Evening star., 1955-05-02
Dresser Says Many )
OF Senators Must Go
Series of DeuIs
PIunned After
,Six-Gume Skid
BY BURTON HAWKINS
star stan Correspondent

KANSAS CITY, May 2.-Un-
less his bosses overrule him.
Manager Chuck Dresser win
give the Senator'S a complete.
overhauling in the next 10 days.
Dresser is convinced the,
Washington club v remain in
a rut with its preSe personnel
and will, advise President Clark
Grifnth and Vice President Cal.
vim Grifith today that he's eager
to unload every so-called name
player. with the possible excep-
ton of CenterfleIder Jim Busby.
"I have Q lot Of plans in
mind" Dresser said. "I'd advise
a lot of Washington players to
buy railroad stock because a lot
Of them are going to travel
shortly"
The embattled manager has
seen enough of the team in the
course of a six-game losing
streak to become thoroughly dis
enchanted and will recommend
a whirlwind of trading activity
calculated to bring swarm Of
new faces to Griffith Stadium.
Dresser will not necessarily
insist on outstanding figures in
return. but will try to make
package deals which will include
promising minor league perform
ers or young reserves on major
league rosters.
Harris Forecast Upheld
This spring Bucky Harris was
quoted to the effect that his sue,
cessor, Dresser, would be in for a
rude awakening come July or
August. The awakening has ar
rived ahead of schedule and the
chesty little Dresser is in a mood
to revive interest in the Sen
ators by a series of deals.
It's obvious the Senator's.
front Office will have to move
quickly or take a severe jolt at
the gate. They were relying ON
a respectable start to needle at
tendance, which skidded sharply
to little more than half a million
last season, and the sill record
OF the club comes as a rude
shock.
The Senators bosses have
been sitting back waiting for
flrst-division clubs such as the
Yankees. Indians and White Sox
to drop few games and become
bit desperate-all the better to
outmaneuver them in a deal.
Instead the Senators have tobog-
gained quickly, and if the front
office force isn't panicked now it
could remain calm in the face
of an avalanche.
Test of His Backing
The next 10 days will be fate
ful ones for the Senators. Dres-
sen is signed to a two-year con-
tract with the promise of COM
plete support of both GrifhthS..
Now he's anxious to revise his
club in top-to-bottom shakeup.
1t will be interesting to see the
sort of backing he receives.
It's likely that in addition to
Busby the Senators will cling to
such young pitchers as Ted Aber-
nathy, Camilo Pascual and Pedro
Ramos. Everybody else on the
club is on the market, at least
from Dressen's viewpoint. II
other clubs are desirous of trad
ing.
Cleveland has sought Mickey
Vernon, Chicago has pursued
Roy Sievers and New York would
welcome another front line
pitcher. If those clubs are still
anxious to do business, they'll
find a ready listener in Dresser.
The Senators pilot saw his
club grab a SO lead in the first
inning here yesterday and wind
up losing a l6- 10 decision to
Kansas City before 20,9O6 enthu-
siastic customers. 1t was a con-
test in which Ed FITZGERALD
rammed a pair OF successive
home runs and Eddie Yost and
Busby supplied others for the
Senators. but six Washington
pitchers were pounded for 16
hits. Seven of them were extra
base blows, including home run
by Pitcher Arnold Portocarrero.
Glorified Rockpile
1t matters little that the Kan
sas City ball park is a glorified
rockpile, with an infield like a
worn billiard table, a bumpy
outf1eld and a convenient left
field fence which turns routine
flies into home runs. The Sena-
tors appeared sorry long before
they invaded Kansas City.
They haven't won a game in
the West and have dipped pre-
See SENATOR'S, Page A-23