Evening star., 1960-04-20
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Later We'll Learn

FRANK LANE HAS CoNsUNINATED well over 300
trades during his stewardship with the White SoX Cardi
mails and now the Indians but hasn't up with win
yet This is not to say that he can't won't but right
Lane is far from the most popular figure in Cleveland
One eghthgrader, girl put it this way Il belong to
Of the Rocky Colavito fan clubs It's all We're going
10 start one-the Lane Haters"
The Traders two latest moves dealing off Colavto and
Herb Score to Detroit and Chicago respectively prove that
Lane is brave at least From the secondpace Indians of
last season. team that battled the White Sox until the
final week Frantic frankie has disposed of Cal McLish
19game winner Minnie Mnoso 1902 hitter and 92-RBI
man. and Score hailed the Bob Feer. This is
not to mention Billy Martin and a few others.
Immediate reaction of most baseball in town was
that Lane hasn't exactly given away his players Cookie
Lavageo and Bill urges managers of the Senators and
Red Sox felt that Coavto- for Harvey Kuenn probably
helped both the Tigers and Indians.
81 guess Lane had to have centerfelder-a hitting
cenerhelder," Jurges commented. Now he's got him in
Kuenn AS for the Tigers they looking for guy to
knock in runs
1T is THE FEMININE population of Cleveland that
apparently most resent the departure of Coavto who
big, young and darkly handsome in the Rock Hudson
image Less biased along these line fellow like Bob
Swift, pitching coach of the Senators.
Rocky hits the long ball but he's not much outieder
He can throw although not always to the right bases and
not accurately he has to to his right left for ball.
Swift, who is expert at handling pitchers doubts
II Lane got stand-o in the Score Barry Latman
swap Il wouldn't have made it," the old catcher fatty
stated Score still has chance to be hell of pitcher
Latman has dozen big league games in his life Id
have to count that deal as one for the White Sox"
Lane agrees with Swift and the others on the Colayo-
Kuenn The Trader says that Colavto no defensive
star and he darky hints that Rockys attitude as we'll as
that of Score did Cleveland pattern whatever
that is Score when his trade for Latman announced
FIRST reported looking grim" Later it developed
that Herb roommate of Colavto asked to be traded after
Rockys departure.
Joe Gordon didn't like me-" he explained. "Al Lopez
does"
THE FELLOW WITH chance to look very good is
Lopez who by one, bent on picking up all the
ambulatory troops who with him at Cleveland from
1951-56. There Al Smith and Early Wvnn Then Mike
Garcia and now Score.
Wynn for instance was supposed to be on the way out
when Lane traded him in 1857 But for Lopez won IA
games in SO and last year copped all the pitching awards
at the of 40 with 221O record Smith gave Alphonse
solid job last season. too drawing from Lopez the COM
ment, "best .237 hitter I saw"
Now Score has chance to make Lopez look more like
genius Since he struck and almost killed by line
drive of Gil McDougad's bat May 7, 1857 Score has
won only l3 games The 27-year-od SouthpaW has had
trouble and Lane hints again. little trouble getting
sympathy from Manager Gordon.
Lopez, of course, may be remembering the younger
Score of 1885, when Al managing the Indians and
the young efthander with the blazing ball big
curve came from Indianapolis where he 225 winner
and proved to be sensation
IN HIS ROOKIE BIG LEAGUE season Score was 1910,
tanning 245 oatterS and the next season-Lopez last at
Cleveland-Herb 2O-9 pitcher and struck out 263
Lopez who caught Walter Johnson batting practice as
a l5-year-od Tampa scholhoy, original staunch
admrer not only of Score but of another young man
coming up.
/ This would be Camilo PaScual of the Senator'S who
had yet to make it. Some day night Lopez once pre-
dcted Score and Pascual going up and you
may see 80 40 strikeouts game" This was
after Scores near-faal accident but before his arm
nv e6or poSc, ie
ready for the head-o-head meeting any time Score is
One virtue in connection with the White Sox is con-
sstency Just they did in their Roy Sievers
the White Sox younger player to get Score Nor
does President Bill Veeck to about the payroll
Score despite three bad seasons figures dragging
pretty good salary. More than Latman, anyway.
Next to Ted Williams the most expensive part-trne
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