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MlKlfll HnnnrPn Slan Musial, Cardinals outfielder, in
presented with the Mont Valuable
Player plaque by Commissioner A, B. (Happy) Chandler be
fore a recent Cardinal-Braves game at St. Louis. The award
is for 1948, and makes the third time Stan has won the
honor. (AP Wirephoto)
One Armed Baseballer
Faces Uncertain Future
Dallas. June 28 W Pete Gray, who played in the big leagues
despite the fact that he had only one arm, was uncertain about
n,s V, wa, not intoxicated
his outright release by the Dal
las club of the Texas league
with which he has been a re
serve outfielder this season.
Owner Dick Burnett of the
Dallas club said Gray had re
fused to go to Gladewater of
the East Texas league, a Dallas
farm club. Burnett also attrib
uted this to an incident in which
Gray was arrested and taken to
jail.
In a statement last night, Bur
nett explained the incident
which brought dissension among
the Dallas players. He said he
called Gray on the telephone
Saturday night to inform him
that he was being sent to Glade
water. Gray replied that he
wouldn't go. Burnett said the
ball player sounded as if he
had been drinking.
Burnett added that "I called
the police and told them that if
he was to put him in jail."
Gray was arrested and taken
to jail but was not charged or
held, Jail Supervisor R. M.
Wisseman stating that he found
Aft
erward several members of the
Dallas ball club came to the jail
to get Gray out.
Gray said Burnett called him
later and apologized.
Gray, 32, has been playing
the game since childhood. He
was in professional ball first
with Memphis In 1944, then went
to St. Louis of the American
league in 1945, to Toledo in
1946 and to Eimira of the East
era league in 1948. He was out
of baseball In 1947
jDusette Returns i
For Rasslin' Go
Lefty Pacer and George Du
sette will provide the entertain
ment in the first act of the
weekly wrestling show at t he
armory Tuesday night. Dusette
is returning to the local mat
arena after an absence of several
months.
The preliminaries, starting at
8:30 include: Yaqui Kid vs.
Tony Faletti: Al Szasz vs. Al
Williams.
Written laws existed in Crete
as early as the 6th century B.C.
Mathias' Olympic
Prestige Periled
Tulare, Calif., June 28 IP)
Youthful Bob Mathias puts his
Olympic games prestige and his
National A. A. U. decathlon
erown on the block tonight and
a score or more rivals begin at
tempts to wrest it from him be
fore the King s home town ad
mirers.
Mathias, at 17 years of age
the youngest athlete ever to cap
ture the Olympic title, scoring
7139 points in the games at Lon
don last year, is the hero of a
two-day celebration here as he
goes again against the nation's
best in the 10-event competition.
The former Tulare high school
star, now a student at Kiski
Prep school in Pennsylvania,
- '- hard pressed to retain
his laurels when the 1949 na
tionals get under way tonight.
City C Teams to
Open Wednesday
Four "C" division City junior
baseball league teams will
square off for initial competition
Wednesday evening: Bishop
Electric, coached by Gilbert
Jones, will face Master Bread,
directed by Eugene Harp, on
Leslie field; Midget Market with
Jim Vittone at the helm, will
play Coach Gordon Bacon's
Schreder's Four Star Market at
Olinger.
Club Planning Picnic
Gervais Mrs. Anthony Duda
entertained nine members of the
Garden club at the regular
meeting. Mrs. Ernest Andres
presided over the business meet
ing and they decided to dis
pense with the next two meet
ings and have a picnic July 21
at the home of Mrs. Fred Man
ning when a basket lunch will
be served at noon.
Strong Quits as
Whitman Mentor
Walla Walla, June 28 lP)
David O. Strong announced last
night he is resigning, effective
today, as head football coach at
Whitman college, a member of
the Northwest conference.
Strong said he will take an
other coaching job, but did not
say where.
A native of Mount Vernon,
Wash., Strong attended high
school at Helena, Mont., and
played football at the Univer
sity of Illinois and Michigan.
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