Show lt t t r 1 Dodgers Fight All All Brooklyn I Is Happy Flatbush Fans Predict Successful Season j As Officials Squabble I By HARRY FER FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor NEW HEW YORK April 8 All 8 All danger danger danger dan dan- ger ger of the Brooklyn Dodgers getting getting getting get get- ting into a rut passed today and the news of each new quarrel on n the club broadened the smiles of the fan of Flatbush For a few tense days this spring it seemed that the Dodgers were going to let the customers down and turn Into a well-behaved well group of athletes sending out waves of at swe sweetness and light It looked desperately like Uke Manager Leo Durocher Durocher Durocher Du- Du rocher and General Manager Larry Larry Lar Lar- r. r ry MacPhail MacPhall w were re going through spring training without a controversy controversy controversy contro contro- versy and Pitcher Van Mungo was Mungo-was was wasso so well behaved that there seemed only onty one chance In a million that he would fall faU against a door knob and come up with one of his classic shiners But the dark days have passed Robins wheeled and twittered above Ebbets field today sunshine turned the sludgy canal anal into a shining river of ot optimism the tough guys In Greenpoint slapped one another on the back without benefit of brass The Dodgers are fighting among themselves and spring has come to Brooklyn No spring can be official official official cial across the B Brooklyn bridge until Mungo has been suspended fined and reinstated That formality formality for tor- tori i mality has been taken care of now and most of the Flatbush fans would have been satisfied to open the season a week from today without any additional fireworks But lo to and behold their cup of joy was filled to overflowing when they learned that Durocher and MacPhail MacPhall were in a controversy Some of the more optimistic of the Flatbush fans even expressed a cautious opinion that this years year's team had a chance to equal the classic outfit that featured Babe Herman only Herman only big league outfielder outfield outfield- er ever to be struck on the head by a ball while attempting to catch a pop fly and only man ever to steal second base while it was occupied by a teammate Here and there a gray-bearded gray codger who remembered the good old days when Mungo was fined 1000 a lick Uck complained about the paltry that he got stuck for breaking training this year But with most of the fans It was the principle pi of the thing not the money Good old Mungo Mung o wasn't letting them down and that's all aU that mattered What warmed the hearts of the fans faIL was the direct approach technique technique technique tech tech- that Mungo used in breaking training None of this subtle stuff of staging a celebration in the privacy privacy privacy vacy of a hotel room Mungo simply simply simply sim sim- ply stepped into the bar of the National hotel in Havana made a sweeping gesture with his pitching arm and called for drinks lor for everybody in the house house Mungo Mungo in- in in in- Among the Interested spectators spectators spectators spec spec- were Manager Durocher and Coach Charley Dressen who took sarsaparilla and umbrage Suspended and fined Mungo has been doing penance with the Montreal Montreal Mon Mon- treal club of the International league Then with all the fury and suddenness of a rainstorm breaking I on a Sunday afternoon when a header double was scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- MacPhail MacPhall sent a telegram to Durocher announcing that Mungo had been reinstated and was en route to the family fireside Durocher chin deep In plans for r k 4 kr r r r y r rr r r. r 9 VAN MUNGO a pitching staff that did not MCM- MCM include Mr MungO higher than a rookie with men on bases and Mize at ba bd If I ever catch Mungo a drink again either he leaves the tie ball club dub or I resign said in the first of i iwar I 1 Iwar war that threatens to continue ali iff r i summer I J Yes spring has come to Brooklyn the faithful are gathering at the ticket windows and alls all's right wi will i ithe the world Play berl II I 1 |