Evening star., 1955-06-16
WIN, LOSE OR
DKAW By FRANCIS s7ANN
Leo and the About Face

1T is BEGINNING to look as if Leo Durocher
stride newspapermen who quoted the Giants Dandy
Little Manager saying his ball players were lazy are
liars, Leo is saying
With his world champions games back of the Dodgers
before they their Western the other day. Duroche
ostensby tipped his wig New York baseball writer inter-
viewed in his apartment after 65, extrannng loss
and quoted him, in part:
I'm real sore at Magle because he blew easy play
Real But hell that's the way it's been all year. one
guy another lazy to make the plays That's
why we're hurting.
1.-THE spirit is gone. It's shot 1t isn't there.
II warned them in spring training. figured this might
happen told them you got to start all over again ike
you had championship But these guys, some
of them, they figure championship is coming to Them
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TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER in Chicago the Lip is
playing the other side the record He is denying the
teams spirit gone. Ive this club fight its out
of tough spots before he procaims, land I'm confident IL
can do it again. We're long way back of the Dodgers
but we've been in that spot before and won out"
He "incensed" at report that some OF his stars
Of "a have been playing "lazy" ball.
"Any who says that is a liar" he emphasizes
Well now it gets be downright interesting, although
not novel, Durocher been involved in such hubarbs in
the past when he meant this and it came out that To
from George Gobe don't hardly get to see that
kind personality Outside of politics. of course
Ieos original beef, which Herald Tribune notably
oused up" that Sal Mage blew tworun lead to the
Cardinals by failing to first base Eyewnesses were
hard put believe that Durocher meant it, and for good
apparent reason.
IN THE SEVENTH INNING solly Hemus lined drive
that whstled past first base for certain base hexcept
that the Umpire Lee Baanfant the heel and
caromed crafty the paws of First Baseman Gail Harris
standing well off the bag.
Everybody startled Hemus, Balanfant Harris
Magle the customers But not the Dandy Little Man
ager Mage apparently contended in his original out
burst should alert and covered first base
in time the putout The implication that if he
Leo pitcher he'd have been covering the bag on any
sure-shot single double to right field.
The upshot that while Maglie sumberng peace
fully on his Beautyrest in the middle of the diamond life
was given the Cardinals and Stan Musa not to over
look opening, tied it at SIS with homer The Cards
finally won in the 18th.
FROM THE EVIDENCE at hand, Durocher can be very
good manager or pancky When the going good
If he asked Dusty Rhodes for hit in the pinch he usually
got including the shortest important home runs OF
all time in opening game of the World Series with
Cleveland.
"Chnese" was written all the ball that Rhodes
lofted barely into the cosen right field seats In disgust
Pitcher of the Indians threw his glove high into
the air there question to this day to whether
Lemons glove the ball hit by Rhodes went farther
Everything Leo wanted, Leo got in "a. Wilhelm and
Grissom the top relief pitchers. Antonel was tops
Mays Superman "Ths is greatest team Durocher
chortled. And in the spring "Ive got the solid team.
Rhodes 233 hitter Just prior to "a, when he hit
SAL Mays only 1856 in his only National League season
before batted 345. Antoneh 1912 pitcher for
Milwaukee before he posted that 217 record for the Giants
last year.
Leo isn't getting from his IS players what he got last
year and be sort of upsetng finding playing
hack to form Enough make Old Baldy ostenSby take
one tack day and his field the next But maybe
those tactics are working the Giants have taken two
straight from the second-place Cubs