Show T seem to be the proper days to study the basic foundations of winning competition you can get one answer in the new york yankees dressing room from such fellows as bill dickey joe gordon red ruffing spud chandler joo joe dimaggio DiMagg lo charlie keller and several others opening their 1542 home campaign the yankees are facing the prospect of winning their sixth pennant in seven starts it might not happen that way but th that a Is Is how now it looks the yankees have the bulge in hitting pitching and fielding a fair start but they have something more something just as important por tant in addition to their physical margin which cant be overlooked mccarthys McCar thys hired men are a tea team M together they spend pe per r cent of their time fighting the enemy not fighting each other or fighting umpires find no individual jealousy no bickering no squabbles no high hats no stars ive picked up the true lesson of team play from the yankee dressing room for seyen seven years joe mccarthy stands for no bad actor no individual who stands for himself above the good of the team mccarthy simply passes this type on to some other unhappy manager while he goes for team spirit more afore about the yankees 1 the yankees have been charged with being colorless just a group of young business inen handling a job they keep in condition they start no rows they are all friends in 16 a bunch they are just out to win and to be ready to win they are a t quiet lot they are a team of stars who refuse to be accepted as stars just ball players their business has been playing baseball and they play it better than any other team get a better understanding of this if you could mix a while with such fellows as dickey gordon keller dimaggio DiMagg lo chandler ruffing priddy levy hassett henrich gomez rizzuto and the rest I 1 asked bill dickey about the yankees lack of color the tall catcher from arkansas who has been around a sligh matter of 17 seasons here and there mostly with the he yankees was mildly indignant rhe arkansas quail shooter gets only mildly indignant color he said what is color Is it getting drunk and getting in fights I 1 bill dickey dont think so color to me Is standing back of uit the plate and watching that joe gordon make plays that I 1 know cant be made ive seen him kill off more sure base hits than anyone I 1 ever saw on one play tod find him back of second base handling a hot grounder on the next you ste see him somewhere in short right field killing another hit bit if they want color why dont they watch joe dimaggio DiMagg lo play center field and make hard plays look esy easy or watch dimaggio and keller at bat when the chips are down dickey on color I 1 dont believe quiet easygoing easy going dickey knows how much true color he has but bill knows tho the main details of color especially when he is talking about the yankees who has had the most color in american sport he asked me ill 11 tell you babe ruth jack dempsey joe louis bobby jones ty cobb walter haben and bill tilden but did you ever stop to think ea each chone one of these was a star performer or former one who had greater skill than the other fellows had you cant have color true color wi without phout exceptional skill I 1 still say the yankees are packed with color on account of the different things they can do as hitters bitters fielders and pitchers I 1 believe the true baseball fan appreciates this lie ile likes to see a job well done game after game better than anyone else can do it ill string with dickey in this respect e sp act A big part of color must be based b as d upon performance under fire ive never seen a colorful punk in any game there are no colorful duffers in golf no colorful dubs in tennis no colorful third raters in boxing it may be we have stressed color that was not directly dir e atly hooked up with outstanding ability too much the main contest there is now one highly interesting sporting scramble under way that has nothing to do with titles pennants or championships it concerns cerasa a form of inner rivalry as to which sport will contribute most in the matter of winning the war will needed war funds get greater help from boxing baseball golf tennis racing football or what joe louis and mihe alike jacobs sent boxing spinning well ahead in their army and navy relief shows show sand abild they are only carmint up |