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...prominence, had received almost half of the fund: $7,900. Others on the list: Legal Counsel Carl McGowan, $3,000; Insurance Director Day and Welfare Director Hoehler, $2,000 each; ex-Finance Director Mitchell and State Police Superintendent Thomas J. O'Donnell, $1,000 each; Administrative Assistant Lawrence Irvin, $750; Justice Schaefer...
...informal and highly efficacious way of the times: a few courses at the University of Virginia law school, home reading, and a term of clerking in the office of Paducah's famous old Judge William Bishop (fictionalized as Judge Priest by Paducah's other famous citizen, Irvin S. Cobb). Law led to politics, and in 1905 Barkley rambled through McCracken County on a one-eyed horse, stopping at every farmhouse to swap stories and get himself elected county prosecuting attorney. The next jump (in 1909) was to county judge, and the next (in 1912) was a stump campaign...
...National League pennant winner has repeated since 1944, but the Giants look good enough this year to break the jinx. The New Yorkers will play most of the season without three of last year's key men--Irvin, Mays, and Stanky--but their pitching is the best in the loop...
Last week, in a meaningless practice game with the Cleveland Indians, Irvin, playing all out as usual, slid toward third base. He never got there. His spikes plowed into the dirt, caught and stuck. There was a sickening snap as Irvin's right ankle gave way under the strain of his 200 Ibs. As he lay writhing in pain, his ankle, as if in mockery of all the wasted years and the blasted hopes, stuck out at a grotesque right angle. Outfielder Willie Mays, Irvin's roommate and admiring fan, wept openly at the sight...
...After Irvin's ripped tendons and broken bone had been firmly fixed in the cast, the doctors shook their heads. Irvin, they said, was probably through for the season-maybe for all time. It was not only a bad break for Irvin, but also for the Giants' pennant hopes. Speaking with the firm conviction of a man who has often rubbed elbows with hard luck, Irvin said: "This won't stop me, and it won't stop the Giants . . . I'll be back in July or August. I'll be playing by then...