Show 0 R CE r NOT even the march of armed men can shut out your dreams I was thinking about this while sitting at lunch with Frank Frisch You are arc a long longway longway way from that t dream you had at Bradenton Braden- Braden ton Fla in 1935 I suggested f Frisch smiled wanly I remember remember remember ber that one he s finally added Yes Frank continued continued continued con con- that was quite a dream Remember Remember Remember Re Re- member the night Grantland Rice ur the sat on It f under ai that Ti st Florida moon and you had me picked to be the first manager to win five pennants and five world series series series se 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 Delance around 22 one of the greatest young catchers baseball ever saw Smart game everything In the box we had the two Deans Diz and Paul both young and strong and both great pitchers And dont don't forget Pepper Martin V What lat a guy I had Durocher at short one of the best even if he lie never ne batted much over ver Conlin Coming U Up P And dont 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 racehorse racehorse racehorse horse by the name of Terry Moore coming on from Columbus Another er was a pretty fair hitter by the name of Johnny Mize heading in from Rochester That wasn't all We had bad a lot of good young-farm young ballplayers ballplayers ballplayers ball ball- players on tap who have since been stars We Ve had everything going our way for the next four years Dont Don't forget a fellow named Joe Medwick I I I. I could name you many others And then the flip fuse blew out n n What Happened What happened after that was entirely entirely entirely en en- too morbid for Frisch to discuss discuss discuss dis dis- dis- dis cuss at any length as he stared out out- across N New ew York snow in place of Florida's palms and sunshine year two Bill Delancey the catching find of the day developed developed developed devel devel- I a lung ailment and had to quit active play I The two Deans each over 6 feet 3 weighing and pounds lost their arms Each should have been good for 10 more years years and and dont don't forget together together together to to- gether they were good for 50 winning winning winning win win- ning games After this one thing and another began to happen as the Cardinals finally had bad to wait eight years before before before be be- fore they finally overhauled the Dodgers to win last fall They put Frisch out although he had turned in a great managing job and struggled along with others until they finally came to Billy Southworth Southworth Southworth South- South worth another able manager And Andall Andall Andall all this was something that Fate not Frank Frisch controlled along the rocky road to d destiny stiny Diz and Delancey There was the battery Frisch said Dizzy Dean and Bill Delan Delan- cey Id I'd say in 1934 when Diz was right that he was the greatest pitcher pitch pitch- er I ever saw Especially in ina a hot spot Dont forget he gave me and left me many a headache He was about as easy to handle as a king cobra But he could pitch Any time for my money You know he wanted wanted want want- ed to pitch the entire series against the Tigers the Tigers I cant can't beat em four straight Diz said but one can win four out of five I believe he could Killing Billing speed a great slow ball perfect perfect per per- feet control any sort of curve cune a cool head and a stout heart heart and and perfect confidence dence in himself He lie should never have quit baseball He still would have made a fine first baseman or a good outfielder Delancey The greatest young I. I catcher baseball ever looked at Another Another An An- other Dickey Cochrane or Hartnett i Maybe be better ter Lets wake up Frisch said The dream ended eight y years ears ago 1 Frisch was one of th the brightest football and baseball stars our two too k 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 an any competitive sport is Competitive sport has a side that has been badly overlooked And I mean in connection connection 1 tion with any form of the war game i we face today 5 What Competition Means eans Hard competition Frisch said means first of all complete concentration concentration con con- under fire I mean the f fire lire of the football field fie d baseball basketball boxing and other games In UIn these games you are taught and trained to think in a split sec sec- ond If you are wrong you are aret t generally beaten And in this country country country coun coun- try no one likes to be beaten This is the finest sort of training for the Individual ability that Capt Eddie talks about He is per cent right |