The Washington times., 1938-02-02

- still in the
bW COrum league, will be
In the position of helping to keep
1t in the league. Not through
generosity, but because Of busi-
ness acumen.
The best insurance the New
York Giants can have for a fl
Hancially successful season is a
stronger team iE Brooklyn. Not
q pennant winner. Nobody ex-
poets that. Nor would Wills
spirit Of helpfulness ever be car.
ried to such extremes.
Still, a better team in Brook
lyn means bigger and better
crowds when the Giants and
Dodgers meet, and the merry
hum of those turnStiles is
sweeter music to "Sweet Will
liam's" ears than any Wagner
ever wrote. Either at shortstop
or in Germany.
NEEDS MORE POWER
The Brooklyn Club. like a
1915 automobile, needs more
power. They have an inviting
right field fence at Ebbets Field
and nobody to hit long flies
against, or over it.
That's why I fully expect to
see Terry trade Wally Berger to
the Dodgers today. Possibly
with a pitcher, or Catcher Gus
Mancuso, or both, thrown in, to
make the good folks of Flatbush
happy. william wants no sor'
row where it might hang crepe
on the gate.
Just what players the Giants
will get in return for this gra.
cious gesture, assuming a mon
key wrench isn't thrown into
the deal at the last minute, is
problematical. Terry could use
Buddy Hassett. SO can the
Dodgers.
The dizziness boys Of Ebbets
Field have tried a lot Of strange
maneuvers in their better for
gotten past. But up to now they
always have used nine men in
the field, just like the rest OF
the teams.
So while Hassett, a Manhat-
tan boy who might welcome a
change from the Gowanus to
Harlem, probably could be had,
it's doubtful If Terry would
want to give up what MacPhail
and Grimes would ask.
ROUND ROBIN LOOMS
The player that Terry is seek
ing most actively at the moment
is big Beak" Lombardi, the
clouting catcher Of the Cincin'
natl Reds. He was right down
to a straight player for player
trade, Mancuso for Lombardi,
with McKechnie last evening.
When our Will asked Cincin-
nati's Will for a couple Of Class
B boys to send to Giant farms,
however, McKechnie cooled off,
and asked for another night in
which to ponder the portentous
problem.
The proposed trade with
Brooklyn may, therefore, de-
velop into a round-robin, with
Icmbardi and a Dodger or so
winding up with the Giants,
Mancuso with the Reds, and
Berger and a pitcher from either
New York or Cincinnati with
Grimes Flatbush FusileerS.
Not that the Giants would
turn up their noses at Babe
Phelps, Brooklyn's top hand be-
hind the bat. Not many, if any,
clubs in the N. L. would.
Branch hickey, the miracle
man of the Mississippi. is hot
after Phelps for the Cardinals,
and-this is a funny one-who
do you think he'd like to get
along with Brooklyn'S big Bam-
bino?
None other than "Lippy Leo"
y Durocher. The Cards traded
Durocher to the Dodgers at the
end Of the 1887 season. It was
one of those things. Leo had a
mediocre year along with a cou-
pie of minor run-ins with Mana
ger Frisch. So Hickey peddled
him.
FRISCH WONDERS
The 1898 campaign seemed a
long way off then. It's closer
now and FriSch is beginning to
wonder where he can lay hands
on a shortfielder capable of car
rying the gabby ones glove.
Young Brown might be the man.
Then again, he mightn't. You
didn't have to guess about Dur.
ocher.
He can really field.
Here's something else on
which you can safely wager your
winning Irish Swe pstakes
ticket. Van Lingle Mungo, the
Carolina cannonball chucker,
will start the season at Ebbets
Field, and probably finish it
there.
The Brooklyn management
has abandoned all thought of
trading Van at this time. This,
much to the relief Of the four
supposedly first division teams
IN the Ford Frick circuit,
The Dodgers will open the sea.
son with a different and stronger
team, nevertheless. And I have
good reason to believe that one
Of the additions will be Master
Wally Berger, and probably be-