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When a team of U.S. and Mexican inspectors, vaccinating Mexican cattle against aftosa (foot & mouth disease), set out for the mountain country northwest of Mexico City, it was warned of possible trouble. A scout reported that villagers and farmers in the area were being told by the deeply Catholic, anti-government Sinarquistas: "He who cooperates with the anti-aftosa commission is a traitor. Do not cooperate. The anti-aftosa is a. Russian Communist plot to destroy your cattle...
Coach Rene Peroy, who never has time to scout, doesn't know a thing about the Bowdoin team. He is confident of his own squad, though, and predicts that "they won't do too bad." For Peroy, this is going out on a limb...
Before he opened Santa Anita 15 years ago, Strub sent aides to scout the eastern tracks and report in detail what was wrong with them. The findings: poor parking facilities, not enough elbow room in grandstands. So Doc ordered up the largest parking lot in the U.S. (215 acres of it) and an ultra-roomy grandstand. His attendants, ushers and gatemen were drilled in courtesy. Strub even handed out kindly advice to the uninitiated bettor, posted such warnings as: "Bet only what you can afford to lose, not what you hope...
...Braves' chief New England scout, Jeff Jones, will head the series, with players Earl Torgeson, Red Barrett, and Ray Martin and scouts Doc Gautreau and Fred Maguire assisting him. The Braves will use the aid of the baseball coaches at the schools where the clinics are held...
...Boucher insisted that the change was his idea, not Lester Patrick's. The job of manager-coach was just too big for one man (all the other clubs have split it up). The Rangers now have eight farm clubs and 284 players, and Boucher wanted time to scout them for new talent. Son Lynn Patrick was not even sure that his father approved of his promotion: "He thinks I'm not ready for the job. He's never thought I was ready for anything...