the Sany allen agreed the viatery was "one of the greatest”.
of his career that spans some 0. youre in the game, he also
agreed that his squad was nothing short of terrific,

"that dean kelley played the greatest game of his career,"
said phog, “he su plied the spark that I thought would be etubies
because we had to play without charlie hoag, our great natural
leader, but kelley gave us the spark, and we just kept fighting."

gardner likewise had nothing but praise for his squad,

"I thought they played very well, considering that they were giving
away so much height and experience, and they way they fought back
after being so far behind would make any coach proud,”

immediately after the game, gardner mimmiamm strode across
the short space of floor separating the two benches and ami
shook hands with allen, then he went immediately to the wildcat
dressing rOOM, while phog stayed on the floor to greet a horde

twenty allen

of reporters and well-wishers, tunmahp minutes later, bm was still
trying to m get past reporters and radio announcers to his dressing
room, :
| then the happy phog had one last word for his audience:
"Sust say we're just like casey += only we came back and really
hit a homer,"

and don't blame phog for being happy. after all, it was his —

his 691st victory since he started coaching back in 1908, and,
by his own admission, 1t was one of the greatest...
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