Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09

Hes one heluva good manager, Paul AS long
running the White sox he'll be Know who he's
ravng about mostly? That Fornes got from Washing
although I'm not surprised Richards has been
about that little Cuban from the time he first saw him.
RICHARDS UANE WAS SAYING is peculiar guy
When a player another club he stops
Fostering Lane until trade is made. He'll keep it up for
months
THE Fornieles is typical" Frank explained wash
ngton brought him late in the and he beat the
Athletics with onehitter We read about it, but didn't pay
attention Then the Senators to Chicago and
Fonieles pitched and we beat him on home run by Sam
Mele.
Il felt pretty good went to my Office in real good
frame of then Richards walked in with his chin
his chest Those lucky so-and-So's, he said.
II thought he talking about the Sox, and mostly
Mee he wasn't Paul said That Griffith is the uckest
in baseball How does he up with those Cubans
every year?
Paul said, Yes am You've got to get him for me-.
WELL" LANE CONTINUED, IT didn't pay any
Richards for few days But then he back
Get Forniees he kept saying. That's his
technique bothers much make deals just to get
him out of my hair We got Minnie Minoso that way And
after get his player Paul puts wounded look as if took
too long, and says, SOFTLY Thanks, Frank
Comes the World Series and the first fellow meet is
Griffith, standing in the hotel lobby. still hear
yappng said CAL could make trade?
Have the White sox got anybody you could use?'
Calvin admitted Washington could left-handed
pitcher suggested Chuck Stobbs Cal said have to
Unk" In the official family, "Unk is Clark Griffith.
"A little later" recalled, calvin back and
Gil Coan and Sandy ConSuegra for SobbS. turned
down. remembering Richards. Then he said We'll give
you of three Cuban pitchers plus Coan
The pitchers Consue Julio Moreno and Raul Sanchez
81 TOOK THE PROPOSITION to Richards NO., Paul
said told YOU Frank want carried the
message sad Oh INK would make that
deal.
so everything is cold on the surface until the December
meeting Phoenix could tell, Calvin that
Washington had been looking because he said You
still want to trade Tommy Byrne?
"'Byrne?' I said. You mean Stobbs?
"Thats right Stobbs' said CAL playing innocent knew
Washington had switched from Sobb to Byrne and
they trying to play it cute.
"'Stobbs for FornieeS,' said Calvin repeated, 'Unk
wouldn't stand for it,
"Just then" said "a Washington baseball writer
came by Calvin If you don't make deal at this
meeting it'll be the last I'll And might that
goes for or two others
WELL. CALVIN WAITED until the writer walked away
and then telephone and presumably called r
in his ROOM At any rate returned in hurry and said
"I guess you wn-Fornieles for Byrne. Okay?
"Look, said, nobody'S said anything about Byrne I'm
keeping him. Don't you mean Stobbs?'
"Oh yes' Cal said I mean Stobbs. keep mixing 'em
up"
Lane managed wry grin. "ThoSe Washington guys
mixed up all right. They hoping to mix me up.
Anyway we made the trade-Stobbs Fornees pretty
good pitcher stobbs efthander
AS for Fornieles, don't know whether he pitch
alley But had get that blankety blank Richards off
my back"
Did it make Paul happy?" asked.
well" Lane confessed "he acted as happy I've
him. He to me later wearing that hafaccusing
half grateful look, and whispered:
Thanks Frank"