Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29

It's strange, in baseball, how open
ing day makes things look topsy-
turvy. For instance, take the Phil
lies of the National league. Here
is a club which Manager Jimmy Will
son figures has good pitching. But
it has very little else to win with.
Yet the Phils went out and captured
that Patriots Day doubleheader from
the Boston Bees, making patriots out
of themselves and traitors out of the
Boston clan from the standpoint of
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1t takes us back to Walter johnson
to see doubleheader like that-wOn
by scores of 2 to and l to 0. They
speak of tbs lively ball, but where
was it. Just wrapped up in the resin
bags of Bucky Walters and Wayne
Lancaster.
This is what makes baseball The
worst club in the Major leagues 1--WE
believe it's the Phils) gets splendid
hurting and turns in two classics.
And there will be days when the
Yankees and other majestic rulers
will look like sandlotters by booting
the ball around and getting kicked
in, Is to 2.
In the American Association, where
you good fans are more concerned,
the early pitching heroes are Vance
Page of indianapolis, George Coff-
man of Toledo and Walter Tauscher
of Minneapolis. Page and Coffman
have won two games apiece, Tausch-
er has won two and lost one, that
being the sad effort to stop Tedd Gull
lie in Milwaukee, Wally threw just
two balls and Teddie slammed the
second one out of the lot for the
winning run.
Indianapolis players and others
around the Association have told us
that they never could understand
why the majors overlooked Page and
took, instead, Dizzy Trout, Jim Tur-
ner and Bob Logan. Oh those are
three good hurlers, but they figure
Page is better. This curveball right
handler hasn't been touched for more
than ten hits in two games. Strange
ly enough, he never has been overly
tough for the Millers, but could beat
ST. Paul. And, inversely, Stew Bo-
len, the portly southpaw, always had
trouble with the Saints but usually
could handle the Bushmen.
Minneapolis and Minnesota fans
are anXiously pulling for little DOME
to get back into action. They like
the way Andy Cohen runs the team,
but they want their skipper back,
too You know Cohen has a fine
psychology about his pinch-hitting
managerial attempt. The little lip
ticker feels he is free from criticism
because he is not playing himself
He admits his weaknesses at how to
handle pitchers. He admits that he
shouldn't have put Tauscher into the
game at that one spot in Milwaukee
because that checked the winning
tally against Walter. Grabowski
should have been allowed to pitch
to one more man.
This is not the second guess. It
is the guess from the lips of Cohen
and it shows, more than anything
else, just why the players are work.
ing for him and are contented to
play under him until Mr.. Bush re-
turns to the busybody coaching lines.
This George Coffman is younger
brother of Dick of the Giants. And
we trust he is not blessed with BROTH
er Dicks temperament. Mr.. Dick
holds the Nicollet Park record for
the long and-high-g V ct h r o w,
standing start. He was taken out of
game. once while pitching for Mil
waukee and was so exasperated that
he Tipped his glove clear to the roof
of the grandstand.
Other players, notably Jack Using
of Louisville, have tried for that rec
ord, but the best they could do was
to hit the screen, high up.
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