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•Vf.V.V • .• • » • • - -• » I • *AIMOZT 8 PERGAME /• • • • »«lt;■**«» # « ♦. I » «4 • % * « • ».• * • • • « f Xi,*-rVN.*' • vWH’3• i*.v4?r:it.•r • I •.• -I«■ • -•mr?.Distributed by King Features Syndicate32RUN8IN5 INNINGS, UMPS END 8LAUGHTElSt. Peters counted 32 runs against hapless Defiance before the game was . called after 5% innings Sunday, it was unofficially reported. The splurge set a record for the East Missouri Association.it stated definitely that the “leastest” luck would prevail in the. Apr.il 14-20 period. ■‘‘Some’’ lish will be caught May 21-25, it said, and the “most” will be taken May 26-31.We will have to try again on those “mostest” days and then we’ll see if Wentker’s performance was a fluke or not.?aiu“What, if you get Rocky Bridges or sfiime other in fielder from Brooklyn?” Alston was asked.“If I should get Bridges I’ll plav him at third base,” Alston repled.Since then Alston is concerned over neither position, since Don Hoak has been filling the bill at the hot spot like a youthful Pie Traynor.Pendleton was no stranger to Ateton when he joined the Royals this spring. Alston had him on his St. Paul duh in I949~as an outfielder.Alston explained that he had Buddv Hicks and Bob R*mazzotti for slhortatop alt the time and didn’t even consider the Pendleton transformation then.Pendleton is a good righthanded hitter. He kicks the ball occasionally, but atones for any misdeeds with his bat and hisarm.lAfter 26 games with the Ryals, he was batting .333 and had swatted three home runs.Last year he led the American Association in runs, putouts, assists, chances—and also fn boots, 43. Jim is 26 years old, a native of St. Charles Mo. He’s a six-footer.There have been claims that Pendleton Is faster than Sam Jethroe, former Roytal now with the Braves. “No,‘ siree,” said Ernie Cook, the Royals’ trainer and an old-time sprinter. “Jim's fast all right, butt nobody' can run straightaway on the bases faster then Swift Sam.”Pendleton played with theChicago American Giants, but Fresco Thompson of the Dodgers discovered him in the Venezuelan League. He signed Chico Car-rasquel at the same time.Fresco says he risked his life lin a revolution to gelt the pair and dived under the toed in his hotel when they started to shoot ouf thA windows.While it was an experience He doesn’t want to happen again, Fresco believes 'ilt was worth it, when he was able to dign two fine players as Pendleton and Carrasquel.—Sporting News.We came, we saw and we failed to conquer! That was the fate of three out of four fishermen who sallied forth Friday afternoon to the Busch area lakes. The fourth angler was more fortunate. He landed a 4-ounce bluegWl that fought on the stringer for three hours before being released when the Chilly fishermen pulled up their dines ait S p. an.J. B. Wlentker, the angler who hauled in the lusty bluegill, did so wittjh worm bait. He and hiis three companions, Ray Barklage, Frank Brock,greitens and this fishing re porter, stopped at the Drive-In restaurant on the way home and ha)d -a catfish dinner.We angled Lake No. 31, one of the more fruitful bodies of water at the state reservation. It is one of the largest lakes at Wplrlnn Snrintr and has beenMen Tommy enpepTHE INDIAN M/N STREAK AT 7 (HE 'STOPPEP THEM AT (3 (N ’) HE WALKEP ONLY ONEPATTER-PERHAPS THESMALLEST PEA MEtotal /N Mtlt;z a/eLEAGUE RECORD —HE'SBEEN CIRCUIT LEAPER /N THIS DEPARTMENT fOR 3 YEAR'S•Msr*v, V.'f - •%X*./•-rfiin2r• * * • •• ■•IL» • • • « •« X i * » * l l t•I-*
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Saint Charles Daily Cosmos Monitor
Saint Charles, Missouri, US
Tue, May 20, 1952
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