Show Lefty Grove Optimistic As Fast Toss Takes Hop By EDV EDWARD ARD J. J NEIL Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK April 19 The 19 The hop is on the fast one again and everything is all right with that part of the baseball world populated populated populated by Robert Moses Grove I never felt better in my life the hope of the Boston Red Sox announced cheerfully Friday as he Grove Grave chewed on his lipe ipe successor to his favorite big black cigars The fast one Is x sopping bopping again mid laid the long lean Lefty efty of the great greatt t 4 fi i Athletic d days a y s. s i There hasn't i t been a twinge in L my shoulder all spring Im ready to go so gomy my day Joe Cro- Cro ain says Were We're waiting until it Grove warms up a little little lit lit- tle just to be sure But the way things look now Ill I'll be bein bein in there every three days and if they need a few Innings of relief work in between now and then that will be all right too More convincing than any words the big Lefty only a couple of years ago a pitching Invincible could utter is Groves Grove's calm care care- free attitude the real f on what Is going on in the mind of ot the old Lonaconing Lightning Last spring and summer when the arm Tom Yawkey paid Connie Mack some for went bad Grove was morose fretful harassed But no more Taking out my tonsils did it it he said proudly My teeth didn't have anything to do with the soreness in my arm The pain was right between between between be be- tween the two big muscles at the top of ot my left shoulder There was wasa a lump in there deep It went away with the tonsils Now everything's fine You'd scarcely know Robert Moses Hes He's been hunting all winter winter winter win win- ter and exercising In a gym In Philadelphia He never looked bet bet- iter ter I |