Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-22
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
A Hepped-Up Town Is Tampa

OUR TAMPA, FLA, OPERATIVE found scent
stamp apparently and writes follows: Neither Chicago
Cincinnati the real hopped-up baseball town. The
award has got to go my town. If the White and
Reds stay top Tampa will be deserted city the
World Series"
This is easy to believe Both the Sox and Reds train
in Tampa Because Of the seniority Of Gabe Paul and Birdie
Tebbetts the Cincinnati outfit is highly popular The Sox
are somewhat to Tampans but they had Al Lopez
going for em last February and March and AL Tampa
boy.
When the Cleveland Indians won the 1854 American
League pennant under the management of Senior Lopez
the Cuban colony Of Tampa which considerable practically
took on for the Series with the Giants in New
and Cleveland The Lopez rooter had special train and
could cut path through the tobacco smoke with butter
knife.
Desoated they were when the Giants beat the Indians
in four straight There special
for the Indians, who trained the West but their
hometown boy was licked.
NOW LOPEZ IS MANAGING the White sox. who train
In Tampa and at the snazzy Field there hard by the
International Airport And to the Sox giving
the highly favored Yankees s just AL Lopez predicted
they would back in February.
Few bought his goods but Lopez insstant that his
Sox could give the Yankees tusse He just
only American League manager who said Night after
night in press headquarters at the Tampa Terrace Hotel
the genial tried to put his point that the
Yankees weren't invincible.
IF they lose Berra Mantle for any length of time
the Yankees will be just another ball club" Al would say
Il don't think their pitching better than mine could
guy like Sievers from Washington and could use
Yot But I'm not complaining because the Sox pretty
good just they stand"
Well the Yankees haven't lost Berra Mantle so far
although discovered the Copacabana not long ago and
for fact all is not sweetness light and victories for the
Bombers Later perhaps they may big runaway
but right now the Sox and suspect Cleveland team are
giving them battle
mAc
something of Tampan hero he was catcher and
he was privileged to backsop during batting practice when
tne washington Senators trained in the Among other
pitchers of somewhat higher classification than odays was
Walter Johnson
Lopez dexterty with the mtt won warm praise from
tne senators johnson Rice Gosn few
others They urged Bucky Harris the manager to retain
the kid Harris willing but the late Clark Grifth ap-
parenty felt that youth Of AIS age too tender to
carry on his ball club which, incidentally was pennant
winner.
Lopez did all right anyway When he grew up a little
more ne became one of the National Leagues top catchers
real artist and If Al didn't hit like Bill Dickey he didn't
need any pointers how to catch He big Lacquer in
every sense and remains one as a manager
THE ROOFING INTEREST by Tampans for the Reds
equally clear Gabe Paul, who started bat boy at
Indianapolis nice guy who general manager and
then vice president Of the Reds the Cincinnati
pan club for Powell Croey and If memory he brought
up Sirole Tebbetts to be field manager on his own
Last year the Reds who had finished NTH in S. made
run for the works but finished third in finish
as could be imagined But in the smallest city in the majors
they still drew 259S0 FANS whereas Washington drew only
little better than 100000
Iney are dedicated pair Gabe Paul and Birdie
eppetts The youthulloong Paul does tremendous 'front.'
once job and Birdie green hand operating from the
ougout He-Brdie-s an honest guy with of humor
as ne proved not long when he described evening at
his Nashua IN. H. home.
This was in the winter before the training camps we're
10 open' and Birdie staring into the fireplace with
iaraway glance. Looking up, Mrs. Tebbetts said:
Dear what inning are we in now?"