The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
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By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, April 19.-(UP)-On August 26 of last year, in the city of Philadelphia, Dizzy Dean made two startling pitches with a baseball that definitely ended his chances of remaining as a member of the St.. Louis Cardinals.
 The fatal pitches were the first two thrown by Dean in the first in- ming of a game with the Phill!es. The first pitch hit the top of the screen back of home plate and the second barely missed the press box.
 If you will turn back to the papers of the morning of the 27th you will read that Dean pitched to only one batter in that game, and that night was shipped of to St. Louis on the grounds that his arm had gone bad again.
 But his arm wasn't quite that bad. Four days before he had pitched well enough to defeat the Pirates g to '. Dizzy didn't want to pitch against the Phillies that day. AS he wasn't speaking to Manager Frankie Frisch-hadn't been speak ing to him in weeks in fact-his wishes were conveyed to the man. ager through Coach Mike Gonzales. But Frisch was adamant. So Dizzy, with final "Well, he wants me to pitch anyway, eh!" walked out on the hill and let fly.
 This rather bitter little scene in the city of Brotherly Love was mild in comparison, however, to the storm that broke out in the St. Louis club house a week or so later when the Cardinals came in off the road.
 A man who was there has describ- ed the meeting of the Gas House Gang to me, and it must have been sweetheart. With the team as- sembled, including Dean, Frisch strode in and said: ,..
 "No matter what you might have heard to the contrary, I will be the manager of this team in 1888. Fur thermore, I have heard reports that some of J u players think am jeal- ous of you-envious of the money you make. That's a lie. want all of you to make all the money you can."
 At this point Dizzy cut in.
 "You must be talking about me, Frank"
 "I'm not saying who I'm talking about" Frisch beloved, but if the | cboa fife UnJI wear it o
 According to my informant, and you can go to sleep on his testi- mony, Dean then rose up and launched one of the finest, all- round, free-style, no-words-barred oral attacks any manager ever list ened to. For a good five minutes he raked F'risch over the coalS, uS- ing all the standard forms Of ad- dress for such an occasion and a great many homegrown phrases Dizzy finished with the remark that he knew three players on the club who knew more baseball in five min- utes than Frisch would know in a lifetime, and that one of them should be managing the club.
 "Never mind that" Frisch parked 'IIl be running it in 1938."
 And doing blankey-blaank job too," Dean roared back.
 That same day Dean was paid of for the remainder of the season ano told to go home.
 Knowing all of this, and a lot more than lack of space prevents me telling, it came as no great shock to learn that Dean had been sold
 In closing, here's one prediction that I think will stand up:
 Dean, no matter what shape his arm is in, will win between IT ano 20 games for the Cubs. And if his arm is right, he will have his big gest and best year in baseball.
 Because le is happy now!
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