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-TM REFORMED'__Fatter And Maybe Wiser, ‘Boots' Poffenberger Says Hell Be Good Boy, Wants Another ChanceBy Loudon KellyDENVER, Aug. 8 {).—Rather aggrieved and considerably too plump, Cletus (Boots) Poffenberger wonder«d today If he’ll ever get another chance to pitch in the big leagues. Boy, am I ready,’’ he said.Baseball fans know- Poffenberger, late of Detroit and Brooklyn, as a bay boy of the mound but Boots, sometimes called The Baron, says I don't believe 1 was so bad, only broke a few rules, and anyhow, I’m reformed.Boy, oh boy, If some big league club would just give me one mors chance,” said the blackeyed righthander with the Maryland drawl. Sometimes I feel like giving up baseball for keeps, but you gotta make a living and baseball's the only thing I know. I’ve never made too good a living from it, either.’’Poffenberger is hurling for the Buford, Ga., defending cham-baseball's the only thing I know . . .I pions in the Denver Post's semi-pro baseball tournament. Hewon 16 and lost 12 for Detroit in the 1937-38 seasons and a lot of guys still up there can’t say they did as well. But I busted some rules about staying out night and things, so I got shipped to Brooklyn.I was with the Dodgers two and a half months and pitched seven innings. I was No. 1 pitcher in the bullpen but they wouldn’t call me out. I told ’em I was going to jump the club and I did. Foolish thing to do, I guess.Right now Poffenberger is under a 9(V-day suspension for smacking an umpire with the ball while pitching for Nashville after they wrangled over balls and strikes.Hit him right on the chest protector,” Boots said. Silly thing to do. First time I ever was throwed out of a ball game in my life.r
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Port Arthur News
Port Arthur, Texas, US
Fri, Aug 08, 1941
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