The Bismarck tribune., 1934-05-01
WILSON PRINCIPAL
WEEPER AS KLEIN
SWATS HORSEH|DE
Swap Wrecked Phaltering PhiIs
and Made Cubs Favorite
for Pennant
FOUR OTHERS sNIFFLINe
Johnson, Cronin, Grimm and
Terry Turn Sad When
Thinking Of Past

New York, May Its q bit early
to bring the crying towels out Of Sc
clusion, but II six or seven young men
who earn their salt on the diamond
continue to pound the pellet Is they
have in early season, there are sew
eral managers scheduled to 60 into
mourning.
One Of these big league pilots Is
Jimmy Wilson. The cherubic back
stop and manager Of the Phillies will
exercise his lachrymal glands profuse-
" e'er the present season ends. His
tear shedding will result from the fact
that last Nov. 81 the Phaltering Phils'
management parted with one Chuck
Klein, the only ball player on the
club, for q parcel from the Cubs con-
sisting Of Koenig, Kleinhans, Hen
drick and a sum reported to be be-
tween $4,000 and $685. 900.
The sale Of Klein to the Cubs not
only wrecked Jimmy Wilson's ball
club and kept the customers away
from the Phils' park in droves, but 1t
also gave the Cubs q pennant-win-
ming punch.
Another pilot crying in his beer Is
Walter johnson, Sitting Bull Of the
Cleveland Indians. His attack Of the
blues is being caused by the antics Of
one Henry ''Zeke" Bonura. the gent
who's making Al Simmons take back
seat In the swatting division Of the
Chicago White Sox.
A couple Of years ago the Indians
had Bonura all sewed up, but they
dallied around with him. farming him
out to New Orleans, Toledo and Dali
las, and finally cast him loose. Zeke
has become the Howitzer Of the Sox.
His big bat has doomed forth with
enough homers to put him among the
leaders Of the American League-and
It's his first year in big ttmel
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A trio Of other major league man
ayers are shifting In their hankies
They are Joe Cronin, Of the Senators
Charley Grimm Of the Cubs, and Bill
Terry, Of the Giants.
Joe's grief is caused by the fact
that tho front office traded Goose
ooslin to the Detroit Tigers fo1
Johnny Stone last winter. It appears
that that swap was made simply be-
cause the prominent-visaged gent
didn't deliver so handsomely in the
world series Of 1893. His .250 average
didn't please Clark Griffith at all.
The powers that be, thinking the
Goose, at 80, was washed up. prompt
~ got rid Of him for . younger guy.
Judging by his power with the vii.
low with the Tigers 50 far this year
0oslin Is still very much q ball play
er. This may be his last big year In
oaseball-but II Mickey Cochrane car
get one good year out Of him, he'll
make the Senators rue the day they
parted with the New Jersey gentle
man farmer.
Charley Grimm, while elating ovel
the fact that he acquired Klein from
the Phillies. is somewhat morose ovel
q deal engineered In 1882 that sent
Hack Wilson to the Dodgers. Last
year Grimm was all smiles. But with
Wilson again hitting his stride ant
bombarding pavements outside TIKI
fences Of ball parks with home runs
the banjo playing Dutchman strumi
an occasional indigo tune.
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Terry Is another who is sad-al.
though the shedding Of salty fluid L
not brought on by his own mistake.
The mistake was one Of the few
made by the late John McGraw wller
he was active driver Of the Giants
ship Of fate. Little Napoleon pickes
up q youngster named Len Koeneck'
from indianapolis. John paid 75.O0'
kopecs for Len-and thought he ha.
4 375,000 lemon.
There was q story circulated at tn
time that Terry and Koenecke hal
worked up q feud. Koenecke 500
found himself going down the rive
to Jersey City and finally to Buffal
in the transaction that brough
Blondy Ryan to New York.
When Len was made part Of tn
deal that sent Sam Leslie to tn
Dodgers for Lefty O'Doul and Left
Clark, another story made the round
that Bill was sending Koenecke Il
Brooklyn for revenge.
Regardless Of the reported feeling
between Terry and Koenecke. thi
corner has an idea that Memphis BIZ
is just q bit sorry that Koenecke ism
doing hts swell hitting with the Dodg
ers or the Giants.