Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-12-13 | Page 11 | 'Bums' Get Fine Break

Bums Get Fine Break I By LAWTON TON CARVER International News Sports Editor NEW YORK Dec 13 President 13 President Larry MacPhail of the Brooklyn Dodgers is called a genius by some observers of the baseball scene and by others is referred to with epithets that cant can't be reprinted There is nothing static about him You go for him or dont don't and on both sides of the ledger there is much to be said for him and much against him However you cant can't get away from this The smartest bit of bartering in the season off-season ivory markets was conducted by MacPhail In behalf behalf behalf be be- half of the Dodgers and he may have strengthened his team enough to retain the National league championship Gets Padgett Padgett- He went to work on the St. St Louis Cardinals to obtain Don Padgett an around all-around outfield and infield man and took Outfielder Johnny Rizzo from the Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia Phillies to make way for the big transaction With these two he was sure of replacing men he had in mind for a trade whereupon he sent Outfielder Jimmy Catcher Babe Phelps Pitcher Luke Hamlin and Infielder PeW pett Coscarart Coscarart Coscarart Cos Cos- to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a trade for Arky Vaughan who can play third base or shortstop with equal fin finesse What did the Dodgers give up and what did they get Lets Let's enumerate viz and to wit was a semi regular who played in 94 games and pieces thereof at first base and In the outfield and was as never regarded as anything more than a reserve Theres There's the he Babe Phelps caught in only 16 games whereupon he developed a case of exaggerated temperament and went home for the rest of the season Hamlin was not a winning pitcher pitch pitch- er and was notorious for his Inability in inability inability in- in ability to escape throwing a home run ball in the clutch Coscarart was a good fielder but buta a poor hitter Obviously MacPhail got rid of ofa ofa ofa a whole armload of dead timber and got one real good baseball player in return and in the meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time he picked up a couple of outfielders outfielders outfielders out out- fielders for further trading purposes purposes pur pun poses or to take the place of Was Vas dell One was Don Padgett the St. St Louis Cardinal outfielder-first outfielder baseman and the other Johnny Rizzo of the Philadelphia Phillies Considering that only among the players given up by Brooklyn in the Vaughan trade was of any use to the Dodgers last season it must be obvious that MacPhail is building for another another another an an- other pennant next season As things begin to shape up now the Dodgers may even be the favorite Dont Don't forget that hat the Cardinals let Johnny Mize their big punch go to the Giants who likewise willbe will willbe willbe be tougher Getting back to the Dodgers the original theme of this piece they undoubtedly will use Vaughan at third base and with that will vill have a sure fielder and an almost certain hitter to go along with Peewee Reese at short Billy Herman at second and Dolph Camilli Camilli Camilli Ca- Ca milli at first And if that isn't a winning pennant-winning infield name name one