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56 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Thursday, June 27. 1971 Our Man A Wag The Tale Of The Tiger Makes apparently still has it '-had for Bergey. Paul Brown reportedly smiled upon hearing Benzoo II had a terrible crush on Bergey, but then he found out the expression his family, but a week ago today Kesari had his four children, three of them eggshell white with black-brown stripes. When they open their optimistic, he will grow to be bigger than his orange brother by 100 pounds perhaps. And ordinary Bengals go 300 pounds.

As to Benzoo II, she fPTm 4 AX was not meant literally L'JAfJTE: BY CINCINNATI The Maharaja mated his prize, whom he called Mohan, to a normal, yellow-orange tigress, resulting in yellow-orange cubs. Next, Mohan romanced the daughters of the litter, and there were white offspring. In 1961, Dr. Theodore Reed of the National Zoo In Washington, D.C., flew to the Rewa palace with $10,000 in travelers checks to buy one of the treasures, named Mohlni, "the Enchantress." There were several snags. Being no fool, the Maharaja Insisted upon being paid in rupees.

Although the amounts are the same, rupees sounded better than $10,000. It was arranged, but then coercing the Enchantress back into a cage was a problem. His Majesty had given the pets the run of the harem courtyard as '( eyes, they will be steely blue. Two of the white ones, the sex of whom are undetermined, are yet with the mother, who ignored the orange and white brothers who have adjoining incubators in the room the publicity man finally pointed out. With the only condition being that he wash his hands, a man was permitted Wednesday to pick up the fuzzy white animal, which has gained a pound and four-and-a-half ounces to weigh four pounds, six-and-a-half.

The strength of the creature is remarkable If he survives, and the experts are For telling new Chevrolet'! and titra clean O.K. used can at Glenway Chevrolet. Don ha been a framportation eipert for over (0 A resident of fha Western Hill Area; Don invites all his friends to stop by if you have any transportation or service problems, He'll be glad to see you! TION began at the Washington zoo, and tigers in residence were forced to find temporary lodging elsewhere, three yellow-orange ones being sent by Dr. Reed to Cinclnnatl.They were Ramana, Kesari and Benzoo II. Ramana and Kesari fell in love with each other and Benzoo II mascot to the Cincinnati football team, fell in love with Bill Bergey.

Ramana unhappily died of a kidney malady that ran in r. 1 i TO GET TO where the hlte kitten was being kept h.nd carefully watched Wednesday, one was requested to follow the zoo publicity man through the dim, smelly corridor back of jjthe gorilla residences, and "riot to get too close to Ma-JiarL Maharl Is, as they say, Expecting. But this was not -the reason for the warning. OThere Is a bar missing In ithe back door of Maharl's Opage. If anyone should pass Hoo near to Maharl, he Is triable to be mistaken for putty.

King Tut Is a far more agreeable gorilla with an Hnfinltely more reliable Stioor. The publicity man retook out a roll of mints from his pocket and peeled one bf for King Tut and one for MTut's wife, Penelope, a for-Qner personal acquaintance Nf Dr. Albert Schweitzer. vThe publicity man claims I Tenelope has bedroom eyes. jHe is obviously biased, because he then called Pene- lope's husband "handsome es gorillas when actually the King is no better-Mooking than most newspaper deskmen.

After the publicity man the royal couple made over each other some more, Jthe publicity man resumed Showing the way to the tiger piursery. DON ARMOR GLENWAY CHEVROLET 4225 Glenway Ave. 251-5555 in what members of the harem did when they dis covered it) and his shikaris (huntsmen) had to coax the cat into a shipping crate -AP Wlraphoto Sears Sale! Advisory Staff Club Set with an with meat and imagination when this was accom A Little Brotherly Love normal orange-colored tiger, left, gives lick to rare white Bengal, right. plished, the government of India decided suddenly not to allow the ghost tiger out of the country. With the Enlarged "Sweet Spot" assistance of U.S.

