Show 0 THE ephe br breaks e iks in baseball can have two sides just about the same RS BS a plank they can be good goodard goo dand and they cg an n be much worse it oil all a rn matter a tier of milk and honey there ther is the somewhat rr melancholy case cae of my old golf bridge and na partner known as s dizzy dean da alz az was as goofy as a coot in many ways especially when it came to popping off but tie lie was a great pitcher and a grand fellow with whom to fish elsh or p play lay go golf which is no bai bad test and he brought more color to the grantland Ga game through a comparatively brief itice span than anyone since babe ruth thinking of his recent somersaults in the box I 1 turned back to his bis better days from 1933 through 1936 a matter of tour four major league ye years ars ole diz won ball games an average better belter than 25 a year through four consecutive seasons that was far away and long ago for ole diz atz the glory that was deans in 1038 1938 he was only 23 25 years old six fix feet three inches in height an and d weighed pounds with that free easy motion of his an almost perfect pitching motion dean apparently had at least 10 good years left he miss in addition to blazing speed a sharp breaking curve and a change of pace diz iliad had a cool smart pitching head and his bis full share of heart he had about everything a great pitcher needs he miss then the n the tragedy of 1937 came along when he first picked up an injured toe tee A short while later lacking his full fuh follow through he blew a futie in his pitching shoulder uncle charlie moran was umpiring the be game that day when diz dist developed the kink that has been called many names from bursitis on down through h the list of all ailments ments and ills bought by chicago ole diz won only seven games in 1933 and only six fix games in 1939 pitching almost exclusively with the old bean his last ball c break the cuticle of a custard pie the wonder is that he could win any games at all from the cotton fields being naturally lazy alz then began to put on weight and this was no great help he moved from to in two years diz came up the hard way maybe too hard away a way he told me once that he and paul and his father alter after picking cotton from sun to sun sunup to sundown had bad only a can or two of sar dizzy dean dines da and ci crackers ackers for their daily an and only my meal the odd part Is that paul dean collapsed about the same time as diz they came up together an inseparable pair and they blew the heights together there was an unusual ramify hookup between these two iwo brothers that carried along u gh big years and bad years ive been with both when dizzy argued that paul had more stuff than I 1 ever had and paul would come back 1 I mev mever r was in dirzys class D dizzy IZ zy never minded being called dizzy Z y but paul a quiet shy retiring fellow never liked to be known as daffy that was a nickname paul resented bitterly the average tan fan likes dizzy dean the average tan fan likes color dizzy save gave him a whirl of excitement and lun fun tor for several years ive been asked many hundreds of times limes whether or not dizzy had anything left how much he had saved what will happen I 1 dont know biow his wife pat dean lias beet been smart enough but dizzy was ne never v er any too careful with his money ive seen babe ruth take him for a day on the golf course giving dizzy all the handicap ole diz asked for I 1 know others have taken him for m much uch more dizzy has much more confidence in his golf swing than the dean sw I 1 ing ver ever justified in tact fact his golf game depended far more on cool nerve and vast determination than it ever depended on a bad swing which started from a flat footed stance and usually ended in a terrific slice but he could pitch chip and putt and he never quit or gave eave up hope dizzy the tour four year headliner now has a nice home and a small farm outs outside ide of dallas unless some form of miracle takes place his main pitching days seem to be over three years is a long time to rest an arm that shows no signs nf if coming back once in a while the kink disappears as it did in the case of lefty grove no one can make me believe that dizzy giving all he has at every start for I 1 never sa saw w a competitor who drew a bigger thrill ou out t of winning and who was quite or df low after a defeat P |