Maryland House Speaker Casper Taylor says he'd never attempt to lure the Pittsburgh Steelers from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., to a training camp in Frostburg because it wouldn't be morally right. ... Babe Ruth, always equal to the occasion, made his last home run a momentous one - the first ball to clear the right-field roof at Forbes Field, a shot measured at 600 feet. ... The National Golf Foundation says the average male golfer shoots 97 for 18 holes and the average female 114. ... How could the Orioles trade six established players and not get what they needed most - a quality relief pitcher? ... Virginia Fowble, who was Sheriff's assistant manager during all those successful sandlot years, is recovering from a stroke at Bonnie Blink. ... No two cities are more alike in character and ethnic qualities than St. Louis and Baltimore; they even have ground rents.
Teixeira on line in O's last-place battle
From late May until mid-October, prime time anywhere else, is when Augusta National Golf Club shuts down the course for all play. ... Among the best Baltimore sports bargains: the Colts signing John Unitas for a $7,000 no bonus, no guaranteed contract, and the Orioles buying Jim Gentile for $25,000 with the right to return. ... Wild Bill Hagy makes the observation the two best pitching motions, approaching art form, belonged to Jim Palmer among right-handers and Warren Spahn from the left side, and how can anyone disagree? ... Ravens backup quarterback Trent Dilfer can throw the ball deep, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their close-to-the-vest offense never let him. ... You're getting to be a "young old-timer" if you remember Eleanor Gehrig, Lou's wife, writing a song, (not exactly a hit) that carried the title, "I Can't Get To First Base With You."
