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...kick. It was the Second International Gerontological Congress, a group which is concerned with the troubles of the aging. He found his story, however, by attending a session when the venerable baseball pitcher, Satchel Paige, turned up. Correspondent Woods's report: "For two solid hours, Ole Satch held the scientists spellbound with inside tips on how he maintained his terrifying 'nuthin' ball' despite his advanced years. Samples of his anti-old age prescriptions: don't fill up on chicken livers ; don't inhale when smoking-blow it out your nose." (TIME, Sept...
...Bill Veeck knows that free beer is no substitute for good baseball. He plans to shake up the club, "from manager to batboy," talks of building up his pitching staff (he has only one first-string pitcher, Ned Garver) by dusting off famed old (fiftyish) Relief Pitcher Satchel Paige ("Satch plays better now that he's had all his teeth pulled") and buying a Japanese pitcher now playing in Honolulu ("If a ballplayer can help this club I'll take him if he's blue with pink spots"). He will sift the minor leagues for power hitters...
Died. William ("Bunk") Johnson, 69, Negro jazzmaster of the cornet, last famed survivor of Buddy Bolden's New Orleans jazz band and musical ancestor of Louis ("Satch'mo") Armstrong; in New Iberia...
...gravel-voiced Louis as he settled himself on the throne on his gilded float: "Man, this is rich." The parade stopped before the Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, and the royal party dismounted for a light lunch of turkey and ham sandwiches, pickles, olives and champagne. By the time Satch had clambered back on to the float and settled down with three bottles of champagne at his feet, he felt moved to announce: "This king stuff is fine, real fine. It's knocking me out-I've blowed my top." Blowed it he had. When the King failed...
Slender Lead. It was the fourth consecutive shutout by Manager Lou Boudreau's Indians, tying a league record set by Cleveland in 1903. What did Satch think of his performance? Said he, matter-of-factly: "I'm getting back in shape." But it would take more than Satch Paige in shape for Cleveland to clinch its first pennant in 28 years. The Indians promptly dropped three in a row to the White Sox, and hung precariously to their lead...