HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-03-05, Page 2TNECaIAlCrf SPORTS COLUMN
0 It seems to this observer that .one of
the greatest Worts 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
perste battle against the most relentless
opponents of all, Old Fattier Time.
Tony Despit'Itn is n jockey. He hadn't been heard of when
1952 dawned, he uuiy never again slit the heavy type. But
December 30, 18;1`„ was his moment of glory, the elitTlax de a
play that ,P.ipped the imagination of sports folk all over this
vont inert.
On the morning Of lh't•eluber 30, Tony had ridden 385
race whiners. So that every one of the y'ear's closing clays wmald
count, he flew to Havana -to ride in the Sunday races there,
then flew back to Floridn to resume his attack on the old mark '
of :851 Winners in 0 single year. So, siith one day to go, he
tleodtd four winners to break the record, and tiro that day, he
rode the four winners, became the new champion, He haat
one day to go, which is drawing it as close as any camera
i3ltish could be.
The undersized son of a textile mill-twork'er, at Lawrance,
Mass„ was so small that other youngsters called him "The
[Lunt" and shooed him away from their games, lest some big-
ger lad should trample hint. So he wandered the eight miles
to Lou Smith's Rockingham Park, and began to hang around
the hares. IUnclly 1lorsenien let him earn 0 buelc by walking
"hots"—that is, cooling out horses after a race.
Ile rode horses for training in the morning and finally, he
got a mount, but ho didn't get close to the pay-off line in fact,
he rode so poorly that the ste\warts 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 front Layvt'tnee. -
ht ,Tanuary 111522, at Florida's Sunshine Park, be got an-
other ehanee. He rode Great Shuffle and won. Even then, suc-
cess didn't blaze a sudden easy trail. For stewards at Sunshine
shooed hits away, told hint 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 malty other sports, that
he had the stuff i1' 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 lO-day suspension which
seemed to wreck his chances late in the year, he rode coura-
geously, rode well, until, on Deeember 30, with the end of the
year just over 04 hours away, he piloted home four winners,
became holder of the new riding record, A sporting and
dramatic feat indeed,
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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at t1 - t 1'i10:ht'r -O a out -
heater -.-1/'t anything new in
tyasebal:. Th: c';assic example
turas, of : c: 1 t Uncle Ed. Bar-
Yew's- making -over Bribe Huth---
'st•ho might have been one of
the me greatest lefthanded
'Ili ni;rl s—into what was un-
doubtedly the most fta:'SJme
1=g—distance lari•uper and. in-
aidentaliy, the most potent hex-
ewtfice attraction of all time.
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But ftaP 41 character to start eiY
50 a heaver, then become a sue-
rt'ssful outfielder, and then
again go back to the mound is,
4o
as at least, something new,
And although the Pittsburgh
.pirates are not, as a rule, a team
demanding very much of the
d attcrtk,n , there will be a
:tot of 'rarest in hew they fare
this coming season. and espetial-
ewlmt sort of fate lies in store
as
Tata-Lcoking Topper. Tee Na•
itonnl AssC .. li Rete"
E oth.erx aria F. ', shhe: s sprang
=moiling new of their c ''t'ol
r,to'.enlia,t w•!'er the', hod pretty
Fomela Dov'ss made! MCP s af-
ier-dirti•:e•. formai rash;ors, The
Homb, a will have a hord 1ir,4e
7,ep1e:erg the topper; especially
18 it s 4.a : b', cols fits Pamela.
for the tinange-about player re-
, ferred to. one Johnny Lindell.
s a e
Big Lindy's whole story is a
rather strange one. Back in 1941,
when the Yankees brought hint
up from the farm, he was a 23 -
game winner for Newark. But
manager Joe McCarthy- just
couldn't see hint as a pitcher,
even with a re,'ord 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,
a a a
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 rent attention it demands.
There were dashes, though,
when he showed what he might
have been. In the 1993 ,world
serisi for iItc aver, he came
tl- .ring recklessly into third
:3 .g: ally jarred. Whitey
Ii:•sinvski Larse fr on: his eye -
:esti -a Whites e his
s
sea. e. his hat tied canacieeimess,
iZes piay ssf the seises •
tsa :assn.
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Cay rE- ..,G- a:,;; icy
eeve 'sass issii• ',mess in the silts
by was s n< that :ohn-
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•I:y le Xt. tidy.:1 .n
his
:ors., teesii sly a
1••at.
was ens t I.,, :e
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Beauty and the -- Outstanding and prize dogs from all parts
of Ontario, including this Shetland Collie "Qvarrie 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?"
Lindeli's jaw jutted out pug-
naciously. So MacPhail decided
to do nothing about it,
5 e „
But that was virtually John-
ny's last flash, On the momen-
tum from his world series feats
he carried through to his best
average, .317, during 1948 and
then he began to fade fast. The
Yankees sold hint to the Cardin-
als, Who desperately needed a
right-handed outfield slugger.
But the big fellow couldn't hold
on. o ,y 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.
"Wilatcha throwin', John"" be
asked.
"It's my super-duper knuckler,
sonny bol-," 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 in
his voice. "I'll betcha you could
win with it in this league."
"I know," laughed Lindell. "If
I had had it when i fust canoe
up Ind be a pitcher today instead
of an outfielder."
5 5 5
"At least I'll be the best rest
ed pitcher you ever had," quip
ped Lindell. Not only was h
rested hut. he also had the nets
knuckler which he had develop -
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 staff."
a a
e
ed in those warm-up sessions be-
fore every game.
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It was a fully-ee•ntrelled pitch
last year tt:td Lindell wasa24-
game winner for Hollywoud.X,'w
1 , c .tin sears after he
pitched his 1041 Lane in the Big
Time, the 38 -rear -old ex -out-
fielder ia lack ler another track
at it, it: ^ e., ed 4:y 311e fast that
he was vet ed 11a`st V a iimene
Player in the Pectus Coe.
Lc -,.r .t „sC" the•,ts-
-.n I''::,..t, have t
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10 ivalth jest ,'.1:...
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or.cls•.
h- ..,.. , ow
(Shiver \\I t n'se, nt, to-
.. :! orisy:.,., - this
tgat t1I. s! "'',',r
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"Why ds3 yssi' =F +.r tet a cwox37a
t'tr. (i
The
end eass-somg Lindell o'EAA HAVE YOU HEARD
raise. He p,4iatdSaes
Mai:Thei.'s este and .tt his ABOUT iT?
rase it. Vtiskomerisgellifinieltr
PLUME
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. But he himself is
quite well, quite well,"
we # AND'
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