Evening star., 1936-08-08

x Heinie Manush 'teed off" on
Catcher Miles mask with his
bat after fouling out in the
clutch. Owner Clark Griffith will pre-
sent the Red Sox with bill for a new
wire contraption &. they cost ap-
proximately S12 :. and as for Heinie
himself, the display of temper may
set him back twice as much
Recently when he hurled bat into
the box seats at Detroit and struck a
small girl while President Will Har-
ridge of the American League looked
on, Manush was fined" S25 . the
fine was to have been Cancelled, how
ever, if Heinie behaved himself" for
the remainder of the season.
Incidentally, the girl who was
struck by his flying bat was
Manush's own daughter.
Joe Cronin's status as third base
man. now "a hours old, is expected to
add a couple of seasons to his play
ing career ball player doesn't
have to be so fast to play third and
Joe has won no medals for speed dur
ing tne last Two years.
Cronin intends to stick on the
sack and leave Eric McNair at
shortst0p while playing Bill
Werber in the outfleld regularly.
When Joe took over the position
yesterday, by the way, it marked his
first appearance at third since he
jumped from Kansas City of the
American Association to Washington
Cronin to Hibernate Here.
A CCORDING to a reliable source
= Clark Griffith inquired the price
of 20-year-old Arnold Owen, a catchel
of the Columbus club and property oI
the st. Louis Cardinals.
Owen, widely rated by shrewd
base ball men as one of the
greatest catching prospects to
appear on the scene in recent
years, is ticketed to do the
Cards catching next year.
Branch Hickey told Griff the price
tag was 100000, which, of course
ended the Old Fox's interest in Owen
but so bothered was Hickey by
other similar inquiries that he ha.
boosted the price to 0,000-not be-
cause he thinks he can get it but be-
cause it will end all inquiries con-
nected with Master Owen.
The Cards, so they say, have
six young catchers on the string
who are good enough right now
to backstop for any team In
base ball.
Boston newspaper men travelling
with the Red Sox suspect big doing:
when the current season ends
and Joe Cronin's decision to remain
in the East this Winter instead Of re-
turning to his home In San Francisco
bears out the suspicion Joe vii
headquarter in Washington, Incl
dentally.
Oscar Melillo and Heinie Manusf
are among those who are reported OF
their way out as members of the Ret
Sox so, too, is Bill Werber
and they say that Jimmy Foxx ma!
play the outfield in 1887 while ELS
worth (Babe) Dahlgren, the "goot
field, no hit" first baseman, hold
down Foxx's present post.
THE reason Monte Weaver is neve
= pitched against the Tigers Is tina
Coach Del Baker Of Detroit is hep tt
what Monte is going to throw ant
flashes warning to the Bengal bat
ters.
Tom Yawkey is not going to
let his Red Sox travel by air.
plane any more recently,
with six exceptions, the Sox flew
from st. Louis to Chicago, Yaw-
key chartering special, 28-seat
plane.
The air trip was to have been huShet
up, because it was feared that it woul,
incur the wrath of President Harridg
and Judge Lands D.. however, cou
pie hours before the plane left 81
Louis, Harridge heard of the trip an,
accosted Joe Cronin.
81 hear the Red Sox are flying
to Chicago" said Harridge. do
you, by any chance, happen to
have an extra seat in the plane?
I've got to get to Chicago in a
hurry, too :"
Yeh, there was an extra seat ant
Harridge flew, but Yawkey, realizing
air trips are likely to bring criticism