Show Lippy Looks to 10 Coming Season By GRANTLAND RICE WHEN big Don Newcombe was officially announced as definitely definitely definitely heading for the army we ran into Leo Durocher Naturally Leo said losing a pitcher with Newcombe's stuff isn't going to help any tea team m. m It wouldn't het help P us to I 1 lose o 0 s e 3 Maglie Jansen or Hearn But t this his isn't going to break the D Dodgers 0 d g e r s either The They y have have too goo good d a ball 3 club to have any anyone anyone 5 SS one man wreck the them m. m But Chuck Grantland Rice Dressen must rustle rustle rustle rus rus- tle him himself s elf a pretty fair pitching staff He has hasa hasI a good starter in I Preacher Roe Theres There's a pitcher pitcher pitcher-a a great one Durocher didn't care to comment on how Branca King Labine Erskine Erskine Erskine Ers- Ers kine and the others would make out Certainly Newcombe's a absence b s e n c e gives the Giants a much better chance to win Newcombe has never quite worked to his potential ability as his career down the hot stretch proved late last summer But he could be good and might have found himself this year What about Willie Mays I asked Leo Not a word about him the Giant manager said But well we'll have a good ball club he said You were right in saying our ball club was in fine condition when we left St. St Pete I never had a ball club in better shape We were rearing to go on the side Our pitchers were all set I was dead sure wed we'd get away flying And then we drop 11 straight and almost fall fallout fallout fallout out of the league How can a ball club drop 11 straight in April and May and then win about 80 per cent of its games to come from behind in August and September When you see things like that happen you get afraid to make any I 1 asked Leo which of the Giants he expected to have a big year Just about all of them Durocher said I HI mean by that they'll play up to their ability We have a real hustling club You dont don't have to needle them I know Maglie I Jansen and Hearn will have good years I expect to have two more good working pitchers to help outWell outWell out outWell Well We'll miss Eddie but butwell butwell butwell well we'll have a good man in his bis place The rest of my infield is pennant material So is our out out- field W Watch a ate t c h Monte Irvin Theres There's one of the best S a a aThe The Modern Ballplayer In the course of a fanning bee Durocher brought out one important point It concerned handling ballplayers ballplayers ball ball- I players the ballplayers of today The time old-time rough-riding rough managers managers managers man man- agers couldn't have gotten away with their stuff he said They would very soon have run into mutinies mutinies mutinies mu mu- and near riots with the bunch tod today yIn y In the old days managers were handling ballplayers getting from 2000 to a year Lajoie jumped the Phillies when he asked I for a raise from 2500 to i Joe Jackson and Ed Walsh two of the greatest got or But the good average player was far cheaper You could bawl those fellows out or give them a ride You cant can't do that with fellows fellows fellows fel fel- fel- fel lows getting from to 75 or How v is is' a manager going to ride a ballplayer These fellows today today today to to- day many of them are well fixed with comfortable homes an automobile nice clothes and various luxury items And the ballplayer today is also a higher type Many of them are college college college col col- col- col lege graduates Few old roughnecks roughnecks roughnecks rough rough- necks break in any more I only wish they did I sug sug- So do I Leo said But not too many of then them I could st stand nd a a few like Waddell Sherry Magee Mike Donlin etc But this this' is a different bunch today Just a afew afew afew few years back and you could see Al AI Dark scoring touchdowns for LS L.S. U. U Allie Reynolds doing the same for Oklahoma A. A M. M or Kluszewski ski for Indiana Ballplayers today are serious minded working hard hardat at their jobs You cant can't handle them like galley slaves Maybe they live better than you do S a a Who said Over Overl Now that the football season is over a writer starts his piece Over for how long in many places About three weeks and then spring practice will be under way again Its It's not over Ve We e have never f felt e 1 t that spring practice held under correct correct correct cor cor- cor- cor supervision Is wrong in any way It is the overindulgence overindulgence overindulgence gence in this part of football that cuts in too heavily on a students student's time Spring practice wouldn't be harmful harmful harmful harm harm- ful if limited to 20 or 24 days with each practice session held to an hour and a half But in many places it runs on for two or three months and often uses up three hours of an afternoon From 20 to 24 days held to an hour and a half could produce no damage It is the only part of football football foot foot- ball that isn't The average young college player can use this spring instruction to certain advantages Naturally the coaches want it But there are times when everyone wants too much |