Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15
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DRAW By FRANCIS s7Aun
Honey and His Braves

Haney dScIalmS
important influence his part in the showing of the
Milwaukee Braves. They the ball club that
stumbling under Charlie Grimm with no better than
outside chance of winning the National League
On the Milwaukee bench the other night Johnny Logan
the shotstop remarkng that Eastern spotswriter
recently asked him to spell the difference between
Grimm and Haney. why did he have to pick on me?"
Logan complained.
What did you tell him?" a dugout visitor asked
What could say? Grimm is wonderful guy.
Charlie lot. He brought up to the majors But he
managed one way and Haney manages another way"
Haney often chews out his players when they show
they aren't thinking Il went after pop fly and didn't
snap my glasses down fast enough Johnny explained
little thing, you might say but heard about It,"
MILWAUKEE BASEBALL WRITERS think Grimm hurt
himself by assuming that his players the game all
too WELL Haney doesn't assume any such thing" they
He's got his players thinking the time trying
to finish the season without boner."
That's right" Logan agreed "He's jumped Bobby
Thomson, Hank Aaron and quite few of we don't
mind It, AS matter of fact, Freds got looking for
mistakes When spot a boner by somebody on the
club Haney expects to talk to the other guy about it,
In the clubhouse Haney will deny except under pres
that he is doing anything different Grimm
club just happened to get hot the day took
ager Fred was saying land II in Now that's
pretty good momentum.
II told the fellows in meeting:
"If we win the pennant you'll be winning for me, I
won't be winning it for you."
DESPITE THE PRESSURE put on the Braves by Brook
yn and Cincinnati the players look loose relaxed This
is not noisy, demonsratve team but rather collection
OF skilled workers who realize they have real chance
Of bringing the World Series to the Midwest change
The Braves have reached the point where they are
thinking they can't miss. when Bob Bull got finger
broken by line drive it looked dark especially with the
Dodgers red hot veteran pitcher said But two rockies
Taylor Phillips and young Bob Trowbridge pop up
five games between them against losses and hardly
missed Bull, as good as he is"
Milwaukee converted Birdie TebbettS last week end
when the Braves dropped the series BRIDES
Reds and then snapped back to win three straight They've
got depth in pitching pretty good defense and maybe the
best hitter in our league Hank Aaron Tebbets admitted
Talk about guy being hard to pitch you beat
Aaron Half the time you'd think he asleep the plate
he's relaxed But he's got great wrists and it makes
difference to him whether pitch is strike or a ball If
it's close enough to reach Aaron apparently figures it's
good enough to hit First thing you hitting
double down the left field line home the right
field fence Man. what he'd do if could play n times
a season in park like Brooklyns"
WHEN HANEY SUCCEEDED Grimm he made no changes
in his coaching staff whereas lesser might have been
disposed to exercise his authority by getting out
broom Fred still has Charley Root the old Cub pitcher,
and Johnny Riddle among Others aides Root is getting
along in years but his arm is still pretty good.
could get out Of the way of line drives" Charley
saying Il could pitch batting practice every day"
Haney winked broadly at Riddle who may remembered
as having served a brief term with the Senator's
IN bet remember the year. Was it 1892"
That's right" Riddle replied You've got good memory
because I had and Washington let me go in
a hurry"
III tell you why remember" Haney grinned. wash
ngton got you from Indianapolis rghtp And oil Shanty
Hogan to replace you Well when Shanty reported he had
savored of the grape shall say, and pretty
unhappy about going back to the minors.
INDIANAPOLIS HAD a clubhouse custodian, little
guy, and maybe he said something that Shanty didn't like
Anyway Hogan picked him up by the coat apes punked
him down big grdde used for frying hamburgers
just getting nice and hot
You know what I'm going to do with you, little man.?
Shany roared I'm going to fry and when you're done
I'm going to get two buns stick between you
Knowing Hogans appetite Haney laughed that poor
guy might have Just tded Shanty over until his next real
meal
Riddle picked up the leather bag Of batting practice
balls Il thought got cordial welcome when was re-
turned to Indianapolis he said.
NOW know why"