Evening star., 1943-07-15
Brooklyn Title Hopes
Seen Gone by Trade
That Upsets Bobo
By JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Fireworks still are popping among
the Brooklyn Dodgers and that loud
noise you heard last night was Louis
Norman (Bobo) NeWsom exploding
as he was bounced out of the Brook
lyn baseball parlor.
The latest repercussions from the
Dodgers family feud were state
ment by Branch Hickey, president Of
the club, that he would support
Manager Leo Durocher to the limit
and an announcement that NeWSom,
the cause celebre of last weeks re-
bellion, had been traded to the st.
Louis Browns for a pair Of anti
quated southpaws, Fritz OStermuel-
ler and Archie McKain.
Newsom, never at loss for words,
roared in defiance:
''I don't want to play in st. Louis.
I won't play in st. Louis and I'm
not going to report.
Il got the dirtiest deal any ball
player ever got. I've been the goat
all the way through this thing.
guess I'll have to quit and I will
quit before reporting to st. Louis.
heard about this only yesterday
afternoon and I offered to buy my
release from the Brooklyn Club, but
was refused"
Most Traded Pitcher.
Whether the boisterouS Bobo goes
through with his threat remains to
| be seen. Changing uniforms is no
novelty to him for even before today
| he was the most traded pitcher in
the big leagues and in 13 seasons
in the National and American
Leagues had played variously with
Brooklyn, the Chicago Cubs, Boston
Red SoX, Detroit Tigers, Washing
ton Mats and st. LOWS Browns. In
fact, during his long career he had
been with the Browns, Brooklyn and
! Washington twice each.
Newsom, if he reports, should help
the Browns. He won 20 games for
them in both 1888 and 1889 and in
! l94l he won 81 and lost only 5 in
! leading Detroit to the American
League pennant.
| His pitching this year has been
/ the most consistent of any of the
/ Dodger hurlers and his present rec
ord of nine victories and four de-
featS is one of the best in the Ma
tlonal League. Although the Dodgers
need southpaws, OStermueller and
! McKaln, both veterans now relegat-
/ ed to relief roles, cannot be expected
| to match NeWsom's S work.
But Hickey felt that either Du-
/ rocher or Newsom would have to &c
as the result of the insurrection oi
the players last Saturday, when they
( revolted because NeWsom had beer
suspended for what the manager
later termed general insubordina-
ton" and more specifically described
as refusal TO follow pitching instruc-
tionS.
Hickey Backs Durocher.
Hickey said he would not have lei
Durocher resign, even if the man.
ager had wanted to and that he wa!
right in disciplining Newsom. nc
coaches, players, or anybody elSt
can tell a manager how to run hi,
ball club he asserted, and added
Il will continue to give him my
loyal support"
Just how the players, who revoltec
over a three-day suspension fol
Newsom. would react to the Danish.
ment of their star pitcher was &
problem which puzzled some OBJ.
servers.
In any case the blowup apparently
has blasted any Brooklyn hopes OF
winning the National League pen
nant and it was enough to make
even the stoutest Dodgers take to e
sick bed. Literally it did, because
Hickey was confined TO his bedroom
all day yesterday by an attack OF
indigestion.
The confusion among the Dodgers
may make it difficult for some fans
to concentrate on the pennant races
! again Immediately, but nevertheless
the major leagues were to resume
their schedule today after a three
/ Gay intermission for the all-star
show. Three contests were on tap
/ in each circuit. with five of the six
games being slated at night,