The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-29

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Kirk Miller League aces
in the immense Cleveland
Stadium on the eighth of
next month.
Such an introduction to to-
days discourse is not to be
taken as an indication that
the populace is not also elated
over the choice of Buddy
Myer to be Bluege's team mate
in the July 8 game-not at all.
Myer couldn't miss being Sc.
lected, and although, in my
opinion he is no more of a ma
tural for the All-Star honor
than is Bluege, it was a fore
gone conclusion Buddy would
get the call.
Bluege Was In Doubt
But there was some doubt
in the minds of many whether
Manager Mickey Cochrane was
as highly appreciative of the
great Bluege, as are we fans
here in Washington who have
watched Sir Oswald bloom into
his baseball second childhood
to definitely Guido the short
stops of the league who are
many years his junior.
Therefore it is of Bluege
that the tongues are wagging,
more than of Buddy Myer who
has not had to fight off the
bids of rockies for his berth,
such as Bluege has done so
successfully and with such
finality.
The Joe Louis of the base
ball business, as I like to think
of Bluege, is the smoothest-
working piece of human ma
chinery that has graced an
infield, certainly in modern
baseball times.
Still Hanging Around
Recognizing the fact that
Bluege's years were croWding
upon him, and that he could not
be expected to go on forever, the
ball club has brought along
many substitutes to learn some
thing about the left side of the
infield so that when Bluege did
crack, the crevice coud be filled
forthwith.
But here, in his thirteenth
year in the majors and in the
thirty-fourth year of his life, he
. Is carrying on as a graSshopper
in a field of barley. He is STAY
ing off all competition for his
job with eyes and legs and arms
that have not aged with time
and that seem destined to stand
) him in great stead for many
years to come.
Termed the greatest defensive
infielder of the age. the finest
tribute that can he paid to him
is to mention that despite medi-
OGRE hitting, he has been and
still is a regular despite the pa
rade of youth which has passed
in review attempting to GUST
him.
! Veteran of 1924
A baseball landmark. and the
only player still in a local uni
form who helped Washington
win its first and only worlds
championship in 1924, Ossie
Bluege seems as imperishable as
the granite of Washington'S
Monument, itself.
Equally as adept at short
stop as he was at third base
for the major portion of his
dozen playing years, Bluege
right now is the leading per-
former of the game in what
would be strange position to
your average third-baseman.
There probably isn't a cleaner
liver anywhere in the annals of
baseball. Far from being a
sissy or a mollycoddle. Ossie has
simply ordered his life so as to
take the best possible care of
his physique. He is reaping his
harvest now for such a pattern
Of existence.
A Noble Experiment
A year ago last spring he
thought he might improve his
batting by wearing glasses while
up there at the plate-he never
needed scientific air for field
ing-but abandoned the expert.
ment as being i'll advised.
A cool, precise, money player.
Bluege is bound to distinguished
himself when he faces the
National Leaguers. No doubt
many Washingtonians will make
the trip to the Forest City on
account Of Bluege's presence in
the which, may we re.
peat-iS taking nothing away
from the younger Myer whose
selection had been taken for
granted.