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...result is that the Giants lead the league in scoring runs. But their problem is pitching. Behind Veteran Lefthander Johnny Antonelli (10-7) there is an undistinguished troupe: in-and-out Al Worthington (8-5), flashy but unsteady Mike McCormick (7-1), and Junkballer Stu Miller, whose slow stuff is so slow that Announcer Russ Hodges once cracked: "There's one that almost turned around and went back." A pennant-contender club needs three solid starters, and the missing man is Righthander Ruben Gomez, a 15-game winner last year who has been blasted consistently in recent starts...
...Herbert O. Yardley had a head start down the road to juvenile delinquency. His mother died and left him $200, and his father left him to fend for himself. Furthermore, he had a taste for high life in the local saloons, and at the turn of the century, Worthington, Ind. was loaded with them. But Herbert was saved by sport. Monty, the boss of his favorite barroom, was a gambler who taught his young customer the finer points of that great indoor game-poker...
...sensitive ear can detect a slight inflection of voice and read what it means." The earnest student scrutinized card sharps and suckers from Indiana to Chungking-and while he parted them from their cash, some of them came apart themselves. He was at Monty's Place in Worthington the morning a traveling salesman named Jake Moses sat in a "friendly" game and was bluffed out of ten trunks full of shoes. He watched Bones Alverson, a slow-witted farmer, bet his heavily mortgaged land against a traveling tent show, and die of a heart attack when he drew...
ARTHUR D. MEYER Worthington, Ohio...
...This," explained one woman, "is not charity. It's just a little help for some neighbors who need it. They were such wonderful people and helped the community in so many ways." Said Jean Humphrey (who plans to continue her dancing classes): "I want to stay here in Worthington. All of a sudden, I have discovered the best friends I have ever known. It's where everything is out in the open, where everybody knows . . . We'll start all over again...