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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-3-4, Page 2Nett SPORTS COLUMN * 1.1 seems to this observer butt one of the greatest sports dramas of 1952, which had quite a number of these, was crowded into the last day but one of the year, when little Tony Despirito won a des- perate battle against the most relentless opponents of all, Old Father Time, 19521dawned,phet may jockey. eer again hihat the been type, But December 30, 1952 was his moment of glory, the climax of a play that gripped the imagination of sports folk all over this continent. race winne s. e S4 that everyone December th30, ye Tony s losing days. would count, be flew to Havana to ride in the Sunday races there, then flew back to Florida to resume his attack on the old mark of 388 winners in a single year. So, with one day to go, he needed four winners to break the record, and on that day, he rode the four winners, became the new champion. He had one day to go, which is drawing it as close as any camera finish could be, The undersized son of a textile mill -worker, at Lawrence, Mass„ was so small that other youngsters called him "The Runt" and shooed him away from their games, lest some big- ger lad should trample him. So he wandered the eight miles to Lou Smith's Rockingham Park, and began to hang around the barns. kindly horsemen let him earn a buck by walking "hots"—that is, cooling out horses after a race. - He rode horses for training in the morning and finally, he got a mount, but he didn't get close to the pay-off line. In fact, he rode so poorly that the stewarts instructed that Tony wasn't to have any more mounts until he developed skill and timing. So it was back to the exercise gallops in the mornings for the kid from Lawrence. In January 1952, at Florida's Sunshine Park, he got an- other chance. He rode Great Shuffle and won. Even then, suc- cess didn't blaze a sudden easy trail. For stewards at Sunshine shooed him away, told him to quit riding before he killed himself, or somebody else. "You'll never be a jockey," they advised. But the kid didn't heed the advice. We presume he felt as have a lot of other kids in a great many other sports, that he had the stuff If given any kind of a break. He went back to New England, and on the lesser tracks there, he began to ride at a rate slightly more than sensational. One day he had six winners, Is now the eighth jockey in 57 years to ride more than 300 winners In a year. And despite a 10 -day suspension which seemed to wreck his chances late in the year, he rode coura- geously, rode well, until, on December 30, with the end of the year just over 24 hours away, he piloted home r -'hers, became holder of the new riding record. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, cio Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto. Cal:Vert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMNERSTBURG, ONTARIO FORT �/ � SlXB1TC Turning a pitcher into an out- eteider isn't anything new in baseball. The classic example was, of course, Uncle Ed. Bar- row's making -over Babe Ruth— who might have been one of 'the game's greatest, lefthanded lingers—into what was un- toubtedly the most fearsome ng -distance larruper and, in- .RTdentally, the most potent box- office attraction of all time, n * * But for a character to start off et, a heaver, then become a suc- atessful outfielder, and then Again go back to the mound is, io us at least, something new. And although the Pittsburgh Virates are not, as a rule, a team demanding very much of the s attention, there will be a t of interest in how they fare Ws, coming season, and especial- :ty what sort of fate lies ins store Cute -Looking Topper. — The Na - /tonal Association of Retail. Clothiers and Furnishers sprung Something new at their annual a onvention,when they had pretty Pamela Davis model men's af- 'er-dinner formal fashions. The beiburg will have a hard time placing the topper, especially it is worn by gals like Pamela. for the change -about player re- ferred to, one Johnny Lindell. * a e Big Lindy's whole story is a rather strange one. Back in 1941, when the Yankees brought him up from the farm, he was a 23 - game winner for Newark. But manager Joe McCarthy just couldn't see him as a pitcher, even with a record like that. The kid stood six feet four inches, weighed two hundred and fif- teen, he was fast, could throw and was a better -than -average ball -hawk. Best of all he could hit that ball a mile. So Lindell was told to forget all about pitch- ing and concentrate on becoming an outfielder. 