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...ball, got even by throwing it into the stands. In 1940, Williams announced that he would rather be a fireman than a big-leaguer. That prompted the artful Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox to distribute papier-mache fire helmets to his players whenever Williams came to bat. The only thing anyone liked about him was his hitting-a terrific .406 in 1941. Then he joined the Navy, eventually became a Marine flyer...
Jeers to Cheers. When ex-Marine Ted Williams showed up at spring-training camp last February, somebody dared him to walk up to the plate in his street clothes like a stranger and demand a chance at bat. Said he with great dignity: "No. They'd say I was screwy again." His teammates found themselves liking him for the first time. Either it was the Marines or his bride...
Stanky trotted smugly off to first base, after first carefully dropping the bat, as usual, squarely across home plate, as an added insult to the enemy. Pirate Catcher Al Lopez hurt his toe kicking it halfway to the pitcher's box. Stanky's fourth walk soon became Brooklyn's winning...
...meantime, Captain Joe Patterson, always alert to potential competitors for his Daily News, had run PM off the New York stands. "It's kind of like hazing a new boy," said Patterson, taking free cuts in the air (with a boy's baseball bat, when Ingersoll went to call...
Besides their awesome exhibition at the bat, they played errorless ball; only the pitching, ordinarily the strong point of the team, was on the weak side. Joe Phelan who started the game did not have his stuff and in the third inning was removed in favor of Johnny Knowles, who, in spite of the tremendous lead, also had his troubles...