The Washington times., 1934-03-21
STENCIL HAS
NO 7 HING
At HAND

AuUWD
(This Is one OF a series OF ar.
ticleS dealing tDith the prospects
and problems OF UGrtouS major
league bGSebuu clubs tn spring
trGtnirg.)
BY DAVIS J. WALSH
FORT MYERS, Fla, March 81.
This is admittedly sheer Supposi-
ton and probably I'm in bad taste
in talking about it in the, first
place. Nevertheless, when faced
with the not-too-painless necessity
of committing a story about the
Brooklyn ball club, it seems to me
to be almost imperative that I
tell the only story there is. It
deals with one man who IS man
aging the ball club and another
who would manage the manager.
In case the point is not clear,
I'm talking about Charles F.
Casey Stengel and Bobby Quinn.
So far, all is deceptive tranquility.
Mr.. Stengel is being very earnest
out there in front of everybody
He's the reformed comic who was
brought in to run the club when
Max Carey was unfrocked, and is
now so serious he's thinking Of
hiring an assistant to help him
worry.
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AS for Mr.. Quinn, he's the buSi.
ness manager and there seems to
be no doubt in his mind as to
what that calls for. In fact. it's
all very clear. Mr.. Stengel is to
have an absolutely free hand in
running his lob, Mr.. Quinn being
bit broad minded about things
like that. All he wants, it seems,
is to run Mr.. Stengel.
OF course, Mr.. Quinn will deny
this is so, and Mr.. Stengel, of
necessity, must aver he is not be-
ing run by anybody, with the re-
suit we are to imagine they're just
one big happy family down here in
the wagon tracks of Florida, and
everything is superb. Nevertheless,
I don't think Mr.. Stengel and Mr..
Quinn are using the same guest
towel.
The former is just nobody's dolt
and I surmise he's awaiting the
proper moment, at which point
they'll undoubtedly tangle. He's
a pretty good guy. So is Mr..
Quinn. That gentleman simply is
a product of the Boston Red Sox
or patrimony system or running
a ball club. which calls for the
business manager to do the think
ing and conniving, leaving the
team manager very little respon-
Sibility. All he had to do is the
explaining afterward.
McManus on Hand
Mr.. Quinn has even brought his
exmanager, Marty McManuS, down
from Boston with him, but Mr..
Stengel is being very deceptive
and guileful about that. Far from
ignoring McManus, he's made him
his friend and adviser. Somehow,
I feel Mr.. Stengel believes that, if
you give a man plenty Of necktie,
he's bound to have trouble with
his adenoids.
That's about the only heart
interest" in the ball club. It fin
1shed last season with practically
nothing. I suspect that it's start
ing this one with a little less.
They still have the one-day pitch
ing staff, Van Mungo. The others
are Walter Beck, Ray Benge, Owen
Carroll. Art Herring and Leslie
Munns. Beck, Benge and Carroll
might win. But the fact is, they
don't. AS for the other two, Her
ring came up from Beaumont via
Detroit, and Munns really looks
the part down here. He won 10
for st. Paul and finished II Of the
last 13 he started. Herring, they
say, will be used largely for re-
lief. Most Of the relief hereto
fore has come when the boys
stopped.
The catching staff, born Alfonso
r. Lopez. will be with us almost
any day now. While he's making
up his mind, Ray Berres, up from
Birmingham, Bill Outen and Clyde
Sukeforth are obliging. Mr.. Outen
seems to be well named. He's on
his way to the exit.
InfieId Is Same
The infield is the Same-Lislie,
Cuccinello, Jordan and Strip, al
though they've been talking up
John Mccarthy. the Chicago semi
pro, as the varsity first baseman.
Personally, I think it can't be
done. Linus Frey. still around
from last year, and Jimmy
Bucher, up from Greensboro, are
making a play for one of the in
field jobs, although Frey seems
altogether too uncertain in the
field. Nobody seems to rightly
know what Bucher can do. but
whatever it is he'll probably be
doing it for Bridgeport.
The outfield, says Stengel, will
be Frederick, Koenccke and Tay-
lor, with Boyle in reserve and
Glenn Chapman, from indianapolis,
having a chance. Koenecke is
the country boy who once came
to the big city and failed but
Mr.. Steugel, in playing the youth
in centerfield, is giving him
plenty Of margarine. He says
modeStly:
"I'm using psychology"
In other words he's going to
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