Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-17
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS STANN
I'll Play Every Day

MIAMI, FEB. I1-"Its funny how things work out in
baseball Lopez saying. "A year ago didn't look
like the White Sox could win the pennant without Roy
sievers other big hitter. Now wonder if we'd
have with severs."
The manager of the American League champions
wasn't disparaging severs' talents In the first place
Lopez doesn't operate that way Secondly, he'd still like
to have sievers.
Its just that Roy got hurt early season. whereas
some Of the players ready to give up to Wash
ington helped to win OF course if severs had been
traded to Chicago he might have been There's
way of knowing"
The White sox willing to go higher for the
nominal hitting star of the Senator's than most people
realized, Lopez revealed.
BILL vEECK promised the fans of Chicago that he
would swing major trade by the spring deadlne" AL
said. "SieverS was the man Veeck wanted and
wanted. If ever there time for Cal Griffith to
trade for Roy it then.
"Veeck started with $5OOO0 plus some players. He
went to 100000 $150000 finally 100000 The
package that money, plus AL Smith, Bubba Phillips
and choice of two catchers Earl Batey John Romano
We wanted SeverS and either Tex Clevenger Russ
Kemmerer.
thought AS it turned out Smith and Phillips helped
to win the pennant without adding that good ongball
hitter. Still, Roy would have looked pretty good in
batting order during the World Series
Kluszewsk finally helped but didn't get him until
late August I'm not complaining. Klu tremendous
help"
LOPEZ TAKES A MODEST bow in connection with
the acquisition OF KluSzew the time football player
at Indiana and National League slugger extraordinary
1--WE could have picked up other first baseman in
late August" Al disclosed He George Grove from
the Cardinals The problem was that we needed No.
hitter. Grove is Streaky He gives you couple of good
weeks, then he sloughs Off liked the idea of having
Klu but, everybody knows, he's had bad back.
TONY Cuccinello (Als No. coach) knew Kluszewsh
better than anybody in the White Sox organization.
had Tony call him on the phone You'll remember that
Klu wasn't playing too much with the Pirates.
you're on the waiver list" Tony said to Klu, and
could you The only question we've got why
aren't you playing? Or can't you with that back troube?
"'I play, Ku told Tony, but they don't want me-
"AIl right Tony said but if we buy you, how many
games shall tell veeck and Lopez you can playa
"Tel Lopez I'll play every day.
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80 THE DEAL made and Ku made good his
promise he played every day You see, with club like
the Sox, had to have No. 4 hitter Until got
Klu had to Sherm Lollar most of the time
cleanup man. Sherm is good catcher and he hits a
long ball. but let's face it Lolar is slow and he hits
a lot Of pitches on the ground &c. he breaks up
promising inning by hitting into double play.
We've added Minnie Mnoso since the World Series.
He's another good hitter but not the cleanup type Minnie
hits lot of balls the ground too. fourth-place
hitter has got to be that hits the ball up in the air
We wanted Severs, we settled for Kluszewski."
1t was suggested that Klus addition gave the White
Sox the additional advantage of having two lefthanded
htters The other Nellie Fox who the only Chicago
regular who bested 800.
That's true" Lopez admitted. ION lot of clubs
you'd like to have three lehanded hitters anyway But
II you're going to run-and we're running club-the
fewer times the other clubs pitch lefthanders the better
it is for efthander can hold Aparicio and Lands
ana FOX ana Rivera closer to the bag and cut down
their stealing.
AS long as you've got team that follows pattern
in it's runnng-its important that we play all
the percentages like club but it's not of those
super teams"