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Big Victor To Miss1969 Braves'1 SeasonATLANTA (API—A conspicuous figure will be missing from right field at Atlanta Stadium when the Braves begin the National League season in April No. Hank Aaron isn’t retiring or moving to first base The missing Brave will be Big Victor. the 22-foot styrofoam Indian who has stood between the fence and the stadium wall since June 1967Big Victor is retiring because of poor health His chief occupation, aside from lending his awesome presence to right field was to wave his tomahawk, turn his head andblink his eves on electronic com-2 ' . vrv.' . ■ ../»! #2/ *1- •* •' .* ••' ' ^ *. j Z*. *Y- ^ ■; . /.L?. vy/.mand from the Fan-O-Gram board control center whenever a Brave hit a home run Now he can’t perform any of his functions. A windstorm damaged his tomahawk arm and a couple of home runs which bounced off his tgead have rendered it incapable of movingiand his eves unable to blink • Big Victor just hasn t been able to get the job done since that windstorm broke his right tomahawk arm.” said Jack Carlin. Braves business manager it's never been the same since, and he's been a rather nastv holdout . . . costing us a lot ofmonev.it wasn't all that.” said Bob Hope public relations assistant who directed Big Victor's career from his office in the Fan-O-Gram board control center.- *'Don t forget he took a couple of home run shots to the noggin while he was standing there helplessly behind the right fieldfence .inanv case.” said Carlin. •'Big Victor now has the heaviest case of mvopia known to man He can’t turn his head when Braves hit home runs. His eves won’t blink- • 4 JL. ...' He just doesn't have that old light in them any more ”
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Decatur Daily
Decatur, Alabama, US
Thu, Mar 13, 1969
Page 13
Full Page
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