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...started out as a dentist (one of those who advertised), "Doc" Strub works on the theory that nothing should be painful for his patrons. There is not one "Keep Off the Grass" sign at Santa Anita. Says Doc, who fancies himself as public benefactor and administrator: "Our customers appreciate beauty enough not to destroy it. They have pride in their park." For those who like to sunbathe, Doc provides benches...
Before he opened Santa Anita 15 years ago, Strub sent aides to scout the eastern tracks and report in detail what was wrong with them. The findings: poor parking facilities, not enough elbow room in grandstands. So Doc ordered up the largest parking lot in the U.S. (215 acres of it) and an ultra-roomy grandstand. His attendants, ushers and gatemen were drilled in courtesy. Strub even handed out kindly advice to the uninitiated bettor, posted such warnings as: "Bet only what you can afford to lose, not what you hope...
Faye Emerson Roosevelt was recovering nicely from a minor razor gash on her wrist (eight stitches were taken, but only for what her doc Lor called "esthetic" reasons) and a major attack of tabloid headlines. After the first front-page flurries about an attempt at suicide had subsided, she and Elliott told their story: she had really cut her wrist accidentally while reaching for some aspirin...
...Braves' chief New England scout, Jeff Jones, will head the series, with players Earl Torgeson, Red Barrett, and Ray Martin and scouts Doc Gautreau and Fred Maguire assisting him. The Braves will use the aid of the baseball coaches at the schools where the clinics are held...
...home-run-hitting John Mize might never have been a big leaguer but for Doc Hyland. The Cincinnati Reds passed him up 13 years ago when another doctor discovered an old pelvic injury (the result of riding mules bareback in his Georgia childhood). Doc Hyland operated and Big John did the rest...