1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 This is RetroSports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,480 Since who Leo DeRosher, Chimney Sweep, America's number one suit destroyer, presents the famous 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:17,640 fiery manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Leo DeRosher in a sparkling new 15 minute program, 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:23,160 Your Sports Question Box. You send in the questions, any question on any sport or game, and Leo 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:28,880 answers it. For every question you use, Chimney Sweep's suit destroyer pays a sender $5.00. 6 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:33,240 For every question considered by Leo, the most interesting, nets the sender $50.00, compliments 7 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:38,640 of Chimney Sweep. Send in your question tonight. All questions become the property of Chimney Sweep. 8 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:44,240 And here's a masterminding manager of those dashing, slam bang Brooklyn Dodgers, Leo DeRosher. 9 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,960 Hi, you sports fans. It's great to be here with you today and to try to answer your sports question. 10 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,560 Right, Leo. And this is Frank Chase, who is going to swing your queries at the lip to answer fans. 11 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,400 And I hope you won't be mad if I don't fat a thousand every show. 12 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,080 I'm sure they won't, Leo. Just do your best. And now step up to the plate. 13 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,160 I'll do just that. And first of all, I want to answer some questions that have been tossed at me by 14 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:08,720 sports fans everywhere for the past week. And all on the current World Series, I'll bet. 15 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:13,360 Every one, Frank. And the one I've been asked most often is who's going to win the World Series. 16 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:18,880 And so who is going to be the winner? Well, Frank, I'll stick my neck out. In two words, the carton. 17 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:23,120 Well, now give us the lowdown on your figuring. Well, I figure that any club that can beat the 18 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:28,480 Dodgers can beat anybody. Okay, Leo. I hope you're right. So you were up there in Boston for three 19 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:33,120 days. What else was a special interest? Well, there was one thing in particular that I noticed. 20 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:39,840 5,000 fans in Brooklyn on any given day can make more noise than 35,000 fans made in Boston during 21 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:44,240 the World Series. Say, here's one that I heard a lot of them ask you, Leo. Would you have walked 22 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:49,200 Ted Williams to get at York in the first inning of that third game? Well, of course, all managers 23 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,760 figure different and have their own ideas. And I think that Eddie Dyer did a great job handling 24 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,760 his team in the games that I saw. Yeah, but you still haven't answered the question. Listen, 25 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,400 you're some men head. Dyer beat us 16 out of 24 games last season. Do you think I want to make 26 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:07,760 him mad at us for next year? Nice side stepping, Leo. Nice side stepping. And now on to the first 27 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:13,360 question from one of our known fans. Mr. Tom August of Locust Valley rigged this one up for it. 28 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:18,560 In a night ball game, the team at bat is one run behind and has a man on third. There are two 29 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:24,160 out. The pitcher winds up, throws the ball and the batter at the plate swings and connects. 30 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:29,200 Nothing very tricky about this one so far. Hang on to your hat. As the batter hits the ball, 31 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,240 the runner on third heads for home. With two out, what would you expect him to do? Sit on third base? 32 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:40,720 As the batter hits the ball, the runner on third base heads for home. And the lights in the ball 33 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:46,080 park go out. When they come on again a few seconds later, the runner on third has scored and the 34 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:52,240 batter is safe at first. And a pig's neck he is. You don't agree? I certainly don't. The rules say 35 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:57,280 that in a game momentarily interrupted by light failure, play is halted and all runners are sent 36 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:02,000 back to the base they started from. The hitter bats over again and the last ball thrown in where 37 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,280 they hit fair or foul or not hit at all is charged neither as a strike nor a ball. And that sends 38 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,320 five dollars to Mr. August and sends us on to Ken Roberts. When your house gives you and your family 39 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:17,120 the cold shoulder this winter, you better get rid of that soot in your heating plaid and quick. 40 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:23,040 Soot steals heat, waste, fuel. So clean out soot now with chimney sweet, soot destroyer. 41 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,120 Chimney sweep is the quick, easy, almost miraculous way to get rid of soot in furnaces, 42 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:32,480 flues, fireplaces and chimneys. Soot that steals valuable heat, dirty drapes and furnishings 43 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:38,720 and exposes your family to chimney fire and cold gas explosion dangers. 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A hockey fan, Kevin 51 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,200 Haggerty, would like you to tell him the final score of a hockey game in the case of a forfeit. 52 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:27,440 Well the score is one to nothing and that goes whether the game is between amateurs or professionals. 53 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,120 Five dollars for Mr. Haggerty. Here's one about the payboards, Leo. Look, Chase, 54 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:36,000 say cards when you mean cards. Sorry, Leo. I'll rephrase the introduction. Here's one about cards. 