Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-16 | Page 8 | Herman Likes Bad Balls, Klein Bites on Curves, Says Catcher

Herman Hennan Likes Bad Balls Klein Bites on Curves Says Catcher By EDWARD J. J NEIL Associated Press Correspondent NEW YORK April 16 Conversa 16 16 Conversation tion rolls through the lobbies of ball baU ballplayers ballplayers' ballplayers ballplayers' players' players hotels these days as the boys sit around puffing cigars and hoping for warm weather In a wide settee in the center of the floor bl bIz big Al Braves Braves' catcher lolls back in the cushions Drop into inlo a seat beside him and listen Keep your our eye on Bobby Brown a right-handed right rookie pitcher with us lies He's only 20 but hes he's a brute six feet poun pounds ts FROG HOP nop Hes got the greatest hop I ever saw on a fast boll ball Leaps six inches He came back from Binghamton hamton to toU tous tous U us last season and were we're playing the Pirates Tom Torn Zachary beg began m to go bad in the sixth sith The bases arc full and none out So I called for another pitcher pilcher and andin andin andin in comes Brown first big league chance and hes he's facing the two Wan- Wan ers and George Grantham with none out and the tile bases filled tilled Well he fanned manned the two on six straight strikes He threw a strike past Grantham dusted him off with two balls and got two more strikes Nice pitcher and a great kid Cool Hes lies ready now Watch him DODGERS NOT SO HOT nOT Those Dodgers didn't look so good goodIn In the opening game same Waite Hoyt was throwing his change o of pace every cry time he got ahead of the batter and every time he got sot behind too He lie waited and socked It He asked about it afterwards in the clubhouse and I told him He said aid hed he'd change his tactics Hed He'd better l if he wants to stay stav in the league leagle I 1 think the CaI will get Chuck Klein from the Phillies before the se season on is much over with Chick Hafey going to the Phillies from the Reds In a three-cornered three deal The Reds cant can't pay two high priced fellows fellows fel let lows like Haley Hafey and Babe Herman That Hermans Herman's a funny hitter Overanxious and always going for bad balls bails Do you know Chuck Klein didn't get a hit for 22 straight games against our pitching last year Fed him curve balls off the handle of his bat He pops em cm up Loves to hit outside balls now HOW TO FOOL HACK III Hack Wilsons Wilson's a cinch to pitch to Keep em eth low loi when he stands straight up When he crouches breeze em cm across his letters Did you know Chick Hafey had a blind spot even thou though h he led the National league last year He cant can't see sec a fast last ball bali high on the inside corner lie He wont won't hit much this year