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Show MOT even the march of 50,000,000 armed men can shut out your j dreams. I was thinking about this . while sitting at lunch with Frank Frisch. "You are a long way from thatdream you had at Braden-ton, Braden-ton, Fla., in 1935," suggested. Frisch smiled wanly. "I remem-scr remem-scr that one." he Snally added. "Yes." Frank continued, con-tinued, "that was juite a dream. Re-nember Re-nember the night Grantland Rice e sat under that Florida moon and you had me picked to be the first manager to win five pennants and five world series se-ries in a row? I even believed you. "We had just beaten the Tigers in 1934 with a great young ball club Back of the bat I had Bill Delancey, round 22, one of the greatest young ratchers baseball ever saw. Smart, game, everything. "In the box we had the two Deans, Oil and Paul, both young and strong ind both great pitchers. And don't forget Pepper Martin. What a guy. I had Dnrocher at short, one of the best even if he never batted much iver .206." Coming Up "And don't forget," I suggested, "the men you had coming up next year." "I haven't forgotten that either," Frisch cut in. "One of them was a young race lorse by the name of Terry Moore, :oming on from Columbus. Another Anoth-er was a pretty fair hitter by the lame of Johnny Mize, heading in !rom Rochester. That wasn't all. We lad a lot of good young-farm ballplayers ball-players on tap, who have since been stars. We had everything going our way for the next four years. Don't forget a fellow named Joe Medwick. I could name you many others. And then the fuse blew out." What Happened What happened after that was entirely en-tirely too morbid for Frisch to dis-:uss dis-:uss at any length, as he stared sut across New York snow in place 3f Florida's palms and sunshine. Twenty-two-year-old Bill Delancey, the catching find of the day, developed devel-oped a lung ailment and bad to uit active play. The two Deans, each over 6 feet 3, weighing 185 and 190 pounds, lost their arms. Each should have been good for 10 more years and don't forget together to-gether they were good for 50 win-sing win-sing games. After this, one thing and another began to happen as the Cardinals finally had to wait eight years before be-fore they finally overhauled the Dodgers to win last fall. They put Frisch out. although he nad turned in a great managing job, and struggled along with others until they finally came to Billy South-worth, South-worth, another able manager. And 11 this was something that Fate, not Frank Frisch, controlled along the rocky road to destiny. Diz and Delancey "There was the battery," Frisch laid. "Dizzy Dean and Bill Delancey. Delan-cey. I'd say in 1934 when Diz was right that he was the greatest pitcher pitch-er I ever saw. Especially in a hot spot. "Don't forget he gave me and left me many a headache. He was about is easy to handle as a king cobra. "But he could pitch. Any time for my money. You know he wanted want-ed to pitch the entire scries against the Tigers? I can't beat 'em four straight, Dls said, but one can win four out of Ave. I believe he could. Killing speed, a great slow ball, perfect per-fect control, any sort of curve, a cool brad and a stout heart and perfect confidence In himself. He should never have quit baseball. He still would have made a fine first baseman or a good outfielder. "Delancey? The greatest young catcher baseball ever looked at. Another An-other Dickey, Cochrane or Hartnctl Maybe better. "Let's wake up," Frisch said. "The dream ended eight years ago." Frisch was one of the brightest football and baseball stars our two leading games have ever known. Favored with physical skill. Frisch was even more important on the quick thinking, competitive side. "Too many people forget," Frank told me, "just how important any competitive sport is. Competitive sport has a side that has been badly overlooked. And I mean in connection connec-tion with any form of the war game we face today. What Competition Means "Hard competltidn," Frisch said, "means, first of all, complete concentration con-centration under fire. I mean the fire of the football field, baseball, basketball, boxing and other games. "In these games you are taught and trained to think In split second. sec-ond. If you are wrong, you are generally be ton. And In this country coun-try no one likes to' be beaten. This is the finest sort of training tor the Individual ability that Capt Eddie Rickenbacker talks about. He is 100 per cent right |