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w in, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STANN
Shortstops Are the Keys to '48 Races
Baseball men have maintained for years that pitching Is 60 or 70
per cent of the game. This may be so, but the players who will de
termine the money winners in 1948 are the shortstops. Especially
the new shortstops—rookies moving up, or veterans wearing fresh
uniforms.
A club like the Yankees, all set at shortstop
with Phil Rizzuto, is an exception. Rizzuto presents
no problem. The Yanks know what he can do,
provided he isn’t hurt. But the Red Sox, Sen
ators, White Sox, Browns and possibly the Tigers
in the American League are gambling on new
shortstops.
The same holds for most of the National
League clubs. Like their Yankee conquerors in
the World Series, the Dodgers know that as long
as he stays hale and hearty, Peewee Reese is their
boy. But the Braves, Reds, Cubs, Pirates, Phils
and possibly even the Cardinals will be gambling.
The Braves figure to be flag contenders if
Rookie Alvin Dark delivers. They will be tough if
Dark fails, forcing Sibby Sisti to take over at short, but hardly a
threat. Sisti isn’t the worst shortstop, but he isn’t the kind of a key
player the Braves hope Dark is, or will be.
The Cards have been Jittery since Marty Marion’s knee collapsed
recently. Eddie Dyer never gave much thought to shortstop; the
Cards had been so used to having Marion that it was like having a
robot play the position. But now Marion is worried and glum and
if Bemie Creger or Tommy Glaviano has to play short, or even spell
Mari cm periodically, they won’t be the same Cards.
Stallcup Has Big Job to Fill
Cincinnati is capable of sliding into the first division—but Rookie
Virgil Stallcup must make good. Roger Peckinpaugh called him the
best shortstop he’d seen in 20 years. Old-timer Bruno Betzel went
further and said he was the best he’d ever seen. Probably both are
overly optimistic, but Stallcup was something special in the Interna
tional League. But whether he's ready for the majors remains to be
seen.
The Red Sox, considered the Yanks’ chief contenders, had no
problem last season. They had Johnny Pesky and he was good enough.
Ironically, when the Sox strengthened themselves by adding Vern
Stephens, among others, a situation was created. Obviously, Joe
McCarthy can’t play both Stephens and Pesky at short so he’s moving
the latter to third base. If Stephens and Pesky can work in the
same infield, Boston’s ought to be sort of special.
Eddie Lake nominally is Detroit’s shortstop, but the Tigers’
front office is sour on him for not only slumping to ill but for hold
ing out in addition. The Tigers’ boy on the Job could well be John
Lipon or Connie Berry.
The Indians, with Manager Lou Boudreau; the A’s, with Eddie
Joost, and the Giants, with Johny Kerr and Bill Rigney, are among
better clubs faced with no particular problems at shortstop. They
don’t figure to win a pennant, but all are first division contenders.
With the Senators, White Sox, Browns, Pirates, Cubs and Phils
making changes at the position, the fate of 9 and possibly 11 of the
major league teams will depend on new shortstops.
How They'll Finish—Cardinals, Second
Redbirds Still Look Dangerous,
But Club Carries Many 'Ifs'
The Cardinals are getting a little
age on their key players. They may
win the National League pennant,
and probably
will be favored,
but as they
looked in train
ing camp the
Redblrds are a
second- place
club.
V . Manager Eddie
Dyer still has
Stan M u s i a 1,
Enos Slaughter,
George Kurow
ski, Terry Moore
and a few other
survivors of
c h a m p i onship
teams of the Eddl« Dy*r
past. He also has some “if’s”—
big “If's.”
The Cards’ catching is weak. Dyer
and the players know it. The
pitchers have little confidence in
Joe Garagiola, Del Rice and Del
Wilbur. Of the three, Rice is the
best catcher, but he’s a weak hitter.
There’s some doubt that off-sea
eon operations on three pitching
arms were complete successes. Al
though George Munger won 16 and
lost only 5 games last year, he re
quired an operation to have bone
chips removed. Ken Burkhart, win
ner of three games, undesjvent a
similar operation, as did Howard
Pollet, frail southpaw, who won H
and lo6t 11. •
Southpaw Harry Brecheen, who
matched Munger's 16 victories, now
is 34 years old. Shortstop Marion
has developed a completely collap
sible knee and may not see mucn
service. He is personally discour
aged. an attitude that has Dyer
worried.
