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Zurich Herald, 1953-03-05, Page 21wrwMnurwwwww+.«mw•au»w.+,e-w.,wm�wr.w,o+.w..,•-w..w�.arww�gr�www.w+.v+w.ww.:.: . TOE hitt SPORTS COLUMN Semer, oupedwe It seems to this observer that one of the greatest sports dramas of 1952, which had quite a nunnber 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. Tony Despirito is a jockey. He hadn't been heard of when 1902 dawned, he may never again hit the heavy type. But December 30, 1952 was his moment of glory, the climax of a play that A']pped the imagination of sports folk all over this continent. • On the morning of December 30, Tony had ridden 385 race winners. So that every one of the year's closing days would count, he 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 fnish could be. The undersized son of a textile mill -worker, at Lawrence, Mass., was so small that other youngsters called hind "The Runt" and shooed him away from their gamnes, lest some big- ger tad should trample hila. 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 ]cid 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. lie 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 IO -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 four winners, became bolder of the new riding record. A. sporting and dramatic feat indeed. Your comments and suggestions for this column wUI be welcomed by Eimer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonne St., Yaronto. f DISTILLERS LIMITED ihtilERSTBURG, ONTA11l0 Turning a pitcher into an out- fielder isn't anything new in b seball. The classic example was, of course, Uncle Ed. Bar- row's making -over Babe Ruth— who might have been one of Zoe game's greatest lefthanded flingers—into what was un- doubtedly the most fearsome :Gong -distance larruper and, in- cidentally, the most potent box- office attraction of all time. * to But for a character to start orf ea a heaver, then become a sue- tssful outfielder, and then *gain go back to the mound is, to us at least, something new. And although the Pittsburgh Pirates are not, as a rule, a team a1ennanding very much of the ;a'tlns' attention, there will be a :tot of interest in how they fare ibis coming season, and especial- : what sort of fate lies in store Clete -Looking Topper...-. The Na - Veinal Association of Retail Clothiers and Fu; nishers sprung something new at their annual annvention when they had pretty lornela Davis model men's af• ler-dinner forma fashions. The Hamburg will have a hard time .replacing the topper, especially !f et is warn by gals like Pamela. for the change -about player re- ferred to, one Johnny Lindell. e+ 0 * 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. Y 0 .His main trouble, though, was that he didn't have enough con- centration and lacked the spark to become the truly great play- er hs 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. * 4eg There were flashes, though, when he showed what he might have been. In the 1943 world series, for instance, he came thundering recklessly into third and practically jarred Whitey Kurowski 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. 0 0 s • Lindell was the hitting hero ot 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 him both knees in the ribs by way of illustrating that John- ny should mind his manners. 0 * 0 Hardly able to get out of bed the next day, Lindell played with his torso taped like a baseball bat. He tasted 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, 0 "Why didn't you tell me about those ribs?" screamed MacPhail, "Why did you try to play in that condition?"' Nr * The usually mild-mannered and easy-going Lindell blew e fuse. He pushed his face into MacPhail's face rend Iet his boss have it. 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 c i g shows which will be held in conjunction",with the Canadian & gfi nal Sportsmen's Show in the. Collseunl, 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, 0 0 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 hirn 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 donee extra alai ll unexpectedly to ave the ba y hit him on the shin. The Yogi man yowled. "Whatcha throwin', John?" he asked. "It's my super-duper knuckler, 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 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 first came up I'd be a pitcher today instead of an outfielder," A 0 0 When the St, Louis Cards final- ly let the big outfielder go, he drifted out to the Pacific Coast where Fred Haney ]net him with the surprising announcement: "Welcome to our pitching staff." "At least 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. It was afully-controlled pitch last year and Lindell was a 24 - game winner for Hollywood. 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