Evening star., 1961-01-18
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW
GNAV By FRANCIS STANN
Is Cal Any Better Off?

1T DEVELOPS THAT Cal Griffiths attendance guar
antee at Minneapolis st. Paul isn't million per year
over five Turns out this figure of fancy which
Griffith didn't bother to correct until The actual
guarantee is 3,750,0OO the 1961-65 period.
This averages out closely to the old Senator's 1860
attendance in WaShngton-743, ,404-that 1t makes one
wonder about the rush to get out Of town. And Cal
drawing those customers at time when his popularity
was low and his ability to build a winner suspect
At the Touchdown Club Awards Dinner few nights
ago. Murray Warmath Of the University of Mime
sofas good football team suggesting that the Twin
Cities area is being overly flooded "ve watched baseball
in Minneapolis for few years., Murray sad and didn't
feel the city especially hot for the game STILL give
the Twins better chance than the Vikings"
The Minnesota Vikings the Twins counterparts
in the National Football League Asked If he felt there
for all of them-the Gophers Twins and Vikings
Murray said, Il doubt It,"
WITH ANY KIND Of eary-season showing this
year the Senators hope to match better Calls go
attendance without Kilebrew, Pascua Battey
and Ramos. They feel that front office hustle, mag
nation and of creature comforts will compensate
for formative shortcomings on the playing field.
1.-THE thing hope doesn't happen is long losing
streak early in the season. Of the Senators family
has said IF hold with the rest Of the
clubs for while, until beef up, think we'll do
all right"
WELL now even If the new Senators do into a
stretch Of rough weather needn't be disastrous for two
reasons ID it's happened to great many clubs in the
past and (2) there's gosh-awful shortage Of Grade
pitchers than pin down ball club day after day.
Even with Pascual and Ramos, the old Senators had
two long losing reaks in 1858 and 1859 They closed out
the SO campaign by dropping 13 in row and starting
July 19 in SO, they lost 18 straight.
THE TIGERS OF 1859 drew well million people
at home and the road yet that the year
the Bengals lost Is of their first II games. They
Strengthened out sufficiently to finish in the first division
Once losing ball club fearfuly regarded series with
clubs like the old Philadelphia Athletics the Yankees the
Tigers and the Indians in the American League alone
Prospects dim when for the next three four
it meant facing Grove Earnshaw Rommel and Walberg
Rasch Lopat and Page Or Newhouser Trout and Trucks
Or Feler, Lemon, Wynn and Garcia.
Pitchers of this stature aren't bountifu these days.
and most of the big getting quite few years
on them. Wynn is Al and no longer awesome figure
in the His 1912 record and 13 complete games in IS
starts attest to his reaching vulnerable age
THE YANKEES ONE best stopper remains Whitley
Ford He's 80 and pitcher who failed to finish 21 OF
the 20 games he started
Billy Pierce who'll "a before the opener is great
fnisher of stars) Detroits top threesome, Paul
Foytack, Frank Larry and Jim Burning, all are in the
neighborhood of 80 is precisely overpowerng
The Twins perhaps, have the youngest one-two punch
in Camilo Pascual and Pedro Ramos, but there are
reservations connection with the Cuban cutes One is
Pascuas arm which last year that he packed
and bent quitting Ramos Is rubber armed, but
he also is not 500 pitcher.
On top of all else their leader is Fide and there's
telling what he's got in mind.