Kurowski has been taking it easy
with a bad throwing arm. Terry
Moore, 36 years old, is not capable
of playing every day. So far the
proposed plan to shift Musial back
to the outfield has not progressed
far because Dyer is uncertain that
he can otherwise fill the first-base
position.
Yet the Cards are altogether too
good as competitors to be ranked
any lower than second. Had Musial
been in better health last year and
batted at his normal clip, instead of
.312, they undoubtedly would have
beaten the Dodgers. Musial since
has undergone an appendectomy
and looks like his old self.
Kurowski never is impressive In
the spring, but he invariably man
ages to hit .300 and drive across 100
runs, and if a pennant is at stake
the old Redbirds, like Moore,
Slaughter and Marion, will drive
themselves to win.
Dyer hopes to get pitching help
from Clarence Beers, a 25-8 pitcher
from Houston, and A1 Papai, who had
a 21-10 record with the same club.
He has little or nothing new in* the
way of catchers, infielders or out
fielders.
Even without Marion and a catch
er like Walker Cooper or Phil Masi,
and with Moore playing only on a
part-time basis, the Cards figure
to be in the thick of the race.
Provided the pitchers minus bone
chips deliver and Kurowski can last
another season at near-top form.
-STANN.
St. Louis Cardinals Official Roster, 1948
Eddie Dyer, Manager. Clyde Wares, Tony Kaufmann, Coaches.
PITCHERS.
Throws. Bats. Age. W. L. ERA. 1947 Club.
Clarence Beers.R R 30 25 8 2.40 Houston
Alpha Brazle _L L 34 14 8 2.84 Cards
Harry Brecheen_L L 34 16 ' 11 3.31 Cards
Kenneth Burkhart... R R 32 3 6 5.21 Cards
Murry Dickson ..R R 31 13 16 3.06 Cards
Edwin Green ..R R 26 3 7 4.28 Rochester
John Grodznicki _R R 31 0 1 5.48 Cards
James Hearn_ R R 26 12 7 3.22 Cards
Kenneth Johnson ... L L 25 1 3 7.47 Columbus
6 2 2.40 Omaha
1 0 0.00 Cards
George Munger.R R 30 16 5 3.38 Cards
Alfred Papai_R R 29 21 10 2.45 Houston
Howard Pollett.L L 27 9 11 4.35 Cards *
Gerald Staley.. R R 27 1 0 2.79 Cards
6 1 3.95 Columbus
Theodore Wilks.R R 33 4 0 5.04 Cards
CATCHERS.
Bats. Thws. Age. G. H. RBI. Avg. 1947 Club.
John Bucha J_R R 23 18 13 11 .217 Columbus, Ga.
73 87 55 .361 Omaha
Joseph Garigiola_L R 22 77 47 25 .257 Cards
Delbert Rice.R R 26 97 57 44 .218 Cards
Delbert Wilbur_R R 29 51 23 12 .232 Cards
INFIELDERS.
Bernard Creger_R R 21 15 3 0 .188 Cards
Joffre Cross.. R R 30 51 5 3 .102 Cards
Thomas Glaviano... R R 25 125 101 58 .245 Houston
Vernal Jones.R R 23 118 150 81 .337 Rochester
23 18 5 .247 Cards
George Kurowski ... R R 30 146 159 104 .310 Cards
Martin Marion.R R 31 149 147 74 .272 Cards
Stanley Musial.L L 28 149 183 95 .312 Cards .
Michael Natisin_L L 32 146 168 108 .312 Columbus
Glenn Nelson -.L L 24 117 171 105 .371 Lynchburg
Albert Schoendienst- Both R 25 151 167 48 .253 Cards
OUTFIELDERS.
Charles .Diering .... R R 25 105 16 11 316“ Cards
Ervin Dusak .R R 28 111 • 93 28 .284 Cards
William Marks.R R 22 112 119 63 .289 Omaha
Lawrence Migglns .. R R 23 60 47 31 .233 Minneapolis
71 76 47 .289 Sioux City
Terry Moore .R R 36 127 130 45 .283 Cards
Ronald Northey_L R 28 13 12 3 .255 Phils
110 91 63 .293 Cards
Harold Rice -L R 24 120 86 60 .248 Rochester
Richard Sisler__ L R 28 46 15 9 .203 Cards
Enos Slaughter.L R 32 147 162 86 .294 Cards
Rifle Medal for Moore
Sixteen-year-old Charles A. Moore.
