Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-28
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JOHN NEEDLES JACK BENTLEY who pitched some
pretty good ball for the old Orioles well for the Sen
tors and Giants addressed the Grandsand Managers Club
in Alexandra and left iris Speaker OF his atme team
Iris a great outfeder" Bentley conceded, but
will tell you why chose Joe Daggo fit between
Ruth and Ty Cobb. 1t because DMaggio and every
other modern-day outhelder has to much
ground than oldtimers Speaker played very shallow
cenerfied But neither Iris nor anybody else could play
that shallow today.
Todays outfelder go back to haul down
drives DMaggio did remember conversation with Art
Fletcher.
"'DiMaggio' Art told me- amt human No ouheder ever
covered so much ground.
That's why my al-tme outfeld is Ruth, DNiaggio and
Cobb True Ruth and Cobb didn't have to any
ground than Speaker but they such terrific hters that
you've got to bear with them"
UNLIKE COBB AND MANY other old timers Bentley
refuses to be critical Of presenday ball. "As matter Of
fact Jack "its better ball today. The players
better Oh people look at few 10to7 and say This
is baseball? This the way they play the camel
ITS true that games last too long and there may be too
much maneuvering of pitchers Jack admits but with the
lively ball. that's got to be expected remember when Ruth
came and the ball made lively. There long
period of time when Connie Mack couldn't get people
ball park in Philadelphia Then Ruth started to bang those
home and he filled Comics park II nobody else did
1t is Bentleys notion that most of the nostalgia yearnng
for oldme ball" is done by people who don't really know
the
I'm my time had lots Of To- 2l games" recalls
Believe me, 1t was dull dreary baseball It like football
before the modern Tformaon the of the
forward pass"
THE VETERAN FROM SANDY SPRINGS, Md, who
broke into the majors with Washington 1913 points up
that in IA he had ST. record and had pitched two 10
games Il had total of three shuous saying
Clark Griffith bless him. back the Just the
same
To-day, If pitcher grnds out three shutouts in season
or part OF a season, in my he's made. He's
near star But this not knock In those days you pitched
low-run games got the hook"
Jack did not add that in addition to being handy south
paw he also could play first base the outeld and was no
patsy with the bat.
When you went to the minors in my time" Bentley
chuckled you didn't into many young with nice
backgrounds and lot of bonus money their pockets
Mostly, they dssolute the minors The morals
OF minor eaguers in those days carefully watched
now"
BENTLEY, WHILE APPROVING the lively ball and the
home run and the sppedup Scoring takes cognzance
OF the fact that pitching dangerous occupation With
Herb Score In mind, naturally, he said
Even when we pitched the so-caled dead ball hitter
would whistle one back at the box and there defense
You were, shall we say, adroit first baseman when
not pitching we asked do that you got hit?"
i sure did, got hit lots times once right under the
neart couldn't get my glove up in time
And don't forget, only to protect myself against
drive heading for chest Herb never had chance
that drive at his head It's more pitchers are not
injured"