55 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:41,520 Go ahead. I'm waiting. In the game of poker asked Ms. Cynthia Lee of Bennington, do four races beat 56 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,440 a straight flush or does a straight flush beat anything in the deck? Well I guess they'll never 57 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:50,240 get through batting that one around. The answer depends somewhat on your own local rule. But the 58 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,560 best information I have to offer coming straight from the Frontier Club in Reno, Nevada is that a 59 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,640 straight flush beats anything anyone else can hold. Well you can't say the lip isn't definite, 60 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,800 Miss Lee. Understand I'm not kicking about four races, Miss Lee. Anytime you want to deal 61 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:07,760 them to me, I'll play you for table stakes. And we're sending you five dollars to start your game. 62 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,600 Here's one from the mouth of a disciple of Isaac Walton. Laying it right on the line, 63 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:16,320 he means it's a question from a fisherman. Nicely riddled, Leo. Now come up with the answer. 64 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,640 Mike Adams of Port Washington wants you to tell him if there's any recognized competition for 65 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:25,520 fly casting. Not one but several. There are all sorts of varieties of competitions from coast to 66 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:31,120 coast. There are competitions for wet fly casting and dry fly casting. For salmon fly, for distance 67 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,760 and for any number of weights of rod and line. And here's a pixie from a gal who must be riding 68 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,200 with her tongue in her cheek. Anything wrong with that? Wait until you hear the question, noisy. 69 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,920 Just keep that up, Applehead. You won't be able to ask questions much longer. Isn't it funny, Frank? 70 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,760 Just when you're beginning to hate the guy, he crosses you up by saying something sweet and 71 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,720 kind. Roberts, you'll be doing your announcing from Peoria next year. Well, Miss Steinsall of 72 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,880 Spring Lake wants you to answer her question no matter how you do it. Okay, what's the question? 73 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:02,480 The young lady wants to know which is the fastest, a horse, a camel or an ostrich. Okay, that's all 74 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,960 for the day. Pack your bags, boys, and we'll ride home in my dog's lap. You mean you're going away 75 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:13,360 mad, Leo? Look, my business is baseball. It's a tough job. It takes up most of my day. Yeah? So I 76 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,520 haven't got time to run around clocking the speed of camels and ostriches. But you do know something 77 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:22,320 about the speed of horses. The speed of the horses I know about shouldn't happen to a dog. Well, 78 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:27,440 anyway, here's the information we've dug up for you, Miss Steinsall. If the distance is under a 79 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:33,040 mile, take the ostrich. If it's between one and 10 miles, take the horse. And if it's over 10 miles 80 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:37,520 and you want to get to where you're going in a hurry, then thumb a ride on any passing camel. 81 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,280 Incidentally, $5 richer with the chimney sweep check we're sending you for your question. 82 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:47,520 And now Mr. Walter Drum of New York City asks, is it true that farlap raced in the money more 83 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:52,080 often than any other of the famous Australian race horses? No, it's not true. There was another 84 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,720 famous Australian horse called Glooming who had it all over farlap like a tent. Well, farlap was 85 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:03,040 pretty good, Leo, before he died in 1932. He won 37 races out of 51 starts. Yes, but this Glooming 86 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:08,720 was the real Australian money horse. Glooming went to the post 67 times. He was out of the money 87 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:14,240 once. He came in second nine times and stuck his nose over the wire ahead of the pack 57 times. 88 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:18,480 And that's what they call a red hot tip. Here's a funny one, Leo, but maybe you know the answer. 89 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,040 Well, if I don't, I promise you I'll at least make up a good story about it. Mr. Joe Lowell 90 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:28,000 of Brooklyn wants to know what famous ball player caught a I can even finish that question. A 91 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,800 baseball drop from the Washington Monument. It was Gabby Street of Washington. Are you all through 92 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,600 completely? What's the next question? Well, we'll start over again. Mr. Lowell of Brooklyn wants to 93 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:43,200 know what famous ball player caught a grapefruit tossed from an airplane. Oh, that one. Well, 94 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,600 first of all, the grapefruit was never really caught. But here's how the story goes. When 95 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,480 old Robbie, who did a great job managing the dodges for a long, long time was in spring training 96 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,640 camp one year, he made a bet with some of the men that he could catch a baseball drop from an 97 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,720 airplane flying at 400 feet. Boy, if I'd ever hit him on the head, it would have killed him. A lot 98 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:05,360 of the boys pointed that out to him, but Robbie was determined. So? So Frank Kelly, the trainer, 99 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,680 climbed into a plane and flew over the beach at the required height and let his missile go. 100 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,720 You mean a baseball? It should have been a baseball. But Kelly did a last minute switch and dropped a 101 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:19,760 grapefruit instead. Robbie saw a speck leave the plane and come whizzing down at him. He stood directly 102 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,480 under it with his feet well braced in the sand. Wham! came the grapefruit and smacked through his 103 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:29,440 hands. It banged against his chest, knocking him to his knees and drenched his face with juice. 