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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1955
Page
11
The piece recalls a Wednesday Texas Ex event where Fred Hartman and Betty Hartman were honored guests. A joke about Texas and Baylor prompts playful laughter as Melinger extols Texas expertise, noting Hartman’s six years at Baylor yet claim of Texas ties.
The piece centers on Windegger from St Louis who joined TCU after a backroom swap involving Frank at SMU and TCU quarterback Abe Martin. It notes Methodist officials and Matty Bell’s concern over Windegger shaping TCU’s season while Abe Martin questions TCU’s readiness. The essay also mentions a separate Army policy on 10 minute coffee breaks cutting accidents by about 40 percent.
Oakland March 4 Max Baer a former heavyweight champ rails that modern fighters are stinkers. He cites Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis in his prime and recalls garbage collecting as a kid to explain his powerful right hand. Baer now balances family duties with business roles and tour plans while praising his son Max Jr. as a Sacramento golf champion.
In Tucson on March 4 Ralph Kiner denied a baseball official’s claim that he railroaded the March 1 spring training rule for his own comfort. He said he merely represented the majority opinion at a meeting during the all star game period. Cleveland outfielder Gabe Paul of the Cincinnati Redlegs had called him a comfortable rather than a competitive player and said all players opposed the rule, which prohibits opening spring training before March 1 this season. Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick has supported the rule with fines against the Milwaukee Braves and Kansas City A’s, though he called the rule poor and suggested it should be abolished.
Ensuing March winds push seven major league clubs into a brisk player market. Edldie Yost of the Washington Senators is courted by the White Sox and Orioles while Cincinnati and Pittsburgh regroup on potential trades. Dodgers and Phillies resume talks. Red Sox await Ted Williams decision. Sammy White signed. Minnie Minoso deal noted. injuries and other roster moves pepper the roundup.
Bil Graham the evangelist appeared at Madison Square Garden Thursday night to an overflow crowd of more than 19,000. The following night Billy Graham the fighter performed there as part of separate events with Chieu Vejac of Stamford, Conn.
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