One Cardinal Remembers Another Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Stan Musial’S Love of Baseball and the Catholic Church
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THE NO. 1 ST. LOUIS WEBSITE AND NEWSPAPER J8KLI;8P'(%)-%)'(*(%,' 1920 2013 One Cardinal remembers another Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Stan Musial’s love of baseball and the Catholic church. BY TIM TOWNSEND [email protected] COMING SUNDAY 314-340-8221 A Stan Musial Special Section COMMEMORATIVE SECTION A little over a decade ago, St. Louis auxiliary Bishop Timothy 01.27.2013 STAN MUSIAL 1920-2013 SECTION S Dolan welcomed a priest from Baltimore traveling here on business. As the two drove to lunch, they began talking base- ball. SO LONG, Both were fans of the game’s history. The priest mentioned his admiration for St. Louis as a baseball town, and as he STAN brought up the Baltimore Orioles’ evolution from the St. Louis Browns, Dolan hatched a plan. “I knew there was a chance that if I took him to Be! a’s, Stan might be there,” Dolan said in an interview this week. “And I knew if Stan was there, it would blow his mind.” Indeed, Musial was at Be! a’s. And he was sitting with Lou Brock, Jack Buck and Bob Gibson. He waved Dolan over, and the bishop and priest sat down to eat with the four Hall of Famers. <I@BD%CLEJ=FI; [email protected] “The guy couldn’t fi nish his chili,” Dolan said. “He had to Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan celebrates a Mass of Thanksgiving at the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica in May 2012. See ;FC8EGX^\8, POST-DISPATCH FILE PHOTO On:Xi^f the field A tribute to … Musial memories Magical moments “Good enough to take The last truly great Fans share their Historical highlights IFK:ZX[\kj[\YXk\e\ngfc`Zp your breath away.” American sports hero. personal stories of Stan. of an elite career. Page 2 Pages 8-9 Page 14 Pages 16-19 k_XkXccfnjnfd\e`eZfdYXk _lY Zi\[`kj i\klie Lawmakers will consider a simpler, less expensive proposal for Lambert project. BY TIM LOGAN [email protected] 314-340-8291 They have tried and tried but not succeeded. And so they are try- ing again. Supporters of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport are heading back to Jefferson City for yet another attempt to boost international cargo flights here. Now a bill to create tax incentives for the e! ort is starting to pick up speed in the Legislature. The measure is a more modest version of the controversial Aer- otropolis tax credit, which failed to pass the legislature in 2011 de- spite big support from business people in the St. Louis area. Gone this time are $300 mil- lion in credits to fund real estate development around Lambert. :?I@JK@8E>FF;<E [email protected] Gone, too, is the lofty name; Akirah Honeywood (left), a platoon commander, and Sarah Piscotta (second from left), a mustering petty o! cer, both juniors at Cleveland this version is dubbed the bu- Junior Naval Academy ROTC, lead drill practice inspections with a group of cadets in Naval Science class on Friday . reaucratic Missouri Export In- centive Act. What remains is an eight-year, $60 million tax credit All that strictly for air cargo fl ights from But some exceptions may be in order, students say. she can St. Louis. be “We want to keep it simple, BY ELISA CROUCH roles could introduce problems tions, she should be able to do it.” and focused,” said Dan Mehan, [email protected] that otherwise wouldn’t ex- Eight other students shared chairman of the Midwest Hub 314-340-8119 ist in all-male units. Or whether that opinion in the Contemporary Commission. “It’s very much women are physically suited. Or Issues class. slimmed down from what you’ve James West leaned forward in his whether lifting the ban is merely a Several plan to enlist in the mil- seen in the past.” chair Friday as he considered the formality, because women fi ght- itary after graduation. They will As with earlier e! orts, the in- Pentagon’s decision to lift the ban ing in Iraq and Afghanistan have be among the first generation of centive is designed to lower the on women serving in front line frequently found themselves in military personnel to experience cost of shipping through Lam- combat. the line of fi re. the full impact of the new policy bert enough that cargo airlines He and his classmates at Cleve- West, who plans to enlist in the on women in combat, which will and freight forwarders — the land Junior Naval Academy de- Army after graduation, said sim- bated whether women in combat ply, “If a woman has the qualifi ca- See :FD98KGX^\8+ See :8I>FGX^\8+ *d`cc`fe^`]k]ifdDZ;fee\ccj^`m\jDlepXjX]\kpe\k BY JUDITH NEWMARK dent and CEO of the outdoor It’s not the fi rst time the foun- Money earned from the en- weather forecasts,” Reagan said, [email protected] theater in Forest Park. dation has given support to the dowment can help cushion the speaking from immediate expe- 314-340-8243 On Friday, James S. McDonnell Muny, where Golden Age classics theater against bad weather, such rience. July was St. Louis’ hot- III and his wife, Elizabeth Hall and splashy new shows play on as rainstorms or extremely high test month in 138 years of re- A $3 million donation to the McDonnell, announced their the McDonnell Stage. temperatures. Both a! ect ticket cord-keeping, according to the Muny from JSM Charitable Trust foundation’s gift to the Muny The new gift supports those sales adversely. 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Visitors should enter through Knoxville, Tenn. headache in the city by delaying plans to Boulevard. the main doors on Lindell. The Mu- Following the Mass, a funeral proces- close a stretch of Highway 40, between Lindell will be closed between News- sial family has asked that no photos sion will head to Busch Stadium, where Kingshighway and Forest Park Parkway. tead and Taylor avenues after the regu- or video be taken inside, and that any the family will lay a wreath at the base of MoDOT put o! the project by one week larly scheduled 8 a.m. Mass at the ca- mementos be left at the Musial statue the Musial statue and hold a prayer cer- because of weather forecasts calling for thedral. at Busch Stadium. emony. The Cardinals are encouraging precipitation. FUNERAL PROCESSION TV, RADIO STATIONS TO BROADCAST MUSIAL FUNERAL Lindell Boulevard will be closed between Taylor and Newstead avenues The funeral Mass for Stan Musial and a procession to Busch Stadium afterward will be broadcast by several after the basilica’s regularly scheduled 8 a.m. Mass. Fans wishing to view local stations and streamed over the Internet: the procession are encouraged to do so outside of Busch Stadium KTVI-TV (Channel 2): Coverage from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and be in place by 12:30 p.m.