Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Pilots Getting Worst
OF Deal as BIowups
Mount in Majors
BY Joe ReiehIer
Asseeietsd Press Seests Writer

BY Joe ReiehIer
Asseeietsd Press see,ts Writer
The month-old baseball season
has been packed with odd turns
and unexpected happenings. but
one piece Of script remains un-
changed from last year. The man
ayers are having O trying time
Of IT.
Last season was known as the
year Of the ak" because no fewer
than six big league pilots knelt
with bowed heads before the chop
ping block. This season Is rapid
ly becoming known as the year
Of the blow-up" for the harried
shippers. many Of whom have
been on the receiving end Of
criticism and abuse.
| Others. free Of such form OF
censure. have come to blowing
their top" because Of fights with
opposing players. lack Of the same
by their own and disagreements
with umpires.
Burt Shotton Of Brooklyn and
Joe Mccarthy Of the Boston Red
Sox. two Of the milder MASTER
minds. are the latest to blow OF
steam.
After watching his charges drop
three straight to the Braves in
Boston, Shelton really exploded
Sunday. He ripped into his
players with o tongue flashing the
likes Of which they had not heard
since the departure Of Leo Du-
rocher.
Dyer Accused by BUGS.
McCarthy's explosion came yes.
terday. but his TRADE was directed
at the umpires in the WASHINGTON
Boston game, won by the Senators,
ga.
A short time ago, Manager
Eddie Dyer Of the st. Louis Car
dinals became involved In q "rhu-
barb" with members Of the Pitts
burgh team who accused him Of
ordering one Of his pitchers to
throw busters" at Pirate Short
stop Stan Rojek. Dyer denied
this.
Billy Southworth Of the Braves
was placed on the hot seat"
prior to the start of hostilities
when a Boston writer charged
there was dissention on the club.
The same charge was thrust at
Jack Onslow. freshman pilot Of
the Chicago White Sox. his &C.
cuser attributed 1t to Onslow's
rigid discipline Of the players.
Later Onslow was reported to
have had fight with one of his
players Catcher Joe Upton. The
two made up.
Zach Taylor, st. Louis Browns
leader, was subjected to criticism
by AL zarilla. former Brownie,
who charged that the Browns had
lost their pep and were suffering
from a "defeatist complex" That
was denied by Taylor.
Casey Stengel is still trying to
disprove the theory that he is
too easy-going with his charges.
Following q slight breach by the
players In spring training. Stengel
now has the boys toeing the mark.
It has brought results.
LOUIS Troubles Physical.
Durocher and Kuhel are now
sitting pretty with their bosses,
but Leo's Job was In jeopardy only
a short time ago following assault
charges by q fan and Durocher's
subsequent hearing in the COM
missioner's ONCE. Runors that
Kuhel was on the way out were
quickly squelched when the Mats
proceeded to run UP an amazing
nine-game winning streak.
Another manager to take a
beating has been Cleveland's Lou
Boudreau-but his has been phys
ical. 1t seems the rival pitchers
have been mistaking Louis head
and left elbow for the strike
zone" and as q result have hit
him three times by pitched balls.
Boudreau had O respite yester-
day as every club with the excep-
ton Of Washington and Boston
enjoyed an off-day. The clubs re-
sumo action today. with the Ma
tional Leagues Western clubs host
to the East and the American
Leagues Eastern teams host to
the West.
Yesterdays triumph enabled
the Mats to deadlock the Philadel-
phia Athletics for fourth place in
the American League. They trail
the front-running Yankees by
three games. The seventh-place
Sox are now i've games of the
mare