A—14 WASHINGTON, D. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1938. Simmons Joins Almada and Stone to Form Nats ’ Regular Outfield Lose or TALK OF BASE BALL Rookie Stars of Spring Don't Always Blossom. Harris, Cochrane, Mack Forced to Change Plans. Dean’s Loss Held Fatal to DeShong Put on Spot as By FRANCIS E. STAN. Gashouse major league baseball season Is only 10 days old, give or take a few Gang’s Spirit. Bonura Aids Appleton. hours, and it is interesting to note that, as usual, baseball rookies that Cubs Stop Pirates. THEbloom in the spring, tra la, don't always continue to blossom. In fact, Livingston 'Farmed’. most of the marvels of March are apprehensive in April and fired, By GAYLE TALBOT, By FRANCIS E. STAN. optionally or otherwise in May. Associated Press Sports Writer. The ball club'* ever- Right under our noses the face of the Washington ball club has under- The amazing collapse of the St. Washington Louis Cardinals at the outset of the gone a change. Early last month Rookie Jimmy Wasdell was touted, from Or- changing outfield setup was Interest- National League race is more lando. as the Nats’ next first baseman. When you look back it sounds silly be- causing ing to behold today, as the Nats pre- comment in the baseball dugouts than cause Wasdell, at the moment, is wearing an Indianapolis uniform, and more- pared to close their current home the failure of the Yankees to start off over, he is an outfielder. Then there was the strange case of Rookie George at their customary clip. stand against the Red Sox. Case, who was heralded from Florida as Washington’s regular outfielder. For the second In The players and managers have a day succession Just the other day Manager Bucky Harris discovered that Case could not strong hunch that the Yanks are due Manager Burky Harris had an an- go back for a fly ball. So Bucky put Case on his schooling list and appointed to start pouring it on the ball about nouncement to make regarding the Melo Almada as the Nats’ centerfielder. Today the boss man of the Griffith tomorrow, when Joe Di Magglo likely A. C. made still another Senatorial outfield. Buckv, who 24 change. He watched Round Man Taft Wright mis- will break into the line-up as a pinch- hours Melo as judge a fly ball against the Red Sox yesterday and promptly dusted off the hitter. But they don't know about the ago appointed Almada aging A1 Simmons, whom he intends to use henceforth as a regular outfielder Cardinals. They suspect that the de- the regular center fielder against all regardless of who is pitching for the opposition. parture of Dizzy Dean has taken a lot types of pitching, today revealed that more out of the Simmons will be As recently as a week ago no Nats’ star shone brighter than Wright's. He Birds, mentally and Aloysius Harry than generally was thought. Washington's regular left fielder from finished the exhibition season m a blaze of glory and with the best batting physically, now on. average on the club. No fly balks went over his head and all of a sudden Taft Dizzy’s is Missed. Spirit Up to now Simmons had been used found himself the most man on the club and a publicized Washington regular Dizzy didn't get along with Mana- only when left-handed pitchers were celebrated a besides. He by knocking base hit on his first trip to the plate ger Frankie Frisch, the rival players facing the Nats. The idea was to against the Athletics on opening day. admit, yet they declare he put fight utilize Al's right-handed hitting power into the Cards and embodied more against the southpaws. When a right- “Money Placers'” Usually Take Command. than any other member of the team hander opposed the Griffs that round the spirit of the “Gashouse Gang.” little rookie, Taft Wright, has been That's the way it goes in baseball. When a major league ball club barn- They say the Cards are going to miss used. storms before the season it is difficult'to its In minor appraise capabilities. more than Dizzy's pitching, and it be- Bucky changed his mind about al- a world team can look An established league settings championship bushy. big gins to look as if they're right. ternating Simmons and Wright after league star will look bad in Gastonia, N. C., or Cordele, Ga., and a young the Nats’ 6-to-4 over the Yesterday, with Slugger Joe Med- victory Red busher will on a show. Sox He' watched put great wick still out of the line-up, the Cards j yesterday. a fly off But when the to for the blue and the is Ben Chapman's bat safely in boys begin piay chips pressure dropped their seventh game in eight drop right field for a double and on the "money players” invariably take command. Wright is a good hitter starts, a 10-inning, 8-to-7 decision to probably felt that Wright should have but Simmons has been knocking around the big leagues for 12 or 13 years and Cincinnati. And this, even after Curt caught it. Without saying so in so many he knows all the tricks. Case is a fine prospect but Almada has the jump on Davis, the pitcher obtained from Chi- words, Harris commented on the Sim- him in And so it cago. hit a home run with three on in experience. goes. mons nomination the fourth. The thusly: the who has an Reds scored all their Harris is not only manager deemed it wise to alter original "He’s such a darned good out- runs in the last four frames, lambast- OV Joe Cronin was in the game right up to the hilt yesterday round, the the Red Sox was ruled dead at estimate of a rookie's ability. Take Mickey Cochrane of the Detroits, f'rin- playing manager of fielder that he ought to get his chance, ing Davis and his four successors im- with a trio of doubles and flawless shortstopping, but he was the plate by Umpire Rue when Cecil Travis Rick Ferrell’s stance. When the season opened Iron Mike was playing Rookie Cullenbine in got peg j like everybody else, to play every partially. doomed to failure in his lone eremsion as a strate- back to the catcher in a out- base-running hurry. —A. P. Photo. I left field. In spring training Cullenbine looked the part of a nifty young a day." The last of the undefeated teams gist. Essaying double steal With Chapman in the fourth fielder and a good hitter. Same Outfield as Last Year. went under as the Chicago Cubs Simmons was to take over But the Detroit box scores now reveal that Chet Laabs is playing in today bunched two triples and a single in left field while Johnny Stone shifted Cullenbine's place. A fault or two that was not evident in spring training must the tenth to 1 halt Pittsburgh's mad j 1 8 to right. This gives Washington the hate been to and so Cullenbine sits on the bench. Tigers, 7; Browns, Giants, 12; Phils, brought light career, 5 to 3. Tex Carleton went the same outfield it had last For Detroit. ABH.O A St. L AB.H.O.A. Phila. AB H O A N Y AB H A. j year. route for the Pirates O winners, checking BRITISH FEAR U. S. Fox rf ft 2 4 n Ms zera If 4 1 3 O M eller.2b 5 0 3 2 Moore.If. 5 2 3 <» a while Rookies George Case and Walker If ft 1 2 <* Sullivan.c 4 1 ft «» with eight hits. Tony Lazzert, ex- 1 Martin.cf 4 1 4 Ryan.ss 5 113 Wright, along with the ancient Goose Gordon Not Set With Yankees. G'nger.2b 4 3 14 West.cf 4 I 4 o Klein rf 4 13 0 Rippie.rf 3 2 1 o Yank, clouted a home run. 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