Evening star., 1961-06-04


worst I've encountered. When
club goes into rut at the san
thing wrong. You don't sleep
much and you go looking for
the cure.
mo, I don't think this club
Is falling apart. Do you know
anybody who can explain a
slump? It's just that we went
so bad so fast. We haven't been
good from the last week in
spring training.
In all the years I've man
aged here and at Cleveland I've
never had a club 10 games
under 500. And I'll tell you the
truth it feels terrible. 1 feel just
about how Arnold Palmer felt
after he blew the Masters. I've
heard about this happening to
other guys, but I never thought
1t could happen to us"
Comment: Better it should
happen to them than to us.
Ralph Houk of the Yankees
on Jake Gibbs, the Mississippi
football and baseball star re-
Gently signed to a fat bonus
contract: I'm impressed with
him. He stood up there with a
good level swing and showed
more power than I expected.
But most of all l like the idea
of his having been so success
full in football-you get aSsur-
ance and leadership that way
and winning habit. I think if
q man can be outstanding at
one sport he can be at another
II he wants to apply himself"
Comment: This should be
reasSuring to Bill Nieder, the
ex-track and field star who was
something less than outStand-
ing in his first crack at boxing.
Pitcher Whitley Ford of the
Yankees GID, jesting with
Relieyers Luis Arroyo and Tex
Clevenger after Arroyo saved
his latest victory: II could be
81 now. I wish you fellows
would bear down more"
Manager Paul Richards of
the Orioles on Chuck Hinton,
Washington outfielder plucked
from Baltimore's expansion
draft list: please, let's not
talk about Hinton today. I get
sick every time hear his name.
Where we made our worst mis-
take on Hinton was in having
him play in the winter league.
That's where we lost him, right
there in that winter league.
That league is great for speed
ing along the development Of
young players, but it's also a
showcase. Everybody has scouts
watching every move. If a boy
shows up well. you'd better have
him protected from the draft
or you're going to lose him.
Il got worried about Hinton
about halfway through the
winter season and you know
what I tried? I had him run
into a fence on purpose so it
looked like he got hurt. We
wrapped up his shoulder from
here to there and paraded him
around so all the scouts could
see him. We thought it might
go on the sport wire, too, and
go all over the country, but it
didn't make it. Washington
either just didn't hear about it,
or else they just did a good job
of scouting"
Comment: Time will tell.
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Bobby Bragan, player person.
mel director for the new Ma
tional League Houston club, on
Gordon Coleman, former Rich
ard Montgomery High star and
now first baseman for Cincin-
natl: That Coleman has turned
out to be really something for
Cincinnati, just like my brother
said. Sure, didn't you know my
brother Jimmy was a Reds
scout? When the Reds made
that three for one Johnny
Temple deal with Cleveland
and got Cal McLish, Billy Mar
tin and Coleman, it was Cole
man who was the real key.
"Gabe Paul called Jimmy
down in Birmingham Coleman
was with the Indians Mobile
farm and asked him about
Coleman. Jimmy said to go
ahead, and they made the deal. 1"
Comment: There are a num-
Der Of area players who have
made it with big league teams
other than Washington, but the
new Senators are determined to
catch all the fish they can in
their own pond.