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GEORGIA BULLETIN
THURSDAY. MAY 23, 1963
IN BASEBALL
Catholic Profiles
BY RONDEL
1961 was the year of the home-run. It marked the 34th anniver-
i ry of Babe Ruth* a legendary 60th homer,
Marty prominent baseball sluggers had attempted in vain to scale
the pinnacle established by Ruth and join him on the summit and
»l! had failed,
But in *61, a brash young outfielder stared coldly into the eyes
of Boston righthander Tracy Stailard, watched the bail wing its
way to the plate on a 2-1 pitch and with his picturesque southpaw
swing, muscled the ball into the right field stands for his 61st
home-run.
As you have guessed by now,
this man was Roger Maris,
28 year old outfielder of the
New York Yankees. With his
record shattering circuit clout
Maris became the first man
in either league to hit better
than 60 homers in a single
season.
No matter how long Roger
Maris plays, the question re
mains; Does his grand total put him on a pedastal equal to that
of the Babe’s?
Always a great fielder Maris was tabbed for stardom as an
Indian rookie *57. He had trouble breaking into the Tribe's star-
studded outfield that year and was traded to the Kansas City
Athletics and was enjoying a great season in’59 until he was side
lined with appendicitis.
UNLIKE most ballplayers, Maris was hesitant about accepting
his trade to the Yankee*. He protested, sayingthat his family was
situated in Kansas City and the Yanks would have to pay him quite
a bit more than the A’s had been in order for him to come to New
York.
His trade to the Yankees proved to be the best investment in
the past ten years for both parties. The Yankees won a pair of
pennants and Maris, in addition to taking advantage of the extend
ed schedule and inviting NY rightfleld fence, copped a pair of
Most Valuable Player awards.
Marls' presence in the Yankee lineup solidified the champions
outfield. He was another in a fine line of Yanlee outfielders and
power hitters.
THE pressure of the '61 home run chase was of Interest to
people of all walks of life In all countries. Maris and Mantle's
assault on Ruth's 'inconquerable' record made national headlines
and front page news.
The personable, shy, Maris was not prepared to accept all the
publicity accorded him. The pressure became almost too much
and his all-around play suffered. He was beselged by a autograph
hunters and endorsement agents at every turn. He was the subject
of daily dialogue interviews in the press and soon shut himself
off from almost all reporters and members of the media.
Pressure continued to mount as he approached the magic mark.
Soon he began to lose tufts of hair, his eyes became quiet, and
hi answers, even to his teammate showed irritation. He was
even beseiged by autograph hunters in and around his parish
church.
THROUGH it all Rog was reasonable but he could not wait for
the season to end. He wanted a day off but he knew, in all fairness
to the fans and himself he could not take one.
The fans were paying to see him and him alone, now that the
pennant was clinched. As for himself, he knew that he, in all
probability, would never be this close to the record again. He had
to go on, keep swinging, keep hustling, keep smiling, keep playing.
The pressure was evident as Marls tailed off In homer pro
duction. He did not hit his 61st until the final day of the 162 game
1961 campaign. He had accumulated 59 after 154 games.
BASEBALL commissioner Ford Frtck ruled that Marls’ feat,
must be classified separately because of the extra eight games.
The ruling csused a lot at controvsrsy and somewhat tainted
Maris’ claim to the title of 'King at Swat,'
Yet who’s to say whether or not Ruth would have hit any homers
during those eight gams*. Even the best ballplayers experience
flumps and Ruth was not infallible.
Maris' final clout was very dramatic. It came In his second
o last time at bat and proved to be the only run of the game as
the Yanks dumped Boston 1-0.
OFF the field Maris Is an easygoing gentleman, and father of
four. He and his family now make their home In New York, and In
Maris' own words, he Is a father first and a ballplayer second.
ROGER
MARIS
Yes, the shy, quiet kid from Fargo, North Dakota has come a long
way since that first summer back in '57.
