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Oshawa Times (1958-), 9 May 1963, p. 23

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Jim Brosnan Presents Real Psychology Study PITTSBURGH (AP) -- One do both. They are two separate ganny afternoon he charges an-/facets." grily off the pitching mound, wi and shouting profane invectives about an umpire's calls on his pitches. the night ever, he peacefuly and thought-/tion was out of character, the fully watched Sundays and Cy-|father of three said: bele, an artful French movie de- pict: of a M-year-old former pi-|pire Doug Cwicuermes (G ble fellow who would be as/thrown." much at home listening to the Pittsburgh at staid Syria Mosque as he is playing before thousands of'self. rms|National League veteran had a sre tanta 1pviet simple explanation for his bitter outburst in a recent televised game against the Pirates. Re- before, how-|jecting any notion that his ac-jhas puigeant seston aly coer tee. pistes He (ase the ant relation-|balls over plate. He (um- me Harvey) missed the/a baseball tale, wi traded him. In fact, Brosnan is|fer them to playing basebal. so serious about his writing that he plans to retire from baseballition," he said. after the 1964 season and earnjgame is active. I prefer doing pitch; he blew it. It was as per- This is Jim Brosnan, an affa-|fect a pitch as I've ever But even while he was em- Symphony Orchestra|broiled in the dispute, Brosnan was in complete control of him- "I was looking at Pennant Race. He was worki his living as an author. ing it, " m explained " t's as if specta ine - yeariI wasn't inv: . The bespectacled rie heda|_ At the same time he bas be-\nan is quick to dispel the idea come known as one of the ma-|that he is an intelectual. jors' best relief pitchers, the six- footfour, 214 - pound Brosnan written two best-sel books on his baseball experi- ences, The Long Season and/he's not." on a novel, Cincinnati] good Lest his extra-curricular cul- tural activities--such as reading'my work, It's good exercise." PO a ON yeu ye eee a reo ee TVR Tea THOTT OF EHH Oe 'SPORTS IN BRIEF elf do-|Lady Chatterly's Lover in the int a misleading por- trait, the tobacco-chewing Bros- "I'm not an intellectual," he said. "I don't know ae ball players who are. I know just one intellectual, and he says Brosnan also pointed out that although he enjoys concerts and "That's a passive occupa-' "Playing in a someth-ng that is active." "I like to play baseball. I like INGO QUITS STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Inge- mar Johansson, former world heavyweight boxing champion, says he's fed up with glory and through with boxing. The 29-year-old Swede, who knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1959 to win the heavyweight ti- tle, announced his retirement Wednesday. "T have thought it over and he|there's nothing left that incites me to go on boxing," he told a newspaper, "I like boxing, but I don't have to do it for money any. more and I am fed up with|*" glory. Johansson's last fight was art movies, he doesn't pre-jagainst Britain's Brian London April 21 in Stockholm. Ingemar won a narrow decision in the 12-round non-title bout but was knocked down in the final sec- onds and saved by the bell. Afterward, the Swedish Box- ing Association barred him from European rings for a month until his physical condi- tion could be thoroughly exam- ined and approved, RUNNELS HAS TROUBLES CINCINNATI (AP) -- Pete Runnels, the.1961-1962 American League batting champion, says National League pitchers are tough, Runnels' batting average dropped to 184 Tuesday night! as he struck out while pinch- TO PLAY RUSSIANS RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)--The , os THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, May 9, 1968 23 United States will play Mexico in the first round of the world basketball tournament and was put in a group with Italy and|7 Argentina in the drawings held Tuesday night, Other first round| 7 firings include Uruguay vs.|7 rance and the Soviet Union vs, Canada's Lethbridge Na- tionals. hitting for Houston Colts as the ea defeated Cincinnati Reds, - It was the 13th time Runnels has struck out as a National Leaguer after being obtained in a winter trade that sent Roman Mejias to Boston Red Sox. 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