Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-06

Charlie No. /
e.,
For Distance
BY MORRIS SlEGEL

CHARLIE DRESSER Is IN town trying to talk up
little trade between his Dodgers and the Senator's So far
Charlie has been doing most Of the talking which par
for the course Over the years it's been Charles best game
Charlie might not be the best talker this side of Win
ston Churchill or Casey Stenge depending whose style
you prefer but for distance I'll take him anybody.
That goes for Fidel Castro undsputed Latin American
champion.
Last night in the space Of six hours and an equal
portion of rum and coke Charlie covered more ground
than Gordo Cooper did in % orbits Charlie wasn't about
to fire his vocal retro rockets but the proprietor of Ray
Krouse retreat in Georgetown appeared to be weak
ening, not much from Charlie but from the hour.
That's how Charlie finally let up 1t was quite one
man hootenanny.
WHAT DID CHARLIE talk aboutp Name It, Buster,
and Charlie either fibuStered about at least made
q pass at the subject
man as ingenious as Charlie naturally has ideas
about most things He's advanced in his thinking that
he often has solutions to problems which don't exist But
II they ever pop up, Charles ready.
He's got thought now, for example, about how to
bail baseball out Of the dilemma 1t faces developing
new talent 1t practically amounts to breeding but not
quite
Them milionaires running teams" Charlie said de-
meaningly III they'd listen to they would be better
off," It's hard to imagine what Charlie anybody
could DO to make life any roster for Tom Yawkey Phil
Wrgey, Walter OMalley other financially affluent
men currently basebalng for living, but Charlie wants
them to listen anyway
They ought to put that Al-star Game on pay-Tv"
he recommends. They'd take in so million bucks That
money could then be used to finance the minors Then
they wouldn't have to worry If only 40 people the
game in Columbus, Ca"
:. CHARLES SUGGESTION SOUNDS reasonable
enough here but the players might rebel That's where
they get the cash to stuff into their pension fund
Charles thinking isn't restricted merely to today
He's been in baseball almost As years. and the mans got
total recall He likes to talk about 1851 the year his
hlnuy The IN
Thomson slammed that famous home run off Ralph
Branca.
Ordinarily Charlie can find nothing at all bad in his
career even his several rngs but THAT incident he adj
ms on the distastefu side But even in that dark
hour, with the Polo Grounds in state Of joyful riot
Thomson rounded the bases Charlie still was thinking of
q way to save the disaster
Charlie didn't panic. mo, sir, didn't" he said IT
watched that guy around them bases watched to
that he touched every one of them" Charlie you must
see by now, doesn't give up easily.
.... SSth
CHARLIE FIRST PUT ON pair of baseball boomers
In 1919 This the first time since then that he hasn't
started the season wearing uniform He's some kind of
superscout for the Dodgers now not exactly sure him
self what he's supposed to do.
Il come over here to Gil Hodges" he said who's
good man. He played for in Brooklyn and got to
wish him the best although most Of the time when try
to DO anything for Gil wind the short end Of It,"
This, Of course, required explanation It wasn't
long In coming Charlie doesn't keep you in suspense that
way.
"One time in Los Angeles an umpre-Frank Dascon.
think-called high pitch Hodges come Dustin
out Of the dugou to squawk, and what happens? get
Charley horse.
But that amt bad. In the World Series of 1859
they call another bad play GIL let the umpire Ed
Hurley know about it. Two days later when we were in
Chicago. give Hurley another grow and he throwed
out. 1t cost me $780,
Il gotta like guy lot to get charley horse and
$500 fine over him." 81