Evening star., 1958-05-13
WIN, LOSE OR
OKAW By FRANCIS sTANN
Of Power Failures, etc.

THIS WAS NEXT to the batting cage last night before
the lights went out and the paror games began in
Griffith Stadium. Mike Higgins, Red Sox manager,
cheerful enough for fellow whose club instead of
tending for the pennant, flirting with the cellar.
ITS early yet" Mike drawed Except for the YAM
KEGS there's been form in the American League There
be some leveling out pretty soon"
The Sox had come to town after disastrous series in
Baltimore in fact all of road series have been bad"
Higgins was saying We've only won one game in nine
the road"
A man asked if the Orioles, who have tormented the
SoX much improved
Il would say they're pretty much like last year" Mike
said. Washington? I'd say that Washington is better
zauchin and Aspromonte have shored up the inheld
They're good defensively."
How about Albie PearSon?"
HE looks like good little ball player" Higgins
conceded.
"And they're all here, courtesy of your club" Mike
reminded, needleSSly
THE TEXAN, A VERY good third baseman in his day,
nodded 1T happens good deal of the time" Mike said
"You let go of ball players and they back to
hurt you. But got Pete Runnes for Zauchn and
Pearson and he's been real good hitter We got Berbeet
for Aspromonte and needed left-handed batting
catcher"
Where has your club been hurting the most?"
asked.
Hitting That is we haven't been hitting when it
There's been nothing wrong with pitch
ing. We've lost quite few close, low-run games"
What did you think the other day when Bob Porter
field pitched that thinning shutout?"
Mike shrugged In his first start for the Pirates, after
being waived out of the American League Porteed beat
the Phllies / to O.
Hes got much stuff any pitcher in the business,
Higgins said II knew it, but he couldn't win for me-
HIGGINS AND THE BIG PITCHER, who won %
games for the Senators in 1858 but only for Boston
in 1867 got along all right Mike saying Bob simply
couldn't pitch well for the Sox.
when he pitched batting practice Bob terrific
Real FAST good breaking stuff and fine control But in
game he Stiened up don't know. Bob didn't flick his
wrist the way.
Our short eftheld fence in Boston licked Porerheld
think always worried about and he threw too
cautiously. You know, Bob never won game in Boston
before he to Or. if he did, he only won one.
when Porterfeld was with Washington" fellow
said, "he seemed to pitch fitted his mood He was
trihe moody, or so his managers seemed to think"
Mike skirted the issue by saying When was playing
for Connie Mack at Philadelphia he used to say If ball
player worries you trade him and let him worry someone
else"
IN THE WASHINGTON DUGoUT solid line of
Boston baseball writers occupied most of the bench
probably Difference to the Senators high standing and
the presence of so many ex-Red Sox-Zauchn, Aspro-
monte, Pearson, Kemmerer and Cevenger. One OF the
writer's asked little Pearson how he enjoying life in
the big leagues.
"Whoosh!" Abie replied, shaking his head. They
sure throw hard up here Everywhere you go there's
pitcher who really fire that ball"
What you talking about?" asked the other,
tongue in cheek You're outhitting Ted Williams and
only two home back Of Mickey Mantle Williams OF
course has been in a rare slump and Mantle has only
two homers.
Pearson grinned and began to warm up with Clint
Courtney the country catcher
Clint" man asked, joshingly "does Pearson remind
you of DiMaggio?"
Courtney shifted his cud Yeah" he drawled Same