Evening star., 1960-02-18
WIN, LOSE OR
HNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Local Boy on q Spot

MIAMI, FEB. l8.-Just one year ago. sitting in the
same hotel Mayo Smith spoke Of his job manager
Of the Cincinnati Reds I'm not sure how to manage
club that gets involved in ball games that wind up ll9
ne said AT Philadelphia we never got so many runs
allowed so many. Our emphasis was on pitching"
Now Smiths successor Fred Hutchinson was talking
In possibly the same Mayo fired by Redlegs
just as he'd been with the Phies-and Hutch was called
back to face the problem Cincinnati is the best
hitting club in the National League not in all baseball
but 1t hasn't got the pitching To confound things further
the Redegs in 1859 had the best defense except the
Dodgers and Braves
Il don't know what to expect" Hutchinson admitted
Mayo Smith had Robin Roberts at Philadelphia and he
was stopper You get into bad and Robin could
bail you out Mayo got used to 81 and 32 games The
thing to figure out what you do with club that
scores lot OF runs but just can't score enough"
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GABE PAUL, one-time batboy who rose to the status
OF of the respected executives the majors has
fluctuatng policy For period of years Vice President
Paul has tried to overwhem the opposition with hitters
He has altered his reasoning from time to time and
attempted to improve his pitching but not very
fully The RedlegS have averaged two managers year
for the last two seasons
Pm just sitting in Seattle, minding my business when
Gabe called Emil Sick the Seattle club last summer and
wanted to know if I'd be willing to manage the Reds
Hutch said. 1T okay with Mr. Sick and then Paul
called me and joined him. He'll it's the big leagues again
managed the Tigers and the Cardinals . naturally I
wanted back.
About the deal with Cleveland that cost us Johnny
Temple. was party to that knew at the time
we were giving plus ball player. Temple
was the best second baseman in the National League
least.
But the way look at it, traded Temple for Cal
McLsh who had 1913 record for Cleveland That was
the actual trade Temple for McLish But landed
Billy Martin too and he play second base And finally
we got this kid Gordon Coleman. He's the what do you
call it intangble?"
OLD PRO HUTCH, expensive purchase as
pitcher but who at the time admitted that preferred
catching, likes McLishs chances He 10 for Cleve-
land didn't hep? Freddie asks hear all this scuttebutt
about his not being good pitcher but how you take
away 10 games2
"AS for losing Temple. think we've got a tough boy
IN Martin Maybe he can't make all the plays that Temple
makes, but think he close Martin is mean
little guy. I'm the :. only bigger
HutchinsonS hole card, as he prepares to open the
training camapign, Is Coleman, the husky 25yearold
first baseman from Rockville Md "Ive been reading our
own publicity releases" Hutch admits "and note that
Coleman is called the exciting player in the Cncn-
natl organization
WELL allowing for guy at typewriter going all out
I'd have to say that Coleman might swing the entire deal
way"
HUTCHINSON is THINKING of Coleman's 1853 bat
ting average for Mobile last year He likes too those 80
home and the leadership in the Southern Association
In total bases and suggng percentage tidy total of O
runs batted in doesn't discourage Hutch.
1--WE get Coleman first base and move Frank Robin
son back to the outfeld where he belongs we're in
business Hutch says "Of course that's asking for
lot Coleman not be ready but off his
like him.
81 had some connection with Coleman" AL Lopez of
the White Sox said interruptng Hutch for moment I
was the one who told the kid he might be first baseman
not outfieder"
And you think that he might be my first
baseman?"
That don't know" Lopez replied. "All I know is
that he swish that bat But it's pitching you're looking
for, isn't t?"