Evening star., 1955-06-03
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ;, FRANCE, ,rAuu
The Name of the Champ Is Roberts

FOR LONG PERIOD of time, baseball men paid homage
to very fine ball player by saying, whenever it was
appropriate, I had build club I'd start with Stan
Musial and then worry about the rest of the cast
Musial remains around whom to build club but
better today could we'll be Robin Roberts Unlike Musa
he doesn't play the oued well first base but he can
pitch and win other pitcher has done for years ROBERTS
may not be sensational such skeout artists as BOD
Turey and Herb Score but this pair has long way TO 60
order to catch up where it counts-wins and losses
When the husky exMichgan State athlete stopped the
dhot Cubs the other night he winning his fifth straight
and approximang the pace of 2o-game winner which
figures Five years in row. now Roberts has won anywhere
from 20 to % eason115 victories the stretch
any anything less would be surprise.
ROBERTS HAS BEEN winning too for sad, rundown
ball club in the Phies They will not finish in the National
League cellar thanks to the Pirates but they won't be win
ming any pennant, either and therein lies an interesting
sideght Roberts, you win big, as they say on
Broadway, for winner for seventh-place club
The big rght-hander only in his third year when
he 20 for the Phlies in 1885, pacing them to
the The club dropped to fifth the next year. but
1t fault of Roberts. He 81.
the Phils rallied peakedly finish fourth in 1852
there Roberts posting 287 record In other words,
Philadelphia 81 that good and Robin won
% of EN- In 53 he % and last season he won %
more, of the clubs total of rs wins.
BEFORE LAST NIGHTS game, Roberts had won approx
mately 40 per cent of the Pls He doing even
better Ed Romme did in 1922 when the old
artist veteran umpire 27 of the Athletics meager
total of 65 victories.
Roberts throwback to the days when the Big Pitcher
determined the destiny of ball club Long ago
9O4-the old York Yankees called the Hghlanders
and managed by, of all people, Clark Griffith
Grf had guy to whom he could hand the ball and
expect win. His Jack Chesbro who improved
from 21-game winner in 03 to H-game winner,
but he pitched the Hghlanders out of pennant the
final day of '04.
In 1908 the White Sox missed the American League pen
nant by losing to the Tigers the last day of the season
They had only 88 wins fellow named Ed Walsh won exactly
40 of those games.
ONE DAY LAST February at Clearwater, Fla, Bennie
Bengough warming up Roberts in the little fenced-o
they had at the time 1--WE been catching this
boy for 20 minutes" Bennie sad still haven't worked
up a sweat Now watch :"
big southpaw from of the Phls farms moved into
the picture Roberts walked Off and for 20 minutes Ben
cough expert he is with catchers mi soey pressed
He picking EN- out of the dirt and spearng em out Of
the air.
Roberts he doesn't throw that way" Benne explained
"Even when he rookie threw straight and
guy like he could catch Roberts from chair"
s there any special secret to Roberts success?" asked
bystander.
"Oh, yeah" Bengough replied First place. if Don New
combe throws real hard night this kid will throw Al
least hard If somebody doesn't walk hitter Roberts
won't either He's that way"
"In other words, you like him."
Like him! love that guy"