Evening star., 1955-07-08
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ), FRANCE, ,14uu
Hail to the Red Sox!

THERE CAN'T BE MUCH basicaly wrong with baseball
that husting ball club can't cure This includes Tv In
Boston the other night poured But the Red Sox and
Senators were willing to play and there than
$4,000 spectators hand.
The Senators, you must know, poor draw prob
ably the in the American League with only Mickey
Vernon giving the outstanding class touch They have
rely pennant fever in Chicago Boston, Cleveland and
to lesser extent, New York.
Ford Frick commissioner of baseball budgeted
$4,000 for survey to pnpoin the for falling
attendance. He may may not get his moneys worth
Certainly the old TV bugaboo going to get mentioned high
u and that amt worth 60000 Anybody tell Mr. Frck
that when entertainment offered free follows
the public isn't going out of its way to pay Except
When normal, baseball minded city gets trying ball
club it's not going to sit in front of grany and be
satisfied It's citizens will be wanting the ball park
and see 1t all, in person.
BosTONIANs RAN THE BRAVES out of town and into
Milwaukee by their refusal to back them The Red Sox
survived for various but until their hot
streak undoubtedly familiar to ALL did they start packing
Fenway Park
The bestor one of the best-sports stories of 1855
could be pennan victory by the Red Sox Even close
finish would be big First Boston went off at
thing like 20 to l. Secondly the didn't really figure
because too many of their guys young and and
when Ted Williams reoined them, he would be too old
Now the Red Sox, not the Dodgers suddenly becom
ing Of the peoples cohce. Williams fishing
from the Florida keys has been going crazy The kids
Sullivan, Klaus zauchnare playing better than anybody
thought they could. II.
Billy Klaus the sortstop is making noises like Blondy
Ryan did back In 1888 In behalf of the Giants No world
beaterand only recently regular-Klaus the sounding
board for the team.
II smell pay dirt" he says with bland disregard
for the the team pushed during the dark
early days when Williams not present
1T Is NOT SUCH big lead the Yankees showing
these days. month the Red games back
and in sixth place. Now they 6h back road trip
Is coming The Red Sox, to have been winning
in other parks the Yankees have been having troubles
As Of the moment, the Red Sox by far the most
interesting Of the The White So appears
have had it. As in "a their thinness has showing
especially in the pitching department and the Indians
hackers who claimed runaway for the defending champs
getting mite tresome with their repetitious talk OF
superior pitching.
They talk of Lemon Wynn, Garcia Score Feller Houtte
man. Narles ct al but OF the evidence Cleveland like the
white Sox, is dying ball club Only Score is fresh only
wynn really consistent
WHEN TOM YAWKEY parted with some of the $40
million he supposedly controlled and bought the Red
in the winter of 1888 he rabd fan. Old Yale Blue
and that sort Of thing 1t took long time and quite bit
of money to win pennant (but World Seres) 1946
Since then the Red Sox haven't done too WELL although
they finished in the second division the
eight yearsbut Yawkeys interest in baseball to
lessen. More and he to be found in New York
or in South Carolina, where he maintains lavish and
interesting hunting grounds instead of Fenway Park.
Late dispatches indicate Mr. Yawkey for
the Red Sox from his private box Fenway proving perhaps
that faded millionaire is different jaded white
collar worker. When ball club is making the motions,
instead Of going through hem it makes big difference.