Montana labor news., 1950-07-27

With the Philadelphia Phillies III
the middle al a hot flag scrap
Manager Eddie SAWYER will GER
tainl, feel the loss OF Curt summons.
hi, So5.OOO bonu, >outhpaw pit
ching ace who is scheduled To leave
saturday ior a l+-day encampment
with the National Guard. Simmons
is one OF the top twirlcr> III the
league. Its possible the Phillics
could lose the %pennant III that two
week period. While he's gone, the
team Will play II games at home,
apain>, every club in the circuit
with the exception OF the Boston
Braves. Simmons probably would
pitch his teammates to victory III
At lcas, three OF the II games.
Those three WINS. 81 even two, could
| mean a pvnnanl. Perhaps one OF the
th,r pitcllercs might pick up the
| slack but Sawyer thinks its rather
%ronical that just when the Phillies
have the best chance III IS years to
| uin a pennant. he has to lose his
top pitcher ior two weeks.
Although the Brooklyn Dodgers
/ re Laundering around a bit, Branch
Hickey believes that his team Will
sin the pennant, "Wc have a good
sound team" Hickey said recently.
except ior the pitching. Right
nuw the Dodgers are leading the
league in the hitting department
But their pitchers are not up to par,
Only Roe and Ncwcomhc have been
coming through. The reason the
othcrs have failed To click as expected
could be chalkcd up 10 youth aud
,ack ui experience. Regardless 81
now the Dodgers fare, Hickey plans
~ doing plent, OF trading in the TALL
brazilian ians take their soccer
seriously. Over $4,000 were Oh hant
to see Brazil trim Spain . to ! III thu
world soccer cup tournament a lew
DAYS ago. Fans were 50 ANXIOUS Il
obtain seats that they broke through
notice lines aud thousands got Tree
seats.
Another Bob Lemon may be
PLAYING with the Cleveland indians
next season. He is Lett Fielder
James Robert Lemon oi Oklahoma
CITY. a Cleveland Texas lcaeu,
Farm Club. The other day Man
aper Toe Nosmik oi the Oklahoma
team tabled Lemon as the best maJol
league prospect in the circuit, Ant
lust recently Rogers liornsby. wh'
is managing Beaumont .oi the same
league. rated Lemon as II OF TN
best rieht-handed hitlerS he has seer
in a long time.
Make Rosenbloom and Max Baer
former world title holders. are work
inc III the movies. They were >igne'
y, Columbia pis;urci lur lw
twn-recl comedies and they'll appea
a, partners in a detective agencN
In their heyday both were. more o
less, comedians i'll the ringtalthoue
thcS we're a couple OF tough come
laian,) So the two should ieel RICH
at home in their new role
Seems as though all is not We
with the New York Yankees thes
DAYS. There's a iront-oiiice battl
looming between General Manage
George Weiss and Field Boss Case
.Stenpal over interference. Weis
in the type OF man who usually get
hi, " way while Stengal Is at
customed to running a team his wa
oil he won't run it at all. Under
meath this growing current OF iri'
ton. could it be that this is Il
beginning III a move To ease Ol IA
out OF his job and bring Joe u
maggie into the picture as the ne
skipper The Yankee Clipper
very popular with New York iaI
and nov that his playing days a
abou, numbered. club officials m;
be considering him Tor just such
role. \ p%ennant win Will tell II
story. Should the Yanks cop Il
flag. the whole thing may BIC
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