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1949 • Baseball Clip • Joe Dimaggio Show with radio host Jack Barry - Radio Broadcast · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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  This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history.
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  NBC presents the Joe DiMaggio Show.
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  Starring the Yankee Clipper himself, Joe DiMaggio.
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  Featuring Jack Barry with the Kid vs. Grown-Up Sports Quiz.
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  With Joe DiMaggio's personal answer to the listeners.
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  A reporter's exciting story about this week's famous guest.
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  And now here he is, the star of our transcribed show.
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  The center fielder of the world champion New York Yankees.
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  And one of baseball's all-time greats.
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  Here he is in person, Joe DiMaggio.
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  Applause.
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  Thank you and hello everyone.
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  It's always a pleasure to spend this half hour here with you at NBC.
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  And I'm sure you'll enjoy the sports features we've lined up for you this week.
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  As usual, my radio partner Jack Barry is going to help me keep things moving.
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  The first thing we're going to do is answer some of those letters you folks have sent in.
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  Who sent the first one, Jack?
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  Miss Elizabeth Goff of Malin, Texas, who writes and says so many outfielders are injured
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  as a result of crashing into the walls of ball parks.
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  But I've often wondered why they don't use rubber padding on the walls.
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  Seems to me it would cut way down on painful injuries.
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  Well, that is very true, Jack.
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  However, there is one ball park that they have rubber paddings around the wall.
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  And that is in Brooklyn.
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  To my knowledge, we don't have any in the American League.
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  However, we have the gravel road there, which signifies, of course,
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  we're getting pretty close to the wall.
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  And when that happens, why we generally pull up.
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  Thank you very much, Joe.
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  A letter now from Mr. Samuel Hart of Phoenix, Arizona, who writes,
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  when a player is on the road, does his team put the bill for all his expenses?
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  Well, they put the bill for quite a bit.
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  However, for our laundry and cleaning and the phone bills,
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  why we have to go for that ourselves.
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  I guess you don't make too many phone calls then.
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  Not too many.
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  Mr. Joseph Brownlee of Rochester, New York, writes to you and says,
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  I read in the papers that you're starting a new television show.
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  Is it true?
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  Yes. As a matter of fact, my first television show just went on a few hours ago on NBC.
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  And I got a big kick out of doing it, Jack,
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  and I guess I'll get a bigger kick maybe as the time goes by.
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  Yes, indeed.
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  And as a matter of fact, your show will be on every Saturday from now on,
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  5.30 in the afternoon, for a long time, sponsored by Lionel Train.
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  Well, I've taken care of my letter-answering session for this week,
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  but Joe will continue to answer the most interesting letters from our listeners on future programs.
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  And so if you have a question you'd like to ask Joe DiMaggio,
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  send your letter to Joe DiMaggio, care of NBC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
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  Well, I always enjoy answering some of those letters, Jack.
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  And I'd like to thank everyone who took the trouble and sent them in.
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  Thank you very much.
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  Thank you, Joe.
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  Applause
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  Once again, it's time for our sports quiz,
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  and in just a moment we'll find out who the experts are this week.
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  But first, Jack, how about telling us the rules of the game?
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  Well, Joe, two teams are lined up on stage,
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  and they're going to play a short three-inning baseball game.
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  And for every question answered correctly, that team will score one run.
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  At the end of the quiz, the team scoring the most runs is declared the winner.
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  I'll pitch the questions, and Joe, suppose you want to play.
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  Right, Jack, let's play ball.
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  Today we're going to have a little change of pace, Joe,
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  instead of the kids versus the grownups.
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  On stage today are civilians versus the Navy.
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  Representing the civilians, Ms. Jean Collin.
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  Representing the civilians, too, Mr. Bill Lolly.
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  And for the Navy, it's Edward Whitbread,
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  Hospital Corpsman First Class, and Meade Kamenge, Mineman Second Class.
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  And here we go, Jean Collin, you're up first for the civilians.
