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...like an abandoned farm. The light poles had been moved around for football lighting, and the sandy gray soil had been harrowed and was awaiting fresh sod for the high school football season. Letters saying "Graceville Oilers Booster Club" had almost faded away on the concrete-block centerfield fence. The portable bleachers in left field had begun to rot beyond salvation. Gone were the dugouts, rickety frame sheds resembling the busstop shelters put along rural roads for school children. When it was in use, the park was probably the very worst in organized baseball. But now it seemed even sadder...
...given another unexpected gift, this time by St. Louis' Curt Flood, generally accepted as one of the game's best outfielders. In the top of the seventh inning, with two Tigers on base, Detroit's Jim Northrup hit a deep but routine line drive to centerfield. Flood momentarily lost the ball against the white-shirted crowd, found it, then stumbled and watched it sail over his head for a triple. Two runs scored, and the Tigers went on to win 4-1, as Lolich, in workmanlike fashion, served the Cardinals nothing but junk for the last three...
...Centerfield was devoted to face-painting where one customer, after having his jowls suitably bedecked in white pancake makeup, red stripes, and blue mascara, asked timidly if he could "work on his wife." No one seemed to mind...
...first inning when he walked the first two batter. Holy Cross first baseman Phil O'Neil then hit a grounder to Bill Cobb at third. Cobb made the play at third but overthrew first baseman John Ignacio and Holy Cross had its first run. A single to centerfield made it 2-0 before Lalich pitched...
Carter Lord had a creditable afternoon, reaching base twice and throwing out a runner at the plate with a monstrous peg from centerfield. The team's record now stands at five wins and three losses...