Letters, Aug. 16, 1954

The Story of Willie

Sir:

Enjoyed the story [July 26] of Willie Mays—light, sparkling, with just a dash of Durocher to make it zing home.

JANE DOWNEY Wooster, Ohio

Sir:

Frank Forbes says: "I was worried to death about the kind of people [Mays] might get mixed up with. He'd have to live in Harlem, and believe me, that can be a bad place . . ." Why does the pride of New York have to live in Harlem? We who are about to be Supreme Court-martialed expect Yankees to show us the way (we don't...

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