Evening star., 1955-07-11
WIN, LOSE or
DRAW ;, FRANCE, ,,.uu
The Round Mans Done Better

JAMES J. DYKES IS LOSING his humorous touch or
got bad hos-writing job in national magazine FeaD
now on the newsstands Titled "The Nine Guys I'd Never
Manage the Round Man "TheSe fellows include
I've managed plus few others whose deeds have led me-
at time another to softly thank the thatbe
for keeping them away from me-"
Gadzooks! The outfed he consists of Ted
Williams Mickey Mantle and Larry Doby less The
eld while somewhat less awesome nevertheless has Zeke
Bonura at first base Whitley Witt second Luke Apping
at short and Ken Keltner third Billy Loes the pitcher
and Clint Courtney the catcher.
This not to say that the guys on my team couldn't
play winning ball" Jimmy qualities Some of them were
and topnoth players It's Just that they would probably
drive you to distraction, win or not"
DYKES RAP AGAINST Williams, Mantle, Dolby Keltner
and couple of others is pretty thin. Williams fauted
for his fireman ambitions of years ago. Dolby for weakness
against souhpaw pitchers arry the American League
in runs batted in last year, and Mantle termed moody
According to Dykes Keltner too to ride from the
dugout after he applied for unemployment compnsa
ton during the of season. .-t
There is disposition here make book that not very
many managers would agree with Dykes-f he is even
semserious And there times when the exmanager
OF the White Sox Athletics and Orioles sounds like he
some of what he When he speaks of pchersthere
are others besides Brookn does not overlook Don
Larsen, who lost only 81 while winning gigantic
three for at Baltimore"
Of the two hurers the Yankees obtained that record
winter radeBob Turey is the oher-Larsen appeared the
better bet to win plenty this year, until Turey got going
He the more finished pitcher Of the two He has every
thing he needs to win Everything except attitude"
But as Dykes continues e. Last year Larsen was
tired He tired in the morning, he tired in the
afternoon and he tired at nght-thats if had
game, of Otherwise he seemed to be able
up pretty good when the they snapped
those lights He feared nothng-except prospects
Of good nights Sleep"
AS REGARDS COURTNEY: ". The average club has
one fronne catcher and after that they start scratching
the bench and reaching down the those
specials hitting 220 That's why Clint Courtney
be on my club Courtney see, would have you using
minor Lacquer half the year what with his fist fights
injuries.
"Hes the kind of battler you really have like,
rule but sometimes his scrapping goes little far
He's the kind of fellow who would up to you when
you're making up the lineup look your shoulder
If his not the list-smply you
and 1atten you"
When Dykes hits the subject of zeke Bonura on
mer ground perhaps because he managed Zeke for quite
few seasons in Chicago. "In 1887 Jimmy recalls "Zeke
appeared in 16 at first base and batted 345
nearly knocked my brains out, too"
ONE DAY BONURA excused from play because he
complained of groin injury. "e told he couldn't walk
up the steps-13 of them from clubhouse to the field
Dykes $50 let him stay out Of uniform. replaced
him on the field myself was mere Al and of course, had
all the energy in the world to spare between managing the
club and trying to stand up at first base.
Well hot afternoon played the Indians in a
doubeheader and went for the coar-11 times up, II
times down. That was bad enough. But between games
In the clubhouse flick the radio and what do hear?
Henry John Bonura being interviewed Now get up
the radio booth at Comskey Field all fellow has to do
fellow who couldn't walk up 13 steps the fields
trot something like 1856 steps to the roof of the park
while Bonura still in the middle of this injury
business walked into the old White City Dance Palace and
there eegged star doing very two-egged
with some dame Bonura was soon a member of the