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...fact no proof that Villa or any of his men actually visited the store. Ivey is amused by the idea. "I don't know about all the bullet holes," he says, "but I do know that the roof was ventilated a few years ago at a dance. A feller felt so happy and contented about the way things were going that he pulled out a pistol and fired off a few rounds...
...Feller of the Cleveland Indians no-hit the Chicago White Sox on April...
...against the greatest team of post-war baseball, the Indians with 111 victories in a 154-game season, and a pitching staff of Lemon, Wynn, Garcia and an aging but able Bob Feller. I bet every cent I won (about two bucks) at long odds on the hometown boys, and the Giants win in 4 as Dusty Rhodes emerges from the bench into ephermeral glory. I end up with about 12 bucks and considered myself the richest kid in town...
...their mortgage. "We're a nonprofit organization," volunteered Walter Barbknecht, who owns a striking resemblance to Mortimer Snerd. "When we're making money and not owing money, it has to be spent in the community. The park needs some equipment. And we just voted $1,000 to a feller that had a heart-bypass operation...
...remember her as reckless, consenting to squat to catch what you called your Feller fastball: clumsy, imperiled dame. Young mothers have the constitutions of gaming stewards, the organizational ferocity of sergeants, show an abundance of guts and style. (Didn't she look the bee's knees in those swishy navy blue dresses of the 1940s?) Want to go to the park, Mom? Yes. Want to watch me do a jackknife dive? Yes. Sure. Can do. Can read Tom Sawyer aloud at bedside. Can tie sneakers. Can poach an egg, hold a job, do long division, mend porcelain, ride bikes, chase...