Evening star., 1955-06-01
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW By FRANCIS s1Auu
You Chew Picks in Chi.

IN CHICAGO THE NEWEST fad among the younger male
set to chew toohpicks Just break e into little
and chew the ers Why? Because Toothpck Sam Jones
does Ut in ball game and didn't he pitch no-hter?
Davey Crockett plays the outeld for the Cubs His real
is Robert Speake, but he's hot he is sharing
smay billing with the king of the wild frontier Grown-u
in Chicago half disbeeve the Cubs in second place
In the National League but daily they growing more and
interested.
The Cubs are by all odds the surprise the majors
Widely picked to wind seventh or in the cellar they are
giving the Dodgers decent chase after Brookyns fantasia
cally successful start.
.1ts wonderful" telephones Sports Editor John
michael from Chicago. Frank Lane of the White sox was
just telling What the Cubs doing is the best thing
that's happened to baseball for long time"
WHAT WITH THE White sox giving it good try in the
American League and the Cubs bafng everybody in the
National Chicago is the most rabd baseball town in the
land right now and Lane likes it that way
The Cubs aren't taking business Lane contends
sThey are making it better This ought to be-
Carmichael sports editor Of the Daily News, doesn't
reend to know If the stay ahead OF the Giants
Braves and Cards saw Clarence Rowland the oner oay
and asked him what was making his club tick.
You know replied our boys are interested IN tner
vocation"
Casey stenge and Durocher master minds' Not
I'm Chicago these days. The Brain in the Windy City Stan
Hack and Cub fans will permit no comparisons.
THERE IS GOOD deal to be said for Hack too. speake
outeding sensation, up from Des Moines with
264 batting and listed as an inteder on the
Hal Jecoa who be OF the two best relief
pitchers the National League at this time is converted
outnelder.
best defensive center fielder in the league But he can't hit
and he's got that terrific arm and so -.
Remember Eddie NIiks who Dodger indelder some
years ago? He the fellow who perennay was toued as
the to Reese Billy Cox Jackie Robinson
Finally Brooks unoaded him to the Cubs and even IN tna
low company he couldn't win job.
Now he is the Cubs fielder and when last seen ne
was climbing up the that the brick fences OF
Wrigley Field and saving ball game with sensa1onai
catch.
ALL CHICAGO PRESS observers are unsnting with their
praise Manager Hack the exthrd baseman and baby
faced idol Of lady fans When big Hank Sauer stopped
hitting home runs in fact stopped hitting Hack
didn't hesitate to bench the only draw the CUBS
boasted He playing speake Mkss and lad named Jim
King from Omaha in the outeld and three lesser names
would be difficult to think up, on short notice.
But they are fielding like demons which switch from
the Chicago outed 1884 the Cubs finished SO games
back Last year the outed Ralph Kiner Sauer and
anybody center, adding up to pretty poor defensive
array This year unknowns catching drives tnat
escaped the slow-footed Kiner and Sauer.
The day that Warren Hacker pitched his hitter
game as good as Jones didn't strike out
single hitter" Carmichael verifes He Just let EN- me @'e
ball and the defense took charge
SOME PRETTY GOOD pitching has from jones'
Hacker Bob Rush, Paul Mnner, Jim Davis Jefcoat and
Howie Poet among Others but the Of the Cubs to
date has been than pitching apparently Manager
Hack during his second seems to have free hand
novelty for Cubs manager
Until recently the Cubs probably the foued-up
organization baseball what fanciy titled assist
ants President Phil Wgley of that wrange
been eliminated although Rogers Hornsby may
been Enthusiastically direct when he said Speakes hitting
is helping to turn the trick adding that surprise should be
order when rookie with 264 batting average at Des
Mones improves in the big leagues.
eff you're good enough to up" Hernsby explains
"you ought to hit better in the majors. only 27O
hitter at Denison Tex when moved In the big leagues
the conditions better pitchers while they're better
too get the ball the plate to stay Besides
the umpres better you don't hit better haven't
got It,"