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...Trail and Dark Victory, bigger stars got the girl. In Hellcats of the Navy, he wound up taking a submarine on a suicidal mission; as George Gipp in Knute Rockne-All American, he expired exhorting the team to greater glory. So indelibly was Reagan type-cast as the Great Loser that when Movie Magnate Jack Warner, his longtime employer, was first apprised of the actor's ambition to run for Governor of Cali fornia, he protested: "No, Jimmy Stewart for Governor. Ronald Reagan for Best Friend...
Thus, the choice of George Mahoney as the Democratic candidate in Maryland has been considered the most shocking victory of all. It shouldn't be. Mahoney, a six-time loser in Democratic primaries since 1950, ran on one issue -- his opposition to open housing laws. His two major opponents, Rep. Carlton Sickles and State Attorney General Thomas Finan, who ran a close second and third, both supported the now-dead Civil Rights Bill of 1966. Both were liberals, although Finan, the organization candidate, was tainted by scandals in the-state administration in which he served. And together they received well...
...rained all day that Wednesday in Maryland. Just one long, steady drench. Suburbs of Washington, D.C., got six or seven inches, and Baltimore got nearly four. But the news that morning befitted a soggy newspaper. The Democrats of Maryland had chosen a backlash candidate -- a sixtime loser -- run for governor in November. George P. Mahoney had only one plank in his platform -- rocksolid opposition to any open-housing law. And Mahoney had somehow eked out a 154-vote victory over liberal Carlton Sickles...
Forty-seven is a little late in life for a man to change his whole philosophy. But give Ralph Houk credit for trying. "Winning is all that counts," he used to say. Houk was a winner then. Now that he's a loser, he's learning to act like one. Alibis: "Injuries have practically killed us." Complaints: "The umpire really blew that one." Pleas for sympathy: "We're going through a period of unexpected events." Promises, promises, promises: "We have some outstanding prospects...
...totality of the Yankee collapse seems to baffle Houk as much as anybody. "I've never been with a losing club before, either as a manager or a player," he mutters. Pitcher Mel Stottlemyre, a 20-game winner last year, is a 17-game loser this season. Leftfielder Tom Tresh, a .279 hitter in 1965, is batting .238. The team as a whole is batting .237. They have lost 33 games by a margin of one run, and they have been unable even to beat their old patsies, the Washington Senators and the California Angels...