Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-17
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAH By FRANCIS sTANN
The Dodgers Are Heard

NEW YORK, SEPT. 17.-Among other distinctions
Brooklyn known to have pretty dry raindops Much drier
anyhow than the rain which falls upon the poor people
the Bronx For INSTANCE when the Giants rained
the Dodgers may be heard the radio they cavort
EbbetS Field
The skies hung low gray weepy just Manager Fred
Haney and his Milwaukee Braves ready leave
noon for the Polo Grounds In the nick telephone
call advised the invaders that contest would be staged with
the Giants account of rain and grounds ReSgnedy
Haney and his troops returned to their hotel switched
ON their radios and died little the Dodgers Just
down the road piece, virtually eliminated the Cincinnati
Reds from the National League race.
Naturally the subject Sal Mage up as the Braves
listened in black despair Magle it was who choppng
down the dangerous thrd-pace Reds The old Barber
nearing 49, suckering the Cincinnati snggers with fast
inside pitches and then getting them out with his good
Sal needed help when he lost shutout with two down in the
final inning but nonetheess he racked up his 18th win
against four defeats since Brooklyn mracuousy got
from the Cleveland Indians
So
AS THE OLD GENT was cutting up the big bad Reds
caller nruded the gray thoughts of Manager Haney
the latter listened in his suite "Could you landed
Maglie for your own club?" the calouSy asked.
NO. .Haney said with deep sigh. cat the time Ceve-
land and Brooklyn swung their deal in first place.
The Dodgers had priority as far concerned"
WELL" persisted the other, would you have claimed
him?"
Lets put it this way Haney suggested with rare
play OF tolerance he Maglie has been pitching since
leaving Cleveland any club could use him. The Dodgers
WELL they were doubly fortunate"
"Douby fortunate?"
AT the time they got Mage on waivers" Haney ex-
planned there series coming up with the Giants.
Mage used to be the Giants big pitcher and the nemesis of
the Dodgers. 1t good business move to buy him. I'd
guess the extra customers he drew the first time he pitched
for Brooklyn against the Giants paid for him."
Old man Magie still was pitching shutout ball Haney
continued:
$50 much for the business move Brooklyns off the
hook financially. Now it turns out that Mage pitch
as well as anybody Next to Newccmbe who's better the
Brooklyn staff?" 50
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there are those critics who think that Manager Walt Aston
OF the Brookyns needed above all others he would
choose Sal over Newk to win it.
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MAGL1E NOT MICKEY MANTLE, is the big baseball hero
in these parts at the moment 1t inevitable therefore,
that memories of other similar bargains should be revived
Haney an unframed nelder in those days remembers how
the late Clark Griffith not only up with but
supposedly washed-up pitchers and pennant for
Washington.
Indeed Magies feats paled by pair of oldsters
picked by Griffith meaning Stan Coveeskie and Dutch
Ruether.
This 1925 and Walter johnson was 81 years old
George Mogridge, the Southpaw who won is games for
Washington in "a badly that was traded
to St Louis Tom Zachary aging and Curly Ogden,
who'd won eight straight for the Senators in "a
isned to Chattanooga with sore arm
Grif had good young pitcher, Fred Marberry but
he was too valuable in relief to be starter Thus it
necessary to administer patch job
The Old Fox, it must be remembered competing
In those days with the vast wealth of presentday club
Grif was in poker game with those of his kind and his
chips were as blue as anybody elses
DUTCH RUETHER HE CLAIMED waivers from the
Dodgers supposedly washed-up souhpaw All the aging
Dutch did post 1877 record Griff claimed
older Coveske and the reject from Cleveland openly spit on
Dodgers supposedly washed-up souhpaw All the aging
the ball The of the hodover legitimate spitbalers
and had eos record
The immortal Johnson was out Of action in 1925 for five
bedded down with influenza and all he could rack IN
vas 20-7 mark. Still. it than enough The 25
Senator's who barely breezed to the pennant by
siz games
They the oldest team in the American League and
the bones Of that outfit creaked all the Not only were
Johnson Ruether and Covee purely wonderful but vean
Gregg was bought from Seattle AL and there
other fossils too like Everett Scott and Harris
Coveleskie at one stage Is games a In this
particular comeback league Magie belongs but you might
Say he's got a way 70 60.