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Eldon Auker thanked the Board and stated that a New York fellow wrote the <br />information contained in the Proclamation which is incorrect. He has 2 friends still alive <br />who also pitched to Babe Ruth. The fundraiser is being held at Dodger Pines, not <br />Dodgertown, and is a fundraiser for Lou Gehrig's disease. Lou Gehrig was very good friend <br />of his. In 1939, when he was with the Red Sox, he saw Lou Gehrig standing by a post and <br />slapped his shoulder. Lou fell and asked him not to do that again. He said he did not have <br />enough strength to hit a ball into the outfield but did not know what was wrong with him. <br />He then went to the Mayo Clinic and found out about this disease. Mr. Auker continued <br />that the first time he played at Yankee Stadium in New York in 1933, the coach sent him in <br />and the first pitch he threw was to Babe Ruth. He struck out Babe Ruth on 4 pitches and <br />then struck out Lou Gehrig who was the next hitter. He also stated that he was one of only <br />2 underhanded pitchers in the major leagues and Lou Gehrig commented that the experience <br />was the "first time a damn woman struck me out". <br />Mr. Auker stated that he was one ofthe highest paid ballplayers in his time at $27,500 <br />per year but now hitters make that much each time they go to bat. <br />A KEEP INDIANRIVER BEAUTIFUL TROPHYAND $5, 000 AWARD <br />Commissioner Stanbridge displayed an award received from Keep Florida Beautiful <br />and presented to Keep Indian River Beautiful for having the most volunteers at the beach <br />cleanup this year. KIRB had 1600 volunteers. The award will remain in Indian River <br />County until next year when, hopefully, KIRB will again win it. There is also a $5,000 <br />award presented to KIRB at the same time. <br />=- <br />1 11111, 0- ��� <br />