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  Robert Routh, Charlie Ruffing, and Harold Grange all have the same nickname.
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  Can you tell us what it is?
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  Um, I don't know.
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  Joe, they're all better known as Reds.
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  Oh, yes.
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  You know now, Jean.
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  Yes, I do.
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  Too bad, no story.
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  On we continue now to the Navy, Edward Whitbread.
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  Ed, in what sport would you find the terms catch, slope, cutter, and yaw?
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  Our organist is going to play a song to help you.
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  What do you say, Ed?
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  Sailing.
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  Sailing is correct, and part of the song was Red Sails in the Sunset.
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  Boy, if you hadn't gotten that one, you'd been in bad shape.
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  I hit it before.
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  Bill, Bill Lolly, on to the civilians now.
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  On what National League team would you find these players?
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  Marty Marion, Del Reis, and Enos Slaughter.
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  St. Louis Connells.
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  St. Louis Connells is the answer.
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  So now it's on to the second member of our Navy team, Meade Kamenye.
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  Meade, who is the new men's amateur tennis champion?
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  Is it Tom Brown, Budge Patty, or Arthur Larson?
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  Budge Patty.
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  Oh, I'm sorry, the answer is Arthur Larson.
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  And the score at the end of the first inning of play is all tied up.
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  The civilians have one run, and the Navy has one run.
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  Okay, here we go into the second inning of play.
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  Let's see what happens in this inning.
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  Right back to you, Jean Carlin, was Glenn Davis, one of Army's famous touchdown twins,
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  known as Mr. Inside or Mr. Outside, and this song will help you.
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  What do you say, Jean?
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  Outside.
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  Outside is right, and of course the song was Baby, It's Cold Outside.
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  Right back to Hospital Corman First Class Edward Whitbread.
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  Is the Vanderbilt Cup awarded in hockey, football, or automobile racing?
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  Automobile racing.
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  Automobile racing is correct.
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  Bill Lally for the civilians.
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  Sandy Sadler and Willie Pepp recently met for the third time to decide the featherweight championship of the world.
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  Which of these fighters now holds the title?
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  Sandy Sadler.
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  Sandy Sadler is the right answer.
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  And the score is now three to two in favor of the civilians, and Meade Kamenye for the Navy, you can still tie it up.
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  Imagine for a moment that you're at a baseball game.
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  The count on the batter is three and two.
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  After hearing this next song, tell us what happens on the very next pitch.
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  Does the batter get a hit? Does he walk, or does he strike out?
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  Here's the song.
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  What do you say, Meade?
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  He takes a walk.
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  He takes a walk is correct, and the song was, let's take an old-fashioned walk.
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  And the score at the end of the second inning of play, it's still all tied.
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  Three for the Navy, three for the civilians.
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  All right.
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  Here we go.
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  This is the third and final inning.
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  Now we're going to find out who knows more about sports today, whether it be the Navy or the civilians.
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  Right back to Jean Carlin.
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  Jean, what man on the baseball field is known as the traffic cop?
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  Is it the second baseman, the umpire behind the plate, or the third base coach?
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  The answer is the third base coach, and believe me, he hits a direct plenty of traffic.
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  And the civilians are in the lead by a score of four to three.
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  Edward Whitbread, the professional football team of Los Angeles and the football team of Fordham University both have the same nickname.
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  What is that nickname?
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  Rams.
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  Rams is correct.
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  The score is tied again at four to four.
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  Mr. Lolly, Bill Lolly for the civilians.
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  Giant pitcher Magley recently pitched 45 consecutive scoreless innings.
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  We want you to tell us his first name, it's a rather unusual name for a man, so here's a song which will help you.
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  What do you say, Mr. Lolly?
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  Sal.
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  Sal is the name we're after, and the song was My Gal Sal.
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  The civilians are in the lead by a score of five to four.
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  Here is the final pitch of our last inning.
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  Me, Cam, and Gay for the Navy.
