Show Snorts I l I Mirror A By John Mooney Moone Telegram Sports Editor Branch the Brain Rickey and Bill Eli I used to play for Yale Yate Cox two of oi the outstanding inhabitants k of ot the baseball ivory marts have haveL L been in the news recently To the average baseball fans the antics of this staid and venerable ven yen erable pair are mysterious indeed In fact many nany cannot fathom where Eli Bill I used to play pay for Yale Yate Cox ever found the word Jerk to apply to his erstwhile manager Bucky Harris in the hallowed halls of Old Ell Eli Imagine an Old Blue using using- such expressive terms te But Dut while Cox has aroused i the wrath of the lov baseball r ing fraternity by his shabby treatment of Ducky Bucky Harris the antics of Rickey ha have e brought only pity upon his br brow m. m For Branch Dranch you jou OU see sec has sold out whatever w chance hance the Dodgers ever er had of regaining the National National Na Na- National league pennant and such treachery t achery is not no condoned along the suburbs of the ca ca- ca nal you ou ou cant can't figure it any an other way vay wa at this stage of the game Rickey has done the Bums Dums 0 dirt that's all theres there's to it First he disposed of ot Ducky Medwick Med Med- wick to of all aU people the hated rL Giants That was waa a bad blow f L especially following as it did upon r the waiving of ot Buck Newsom out of the fold and into the American league Along the way he got rid of ot Johnny Allen a good pitcher pitch pitch- er cc and Dolph Camilli voted the most valuable vatu able player in the league teague only a few short years ago Then to cap it all off oft Rickey sold cold Cox on the idea of getting Fat at Freddie Fitzsimmons to manage manage manage man man- age the Phillies Fitzsimmons was as a Dodger too On Ricke Rickey's side aide of the ledger it must be said that all these men were vere getting along in j years rears cars that they wouldn't be a available for regular gular service for more than a few years at best bost It must be remembered that Rickey Bickey ne never er lets a ball pla player er die as far as active playing days go KO in the uniform of Rickey's Bickey's club Hence in some t ways it was smart mart baseball for forA A Branch the Brain Drain to peddle these l stars hen hen there was as still a market Also in Rickey's favor was the attitude of all these ex-Dodgers ex 4 except Camilli and Fitzsimmons f p Newsom Allen and Medwick have bad dispositions and are not the best companions 0 in the world 4 Even Fitzsimmons irked Rickey by asking to stay in Brooklyn with the Bums rather than accept a minor league managerial post at 4 Montreal 4 Camilli too could have been in t a the doghouse for his holdout tactics tactics tac- tac tactics tics this spring when he elected I It t I to stay on his California ranch rather than report to the Dodgers' Dodgers I spring training camp anId ld a the northlands northland's snows But nut whether or not Rickey shipped off this tiresome because because because be be- be- be cause the men were past their prime or because he didn't like their attitudes the fact still re remains remains re re- mains that these five fl were as good as anything the Dodgers had to offer Giving them away when hen Rickey Bickey had no substitute 1 JI is like discarding a scuffed pair of shoes when you ha cht a No 18 coupon to get another pair of brogans It has been n suggested that Rickey believing that baseball Is washed up after this season figures to get as much money Inthe in inthe the bank as possible for the theL I L- L of I stockholders so 10 that when peace corned comes back the Dodgers can start tart a home grown farm system sy tem tern for young players thereby deducting the expensive purchase purchase puro pur pur- pur- pur o chase price for stars which Larry Larry Leery Lar Lee ry MacPhail used to pay This is sound logic and good reasoning if jf it works But suppose suppose sup sup- suppose pose pose the Dodgers drop so low this a season that the fans stay atay away from Ebbets field in great droves Suppose the club loses money Just when it appeared MacPhail got the 4 stockholders weaned away from balancing the books in red ink Then how will Branch the Brain tock stock up 0 Do you think for a minute those rabid fans fans fans- and there are no nomore nomore more snore rabid fans tans thon t tho those h 0 II a e wIll will fight and suffer cut suf fer for a losing club No brother broth broth- er if you Ou believe that youve you've never been cornered by a a. true Flat- Flat busher Medwick l Durocher who's ho about to get the sack tack Allen Newsom iCo tCo you see are too much like Uke the Dodger fans For 4 years Brooklyn has been a borough of p pseudo screw balls some Rome real some affected But Dut till still sc screwballs In disposing of these characters cheese charac ten tees Rickey has bas taken a personal per per- personal Bonal slap clap at the the- Dodger fans themselves the men and women who ho live e and b breathe athe baseball baseball- and end incidentally pay the f freight for Bick Rickey y 1 and the eye ers In attempting to the Dodgers Rickey will have as u much luck as he would attempting to put Little Lord Fauntleroy outfits outfits out out- fits on the Dead End Kids Kids Kids-In in their own neighborhood It U Its It's been said that you cant can't kill a man for trying but youcan you youcan youcan can bet the Flatbush Faithful will win L consider this if Rickey Rickey's Bance folds as sc it appears it will Likes Bowling Next Phil Rizzuto seaman first class das at the naval training station at Norfolk picks bowling next t to baseball a Ita as a hobby |