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August 01, 1955

Pat On The Back

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PAUL DIETZEL
Though his big job is building a winning football team at victory-starved Louisiana State , Head Coach Paul Dietzel finds time to help kids of pre-high school age in Baton Rouge play better football. Dietzel , a former line coach at Cincinnati , Kentucky and Army, and his staff conducted a clinic for 198 youngsters, lectured them on the principles of the game and instructed them in fundamentals afterward.

BILLY MARTIN
Corporal Billy Martin , former New York Yankee second baseman and 1953 World Series hero, is sticking close to baseball in every spare moment away from Army duties at Camp Carson, Colo. Billy, who returns to the Yankees next spring, coaches two Little League groups on the post three or four times a week, plays second, short, right field and even pitches for Camp Carson's team. His batting average: .700.

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