| Show J F Dykes ykes Urges AsTo As A's T To 0 Visit Links BEACH Fla VEST PALM March arCi 1 UP The lP-The The links arc are no jinx J-finx figures Manager Jimm Jimmy D ke so hes he's told the golf enthusiaSts enthusiasts en- en among the Philadelphia Athletics to go right ahead and play lay laye e I f. f Said Jimm Jimmy A lot ot of mangerS mangers man- man gers used to object to golf playIng play- play I. I Ing ng on their squads They claimed that because a golf ball is a stationary sta sta- sta- sta I target the game ruined JL players player's baseball swing p But that's a lot of nonsense t Whether J youre you're hitting a golf ball ballE ballor or r a baseball youve you've got to have E 1 that hat at snap of the wrist wrist the the principle prin prin- ciple is the same it Meanwhile 1 the y 88 year old e a roo r-o I 1 d donnie onnie Mack fack who is pretty proud r what he used to do as a golfer S getting in trim for the Ule ies' ies sponsored by bye he e Washington Post The least can do is tee off he remarked Lone Holdout CLEARWATER CLEAR Fla March 1 Pj Pitcher J Pitcher Bubba Church is the theT lone one important holdout in the T Tone Philadelphia Phillies camp but lub President Bob Carpenter 3 I thinks hell he'll have the young y ung right right- hander bander signed up Thursday Ch Church was paid last year ear when he won eight games and lost six It is understood he has been asking quite a lot more than that Third Baseman Willie Villie head Jones signed his 1951 contract contract contract con con- tract yesterday He too had been reluctant to come to terms in a hurry and agreement was reached only after a series of salary talks with Carpenter As usual the Ule amount of salary was not disclosed It was vas speculated however that the figure probably was more than Branch Lectures SAN BERNARDINO March farch 1 2 t p p General Manager Branch Rickey will greet the 1951 P PiUs Pitts Pittsburgh burgh Pirate aggregation Thursay Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day ay with a lecture lecture Why Why finish in last place Rickey's program calls calIs for a R. four-day four course and it excludes newspapermen en Manager Bill Meyers Meyer's opening day player workout was restricted to a few turns around the park to limber up Photographers and newspapermen got the first call over the training routine Some Trouble TUCSON Ariz March 1 UP A 1 Outfielder Dale Mitchell appeared Thursday to be about the only Cleveland Indian regular with a rookie seriously challenging his job The rookie Is San Diego's I Harry Simpson but Mitchell a awell awell awell well established hitter says I III wish all I had to worry about is hav having ng Simpson beat me out Just to show he meant business Mitchell hit two singles and a double in Wednesdays Wednesday's game but Simpson got two singles and a triple in the same game the triple with the bases loaded Tight Battle TAMPA Fla March farch 1 I Things are shaping up for a five- five way scrap for two starting berths in the Cincinnati Reds' Reds infield The fifth entrant in the shortstop- shortstop second base battle was assured Wednesday when Connie Ryan agreed to terms R Ryan an Bobby Adams and Virgil Stallcup did most of the work last year but they're expected to get rugged competition from two rookies up from Tulsa Tulsa Roy Roy McMillan I and Jarrett Baumer Has Knuckleball ST. ST PET PETERSBURGH E R S BURGH Fla March 1 CrP Al Al Brazle Brazie of the St. St Louis Cardinals has something new new new-a a knuckleball Youve You got to come up with something new to stay in this game Al said Wednesday Id HId throw sinker sinker sinker only only two three curve balls He said he didn't use the knuckle knuck knuck- le leI before because he didn't feel he could trust it The year old left-hander left has been working on his new pitch for a year and a half He hopes it will vill develop this season because hes he's got to have havea a good year and that means he has to have variety in his pitches Open Training BURBANK Cal March 1 C A AThe P The The St S1 Louis Browns open training Thursday and early talk from Manager Zack Taylor indicates indicates indi indi- cates Outfielder Roy Sievers w will play third base We Ve got off to a slow start last year Taylor said We Ve put puta a lot of faith in Frankie Gustine who was expected to fill the gap at third base and serve as a steadying influence on the other kids in the infield But Sievers will wall work out there therein in training I He showed me he could play the bag when we needed him Taylor said I f ii M d r rh h 4 s 1 z a aS a'S S I 41 I c w LZ r I 37 7 4 4 TIM 1 Af Ws I X Pair of Report to Phillies Two Jim Konstants were in uniform at the Phil Phila Philadelphia I delphia Phillies camp but one of them was jun br As National leagues league's ca ues top relief pitcher I passes advice to young son |
