Show rS speaking peaking ot of sports 3 co 3 dimass join in baseball wars by ROBERT mcshane Relea Tte laso td by western newspaper union contrary to rumor there Is no ruling to the tha effect that every major league baseball club must include at least one dimaggio on it its roster the public unconsciously has been misled by the frequency with which the name appears in the publio public prints the ball playing members of the clan are not numbered by the dozen in fact there are only three of the former fisher lads now in big time baseball joe dimaggio DiMagg lo veteran of the tribe is not unknown to baseball addicts he commanded a considerable degree ol of attention when he made a runaway of the race for or individual batting championship of 0 the american league last season hitting bitting 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 dimaggio DIMagg lo a bespectacled expensive young man Is getting a tryout with the boston red bed sox in 1939 he was voted the most valuable player of the pacific coast league joe received the same award in the american league though dominic still has to wear glasses with thick lenses he hits the e ball hard had the second high THE ah E DI joe and vin vance e est batting average on the west coast led in total hits and runs scored and was among the leading home run bitters bit teis dom started playing ball with the monterey presidio team from there mere he jumped to the san francisco seals where he hung on in spite of it couple of bad starts he batted just above in his first two seasons like the rest of the family he is an outfielder brother vince vance dimaggio gio now t h be a property of the cincinnati reds 1 Is the oldest but least known of the th illustrious trio it was vince who first went to the baseball wars while a junior high school student he was picked as a member of a san francisco allstar all star team before for e he went to high school he was picked up by the he seals father gluseppe giuseppe dimaggio DiMagg lo at all enthusiastic thus thusia lastic he argued all the Oi Di Magglos had been fishermen vinces liking tor for the I 1 a game won out joes introduction I 1 it t was vince who brought brother joe into the game late one season so n when vince was with the seals and when all contests contest for place in the pacific coast league had been decided augle augie galan the shortstop asked to be excused from a game to go on a barnstorming tour the manager said he could go if he would find somebody to play shortstop vince dimaggio DiMagg lo dug u up p his brother joe that was the start of the greatest dimaggio DiMagg lo career largely on the strength of joes re reputation vince went to the boston bees he hit major league pitching and in 1938 led the national circuit in strikeouts eouts he was sent to kansas city there he began to hit bit home runs gained confidence and removed a bothersome hitch in his bis swing then he was brought back to the big time with cincinnati despite the he fact that vince struck out 12 times in 14 t times imes at bat during last years pennant fight manager bill mckechnie still has faith in him now the oldest of the Di DiMagg Magglos ios Is getting probably his bis la last st chance to make good there you have the dimaggio DIMagg lo family joe kingpin king pin slugger of tl the world champion new york yankees I 1 dom highly touted minor lea league gu star getting his golden opportunity with the red bed sox and vince whose big bigand and undoubtedly last chance chanc is with the reds beds unquestionably they are the most widely publicized family in baseball history many authorities hold that joe Is a handicap to both vince and dow dom they have too tai bi big a name to live up to they just cant it get joe off their minds the number of DI Magglos left in big league tase baseball ta liall will be deterra determined lne f in the next few weeks manager mckechnie would ht mind a bit if vinces last name was smith jones or johnson anything but dimaggio then the spotlight of publicity be focused so sharply upon him |