Why, I guess there was around
300 of us Deans in Phelps County,
an’ whenever one of them ran for
county office he was almost sure
to be elected. My own Pa was
county sheriff there three or four
times.
Lock At Me!
“Ball-playin’ comes to these boys
naturally, too,” he admits. "When
I was 1G years old I managed the
town team at Rolla, Mo. We beat
all the teams thereabouts. I played
third base and pitched and played
in the field. Oh, that was some
. team! Rolla’s the county seat in
Phelps County, too, you know/!"
And in case you don’t know, gray
haired, wizened old Albert Dean
will settle gladly back in his chair
and tell you about Rolla, Mo.,
where he was happier titan in
Houston, Tex., where he lives now
in a one-room shack with Eimer
the Great,” his eldest son.
Both Dizzy and Daffy were born
in Lucas, Ark., in Logan County. It
was here that Albert Dean met
and wed Alma Nelson, a native of
nearby Mansfield, Ark. The first
son was Elmer, the second Jay
’ Hanna, and the third Paul. Jay
Hanna, you must know, is the
great one, who has been called
Jerome Herman and Dizzy, and
various other names these past
five years.
Meet Jay Hanna!
Dizzy was named Jay Hanna for
a definite purpose. The Jay was
for Jay Bould, and the Hanna for
Great jcy has c.rae into the life of Albert Dean, above, father
cf Dizzy (left) and Paul (right) Dean, the famous pitchers of the
! St. Louis Cardinals. No one follows the careers of the two Cardinal
starts so carefully as “Pa Dean.”
| Mark Hanna. "But that Jay boy's
| the contrary one," says Pa Dean.
