Evening star., 1932-03-01
BUDDY MyER S|GNS;.
DONS RUBBER SHIRT.
Reynolds Shows Up in Top
Shape-Denies Sliding
Technique Is Faulty.
BY TOM DOERER.

L. of the Chlcago Whlte ooX'
Bobby Burke of no hit fame
and Buddy Myer, the dazzling
two-bag man, donned themselves
In a set of those nice, white suits
this morning to frolic with Mr..
Griffith'S pitchers and catcherS,
already veteran training campers.
OF Bobby it can be said that ne Is
tust as slim as cloak model and as
ianp11id looking as ever, thank you.
Though. it might be added, that when
he went galloping after some bunts,
under the gaze of Griff and his staff,
Bob was exactly l y pounds overweight,
but the searching eye of Mike Martin,
the demon trainer, was upon him at
glance and before the morning shenani-
Qans were over Bob had come up and
confessed.
Myer in Rubber Shirt.
And in the case of Buddy Myer, who,
by the way, walked right up to Grln
with a pen in his hand last night and
signed, your correspondent Is sorry TO
report that the black-haired boy from
Ellis, Miss, was seen In rubber snlrt.
And when your athlete is caught wear
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cles of training apparel it is a well
known fact that he has been confusing
his calories with his proteins and his
soup with his steak. But Buddy Is a
going man. He will learn.
While Mr.. Burke delayed the for
mality of attaching his name to a con-
tract until last night, the truth Is that
Bob agreed to Griffs terms when he
wired his okay to q telegram.
These formalities after all, are bor-
ing. Very much SO to the press, whose
representatives seem to have much dif-
ficulty in keeping tabs on who has been
I'D there on the second. floor fitting pens
and verbs with Uncle Clark and those
who just went up to view the Gulf from
an advantageous spot.
Reynolds In Top Shape.
Reynolds says he is in top shape and
looks it. And he also adds that it
would be a foolish wager to lay your
shinplasters on the lire that he cannot
slide
Maybe he did not do much skidding
into the bags with Chi and DOME Bush
last year. And it is true that he pulled
up with bad left leg last August when
he attempted to go into bag. And he
did not look so good going into second
base on another occasion
But this young man, who started with
the Hose in 1927 and stuck it. out until
last year, has been doing his base steal
ing with an outfit which has been be-
hind in the days scores as often as the
Phillies have been last IN the National
League.
Carl was in less than 100 games last
year doing active duty. He is credited
h,.k 4fao& fahr i,, hi
hitting. And the latter work, by the
way, came about when Carl was out
with his injury. Meaning, of course,
that, though he was limper up there,
Reynolds still had to play as pinch
hitter.
Reynolds is sure that with fast club
that takes its chances and club that
encourages base pilfering he will prove
that the belief among the fans that he
Is poor base slider Is fallacy.
Babcock Is Sent Home.
Lewis Babcock, the 18-year-old sand
lot player, who barely made Biloxi on
slim pockethcok, was told to get back
home in Detroit by Walter johnson yes
terday. After Wafer took a look at
his work he had talk with him and
said his chances of getting into league
base ball were meager.
Lewis, after an outfield berth, was as
green as st. Patrickis day decoration
in the tests.
Camp now is taking on bristling
aspect. More boys are either heading
this way or wiring that they are about
to hop the rattlers to beat their time
of arrival, next Monday. Miss Mildred
Robertson is no longer out here on the
veranda summing herself. Instead, the
rattle of her word-machine is humming
like machine-gun, as it taps OF
messages to the boys.
Mike Martin, too, is being pressed
now that at least one Of the boys Is in
rubber shirt and there are indications
that an arm or two is soon going to
hum hymn of hate for its possessor.
Mike is worried because he feels that
the boys, now reaching an edge, will
do something to either go over the
point, or slow down to stay let down.
It is the dangerous period for the
pitchers and catchers, and Mike begins
10 put up stiff fight to hold the flock
at their edge because he has TO work
with individuals and not the group as
o mass.
Some Startling Statistics.
Let me tell you something in bare
facts TO show you what Mike Is up
against. This morning, Big Fred Mar
berry. the prize strawberry in the pitch
ing patch, tipped the scales at exactly
25 pounds lighter than he was at this
time last year, and Is pounds lighter
than when he pulled up toward the fag
end of last year, when he blazed hot
trail of 16 and 4.
Put these figures in your hat and
tuggle them, and when you get around
to add them up remember that told
you that Gen AL Crowder had spent
a Winter Of hard work, pitching and
arm strengthening Crowder. too, is
and I am giving you his word to me
pounds less than he was at this time
last year and In better shape to pitch
league game at this moment than he
was during the first two weeks Of last
season
The general had 10 and IL last
semester. He promises to clip six ball
games on that lost list this year, be-
cause ne feels that he is going to get
tnem oy starting of on the right leg.
From now on the battle is going to
get stif or miss my guess.
I'm taxing my tip from the manner
In which the. trainer Is starting to fit
up his work shop. And because of his
sudden disappearance from the camps
social life.