Evening star., 1953-06-05

This bunch of mine is the looking ball
seen. They can't do anything right"
The IA Braves Wild vocal crew. stallngs himself
was no paragon of patience He like McGraw
whose Giants had straight pennants and who
Stallngs had to beat salngs Gagged tiger pacing
the dugout, ranng at his players fning willy
ny although it recalled that he collected any
the fines.
STALLINGS' BRAVES IS games behind the league
leading Giants July and Second Johnny
EVer merry competitor used to eve not only in
last place but just after the Fourth July
uon game to company team That's we were"
TO win the pennant, the Braves successful in So
OF their last 66 games Even historians this
whether Stallngs the weakest uckest gamest
OF all pennant winners. Chances they three
weak, lucky and game
Once in scoreless game Maranvle was at bat
with the bases full Even have get HIT" stalngs
directed, "get on base somehow"
The colorul Maranve also was COURAGEOUS Babe Adams
was pitching for Pittsburgh and Babe throw hard
Rabbit leaned the plate of Adams fast
pitches smack the forehead guy went down like
eed OK but Umpire Charlie Moran viewed the tragedy
with proper suspicion
IF you can walk to first base" intoned let
you get with it, staggered to first base
winning the game, and promptly collapsed.
WHEN DRESSER SPEAKS of the modern Braves lacking
pitching DEPTH he ignoring the fact that in Stangs
proved that team could win with pitching staff
He had Rudolph Tyler, James and little else Pitts
burgh Series during exposed his skull the
Braves shut out the Pirates games Rudolph
James and Tyler performing the heroics.
IT anything, the modern Braves have more pitching
AS the Milwaukee Braves they're hoped up nobodys
business and conceivaby could go way Jackie
Robinson calls the Braves too DID, he should remember his
own birth certificate dated January Only two Braves
the seldom used Walker Cooper and Outeder Sid Gordon
are older than Jackie.
Luck and gameness plus pure brass made winner of
the 1914 Braves Maranvie stuck his head into
Johnny Evers, who weighed than 14O pounds
once tagged big Henie Zimmerman hard that Zimmerman
arose with fists failing Maranve the shortStop and no
bigger than minute stalked Cubs big ineder and
clipped him behind the ear.
When Zimmerman revived he said, II slugged
me- 1t was Moose Whaling either Whaling
Schmidt" Leading him the field arm in arm Maranvie
said to his friend, II the guy you honest"
mo shrimp like you could hit that hard" Zimmerman
protested Later when he discovered it true
friendship with Maranvlle dissolved.
THE AS HAD WON FOUR American League pennants in
ve years and not many people thought the Braves had
chance in the World Series But salngs had plans He
propostoned Boston sports writer going to hold
press conference George said after we're together
while want you to ask when we practice"
This was in Philadelphia, where the was to
open Midway OF the press conference the Boston writer
dut1fully asked when do you practice, George?"
AT o'clock Staings said 1.-TWO o'clock at shbe Park"
The Philadelphia scribes asonshed. Connie Mack
had said his AS would practice at o'clock
THE hell say" Stalngs replied, picking up tele-
phone Get me Connie Mack" he demanded When Mack
was on the phone Sang read him off, although previously
he and Connie had agreed to practice times salngs
made it sound had doublecrossed him and while
the writer's listened he concluded You field
at and at noon and at 4, too weu still you four
straight"
The writer's telephones typewriters and Offices
Headlines such Mack Closes Shibe to Braves"
Sproued The unknowng caught the fever And they
won four in a