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Show a 1 M1'.tHiTV ' 4 - This an' That The operation by (killed surgeons to wire Ted Williams fractured collar bone attracted aa much sports attention as the famed "stomache ache" acquired by the immortal Babe Ruth from overindulgence over-indulgence In hot dogs and soda pop. The Williams operation shortened short-ened from months to weeks the time Ted will miss because of the i accident ... An old hitting master from the Hall of Fame, Paul ! Waner, spent considerable time this i spring working on Milwaukee's base I stealing champion, Kill Bruton. A I demon on the bases, Bruton last ' vear hit a home run on opening day, then let a .250 batting average mar his brilliant performances afield and on the bases . . . Old Pros finds It hard to quit, and that's why Otto Graham will be back :iuarterbacking the Cleveland 'Srowns next year, at a reportedly 'arger salary then he has ever re-cived re-cived in the several years he has J the Browns to the championship ilay-offs . . . Everybody's talking ibout the Jones boys In the fight ame, and latest is Bobby Jones, alifornia journeyman who upset !!' Turner recently. SPEAR FISHER . . . Florida coastguardsman Arthur Plnder, 25, was named "1953 Athlete of Year" by Helms Athletic Foundation" Founda-tion" for landing 337 pound tiger shark and other giant fish in underwater un-derwater spearfishing. i Eighty per cent of -America's fatal highway accidents involve cars traveling in the same direction, direc-tion, with faulty depth perception on the part of drivers getting the most blame |