Comings & Goings

Three of baseball's topnotchers changed uniform last week:

P: Philadelphia Pitcher Curt Simmons, 22, after 20 months in the Army (mainly on occupation duty in Germany), shucked off his fatigues for baseball flannel and pitched a winning seven-hitter, 8-2, against the Chicago Cubs.

P: New York Yankee Second Baseman Jerry Coleman, 27, veteran of 57 combat missions as a dive-bomber pilot in World War II, switched from one champion's clothes to another's: Marine Corps green. Captain Coleman's final day in baseball featured a flawless fielding performance and a hot day at bat: four hits, climaxed by a rousing triple that brought the cheering Yankee Stadium crowd to its feet. P: Boston Red Sox Outfielder Ted Williams, 33, also called back as a Marine captain (he was a flying instructor in World War II), bowed out in what was probably his final game with a Williams trademark: a game-winning home run. Terrible-tempered Ted, who never in his life acknowledged the cheers (or jeers) of a Boston crowd, finally, with a self-conscious grin, tipped his cap to them.

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