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Dick Stuart Reputes'Dr. Strangeglove' TabiBy MILTON' RICHMAN gulped down after first remov- : *UPI Sports Writer [ ing the cigar from his mouth, jNEW YORK (UPI) —Since “It’s for my sinus,” he said. everyone points at him as the j ‘T had it so bad I almost died ^ most butter-fingered bungler ini as a kid.” ibaseball, Dick Stuart did a | Strange Nickname jlittle pointing back today toj Due to his habit of kicking j. !prove half the lies they tell about him aren’t true.One allegation which particularly rankles the big Met first baseman is that he’s always a good bet to knock in 100 runs a season with his bat and let in200 with his glove.balls around first base, Stuart inherited the name ‘‘Dr. Strangeglove” although he claims he doesn’t hear it so* much anymore. i“Hank Aaron hung that name j on me,” he recalled. “We were!playing an exhibition game upNever happened.” he said! in Cooperstown and he said, i coldly, referring to the second; ‘how you doing, Strangeglove?”. part of that contention, of; a Boston newspaperman heard course. i it, used it and it stuck.” \“I can never remember when j Stuart knows a good defen-: an error I made was responsi- sive ballplayer wren he sees] ble for losing a ball game, one and it’s a measure of the What's more. I challenge man that he names Bill White, anyone else to remember when the player the Phillies obtained 1 did.” to supplant him, as the finest;3The one redeeming virtuefielding first baseman in the!labout Stuart is that he is not; big leagues, overly sensitive to criticism j The others who Stuart feels although, naturally, it bugs him j are tops at their individual1(of[I-Ii!\to a degree- He never claimed he was a Hal Chase around first base but he is equally insistent that he isn’t the worst defensive first baseman in the majors.Otber Players“Take Lee Thomas Atlanta)/’ Stuart said example. ‘’He’s a very goodfriend of mine and I don’t mean to single him out, but since we’re on this subject, I don't think he’s better than me defensively. Neither of us is ever ginna win the Gold Glove Award/’Thomas' reply to Stuart's statement was a masterpiece ofbrevity.I have only one comment,’7positions, defensively speaking, are second baseman BillMazeroski of the Pirates: thirdsbaseman Brooks Robinson of the Orioles; shortstop Bobby Wine of the Phillies: center fielder Willie Mays of the Giants; left fielder Carl Yas-for trzemski of the Red Sox; right ■ fielder Roberto Clemente of the! Pirates; catcher John Roseboro; of the Dodgers and pitcher Bill1 MonbOuquette of the Tigers. iStuart says if you keep j411watching him. you’ll see him j turn in some fine fielding plays, too. (He’s right. All you need is a i pair of high powered binoculars j and plenty of patience. 1declared the Braves’ firstbaseman.He thereupon made his two-word comment but they don’t permit it in this newspaper.“Then there’s Boog Powell of Baltimore,” Stuart went on. “He also is a good friend, but he’s no better a first baseman | than I am. In fact, I think I! cover more ground than he does.”Stuart excused himself a moment and reached into his locker for a pill which heChitago BnPlayers NtNEW YORK (UPI) —The National Basketball Association’s answer to the New York Mels, the fledging Chicago Bulls, now have a roster of 18 players. But thevTe still
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Western Kansas Press
Great Bend, Kansas, US
Tue, May 03, 1966
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