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CAMPFIRE Girls and Bluebird groups attended the annual campfire award day held at St. Thomas More Church, Decatur,
Monday. The picture shows the assembly after the 8; 15 mass.
DECATUR CELEBRATION
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The annual Camp Fire A-
warda Day was held Monday at
St. Thomas More Church. All
of the Junior High, Camp Fire
and Blue Bird Groups attended
8:15 Mass in a body. The Mass
was celebrated by Msgr. P.J.
O'Connor, pastor, who ex
pressed his appreciation to the
leaders and guardians for the
time and effort spent in carry
ing out this program In the
school.
The coveted Marian Award,
a religious award which maybe
earned by girls who have com
pleted the rank of Fire Mak
ers, was received this year by
the following: Susan Beckham,
Therese Disney, Mary Louise
Ewing, Cathy Gadd, Betty
Lunch, Anna Marie Shoemak
er and Natalia Schoeck. Mrs.
Edward D. Disney is the guard
ian of this group.
UNDER the guidance of Mrs.
R. L. Shoemaker the following
girls received Wood Gatherer’s
Certificates: Martha Barton,
Carolyn Finney, Mary Helen La
Bonte, Dorothy Lynch, Patti
Meador, Laura Shoemaker,
Sandra Staley.
Wood Gatherer's Certifi
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fit -NC -
A coffin'* strange, 400-year
odyssey from Spain to Florida
ii attracting new interest as
St, Augustine prepares to cele
brate its 400th anniversary in
1965.
The coffin l* that of Don
Pdero Menebdez de Aviles,
folnder of St. Augustine.
It is preserved today at the
old Spanish mission of Nom-
bre de Dios, which stands on
the site where Menendez and his
pioneers first came ashore on
September 8, 1565.
OMAHA, Neb. -(NC)—The and, especially in the section on
English translation of His Holl- the need for a world authority,
ness Pops John XXIII’s recent by repeated refusal to give
encyclical, Pacem in Terris, Is proper weight to the word* of
so inaccurate that it should be the original text,"
withdrawn, the director of Cre
ighton University's center for FATHER Conway cited am ls-
peace research said. translation which "seriously
distorts Pope John's position
Father Edward A. Conway, on a question of utmost dell—
S. J., said he found "no fewer cacy, nuclear testing."
than 40 faulty renditions of the
original Latin" in 28 para- "The English text reads:
graphs, 14 devoted to dlsarma- .. .it is to be feared that the
ment and 14 devoted to inter- mere continuance of nuclear
national organization. tests, undertaken with war In
mind, will have fatal conse-
"THESE paragraphs," said quences for life on earth.' This
Father Conway, "comprise only Is a literal translation of the
a tenth of the encyclical, but Italian," he said,
they treat the two topics on
which the present Pope's posi- "The original Latin, how-
tlon has been long and eagerly ever, literally translated,
awaited. states that 'It Is to be feared
that the very testing of atomic
"Few of the inaccuracies are weapons, undertaken for the
actually mistranslations," Fa- sake of war, may seriously
ther Conway conceded, "but endanger various kinds of life
several seriously misrepre- on earth.' Obviously, there is
sent the mind of the Pope as a vast difference between say-
expressed in the Latin of the ing that tests will do some-
official text." thing, as the English has it,
and that they may do some-
"The English version isvitl- thing, as the Latin states. And,
ated," Father Conway con- w hat is more important, there
tlnued, "not only by mistrans- l® a vast difference between
iations, but by omissions of asserting flatly that tests will
Ideas, by additions of others, have fatal consequences to life
on earth, and saying that they In 1924 the governing authori-
may endanger (or jeopardize) ties of Aviles celebrated the
various kinds of life on earth." 400th anniversary of the birth
ON TRANSLATION
Contends Criticism
Will Only Mislead
WASHINGTON (NC)—Critl- "has performed a useful aer-
cism by Father Edward A. Con- vic « in calling attention to cer-
way, S. J., about alleged Inac- t*ln Inaccuracies in the Eng-
curacles in the English trans- translation" of the ency-
latlon of His Holiness Pope cllcal,
John XXIII s Pacem in Terris "One hardly knows what to
encyclical could be interpreted $hwt Father Conway's al
as stating the Vatican transla- legation that some of the mis
ters "were guilty of deliberate- take8 whlch he has det ected in
ly tampering with the docu- English translation of the
ment, a National Catholic Wei- encyclical not only mistrans-
fare Conference official said late ^ Latin text actually
here - distort or misrepresent Its
meaning," Msgr. Higgins said.
