Show Henry Says Dizzy Diz zy Is Happy Now So He ii Win 20 Games G ames By HENRY l IcLE McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW EW YORK April 19 19 On On August August August Au Au- gust 26 of last year in the city of Philadelphia Philadelphia- Dizzy Dean made two AVO startling pitches with a baseball baseball baseball base base- ball that definitely ended his chances of remaining as a member mem- mem her ber Der of the St. St Louis Cardinals The fatal pitches were the first I two wo thrown by Dean In the first inning of a game with the Phil Phil- lies The first pitch hit the top of the screen back of ot home plate and th the thO second barely missed the press box The box score showed that Dean pitched to only one batter in that game and that night was shipped off to St. St Louis on the grounds that his arm had gone bad Dad again But his arm wasn't quite that bad Four days before he had pitched well to defeat the Pirates 9 Dizzy didn't want to pitch against the Phillies that d diy day y As Ashe Ashe he wasn't speaking to Manager Frankie Frisch h Frisch-h h a ad d nt bee been n speaking to him in weeks in fact his his wishes were conveyed to the manager through Coach Mike Gonzales But Frisch was ada P mant manto So Dizzy with a final Well he wants me to pitch anyway anyway anyway any any- way eh walked o out oit t on the hilland billand hill bill hilland and let fly I This rather bitter little scene in inthe inthe inthe the city of brotherly love was mild mud in comparison however to the storm that broke out in the St. St Louis clubhouse a week or so later when the Cardinals came Inoff in inoff inoff off the road A man who was there has described de de- de described described scribed the meeting of the gas- gas house gang to me ne and it must have been a sweetheart With the team assembled including Dean Frisch strode in and said No matter what you iou might have heard to tp the contrary I will be the manager of this team in 1938 Furthermore I have heard reports that some of you players think I am jealous of you you envious ous of the money you make That's a lie I want all of you to make all alI the money you can At this his point Dizzy cut in You must be talking about me Frank Im not saying who Im I'm talkIng talking talking talk talk- Frisch bellowed but butI ing about I If the shoe fits you wear it It According to my informant and you can go to sleep on his testimony Dean then rose up and launched one of the finest alla all allaround a around r o 0 u n d style free-style words no-words- barred oral pral attacks any manager ever listened to For a good five minutes he raked Frisch over the coals using all ll the standard forms forms' of address for such an occasion occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion caslon and a great many homegrown homegrown homegrown home home- grown phrases Dizzy finished with the remark that he knew three players on the club who knew more baseball in five minutes minutes min mm- utes than Frisch would know in a lifetime and that one of them should be managing the club Never mind that Frisch barked Ill Til be running it in 1938 And doing a a blank Job t too o Dean roared back That same day Dean was paid off for the remainder of the season season season sea sea- son and told to go home Knowing all of this and a lot lotmore lotmore lotmore more than lack of space forbids telling it came as no great shock to learn that Dean had been sold In closing heres here's one prediction prediction prediction tion that I think will stand up Dean i no matter what shape his arm is in will win between 17 and 20 games for the Cubs And if his arm is right he will have haye his biggest and best year in basebalL basebalL baseball base base- ball Because he is happy now |