Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-06
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Lopez: Still Team to Beat

THESE NOTES WERE TAKEN some 4S hours ago. when
the Cleveland Indians in their ball park
Of travelling eastward to Baltimore and Lopez saying:
1--WE claimed all along that win the pennant
again. didn't suspect it would tough, but the
big boys deliver we still make it."
AIS big boys" well known. There's Early Wynn.
who had tossed sixhter at the White Sox Then after
Lopez had spoken win apiece the Sox squeezed
from Bob Lemonand Mike Garcia although both required
assistance from superb reliever named Ray Narlesk
"We won record Of Ill games last year." AL mused
eff get 97-maybe 98-wen win this year This is
crazy season. take that Washington guys
have killed all year Couldn't beat anybody only my
club. Then they turn around and give the
the Yankees hard time"
LOPEZ. AN INNATELY honest guy only partially will
admit that he has sorry ball club for contender "If
tear my team it'll hurt feelings" he said "Ac-
tually, there's need to break it went into
this dependent pitching and that's how wen wind
up dependent pitching" =
On this particular day and time the White Sox were
batting out OF the prior showdown and Lopez agreed
there uncommonly large group of odters wearing
Chicago uniforms Just rotund figure with No on his
back stepped up to the plate Mel OFT joined Lopez
the bench.
Strange see Ron Norhey back in big league uni
FORM, said OFT, theday broadcaster Ron
must be 40 maybe Al. They just brought him up huh2"
Lopez said:
mel, he must be that old Ron used to play for Jimmy
Wilson The old Phllies remember? Then the Cubs
the minors now back up here"
II date him" OFT said. Remember how I got kdded
because dug hole in the batters box with left footp
Ron just asked to dig Says he always
when we were playing. Fit him, somehow"
AFTER REPORTER asked Lopez to size up the race
the amiable Indian manager put it this way:
"The Sox are pretty old, I'd guess. For that matter
we're all digging deep into the barrel There's Northey
and Papai wearing sox uniforms We've got couple Of
own; so have the Yankees.
"New York has the power dozen guys who can
break up ball We've got the pitching The White
sox are team apart On paper they've got nothing, yet
they're up there"
Bob Kennedy took few swats at Coach Del Wilbers
batting practice slants and Lopez said specuatively
There's a guy who must be IS and with two bitches
In the Marine Corps fier who rates nod from me.
Hitting 134 for Baltimore, think it was, now he's
plus ball Of fire for the White Sox These days you
bust muscle trying to get back the guys you go couple
or few years ago."
AvIsIToR TO THE Indian bench said:
"Al just while ago Marty Marion was saying that
made"
"Wen well, could be-" Lopez hedged
"You don't really think SOP"
In say this much. Since Kennedys been with the Sox
he's been wonderful I'd say he's personally three or
four games for them"
Marion claims something like seven games" the
reporter said.
m buy it. Lopez agreed That's how the sox have been
giving the rest of US the dickens I'd like to have Kennedy
myself We had him once you know He can play two
out1eld positions and two in the nfeld"
why didn't you grab him from Baltimore when he
seemed to be washed up?" asked the interviewer why
the sox and why has Kennedy good Chicago
after being such a dud in Baltimore?"
TITS long story" Lopez sighed, land answer only
the last question, even while only guessing. Baltimore is
a park that dscourages some .htters Kennedy . ,
Woodlng Wertz some others. Then you've got to
have some incentive The Sox lucky come up with
Kennedy and we with Wertz and Evers This is funny
game, I'm telling you Talk about footballs bounding
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