Jr., of Arlington, has been awarded
the expert rifleman's medal by the
National Rifle Association. He is a
atudent at Washington-Lee High
School and a member of the Wash
ington-Lee cadet rifle team and the
Arlington Rim-fire Junior Rifle
Club.
Gridder Turns Pro
OXFORD, Ohio. April 7 UP).—Am
Parseghian, captain-elect of Miami
University’s 1948 football team, has
informed university officials he h%s
signed to play during the coming
season with the Cleveland Browns
of the All-America Football Con
ference.
Griffs Confound Critics With Snappy Stickwork
Yost, With .373, Paces
Half Dozen Hitters
In .300 Circle
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff CarrMpendant
ORLANDO, Fla., April 7.—The
time has come to speak respectfully
of the Nats’ batting attack, which
was supposed to be woefully weak.
It could be misleading, of course,
but the Nats are hitting as if they
hadn’t heard reports of their de
ficiencies along that line.
Exhibition games aren't true
gauges of ability, for too frequently
wild rookie pitchers are employed,
but what pitching the Nats have
viewed in test games they’ve rel
ished. Six of the Nats’ regulars
are batting in the select .300 circle.
Leading the punch parade Is Ed
die Yost, who is thumping an en
couraging .373. Sherry Robertson
is batting .355; Mickey Vernon,
.323; Leon Culberson, .333; Gil Coan,
.300, and Johnny Sullivan, .317.
Any suspicion that Yost, Rob
ertson and Sullivan will continue
that sort of swatting is likely to
be greeted derisively, but those fig
ures have heartening aspects in
view of the fact that the Nats
soon are -slated to enter the Amer
ican League war generally regarded
as an outfit moving against 16-inch
guns with peashooters.
Vernon Ahead of Schedule.
Giving a lift to Manager Joe
Kuhel is Vernon, who never has
been noted for his spring hitting.
The energetic Mr. Yost is showing
signs of developing as a batter
despite his .238 average last season
In his first major league trial. Rob
ertson has tapered off terrifically
after a spectacular .start, failing to
hit in his last 10 efforts, but Sherry
nevertheless has been one of the
bright lights of the Nats’ spring
training.
All pitching the Nats have viewed
hasn’t been mediocre. They’ve faced
Phil Marchildon, Warren Spahn,
Hal Newhouser twice, Mickey Harris
and the Phillies’ rookie sensation,
Curt Simmons. All have been
treated rudely by Washington.
Despite Sullivan’s average he
isn’t assured of the shortstop job.
Pressing him is Sam Meeks, who
contributed a home run yesterday
as Washington walloped Newark,
12-0, in a wild game cluttered by 17
bases on balls and five errors—four
by the Nats.
A1 Kozar at the moment Is a .271
hitter, but Kuhel can disregard that
if for no other reason than the
silent second baseman has been
handicapped by yi ailing leg and
a damaged finger.
It is when the Nats dip into the
catching department that their bat
ting falls off sharply, for Jake Early
has fashioned only three hits in 11
attempts and A1 Evans has been a
.250 batter. Neither has been voted
in the past for disturbing American
League pitching and their conduct
here would indicate their reputa
tions will remain intact.
McBride Weak at Plate.
Disappointing, too, has been Tom
McBride, who has injected only one
hit in his last 18 trips to the plate.
Tom is hitting a modest .233.
Newark poured five runs across
the plate at Chick Pleretti's expense
in the second inning yesterday on
three singles, two walks and three
errors, but the Nats bounced back
with four runs in their portion of
the inning and clustered four more
runs In the fourth through the
medium of three walks, Pieretti’s
bunt and Vernon’s double.
The Bears whittled Washington’s
margin to 8-6 with a run off Forrest
Thompson in the sixth, but the Nats
came back with a run in this half
of the inning, then sprayed three
more across in the seventh when
Len Okrie and Thompson doubled
and Meeks blasted his homer.
Thompson's batting was more effec
tive than his hurling for the Bears
battered him for three runs in the
eighth.
NAT NOTES—Clark Griffith is
attempting to obtain another major
league club to train here, play at
least a nine-game series with that
team and eliminate all minor league
competition. . . . Sid Hudson was to
face Chattanooga here today, with
Early Wynn slated to pitch against
the Lookouts tomorrow in the Nats’
farewell Orlando game.
