Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-14
WIN, LOSE OR
OKAW By FRANCIS sTANN
The Time for the Braves

NOW is THE TIME for the Milwaukee Braves to bury
deep the reputation they reluctantly acquired year ago
when the Dodgers Reds and Braves involved in that
three-club National League pennant Remember
that Cincinnati did better than expected the Braves
than expected the Dodgers what expected namely
winning out.
Birdie Tebbetts of the Reds trying to do it with the
thnnes of pitching staffS Fred Haney the other hand
had staff even deeper than Walt Asons but in the final
month of the the best the could post was
A-13 record and so they lost by a game margin.
Some critics charged that they simply folded Some
blamed Manager Haney He played too close to the vest
they sad and the Braves lost confidence in themselves
Jackie Robinson was to say different thing
Some of the Braves too busy in night clubs"
Jackie accused
NOW THE BRAVES have opened the first real daylight
in the MI since the began Almost gone are the
flag hopes of the Phies Reds Cards and Dodgers That
is unless the Braves collapse again. And If they do it will
be done in full view of the home folks because after Sep
TENDER they will play only one series away from Mil
waukee.
The guess here is that there1 be fodup this year. If
only because 34year-old second baseman named Albert
Fred Schoendienst is playing for the Braves This
OF the real pros clutch hitter and a clutch fielder
Thanked alongside Shortstop Johnny Logan he gives Mil
waukee the kind of doube-play insurance that even
pitchers as good Haneys appreciate.
1t might well be that when the Braves traded two
regulars. Danny o'Connell and Bobby Thomson, and
hrst line pitcher, Ray Crone for Schoendienst they
clinched the pennant in June At second base OCon-
nell wasn't quite getting the job done for Milwaukee
Thomson never completely recovered from the badly
broken leg he suffered in Florida couple of ago.
Crone, while he can pitch for just about any club
was dependable because Haney had many hurers And
schoendenst was the just guy Milwaukee needed.
WHEN MARTY MARION was younger, and Red was
youngster with the Cardinals the way they played
around second base to behold Marion sheer
poetry at shortstop, TALL gaunt figure with certain
grace, sure hands and good Schoendenst, 168-
pound 6footer also had awkward and they made
a marvellous pair.
HE worries you to DEATH" Bobby Bragan said one
day last March, when Red belonged to the Giants
bats from both sides of the plate When he isn't base
because of hit, he's drawing base balls" Red has
failed to make less than 100 hits only twice in his
career and he came up to the majors back in 1945
But the best thing Schoendienst does, perhaps is
shore up ineld He doesn't rattle easily Small wonder
is that during his years with the Cardinals he found
kindred spirit in another quiet man, Stan Musial.
They were roommates for long time. They auto
matcay warmed up together before games and paired
of for meals One spring Casey Stengel brought his
Yankees from their park in ST. Petersburg F, to
play an exhibition with the Cards at Lang Field
Where you fellows picking this club?" Casey
asked half-dozen sport writer's.
Maybe sixth place" replied
you better aim higher" Stengel advised pointing
with gnarled finger at Musal and Schoendiens playing
CATCH unless aim at burning down their hotel
THIS is NOT TO SUGGEST that Schoendienst is the
whole Milwaukee club by any means There are Mathews
and Adcock and Logan and Cranda and SPAIN and Tore
and Bull and Burdette and maybe most of all Hank Aaron
the l80-pound Negro outhelder from Mobile, Ala who
close to being the best hitter in the National
League
It's possble-indeed, reasonabe-to assume that Mil
waukee will give the Yankees very tussle when and
If the Braves make the World Series. Haney has the
pitchers He has the power guys, will have when and
If Joe Adcock is available to help Mathews and Aaron
And he has Schoendienst About the only complaint
the Braves front Office could make is that Red didn't bring
his old buddy Musia along with him. That would have
cracked the dishesl