The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-12
TALKING
1T OVE Err
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, July l2.-Possibly
= the best thing for the Yankees
and -he Washingtons to do is TO
forg' about their two exiled stars
Dicksy and Reynolds-and buckle
dowh 10 the more important bust
ness Of pla.1ng the game.
They might as we'll forget about
them because it will be some weeks
before they are back in the line
up anyway, and all the moaning
and groanIny OF which the emo
uonel head men are capable is not
gong to alter the situation.
The board OF directors OF the American
League OacKeu I'D tnelr Dresiuent Monday
~ me lace OF a protest oy LoioneI JACOB
sibvO une OF hickey VINO struck Reynoios
anu broke ms law IN Two places. was IN
~srrantcu and ridiculous.
TINS was IoregOne conclusion To
nave overridden Wilnam harriuges YER
olct IN me case would be an indictment
are times wnen the m"gnates nave their
own IDEAS on such matters put they seldom
make them public,
particular case may have been prompted
nv feeling that the president was alto
difference between spirited baseball and
haa to m make ksr oe
~ defends upon the point Of view.
IT nay be that my sense of pro-
Il portions is not what it ought to
be, but l find have no particular
quarrel with the decision, drastic as
1t seems to be. To begin with, it
wasn't an attack. There is con-
hicting evidence as to whether
Reynolds was looking at the time he
was hit The Yankees say he was.
The Senators say he wasn't.
This is important only from the sport
.haro was only one punch delivered and
Dckey delivered it,. Moreover. he must
aSe mac oea6 sh net az be
did not have time to get his guard uD
seems reasonable II is simple to score
What about the provocative circqm-
stances? The charge has been made that
the other teams we're out to get Dickey.
that they had been ganRine him all sea-
o 0n psve hs s ea h PeoFs al the
is a catcher expected To- cake? ,,,,no tho
best wav to answer this is to ask, How
much can he take?' That a catcher or
around and ultimately surrender to print
tive emotions Is easllY understooq, lney
.ap this IS what happened to DlcNeV, not
q particularly combstive fellow.
ID OUGHING the catcher has al
IN ways tecn a part of baseball. /
Up to now NOBODY has been moved /
to make an issue Of it. The fact that
most of them are huskies wearing |
pads and shin guards seems to have /
made the practice legitimate. The |
law of the diamond is that it is up |
to the catcher to protect himself.
Most of them do 1t must be that the |
bows have been undulv rough with Dickey. !
Either that or the catching type is chang
Biii C SSrfcsN or Steve oNeli would have
handled guy like Reynolds. TheY Woulo
have given him the shoulder o SO ha r. me he
right field bleachers st..
Perhaps ii, is lust as well that Ty COBB
Even the touGh-ibered catchers Of the past
didn't exactly swell with 10y When Jney
these two fellows when 9qnd tbe { pay %a
close it was always a matter of which
was the better mantle. catche-, or the
matter matter Of ''iV which was the worse. 49,
I do not wish to imply hoWeVeer' ma, ma
msnslamghter Is properly part OIL an1isb
s 9b6I such sue 10 thinGs At the same time.
try to be philosophical. II tnG bows GeC
or vou-to iump up and cry .nau u9dId
naughtvr ANYWAY. as Jack kearns woulo
saw they can't hurt us.
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