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  It's up to you to see if you can tie the score.
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  What college football team does Herman Hickman coach?
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  Yale.
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  Yale is correct.
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  And so the score at the end of the third and final inning of play is all tied up, and we're going to have to go into a tie-breaking question.
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  Here's how we do it.
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  We ask each member of each team to give one answer to a rather difficult question, and the team which comes the closest with the answer, the closest answer, will of course win.
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  Now, here is our question for today.
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  Bob Feller holds the major league record for the most strikeouts in one season.
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  How many men did he strike out to set that record?
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  Jean Collin, what is your guess?
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  Um, 35.
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  Edward Whitbread for the Navy, what do you think?
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  212.
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  Bill Lolly for the civilians?
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  258.
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  And finally, Mead Cam and Gay for the Navy?
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  138.
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  And now I'm going to ask Joe DiMaggio to give us the correct answer.
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  Bob struck out 348 men, and he set that record in 1946.
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  And so the closest score, or the closest guess, was given to us by Bill Lolly.
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  He said 258.
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  He is representing the civilian team.
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  The civilians beat the Navy this week.
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  Applause
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  Congratulations to each member of the civilian team for winning this hard-fought victory today.
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  And because you did win, we have a wonderful gift for you. Each of you on the winning civilian team will get a handsome RCA portable radio.
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  And we got something for you losers too in the Navy. Each of you will receive a year's subscription to Sport Magazine.
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  And I'd like to thank the members of both teams for being on the quiz. You all did a fine job, and thanks for joining us.
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  Applause
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  Each week, Joe DiMaggio invites a famous writer to tell his favorite sports story on our program.
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  This week's story will be told by Lou Efrat, sportswriter of the New York Times. And here he is, Lou Efrat.
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  Hello, Lou.
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  Applause
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  Lou, on your last visit to our show, you said you was going to take some singing lessons. How'd you make out?
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  Well, I still have the same old foghorn voice, Joe. I guess I'd better stick to sports writing.
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  But I really think I should take some lessons in how to make predictions for the baseball season.
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  Did you get it wrong again this year, Lou?
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  Did I?
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  Football season's just around the corner, you know, and so maybe you can redeem yourself.
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  You mean you'd really like to hear my football predictions?
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  Sure, Lou. Go right ahead.
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  Well, get ready for another fiasco. You know, in baseball, I was fairly right, and I still think I'm right about the Yankees.
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  I said it would be the Yankees in a squeak, in a very tough squeak in the American League, and despite the fact that you're sitting right alongside of me, Joe,
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  I still think I'm right. I think your club will win the American League pennant. I might have been right there.
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  However, in the National League, I said on this very same NBC program that the Dodgers would win in a walk.
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  And gosh, how wrong I've been there.
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  However, let's go back to football. In the college ranks, I think in the East, it looks to me at this moment from the point of vantage that I have
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  that it will be between Army and Cornell for supremacy in this section.
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  In the South, the SMU, as Kyle wrote, has a chance to be outstanding.
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  In the Far West, it looks like a toss-up between California and Southern California.
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  That sounds pretty good to me, Lou. By the way, you hold some kind of record for covering football games, don't you?
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  That's right, Joe. In 1948, I believe it was, I covered 44 college and professional football games in a single season.
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  As far as I know, and this might sound a little corny, but no other reporter can make that statement.
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  Well, that was really a marathon, Lou. And now we'd like to hear your favorite story.
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  Joe, my favorite story is about Gus Morch, the trainer for your club, the New York Yankees.
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  You know, a trainer is almost as important to a ball club as its leading home run hitter.
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  He's the first one to show up at the ballpark in the morning and the last one to leave at night.
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  And he spends that long day dispensing psychology and wisdom as well as first aid.
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  Gus has meant a lot to the Yankees, and he's regarded as one of the best in his difficult trades.
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  And now, Joe, I'd like you to hear a few episodes from Gus Morch's career.
