Show Reds Nearly Had Martin In Deal With Cardinals By EDDIE BRIE BRIETZ Z Associated P Tress Press ess Sports Writer riter NEW YORK Sept 6 Now 6 Now it can be told told Pepper Pepper Martin artin almost went to the Reds during the spring trading season The Cards wanted Chick Hate Hafey back Charlie Dressen was willing but held out for M Martin rtin Branch Rickey almost fell for it iL i Ray Miller the only man to o flatten flat fIat i ten Jimmy makes periodical periodical pe pe- returns to the ring rin just jut for the fun tun of it Hes He's a Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago coal baron with plenty of potatoes potatoes po po- po- po in the bank and doesn't have to fight unless he wants to Johnny Kling a success a as- as asa a minor league club owner is tring trying try try- ing lag to buy into the D One keen baseball man man said the theother theother theother other day his three smartest major league managers would have have to to Include in include In- In clude dude Casey Stengel and Bill McKechnie Paul Berlenbach has bas quit tendIng tending tend tend- ing lug bar in Yorkville to manage Pete Reilly Wilkes-Barre Wilkes mIddleweight middleweight middle middle- weight Mickey Cochrane says master masterminding masterminding minding i in baseball is just a a. lot lotof of bunk rt r j Pitching and irid fielding is what is it It- takes John McGraw McGra who ho used to direct every pitch from the bench would vo ld g give ve Mickey an an argument on that one Consider the plight of Major Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert art R. R Neyland whose teams lost only seven games in the nine years he he coached at Tennessee lie He Heis lieIs Beis is exiled down in Panama and how low the Vols Vola m mike make ke 4 U I I t tou ou out until he h-c gets the papers a wee week later Long before the teams team go ne next net t spring Bill Terry will e eRoy Roy Parmelee Hughie Critz Mark Koenig an and d bucks down the river to Philadelphia In return i fo Dolph Camilli and Curt Davis In the last 20 years the Yankees have had only two first sackers sackers- Wally and Herr Lou G brig which probably is a a. major league record ecord One day ba back lt i in 1925 the late Miller ld Ge Gehrig then Ihen A recruit to go In inland and play first base and they h t b to get hl out of up since I |