Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01
Brooklyn Offer
OF $4,000 for
HurIer Stands
Of Little Use Here,
He'd Fit Perfectly in
Dodgers Machine
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ORLANDO, Fla, April There
still is at least an outside chance
that Buck Newsom-all 90 pounds
of him-will be paving the dirt Of
Brooklyn's Ebbets' Field and show
boatin'" as only he can for the fans
Of Flatbush this summer. That is
where big Buck should have been
all these years. instead of wasting
his particular talents on the more
sedate baseball centers of the Amer.
lean League.
If there is one thing the Wash
ington Senators did not need it was
another pitcher. They have been
getting such exceptional pitching
this spring both from their veterans
and rockies that Manager Bucky
Harris, born pessimist, vaguely
suspects it is a frame-up of some
sort. Those kids could not have
improved that much since last fall"
he insists.
Griff Couldn't Resist.
But "Old Fox" Clark Griffith
simply could not resist the oppor-
tunity to grab Newsom virtually on
his own terms. Detroit was in a
spot. 1t could not sign Newsom
and could not get waivers on him,
either from Washington or st. Louis.
Buck, after final vituperative talk
with General Manager Jack Eel
Ter, angrily had stripped his be-
longings from his Tiger locker at
Lakeland and was on his way home
to Carolina-or somewhere So Eel
Ter had to take what he could get.
And now, if things move along
logically and no hitch develops, then
should come the next move-New-
SONS trade to the st. Louis Browns
for a couple of players. perhaps
Third Baseman Harlond Cliff and a
utility inflelder The Senators are
in sore need of both. Harris. his
club practically wrecked when Cecil
| Travis and Buddy Lewis went into
the service, has been reduced to the
desperate expedient of trying to
make third baseman out of Ro-
berto Estalella, the Cuban out
fielder who is built like a barrel.
And to make matters even worse,
Roberto right now is only Just re-
covering from the numps.
Dodgers Offer Stands.
When and if that deal goes
through, the Browns presumably
will be free to sell big Buck (the
object of all this phenagling) to
Brooklyn for $4,000 and a player.
The Dodgers offer. made originally
to Detroit is understood still to
stand. Buck probably would be
worth every cent of it. too. He
would fit in beautifully on the staff
Of the National League champs. tax
ing his turn between Whit Wyatt
and Kirby Higbe. The only thing
the experts have felt the Dodgers
might need to stand of the st. Louis
Cardinals is a so called third
pitcher" one capable of winning.
say. IS games while Wyatt and
Higbe bear the brunt. If Buck
should return to his 1910 form,
when he won 81 and lost 5. it would,
of course, be murder on the rest
of the National League.
Little Help to Griffs.
Meanwhile, the Senators prospects
are not improved materially BY
Newsom's acquisition. They have a
couple of the best in Dutch Leonard
and Sidney Hudson, and they have
come up with a brace OF rockies
named Hardin Cathey and Phil Nc
Cullough who look so good Manager
Harris won't believe it. But still
they haven't enough hitting to pull
them out of the second division.
The only player who looks as II
he might provide a little power is
Mickey Vernon at first base. He
hit .299 his first season. Neither
Frank Croucher on second nor Bob
Repass at short has proved he can
hit big league pitching, and the
three regular outfielders-George
Case, Bruce Campbell and Stan
Spence-banged the ball for a COM
bined average OF about .260 last
season. That amt good.