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  ["The New York Yankees"]
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  Gus Morch? Known him for years. Ever since he was chief masseur at a famous health club here in New York.
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  Matter of fact, that's where Chick Meehan of the New York University met him, too.
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  Now, Chick realized that there was magic in Gus's hands, magic that took the kink out of strained and painful muscles.
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  Straightened out twisted sacroiliac, healed ugly bruises, and gave first aid and comfort to cracked bones.
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  So Chick went to him one day, and, Gus, I'll put it to you straight.
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  How would you like a new job?
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  Well, I don't know. You like sports?
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  Sure thing. I like sports fine, almost as much as I like putting on minstrel shows.
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  Being a trainer for a football team is no minstrel show, Gus, but it's almost as much fun.
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  And a heck of a lot of noise here, I'll guarantee that. Sounds interesting.
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  In all fairness, Gus, I'd better warn you. Football players aren't easy to handle.
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  They're temperamental, they're stubborn, and they're fond of collecting black eyes and broken collarbones for themselves.
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  Oh, I guess I could take care of them all right.
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  Then it's a deal. You've got yourself a new job, Gus.
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  Well, let's shake on that. When do I start?
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  Gus Morch was in sports now, and he was really devoted to that football team of his.
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  Now, Gus isn't a doctor, but he always works with a doctor.
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  And when the doc at NYU saw what he could do, he kept asking Gus to come downtown and treat a patient of his.
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  Gus was so busy with his football team that he kept putting it off and making up one excuse after another.
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  Until finally the doctor asked Chick me into winter means. Sure enough, Chick did.
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  Want to see me, Chick?
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  Yeah, Gus. I would be a nice fellow and see this patient of Doc's, wouldn't you?
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  Well, I've been meaning to, but I've been kind of busy.
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  I know, but the doc's in here every half hour crying on my shoulder.
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  Now, this patient of his has got a bad sacroiliac and can't work unless he gets some kind of relief.
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  Guess I ought to see him then, huh?
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  Do that, will you, Gus? The guy had some kind of big shot, and the doc says that you're the only one that can help him.
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  Okay, I'll see him tomorrow.
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  Today, Gus.
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  Can't today.
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  For crying out loud, why not? Raining.
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  What's that got to do with it?
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  Listen, Chick, when it rains, my boys all come down with sore muscles.
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  When they got sore muscles, I got to be around to take care of them.
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  So I'll see Doc's patient tomorrow. The boys come first.
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  So the next day, Gus treated the doc's patient, and Chick Meem was curious.
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  Who was this big shot who so urgently needed Gus's kid?
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  Oh, I don't know, Chick. Some fellow by the name of Cone. Used to put on minstrel shows. Nice fella.
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  Well, did you fix him up?
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  Oh, sure. That's a lot of baloney, though, about this guy being a big shot.
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  Oh, how come?
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  Guy's just some kind of actor. Nice fella, though.
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  What show is he in?
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  I think he said it was some play about President of the United States.
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  Gus, this show, was it called I'd Rather Be Right?
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  Yeah, yeah, that sounds like it. I guess he doesn't have any big part in it.
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  He sure is a nice fella.
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  Gus, do you know who your patient is?
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  Yeah, Mr. Cone.
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  Cone my foot. Your patient is just about the greatest actor in America.
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  His name happens to be George M. Cohan.
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  Is that a fact?
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  Well, better be getting back to my boys, Chick.
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  But as I said, that Cone fella, he's sure a nice fella.
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  I guess it wasn't a surprise to anyone when the New York Yankees signed Gus as their trainer in 1944.
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  Gus liked the Yankees, and the Yankees liked Gus.
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  Now, that's important. A player's got to have a lot of faith in his trainer.
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  And the trainer, well, you take the case of Johnny Lindell.
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  Okay, Johnny, on the table for a rubdown.
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  Take it easy around my ribs, huh, Gus?
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  It's not a kid.
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  I don't know, just a little sore, that's all.
