Evening star., 1938-12-21
Refrains From Golf
To Avoid Possible
Harm 10 Arm
Paul Also Feels 1exus
Loop Stoy Hos Tuned
Him to Aid Cards
BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31.-Trailing
me and Paul." meaning the Dean
brothers, to their lair is harder than
locating mountain lions in the
rugged fastnesses Of Idaho or Mon
tana. The trail ran from Florida to
Chicago and then back to Dallas,
Tex, where our alert scout finally
rounded them up, without using q
lasso.
You may recall how the Dean
brothers startled baseball, sky
rocketed to the top, then ran into
the toughest luck I ever knew one
pitching family to meet. Two great
arms with whip-lash speed and al
most perfect pitching motions sud-
denly cracked.
If these two young fellow-both
6-feet-3, weight 100 pounds and
both we'll conditioned - only had
been able to carry on, the Cardinals
would have been the Yankees op-
ponent in 1887 and 1898, and Frank
Frisch would have had his Job for
many years ahead.
Unable to locate the fast-moving
Deans we finally got our scout from
the Texas Rangers on the job and
his report came in the nature OF
cheering news for those who like
color and heart, skill and human in
terest.
Sure Arm Is OK. Again.
You have in this message the Of
ficial dope on the two Deans:
Here's the dope on Dizzy:
His trouble, OF course. dates back
to the all-star game in Washington
IN 1897, when he injured his big toe.
Coming back in 10 days and trying
to pitch-the toe still was bad-he
was unable to throw the weight on it
and, deprived Of this pivot for his
delivery, he tried to offset it by
placing the whole burden on his
arm. 1t was due to this overstrain
that he developed a bad wing. He
thinks the Cardinals worked him
too much and didn't give him a
chance to recover.
Last season, he says, his arm had
a chance to mend because the Cubs
allowed him to rest it, They pitched
him only nine games. He won eight
and lost one.
IVY only trouble in the World
Series said Diz, was weakness due
to lack OF work. hadn't pitched in
two months and wasn't ready to
step out and pitch a hard game. Ex-
cept for becoming weak, my arm
was okeh.'
Keeps Away From Golf.
He insists that he'll come back
as good as ever, or better, next sea-
son because his arm will have had
ample time to fully recover. He is
not even playing any golf this win-
ter because he doesn't want to take
any chance at all Of pulling kink
In his arm or shoulder. To use his
words, the only exercise he is CIV
ing his arm now is, lifting q table
FORK up to his mouth, but he claims
to weigh only POI now.
His best pitching weight, he said,
Is between 100 and 1874. He's taking
no messages or treatment of any
KIND and at least processes complete
confidence that he'll be ready to 90
at top speed again when the bell
rings in 1899.
Hell be off with the vanguard of
Cub batteryman for Catalina Island
February 20 and is looking forward
to the coming season. Thinks the
Cubs got the better of the trade with
the Giants and that Gus Mancuso
to whom he likes to pitch, will fiji
the big gap behind Hartnett in the
Cubs catching staff.
Paul Also Is Optimistic.
Paul also is very optimistic over
ms prospects. I can vouch for the
TACT that he pitched some beautiful
pail Tor Dallas last season. 1 think
ne lost four or five at Houston be-
fore they gave up on him and sent
him back to Hickey, from whom
Dallas agreed to take him. On the
whole season in the Texas League
ne won and lost 16. Dallas had
a terrible club that was in the cel-
lar nearly all year and finished
seventh. All but two or three of
his losses here were in games that
ended 10. 81, 80 or 4-3. With a
decent ball club he would have won
every one of them.
While pitching for Dallas he de-
veloped a change of pace he didn't
have before. His control still is al
most f1awless. He tells me that in
the last four games he pitched be-
fore reporting back to the Cardi-
mails he felt for the first time since
his arm trouble developed that he
could put little more stuff on the
next pitch If the batsman hit the
preceding one. and that he could
come back with still more on the
following pitch If needed.
HE claims his arm felt great in
the games he pitched at the end of
the season for st. Louis. I asked
him II he thought he would have
his old-time speed next year, and
he replied: I'll be faster than ever
was before. I know I will. Actually
my arm benefited by the rest I had
to give It,
Had to Shed Weight.
He contends that overweight and
lack Of condition retarded his come
back until he got with Dallas.
Says he weighed ton In training
camp last year and never did get
the work he needed to smooth out
his pitching until he had been
shufled around and finally landed in
Dallas.
Through necessity Paul learned
a lot about pitching here that he
had not bothered to learn before,
so If he's 60 per cent right on his
prediction about his arm strength I