Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-04
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Small School Kids Know
All, YES, HOMECOMING WE

Small School Kids Know
All, YES HOMECOMING WEEK at Griffith Stadium
Spring is in the air and the sap running And lot of
deuded folks will make fooshly optimistic bets the 1855
Senator'S who will open the week from today against
the Baltimore Orioles with Bob Kline probably topping
variety of shortstops.
Small children understand that depth position
important shortsop highly desirable they also
that least shortstop major league
caber So the Senators going to try to do what
other club in memory has donego into pennant race
without Grade-A shortstop and out winner
After eight successive in the American Leagues
second division the Washington clubs brass took strong
to rebuild the club the winter They raided
the minor leagues for manager, two coaches and
bought baplayer the bargain counterthe BUSH
league draft And they brought Bruce Edwards back from the
Coast. Period
THERE'S GOT TO BE slight strain the managerial
genius of Charles Dressen obviously the GrhsClark
and their boy is to the task confronting
him. Last September the Senator's finished As
back All Chuck has got to prove is that is
good for most if not all of the difference.
The third base coaching box is bound to be the focal
point this Senators off four-game
preview against the Brooklyn Dodgers travelling
companions the Cincinnati Redegs This is where Manager
Dresser will conjure his miracles first Washington
ager to be the coaching lines since Clark Griffith
promoted himself upstairs back in 1920
There be displays OF interest in the identity of the
days shortsop although Klne recent hitting gives him
edge but off what shown by the various candidates
Florida such curiosity probably will be brief Let's face
it, mennobody Dresser has tried far, including Kline,
minor league draftee has looked axe major eaguer
DURING SIX WEEKS of gambolng Florida during
spring training discovered that virtually rival
manager respected the Washington club, but only oblquey
Such utterances duly noted:
rif has good ball players Trouble is not enough
of m'-Bucky Harris Detroit.
Washington is pesky club They might win game that
will hurt you"-Casey Stengel, Yankees.
Il wouldn't mind having Eddie Yost"-Marty Marion,
White Sox.
Nobody except associated the Senators with the
nandCb
statement: Last year Washington 66 and lost 49, This
season hope to reverse the figures"
That would less the Senators fourth
place finish but without important change in
Dresser perhaps subconscious suggesting that he is
better by quite few games than Harris Or at the
time he uttered the words was he wshfuy thinking that
help its way?
OH, WASHINGTON COULD use another outfelder, tried
and tested in the image of Jim Busby but it is at shorop
where the Senators really are hurting The pitching appears
adequate and the catching Fzerald moderated Nobody
drove quite in 81 true but the Achilles heel
remains shortstop.
Not that it is as simple find shortstop as it is to
depore the lack of The Yankees for INSTANCE haven't
decided boy The Indians, winners of Ill last
year. going line with National League casto
George Strickland Good fielder but his batting average
only 23 The only bone contender in the American League
with solid hortstop Chicago which has Chico Carrasque
Still whole winter the Senator's did not seem to go
all out better than any the roster Kline hit
39 for Birmingham but since he Yankee property at
the time there must have been flaw in his batting stroke
sale. At time in Florida did the young look he
could hit better than 240 the majors although he has
perked since with five ts in his last 10 tries On Defense
while professional in action there confusing him WITH
say, the Marty Marion of 10 years ago
FOR SOME REASON, battling to the other Giants of
that era, is popularity supposed that in 1888 New York
the National League pennant and hve-game World
Series Washington without rst-cass shortstop The
subject several times in Florida in recent weeks and
each time and by several sources it given the lie
Bill Terry who managed and played first base for those
Giants said Blonde Ryan the most moderated short
stop know. II he hadn't sent that telegram. ~
Mel OFT: Ryan inied spark that year, and he
was great shortstop in 49,
Hal Schumacher Don't think with weak
shortstop In 33 Ryan close to being the best of
good many outstanding shortstops He could do wrong
He paid to field and 1t turned out he underpad
He wasn't paid to hit but when it counted Blonde hit
get OF red in the neck whenever hear that Ryan
weak link and that the World Series in spite of him.
Ryan the who, disabled during long road trip
wired Manager Terry, if not in many words Am on my
way. We're in" And so 1t turned out to be.
Blonde Ryan was of the time shortstops but
pretty wonderful that year. and those noises and lights
attendanto his return for the stretch drive added up to
jackpot.
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