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  Well, let's take a look.
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  Oh, what is that, Gus?
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  You've got a broken rib, son. We've got to get you to the doctor.
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  Oh, now, wait a minute, Gus, please. I've got to play that game tomorrow. I just got to...
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  Oh, no, son, it's out of the question.
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  Well, look, couldn't you just sort of strap me up temporarily just so I can play the one game?
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  One game doesn't matter a heck of a lot, Johnny.
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  Oh, but it does. This is awful important to me, Gus.
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  Well, I suppose I could fix you up temporarily, Johnny, but, you know, I can't stop the pain.
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  No, that doesn't matter. I can stand the pain, but I've got to play that game. Now, how about it, Gus?
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  Oh, gone you, Johnny. I'm a dope for even listening to you.
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  But you'll do it, won't you, Gus?
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  Yeah, I'll do it if it's that important to you, Johnny.
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  But as soon as you get off that field tomorrow, you go to the hospital here.
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  Sure, sure, Gus. You won't tell anyone, huh?
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  If I did, they'd have me up at the doctor's having my head examined.
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  Hey, you know something, Gus? You're one swell guy.
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  Shut up and let me strap up that rib.
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  Gus Motch kept his secret, and Johnny Lindell played that game and played well.
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  You see, Gus knew ballplayers, and he knew that playing that one game was better medicine than any doctor could prescribe for young Johnny.
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  But last year, oh, my aching Yankee back.
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  What a nightmare was 1949 for Gus Motch and that brittle group of men who called themselves the New York Yankees.
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  Hey, hey, Gus, I twisted my ankle sliding second. You'll fix me up, huh?
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  Oh, no. You're the 53rd guy that's come in here with something busted.
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  What's the matter with you guys? Your bones made of glass or something?
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  But the Yankee casualty list continued to mount.
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  65 injuries, 70, 71, 72, and finally an angry Gus Motch assembled his players and laid down the law.
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  Listen, you blockheads, I've had enough. I'm sick of keeping you guys together with chewing gum and scotch tape.
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  From now on, no more accidents, and that's an order.
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  The next guy that comes in here limping, I'll send him to the morgue dead or alive, you hear me? No more accidents.
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  And shortly after that, the troubled dreams of a certain Mr. Casey Stengel, occupation manager of a certain baseball team, were interrupted by a telephone call from a frantic Gus Motch.
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  Hello, Casey, this is Gus. Casey, we got another injury. Yeah, another one. That makes it number 73, and this one's a beaut.
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  You know what this dumb jerk does? He walks into a parking meter and breaks two ribs.
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  Why, you'll tire and feather him. Now wait a minute, Casey, don't get excited.
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  What? Who is he? I'm calling from the hospital. It's me.
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  Well, Joe, that's my story. And Lou, we certainly enjoyed it.
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  You know, Gus really played a big part in keeping the Yankees together last year, and I mean that literally.
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  You know, Joe, we newspaper men drop in to see him pretty often, too. In fact, if my predictions don't improve, I'll be giving him plenty of my business.
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  Well, thanks for that story, Lou. And believe me, as one of his star patients, I can tell you how valuable Gus really is.
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  And now I'd like to present the trainer of the New York Yankees, Gus Motch.
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  Gus, welcome to our show.
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  Thanks, Joe. It's nice to be here.
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  Well, Gus, you've trained football players as well as baseball players. What's your job as tough as?
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  Well, Joe, football would be played every day. I would say the football would be the tough of the two.
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  We have a man injured. We have a whole week to get him back in shape. Now you take baseball, as you know we play every day.
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  We don't have a whole week. You only have a few hours to get the boys back in shape.
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  So therefore I would think that baseball is tougher because you haven't got the time to do your work.
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  And what's the most common injury the baseball player has got?
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  Joe, you should answer that one. Joe has more strawberries than the flag than any man I know of.
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  I would say the strawberry is the most common injury. A few people don't know what a strawberry is.
