Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
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Another Kind of Question Mark

AS FLEDGLING HEAD of baseball club which so
far has only two minor league draft players Gen. Ewood
Pee) Quesada speaks softly and draws his patience
Nonetheess, when the spokesman for the Washington
Senator's talked to the Touchdown Club 1t sounded
at times as if he becoming mite exasperated with
the shenanigans of his colleagues.
He expects" Washington to have club in 1861 Pete
opened And hope the National League goes to nine clubs
as proposed Quesada said II hope they have sucient
imagination and courage 49,.
ut would be tremendous boost for baseball It needs
it, he went Its hard to believe the National League
can't do what the American League can do
Il don't expect the National League to take advan-
tage tof the Americans sefmade plight and it is hard
to and reasons why it should not be done have two nine
team leagues and an inter-eague SCHEDULED"
1855
WELL. NOW, the general may lust learn nrst hand
that baseball is the worst business in the world that
Its owners are greedy lot the whole and that the Ma
tona League would too take advantage Of the Americans
difficulty in expanding to Los Angeles Toronto well as
putting in q new team in Washington.
You couldn't grocery store badly as baseball
run and stay in business and certainly you couldn't
an air force that way and win The World War II
air hero probably will realize more and that baseball
keeps alive in spite Of itself. ~.
As Eddie Carr master of ceremonies put it, General
Quesada once set record for staying aoft. In plane
called the Question Mark he flew week. proving that
he had courage and patience Thus he is qualified for the
job ahead In Pete back in the Question Mark
Quesada readily admits that two ninecub leagues in
1861 playing nterleague games would suit him perfectly
If we get the only pick of all the players set aside for the
expansion program he sad I'VE could contend for the
first division, think"
THE IDEA OF HAVING the only pick Of those players
without alternating with 10th American League team
appeals strongly to Quesada 1.-THE sensible solution
to add team to each league for 1884, he said when
you have to expand by adding two clubs in year it's
difficult. Actually when you claim players from other
teams you weaken the weak clubs than the stronger
clubs
IF be the only team to pick from the players
who have been set aside I'm confident we'll beat teams
in the league. We may beat more than two"
From the minor league meetings in Louisville had
word that if the National League cubowners to
vote Immediately the nneteam intereague plan they
would reject the proposal I'll The general pofessed
however to be optimistic At least he sounded more opt
mistic than he perhaps had right to be.
There wasn't much Pete could tell the Touchdowners.
He has general manager and field manager and two
pitchers at this time "A say from the deepest
depths of my heart that we'll try hard he said well
promise Washington team 1t appreciate in time,
maybe even next year.
QUEsADA WAS thanked by two Of his four money
bearing partners Gus Ring and Floyd Akers. Ring
making his public debut member of the Quesada team
having missed the conference when Ed Dohery and
Mickey Vernon were unveiled as general manager and
manager respectively The other pair Of hackers George
Garrett and George Bunker, were detained.
We're not alone" Pete said using the editorial I'VE"
instead of saying, I'm not alone" And that reminded
him of true story.
1--WE had maid who was in the family before was"
Quesada said After the Europe and all the
action swung to the Pacific listened constantly to the
radio news bulletins in house. And the bulletins kept
telling how General Macarthur had just landed SUCH
and-Such island, how General Macarthur bombed the
Japanese from the air at this place and that how General
Macarthur sank so many Japanese ships
Finally Clarissa said to my mother, That General
Macarthur, he don't have nobody to help him, do he?
We'll, that's not the case in this venture. We've got
plenty of help"