Evening star., 1963-05-10
SEGH Al LARGE
Senators Need
Nets Treatment
By MORRIS SIEcEC

THE THOUGHT OCCURS here that the Nets are
getting their name in the papers too much Not New
Yorks where they belong but Washingtons where they
don't belong.
For the last several days the Nets have had field day
in Washington. Practically every galoot who owns
typewriter has cranked up and fired savo In noisy in
dorsenent Of the teams zany incredible behaviour
There is only one thing wrong with this: Why not
give the Senators the same sympathetic treatmentP
Aren't buns Just miserable and just as lovely and
just as deserving as their bumsP
The Nets with their recently acquired habit Of win
ming often than they lose might drop from public
esteem both here and at home, If they don't quickly
become untracked and be themselves again.
THE coNrN6oN-MAN LOVE the Nets attract is under
standable They the first team to lose 100 games
in season. and they did it at the very first possible
opportuny-ast year the first Of their homey existence
Mickey Vernon's gang had two shots at establishing
alltime losing mark, but blew em BOTH Fortunately
the Senator'S management didn't hold this against Vernon
and rehred him. However any filtration with the Met
record for futty from here in not likely to bring
Mick the same reward.
In other words the Senator money bags acting like true
sportsmen are quite willing concede the Nets the all
time losing championship 1t takes lot OF unskileo
talent to win only 40 games Of 1e2-game schedule but
the Nets easily showed they were equal to the challenge
I'LL CoNCEDE THE NETS are up when it comes to
having natural publictygetter That's Casey stengel
firing Of him. nobody ever should, there's also Miss
Rheingold, not at all bad for a consolation prize.
But If unpredictabity and dizziness are the deter
mining factors what's wrong with what the Senators have
to offer? Jim Persa when he isn't trying to act mature
he is now ouscrewba anybody around including
Bo Bensky who hasn't been in the business long enough
to pick up all the fine points Persal has mastered
In the realm of the unexpected Wednesday nights
6-3 l3round thriller Cleveland up nicely
The last thing anybody expected Don Lock to do with two
strikes on him would be to hit grand-slam home
But Lock crossed up everybody and not only pole-axed
homer but to the wrong field at that.
And how about the night before when Umpire AL
Saerno staged his bit Of guerrilla warfare against
the Senators and chased the whole lot Of them off the
bench Sernos previous raids had deprived the Senators
of so many key players they wound up with pitcher play
ing the outfed pitcher pinch-htting and defeat, the
least unusual aspect Of the whole farce.
AS SAY THESE Senators might be taken, but they
are not to be taken lightly They've got plenty Of the
stuff the Nets have been given credit for Would that
nice lady who owns the Nets and Kentucky Derbycass
horse ever bench three of her players personally?
The fellow who once commanded the Senators did 1t.
And has the Vice President of the United States ever
stopped to publicly express about the Nets at
time when the whole world seemed to be going to pot?
Mr. Nixon did. His of values in this instance
may have accounted for the fact that he failed to qualify
for an additional fouryear residence in Washington.
Have the Nets ever traded for player who turned out
to be captive of enemy country and was unable to get
out In time to play for them? The Senators did.
AS far as I'm concerned the Senators have 1t all over
the Nets. .r