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  You just get the hides on off you every time you slide into base. Joe is full of them.
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  And believe me, as many as sleepers in that, I have spent through them.
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  I guess the Yankees kept you pretty busy last year, didn't they, Gus?
• 20:31
  Well, they sure did, Joe. As you know, we had 74 injuries.
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  Now I'm not sure whether we can really count the last injury as being part of the season.
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  You see, we had 73 injuries. I was the 73rd.
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  And I'm going to let it up to you to let me know whether 74th is really a season injury.
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  You see, just as Tommy Hendricks caught that foul ball to end the Bellows game, to wind up the season,
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  and we knew that we won the pennant, Bill Dickey was so delighted he jumped off the seat,
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  hit his head on the roof of the dugout, and collapsed on the floor.
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  That's a true story, too, ladies and gentlemen, because I happened to see it.
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  So I would say that was part of the season. That goes with the yell, don't you think so, Gus?
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  Yes, I guess that will have to include old Bill and us.
• 21:20
  Gus, I always enjoy hearing you tell about your interview with Joe McCarty.
• 21:24
  When you first came to work for the Yankees, how about letting the audience in on it?
• 21:27
  Yes, he says, what do you know about psychology?
• 21:31
  Well, I said, Joe, I said I studied it in college and I've applied it during the years I've been training.
• 21:36
  Okay, he said, I'm going to say how good you are. Now I can go and tell you a little story.
• 21:41
  One day he said, I got a hold of Frank Closetti and I said, Crow,
• 21:44
  Garrick is dying over there face to face. He hasn't got any pets.
• 21:48
  He's lackadaisical. He's flitting mad at his movements.
• 21:51
  He said, I want you to wake him up. Now this was the time that Garrick was in the prime of life.
• 21:56
  So Closetti said, okay, Joe, tell me what to do and I'll be glad to do it.
• 22:00
  He said, okay. He said, I'll tell you what I want you to do.
• 22:03
  Every time he said, you see a ball come to you, grab a hold of that ball.
• 22:06
  He said, throw it to face to face, throw it as hard as you can.
• 22:09
  He said, knock Garrick off the bag with it. See another ball coming?
• 22:13
  Pick it up. He said, throw it high, throw it low. I don't care how you throw it, as long as you throw it hard.
• 22:18
  He said, okay, Joe, he said, I'll be glad to do it. He said, but supposing Garrick gets mad at me.
• 22:23
  He said, what do we care if he gets mad? He said, as long as you wake him up.
• 22:27
  So he said, can you okay to get the point? I said, well, sure.
• 22:30
  If I was Garrick, I'd get angry myself and I'd throw the ball back hard to Closetti.
• 22:35
  Oh, he says, you've missed the point entirely.
• 22:37
  There was nothing wrong with Garrick. Closetti was the guy that was dying.
• 22:41
  Just besides being a trainer, you've also done some coaching, haven't you?
• 22:47
  Yes. I coached swimming at Manhattan College.
• 22:49
  I coached up there for about 12 years during the time I trained the other sport.
• 22:54
  How do teams make up?
• 22:55
  Well, we won the Catholic College Championships one year and had two individual champions in the Eastern Play-Defining Association.
• 23:04
  And now, Gus, tell us something about your new school for trainers.
• 23:07
  Joe, I'm very proud of that school. This will be my third year.
• 23:11
  This school will open January the 4th in Bartle, Florida, and will run through to February the 8th.
• 23:17
  It's in conjunction with a baseball school down there run by Ed Lopat, our pitcher for New York Yankees.
• 23:23
  Our pass, well, has an umpire school, and I conduct a trainer school.
• 23:28
  We hope your school is a big success, and I'd like to thank you for being with us this week.
• 23:32
  But don't go away because we're going to need you again in just a moment. Thanks again, Gus Morch.
• 23:37
  Thank you.
• 23:39
  Well, Joe, at the start of the program, you answered all those letters, which our listeners were nice enough to sign in.
