Evening star., 1960-04-11
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Old Yankees on Trial

ST PETERSBURG, FLA, APRIL 1O-Even the long
time baseball critics who should know better often
placed false value spring exhibition results March
and early April times for experimenting manager
employs technique in exhibitions and different one
when he plays for keeps
Noneheess the Yankees have looking so pathetic
this spring that it gives pause Most American League
managers taking it slowly than their National
League counerparS because of later opening But Casey
Stengel has done little experimenting this spring and
still it looks like the worst spring training record in mod
history for the YankS.
stengel uses pinch-hitters where other managers,
American and National, don't He plays Berra, Mantle,
McDougad Howard Kubek and other vetrans if they
trial, instead of the rockies
And they may be- come to think of it.
AL SCHACHT, WHO looks to be about As but who
e. suiting in the Yankee clubhouse day for
workout Al needs money like hole in the head but he
stin gives his grueng clown exhibitions, which involve
elaborate pratas and having cachers with strong throw
ing literally burn the glove he wears Most of his
fees, he says go to charity.
You look around this Yankee clubhouse" Al said
land you don't the rockies they used to bring
year You don't see any DiMaggoS KelerS GordonS
This ball club Just isn't getting the young blood any more
You look at some of the names above the lockers
Turley Lopez shant7 Ditmar vao 49,. -.
Duren Mas =. Terry DeMaestri Maris. They
weren't Yankees originally. They all were developed by
other clubs and came in trades
Bill Dickey the Yankee COACH drawed protest "The
kids aren't so easy by AL There fewer of them
before they'll sign"
even So" schacht objected II don't any new
Aarons or even Klebrews and AlliSons"
THIS is A YANKEE TOWN. or always has been one
The tourists otte out of their roomng houses to watch
batting practice two hours before game at Lang Field
where the Yankees play but don't tran and they stay all
afternoon and allow the to their bones They
bewered by the superiority of the ST. Louis Cardinals
In six games this spring the Cardinals whacked the
Yankees five times Nor have the Yankees done much bet
ter against other clubs.
would have to stretch matters to report panic in
the Yankee organization but certain degree of strain
appears in Stenge He is dubious and critical OF some OF
his players More than he has wished ne could have
back some of those traded away, chiefly to
Kansas City.
He talks of making deals like Cal Griffith should be
making Casey wants Camio Pascual but would settle for
Pete Ramos One day. running his pitchers before
group of newSpapermen Stengel touched Bill Short
a rookie southpaw who It's at Richmond. This was
before Shorts recent release from the Army.
II DON'T KNOW MUCH about him." Casey said I'm
fact him. But 176 sounds pretty good and
dunno"
Ed Lopat has Short" scribe volunteered, land
Lopa says the kid good Whitley Ford right now
Casey chewed on that statement for moment. Then
he said fervently, 'I just hope that Lopat's right
The Yankees need pitchers and Stengel knows it, They
need the Mickey Mantle of couple of years ago. They
need the strong compact but oddly fragile Bill Skowron to
play full year
They need Gil McDougald he used to play. They
need Roger MariS to make good in Iefted They need
better third than Andy Carey StengeI
privately feels it's joke that little rookie like Bobby
Richardson the Yankees only 800 hitter last year.
In Las Vegas the betting is that the Yankees will
the pennant. They may but won't be typical Yankee
team by long shot.