Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
WIN, LOSE OR
eUkAW By FRANCIS s1ANN



represents large city walks into your Office and sounds
like he wants your ball club in his in 1885, What
do you have to sell him?
The answer is very little, outside of franchise in
the American League. Mainly the personnel lacking
There record of II consecutive division finishes
There has been pennant since 1888 There much
past and less future.
The Giants, who seem to be as good as in San
Francisco come 3d. bad ball club, too but there
is difference There is Willie Mays, and a man from
San Francisco who writes observations for living was
saying:
Willie Mays by himself will be enough for a year
or two We have lots OF people and lots Of money Sooner
s-or later however Mays will find that he isn't SUFFICIENT
70 satisfy the fans But at least he will give the front
Office chance to improve the club" -1E
q. 80
THE TROUBLE WITH the Senators is that they
haven't even one stckout balplayer to offer city
for instance Minneapolis. There are few good ones
all right, meaning fellows like Roy Sewers Eddie Yost
and Pete Runnels but there isn't individual who will
inspire people to buy tickets
The late Clark Griffith never claimed that he had
"A bona hde box-oce attraction in Washington except
for Walter Johnson. And he such nice quiet guy
Grif used to complain, that half the fans in the park
forgot that he was working string of IS scoreess
innings BY SIM guys like Bobo Newsom sometimes
drew Walter"
Grths standards classifying individual attrac-
lions were rigid He didn't rate Joe DMaggio as box
office The Yankees yes but not DiMag by himself On
the other hand, Bob Feller qualified and so did Ted
Williams.
Shortly before he died. Grf saw hope for Mickey
Mantle In the summer of 1855 he unused: This kid
eXcites personally and maybe some day he will pull
people into parks all by himself But right now it's
Williams and Teller, and both about DONE"
GRFF WAS RIGHT about Feller who retired but
the seemingly ageess Williams keeps going Today he is
perhaps the most coorful and dramatic figure in the
business. If stiff neck keeps him out of the lineup as
it did here Friday night the fans boo They don't boo
Williams, just draughtS that cause stiff necks
lar'c Fafir 1onf 46a
suggested to Mr. Griffith that Herb Score might
be the pitcher to supplant Teller
I'm time" Grif conceded but not very MANY pitchers
are box Office. can think of lot Of good ones lust
during these last few year-Reynolds Rasch Newhouser
SPAIN fellows like that. People don't pay lust to
see them pitch
"They paid for Johnson, but not nearly as much
as he deserved. They pay for Teller 1 can't think Of
sanybody else who pitches who draws crowd all by him.
self"
ASSUMING THE SENATORS move what inducement
aside from license to operate in the American League
has Cal Griffith to offer? SieverS is NICE quiet guy who
Is dangerous with bat in-his hand But he doesn't
make like Persa in the outed nor does he steal bases
la Mays losing his cap 0augher every time he takes off,
Yost and Runnels are two of kind Nice guys willing
to go along. One manager is like another one pitcher
is like another Add Jim Lemon All are of a type They
know their capabilities, they know they aren't Ted
Williams.
Since they can't play first-divson ball, and since
they can't offer a Willie Mays as sop against the
day they field contender the Senators are not in
very good shape. They may move but the city that en-
braces the Washington club may discover quickly that
1t hasn't bought much
When club is sixth seventh or eighth in any league
special guy is needed kind of peg The Giants may
nave one IN Mays. The Senators have nobody.