Show SPEAKING OF am I 1 by ROBERT mcshane by waseem newspaper union rig 1940 1940 rebellion of the clevel T land and indians indian s is a dead issue with their new ina manager nager roger pa paugh A lot of basenau base ball fans feel nothing but sympathy towards him after lu 11 hes lies stepping in as manager of c a croup croup of players who revolted against t oscar vitt during last afi openly years campaign but that fact nt aishe dishearten arten should it he bothered why it ltd discipline trouble from 1928 1923 to 1933 manager his form former er regime as cleveland rather gather lie be was troubled only once mth ith the tribe it happened in 1932 when heu pitcher wesley vesley I 1 ferrell pecks see ace was taken out of a tight game autes complained loudly giving voice ato to a number lumber of uncomplimentary remarks manager fly off the handle instead he thought the matter over holding his jud judgment guient in reserve until the game was ended T then hen he he gave 1 ferrell e r rell a 10 day rest minus pay quite a number of stories concerning aing the rebellion have reached reache d ell his W at in ro 4 f 4 ROGER ears but peck interested in last year he summed up the situation not long ago when he said A fresh start last season never happened so tar far as im concerned its none of my iny business I 1 dont care who was involved and who if anyone was at fault well start fresh in 1941 1 I will run the ball club to win games and I 1 expect discipline if the players want to play poker and the stakes arent too high all i right with me if they want to play golf all right they will have ato to get in early nights as usual 1 I ii dont int see why I 1 should have any tro tible it is likely that the question of iliac discipline pline wont arise to haunt him tut but there are other factors of equal importance despite all of his troubles vitt brought the club h home ome only one game out of first place an any Y worse showing in 1941 is apt to give the wolves a chance to howl is faced with almost ahe the same conditions today that resulted in his dismissal in the middle I 1 odthe of the 1933 season the major cause of h his is ous ouster te r of course was cleve lai lands I 1 d s fa failure il u re to win enough games aco A contributing n tr lb t ing factor was the feeling of fans that he show enough enthusiasm in direct contrast to vitt he is quiet luiet and retiring vitt spent a great deal eat of time baiting umpires in atit was one of his favorite forms of it recreation the bleachers loved t even though the players the be beginning annin peck started his baseball career oil the sandlots sand lots of cleveland and caught caught on with the old cleveland caps BS in 1910 his boyhood idol was larry rry lajoie and he later played sho shortstop snort r stop beside the gie great at second e baseman a seman since 1910 he has had only one away ay from the diamond and that JOD ob kept him in close touch with the game he had a promotional leage asi assignment nt with the american ague which h ic h he relinquished to take cOrn amand mand 0 of f the indians already y the new manager has eted about trading for outfield colver and perhaps another pitcher e can spend pend hours discussing the pitching ability of bob feller who ae rates as one of the games truly seat great hurlers n 1 I 1 dont t expect to work bob more than wan any other of pitcher said peck t 1011 I 1 course its always ya a tempha pin ili 1 low a close ose 9 game arne to toss in a fel inan faan like that 1 as a ninth inning relief 41 th tha t remember member dark clark Gri griffith frith had aging agin temptation while he was manton walter er johnson at washing let tofu lem I 1 byr r aff i used ed to solve ve the Eay p itching Phing walter in the first e of 01 a series and then hun home h sending so he weaken and dirso i use m n in in relief roles |