Show 0 R CE 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 a long Jong wa way from you ou had at Braden Braden- Bradenton ton Fla in 1935 I suggested It smiled wanly I UI remember ber that one he finally added tl Frank t Yes con con- continued that was V quite a dream Re Re- Remember Remember Remember member the night we sat under that Florida moon and you had me picked to be the first manager to win five pennants and five world sc se ries in a row I even believed you I We uWe had just beaten the Tigers in 1934 with a great young ball club Back of the bat I had Bill Delancey around 22 one of the greatest young catchers ever saw game everything In the box we had bad the two Deans Diz and Paul Paol both young and strong and both great pitchers And dont don't forget Pepper Martin What a guy I had Durocher at short one of the best cst even if he never batted much over vcr Coming Up And dont don't forget I suggested the Uthe men you had coming corning up next year ear r rI I haven't forgotten that either Frisch cut in in One of them was a young race racehorse racehorse horse by the name of Terry Moore coming oming on from Columbus Another er r was a pretty fair hitter by the name ame of Johnny Mize heading in from rom Rochester That wasn't all We Wead had ad a lot of good young farm ball ball- players layers on tap who have since been tars stars We had everything going our way for the next four years Dont Don't forget a fellow named Joe Medwick I could name you many others And then the fuse blew out What hat Happened What happened after that was en en- irely too morbid for Frisch to discuss dis- dis discuss cuss at any length as he stared out ut across New York snow in place of Florida's palms and sunshine year two old Bill Delancey the he catching find of the We day devel devel- ped o a lung ailment and had to quit q uit active play The two Deans each over 6 feet 3 weighing and pounds lost their heir arms Each should have been good for 10 0 more years years and and dont don't forget to- to together gether ether they were good for 50 win win- wining winning wining ing ning n games After Arter this one thing and another began b egan to happen as the Cardinals finally had to wait eight years be bee bere beere Core fo re they finally overhauled the odgers Dodgers D to win last fall faU They put Frisch out although he head had ad turned in a great managing job and nd struggled along with others until hey they t finally came to Billy South- South Southworth orth worth w another able manager And Andall Andall all II this was something that Fate not rank Frank F Frisch controlled along the rocky r road to destiny Diz and Delancey There was the battery Frisch aid said s Dizzy Dean and Bill Delan Delan- cey ey Id I'd say in 1934 when Diz was ight right r that he was the greatest pitch- pitch pitcher er e r I ever saw Especially in a hot pot spot s 1 Dont forget he gave me and left me many a headache He was about as s easy to handle as a king cobra But he could pitch Any time for Cor or my money You know he be want want- I ed e d to pitch the We entire series against the he Tigers I cant can't beat em four straight s Diz said but one can ean win f our out of oI five I believe he could Killing billing speed a great slow ball per per- feet control any sort of curve a cool ool head and a stout heart heart and and perfect confidence in himself De He should hould never have quit baseball le Ile still would have made a fine first baseman or a good outfielder Delancey The greatest young ever looked at An Another other Dickey Cochrane or Hartnett Maybe better Lets wake up Frisch said The dream ended eight years ago Frisch was one of the brightest football and baseball stars our two leading ending 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 Ujust how important any competitive sport is Competitive sport has a side that has been badly overlooked And I mean in connection connection tion with any form of the war game we face today What tat Competition Means A cans Hard competition com Frisch said means first of all complete concentration con concentration under fire I mean the fire of the football field baseball basketball boxing and other games eames In UIn these games you are taught and trained to think in a split sec sec- second secand ond and If you are wrong you are generally beaten And in this Coun try no one likes to be pe beaten This Is the finest sort of training for the Individual ability that Capt Eddie talks about He is 1110 per cent right |