Show speaking of sports 3 counted 3 dimass dima 9 s join in baseball wars by ROBERT mcshane ANE released by western newspaper union C to rumor there Is no VJ r ruling to the effect that every major league baseball club must include at least one dimaggio on Us its roster the public unconsciously has been misled by the frequency with will which oil the name appears in tile the public bubli c prints the ball playing mem members berg of the clan are not numbered by the dozen in fact act there are only three of the former usher fisher lads now in big time baseball joe dimaggio veteran of the tribe Is not unknown to bisic baseball ball addicts he commanded a considerable degree of attention when ho he made a runaway of the race for individual batting championship of the american league last season hitting at a distinctly passable clip of the yankee star led his closest competitor by the comfortable margin of 21 points establishing himself as one of the truly great batsmen batsman of all time win duplicate honors brother dominic DIMagg lo a be spectacled expensive young man is getting a tryout with the boston red sox in ili 1939 he was voted tile the most valuable player of the pacific coast league joe received the same award in the he american league though dominic still has to wear glasses with thick lenses he hits the ball hard had the second high X 1 I 1 t A 41 n a 4 THE DI joe and vince est batting average on the west coast led in total hits and runs scored and was among the leading home run hitters mom dom started playing ball wl with ill the monterey Pre presidio team from there he jumped to the san francisco seals where he hung on in spite of a couple of bad starts he batted just above in his first two seasons Li like kethe the rest of the family he Is an outfielder brother vince now the property of the cincinnati reds la Is the ho oldest but least known of the illustrious trio it was vince who first went to tho baseball wars while a junior high school student he be was picked as a member of a san ban francisco allstar all star team before he went to high school he was picked up by the seals father giuseppe at all ali enthusiastic thus thusia lastic lie ile argued all th he UI Magglos had been fishermen vinces liking for the game won out joes introduction it was vince who brought brother joe into the game late one season when vince was with the seals and when all contests for place in the pacific coast league had been decided augle augie galati galan the shortstop asked to be excused from a game to go on a barnstorming tour the manager said he could go it if he be would find somebody to play shortstop vince dimaggio dug up his hia brother joe that was the start of the greatest dimaggio DIMagg lo career largely on the strength of toes joes reputation vines vince went to the boston bees he hit major league pitching and in 1938 led tho the national circuit in strikeouts eouts ile he was sent to kansas city thera he began to hit home runs gained confidence and removed a bothersome hitch in his swing then ho he was brought back to the big time with cincinnati despite the tact fact that vince struck out 12 times in 14 times at bat during last years pennant fight manager bill mckechnie still has haa falth faith in him now the oldest of tile the Ul Magglos is getting probably ills bis last chance to 0 o make good there you have the dimaggio DiMagg lo family joe kingpin king kang pin slugger of the world champion new york yankees dom highly touted minor league star getting his golden opportunity with the red sox and vince whose big and undoubtedly last chance is with the reds unquestionably they are the lie most widely publicized family in baseball history many authorities hold that hat joe Is a handicap to both vince and dorn dom they have bavo too big a name to live up to they just cant get joe oo oil their minds the number of DiMagg ios left in big league baseball will be determined in tho the next few weeks manager mckechnie mind a bit it vinces last name was smith jones or johnson any anything thing but dimaggio DiMagg lo then the spotlight of publicity be focused so sharply upon him |