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Show 1? TALENT Fm W&m. I Kansas City Pair Said i To Equal Crosetti and Gordon at Second Base By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK, Oct 10 (AJ) President Ed Barrow of the .Yankees and George Weiss, head of the Yankee farm system, re an insatiable pair, with no comcience whatever. more generous nsture, so Weiss was tackled. "Aren't you a little ashamed sometimes?" he was asked. "Here the Yanks have the best team there Is by a country mile. They're murdering everybody. Do you have to keep bringing up these kids like Charley Keller?" "Ashamed?" he said, startled. "Hell. no. I've got a job to do and I'm doing It." "But you haven't seen anything yet," he laughed, wickedly. "I've got a pair out at Kansas City that will knock your eyes right out. Walt until the New York fans see them. Phil Rlzzuto at shortstop and Joe Priddy at second base. What a pair!" He was reminded thst, after all, the Yankees already had the greatest great-est keystone combination In Frank Crosetti and Jo Gordon. "Don't try to tell me this Priddy Is as good as Gordon," I said; "I suppose you have a couple more Kellers slaked out somewhere, too, with maybe a spare Joe DIMaggto?" "You would be surprised," he answered. "This Priddy Is too good to be true. He's as acrobatic as Gordon, honest I don't know what Gordon can do that he can't Fanning over the lata lamented world series, I- asked President Barrow why In the world the four-time four-time champions now would have .,, , .... , ,, feelers out for 7. George McC'ilnn, f ' ' slugging young I 1 first baseman of I I , the St Louis I Brawns. J v I Hadn't Babe X . Dahlgren done y . well enough In - J the series? Hsd f - I . he not contrlbut- I ' ee ssv aues as . y -any Yankee to- V, ward licking the ....i44 Reds in the first two games with Daalgrea his bat and had he not fielded flawlessly In all four contests? Why McQuInn? "Why?" echoed Barrow. "Why, because McQuinn is a fine hitter. He would make us a little stronger, wouldn't her Barrow said, however, and with some regret that he didn't believe he would be able to get McQuinn. It was evident there was no use la trying to appeal to his finer, Eventual Replacement for Dickey May Be Hardest of All to Get like Steve Sundra and Atley Donald. Don-ald. When the old-timers finally go, bet that there will be a new staff practically, if not quite, as good. It doesn't matter If the new fllngers are a little less able not with the Yankees' superb defense and wicked batting. The club's defense. Incidentally, did more to break the Reds' hearts In the series than even their four-homo four-homo run barrage of the third game. The Reds said so. When the Cincinnati players trooped dejectedly Into their dressing dress-ing room after the final game Al Simmons was the only one making any real noise. He wss cussing a blue streak about a catch Keller had made off him la the last inning. in-ning. "Can you Imagine that?" the veteran stormed. "Five Innings before be-fore thst he was camped on the right field line to Uke my liner. Then I smashed one Into right center a sure hit if I ever saw one and he was standing there waiting for It Why would he play me one way one time and another way the next?" He sighed, like a man who had a million dollars more than he knew how to spend. So It's no longer a quae-, , , , , M tioa of what to r """ ' da with the present pres-ent Yankees. There are more of them coming in' clouds. And esch one reput- ! edly better than ' his predecessor, I ' Unless the heirs ' I . ' ' of Colonel Jacob , I Ruppert ever get ... , together and - , ' agree upon a sale .. i , y. j. J of ' the baseball - . properties, the imw Yankees are ex- ey tremely likely to go on winning everything In sight for four more year. It will be recalled that there was a strong movement of such an Impending Im-pending sale some months sgo, but nothing came of It One of the colonel's beneficiaries stood pat and refused. To give the annual accounting of the Yanks at this time, it seems obvious that they will need a new catcher within a few years. Bill Dickey, their genius of the mask, Is getting along. Buddy Rosar is ready to step into his shoes. .The giants of their pitching staff Charlie Ruffing and Lefty Gomes Go-mes show signs of wear. Rufflng's right arm was m terribly bad shape after be beat the Reds In the opening game, and it was extremely ex-tremely doubtful he would have been able to pitch another. Comet wound up the series in bed with seriously wrenched side. AU right so the Yankee slab staff is coming apart But It Is happening ever so slowly, affording afford-ing the front office plenty of time In which to bring up replacements |