Evening star., 1960-04-14
WIN, LOSE OR:
HNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Big Nu: ITS Up to Them

AS EVERY SCHOOLBOY and most housewives must
know Camilo PaScua pitch and with the acquisition
Of Billy Gardner the Senators stand better chance
of making the double play But how about Harmon Kle-
brew and Bob Allison? Can this pair, along with jim
Lemon continue to make the club he liveeSt corpe?"
Killebrew, who wound up with AZ home to tie
Rocky Colavito for the American League championship
was dud the last half of the SO So Allison,
who nevertheless acclaimed the AL rookie of the
year But all in ALL they had good The question
IS Can they do it again. or improve?
e., When the query put to Ted KluSzewsk of the
White Sox few days ago, the with the most muscles
scoffed at the so-called sophomore jnx" Ted said
There is such thing rookie who good
or half of one-fnaly draws attention from the long
hairs on the other clubs.
IF he's pitcher, later somebody is going
to spot the weakness like changing the grip for
If he's hitter they'll find out how pitch to him. That's
all the sophomore jinx means"
THE YANKEES CLAIM they now have book" on
KebreW. One of their coaches Ralph Houk doesn't think
the Idaho Strong Boy going to hit AZ homers this
or hit much .242.
"ItS up to Kiebrew to devaue that book" KluszewSki
said II don't know if there really book the fellow
I've only been in the American League short tme but
Killebrew impressed
81 don't know much about Allison either, except that
he looks like bapayer But if he's going to swing for
home runs and this goes for Kllebrew too he's
not going to get very many The ball that strong hitter
puts over the fence or into the seats ball that he's only
trying to meet, not to kill"
Kllebrew according to Big Klu doesn't have to swing
hard. Hes strong that if he only gets piece of the
ball it'll go for homer, especially with that uppercut
swing. There have been times when wished could
loft the ball like that kid"
KLUSzEWSKI, HIMSELF is bigger than Kllebrew
He's taller, heavier and broader But Ku essentially is
nnedrive hitter. Allison than Kebrew, is in Teds
image
Klu interested know that in the minors Allison
was not much of home run hitter. His similar
to mine guess Ted said II didn't nit many home runs
IN the minors. For while didn't hit many in the Ma
tiona League. Then all of sudden, lot of my hits
began going over the fence"
It's easy Klu atests, for hitter to delude himself
"IIe gets few home and he wants more But the
harder he tries the fewer he gets know went through
that period.
= When the pitchers begin to know you, it's time to
change You hit their pitches to opposite fields do any,
thing that isn't in the so-called book.
Il hit home and then IA rank understate-
ment and sort of surprise myself I'm not trying
make is to pull to righted. don't swing any harder;
Ijust whip the bat little faster"
. ALLISON WAS GOING great guns in SO for the Sena-
tors hitting home if he the modern Ruth,
but when seemed possible that Bob would break Ted
Williams American League record of 81 for rookie he
all undone
at his peak interviewer asked he taking aim at
Williams record
p Il don't even know what it is Allison said Anyway,
don't try to reach the seats I'm just swinging naturally
NonetheleSS BobS SubconScouS from about that time
on took control Allison began to overswng In the back
of his mind, perhaps the idea that he would pale
Williams rookie.
I You can't do that" said KuSzewSk, voice of
perience You either learn correct what pitchers
know about you, or else you get out of the league"