Evening star., 1951-05-30

right after the holiday lost exhibition soap
Yet Braves their s games and not only
flag sweeping victory the supposedly invncibe
Philadelphia Athletics the World Series Baseball historians
argue whether staings club was the weakest luck
lest gamest club to reach such heights Probably the
Braves were all three-weak. lucky and game.
EVEN FROM THEIR LOFTY position today the White sox
are suspect as ability questioning their
And if they're lucky it may stem chiefly from the recog
milton the Comkeys Mrs Grace and young Chuck H. gave
when they hired him general manager
Lane handed and relatively young to be a
general Unlike the moving forces behind some other
big league great believer in rotating personnel
Probably trades during his brief than
the business the same period Of
time
Managers the American Leagues big Four"-New York
Boston, Dtrohave yet to rate the White Sox
as serious contenders ONe AL Lopez and Red Rofe
all the team to beat Casey Stenge says
he fears others Yet the White sox top
this morning, and they, too may be team OF destiny
TAKEN APART, position by position Rookie Manager Paul
Richards impressive Chico Carasquel the short
STOP performer and AL Zarla the rghtheder batted
1925 for year. The others aren't much
with exception of First Baseman Eddie Robinson and
the complaint Mats that when he
playing them he slow to clog up the bases
to the 1914 Braves they couldn't bear close
inspection position for position either staings outed was
that he employed the platoon system and probably
was the pioneer little base combination
1Opound Rabbit Maranve and the equally light Evers had
little power.
One definite parallel to the White sox at least,
Stallngs shortage pitchers The Miracle Man be-
lever in small carried only eight hurlers. Para
doxicay he played in his outd 1t doesn't sound
like percentage, but still the Braves
AT THE MOMENT Chicago has second baseman named
Nelson Fox who weighs 145 pounds and is hitting s62
highest the league His big league is
only 2 and obviously he's playing his head Yet nobody
can his 46 hits 127 times at bat from him.
the % runs he's scored.
of IA had fellows like Fox spunky little
their in the air when they and raised
the bench During stretch Boston was IN terrible
batting slump The Braves trio of pitchers Rudolph James
Tyler picked them yielding of about run
game stretch of Is games The club that had only
one before July piled up IS in the second half
Of the
There game against Pittsburgh, which had Babe
Adams pitching loaded the
bases sangs said Maranvie the next hitter "et
on somehow, if you have to be hit"
ADAMS. WHO THREW HARD, whipped across two strikes
little Rabbit Then remembering his managers Instructions
Maranvle leaned the plate hoping be hit He got his
wish Babe beaned him the forehead with fast ball and
the Rabbit went down.
As the story goes Plate Umpire Charlie Moran not
shaken by the nearfata incident his wits Regard
ing the PROSTATE Maanve with cold and suspicious he
said If walk to first base I'll let with it,
Maranye staggered first base whereupon he relieved
but the run he forced home the game
Ball clubs such the old and the 1912
Win or lose, you know that team they're trying