OCR Text |
Show NE A Shrinks Hemorrhoids SPORTS New Way Without Surgery STOPS ITCH — RELIEVES PAIN © Baseball's superstaris probably Forthe first time science has found a new healing substance with the astonishing ability to shrink hemorrhoids and to relieve pain—without surgery. finished, yet he keeps on— and notjust because In case after case, while gently relieving pain, actual reduction © (shrinkage) took place. Most amazingof all—results were © of Yankee “loyalty” so thorough that sufferers - astonishing statements like “Piles — have ceased to be a problem!” Thesecretis a new healing sub- stance (Bio-Dyne®)—discovery of a world-famous research institute. This substance is now available in suppository or ointment form under the name Preparation H®. Ask for it at all drug counters. = VIOBIN ‘CremOIL will give you— Why Mickey Mantle Can't Quit Mickey's wife and 1: visit him at Yankee Stadium. MORE EnduranceVigor and Stamina By BOB CURRAN ‘Don't believe it? You willersciveryexperimen N 1952, baseball’s superstar was Joe DiMaggio. Yet he quit the New York Yankees after the World Series—seemingly at his peak. x & ag F Lovely 1% acre sites in’Central Florida hills, lake, area $545. no money down, $10 Why? Because DiMaggio and experts knew he was through as a superstar. Age had dimmed his talents. Sure, he could still nurse his career along for a few more years of fading glory. But DiMaggio had the class that forced him to quit at his peak, not as a has-been. DiMaggio's departure didn’t panic the Yankee front office, however, because, following a Yankee tradition, there was an embryonic superstar waiting to take his place—20-yearold Mickey Charles Mantle. Now superstar Mantle is faced with the stark realities that DiMaggio faced 15 years ago. As in DiMaggio’s case, it is again a matter 10° current stories about Family Weekly, April 9, 1967 ately. They finished the ’66 season in last place, and they havelost the city of New York to the Mets, They are sure that the fans will come back when they start winning. But thatis not going to happen for at least three years. In the meantime they need every bit of box-office help they can get, Mantle in a uniform is currently their strongest attraction. Besides the good of the team, Mantle’s personal pride is an important factor. Mickey wants to hit 500 home runs before he retires, and he wants to set a record for games played by a Yankee. To reach both those goals this season, he needs only 4 more home runs and 52 more games. The third factor in the Mantle equation has more bearing on his reasons for forestalling retirement than team spirit or personal pride. It is money. It’s going to be very difficult for Mickey to say good-bye to the $100,000 salary he has been collecting from the Yankees for the past five years. When asked about Mantle’s future, Mike Burke, the new presidentof the Yankees, said, “Mickey will always have a job in our organization.” That’s good to hear, but what kind of job is available and what can it pay? There appears to be no way the Yankees can move him onto their broadcasting team withoutfiring another ex-Yankee.or Joe Garagiola, their star. So it seems evident that any job Mickey got would be the sort that would: not bring him even a third of $100,000. This is yery important. Mickey is not as well off as people assume. He has had hard luck with investments; he has lived well and high. The sudden loss of $70,000 a year at this point would hurt him. A premature retirement—meaning a retirement before the end of the 1968 season—could cause other financial problems. One of Mickey’s biggest outside interests is a Dallas insurance company. That could suffer if the president suddenly was Mantle, the has-been, instead of the star. Even if Mickey has a poor season this year, the Yankees won’t urge retirement. They owe him a year’s ride at the $100,000 salary level, and Burke, a man of honor,will offer it. There’s more than altruism involved. As long as he suits up, Mickey will be a draw. And there is always the chance he will contribute to the team’s progress; his legs are bad, but his batting eye is still as sharp as ever. In Mantle’s mind there’s no question about his batting eye or his reflexes. The—only--worry:—the legs. “That's why I want to see if I can play first base,” he said just before training camp began. “It could mean T'll play more. It’s easier to keep hitting when you're playing every day.” Mantle is one of the last two superstars in baseball. Whenheretires, only Willie Mays will be left. Because of this, every official in baseball will be watching the Yankee star’s struggle this season—and hoping. This adds still another dimension to the Mantle story. Usually when a fading star is trying to fight off re- tirement, his well-wishers are hoping he will surrender. In Mantle’s case, all the concerned parties are hoping that he'll play until “they cut the uniform off him.” @ |