Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-21
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAV By FRANCIS STANN
The Day Cal Said NO

CAMILO PASCUAL HAS BEEN so wonderful on the
pitching rubber for the Senator's so much the lifeline
keeping alive their rst-dvision hopes that Calvin Griffith
is won't thank his lucky stars that he could say NO
George Weiss last March IS.
That was the day I'll we'll remember" Cal saying
yesterday, with properly strong of proprety he
basked in Pascuals straight victories his four shut
outs and his other featS.
Our club had come to ST. Petersburg, Fla. to play
exhibition with the Yankees" Cal related. weiss and
met his suite at the soreno Hotel Both of wanted to
talk trade" AS Cal recalls Weiss began:
"Cal, could of your ptchers-Ramos, Hyde or
Pascua I'll give you promising young ball players
the kind you can build on"
Lets find out exactly the pitcher you've got in mind /"
Cal proposed
ANY one of the three will do" Weiss said Actually
you can't afford to give up Ramos Hyde easily
Pascua Public opinion, you know. Ramos has been a
bigger winner than PaScual and Hyde is red hot So let's
make it PaScual"
CALVIN LISTENED BUT DECLINED with thanks. II
wouldn't want to name the players Weiss offered" Griffith
says because they're still in the Yankee organization
And might add, still in the minors"
Was Cal seriously tempted to take Weiss offer?
well, Weiss had point when he said could better
afford to give up Pascual than Ramos or Hyde" he
answered After ALL Camo had been winner for
On the other hand knew he still young-heS got
at least eight good there isn't pitcher in
the American League with much stuff on the ball.
$50 turned down the Yankees offer, and it's good
thing because we'd have been in bad shape without
PaScua He's finally learned how to pitch and his tempera
ment is perfect 1t wasn't always He got upset to
easily when errors hurt him. Then, too he's been
unlucky pitcher until recently. We got for
him. Matter of fact Camio ought to have Is games
by now"
Cal laughed at private joke, then explained. "You
knew that Joe Cambria found him. didn't you? But did you
know that Joe when he told he'd signed Camio spec
ifed that he third baseman not pitcher?"
THERE is ANOTHER PAsCUAL- Camios older
brother Carlos-who belongs to Washington although he
plays for Fox Cities in the ThreeEye League His dream of
the big leagues is Cambria also found Carlos and
there ronic touch here too because joe the intrepid
scout signed the older brother as pitcherand really
is third baSeman
Cambria got little mixed up Cal grinned, "but I've
got no complaints Camio didn't cost cent and right
he's worth ="
well, how much is he worth?" the question
"Lordy, can't say" Cal replied II wouldn't trade him
even for any other pitcher in the American League
Rocky Colavito? No, need Pascua than need
Coavto now"
After pause 3.
IF there was player to tempt me in an even-up
trade it would be Luis Aparicio What difference he'd
make shortstop! figure he 30 40 games
for Chicago with his fielding alone"
CALVIN is NOT SURE at the moment how he'll advise
PaScual to spend his winter whether to allow him to
pitch in the Cuban League ask him buy him off, really
not to pitch He thinks he'll let PaScual PITCH provided he
doesn't work more than once week.
81 gave him $4,000 year not to pitch during the
winter, figuring to freshen him up" Cal reminded ut
didn't work. Pascua up the next complain
ing of his ARM and he wasn't any better than when he'd
pitched the whole year
"Of course, that happened before Camilo got mar
RED which not so long Maybe he'd be better
if he didn't pitch in Cuba because he's different Just
don't know, but he wants to play in the winter guess
I'll allow him. just wish for one thing ="
"What?"
Il wish Pete Ramos would get married, too" sighed
the boss.