Pieretti braced nicely after being
blasted for five runs in the second
inning, allowing no hits the next
three innings. ... He has been told
by Kuhel to forget his tempera
mental outbursts when on the
mound and Chick’s behavior after
being battered was exemplary. . . .
Best bet as the Nats’ shortstop by
June 1—Meeks.
Williams Demands and Gets
$40,000 Fight Guarantee
Sy th« Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, April 7.—World
Lightweight Champion Ike Williams
demanded a stiff price to defend
his title, and got'it.
Williams was given a guarantee
of $40,000. or 40 per cent of the
net gate receipts, to put his crown
on the block against Enrique
Bolanos, the No. 1 challenger, in
their 15-round battle here May 25.
Bolanos agreed to a straight 15
per cent of the gate, said Promoter
Cal Eaton, who officially closed the
match late yesterday.
The title fight will be staged at
Wrigley Field, where Bolanos, from
Mexico City, was stopped in eight
rounds in his first bid for the cham
pionship April 30, 1946. The fight
drew 18.000 fans and a gate of
around $109,000.
Williams, from Trenton, N. J., ar
rived here yesterday and will re
main here most of the month.
Sacramento Buys
Joe Grace, Ex-Nat
•y th« Auociahtd Prm
PITTSBURGH, April 7.—The
Pittsburgh Pirates have sold Joe
Grace, former Washington out
fielder, to Sacramento of the
Pacific Coast League. .
The Bucs explained the cut
was necessary when the acquisi
tion of Grady Wilson on waivers
from the Phils Monday put the
squad one over the limit of 40.
j A left-handed hitter, Grace
was acquired on waivers from
Washington last winter.
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.‘DON’T LOOK NOW’—Both ringsters have their eyes closed as Emmett Gurney (right) of Nor
folk, Va., swings a potential haymaker at Dick W eldon of Cottage Grove, Oreg. This was in the
147-pound second-round trials of the 60th national AAU boxing championships at the Garden
in Boston. Gurney won on a decision. —AP Wirephoto.
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Holly Mims Is Lone
D.C. Boxer to Reach
AAU Quarterfinals
Special Diipatch to The Star
BOSTON, April 7.—Washington
has one fighter left of eight starters
in the National AAU boxing tourna
ment as the affair goes into to
night’s quarterfinals. He is Middle
weight Holly Mims, who turned in
two victories .yesterday after draw
ing a first-round bye.
Pour other Washington battlers
who survived 'the first round fell
out yesterday.. They were Bennie
Padgett, 118-pounder; Claude Law
rence, 135; Gilmore Stewart, 147,
and Eddie Grant, heavyweight.
Mims’ quarterfinal win last night
was a technical knockout over Dick
Starr of Norfolk. The referee stop
ped it in the first round-because of
a cut eye. Earlier, Mims decisioned
Pat Walsh of Portland, Oreg.
Pacjgett was erased in the quarter
finals when decisioned by Bill
Wagner of Pittsburgh. Lawrence
likewise lost in the quarterfinals
when knocked out by James Winder
of Pleasant ville, N. J. Earlier
Lawrence looked good while earning
a decision over Charles McGarry
of Rahway, N. J. Stewart and
Grant both lost in second-round
trials. Stewart was decisioned by
Tony Di Polini of Buffalo, and
Grant lost to Junius Emerson of
Port Bragg.
The East is better represented
than usual In tonight’s semifinals
with 14 survivors among the 32
amateurs. Nine of the remaining
berths belong to Mid-Westerners,
while the Par West has five, includ
ing two defending champs, and the
South and Hawaiian Islands two
each.
One of the outstanding boxers to
show so far was Grant .Butcher of
San Francisco, defending light
heavy champ. He advanced last
night by belting out Joe Mahoney
of Greenville, S. C., in 28 seconds
of the second round. Johnny Gon
salves of Oakland, Calif., last year's
135-pound victor, had considerable
trouble gaining the semifinals. He
faces more tonight because of the
presence of James Winder of Pleas
antville, N. J., and A1 Mason of
j New Orleans in that division.
Much of the East’s success can be
traced to the well-drilled New York
team which still has six of its orig
inal eight in the tourney.
