Show e 6 hs r 4 r t firer r li lir r rr r Bucky uck- uck Walters cant can't win games but he wont won't retire retie I Will wm Remain I in n By Joe BRADENTON Fla March l 27 W Bucky A Bucky Walters long ago gave ga up his dream of winning major league games but the former pitching ace and manager manager manager man man- ager of the Cincinnati Reds wants to continue in baseball as long as some club will have him Just being in baseball keeps me happy and contented said Walters who is starting his second second sec sec- ond season as pitching coach of the Boston Braves I cant can't think of any better job than being Inha in ha baseball Walters ended his active days in 1949 without winning a game that season although he lost three It was a heartbreaking year for him Not only did he fail to pick up the two triumphs he le needed to reach his goal of but he lie was let out as manager manager manager man man- ager before the season ended No Intention The year old Ph Philadelphian Philadelphia has no intention of ever returning returning returning return return- ing to the active list even in inthe inthe inthe the event of total mobilization As it is hG should have quit pitching two years before he did The arm is gone Bucky ex ex- I tried to throw the theother theother other day clay and I could scarcely reach the plate It hurt like the dickens every time I threw Nobody realizes how much the arm pained me during those last three years of my pitching days Walters added Many l a time it felt like it was coming off with each pitch After winning 23 games in 1944 the slim right-hander right hurt his arm arm in July of the following year and never was the same thereafter Using his head more than his arm Bucky managed to rack up 10 wins in 1946 and added eight in 47 to give him victories in 13 seasons But Buthe Buthe Buthe he couldn't add another the next year Too Late I might have made If I had st started pitching sooner said Walters l who put in six years as an infielder before turning turning turning turn turn- ing to pitching at 25 Even at that I still could have done clone it had I had some luck in my years with the tile Phillies Walters pitched three and a half seasons with the Phils before before before be be- fore he le was traded to the Reds in June of 1939 In 1936 he dropped 21 games with the tail- tail end Phils In 39 he lie won 27 for forthe forthe forthe the winning pennant-winning Reds Believe it or not he said I was as good a pitcher the year I won 11 and lost 21 as when I Iwon Iwon Iwon won 27 and lost 11 |