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...product of this extraordinary coaching regime. He is considered so superior to all other basketball players this year that he is one of the few basketball subjects over which there is no controversy. Born & bred on that little strip of San Francisco waterfront that produced Base-bailers Joe Di Maggio, Frank Crosetti and Tony Lazzeri, Basketballer Luisetti is rated one of the best-of-all-time in basketball. A clever passer, spectacular dribbler, amazingly accurate marksman (with either hand or both), he has effected some of the most exciting scoring sprees ever witnessed by modern critics...
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (Repub-lic). A catchpenny musical whirligig cir-cularizing Leo Carrillo, Phil Regan, Ann Dvorak and James Gleason, with bursts of crooning, hoofing, variety specialties, a baseball game (with a glimpse of Baseballer Joe Di Maggio), a rodeo. Brass rings: Tamara Geva (Chauve-Souris, Flying Colors, On Your Toes) as an opera singer; Cab Galloway's "Yascha"; Ted Lewis' "Baby" still smiling at him; Gene Autry, the singing cowboy, reminding folks that it is Round Up Time in Reno...
Charlie Gehringer, 34, of the Detroit Tigers, who for twelve years has quietly functioned as one of baseball's ablest second basemen and last season led his league in batting (.371), as the American League's Most Valuable Player. New York Yankee Outfielder Joe Di Maggio, 22, placed second...
...Brooklyn, relatives gathered from Connecticut and Maryland to mourn the death of Mrs. Maria Maggio, 94. The coffin arrived, was banked . with flowers, finally opened. "Hey!" shouted Grandson Peter Lamarco. "that's not Grandma." Hospital apologized, admitted that Mrs. Maggio was still alive, that the corpse was that of Mrs. Maria Maglio...
...game, back pitching for the Yankees, Cliff Melton for the Giants. This time the teams went on a home-run spree. In the second inning Yankee Outfielder Myril Hoag, who wears size 3½ shoes, cracked out a home run; and in the next inning Yankee Outfielder Joe Di Maggio, home-run champion of the major leagues, did likewise. Then Melvin Ott hit a homer for the Giants, brought in Dick Bartell to tie the score. In a fair way to lose his first Series game, Pitcher Gomez thereupon singled, scoring Tony Lazzeri, and a moment later crossed the plate...