in the Washington
International Bill Jaeger observes 1--WE starts in
England than last years at Laurel It's just that
Americans accustomed to seeing horses leave the
barrier in line and howls go up if horse is length
behind. After ALL they have mile and half to and
European horses prefer being in the the field
in the early stages"
SAMMY BAUGH among ll-time pro stars who we're
asked to comment Quarterback Johnny Unta of the
Colts said, in part: "Untas is with the champion Colts
chez always gets time to throw. If had those big
boys to keep em off me, maybe I'd try comeback He
looks awful good to But to find out how good guy
u.s. you gotta see him bad ball club"
In a national magazine, Charles w. Thayer author
diplomat and sportsman suggests the 1860 Olympic Games
may be the last carried out under the banner
ism. Thayer finds the concept of pure amateurism"
incompatible with the facts of modern societies.
Leave to Branch Hickey to make with the sharp exit
line After the Continental League folded the old SPELL
binder, asked what is to become of him. replied: IF
oblivion is to be my contribution then that is best for