The Washington times., 1934-03-24
BY DAVIS ]. WALSH


WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March
"a ON.S0.-If you take three
wheels off a wagon, what have
you got? Don't be silly, Julius.
You've got an accident, which re-
minds me that I've just been look
ing at the Philadelphia National
League Baseball Club. They're the
club that's going to get along this
year without "Chuck" Klein, the
hitter. Virgil Davis. the catcher,
and a party by the name OF
"Pinkey" Whitney, third baSeman.
BY the way, did you hear about all
the people who were sitting around
on park benches this winter?
They've been getting along with
out overcoatS.
Anyhow, Klein, Davis and Whit
ney have been sold or traded to
Chicago, st. Louis and Boston, re-
Spectively, and I might add it
seems to be an old Philadelphia
custom. Any time you're crazy
enough to get good in Philadel-
phia, they're through with you:
they call in the coroner and ask
for an inquest. In other words,
they take the money and you take
the train.
Hear Jimmy Wilson
However, hear Jimmy Wilson,
the new manager, about that. He
admits Klein was good, which
shows, after all, there's nothing
like being broad minded. Klein led
the league in hitting with 1868; in
total hits, with 223; in total bases,
with 365; in home runs, with %,
and in runs batted in, with 100.
Still, in the matter of runs scored,
he only finished in tie for Sec
ond place; so maybe that's the
trouble. Said Mr.. Wilson today, in
a puzzled way.
Trouble? You must be crazy.
Where's the trouble connected
with deal that permits one star
to get away and gives us the
money to buy only tops in
minor league material. don't
know how anybody else feels
about it, but personally / think
we're away out in front when we
can buy minor leaguers like
George DarrOw, Galveston; Cur
tbs Davis, San Francisco; Reg
GrabOwski, Reading: Lou Chi
Ozza, Memphis; Meredith Hop
kinS and Irv JeffrieS, St. Paul,
and Henry Dana, the Hawaiian
from Portland.
But what about Davis, who hit
348 for the club and drove in a
1t of runs? Well, it seems Mr..
YilSon didn't rightly know about
lat. It seems he had an idea that
1tching had something to do with
atching. Mr.. Wilson, who came
the Phils in the Davis deal, is
catcher. He says:
Don't talk about that. Talk
about this: Our regular pitch
ers-Phil Collins, Jim Elliott,
Roy HenSen, Ed HolIey, Austin
Moore and Frank Pearce-aver-
aged less than three earned
runs per game in ~ games ON
the home grounds last year.
That's pitching. Also talk about
this: DarrOw won 22 for Gal
weston, Davis 20 for San Fran
cisco and GrabOwski IL for
Reading. That's pitching. And
in case you want another name,
there's Ted KleinhauS, who won
10 for Atlanta"
And. I might add. that's talk
g. But it didn't stop the Phil
IS from finishing seventh last
ne and probably won't again.
Have No Defense
They have no defense-but
res here's Mr.. Wilson once
ore:
'NO defense? Why, the key
obs are perfect. Bartell is the
''est ShOrtStOp in the league,
'hick FulliS is the best center
ielder in the league and, as for
he catching, 1 don't want to 60
10 deeply into that, but the
port writer's seem to think I'm
retty good"
But the infield seems to be
thing, outside Of Bartell. That
it seems to be nothing to me.
>wever, it's nothing to me, it's
It my ball club. It's Mr.. Wilson,
us:
"HurSt is one of the best first
aSemen in the league. JEFF
ries hit .S43 for st. Paul. He'll
lit for us and play plenty Of Sec
md base. Either ChiOzza or Hop
ins will make COED at third.
Iaybe both of them will and I
ont know what to do. That
would be terrible, wouldn't it?"
agreed it would, and then said
nething about the rest Of the
tfield, outside of FulliS, being
binary. Mr. Wilson did not seem
understand. He demanded:
"WOuId you say that Schulz
nerich was ordinary? He hit
I1S and they'll never get him
ut on our park. He's q low ball
litter. But they don't dare to
itch high to him ON our little
ark. So, instead Of pitching to
is weakness, they have to pitch
his strength. Neat, eh?"
The other job will go to Dana,
10 everybody has passed up be-
use they've heard that he's a
ne o'clock boy, only it's the
"ong nine; Harvey Hendrick, the
timer: Bill Ruble, who's been |