9 a 4 His main trouble, though, was that he didn't have enough con- centration and lacked the spark to become the truly great play- er he might have been. Johnny liked to laugh and get some fun out of life. He never did settle down and give the game the 100 per cent attention it demands. a a 4 There were flashes, though, wheal he showed what he alight have been. In the 1943 world series, for instance, he came thundering recklessly into third and practically jarred Whitey i urowski loose from his eye- teeth. Whitey lost the ball, his glove, his hat and consciousness. It was the key play of the series because the Cardinals were nev- er the same again. a * 0 Lindell was the hitting hero of the 1947 world series with an average of .500 although he did break a rib in trying to spoil a double -play. Cagey Eddie Stanky gave hint both knees in the ribs by way of illustrating that John- ny should mind his mariners. 0 A * Hardly able to get out of bed the next day, Lindell played with his torso taped like a baseball bat He lasted as long as able and then limped to the club- house. There he met Larry Mac- Phail and the Roaring Redhead was in one of his Most tempes- tuous moods. 9 ,y * "Why didn't you tell me about those ribs?" screamed MacPhail. "Whydid you tryto la in condition?" play that o ' a 4 The usually maid-Inapinered and easy-going Lindell blew a fuse, He pushed his face into MacPhail's face and let his boss have it e the second ceelr was tossed to her, This time her jaws closed on it, and she proceeded to de- vour the captivh cock also. Then she turned in her own length with alnezing adroitness and ,rapidly made for the river, . vanishing without a ripple or sound. The sacred crocodile of Szowl, then, was no myths And Dr. Junge thinks it probably origin- ated the'etrange idea, cherished by the Val tribe;'that these dan- gerous reptileswere well dispos- ed towards .men and therefore shouldn't be hunted or killed- a belief to which they clung even though at times a man was seiz- ed and devoured. When this occurred they ex- cused their "friends" by saying there were criminals among men, too, yet it was wrong to condemn all men; only the murderer' should be destray'ed. They passed judgment: on the crocodile'con- cerned, condemning; it to death, hunters went out after the guil- ty one, and when they brought back the body an autopsy was held to ensure it was the right` one. Thus they were convinced they hadn't lost the crocodile's friendship, but earned their"gra- titude for killing a' renegade, • ,S'ENS',977a '0410 NEW/ ...1iri/inq/y fermi` .QQi THE STAGE AND 'WATER REVUE est the CANADIAN NAT/ONAL THE COLISEUM TOROIITO MARCH 13 Thea IWIRCI1.21 1953 .7 THE FAMOUS Beauty and the -- Outstanding and prize dogs from all parts of Ontario, including this Shetland Collie "Quarrie Brae,", shown here with Peggy Rose, will be on display at the two dog shows which will be held in conjunction with the Canadian' National Sportsmen's Show in the Coliseum, Toronto. The Sportsmen's Show will be held for eight days commencing March 13. The Dog Shows will be held for the benefit of the Toronto Humane Society on March 18.19, 20-21. "Because I wanted to win the blankety-blank ball game," he bellowed, 'And what are you going to do about it?" Lindell's jaw jutted out pug- naciously, So MacPhail decided to do nothing about it. * 4 o But that was virtually John- ny's last flash. On the momen- tum from hisworld series feats he carried through to his best average, .317, during 1948 and then he began to fade fast. The Yankees sold him to the Cardin- als, who desperately needed a right-handed outfield slugger. But the big fellow couldn't hold on. . o a One afternoon three or four years ago, according to Arthur Daley of The New York Times, Lindell was warming up in front of the Yankee dugout, playing catch with Yogi Berra. The Yank catcher casually reach- ed out his glove for one toss only to have the ball unexpectedly dance away and hit him on the shin. The Yogi man yowled. "Whatcha throwin', John?" he asked. "It's my super-duper knuclder, sonny boy," laughed Lindell. "Gimme another," said Yog. Lindell gave him another and another. Soon a couple of curi- ous Yankee players stood open- mouthed behind Lindell, watch- ing the big outfielder float in his new dipsy-do pitch. "Thatsa good pitch, John," said Yogi, a note of respect ill his voice. "I'll betcha you could win with it in this league." "I 'know," laughed Lindell. "If I had had it when I first came up I'd be a pitcher today instead of an outfielder," 0 e 0 When the St. Louis Cards final- ly let the big outfielder go, he drifted out to the Pacific Coast where Fred Haney met him with the surprising announcement: "Welcome to our pitching stair." * * "At Ieast I'll be the best rest- ed pitcher you ever had," quip- ped Lindell. Not only was he rested but he also had the new knuckler which he had develop- ed in those warm-up sessions