• 23:45
  Now I'm going out into the studio with a portable microphone and give the audience here a chance to pitch their questions at you and at Gus Morch and at Lou Efrat.
• 23:51
  We'll start pitching, Jack Loretty.
• 23:53
  Your name, sir?
• 23:54
  My name is William Fine.
• 23:56
  Where are you from, Mr. Fine?
• 23:57
  I'm from Flushing, New York, sir.
• 23:59
  Who is your question for?
• 24:00
  My question is for Gus Morch.
• 24:02
  What's the question?
• 24:03
  What's the procedure when a player is injured? What's the first thing that's done?
• 24:08
  Well, it depends, of course, what the injury is. If a man is unconscious when I get on the field, we don't move him.
• 24:14
  We don't know whether he has a broken neck, which could be. So we try to bring the consciousness first.
• 24:20
  And we're always safe in applying ice. Ice is the first order, regardless of what the injury is.
• 24:25
  Thank you very much, Gus. Your name, sir?
• 24:27
  George Hall.
• 24:28
  Where are you from, sir?
• 24:29
  Brockville, Canada.
• 24:30
  And who's your question for?
• 24:31
  Lou Efrat.
• 24:32
  What's the question?
• 24:33
  Were you ever an athlete, Lou?
• 24:34
  Ha ha ha. Imagine what to put you up to that one. I made every second team in the history of Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn.
• 24:42
  Second team Efrat, they called me. I played baseball, football, soccer, swimming.
• 24:48
  I was not a good athlete, but I was an athlete.
• 24:51
  Thank you, Lou. Your name, sir?
• 24:53
  James O'Dell.
• 24:54
  Where are you from?
• 24:55
  St. Louis.
• 24:56
  And who's your question for?
• 24:57
  Noah Demarche.
• 24:58
  Are baseball players prohibited from flying in airplanes during the season?
• 25:02
  No, they are not prohibited. As a matter of fact, there are several ball clubs that fly today.
• 25:08
  However, if an individual wants to fly, he can do that on his own. He should get the consent of the management. That is the front office.
• 25:15
  Thank you, Joe. Your name, please?
• 25:16
  Mrs. Valdiagno.
• 25:17
  Where are you from?
• 25:18
  Stratford, Nova Scotia.
• 25:19
  And who's your question for?
• 25:20
  Noah Demarche.
• 25:21
  What's the question?
• 25:22
  I'd like to know what's the best way to reduce.
• 25:25
  Well, reducing, it depends, of course, on a person's age. We would advise both exercise and diet.
• 25:39
  In the diet, I would cut out all starchy foods such as bread, potatoes, noodles, and so on. I would do enough walking.
• 25:48
  And if you were young enough, I would do a little light exercises. Fast light exercises reduces slow heavy exercise and increased weight.
• 25:57
  And of course, the two exercises which are most important is to be able to shake your head from side to side and say no to refuse that last portion.
• 26:06
  And take your two hands, push it against the table, and get yourself away from that table.
• 26:12
  And if that doesn't work, I recommend a good strong girdle.
• 26:17
  Your name, sir?
• 26:18
  Eddie Condon.
• 26:19
  Where are you from, Mr. Condon?
• 26:20
  New York City.
• 26:21
  And what instrument do you play? I mean, who's your question for?
• 26:26
  Lou Effort.
• 26:27
  What's the question?
• 26:28
  Lou, is it true that reporters get a lot of free tickets for baseball games?
• 26:34
  No, it's not true. We don't get a lot of free tickets. Within reason, the front offices will let us have what we want.
• 26:41
  By that, I mean two or four. If you get beyond that, you're in trouble.
• 26:45
  Thank you, Lou. Your name, please?
• 26:46
  George Wiles.
• 26:47
  Where are you from?
• 26:48
  Los Angeles, California.
• 26:49
  And who's your question for?
• 26:50
  Mr. Marsh.
