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TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
**• By OSCAR FRALEY
(United Press Sports Writer)
NEW'YORK IIPI Joe DiMaggio today walked down the lone
some roso they all follow sooner or later—but he did it with a smile
of relief.
Thfn» was, naturally, the ache of parting from the world Cham
pion-New York Yankees as a player.
“BUt the aches arid the pains with which a willing spirit tortured a
reluctant body made him reaHee fnally that he had to follow Ruth
and Gehftg through the exit Just as he followed them on the field
of greatness.
He had known since 1949, he admitted, that his days were number
ed. More relaxed than anyone had ever seen him, the Yar*6e Clipper
reveald that h had known sine then that he was “sliding.” The
timing was going and the reflexes were fading
"Thdft was always the physical pain,” baseball’s greatest drawing
card explained as he disclosed the step-doWn secret he had been car
rying since the World Series.
’ —“I took a Mg physical bating last year. I remember a lot of
t.lmpg wHen 1 could just make it oat of bed. For normal living I’m
okay. But action is something else. My shoulders and my knee hurt
n when f play golf.’ v
m He could have lasted a couple mofe years if it hadn’t been for
tHe arduous demands of night baseball, he said vehemently. But the
ifln, handsome man with tile piano-key smile obviously was glad
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Stanky To Fight
As Hard For The Cards
As He DM Against 'em
ST. LOOTS llfl—Husfcßng Eddie
Stanky. peppery little second Mtsa
man. took oter the managerial
reins of "the St. Louis Cardinals to
day Rnd promised hse’H field a hus
>Qe» club next spring.
Stenfcy was signed yesterday ts a
two-year term as Manager by Ci-.l
owner Fred Saigh at an estimated
$35,009 ams. al salary, and prompt
ly promised he’d b« a playing man
ager.
“They’re all grown men and they
should hustle," Stanky said of his
new charges. “I’m sure most of
them will but there might be a
few who have to be reminded.”
Baseball men agreed that Stanky.
who learned many of his baseball
tricks under “Lippy Leo” Durocher.
is just the man to inject hustle
into the aging Cardinal club. Color
ful and swashbuckling, Stanky has t
it was all over,
“It wasn’t fun any longer," he said slowly “That’s why I’ve play
ed my last game of ball."
Then, without rgrets, he looked back down the years and spake
proudly and without longing of his great moments.
“My most memorable,” he recalled, '‘was that 56-game hiMfttg
streak in 1941. But for one day—or let’s three dXJs— I’ll nebee
forget coming up to Boston in 1949.”
Nor should he. For Joe had been out of the lineup 65 days with a
heel injury that season when he stepped back into uniform for a
make-or-break series with the challenging Red Sox. All he did was
win all thfee games, and kiH the Red Sox frith four home runs and
a single, driving in nine runs.
“I guess the beet catch I ever made Was against Hank Greeßberg
in 1939,” he said. “There was one out and) a min on first and fHWta
berg hit a ball just short- of the centertiekf flagpole, whert i» says
465 feet. I wanted to hold it to a triple but I Stuck up My MbM knd
there was the ball for the out.
“But I pulled a boner oi H," he grinned wryly. “I forgot there were
only two out then, and the man got back all the why frCM turd.”
Now, though, he was glad it was SB over. Ha made MS decision the
day after the Ist series ended—“ahd never wavSwkf.”' The Yank
ees tried to change his mind but Joe wouldn't budge. Never' Would
he become a has-been.
So the Yankee Clipper is gone. And just as they didn’t find a new
Ruth or a new Gehrig—so, too, they’ll never find another BBdaggMv
THE DAILY MOOED, PPHH, N. CL
long been known as a battler Who
olawed Ms way to ma*» Hague
success on esumge. and tight.
Stanky, who is 34, was jK| on
his rebuilding plana far the Garda
frarar-^m*--
“Bvery player on the teen* w«*:
hove to win bis jab,” he dsdare*
He refused to predict where the
Cardinals would finish nsot year
bi t said hs'd definitely be in the
lineup to help them out.
To alt other ctuesttons Stanky
replied with a terse, “that will de
pend on spring trSining.”
Saigh revealed after Stanky was
signed that he “was the man I
wanted right from the start.”
In granting Stanky a two-vear
contract, Saigh reversed himself on
ids decision to ftte Morion because
BenhaVtirt Cltb,
Boone Trait Bmp
Take HC VtcMmi
The people out » rim
nett saw two gobd MUI Bathes at
the MedKOgcn gyfc last- night as
neighDbrSSW B teMrf Traft and Befr-
very Closely pMybd
High girls added Stao&ed fIWV
to schools astoundir^hSSdHdljßW
girls by a 4k lb,
Grace
white to thgh second Wlft. dt mS
year against SttS’ oSOference loss.
Jean SteworttiOggad
the I Boone TSdg| Sb|j< Mt■ jUPIjj.. IS?
Wallace Cash
all-around gaSsW
One of the, Mb baU players to
the county,. Joe Holmes, gitd Ms
team plenty 1 of supgbrt in scrap
ping to withfSr oMy two paints of
the winners dgTSs ihwaglif: bk Jl
points as the &t*tf tSMW fadgMi
to' the finish.
Both gamed **e (hard-fought
battles betweeh S couple of rivals
that glory in defeating each othfr.
Boys’ scoring:
BOONE TRAM M 2* 45—48
BENHAVEN , M ft> 3»—46
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Erwin Idft Wiiv
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Delores Mason get the cradle for
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one-paint Mag at
visitors, bub Ors. gmn to hit With
those one-bMfitd
George ERriMftow. who is vuQ
known foe Mft gladly WOffc. tut
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ed up lasb Aight, but be lt* the
attack witß IftpMntk George Lu
cas was riflßg lehfhrf Wi» Widh Ml
Both boys dedr jotnerf by Hbvea
Stewart in pMy&tg good ass-around
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eaaoh or Feathers ntsbmping at*
i hsM ptoked a* the fa
vorite to succeed Feather* flora cc
1 tmdsrsesx backfield ooaob and chief
scout who Joined the gridiron staff
f only 'last summer. He is the only
ntember of the 19*4 staff still with,
the Wolf pack.
the great ex-shortstop wanted more
than a one-year contract.
Stalky h*rf, wanted a three-year
contact to glad Aim time for *
re-birfldlng job. The two-year agree
ment WiMS apparently a comprom
ise.
Stanky said He understood the
Cardinal focit “don’t like me be
cauSe 1 played a* hard against tlie
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