Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-12
WIN, LOSE OR
DKAW By FRANCIS s1ANN
And q Bow, Too, for Ramos

ALTHOUGH WHITLEY FORD is not the Yankees
biggest winner this Bob Turley isl, many New
sports writer's taking from the Yankees and
Manager Casey Sengel and calling Ford the best pitcher
in baseball And he may be just that good what with his
current las record won-los percentage of 734
and the lowest lifetime earnedrun average among active
pitchers
The feeling here is that we've got guy in our own
back yard who pretty good finger this This
would be Pedro Ramos, who has II games for the
dolorous Senators and probably will wind up with Is,
maybe more. Right he's just about one-fourth
of the Senators games and without Ramos this year
really would be grueSome.
Pete has won games, for instance, than Dick
Donovan, whom American League htters were tabblng
the best Highlander recently April in Florida Sure
Ramos gives the homern ball In fact doesn't ne hod
the record? But the National League there is fellow
named Robin Roberts who yields than occasional
homer and hasn't he passed the 20Ogame mark with the
PhillieS?
PEDRO G. RAMOS of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, is % years
old. That's good six years younger than Ford, and if
he can't pitch we'll Whitley he do more things
Mostly he like striped ape He's the fastest
on the Washington club And he's not bad at the plate
either Even with his experiments swinging from both
sides, Pete is among the club leaders in
When CubanS Camilo PaScual and Ramos first
up, most baseball rated the darkvisaged Pascual
the better pitcher Jackie Robinson, before he retired
said after spring training exhibition that Pascua threw
as good astbal and good fast curve anybody he'd
faced, American National League.
"InaJS now ne mpreSSeS me, JACKIE SAID. battlng
against that boy something like hitting against Ewe
Blackwell when he swift You just don't that ball
in the spring"
Robinson paused rehectvely
"Come to think of it," he said, you dent that
speed in the fall either"
And yet Ramos little stylish than PaScua
perhaps might be the hotter item If both placed
the block today The Yankees who for time have
wanted either of the Cubans, probably would bid mite
higher Ramos than PaScua who's had several unucky
breaks incidentally
WHAT RAMOS HASN'T GOT going for him, as Ford
has is that good Yankee defense Ask any pitcher
Ford and it's thing that first tribute will be
paid to the good shortstop and second baseman The
Yankees have them in abundance McDougad
Kubek Richardson Lumpe Plus the third base
man and the first baseman needed to round the ned
Ramos never has had quite that caber of defense
behind him. and one wonders If he might not be ahead
of Ford in if there not those 81
decisions that went against him.
The gay Cuban however doesn't complain This is a
merry one Ramos He likes good laugh and often pro-
vokes The fact that he so fast surprises
most OF his teammates Most pitchers don't point
OF speed afoot Ramos loves 1t when he is chosen
pinch Nor does he mind pitching any time the
manager crooks finger.
Hes competitive that goone bird" Clint Courtney
says Il like that kind" the homespun philosopher
from Coushatta, La.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. when the Senators and
the Cincinnati Reds travelling the train
training and vending their north they shared
the dining One night Courtney weary of the
Reds talk Of power and speed turned his nearest
ear-acher.
1--WE may not have fast guys than you claim but
got the guy who outrun your fastest Now Ill just
pass this hat and take up little collection You bet
your top guy and we'll bet ours-at 100 yards"
The Reds chose Don Hoax Nobody except hnty
Courtney chose the Senator's speedSer who Ramos
The next day they paced of 100 yards and the
started.
Ramos slipped and nearly fell at the start. At the
50-yard marker he had caught up with Hoax.
HE with ease" PubciSt Herb Heft relates. He
finished up laughing because his day done Collecting
the bets Courtney's job"