Packers Sign Two Tackles
GREEN BAY, Wis., April 7 (TP).—
The Green Bay Packers of the
National Football League yesterday
signed Tackles" Clyde Biggers of
Catawba (N. C.) College and Don
Richards of the University of Arkan
sas. Biggers, who stands 8 feet 8
inches, weighs 245 pounds. Richards,
4 inches shorter, weighs 240 pounds.
Around the Grapefruit League
Four Pitchers Shine as Giants
Trim Tribe; Dodgers Tilt Streak
By Hi* Associated Press
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 7.—Things
were looking up for' the New York
Giants today, particularly in the
pitching department. Ray Poat,
Joe Beggs, Earl McGowan and Jack
Hallett combined to toss eight hit
less innings against Cleveland yes
terday as the Giants won, 5-2, in
11 frames. Poat, who went the
first five, looked especially good.
Bobby Rhawn’s game-winning
homer was No. 32 for the New
Yorkers in 23 spring games.
TAMPA, Fla.—The Philadelphia
Athletics sought to break a four
game losing streak here today
against the Cincinnati Reds. The
A’s were doubly glad to leave St.
Petersburg. They had $2,900 worth
of equipment stolen and then lost
3-2 to the New York Yankees yes
terday.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —The
New York Yankees grabbed a train
today for the first leg of their jour
ney back home. They play their
Augusta, Ga., farm club in Augusta
tomorrow.
As they headed north the Yan
kees were heartened by the news
that Pitcher Bill Bevens was suf
fering from nothing more than a
strained right shoulder.
A report received from Dr. George
Bennett of Johns Hopkins Hospital
in Baltimore disclosed that Bevens
has only a slight sprain. It was
feared that the righthanded hurler
had bursitis. He will rejoin the
Yankees April 16.
CLEARWATER, Fla.—Robin Rob
erts, promising rookie hurler from
Michigan State, drew a nine-inning
assignment for the Philadelphia
Phils against Toronto today. Dutch
Leonard went all the way for the
Phils against the Leafs yesterday
and gave up six hits. The Phils
won, 7 to 2.
TULSA, Okla.—The Brooklyn
Dodgers continue to roll unhindered
through minor league opposition.
The Dodgers scored their 20th
straight victory at Oklahoma City
yesterday. The Indians managed
to snap a Brooklyn streak of 24
scoreless innings when they pushed
across a run in the eighth.
WACO, Tex.—Chicago Cub pitch
ers will be on their own as to the
number of Innings they pitch start
ing today. Manager Charley Grimm
said he was discarding three and
four inning assignments and would
let the hurlers go as far as they
can. The Cubs have lost five in a
row to the St. Louis Browns, and
11 of their last 13 starts.
Pete Layden, a familiar figure to
football fans at Austin, sparkled at
baseball yesterday, driving in four
runs as the Browns defeated the
Cubs, 6 to 2. One of Layden’s two
blows was a home run with two
mates on bae? in the fourth.
DEL RIO, Tex.—Most of the
Pittsburgh Pirates were confused
yesterday in their game with the
Chicago White Sox at Juarez,
Mexico, because all of the public
address announcements were made
in Spanish. The Bucs lost, 7 to 5.
Today they get another chance at
the Sox, but north of the Rio
Grande, where the announcer will
speak English.
DEL RIO, Tex.—Jack Wallaesa
has moved into the lead for the
shortstop position on the Chicago
White Sox. "I’ve decided to go
along with Wallaesa for the time
being at least,” says Manager Ted
Lyons. "He’s hitting and fielding
well.” Wallaesa has collected 22
hits, 10 of them for extra bases,
in 73 times at bat.
Glen Moulder, 6-foot-1-inch right
handed pitcher, has been purchased
from the St. Louis Browns, manager
Ted Lyons said.
Lyons said Moulder would be used
in a relief capacity. He was bought
for the waiver price, but was not
on the wavier list. The 28-year-old
pitcher lives in Albany, Ga. He won
four and lost two and had a 3.82
earned run average in 1947.
BRADENTON, Fla., — Boston
Braves Manager Billy Southworth
declared enthusiastically today that
"we’ve' got the spirit and the will
to win. I can’t help thinking of
the old saying that you’ve got to
crawl before you can walk. We
crawled in 1946, but we walked in
1947 and now I believe we're going
to run in 1948.”