be- fore every game. c * a It was a fully -controlled pitch last year and Lindell was a 24 - game winner for Hollywood. Now — just eleven years after he pitched his last game in the Big Time, the 36 -year-old ex -out- fielder is back for another crack at it. Impressed by the fact that he was voted Most Valuable Player in the Pacific Coat League last season, the Pitts- burgh PIrates have bought him; and, as we saidbefore, it will bee- interesting e -interesting to watch just what happens to Johnny Lindell from here on in. PREVARICATOR Some years ago Bill Saroyan was engaged in a sturdy game of stud poker with a Greek gam- bler. The, gambler had a king showing, made a fat bet. Saroyan, withan ace showing, made a fatter one. As the gambler start- ed to raise, Sanoyan smiled and with hisusual candor said, "Bet- ter stop. I've got aces back to back" Naturally, the gambler wasn't taken le by this deceit, Hekept raising sant tremendously; finally called, whereupon Saroy- an, sure enough turned up an ace hs the hole. The Greek gam- bler blew his top. "You lie, you lie!" he screamed, leaping to his feet. "You say you got aces back to hark, and you got 'ern?" Crocodile Over A Hundred Years OId A doctor in Liberia meets with strange experiences. Dr. Werner Junge, who ran a medical mission in the heart of the jungle, when on the coast at Cape Mount had a narrow escape from drownidg in a ferry -boat disaster. The natives then insisted that he should make an offering of thanks to the. "mother of all croc- odiles" at Szotvi, on a shallow backwater of the river. 100 Years Old? He had often 'heard of this prodigious reptile. The natives maintained that when two men quarrelled she was summoned, and forthwith crawled the length of the village to the palaver - house. Each of the parties to the dispute then put his. case with fiery eloquence and,'in conclu- sion, laid his offering -a white cock, two cola nuts, and a bottle of rum—at her side. The verdict went to him whose offering she accepted by overturning the bot- tle of rum. The two bottles were then emptied down her throat, she devoured the cola -nuts and cocks, and withdrew again to the water, Dr. Tunge didn't believe the story, nor(thatshe was over one hundred years old and brought her children, when they reached a certain age, together with all her descendants, into the village to be introduced to the inhabi- tants. However, as he relates in his absorbing, graphic book, "Af- rican Jungle Doctor" he decided to investigate. He went to Szowi with a bottle of rum and bargained for two cocks—a' black and a white, as the chief suggested. Two boys put out in a shallow dugout to summon the crocodile, one beat- ing the birds together, making them squawk, while the other paddled. They then returned to the landing -stage and walked slowly through the village to the palaver house, still beating the cocks together. Like Legendary Dragon Hardly had they left the bank when the great head of a Nile crocodile rose from the water, followed by her huge armoured body and long, jagged tail, like a legendary dragon's. About thirteen feet long, she waddled slowly behind the two boys and would have been a frightening spectacle but for the astonishing sight of Negro children standing close to her es she passed, When she reached the palaver - house she stopped in the centre of the open floor, while Dr. Junge and the inhabitants sat on the ]ow balustrade. The chief then stepped up to her and addressed her in a long speech, announcing the doctor's presence and saying he had come to give thanks for his rescue fund to swear eternal friendship. Clung 're Tribal Belief Then he throw one of the birds at her enormous gaping jaws. The lower, jaw snapped up, the cockerel fell on the ground, and was instantly covered by the erect:Mine; chin. Again she open- ed her jaws;*whereupo,1 the chief, with a murmer of unintel- ligible words, slowly emptied the bottle of rum into them. Finally, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT? FITS ANSWER Ater Oliver Wendell Holnfes retired, he was slowly and feebly walking, down a street in Wash- ington, when an old friend ac- costed . him and shaking his trembling hand asked, "And how is Oliver Wendell Holmes to- day?" . , . "Thank you," said the great jurist. "Oliver Wendell Holmes is well, quite well,. I thank you, But the house in which he lives at present is be- coming quite dilapidated. It is tottering upon its foundations. Time and the seasons have near- ly destroyed it. Its roof is pretty well worn out. Its walls are much shattered, and it trembles with every wind. The .old tenement is becoming almost uninhabit- able, and I think .Oliver Wendell Holmes will have to move out of it soon. 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