Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-14
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Righteous Indignation

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Righteous Indignation
The Indians r on the warpath
again, IN Chicago, Cleveland, Pitts
burgh and way points. The object
Is the scalpS OF DOME Bush, Roger
P~eckinpaugh. Jewel Ems and other
managers whose teams this year
have fallen upon evil days.
Yet ! believe that any OF these
gentlemen could manage a ball
cub Ike. let us say, the Athleticsl
1t seem TO me that the fact
Is too often overlooked that you
can't win a pennant with your
pitchers in hospitals and your
cleanup hitters on the bench.
And / wonder how well Connie
Mack or Baby Street would fare
as managers of the White Sox,
Indians or Pirates.
DOME In the Dumps
Particularly sad is the case OF
DOME Bush. The White Sox team.
we read in some az the Chicago
newspapers, Is worfully weak IN
every department. Yet, what bright
promise Spring held forth!
How could T. be known then
that Carl Reynolds. one OF the
bess players IN the league, would
be out Of the game half the time?
Could 1t be- forecast that Smead
Jolley. who drove in ITO runs last
season, would be injured2 Or, that
Hal McKain would suffer a Shout
der injury? Or. that Pitcher Moore
would come down with a contagious
disease? How could It be known
that Ted Lyons. n Of the leagues
best pitchers in 1880, would be
practically useless in 1881?
1t is being sad that Charlie
Comiskey wears fish hooks on his
pockets and that he wouldn't take
IS cents out Of his moth-proof
money bags If he could buy Al
Simmons with It.. ComiSkey, how
ever, is the same man, L believe,
who paid 500. 900 for Willie Kamm
and more than that for Bill Cissell
In the hope Of building his team
into a pennant contender.
Peck's Backsets
When the Indians started the
season. Peck admitted that he
had some infield and pitching
worries. He didn't know the half
of 1t. There proved TO be a ire
mendouS gap at third and short,
and Second Baseman Johnny Ho-
0app not only was out a great part
OF the time with injuries but for
got what his bat was for. His
left-handerS acquired the nauSeat-
ing habit of throwing home-run
balls, and he had TO peddle both.
which left him III mid-seaSon with
out a left-hander of any kind.
Jewel Ems was confronted with
an injury problem second only 10
that of DOME Bush. Besides. II
vas discovered that Barney Drey-
fuss had made some trades that
were not very hot. Ems has had
to try to win ball games with an
infield second TO none.
And, oh yes, Bucky Harris
Little Bucky must know how JOB
felt in his trials and tribulations.
Everything foul that could happen
to a ball team has happened 10
Detroit. But can you blame Bucky
because Gehringer and Alexander
were out with injurieS2 Or. be-
cause his. pitching staff. that in
Spring looked great. turned out
TO be a bevy OF Boston Bloomer
girls in diSguise?.
They say golf Is the most UNI
PERTAIN OF paStimes. But surely
baseball success is no foregone
conclusion, either.
Did You Know That
Besides the race track at
Saratoga. there are delightful
spring waters. but most of the
talent can get clean enough at
the trac-. Saratoga is sacred as
one of the few remaining links
between a generation OF sports
men that either. has gone or is
on the way out and the present
49,. the track was conceived and
built in 1882 BY John Morrissey,
priZefighter and congressman.
there have been some great races
there. :. and some great upSets..
such as the victory OF Jim Dandy.
at 100 10 /, over Gallant Fox last