The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-11

1T OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, July 11.-It's about
' time some one launched the
myth that catchers make the best
managers. True there isn't a great
deal OF substantiating evidence at
hand, but then what is a myth?
That's correct, Mr.. Bones. a myth is
female moth When YOU hear
TINS on the radio next week. ac-
companied by hysterical studio guf-
having, remember where you saw
IL. Twenty years ago it was good,
TOO.
niieelius McGilcuddv used to To- be sf '' catcher
Clothespin Connie thew called him up
IN IN N New VI En il McGinicuddys Athletics
remnants Sergeant Charles Gebbv Street
bsVe 20 yo pc ,oatGner 100 and his Cardinals
cbsp,, Won ne last Two National League
That makes five pennants in three wears
for. SO there's your myth? Do YOU want
10 carry It home or shall we deliver it for
tRe cus 8oT motto Is ANYTHING to please
three times for ice water.
THERE'S good chance, in
a cidentally, that another catch
er will win himself a pennant in the
National League this year. 1 refer
TO George Gibson of those there
Pirates, now leading the league.
Those there Pirates must be the
pest team IN the league, because
ever so often they win couple of
games in a row, and that's a long
winning streak in the National
these days, where there seems to
be law against consistency.
TIC SiP pip6 used to do lot Of catching for
r rneoI P5lrates OF another era. Some OF his
records are still in the book He belonged
20 tne IRON man school. The iron was in
he caught $50 games. which is aii-time
tops Tor the league That same wear he
caught 1873 consecutive games-another rec
ord And in SIX different years he caught
fm no man 100 Eames-still another record
;. In short. he was one-man catching
o oet11i tl raritv in baseball. Aprar-
fellows who were back of the plate day
IN ana aay out were bounced around lust
SS n Wen morfe1than the Young
GIBSON was q pretty sturdy citizen in mis-
prime nr Tell5ftted out physically. But so
sides bulk and size don't mean anything
IF a resume of Mr.. Gibson's
Il achievements amazes you, con-
slider the record of Ray Schalk who
by the way, is doing all right for
himself as manager Of Buffalo in
the International League. I hear
he may be back in the big leagues
next year, and that's where he be-
longs. There are only two or three
managers in both leagues that 1
wouldn't trade for him even up
right now.
schalk caught ISL games in one season.
| don't know where he was the other
three days Possibly he was at the gate
taking tickets. Old Man Comskey used to
run his ball club that way. fine gem
erous old soul. One year Ed Walsh worked
IN 1ks sigTtX Us games 60 for him and timidly
$4.55 and two passes for a Monday game
There we're six years, as I say, in which
Schalk Just doubled that. let's see-six
and six Yep that's right, twelve, That's
still is the fact that Schalk wasn't much
bigger than dimes worth Of rsdum. He
ffSSmtplettYely dispToyed the ancient theory
Willard and think like him.
II
John j. McGRAW tells you that
- Roger Bresnahan was the great
est catcher of all time. Quite a few
other critics handed the honor to
Mickey Cochrane two years ago
when the Athletics star was at his
peak. But Schalk must have been
pretty good, and, should say con-
sidering his size, he was incontro-
vertibly great.
Bresnahan was agile He was speedy
enough to be used as the lead of man
Cochrane gets around pretty we'll himself
man schalk didn't need a derrick to move
him around either. He was always going
places and doing things.
Another of his UNIQUE distinctions is
that he is the only catcher in the history
of baseball ever to make a put out at
first. second. third and home. Try to tie
that some CAV when YOU have nothing but
time on your hands and sorrow in YOUR
York state boxing commission.