Tales Of The Baseball Diamond
A collection of baseball anecdotes featuring Mell Ott at sixteen, Red Jones bench-throwing, Branch Rickey courting players, Casey Stengel quirks, Gil McDougald and Bobby Brown, and umpire George Moriarty. The humor centers on players, managers, and oddball exchanges from early baseball lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Jones
White Sox
Chicago
Wally Moses
Bobby Brown
Yankee Stadium
Stengel
Casey
Brown
Billy Johnson
Gil McDougald
Casey Stengel Man Of Many Faces
Casey Stengel could serve as a Wall Street spokesman says a profile of the Yankees manager famed for five straight World Series titles. He is a millionaire investor and Glendale National Bank director whose showman style echoes on trading floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Casey Stengel
Mr. Stengel
New York Yankees
Stengel
Glendale National Bank
Glendale
Calif
Stengels
Casey
Estes Kefauver
Ally
Connie Mack
Stengelese
Yankee
Tom Gorman
Eddie Lopat
Allie Reynolds
Billy Martin
Charles Dillon Stengel
K. C
Kansas City
Brooklyn
Stock Exchange
Jessel Engaged for Funeral Eulogy in Surprising Moment
Louis Sobol reports George Jessel was hurriedly engaged to deliver a funeral eulogy when he wept at the service and, glancing at the coffin, exclaimed I knew this man. A reader asks how to prevent mold on jar tops and is advised to keep a bucket of lime in the fruit closet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moriarty
Moriarty
Louis Sobol
George Jessel
Jessel
Puck antics across sport and scandal span midsummer week
Newsweek roundup notes Puck at work in Ossining court golf, bridge, and boxing as William Wacht seeks a handicap raise. Frankie Carbo indicted by Frank Hogan, while Detroit Yankee Ryne Duren is beaned and a Moscow meet sees a U.S. track team lead then falter. Mayo Smith exits Phillies, Ed Sawyer steps in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
State Supreme Court
Ossining
N.Y
William Wacht
Pines Ridge Golf Club
Wacht
Samuel W. Eager
Frankfort
Ernest Wainscot
John Darnell
Earl Senff
E. L. Scott
New York
Frank Hogan
Paul John
Frankie) Carbo
Mr. Gray
U.S
Hogan
Frankie Carbo
Detroit
Ryne Duren
Yankees
Moscow
Russia
Philadelphia
Mayo Smith
Phils
Ed Sawyer
Newsweek
Dealers Wanted to Sell German Automobiles and Housewares
Classified offer seeking dealers to handle high quality low priced German cars and house wares. Encourages confidential replies to a Toronto box and Montreal address. Claims no competition and profits up to 500 percent with free colour catalogue and confidential wholesale price sheet from Murray Sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O
Toronto 1
Murray Sales
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mell Ott
Giants
John McGraw
Ott
Moses
Branch Rickey
Stan Rojek
Stan
Rickey
Branch
Rojek
Balkar Singh
India
Cardiff
Wales
Man of
Sporting Life
Merry Menagerie
Charlie
BABY
Bray Hatchery
John North
Hamilton
Rhode Island
California
Fergus
Ontario
Agincourt
London
Fanshaw
J.M. Argue
Shawville
Que
Ottawa
A. C. McTaggart
Aurora
Ont
Trish
Matthew Gough
Strathroy
Robert Norry
Princeton
Onario
Continental Motor
Lloyd Clark
Bethany
B.C
Lake
Eighteenth Street
New Torcento
Barrie
Eighteenth St
New Toronto
Onto
Willis Garage
Kootenay Bay
Bay Street
Toronto
Dixons
Munro’s
Elgin
Express
POST
St. Clair Avenue
Arthur Hodnesky
Victoria Road
Hartford
Conn
U.S.A
Wood
Wisconsin
Teresa del Rosario
Manila
Philippine
Canada
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
King St. W
Rideau Street
Etherstonhaugh & Co
Pian P Atent Attorneys
University Ave
Regina
Sask
Western Distributors
Box 24
TFC
The
Medico Agency
Verheyden’s
K.R. 3
St. Thomas
Brug
Oxy
ARD
Europe
Carinthia
Ivernea
Sylvania
Psaxonia
Hvernia
Saxonia
Carinthias
Ve. Ocr
Cronia West Indies Cruises
Great World Cruise
Sritanne Nig aMnediterraneac Cruise—Sa B
Gresnock
Liverpool
Havre
Southampton
Greenock
Quebec
Mauretania
Squen Mary
Elizabeth
Caronia
Cunard Line
Empire
Cobh
Cherbourg
Cobb
Corner Bay
Wellington
Toronto, Ont
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