Evening star., 1938-03-12
D0DGER DIZZINESS.
TOPPED BY INDIANS.
Brook|yns No Match for
CIeveIands in Antics On
or OFF the Field.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW ORLEANS. March 12.-One
can't help being convinced after a
short stay here in the gumbo belt that
the Brooklyn Dodgers, known long and
fondly as the Dizziness Boys" have
been flying under false colors. They
are not and never will be as funny, on
and off the field and nothing barred,
as are the Cleveland Indians.
Strange that the Indians haven't
been appreciated at their real worth.
True, they have gained q certain
reputation as eccentrics who changed
managers at 2 o'clock in the morning
any morning-and they have been
up before Judge Lands trying to look
innocent more often than the average
club. Yet, the feeling persists that
their comic capacities have been
rankly undervalued
OF the Dead-Pan Type.
They are. essentially, the dead-pan
type. They're in there doing their
level best, very serious about the whole
thing (they finished third in the
American League last year,. But
they're always bungling into the wrong
bathroom.
AS one STU" Bell, a Cleveland sports
writer, put it last night: i've been
following this outfit down here since
1923, and haven't had a good nights
sleep yet"
What's focused the light upon the
1nept Indians in recent days is. of
course, the strange career of Bill No
wax, the busher from Detroit. Bill is
back with the New York Giants now,
or. rather, their Jersey City farm,
after having been abducted by the
Giants, reabducted by the Indians and
finally restored by Judge William
Bramham, the elder of the minor
leagues. to Col Bill Terry.
1t couldn't have happened to any,
body except Cleveland. Not even to
the Brooklyn Dodgers. in all proo-
ability. The Indians undoubtedly
had Nowak first. They discovered him
as semi-pro second-baseman around
Detroit last year, and they got his
name on a contract. Then they for
got all about everything, including
Nowak, pending spring
Sure" says Oscar Witt, the In
dians' new manager. I'VE forgot to
promulgate Nowak's contract. But
that's no excuse for Terry to be quite
so sharp about it. AS I always say:
The sun doesn't shine forever on the
same dog and something's going to
happen to Terry if he keeps this up."
Craziest thing about all this Nowak
controversy between such bosom pals
as the Indians and the Giants. who
play 18 exhibition games this spring,
is the fact that Nowsk hasn't done
anything yet. Honest. nobody has
been found who even thinks the 49,
year-old is anything unusual.
"Kidnaping" Worries Sister.
Last night his sister in Detroit
called him here. worried by all these
stories about his having been kid
naped" by the Indians. Maybe she
thought it was Sitting Bull Anyway,
Bill finally had to talk in Polish to
SoANAiACc HeI ~ Ieduy was Her DTOtner
and that he wasn't doing so bad, eat
ing four squares a day on the base
ball public.
The Indians have lost Nowak. who
might be good second baseman
year or two from now. Next time,
maybe, they will register their con-
tracts. But in the meantime they
have the American Leagues only bona
f1de captain. The Rev. Charley Fix,
who saw. Bob Feller into the Prot
estant Church at Van Meter, Iowa,
the past winter, is here watching Bob
train and is working out with the
club