Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20
SEGH AT LARGE
DrysduIe Likes
Life us Dodger
BY MORRIS SIEGEL

LOS ANGELES Sept 20-People who live near vol
at least warned when eruption likely.
This gives them definite advantage the bloomered
SharecropperS working for Walter OMalley They
know when the next explosion is coming
With the Dodgers life is as unpredctabe as 30 Belin
skys next Baseballs next major rules change
may well be directed at the Dodgers An enlarged twilight
zone.
Every year they invariably up with cast of
characters whose normal behavior pattern makes the Marx
Brothers look like cub scouts by comparison Uncle Wbert
Robinson had his problems 40 years ago. and Walt Aton
the current den mother has his hands full with todays
breed.
In fact Aston himself is one of theproblems Every
body except oalley and General Manager Buzzy BavaS
fires the silent leader every year Then there's Leo Duro
cher Name it and Leo has challenged It, Like Aston Leo
also is still on the job.
However Lloyds of London wouldn't be interested in
underwriting the future of either Leo coach or Aston
manager in the unlikely event the Dodgers blow the
pennant again this Indications are that Durocher
may even fail to survive World Series victory.
II ONLY READ about the things that happened to the
Dodgers before 1885," Don Drysdale said But know
about incidents for the last eight years. I've been of
them, suppose.
Every day it looks as If something ese-something
you'd think possibes going to happen to lot
we bring ourselves The rest really nothing but
they overpayed in the newspapers and first thing
know we've got new controversy going.
'1CS not easy Delng q logger, the Dig plGcner COLI
tnued but wouldn't trade it for anything in the world"
Drysdale nevertheless was asked If he would swap the
turbulent hectic life Of Dodger for the simple reward
ing existence Of Yankee. He smiled gently.
They're too monotonous," he answered "All they do
is win every year. No, you get to understand the
Dodgers there's nothing like them. As wouldn't
swap places for anything always wanted to be with
them. They always have good teams"
BEING A DODGER should be a cnch for Drysdale by
now but he vetoes the thought The dayto-day hubarbs
that to cling to them have aged me-" he swears
However it doesn't show the big fasbaer, who looks
more like the hero of TV Western than pitcher of
baSeballs.
But you can't see what's inside Of me-" Drysdale
frowned. "You just can't laugh off everything"
Never in Drysdale's pro has one of his teams
had an easy time of it,
Everywhere I've been in the Dodger organization
we've had to grind out Even at Montreal in 1885 we won
the pennant by only four percentage points.
"And at Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh on the last day
Of the year to win the pennan Three years later had
to lick Milwaukee in playoff to win Last year blew it
to the Giants And we've just got through shaking the
Cardinals off, for the time being anyway.
"Tve to the conclusion that the first 152 games
on schedule should thrown out They ought to tell
we've got 10 games left and start the rat race from
there That's the way always to work out for u.s.
THERE WERE RUNIBLINGs recently from couple
Of Dodger expatrates doing sit-n time with the
Senators-Don thinner and Ed Roebuck - who claimed
they preferred being regulars 10th-pace team to
being standbys a first-place club.
II don't know what their problems are" Drysdale said
"but know wouldn't First place is the only place to
make any money. Second doesn't a thing Nothing
does unless you win"
Drysdale, who has been charged with deliberately
throwing at httes brushed back the interviewer when
the latter tried to draw him out what appears to be
fresh ntramural squabbe between Aston and Durocher
Leo is Leo and Aston is Aston" Drysdale said.
ION the bench everything seems okay. What they do
afterward don't Leos idea Of excitement may not
be the Waits Maybe that's where their difference
Is II there is difference"
With one more reference TO Aston the interview came
to an end If living in the Dodger wind tunnel had made
Drysdae an old at q, what had 1t done to Aston?
Nothing" he smiled. walt was old when he Joined
US"