The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
MACON, CRAFT
 BEST ROCKIES IN TRAINING
Cards Have Classy SOuth= paw, Reds Star Out=
 fielder==Cuyler in Shape
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent,
 New York, April 6.-CUP)-Fare- well to Florida after trouping 873 miles around the grapefruit circuit and looking at nearly 300 ball play CTS of varying descriptions:
 Entertainment-The best show in the baseball business still is put on by the St. Looey Cardinals and Uncle Frankie Frisch, who has plenty of headaches managing them but never gets bored. Remember that afternoon in Sarasota when the Cardinals came in for their bats and Frisch yelled:
 "All right, we might as well hold class now. You MiZe sit here, and you Martin here. Gutteridge you sit here. Have you met each other? You don't act like it. Why don't you say something? Why don't you say something to the pitcher? Two out and cripple up at bat and you mess around trying to catch a man off base. What kind of base ball is that?"
 Two prizes-Remember these two names, Max Macon, a southpaw pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, and Harry Craft, a f1eet-footed cen- ter fielder with the Cincinnati Reds. Macon is one of the smartest young pitchers to come up this spring. He has good stuff, good control. When he was with Bloomington a couple of years ago Burleigh Grimes, who managed the club, drove a stake in the middle of the plate and stretch ed string out to the pitchers box. He showed Macon the why and wherefore of every pitch. When Macon throws ball up to the plate now he knows just what he's doing.
 Craft hit 300 or better ill three leagues last year with Waterloo, Syracuse and Cincinnati. Bill Terry tried hard to get him. Mike Kelley, who managed him at Syracuse, says he's the fastest players in baseball. Bill McKechnie, the dour Scotch man, smiles when he talks of Craft and says: "He has a chance to be, not merely good player, but a great one"
 The sphinx talks-Charlie Geh- ringer, who has a reputation for his extreme reticence, was sitting out side the Detroit bench waiting to go bat in an exhibition game in which the Tigers were getting good shellacking. A female fan in- quired through the screen: Are these the Tigers?"
 "Not yet, lady," answered Charlie.
 Sad man-perhaps the saddest fel- low in the majors is Tom Winsett, who came to the Brooklyn Dodgers with reputation as one of the long est hitters in baseball, only to lose his power overnight. He was sitting on the Dodgers bench the ether day when a visiting player asked him how things were going.
 Awful" replied Winsett. q went into a slump last spring and I'm not out of it yet. I've just about forgot how to hit"
 Cash rewaros-Twice during the spring when Cookie Lavagetto won exhibition games for the Dodgers, General Manager Larry MacPhail rushed back to the clubhouse and peeled $l0 bill off the MacPhail roll and gave it to the Brooklyn third baSeman.
 Here's some spending money for you, Cookie" said Larry.
 Iris said that MacPhail is will ing to go broke giving away $1O bills for Dodgers who can win ball games this summer.
 Comeback-Don't overlook Kiki Cuyler for one of the years come backs. Yes 3S and has been around for 16 years, but his legs are still good and he looks like the best out fielder on the Brooklyn club this spring. He's figuring on making this season his swan song and then seek ing pilots job. Burn 'em up, Xxi, on your last go around.