Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW 5, FRANCIS s7AnA
Lost of the Bio Three

SHREWD AND ASTUTE the Yankees front office NAV
be- but there's sentiment there and the sale
Ed Lopat to Baltimore points this up than
years and in five World Series the gentlemany hande
pitched with distinction and you'd think the Yankees could
have kept the veteran the rest of the season.
In sending him to Baltimore the Yankees consigned the
yearold to the boneyard Lopat can't possibly last long
with the Orioles whose Paul may acquired
him only in the hope of beating the Senators seventh
place This would be dubious distinction although
pleasant to finish dead last especially when making
debut as both manager and general manager
The chunky native New Yorker could put much
stuff the bali and called the Junk even in his
heyday when he won 10 to for the Yankees
Now ne has even less stuff and he belongs to club that
can't score runs for him and with which he has
As developed Lopat had roots with the Yankees either
but roots or not, Richards might do himself favor by
eventually making Lopat pitching coach
LoPAT WAS CLASS guy fine competitor and the
complete gentleman His departure marks the end of the
big Three that many remnants for the Yankees
AS Marty Marion of the White Sox saying the other
day. Its sure going to be different looking Yankee club
going into big series without Reynolds Rasch or Lopat"
That's about the order in which they ranked too
Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat-athough very close
Reynolds who beat the Yankees to it retired won l3
and lost so in his eight Vic Raschi 18 and
lost So in seven years and Lopat 1859 Together
Big Three won 1862 and lost 49, which spells pennan
in any league, in any era
They all formidable when the chips were down
Reynolds could start relieve He had To World
Series competition Raschi only starter had So and
Lopat another who could not relieve successfully Al
WHERE LoPAT WAS ESPECIALLY valuable-more so
than Reynolds and Rasch-was when came time to beat
Cleveland That's when the Junk came into his own
For some odd that motion Lopa plus his endless
notifications of slow curves sders and scewba baed
the Indians.
Forty games he from the invariably contending
Indians against only IL losses year after year he
frustrated the Tribe Two other clubs he beat pretty
good, too His lifetime record against Northumberland
counting this seasons neat 27-s. against the old
St Louis Browns, now the Orioles he 27-13
AS that stubby Tv comedian might say you don't
hardly see them kind of pitchers more"
Lopat as beginner had thoughts playing first base
But his arms were short and he wasn't of hitter
although better than the average pitcher pitcher he
had nothing to throw past hitters but master at
he struck out only 90 innings Bob Trley whom the
Orioles presented to the Yankees winter famed 1875
in 1854
THE YANKEES ARE QUICK to forget apparently They
dumped load OF bewlderment Rasch in February 1854
when they sold him to the Cardinals The big euy had won
49, d. a. a. is and - in successive seasons for the
Bombers and was properly habbergasted So it might be
added was Manager Casey Stenge confidential mood
after the sae Stenge angy denounced the whole business
Casey was shooting for his sixth straight world cham
pionshp and he had been counting heavily on Rasch It
was obvious that he auted the sale didn't get last
pennant which would have made No. and he probably
wouldn't have made his goal Rasch still he didn't care
much for the unexpected loss of Raschi
When the Yankees disposed Of Bucky Harris after hed
narrowly missed winning the pennant in 1913 the front
Offices operation was typical Harris who had won the fac
In A. didn't get the performance from some of his
key the next Even as the next tn last
day of the campaign his Yankees were in contention
They finished third, Boston and Cleveland PLAYING on
the rs tie race IN American League history and that was
all for Harris Fortunately for Bucky others
top manager when they Now he's back-n town
yet-and with an upstar Detroit ball club that might
embarrass quite few people.