Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS s1ANN
Report From the Farms

AS IF TO PROVE there is so Washington farm system
the Senator'S No. drumbeater Herb Hef has up with
detailed release to establish that ID it exists and 90 it
isn't the worst.
Possibly Heft's work was dictated by President Cal
Griffith who might have been getting bit fed up by crit-
csm semmng from the status change of Chuck Dresser
from field to sort of assistant to the boss At the
time Cal made it plain that Dresser to head up
or even be connected :. :: with the farm system.
IT'S in good hands" Cal quoth Our farm clubs
in better shape than ever in history"
Some critics. feeling that Cal could be biased because
his kid brother Sherry Robertson is farm director
unkind enough to ask, What farm system? When and
what does producer" Pubcis Hefs effort obviously
intended to clarity the situation.
"A SURVEY OF wASHINGToNs growing and improving
farm system Heft reports shows that the Senators
farm teams averaging fourth place positions in their
respective leagues The Senators competing directly with
other American League farms in five minor leagues In two
of these the Senators teams show the best records"
AS onetime reporter to whom fact is fact, Heft
admits that the Yankees have the best record in the minors
with 2S average The Orioles are next with 35 followed
closely by the Tigers and Athletics These statistics put
Washington in the second division but ahead of the Red
Sox, Indians and White Sox
The Washington clubs survey shows that Chattanooga
of the Class IA Southern Association is in
fourth place Nevertheless Heft points out that Little Rock
"a farm for Kansas City, New Orleans yankees Birmng
ham ges) and Mobile Qndans) trailing the Lookouts
In the Glass Carolina League the washngton-owned
Wilson team is sixth, is the Midland club Of the
Class Southwestern League The Senators not doing
well in Class c. either, because Mssoua is sixth in the
Pioneer League.
IN CLASS d THE SENATOR farmhands are pretty hot
stuff Fort Walton of the Alabama Florida League (wha
is second place Emira in the New YorkPenn League
third which three noches higher than Batavia represent
ing Cleveland.
The pride and Joy of the Washington farm system is
Charlotte which has been leading the Class South Atlantic
League With special pride Heft points out that Charlotte
is ahead Of the Augusta club by Detroit as
well as Knoxville (Batmore) and Columbia kansas City,
THE Senators eightteam farm system is larger than
Baltmores Bostons and Chicagos" Mr. Heft announces
"It equal in to Clevelands and Detros Only New
York with 10 teams and Kansas City, with have more
farms than Washington"
WHERE THE SENATORS defeat themselves would seem
to be in the classification list Washington has one IA
Chattanooga The Yankees have two TripleA teams
Denver Association and Richmond Of the
International League
The White Sox Tripe-A afliation- indianapolis
of the American Association Ditto Detroit with Charleston
the circuit Kansas City has TripleA farm In
Buffalo the International League Perhaps the fastest OF
all minor leagues the Pacific Coast The Indians have
Diego the Orioles have Vancouver and the Red Sox
have San Francisco.
BY the Senators admission they provide the
figures Washington is the only American League club
that hasn't farm higher in classification than "A Thus
1t follows that odds against the star OF even such
dandy little Charlotte when he comes for trial
farm system but Cal rh and his aides missing the
point w.t. You can't expect Glass C, B. and even
Double-A ball players to cut the mustard.
Once in a while fellow like Sid Hudson will come up
out of Glass and do job, but don't count on 1t happen
ing often