Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-06
THE BASEBALL
BEAT
Report From the 'SIeuths'
BY BURTON HAWKINS


to the old saying, but the Senators didn't anticipate
such uninterrupted nundation before it ended last
night after IS losses. Various have been pre-
sented for their collapse including hitting pitching
and fielding. These, any intellectual discern
are shoddy aibiS bereft of logic.
There are numerous reasons hitherto unrevealed for
the sag of the Senators This is inside information
ported by operatives who have been working
around the clock, Sparing to bring the
vanished truth regarding the Washington washou the
crumbled cookie.
From an improbable source it has been learned that
Manager Cookie Lavagetto relying tea leaves
his strategic maneuvers but shortage of ooong be-
tween games of doubeheader with Kansas City July
forced him to resort to reading his palm For his fifth
pitcher in the game Cookie selected Pedro Ramos
after peerng through perspraon to regard his lifeline
Cookie hadn't been able to get his hands away from
his head until last night Hal Smith, the fifth batter to
confront Ramos blasted him for a game-winning home
run. Operative Two reliable in tracking down wayward
husbands reports Cookie since has been mumbng But
look this line here, it definitely indicates -
FROM SOURCE CLOSE TO parking lot attendant
at Griffith Stadium, it has been learned that Coach Ellis
Clary unpopular with the Senator's would seem to
be borne out by evidence Practically of the Senators
have visited him at third base There's mounting suspicion
that Cary has threatened to amputate the legs of any
Senator reaching third which would account for their
reluctance to venture toward his territory.
And of the batboys sisters discoses that Coach
Sam Mele detected dipping the Senator's bats in
concrete You've noticed of course that those bats Sam
models definitely heavier to the Senator's This
port has not been verified but circumstances warrant
Shadowing Mele. This is being done.
From the great uncle of youngSter who sticks some
in the Scoreboard it has been learned that Coach
Walter Beck isn't paying attention to business while
chaperonng pitchers in the bulpen. Seems that Boom
Boom keeps firing imaginary ball to phantom catch
er, muttering, Even at my age do better Let
in there Cookie" This is reported to have lowered the
morale of the pitchers trusted to his care.
Ever had your doubts about George Lentz the train
er? They're confirmed according Detective Ken Ketch
um Think those vtamns Lentz dispensing? Think he
messages the correct muscles And those electronic
gadgetS in the training roomthink they aren't uiced up
to unnerve the boys? Don't be naive, kids I've got the
afidavits
YOU'VE BEEN AWARE, OF COURSE, of the lad who
supplies the basebas to the plate umpire He gets those
balls from compartment sunk in the ground. Only
is it revealed that there's adjacent refrigerated section
with trick door Into that chilly section, where the balls
have been deadened reaches when the Senators
batting. Oh, sure, he slips in legitimate in
awhile But did you notice how many times the Senators
hit homers with nobody base? He's been clever feed
ing live balls to the umpres when it will do the Senators
good Got mixed up last night, that's all He now is
alerted that he's being watched
The activities of Fred Baxter the clubhouse custodian
also have been under surveillance There that
when the Senators switched radio and eevSion sponsors
Baxter used the leftover clubhouse supply Of Oh boy
what beer before breaking the of Wrap your
paw around cool c. thereby creating dissension which
ringers to this day Players think he's to rob them.
There has been plot too connected with the con-
tnued losing efforts of Russ Kemmerer who identified
pitcher as the got under way Russ also is the
teams player representative and such is flooded with
material concernings the pension fund, Endorsements
investments polls on an Al-Star Game every week.
squawkS to the brass, etc. This is planned I'm told, to
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