Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16

Seasons Taking
Strange Turn
By MORRIS SIEGEL

THANK HEAVEN FOR the Nets, the Yankees and that
dependable An-Amerca type, DO Beinsky. Except for
Them this young baseball season already has become as
unpredictable Elizabeth Taylor.
Consider few Of the contributing factors. Take Min
nesota which hasn't been tough to do this Out
there in natures favoe fozenfood locker the weather
supposed to cruel tax collectors heart in mid
April
So what happens2 It's been gorgeous even If the ball
club hasn't Showed out Of the opener last year. when
Metropolitan Stadium looked like the finish line Of
downhil slaom than bapark, the Twins were bombed
out this season. Four Cleveland homer off Camo Pascual
made the temperature unseasonaby warmer than the
thermometer which has been romancng the 7O-degree
neighborhood.
SKIP TO LOS ANGELES never bad idea incidentally.
Ask Walter Oalley If in doubt Out there the weather
always supposed to be gorgeous during the national past
time season. So again what happensp For the first time
since baseball to California game had to be post
poned because of rain The weaheman presumably either
has been executed shifted to Burma where they thrive
monsoons
There's more evidence Jim Piersall, tethered to the
bench except for ninth-inning call to smell the fresh
air in centerfied couldn't be quieter If he had double
dose Of aryngs He has to be sought out to be inter-
viewed so smotherng is his humility
If the White Sox win the pennant-and If 1t
happens it will surely trigger another sports investigation
1t shouldn't count Their manager, AL Lopez, hasn't
yet claimed his team will unseat the perennial champs
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IT'S TossUP whether Jim King of the Senators
Roger Craig, the Nets pitching staff should
squawk the oudeSt about their luck Both have usfabe
complaints.
that was taken away from him the other day when
Senator baserunner missed second base and called
It, King hit 24S last He can't afford to lose many
more.
Craig's anguish undoubtedly hit new high when he
read Mondays box scores The Phladelphia-St Louis
boxes showed in the pitchers balancesheet column that
reiever Jack Badschun Of the Phiies won two games
against the Cardna-and pitched than three innings
rai he
nine rounds only to lose To- IN the tenth. 1t his
second straight loss, giving him good Jump to better
last years feat of losing a. tops for the majors for the
team that lost I20 also tops for the majors However Il
must be presumed that Craig is unwilling candidate
to defend his personal title just Floyd Patterson isn't
anxious to be kayoed by Sonny Lston quicker than he
was last time.
IN THE TWIN CITIES where according to his press
notices. Calvin Griffith staked out claim for basebals
frontier Cavns regret that the ice-fshing season
ended sooner than usual understandable. There Is little
to distract the fans from his baseball team
Griffith whose credentials as a seer are somewhat
suspect judged his Washington pastperformance chart
guaranteed his new fans pennant They seemed to be-
leve him, proving perhaps that they more gulibe
than his bapayes The message hasn't gotten through
TO them yet.
Losing four out Of five is not yet reason for mass
suicide But when Kansas City inficts three Of the losses
three straight that there believe the Twins
might not be nvulnerabe their leader suggested in
his rosy, preseason optimism.
PAsCUAL. AnNNEsoTAs BEST pitcher, and also one
Of the leagues best has been having awful rough start
Hot Potato 20 last year for the first time If there Is
prolonged continuation Of his current behavior he's likely
to become 2Ogame loser, also for the first time. He's
o. at the moment
Here at home there's good viewing the future
with less alarm There won't be any pennant flying at
c. Stadium next year. but George Selkirk has made
markable strides At least he's assembled that
loses professionally than its two unamented pre-
decessors.
The 2s record could have been easily reversed If Don
Rudolph could avoid the home-run zone. The likeabe
lefty has been blitzed twice by home runs a marked
reversal Of his Florida FORM He Is quite concerned about
his nasty new habit Of pitching fence-clearing shots
What do you think you're doing wrong?" reporter
asked the other day.
IF knew" Rudolph gloomly responded, II wouldn't
do It." You gotta like fellow who thinks like that.