ambassa dor Ellsworth Bunker, Dr THE MAHARAJA OF Rewa, who in photographs looks like David Nlven, captured In 1951 a white tiger in the forests north and to the west of Calcutta in India. It was the only one of nine sighted throughout history taken alive, and was the great grandfather of the newborn cubs in Cincinnati's zoo. Reed talked his and Mohl nl's way out of India. RECENTLY, RENOVA Doug Ford and Shirley Englehorn Top pro money winners and members of Sears Sports Advisory Staff, their proven expertise gives Sears golf equipment the professional touch! Baseball's Special Language A Lesson In Nicknames mwmtw lyitiMWIBIWWMIIIuaii Advisory Staff Solid State Golf Balls 9 199 0 lor SAVE $35.62 HOUSTON The Hawk lya.s really bringing it as he ssaved the game for The Blade; a game that was won by. the Big Dog's long tater.

Uh? What's he talking about? 5 That mystifying, unintelligible paragraph is "base-iiall the words and i'Jphrases one might hear if ie sat in the dugout of the Cincinnati Reds one night. Baseball language is very different from the mother ttongue. It is spiced with Colorful phrases and nlck- names. It is as much a part -Of the game as the stolen ifease and the home run. Take the above phrase.

The Hawk is relief pitcher vflay Carroll. The Blade is tfom Hall. To bring it is to Last Day Saturday Regular $224.50 named George has been Yaht sy. I had an uncle George I mi throw extremely hard. And the long 'later was a home run by Tony Perez, the Big Dog.

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Size, for example. A 6-foot-5 guy may be called Tiny. A 240-pounder becomes slim. It may be based on a physical feature. It may be complimentary or It may be cutting.

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Includes 1, 3, 4 woods, 2-9 irons. 88 188 i Use Sears Easy Payment Plan and his imitation of a hawk is a classic. TOM HALL'S NICKNAME of Blade refers to his build, so thin that turned sideways he resembles the sharpened edge of a knife. And there are others. Cesar Geronimo Just naturally becomes Chief.

Pete Rose is Charlie Hustle, one of the more famous names In the game. Darrel Chaney is another whose facial resemblence brought on his nicknames. To his teammates he is Norton. He Is named after Ed Norton, the sewer cleaner portrayed by Art Carney on the old Jackie Gleason show. So much does Chaney look like Carney that he somehow avoided being dubbed Lon, as nearly every Chaney in the world is.

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They thought I had eight arms," says Nelson. NAMES, THOUGH, aren't the only things that get changed in baseball. The league itself gets worked over. A fast ball Is heat and when a pitcher is throwing hard he's bringing heat to the plate. Throwing aspirin tablets is as out as twenty-three skldoo.

A curve is a hammer and a screwball Is a screwgie. A singles hitter is a drawn from a punch and judy hitter. A bloop hit is a flair, no longer a Texas Leaguer or can of corn. On the other hand a line drive is a rope and to hang out a rope is to hit a line drive. A batter doesn't swing.

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One look at Clay Carroll tells why he is and has' been since his first year in professional baseball "The Hawk." One look at that face, with the beak-like nose, and you know that this man had to be called "Hawk." "When they gave me that name I was skinny and looked even more like a hawk than I do now," recalls Carroll. "I like the name. Oh, at first I didn't but I got used to It." Carroll thrives on the nickname. At his locker there are pictures and wood carvings of the bird of prey after which he was named Advisory Staff Bag Attractive pro-style, round top bag features versatile uni-body construction. Wilson Club Set 1S99 H988 Woods feature Strata-Bloc heads.

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Industrial Trucks Nicknames sometimes come from the last name, Terry Crowley is Crow. Bill Plummer is Plum. Phil Ga-gllano is Gags. Johnny Bench becomes J.B. MILD ANDY KOSCO sometimes hears the men in the clubhouse referring to him as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet.

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