The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-10
FOLLOWING
THROUGH
(BY AGUILARI
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Dean starts campaign to regain
form. Dizzy hopes arm will be
well in a month. Pete Norton
says that when DiMaggio and
! Gordon cracked skulls the other
day while chasing a fly ball in
Washington, they were merely
living up to one of the old tradi-
tons of the Yankees. For more
than 80 years, the Yanks' fly
chasers have been known as the
unluckiest i'm the majors. 1t start
ed back i'm 1907 when Kid Eber-
field and Dave Foltz staged a
head-on smash. In modern times
Earl Combs, the grey-haired Ken
tuckian, who will go down in
baseball history as one of the
greatest outfielders in the game,
smashed into concrete wall at
st. Louis and was almost killed.
This happened in 1894. Two years
later DiMaggio and Myril Hoag
collided while chasing a fly ball,
and Hoag was so badly hurt doc
tors predicted his baseball career
was ended. However, the veter-
an recovered and played ball
through the 1887 season, success
fully coming through delicate
brain operation. Dusty Cookies
career was interrupted when he
tore a shoulder muscle during his
rookie davs. with the Yanks and
Dixie Walker was another who
fell under the spell. Cooke is
playing regularly with Cincin-
natl and Walker is with the tt
gers. Yankee infielders are
made of sterner stuff, although
there have been many times when
Gehrig and Red Rolfe have run
into concrete walls going after
foul balls. Lack of hitting from
Greenberg, Gehringer and York
has kept the Tigers down. Ask
Bob Shultz, he knows. .Zeke
Bonura isn't proving ball of fire
at the plate for the Senators, but
he sure is steadying the infield
with his hustling and keeping the
pitchers fit. The Giants are hit
ting hard and better than at any
time in the past decade. What
has happened to that dead" ball
they are supposed to have in the
National?. Casey Stengel says
his Bees will finish fourth. He
expects to beat out the Cards for
that position. He thinks that the
Giants, Cubs and Pirates will fin
ish one-two-three and his team
will be the fourth club. with the
Cards in fifth place. He thinks
that with Dean gone, Mize, Med
wick and Slaughter will lack the
pitching TO carry them through.
He has Warstler and Cuccinello,
the best double-play combination
in the National, he claims, and he
has the best. pitching staff. We
shall see about this by the Fourth
of July. Cards pilot is on the
spot this year. Frisch faces weary
future, probably on his way out
as manager. He broke an ankle
in Winter Haven showing young
xters how TO slide. Last October
ne gave Lippy Leo Durocher for
five players TO Brooklyn. Later
he sold Johnny Rizzo to the Pr
rates and Rizzo is sensation
with the BUGS, and when the, sea-
son started he let Dizzy Dean go
to the Cubs for Sl85.000 and three
players. II seems that Frisch did
not like Rizzo. frankie wanted
to get rid Of Dean because he was
trying to get Frisch's job as man
ager. So when the season started
Frisch was rid of three players
and a headache and the owners
were $4,000 richer and IL
players to the good Now the fans
know the history of the Cards
manager HornSby was traded
after winning a worlds cham
pionship. McKcchnie was fired
after winning a pennant. South
worth did not last a season. and
Gabby Street was turned lcoSe
after winning a championship, So
If FriSch turns out 4 good club
this year he will be praised, il
the club slumps ne viii &c given
the gate. Such is baseball. Bob
Seeds, former major Lacquer row
with Buffalo. hit four successive
homerS on Nav 8 and three in the
game of Nav Z This must be
some kind Of a record.