| Show r 1 Sorts I ride d Ipara e eIt Jack Cu Cudd dd It J By YORK Jan 27 21 UP UP- UP JI W the lads ads who will be f 8 lye 9 the Boston Braves this rf riding Laughter r They'll t II be guffawing constantly at q II Y given riven en off oft by that brand of wisecrackers wisecrackers-Sten- Sten- Sten it'd Gomez r d Were theres there's s a combination of ot otI I der f t va that may make mako 4 f town populace forget all Vi Abbott and d Therell There'll Costello Burns bell Acne foot en etc eteo Therell There'll be no g e of laughing gas in the he and cod Either Vernon Goofy Go Gomez ez ft thet h steam left In his porte port port- Case I e capper tr to helP Manager Casey do pennant we wc do doK r 1 a pennant campaign K rON tos F But Gomez's shift from to the Braves cerV V provide provid Stengel with foil for or his dugout droll droll- j Rejoices should be wide state-wide re- re cre throughout Massachusetts Clays Clay's 3 announcement that Gomez the Yankees' Yankees prank prank- has been teamed with table Stengel After all the a-the the gay caballero from out is resident mla cola way way now now a Mass Imbued with spirit of ot 1775 1175 El EI Elft ft 3 boasts boast Im a minute man mant t rm Fro on the mound one min aid under the showers ther the land r I ring g the off season Lefty has hasi working in a Massachusetts i ce ue e plant But it still sUll is a mili- mili secret what defense the thc theirs irs rs fashioned against his s. s sl ft qs slants at life have been beener drier ler er than his heyday curves he first blew into New York 1930 he rode through the 1 apple with the grotesque 4 don ifta of a sailor on horseback pis of a youth from Qi Cal slicked back his dark and ind treated Broadway to a of ot fireball pitching diets spot night-spot romance tickling blIckling j buffoonery once Dace explained to his Yankee i Maybe the name Vernon tinny my icy folks gave me caused me i off on tangents I never that name And it wasn't litters ethers choice either When TU ru born back In 1910 my Irish er r asked my Spanish father r I hOUld should be called My father er i the cradle took one oneE of af E me and then said to my myler myer ler et Lets call it quits Ma Masi si 14 4 Vernon better ten Iben Lefty came up to the lu from the San Francisco f in 1930 he was fearfully might packing only ds ids on a a. 6 foot 1 inch beam we e diets didn't help so the J inks iks ka ordered him to have his yanked out and they paid f t S dental bill which amounted 1100 1500 After Afler that Lefty as- as I 1 reporters Ill stick with lub now After putting pulling 1500 iy y mouth you can bet the thes I s wont won't let my face out of it lad Season ason G Gomez mez had a a. bad season in 1935 when contract time came next t r the late Colonel Jacob RupP Rup- Rup P put rt sliced him from to Ruppert relented a bit bittier tier Lefty told him You keep salary Ill I'll take the cut en the late Lou Gehrig came the end of his iron man string i was lifted from the Yankee P i up p In Detroit the the Yankee out was mantled In grief But Q relieved the tension by to Gehrig It took em to get you out of there They W They get me out in 15 minutes K One ne of ot the highlights the of ot Lefty's beer tt r came in Cleveland In 1940 Tj l was 8 u batting against Bob Feller speed peed merchant It was get- get ir dark Between pitches Lefty tithed ed into a hip pocket and fed td d out a card of matches He Hee Hene ne e and nd held it up close to his I Aire Bill Summers stopped game Tame momentarily and inI in- in td I the matter cant can't cant can't jg see ee e Feller out there i Yeah ah but I want to be damned I e he can see me Gomez reI re- re I r l 1 t t I f tl 1 y y Vernon Gomez Gome After lS- lS year jear ear career with Yankees El Goofy goes Joes to the Boston Braves from Bronx Bombers |
