18 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, July 21, 1949
Pitcher Keeps
Winning After
24 Campaigns
Henderson, Tex. George Mil
ctead, In his 25th season of pro
fesaional baseball still wins
games.
Name a league and chances
are that George has played in it
Right now he's manager and
pitcher lor Henderson in the
East Texas league. And he's one
of the toughest hurlers to beat.
He shines in relief roles.
Milstead broke into pro ball
in 1921. Except for four years
during the war, Milstead has
been smoking them past bat
ters in the pro ranks since
that time. He once was with
the Chicago Cubs.
George retired after last sea
son but it lasted only 24 hours.
He owns a combination grocery
store-market-filling station near
Cleburne, Tex., his home town.
He couldn't get anybody to run
the place so he applied to George
Trautman, president of the minor
leagues, for voluntary retire
ment. The day the application was
granted, the Ballinger club of
the Longhorn league made
him a proposition. George
hurriedly called Trautman's
office and got his retirement
cancelled.
He leased out his store and
went west with the young men.
But before long he began to long
for the East Texas league, where
you don't have to leave home
more than twice a month. In his
first five weeks in the circuit he
won five and lost one.
Most of the East Texas leagu
ers have only two long road hops
to Bryan and Paris. The rest
of the time they live at home and
commute to the neighboring
parks.
Mllstead's most successful
season was 1941 when he won
20 games and lost only three
FACTS AND FIGURES
Crack Records
At Oregon AAU
Swim Openers
Portland, July 21 W Three
records were cracked as Mult'
nomah Athletic club and Port
land Aquatic club dominated the
opening events of the Oregon
AAU swimming meet last night.
One of the record smashers,
however, was unattached. He
was Traver Campbell whose
:38.4 for the 50-meter back
stroke broke the old record for
boys under 14. The other new
records were set by Multnomah
club's 150-meter medley trio
and by Johnny Goode, PAC, In
the 100-meter backstroke for
boys 16 and under.
Goode's time of 1:22.1 eras
ed the 1:23.6 set in 1938 by
WOODBURN PARK BOARD
TO SPONSOR SOFTBALL
Woodburn The recreation
committee of the Woodburn park
board will sponsor Softball
games for boys, ages 12 to 15,
inclusive, during the month of
August. Boys who want to play
should register at the office of
the Woodburn Lumber company.
The division of age groups
and the number of teams will
be determined by the number
of boys that register.
for Cheyenne in the Western
league.
"Won five in a row, then
lost one," he recalls. "Then I
won 11 in a row. Fellers be
gan to write me up in the
papers when I won 11 In a
row."
That really wasn't anything,
though, he says. "Usta win 16 to
19 in a row in the International
and American Association."
One of the things he's proudest
of is the fact that he never has
been chased from a league game
by an umpire. George never did
much arguing, just pitching.
WIDE OPEN RACE-
Freshmen Vie for 'Rookie of the Year' Honor
New York (U.PJ The race for called from Louisville, has pitch-
rookie of the year honors was
more wide open today than it
has been in many years, with
candidates battling it out for the
freshman crown with the season
more than half over.
At this point in the pennant
parade last year only three
Alvin Dark, Rlckie Ashburn and
Gene Bearden still were hustl
ing for the honors.
But at the moment there
are five American leaguers
and four national leaguers
who have a chance to win this
coveted award with only a
very few already eliminated.
American league candidates
are pitchers Alex Kellner of the
A's, Mike Garcia of the Indians
and Mickey McDermott of the
Bosox, and outfielders Johnny
Groth of Detroit and Gus Zernial
of the Whltesox.
The National leaguers are
pitcher Don Newcombe of
Brooklyn, lnfielders Eddie Ka
zak of St. Louis and Willie (Pud
din' Head) Jones of the Phillies
and outfielder Dino Restelli of
the Pirates.
None of them stands much
above or behind the others.
There seems to be as many
arguments for each as there
are against. McDermott may
not have pitched enough yet
and Zernial, out for a long
stretch with a cracked collar
bone, may not play enough.
Kellner apparently has a lead
on the pitchers, the big south
paw having won 12 games
against five defeats and gone the
distance eight times. Garcia
after working in relief, now is
a starter with a record of seven
wins, one a three hitter, against
three losses. McDermott, re-
Charles Explains Bum Showing
Ezzard Charles, heavyweight
champion of Cincinnati, O., and
Camden, N. J., has a logical ex
planation of how he let Jersey
Joe Walcott get away from him
in the seventh round of their
title fight and was content to
coast home to victory.
"I thought I had him In the
seventh," Essard recalled, ex
plaining In the vernacular
that he had been told Jersey
had no intestinal fortitude.
"But then, woosh, that right
hand whistled past my head
and I figured why should I
be a chump for a desperation
right." . . .
Ezzard figures to clinch at
least the New Jersey rights to
the title In subsequent bouts
gainst Gus Lesnevich of Cliff
side and Lee Savold of Paterson,
should the latter get by Bruce
Woodcock . . . and If Savold
blows that one, things really
will be in a mess. . . .
There is a question whether
Rex Barney, Don Newcombe,
Warren Spahn or Ewell Blnck
well has the best fast ball in the
National league, but Manager
Bucky Walters of the Reds
claims that It doesn't matter
how fast it comes in, it will go
out much faster unless the pitch
er has "something on it."
"You could shoot It out of
a cannon and guys like Stan
Musial and Ralph Kiner would
hit it," Walters argued.
