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w rK 4 wry i 1 f A I k i iq- iq i i i 1 tt IT i I t ti t r w hj t i Donald Doi aid Cookie Whitesides Team Becomes Family Affair By Rh Sports Writer Just Jut lie bov bo v many Whitesides Wl do yon have o on em t this tbs team The answer is four and that is the most commonly asked question when the Columbia American Legion team gives a visiting announcer its lineup Usually the fans' fans eyes increase in size sloe proportionately to the number of Whitesides By the games game's cor conclusion most observers ers are content with withA A A. B. B and nd G. G Those Thane are the visible ones meso Coaching Coad ng at first base is Donald Cookie Whitesides father of third baseman Bruce Broce and outfielder Gary Garv Cousin Alan oc oc- occupies second base Cookies Cookie's youngest son Stevie is time part batboy and occupies a seat in the dugout on special occasions Mrs Am Ann Whitesides keeps the he pack together and for eight years yeas ever since Bruce was in the fourth grade has been planning ng home life around baseball aU an we know in the summer HAVING HAYING SONS on the same team isn't new to them I coached Little League League and and both the boys oos on the t e same team team team- op Up until this year said Wd Cookie I dont don't have any trouble with the other guys ribbing me about coaching the boys That might be because though he wont won't admit it hes he's tougher on his own two than on the other seven No I try not to treat them any different from the rest If one of em hits a home run I l shake his hand band but if Im I'm on first fast base theres there's no big tion year Fifteen Gary has other opinions When asked about a game in which he was holding bolding down the unfamiliar position of left he be loot lent a couple of balls in the sparse grass and Cookie promptly p sent sentina in a replacement Im not sure hed he'd have hwe done it to any otter odor guy gay He lie just wants us to be better than the too rest UCES UCE'S FIFTH home bime run of the season Sunday capped the years eight years of toughness without w bout a handshake banci bake This fall he will report to John F. F Kennedy University in Omaha Nebraska to play baseball on m a scholarship I dont don't know much about the scholarship cr or school and it depends on my next couple of f years on m Legion ball ban but maybe Bruce and Ill I'll play on m the same team again Gary speculated How Haw did hd Cookie Coolie move into Legion after Little League I just asked aed coach Ken Ash if tf he le needed any help and he said yes so soI soI I 1 help with things hitting dropping shoulders and shuf- shuf snuffing shuffling fing fling feet Just if the guys gUS ask though Among the players seeking out Cookie is Ken Baxter The pitcher in Columbia's lineup Baxter took some voluntary w tary instruction from Cookie earlier in the year and his hutting hitting barrage has startled more than a few opposing pitchers HIS SONS arent aren't the only ones who notice Cookies Cookie's gruffness I Someone in the stands at Mexico Maico after Bruce belted a homer yelled indignantly Cookie Coolie you just go out there and shake that boys boy's hand band With two older brothers preceding him Stevie at age five may someday worry about playing in the shadows but right now his biggest worry weary is m the the stands private game he carries on as with outfielder Bruce Wrens Wren's little brother Their antics often drag Mrs Whitesides away from the real contest to discipline and cad instruct some herself For a year old old he be has aU an the earmarks of a mean slugger a quick eye fast reflexes AD of which he may have learned from his bis dad his brothers or may be his cousin R i s w sr Stevie Whitesides Missourian Photos by Jim Sheehan s y IJ i I Ii i rz Bruce Gary Whitesides I r Alan Whitesides
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1973-08-01 |
| Description | 65th Year, No. 270 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1973-08-01 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1973-08-01 Team Becomes 'Family Affair' |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1973-08-01 |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| Item.Transcript | w rK 4 wry i 1 f A I k i iq- iq i i i 1 tt IT i I t ti t r w hj t i Donald Doi aid Cookie Whitesides Team Becomes Family Affair By Rh Sports Writer Just Jut lie bov bo v many Whitesides Wl do yon have o on em t this tbs team The answer is four and that is the most commonly asked question when the Columbia American Legion team gives a visiting announcer its lineup Usually the fans' fans eyes increase in size sloe proportionately to the number of Whitesides By the games game's cor conclusion most observers ers are content with withA A A. B. B and nd G. G Those Thane are the visible ones meso Coaching Coad ng at first base is Donald Cookie Whitesides father of third baseman Bruce Broce and outfielder Gary Garv Cousin Alan oc oc- occupies second base Cookies Cookie's youngest son Stevie is time part batboy and occupies a seat in the dugout on special occasions Mrs Am Ann Whitesides keeps the he pack together and for eight years yeas ever since Bruce was in the fourth grade has been planning ng home life around baseball aU an we know in the summer HAVING HAYING SONS on the same team isn't new to them I coached Little League League and and both the boys oos on the t e same team team team- op Up until this year said Wd Cookie I dont don't have any trouble with the other guys ribbing me about coaching the boys That might be because though he wont won't admit it hes he's tougher on his own two than on the other seven No I try not to treat them any different from the rest If one of em hits a home run I l shake his hand band but if Im I'm on first fast base theres there's no big tion year Fifteen Gary has other opinions When asked about a game in which he was holding bolding down the unfamiliar position of left he be loot lent a couple of balls in the sparse grass and Cookie promptly p sent sentina in a replacement Im not sure hed he'd have hwe done it to any otter odor guy gay He lie just wants us to be better than the too rest UCES UCE'S FIFTH home bime run of the season Sunday capped the years eight years of toughness without w bout a handshake banci bake This fall he will report to John F. F Kennedy University in Omaha Nebraska to play baseball on m a scholarship I dont don't know much about the scholarship cr or school and it depends on my next couple of f years on m Legion ball ban but maybe Bruce and Ill I'll play on m the same team again Gary speculated How Haw did hd Cookie Coolie move into Legion after Little League I just asked aed coach Ken Ash if tf he le needed any help and he said yes so soI soI I 1 help with things hitting dropping shoulders and shuf- shuf snuffing shuffling fing fling feet Just if the guys gUS ask though Among the players seeking out Cookie is Ken Baxter The pitcher in Columbia's lineup Baxter took some voluntary w tary instruction from Cookie earlier in the year and his hutting hitting barrage has startled more than a few opposing pitchers HIS SONS arent aren't the only ones who notice Cookies Cookie's gruffness I Someone in the stands at Mexico Maico after Bruce belted a homer yelled indignantly Cookie Coolie you just go out there and shake that boys boy's hand band With two older brothers preceding him Stevie at age five may someday worry about playing in the shadows but right now his biggest worry weary is m the the stands private game he carries on as with outfielder Bruce Wrens Wren's little brother Their antics often drag Mrs Whitesides away from the real contest to discipline and cad instruct some herself For a year old old he be has aU an the earmarks of a mean slugger a quick eye fast reflexes AD of which he may have learned from his bis dad his brothers or may be his cousin R i s w sr Stevie Whitesides Missourian Photos by Jim Sheehan s y IJ i I Ii i rz Bruce Gary Whitesides I r Alan Whitesides |
