Word: northey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ninth inning at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, the St. Louis Cardinals were leading the Dodgers, 2-to-0. The Cards' Ron Northey smacked a long drive to center field. As Northey sprinted for third base, Field Umpire John Edward ("Beans") Reardon waved his arm in a circle over his head to indicate an automatic home run and (according to Northey) emphasized his point by shouting: "What are you running for? It's a home run." Plump Ron Northey gratefully slowed to a dogtrot...
...ball struck a railing in the center-field boxes and bounced back-clearly not an automatic home run. Northey was thrown out at home, retiring the side. Running at full speed, he obviously could have made it. Cardinal Manager Eddie Dyer protested Beans's bum steer, but was overruled by the chief umpire. The Dodgers went on to win the protested game with a three-run rally...
...suddenly announced that he was not only keeping Ben Chapman but had signed him for 1947 too. From then on, Chapman was able to get what he needed from his boys. Ex-Cincinnati slugger Frank McCormick (who cost $40,000) began knocking down the fences. So did Rightfielder Ron Northey and Catcher Andy Seminick. The club swept through the West for the most successful Philly trip in 30 years...
...been hurriedly reclassified and inducted-after draft officials spotted the P.A. (for Professional Athlete) on their papers. Examining doctors had rejected Hugh Poland of the Braves until an Army officer cracked: "If you can play ball, you can serve in the Army." The Phillies' Ron Northey had been turned down and then called up three days later. The Cardinals' Danny Litwhiler had been drafted despite a medical notation that "this registrant . . . does not meet the minimum requirements for military training...
...time, Illinois Congressman Melvin Price went to the War Department with a well-publicized beef about P.A. discrimination. Last week, the War Department agreed that professional athletes unable to meet general physical requirements should not be grabbed by the Army. Further, questionable or below-standard cases (such as Poland, Northey, Litwhiler, et a/.) will be reviewed, and some discharges may result...