Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
WIN, LOSE OR
DkAW By FRANCIS s1ANN
Of This and That


VIGOROUSLY reluctant to pass judgment rival clubs
fear their words will back to haunt them The Senator's
however haven't scared anybody this spring. They
down as real wobbly outfit Oldtimers fearful that
Washington may revive memories of the Braves
of the Judge Fuchs and the Phes Gerry Nugen
General Manager Frank Lane of the ST. Louis Cardinals
looked wiStfuly Waly Post of the Cincinnati Reds
pumped several batting practice drives the lefed
fence and into the lagoon
IF We had Post" he sighed could away from the
field like Brooklyn did last year Post may be the best right
handed hitter in the And to think that l months
ago Gabe Paul president of the Reds
Bnzzy Bavas weep of the Dodgers) for renegng trade
of Post for Junior Gillian"
Without Post, and saddled by predominantly left
handed batting order Lane still predicts that his Cardinals
will finish comfortably in the first division.
If we're not flour" Frantic frankie says,
there ought to be investigation Starting" he added,
with me-"
BIRDIE TEBBETTs WAS talking about young Billy
Werber of the former Tech High and Duke star who
played for the Yankees Red Sox and Athletics in the
American League and who later spanked the Reds to
National League remnants.
Biys got real good batting stroke" Manager Tebbetts
said Hes the second fastest squad too If he
give baseball half chance he'd be fine ball player"
Young Werber has expressed willingness to play only
two before joining his dad in the insurance business
in Washington. When somebody remarked that it
fourShing firm Birdie snapped:
so is mne But I'm bearing down every minute in this
monkey suit like I never had another business"
Until then it hadn't been recalled that Tebbetts him
self, is an insurance counselor.
EXCEPT FOR YOGI IBERIA. his special pet and amiable
foil of many strained dugou remark Casey Sengel usually
maintains a strict imparality toward the Yankee ball
players But hardly day has by this spring when
Casey hasn't sung the praises of Tony Kubek TALL Stats
Marontype who may not only stick with the but who
may play quite bit of shortstop.
Il wouldn't be afraid to play him anywhere-Shortstop
outfeld don't care" Stengel says.
AS far he knows Casey started spring training with II
shortsops half catchers Throwing an obique
bouquet to Berra he put it this way:
"Shortstops don't need much. McDougald play
it. If his leg bad Kubek will do Comes the PINCH got
the Little Man Phil Rizzuto) Now when you talk about
cachers got to get somebody to take Berra place Not
hope just day. After all, there's lot of seats
to fill in Yankee Stadium"
Which Casey's way of saying, perhaps that Berra
goes go the Yankees.
REMEMBER BOBBY KLINE? He's the st Petersburg boy
who drafted from the Yankee chain by the Senator's
in 1854 He have been the regular shorstop and
deed, opened the
Bobby Topped and toward the of the season. long
after all was lost he did relief pitching. Almost
noticed he included in the winter dea
which included Maury McDermot al Now he is back
in the Yankee chain possibly to be big Lacquer but
with this consolation, friend put it,
kline is making money in the bushes right now
than he drew from the Senator'S"
The other day McDermott, who had been les,
sensational in his early appearance Yankee uniform
was talking about the runsin the -innng cobbenl
he received from the Dodgers at Vero Beach.
THE writer's kind he said when they said thai
curve was hanging. Heck, my last pail and
thing else must have been hanging too Everything threw
up to the plate back twice fast They talk about
old Boom-Boom Beck of the Phlies I'm Boom-Boom Nc
Dermott I'll guarantee that not of those Brooklyn hit
was within 80 feet OF any Yankee outheder"
THE VETERANS AMONG the major league teams train
ing in this areaYankees, Cardinals Phes White So1
distressed when Babe Zaharias had to leave fo
another trip to Galveston because Of her battle with
The greatest lady athlete OF all time is prime
favorte with ball players who only wish they could
golf ball we'll and their for the Babe pointed
up when Casey Senge attred in full uniform, paid vs
to her home in Tampa just before Babes departure
That same afternoon Stengel inveigled Babe into
manager role The Babe sat the sdenes honorary
Yankee pilot during exhibition against the Reds
Two Cleveland sports editors, Gordon Cobbedick anc
Whitley Lewis few from Arizona to observe the Florida
clubs.
Washington observed Lewis will have TO be pretty
bad to lose out to Baltimore again. AS for Cleveland w
have good pitching STAFF and AL Smith. The Giants have
Willie Mays, period"