• 26:51
  Mr. Marsh? What's the question?
• 26:52
  Can baseball players take a lot of pain, or are they a lot of sissies?
• 26:59
  Well, I don't think that there's a man that's in any kind of sport that could be fast as a sissy.
• 27:04
  There's got to be pretty good rugged individuals to play any sport.
• 27:08
  Thank you. Your name, sir?
• 27:09
  Jerry LaBerge.
• 27:10
  Where are you from?
• 27:11
  Montreal, Canada.
• 27:12
  And who's your question for?
• 27:13
  Lou Effort.
• 27:14
  What is it?
• 27:15
  Where can you go after you become a sports reporter?
• 27:21
  That depends on the individual. As far as I'm concerned, I'm very happy where I am now.
• 27:26
  If I weren't riding sports now, I don't know what I'd be doing.
• 27:29
  I'd be going to these sports events myself. I'd pay to get in. I'd sit in the back.
• 27:33
  I'm doing all these things, and I'm right up there in front. I love it.
• 27:37
  Thank you, Lou. Your name, sir?
• 27:39
  Frank Hall.
• 27:40
  Where are you from, Frank?
• 27:41
  Rolex City, Utah.
• 27:42
  And who's your question for?
• 27:43
  Mr. Morris.
• 27:44
  How do you handle a charlie horse?
• 27:47
  Well, a charlie horse is a contracted muscle with a hemorrhage underneath it.
• 27:52
  Now, the first thing we do for charlie horses to apply ice, as I said before,
• 27:57
  24 hours later we apply heat and mild massage, and we go through a stretching motion.
• 28:03
  We stretch the muscle, you see, and the heat and the mild massage gets away that hemorrhage,
• 28:09
  and the charlie horse reduces. It's nothing more but a contracted muscle.
• 28:12
  Last charlie horse I had came in third and paid $2.20.
• 28:16
  Why don't you don't get those charlie horses between the years, it's so sad.
• 28:21
  Your name, please?
• 28:22
  Margaret Herney.
• 28:23
  Where are you from?
• 28:24
  Newton, Massachusetts.
• 28:25
  Who's your question for?
• 28:26
  Jodemar, Joe.
• 28:27
  What's the question?
• 28:28
  I've often seen your name in the columns linked with a man named George Solitaire. Who is he?
• 28:33
  You mean, you said a man?
• 28:35
  Yes.
• 28:36
  That's certainly a different twist, but George Solitaire happens to be a very good friend of mine.
• 28:42
  This here in New York City, we live together, we have an apartment, one of the hotels,
• 28:47
  and he happens to be in the ticket agency business. Just a dear friend of mine.
• 28:52
  Joe, is there any truth to the rumor that George Solitaire is sometimes called the yogi bearer of the ticket brokers?
• 28:57
  No.
• 28:59
  Joe, it's about time we had a question from the studio audience today.
• 29:03
  Well, thanks for your questions, folks. We certainly enjoyed answering them.
• 29:06
  And Lou Eprat, reporting that story about just Marsh, we'd like you to accept this wonderful,
• 29:11
  million-proof, 12-and-a-half-inch RCA television set.
• 29:14
  And I'd like to thank us, Marsh and Lou Eprat, for joining us this week.
• 29:17
  Many thanks for coming down.
• 29:19
  I'm afraid we'll have to wrap our show for this week, but I hope you'll all be able to join us again next week,
• 29:35
  and we'll have our sports quiz, a reported exciting story about our sports guests,
• 29:38
  interviewers, and answers to you, our listeners.
• 29:41
  So until then, this is Joe DiMaggio reminding you to be a good sport. Goodbye.
• 29:45
  And we'll see you next week.
• 30:13
  Music was by Arlo, sports consultant Gene Shore.
• 30:17
  The transcribed Joe DiMaggio show is written by Mike Oppenheimer and Gene Gurley and directed by Dan Enright.
• 30:23
  This is Brian O'Rico speaking.