Deacons Whip Marines
WAKE FOREST, N. C„ April 7
(A*).—Wake Forest College’s baseball
Deacons defeated the Quantico Ma
rines, 9-5, here yesterday.
Exhibition Baseball
Result! Yesterday.
Washington (A ), 12: Newark (I. L.l, 9.
New York (N.l, 6; Cleveland (A.), 2,
11 innings.
St. Louis, (A.). 0: Chicago (N.l. 2.
Chicago (A.>. 7: Pittsburgh (N.l. 6.
Cincinnati N.l, 0: Syracuse (I. L.l, 6.
Brooklyn (N.), 8; Oklahoma City (T.
L.i, 1.
Birmingham (S. A ). 8: Detroit (A.), 7.
New York <A.l. 3: Philadelphia (A ), 2.
Philadelphia (N.l. 7: Toronto (I. L.), 2.
Schedule Today.
Chattanooga (8. A.) vs. Washington
Philadelphia (A.) vs. Cincinnati (N.l.
New York (N.) vs. Cleveland (A.).
Chicago (N.l vs. St. Louis (A.).
Brooklyn (N.l vs. Tulsa (T. L.l.
Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Chicago (A.l.
8t. Louis (N.) vs. Columbus (8. A. L.l.
. Boston (A.) vs. New Orleans (8. A.).
Detroit (A. vs. Atlanta (8. A.l (night).
Toronto (I. L.) vs. Philadelphia (N.l.
Lespevich Makes Up for Lost
Time in Ring; Learned From GIs
By tht Associated Press
CHICAGO, April 7. — Light
Heavyweight Champion Gus Les
nevich says he’s never had it so
good.
Thumb ing
$1,500 as his
share of a 4
round sparring
exhibition
against Chi
cago’s Lee
Campione in
nearby Michi
gan City, Ind.,
last night, Gus
recalled:
“I won the
title in 1941
and went to
war in 1942. At
that time the
Championship Leencvich.
was only worth a cup of coffee,
that is if I chipped in a dime or
nlckle. But now, brother, It's
paying off well!”
Gus will defend his crown in
London on July 26 against Eng
land’s Freddie Mills. In the
meantime he’s cleaning up on the
exhibition circuit. •
"Boxing has been awfully good
to me,” he reflected. "I was only
16 when I started. I won the
154-pound amateur title of Berg
en County, N. J. fltiat was in
1932.”
“They say pro fighting is in
jurious to your health and is
supposed to be a racket. Nuts.
Boxing has given me everything.
I’m healthy, happily married.
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curity and plenty of friends. I’m
going to stay with the game al
ways, even after I hang up my
gloves.”
Lesnevlch. thinks Joe Louis is
doing the right thing—“fight
Jersey Joe Walcott again, ahead
of me or apybody else.”
Gus Is letting the future take
care of itself instead of shoot
ing off about why he should meet
Louis.
“Joe looked bad against Wal
cott and he owes it to himself
and the fans to do better even
if it’s his last fight.”
Gus declares he’s hitting hard
er and oftener than ever before
and that he learned a lot in
the Army. He said:
“I was an Instructor of GIs
and I found out a few things
that I, myself, was doing wrong.
You’ve got to slug your way to
the top. Just boxing won’t do.
Get in there and try to end the
fight as soon as you can. Why go
10 or 15 rounds when you can
cut it short? You save your own
strength and save yonrself a lot
of punishment, too.”
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Comparative Scores
Make G. W. Appear
Best Nine Here
George Washington University can
use comparative scores to claim it
hag,the best collegiate baseball team
around here. The Colonials slugged
out a 15-11 victory yesterday over a
Michigan team that the day be
fore beat Georgetown by five runs,
while last week it trimmed a Har
vard nine that tied Maryland. The
game system would rate George
town No. 2, it also having beaten a
team, Dartmouth, that tied the Old
Liners.
There's indication, though, that the
comparative strength of Washing
ton's Big Three isn’t quite in that
order. Much may be revealed in
games tomorrow. Villanova plays at
Maryland after absorbing a 5-2 de
feat from Georgetown yesterday,
while George Washington takes on
Fort Belvoir on the Ellipse. Amer
ican U. turned in its first win yes
terday by topping Belvoir, 10-3.
