Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-18

Although hard, cold pouring Frane" Stann
In Milwaukee yesterday morning the double
with the Phies complete selout of reserved
TomorrowS night game with the Dodgers likewise seou
"A might give the shirt of his back his right
arm Levy informs but he won't part with his ticket to the
ball park"
WHEN LOU PERRIN ASKED fellow National League
club owners for permission to transfer the Braves from Boston,
there few protests milwaukee is bush league city,
Perrin told. 1T can't support major league ball"
Let take that chance Perrin pleaded 1--WE dropped
bundle in Boston, think deserve chance to lose money
In other city"
Because Perrin had lost money in Boston and because
they liked him personally the other club ap
proved the less than month before the start of the
How well Milwaukee has responded to big league
status atesed by the fact that its attendance leads all
other cities in the two major circuits including New York and
Chicago, in attendance.
"The Braves opened the in Cincinnati" Levy
minds They and took plane to Milwaukee. Somebody
casually mentioned the radio that the club arriving
at the county airport at such and such time that night
Thve hundred fans were on hand to greet the players
THE VISITOR TO MILWAUKEE is astonshed by the adu-
ation In restaurants bars homes Offices the subject
always the samethe Braves. People don't show up the
ball park 10 minutes before game. They hour
early watching the batting and fielding practice And they
stay late Ed Mathews 21yearold sluggng third baseman
waits hour after game before he sticks his head out of
the dressing then kids yelping
for his autograph.
Mathews do wrong" Levy reports "but he isn't
the only hero. Logan Ditmer Pafko Gordon
Bruton well, when the Braves take the field there
always nine heroes"
The enthusiasm has rubbed off on the players They are
performing better than they perhaps Last year
the Braves finished next to last dispted unsupported
unwaned group of athletes This they've been right
around the top from the outset.
Are they better for the acquisition of First Baseman
Fielder Andy Pafko? Eyes" says
spahn pitcher "but if playing in Boston we'd
still be in seventh place"
SPAIN, THE STYLISH soUrHPAw is intellgently vocal
couldn't work much enthusiasm for the transfer he
admits Neither could of the other fellows First place.
It happened close to opening of the
1.-THE players-al except the rinky-dinks who weren't
Of sckng-a had homes apartments in Boston, 1t
meant going to lot of trouble moving families and terminal
Ing leases and finding quarters wouldn't be surprised
If some OF the fellows hoping to be traded.
ut especially bad for had just opened
right next to Braves Field in Boston Having idea we'd be
moving and the Braves Field would become ghost stadium
I sank 5000 into the diner. felt lousy-and then
played preseason exhibition in Milwaukee. It terrible
daycold damp, boneching. Yet just under 10000 people
showed up.
I'VE stuck our heads out of the dugout and saw all those
folks and there seemed to be million We hadn't
home crowd so big in a long time and this just
exhibition.
THEN" SPAIN CONTINUED 1--WE played the ball game
and somewhere along the line ball hit hard between
first and second bases Jack Ditmer baseman
made the play you dove at ball.
with it, and threw out the while sitting
"You should have heard the crowd. They screamed and
yelled and believe you couldn't have helped being
I'm talking about ball players whove been around Sid
don Pafko all felt the way"
There's telling how long it will on meaning the
Braves high standard Of play and the Milwaukee fans
thusiaS But right now it's happy marriage and basebas
best O