Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-21
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A Year of Practice?

THE MELANCHOLY THOUGHT occurs that the business
in town doing far toward fruitful 1857
ball than the Washington Baseball Club While the
businessmen buying tickets and hucksterng same
Cal Griffith & Co. seem to be perfectng Do-Nothng
technique
Here near the end of January with spring training
only few weeks off, and the Senators have % hired pitch
ing coach and co released rob coach
is Boom Boom Beck who total of SO games in 10 major
league Among all American League pitchers who
worked in 10 or games last year Grob finished dead
last in earned-run average-786
Merchants and civic leaders have been knocking them
selves out trying to build up interest in the Senators and
encourage the DoNohngS of Seventh street to remain
town. Last reports indicated they had sold than
$4,000 admissions next
Last reports also suggested that Mr. Grifh's unpaid
salesman becoming discouraged 1.-THE pitch is getting
and he replies why? Isn't it the old ball club? Why
should you solicit and pay when the Griffith family does
nothing?'"
WHICH, OF COURSE, is not unreasonable attitude.
Last the Senators total of So and barely
beat out Kansas City They badly need shortsop
cenerfelder and it would help if they had couple of
pitchers second baSeman and two outelders go
with the centerfeder they don't have.
When Cal Griffith threatened to his club to Los
Angeles possibly with the thought of captalzng the
novelty of bgeague ball the Coast there proper
here Intelligent people naturally felt the Nations
Capital would be poorer without major league franchise
Could be their offers to sell support gratutouSy too
generous dullng the new regime at Griffith Stadium into
thinking nothing else had to be done There's quite lot
to be done which isn't being started.
BY cketholders and those who far have hedged
wearyng of Calls constant singing of the old songs All
of the titles not be at ngerp reach but here few
I'VE Won't Make Deal for the Sake of Deal!" (This
used to go over big-back in 1920.
"A They Offer Us Is junk" fright up with Hound Dog)
We' Wait Until April When the Yankees Are Hurting"
BACK IN PASADENA-Texas, that is-Pete Runnels has
been contacted He would like to play at first
base Pete conceded. II started shortstop he says
Then was moved to second base mooned toward
the outfed last spring wound up first base. Now
hear that may play third base in ST."
What he didn't say that it's sandot- type baseball
he's playing On the lots you from position to
another depending who doesn't show up. But in the
big leagues entitled to become expert at job
The elite-Ruth, Foxx and few oherS-coud shift from
day day. but the Senators using Runnes whenever
leak which is practically every day. If they
gave him shot at steady job, Pete might be real good
ball player.
In Milwaukee the practice is to stop ticket sales
when they reach $4,000 The Braves stadium holds
at least 100000 but buyers off in difference
fans without much scratch who might like pick up red
hot ball club And usually, that's what the Braves
scUTTLEBUTT FROM THE WEST COAST has it that
Chuck Dresser has been talking Casey Senge about trades
and burning the wires with relays to Griffith They must
be discussing the situation because nothing has hap
pened radewse and every time Cal queried there is the
stock answer
las far as trade is concerned. we're cold"
This is another little ciche Cal must have picked up,
although not from such as Frank ane Bill Veeck
In the Miami Daily Herald few days ago the sports
editor coumnist, Jimmy Burns note to the effect that
Dresser predicted will be only matter of time before the
Senators will be playing out of Los Angeles Whether Burns
picked up the item hand established the
Miaman is not famous -monger Maybe Dresser
did say much, maybe he didn't
In the back of many minds here the thought that Cal
Griffith Co. have had year of practice how to get