104 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:34,240 Robbie was scared to death and shouted like a madman. I'm killed. I'm blind. It broke open my 105 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:39,920 chest. I'm covered with blood. Help me. Help me. And then came the roar of the crowd. I'll say the 106 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:44,160 speck kid has nearly killed themselves laughing. And what did poor Robbie do? Well, he was so scared 107 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:48,880 he forgot to be mad for quite some time. When he finally realized the gag that had been played on him, 108 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:53,280 he made life torture for the team all week. And after years, Robbie used to tell the story on 109 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,840 himself and laugh as loud as the next one. But when that grapefruit hit him on the chest, 110 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,840 he really thought he was a goner. And there you are, Mr. Lowell. That's the complete story on the 111 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:06,800 record for catching grapefruit thrown from airplanes. And five dollars to you for sending it in. Here's 112 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:10,240 one from a gent who's trying to put us on the spot, I think. And what's so different about him and 113 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,400 the other listeners? Meaning they're all trying to put you on the spot, Leo? Anyway, the question is 114 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,200 for Mr. Collins of Pittsburgh. He'd like you to name the four best forward pass combinations in 115 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,360 college football for all time. Here's a guy with big ideas. Well, do you want to stick your neck out 116 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:29,200 again? Here you are, Mr. Collins. Catch these. Doreus to Rockney, Notre Dame. Freedmen to Oosterbound, 117 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:34,400 Michigan. Howl to Hudson, Alabama. And Frank to Kelly Yale. Yes. And if you'd like another pair 118 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,880 to conjure with, Mr. Collins, you might add Hellitus Glidaney of your own home city college in 119 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,960 Pittsburgh. Boy, that ought to bring in the screams. In football, every fan does his own 120 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:47,280 experting and there are an awful lot of forward pass teams you left out, Leo. They just asked for 121 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:52,000 my opinion, Ken. That's what I'm giving him. And in tomorrow morning's man, you can bet you'll hear 122 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,920 from a lot of people who have opinions of their own. And now we come to the most interesting 123 00:09:55,920 --> 00:10:01,040 question of the first show. Who do you think, Leo, is the better ball player? Stan Musial or Ted 124 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,480 Williams? Well, just before you come up with the answer to that one, Leo, I have the most interesting 125 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:09,520 fact about chimney sweep. Ladies, it's hard work to get soot off your drapes, curtains, and slip covers. 126 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:14,080 So take the easy way. Get rid of soot right at the source, right in your heating plant, 127 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:19,040 with chimney sweep soot destroyer. Yes, chimney sweep is the quick, work saving, almost miraculous 128 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:23,760 way to clean out soot from furnaces, flues, fireplaces, and chimneys. 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And now 136 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,480 back to the most interesting question of the week. And now Leo about that question. It's from 137 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:10,720 Kathleen Ford of Louisville, Kentucky. I remember Frank, the lady wants to know who I consider 138 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:15,280 the better ball player, Stan Muziel or Ted Williams, right? That's it Leo, give. Well, 139 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,440 they're two different type ball players. Ted Williams is a great hitter with tremendous home run 140 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,840 power and has a fine throwing arm and his running speed is above average. I personally 141 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:28,480 haven't seen too much of Williams in actual play, but from what I have seen, I don't consider him 142 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:33,120 a great fielder. That's Williams Leo. Now how about Muziel? Although Muziel does not have Williams 143 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:38,320 home run power, I consider him a better hitter and way above Williams in running speed. Although his 144 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,880 arm is not on a par with Williams, he is a much better fielder. Say, what about this defensive 145 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:47,200 infield shift that Cleveland originated against Williams and that the cards adopted in the series? 146 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:51,520 I'm glad that point came up because that illustrates why Muziel is the better hitter. 147 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:56,720 No team would dare shift its infield in that manner for Muziel because he hits to all field. So in 148 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:01,920 my book, I'll take Muziel over Williams. Then if Mr. Rickey gave you your choice of any ball player, 149 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:07,440 you'd take Stan Muziel. I never said that. I said I'd take Muziel over Williams. But if I have my 150 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:13,200 choice of any ball player, I'd take Joe DiMaggio despite his bad season. I think Joe DiMaggio is 151 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:18,960 the greatest all-around ball player I've seen in the last 10 years. Next question. First, $50 to 152 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,920 Kathleen Ford. And that's all for today, Leo. I want a few seconds to tell the fans how to send 153 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:28,960 in their questions. You know, folks, this is your sports question box. You send in the questions, 154 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:34,720 any question on any sport or any card game. For every question used on any program, we'll mail 155 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:40,480 the sender $5. But that's not all. If your question is judged most interesting of the week, we'll mail 156 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:46,000 you a check for $50. Just write your question on a plain piece of paper and be sure to include your 157 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:52,480 name and address. Mail to Leo DeRosier, American Broadcasting Company, New York City, 20, New York. 158 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:57,840 This is Leo DeRosier saying, see you next week, same time, same station, when I'll be back for 159 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:03,280 chimney sweep with more answers to your sports question box. Meantime, remember, don't do any 160 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:08,560 knocking. Let opportunity do it. Friends, don't let soot in your heating plants, daught a chimney 161 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:14,720 fire. Don't let soot clog your furnace flues and perhaps cause a dangerous cold gas explosion. 162 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:20,480 Don't let soot steal heat too and dirty up your home. Get chimney sweep soot destroyer tomorrow 163 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:26,080 from any hardware department or chain store and start using it right away. 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