The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-08
DIZZY USHERS
IN New ERA
His Scheme of Play Stunts
Distance Smuggling Into
Background
By JACK CUDDY
United Press Staff Correspondent

UD;tcd freSS OISil NOiA ~'F
NEW YORK, May 8. (UP)-
Branch Hickey paused over
plate of grilled meats at his hote
Yesterday and said that Dizzy Dean
had ushered in a new era Of base
ball-an era of defensive play IN
which distance slUgging was be
inc shunted into hte background.
'For that reason, | consider
Dizzy Dean the most important
nj. aver I've ever handled con
tinucd the dynamic man with me
grayish brown hair. He Is the
successor TO Babe Ruth as me
games No. player, the game S
no. | personality and the game s
No. 1 Snowman. And b&seSa!. ha'
gone Eean-juSt rs It went isusH
back in 1920"
These words were as surprising
as they were notwithstanding
from Hickey, general m&r"ger OF
the most extensive cha!n-svotl
system IN baseball hIStory-the
st. Louis Cardinals IS c!uoS'
coming from q man who had Ill
rected the destinieS of more play
ers than any other lndIvlduIL
coming from q man who LouS",
Deans salary demands list ana
kns c last winter,
Not since Ruth swung the
game to heavy hitting can l re-
member 4 season that started or
with with such emphasis on tight
pitching and brilliant fielding 70
support the pitchers. said Rick
ey. This is noticeable. not only in
the majors, but clear down
through the minors.
and an even more important
Indication is this: more than half
of the youngsters who tried out
mt major and minor camps this
spring wanted to be pitchers. ]
say this because it was true of all
of our camps where I,0S5 players
reported. Most of them we're
rockies. The same was true of
the 900 who reported at our four
training schools last fall. Never
before have more snan 50 per cent
of our newcomers aimed at pitch
ing"
Hickey emphasized that t h 2
trueSt index to the trend o. play
in professional clubs was the an
billions of youngsters coming up
from sand lots and colleges. Ieh ,
stars Of tomorrow UDconsc,ous.y !
look up 20 the games Ne. l play !
er-he chap who is ge:'in" the 7
big headlines and the big dough
and try to follow in his footsteps. /
For more than q decade tc was .
their ambition to slug Ike Ruth. f.
They arrived at CAMPS swinging n I.
all directions. The BambiEO has
faded, and times have changed. :
"The stage was all SET for
Dizzy's grand performance IN .
1884" continued Hickey. The .
fans and players had become pit F.
ching conscious because Of the I.
effectiveness of Hubbell, Schuma- .
cher, Fitzsimmons and Parmalee
with the Giants n 1888; just when .
Ruth's power was waning. Those
four were effective pitchers, but
they were not Deans. 1t took
Dizzy to get on the band wagon
and play all the instruments at
once as championship club car
ried him to glory. His brother, !
Paul, helped him too. But it was
Dizzy who put the pitching bust !
ness over. his color and show |.
manship sold it,
So 23-year-old Dir is getting
the headines-and the money;
about $4,000 for 1885, counting !
the Cards salary and outside re-
yeDues.
What did Dizzy have to say
about Rickey'S statements, prob
ably the greatest and most uneX-
pected compliment re ever receiv-
cd? The great Dean was loiter-
ing in the hotel lobby because the
Brooklyn game was washed out.
"Jeezl did Branee say that"
asked Dir. ''Well-maybe he's
right. He's right smart fellah,
and he's been around a long time.
noticed myself that most of the
pitchers are sure Jogging 'em
over this season. YEAH guess
Branch is right; but he didn't talk
like that last winter.
There can't be revolution. Any