Evening star., 1932-03-17
VETS EATING WAY
INTO GREAT FORM
Hoyt Menu Works Wonders
With Club Threatening
to Go Places.
fNote-This Is the tenth Of a series of
stories OF major league club pYospects.J
BY ALAN GOULD,
associated Press Sports Editor

DA ALAN OOULO,
Associated Press Sports Editor.
| )LEARWATER, Fla, March
III 17.-Base ball history is
~ crowded with the table-sit-
ting achievements of play
ers who have eaten themselves
right out of the big leagues.
Among this years rapidly reform
ing cast of Brooklyn Dodgers the
process Is being reversed, with
the result that a curious collec-
ton OF cast-offs is eating it's way
back into condition and threaten
ing to disrupt the National League
pennant race.
His renaissance was bound to follow
the passing of the old warrior, Uncle
Wilbert Robinson. and the succession to
leadership of Prof. Max Carey. Calls
themes, salary cuts, the big deal with
Cincinnati and finally regulation of the
commissary department, all have con-
| tr1buted to the most interesting shake
|
HOyt Diet Big Help.
Carey credits the so-called Waite
Hoyt diet for his preliminary success in
reducing waistlines and avoirdupois.
Discarded by the Athletics and the
American League, Hoyt joined Brook
lyn with a promise to behave and win
20 ball games. He reported in the best
condition in years, minus 80 pounds of
Of missionary.
With the veteran pitcher as an ex-
ample and preacher of his dietary doc
trine, Carey persuaded heavyweights
like Hack Wilson, DaZZy Vance and
Babe Phelps to adopt Hoyt's eating gos-
pei. Like the calisthenics, the diets
popularity has spread throughout the
camp, and even the correspondents are
reducing to limited extent.
In brief, that Hoyt diet involves
classification of foods. Breakfast is
limited to uncooked fruits, with cup
OF coffee. For lunch starchy foods may
be eaten in good quantity. Proteins are
confined to the evening meal. No water
Is to be taken with any meal, but a
glass Of milk may go with each
Carey Says Vets win Be Fit.
''They may kid us all they want to-"
says Carey, "but take my word for it
that this club will be, in condition to
play better ball than ever. This Is es-
pecially true of our veterans"
! The only casualty now Is Del Bis
sonete, first sacker, whose left ankle is
In cast as result Of pulled tendon
but 1t has upset Carey's infield plans,
| Just when 1t looked as though the deal
with Cincinnati had completed them.
Bissonette probably will not be In
shape to start the season, though he
should be all right within five weeks.
Meanwhile Carey may jugglex the two
hard-hitting players he got from the
Reds by assigning Joe Strip to first
base and Tony Cussinello to third, with
Glenn Wright at short and Mickey
Finn on second. With Bissonette in
shape, however, the lineup calls for
Cucc1nello at second, and Strip on
third base. Refs and Slade are In
reserve.
Babe Herman is gone but Carey
believes this lost punch and color will
be offset by Hack Wilson. The ex-Cub
clouter will work with Lefty OsDoul and
John Frederick in the outfield, unless
Ike Boones hitting continues too valu-
| able to be omitted.
Mucn Pitching Strength.
Carey's pitching strength represents
an embarrassment OF riches. g. He and
his coaches, Casey Stengel and Otto
Miller, have been staying awake late
OF nights trying to pick the nine best
men from an assortment Of 16 pitchers.
Vance, Hoyt and Watson Clark top the
list. OF the Hartford recruits, Van
Mmgo and Arthur Jones, the young
est two twirlers in camp, appear best.
Old Jack Quinn, Lefty Heifmach and
Babe Phelps will stay.
That leaves one vacant spot to be
filled from pitchers like Joe Shaute,
Hollis Thurston, Phil Gallivan, Austin
Moore, Clyde Day and others.
Al Lopez and Clyde Sukeforth, OBJ
tanned from the Reds, will handle the
backstopping with some aid from Val
Picinich
As camp follower put it: This club
can do one of three things: Finish
first, fifth or wind up plucking daisies"