The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
PLAYERS AND
 PILOTS T'ANCLE IN TIE SOUTH
Dresser and Grimes Have Word War Two
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BY GEORGE KIRKsEY

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 Tampa, Fla, March 24.-(UP)- The Cincinnati Reds are the talk of the grapefruit league with their rough and ready, cut and slash tac- tics in exhibition games. They're out after the "0as House Gang title held by the St. Louis Cardinals. and they aren't Kidding.
 Manager Charlie Dressen has the Reds running bases like gang of wild men. In three days they cut down three men at second base in plays that looked like the World Series rather than practice game. Jimmy Outlaw, Nashville rookie htlstling to win the Reds third base job from Lew Riggs, crashed into Frankie Crosetti, New York Yankees shortstop, at second last Friday. Outlaws spikes cut a deep gash in Crosetti's right ankle, put ting him on the shelf for several days.
 On Sunday the Reds wrecked Brooklyn's second base combination in two innings. Les Scarsella, Cin- cinnaM first baseman, collided with Cookie Lavagetto, Dodgers second baseman, on a hit and run play in which the batter famed. Lava getto had to leap for high throw and when he came down Scar sella slid into him. Lavagetto Sprained his ankle putting him out of action for two weeks. In the next inning Alex Kampouris, Reds sec- ond baseman, smashed into Tony Malinosky, Dodger shortstop, so hard in an attempt to break up a double play that the Brooklyn play CT received severely injured knee. He'll be out 10 days.
 Burleigh Grimes, Brooklyn's hard-boiled manager, and the di- minutive Dressen almost came to blows after Malinosky was injured. Grimes came out of the clubhouse, where he had been looking at Lavagettos injury. Just in time to see Malinosky on the ground.
 Grimes blew up, and started straight for Dressen.
 "You'd better watch out after starting that kind of stuff,"' yelled Grimes.
 We can take it," answered Dres- sen.
 "Yeh, you always could take it," Grimes said. And hit .280."
 "You don't win with your mouth up here, Grimes. You're got 8 job. Let's see you hold on to it."
 "Well, I'll hold on to 1t and I don't need 8 couple of giants as a body guard to protect me-"
 (Grimes referred to the Reds coaches, George Kelly and Tom Sheehan, who are both about 6 feet, 6 inches in height.)
 Well, suppose you are going to run the other seven managers out of the league now that you're up here. I'm just Fred Haney's size. Go and get your spokes sharpened up. I'm ready" (Grimes and Haney had a fight in the American As- sociation last season and Grimes spiked him.)
 The warning spread to the play CTS of both clubs, and Heinie Ma hush and Johnny Hudson, Brooklyn base runners, charged into Kam- pouris in plays at second base Then Whitey Moore, Reds rookie pitcher, made Buddy HasSett, Dodg- ers' first basenan, dive into the dirt with a pitch at his head. Later Moore hit Johnny Cooney with pitch, but 1t appeared to be acci- dental.
 spud Davis, Cincinnati catcher who spent years with the Cards, says the Reds haven't a Pepper Martin, but the whole bunch has more spirit than the Cardinal teams I played on the past three years"
 "Wild Bill' Hallahan, another ex- Cardinal now with the Reds, says Davis is wrong.
 "We'll have a kid who'll outpepper Pepper Martin" says Hallahan He's this young Jimmy Outlaw. He has the same fight, hustle and speed that Pepper had when he first broke in. He's only 22 and can't miss being a star. He reminds me of Pepper out there on third now"