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Behind the LinesBert Shepard, unknown to mostof the baseball fan.s in the country, used to play a lot of baseball. About four years ago he got his chance to do o lot of more playing. [ He was sent to the minors, and liewas happyHis dream of someday making the majors was be-“I may be crazy, but I see Venus appr with her bowl of \\ hcaiics :u„ . , You, as a good Wheaties eater, | lias ’eiginning to ccme true But. then, lt;•*„ be gl8(J you don’t have to chreebon December 7. 1941, thenever-for- travel so far for your favorite fruit, agotten Pearl Harbor stab occurred, whole wheat flakes. Your grocer ChampCd Bert took his place with the millions of others, doing his duty 'to protect our nation just like the both victories were bv identical others. Bert joined the air force, scores. Sharpsville took Bradford lie had all the preliminary training 42-35. and Conneautville repeated «*.d such that gots with learning the teat in the Class B race by to become a pilot, and the real downing Otto Township—by t»'-* closer. Bert went over- *ame count .... The Pittsburgh as and proceeded to take his pirates left for Muncie, Indiana, ace among the many who were yesterday to begin 1940 baseballraising havoc with the German training. A partv of 24, headed populus and country. Then one bv prexv Bill Beiiswanger and a night his plain' was int. and crash- dozen players from eastern states, ed. Bert was captured by the Ger- j, ft at noon for their tentative mans, and his leg was so borlv home. The first drill started mangled that German doctors were this morning under Coach forced to amputate it just below gpud Davis, holding the tort for the knee in order to save his life. Frankie Frisch, who is having a The leg mended, and while he was hard time clearing up a knee in-•n a prison camp, a fellow prisoner jury .... Speaking of Frisch, cvw'mJ him u wooden leg. The ar- kavey Boyle, the Pittsburgh Post-tiflcial limb worked. And Bert got Gazette scribe, says: The Pirate so ho could move around quite manager is laid up with water on skillfully. Returning to this conn- the knee, which, despite energetic try. he had additional medical aid. Dumping and a great many damns, and the baseball bug began to has so far declined to respond to sting again. treatment ... Stale Representa-Today. B^rt i in camp with the five Morris J. Root has authorized \\ ashington Senators at College a bill to legalize horse racing and Park Marvland. He’s a^.nm.Urcr believes that the proposal is fav-Im his power come truitoundir.g believes that the proposal everyone with the things he’s do- • red in the state house, but is leery ing ‘ on the diamond—running as to whether or not it will get out bases, sliding, lielding at first, ar.d ol an appointed committee.batting. The greatest joy in Bert’s —---lh would he to o we again play ,11 \ttfl Griffith ffr *|* ■ ■1— — ■■ **■*••••• - ~ * . — —• * *,*Sen .tori boss, is doing everything LdSf Night's Fightsto make this wish v- ------------ —•••Bert is on a 120-dav hopes, within that b !-e ^soaaied fussc the grade. Harrisburg. Pa. (ieorgie Wil-u! inspiration to the bams. 150. Baltimore, outpointed thousands who arc returning from Bo kv Luciano. 155. Harrisburg, the battlefields with cases like Carrington «Bill • McNutt, 182,Bert’s Such occurrences can do Washington, outpointed Stoney gunr.it.re for the disabled on their re- J;» kson, 178, Pittsburgh. 6. mendturn than can anything else. It F’all River, Mass.—Freddie Nimiwill put conhdcncc into the minds Camuso, 143. Fall River, outpoint- threeor those boys, so that once again ed Julie Bort. 137, New York. 10.they may be rble to move about, Pittsburgh Sammy Parrotta. jnsi like Bort Shepard. 133L-. Pittsburgh, outpointed A tBilly Reed. 135, Gary, Ind., 6. that tlCoincidence? District Ten rep- Highland Park, X. J. Joe HopkinAoffice■entalives, notlass and Class i Butch I Lynch. 138. Plir.sfleld. York ( B, succeeded in overpowering the X J., outpointed Rudy Richard- Stephe District Xlne representatives. And son, 137. New York. 8. 1 writer,
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Warren Times Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Mar 16, 1945
Page 12
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