"I doubt that Father Con
way would want an interpre- "This allegation might be
tatlon to be put on his criti- Interpreted to mean that, in
cism of the English transla- Father Conway’s opinion, those
tion," said Msgr. George G. people In Rome who supervised
Higgins, director of the NCWC the English translation of the
Social Action Department. encyclical were guilty of deli
berately tampering with thedo-
THE MONSIGNOR said Fa- current. I doubt that Father Con-
ther Conway, an expert In the way would want such an inter-
lntematlonal relations field, pretatlon put on his criticism
of Menendez, They transferred
his remains from the old Church
of San Nicolas to a new urn in
the new parish church,
AT THE transferral rites on
August 9, 1924, the original
coffin was presented to repre
sentatives of the City of St.
Augustine,
The coffin arrived here In
February, 1925, and excited
great civic interest. But no
decision could be reached on
what to do with it. From 1925
to 1929 it was exhibited oc
casionally. In 1929 it was re
stored, then put away to gather
Academy
Students
Merit Awards
Several D’Youville Academy
students have merited official
recognition for achievement in
the field of languages and
science.
Michael* Ruppert, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Max I. Ruppert
of 2021 Fairway Circle, N.E.
attained third place in the re
gional division of the nationwide
examination In French third
year students sponsored by the
American Association of Teac
hers of French.
Florence Farnsworth, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
G. Farnsworth of 176 Bolling
Rd., N.E., has been awarded
a Regional Award Certificate
and silver Plaque for a math
ematics project submitted In the
Ford-Future Scientists of Am
erica program sponsored by the
National Science Teachers
Association. In the same pro
gram, Anne Young, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Young
of 140 Lakevlew Avenue, N.
E. and Ann Marie Bradley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert 0. Bradley of 308 W. Park-
wood Rd., Decatur, each rece
ived Honorable Mention Certi
ficates.
dust in a storeroom of the city
building,
In 1938 Msgr James J.Nunan,
chancellor of the St, Augustine
diocese, suggested that the
coffin be placed in the Mission
of Nombre de Dios, "No more
fitting place could be chosen,"
he said.
But Msgr. Nunan died before
he could pursue the project fur
ther and the coffin remained
in its storeroom.
IN 1940 novelist James
Branch Cabell, then doing re
search on Menedez, discovered
the coffin in what he later
called a "junk room."
Cabell appalled at this treat
ment of a historical and artis
tic treasure, started a cam
paign to have the coffin moved
to a more fitting spot.
Responding to this effort, the
City Commission on July 29,
1940, voted to give custody of
the coffin to the mission.
Today the coffin of St. Au
gustine’s founder rests in peace
in the mission chapel, where it
was placed 23 years ago. It is
seen annually by an estimated
100,000 visitors.
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English Encyclical Text
Has Faulty Translation
Its story begins with the death
of Menendez In 1574 at Santan
der, Spain, where the celebrated
warrior had been gathering an
armada of 300 ships and 20,
000 men to sail against England.
Transferred In 1591 to Men-
endez's native parish of San
Nicolas in Aviles, the coffin
remained there without incident
for the next 333 years.
PICTURE shows the First Communion Class of Sacred Heart Church, Griffin, which recently made
its First Reception of the Holy Eucharist.
IN THE last four centuries
the coffin has often been the
center of pomp and ceremony.
It has also known long periods
of neglect.