Bucky doesn't agree, either,
that a curve ball is an optical
illusion.
"If so, an optical illusion
made a pitcher out of me,"
said the man who won 198
ball games with his curve ball.
Walters' argument was that
when photographic "proof" of
that optical illusion business
was made they used the curves
or Cy Blanton. They took the
pictures from overhead and
Blanton's curve ball broke
downward. ...
Conservation corner: The male
ruby-throated hummingbird does
not help its mate build the nest,
nor does he help incubate the
eggs. (Which gives him an easier
time of it than most of us who
play mixed doubles.) . . . And
grayfish eyes are dark at night
and light in the daytime. (Just
in case you were wondering.) . . .
Calument farm is prepping
Citation for a return to the
By UNITED PRESS
races next month and a de
termined shot at the million
dollar mark. Citation, out
since December with a bad
ankle, needs 846,185 to catch
the leading stymie and
8134,850 to become the first
to win 81,000,000 . . . that's
all Calumet wants before
sending Citation to stud for
good. ...
The race fans meanwhile con
tinue to pour It on Eddie Ancaro
when he flops with a favorite,
often knocked down just be
cause he is aboard. It got so
bad recently that one unhappy
bettor leaned over the rail at
the weighing-in stand and
shouted:
"I'm through with you, Ar
caro. I've had enough. I bet
on you on that race."
Arcaro had enough, too. So
he snapped back:
"Well, why don't you go
bet on Ted Atkinson?"
By coincidence, Atkinson won
the next race. And, as Arcaro
weighed-in again, the customer
leaned over the rail with a smile
and whispered:
"Gee, Eddie, thanks for the
tip!"
In the
old Summertime
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ed brilliantly for his three, and
two mark, tossing a three hitter
and a four-hitter.
In the rival National league,
Newcombe, the Giant fast
bailer, has a good 7 and 2
mark and six times has gone
the route.
Groth started fast but tailed
off rapidly. The Detroit rookie
has showed signs of making a
comeback, however, and cur
rently is hitting a respectable
.259 with eight homers and 53
runs batted in, best in this de
partment among the first year
men.
Restelli, too, made a big
splash with the Pirates. Big
shouldered Dino in 29 games
smashed eight homers and
knocked in 22 runs with a
batting mark of .325.
Kazak, over the long haul,
probably has done as well as
any of them. The 29-year-old
Cardinal took on terrific re
sponsibility by subbing for
Whitkey Kurowski, yet still is
hitting .317 and has clouted
across 41 -runs.
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Easy Walking Hots Because a 40-1 shot stumbled while
leading in the stretch, Ora Dunkin is taking it easy these
days.
Dunkin is a harness race horse owner and driver. Two
years ago he suffered a broken leg when a horse he was
driving at Roosevelt Raceway swallowed his tongue, couldn't
breathe, fell down and threw Dunkin over his head.
"But the worst break was that we were 40-1 and home
free when the accident happened," says Dunkin. -
After the accident it wasn't too easy for Dunkin to walk,
and since he had to walk a dozen or so horses a day to cool
them off, he got to thinking about easier ways to do the job.
Around a racetrack, horses usually are walked three-quarters
of an hour after a workout or a race. It's called "walking
hots."
Dunkin has rigged up a lightweight walker and put it into
action here at the Fairgrounds Trots. It can be folded and
transported from track to track without trouble.
The walker is run by an electric motor. The horses are
tied to lorrg poles and they do their own walking. Ora and
his wife sit by with buckets of water. Now and then they,
stop the motor, give the horses a drink, and get back to
sitting. (AP Wirephoto)
By OSCAR FRALEY
The Phillies' Jones, a rugged,
24-year-old Carolinian, has
bounced back from a hitting
slump. He is hitting only .247
but his 23 doubles and 11 hom
ers have given him 41 runs
batted in.
The Yankees' Kick Kryhoski
apparently is out of the running,
even though he is hitting around
the .300 mark. For he is used
only in spots and is not an every
day performer. The Braves'
Johnny Antonelli also has failed
to live up to his bonus price with
a three won, four loss pitching
mark.
The tough luck guy of the
lot probably was Zernial, the
26-year-old six foot, two inch
Texan. "Ozark Ike," as he is
known to his mates, was bat
ting a nifty .355 when he was
hurt. At that time he had 17
doubles, two triples and three
homers plus 27 runs batted
home.
Whether he'll come roaring
back is a question. But it's still
wide open for any enterprising
freshman to step right out and
take charge.
French Interest
Follows Bicycles
Paris W) Sports fan interest
is as high here as it would be
during the World Series In the
U. S., as Europe's top bicycle
riders speed toward the July 24
conclusion of the famed Tourde
France.
The 24-day grind is the big
gest and most exciting race on
two wheels. Riders start and
finish here in Paris, but cover
more than 3,000 miles, including
16 mountain passes, before they
return. Highest mountain pass
is Isoran, 9,055 feet. Twenty
two cities will be visited en
route.
Last year's edition of the an
nual marathon which was cre
ated by the late French sports
writer Henri Desgrange in 1903,
was won by Gino Bartali, the
Italian ace.
Bartali, runner-up to his coun
tryman, Fausto Coppi, in the re
cent gruelling Tour of Italy, is
not defending. Coppi, rated one
of the world's top cyclists, is
captaining the highly touted
Italian team in the French tour.
Approximately 1,500 men par
ticipated in the University of
Arizona's 17 sports intramural
program during 1948-49.
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