The Washington times., 1936-03-19

miles in a little more than nine
A few days later Mr.. Yawkey's
lavish encourage had Lonsdale
pack the spare dinner coat for
duty call upon some poor rela-
tionS with the Washington ball
club in Orlando. 1t was neces-
sary to make SO reservations at
the hotel. This was roughing it a
bit, but, after all, one has to
make allowances for the lower
claw-SeS
These observations, unimpor-
tant in themselves, may yet live
to tell the story of a very fabulous
ball club known as the Boston
Red Sox, all outfit that can win
the pennant in the American
League, but might wind up beat.
ing itself.
CrOnin RectifieS Mistake
Mr.. YaWkey paid three-quarterS
of mill;cn for six players alone,
including q manager who, during
a period of inattention last year,
forgot thai he also was hired to
play shortstop. The latter, a Mr..
Joe Cronin. has since made an at
tempt to rectify the oversight;
nevertheless, the possibilities for
rancor among the members OF an
all-Star aggregation are clear.
There is nothing so embittescd,
in fact, as the Snarl of one $20, 900
a-year ball player for another.
There is, for example, that kind
ly, lovable character known as
Lefty Grove, who has been known
to come back to the bench and
break the water bottle in a spirit
of light-hearted fun. He's an eX
pert and can out-Snarl anybody in
baseball, barring his teammate,
Wesley Ferrell, who, they say,
often glowers just for practice.
Mr.. James Foxx, the new $l25,-
900 first baSeman, is supposed to
be bit on the temperamental side,
too, although he seems docile
enough. The champion, in fact, is
said to be Bill Werber.
No Question on Pitching
The pitching has been ques'
toned, but that seems silly, with
Ferrell, who won 25; Grove, who
won 20; Johnny Marcum, who won
II for the doddering Athletics and
ought to win 20 this time and few
more who must win from 18 to Is
among them. The latter include
Fred Ostermueller, Rube Walberg
and John WEIGH, carryovers, and
some interesting looking young
men named Jack Wilson, Manuel
Salvo and Jim Henry.
Rick Ferrell, a 300 man, is
the catcher again, assisted by
Mr.. Moe Berg, the intellectual
who has thought his way into
one baseball job after another
without endangering his health,
George Dickey, brother of Bill,
is here. So is the business sec,
ton.
Cronin is making throws from
deep short, indicating that his
arm has come back. Foxx is
hitting, which is a fatuous state.
ment inasmuch as I never caught
| him when he wasn't. Eric Nc,
Nair, the Philadelphia refugee, is
playing second base but prob.
ably shouldn't.
Looms at Third
They have a kid, John Kroner
from Syracuse, who looks pretty
good at third. McNair probably
will inherit the job, with Melillo
reappearing at second base. The
guy can't hit without his ukelele
but won't have to, with this
crowd. Dib williams is here. So
is the circus. Werber hasn't fig
ured yet, but he will, provided
he hits better than his .255 OF
last year.
Roger Cramer is a cinch in cen
terrified, Heinie ManuSh, who sub
sided to .273 in Washington, is
the left fielder but they may
think better of that. Dusty Cooke
and Mel Armada are contesting
for the right field job, with Ar
thur Graham, who hit $40 for
Elmira. trying to break in some
where.