Catholic University made its debut
yesterday with a 12-2 triumph over
Gallaudet. »
G. W. Pull* 7-Run Uprising.
• Today’s games are Yale at Mary
land, and Howard at Virginia Union.
Michigan continues Its travels by
playing at Virginia.
Michigan outhit the Colonials,
19-12, and had a couple of fair scor
ing Innings. But it came up with
nothing to match the seven-run
third inning that put G. W. ahead.
So large was the crowd rimming the
Ellipse diamond that special ground
rules allowed nothing more than a
two-base hit for balls that disap
peared among outfield standees.
Twice Pete King, G. W.’s starting
hurler, poked the ball into the cen
terfield mob for what ordinarily
might have gone for homers.
Altogether Pete got three fbr three
and was credited with the win, al
though removed from the mound
during a minor Michigan rally in
the fifth. The Wolverines gave G.
W. a scare with four-run rallies
in both the eighth and ninth.
Hoyas Use Only Nine Men.
A welcome relief from some of the
outlandishly long collegiate games
this spring was the one-hour 52
minute G. U.-Villanova game yes
terday. Georgetown played without
making a substitution. The sore arm
of Billy Carroll, G. U. pitcher,
bothered him a bit a£ the start. He
tossed a triple to the first man he
faced, but after allowing single runs
in the first and second he got by
without trouble the remainder of
the way.
Georgetown scored four runs in
the opening inning to lock up the
game. An error, a base on balls and
singles by Dick Falvey, Ray Corley
and Al Naples did the job.
Catholic U. made a flashy start In
its opener yesterday when Short
stop Hank Zurawel, the first batter,
hit the first pitch for a home run.
Best Cardinal frames were the
fourth, good for five runs, and the
sixth, worth six. Gallaudet, losing its
second game, scored both of its runs
in the fourth. Jack Walsh and Bill
Connelly of C. U. each got three for
four.
American U. used a six-run fifth
inning to down Belvoir. During that
uprising Walt Bordeaux hit a triple
and Bib Lamon a homer. Bordeaux
on the A. U. mound allowed only six
hits.
Borotra and Bernard Win
PRINCETON, N. J„ April 7 (JP).—
Jean Borotra and Maroel Bernard,
holders of the United States indoor
doubles championship, defeated Dean
Mathey and Bill Shock of Prince
ton's varsity tennis team, 6—3, 9—7,
in an exhibition match yesterday.
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Bosox Have Trio
Of .400 Hitters
WALLY MOSES.
•y tf» A»ocial*d Pr«i
SARASOTA, Fla., April 7.—
Three Boston Red Sox—Ted Wil
liams, Bobby Doerr and Veteran
Wally Moses—have completed the
Florida exhibition season with
batting averages above the .400
mark.
Williams, although hampered
by a sore back and other ills,
managed to hit .425 in 10 Grape
fruit League encounters. He was
second to Sam Mele in the Jl. B. I.
department with 11. • Mele, who
hit .305, chased home 12 team
mates. Sam’s three homers led
the club.
Moses, who seems to have
clinched the utility outfield job
for the third straight year, led
the Red Hose batters with a .429
average. Doerr, who also was
plagued by injuries in training,
compiled a mark of .405 In 12
games.
Philly Blasts St. Louis
In Clincher of No.'l
Pro Court Serie:
By *h« Auociatcd Pr«t
ST. LOUIS, April 7.—The Phila
delphia Warriors, leaving no ques
tion as to which was the better
team, trounced the St. Louis Bomb
ers, 85 to 46. last night to win the
first-place playoffs in the Basket
Ball Association of America.
The game was the seventh in the
Bomber-Warrior series.
Philadelphia now rests up for a
week while the association basket
ball scene shifts to the Chicago
Stags-Baltlmore Bullets series. Their
series opens at Chicago tonight.
The second game will be played in
Baltimore Thursday.
The Warriors will meet the winner
of the Chicago-Baltimore series.
The Bullets finished second in the
Western Division of the BAA, and
the Stags, third, which leaves a pos
| sibility that a third-place club in
! regular play may take top honors
from the first-place Warriors of th*
Eastern Division.
In last night's game St. Louis
stayed in the contest until halfway
through the second quarter, when
their passing and shooting went
bad.
The largest crowd of the season
here—9,838—saw St. Louis’ Johnny
Logan lead both teams in scoring
with 18 points, but even Logan
missed basket after basket.
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