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International League Ready to Open 70fh Season Tomorrow ty th« Associated Press MONTREAL. April 21.—The International League opens its 70th season of baseball tomor row with President Frank Shaughnessy alternating be tween predictions of a close race and jubiliation over the timing of the season’s start. “We have a well-balanced circuit and last year’s weaker clubs have been considerably strengthened.” Shaughnessy commented. “All we ask for is good weather. We have the teams to give our fans a great show.” Looking somewhat disgustedly at the weather picture for the Montreal area, he said: “Maybe we won’t have any better luck than the rest, but at least we skipped a week of this bad weather.” The triple-A league formerly began operations on the Thursday after the major league opening. Looking the teams over, Shaughnessy could find little weakness in any of them. The Ottawa Athletics, who finished in last place in the 1952 season, were a “spring training standout.” Shaughnessy remarked. He considered the Baltimore Orioles, Springfield Cubs and Buffalo Bisons “much improved.” Strong teams again will be fielded by the Syracuse Chiefs, Rochester Red Wings, Montreal Royals and Toronto Maple Leafs, he added. All eight teams will be playing tomorrow. Montreal, which fin ished ahead of the pack last sea son, will meet Rochester, which succeeded in knocking the Royals out of the Governor’s Cup finals. Ottawa is at Syracuse, Toronto at Springfield and Buffalo meets Baltimore in the other openers. Nats (Continued From Page A-12.) around on the first of Sammy White’s three doubles. White later scored on Milt Bolling's sac rifice and Mickey McDermott’s grounder. The Nats picked up a run off McDermott in the third after Porterfield walked. Ed Yost forced Bob, but singles by Jim Busby and Mickey Vernon got Yost around. Gernert’s third homer of the day in the third inning lifted the Red Sox into a 3-1 lead and they made it 4-1 in the sixth on pop-fly doubles by White and Tom Umphlett. The Nats got a run in the seventh on singles by Yost and Busby, plus Ver non’s outfield fly, but Boston's big inning iced the game. Gernert Wins Opener. Gernert provided the margin of victory in the opener. He nailed Marrero for a home run in the second inning and the Red Sox made it 3-0 in the third when doubles by Bolling and Billy Goodman. Jim Piersall’s single and a wild pitch produced two runs. Grasso’s single, a walk to Mar rero and Yost’s single gave the Nats a flfth-inning run off Mel Parnell, but Gernert homered again in the sixth to boost Bos ton’s lead to 4-1. Walks to Runnels and Ken Wood and Grasso’s double off Ellis Kinder netted the Nats a run in the eighth. Jensen made a strong bid to tie the game with two out in the ninth. Yost walked and was forced by Busby. Vernon flied out. but Jensen rammed a drive high off the leftfield wall which missed being a homer by 3 feet. Busby pulled up at third and the Nats got nothing out of it when Bill Kennedy arrived on the scene to dispose of Runnels on a fly to Umphlett in center. Grasso contributed three of the Nats’ eight hits in the morn ing game, while Gernert got three of Boston’s seven safeties. Boston accumulated 13 hits in the afternoon. White obtaining three and Gernert, Umphlett and Bolling two each, . Gridder (Continued From Page A-12.) compensation. This is going to pose a lot of problems.” Nemeth, a former fullback and linebacker, said his spine was injured permanently during spring practice in 1950. In filing the claim for benefits, he said the university then was paying him SSO a month for work done at the campus tennis courts and deducting $lO a month for meals. He fired a furnace and cleaned sidewalks for his room, Nemeth said. Terp Nine Playing at W&L; Georgetown Takes on Middies Maryland plays Washington and Lee at Lpxington, Va., Georgetown visits Navy and Montgomery Junior College meets Wilson Teachers here in college baseball games today. The Terps, with a 1-2 record in the Northern Division of the Southern Conference and a 4-3 overall mark, will try to better that against the Generals, win less in two starts in the con- 1 ference and losers of six of seven games. The Hoyas have a 4-3 i record to match against the j Middies’ 5-3 mark. Wilson is j winless in six starts. Yesterday. Catholic University tried in vain for its first win of the season when it played Wash- j ington College at Chestertown, j Md.. in a Mason-Dixon Confer ence doubleheader. CU came close in the first game, losing ! 1-0, but was not in contention 1 in the nightcap, dropping that game. 7-3. The Cardinals got only two hits in the first game off Pitcher Leo Gillis, who fanned eight in the seven-inning contest. In the second game CU got three hits. George Vaeth stole throe ■ ■ - WjftA ■ JM He mwSm . .'IB. • . pm, gPj w fra IP m x % J!. . Im Hi : ■<- ,4yfc tdftmmm.- , % wj JH IIIIMHfy mix Kk pHK jp, tSES Hpp?, a ifc., hhhhHk ;:; GRASSO NAILS BOSTON RUNNER—Catcher Mickey Grasso of the Nats tags out Tom Umphlett, Red Sox center fielder, in the seventh inning of yesterday’s second game in Boston. Umphlett had tried to score from third on a fly by Pinch Hitter A1 Zarilla, but Ken WocyTs good throw beat him to the plate. . The umpire is Bill McKinley. ' —AP Wirephoto. Pairings to Eliminate Top Golfers Early in North-South Amateur ly the Associated Press PINEHURST, N. C., April 21. The lower half of the draw was loaded with tough-customers to day as match play began in the 53d annual North and South Amateur golf tournament. Play had to wait on a 12-man playoff for the last six vacant positions in the 64-man round, but once the positions were settled some heavy firing was assured. Heading the lower half was David (Spec) Goldman, Dallas, Tex., veteran, who shot a 1- under-par 71 to tie William C. Campbell. Huntington, W. Va., for the medal yesterday. Camp bell, 1950 winner, headed the upper half of the draw. He and Goldman, 1934 National Ama teur runnerup to Lawson Little, came in with the only sub-par rounds in a field of 136. Kinder Qualifies. Lt. Jim Kinder of the Prince Georges Club in Washington qualified with a 79 and met Jerry Buchette in the first round today. Kinder and Campbell meet in the second round if both win in the first. Two of Georgetown Univer sity’s top golfing grads made the title flight. John J. Donohue, jr., of Sioux City, lowa, shot a i 75 and meets Jack Mahaffy in the first round. Maurice J. McCarthy, jr., of Muskegon, | Mich., qualified with a 74 and meets Bill Winkenwerder in the first round. Eighty was the top score to make it. the same limit as last year. The lower half had some matches that were worthy of at least quarter-final billing. There were such rugged affairs as Frank Stranah&n vs. Dale Morey, Mai Galletta vs. Lynn Creason and Harry Haverstick vs. Jimmy McHale. Goldman drew as his opponent William H. Snow of Pinehurst, 77 qualifier, while Campbell was paired against John Dyniewski of Philadelphia, who also came in with 77. Adverse Conditions. The 6,952-yard No. 2 course of the country club was a rea } test of golf in the qualifying round. Temperatures never got much beyond the mid-fifties and an occasionally brisk wind added to the troubles of the field. Major surprises were turned in by Charles Dudley, Greenville, S. C., 1947 champion, who shot 81 to miss qualifying; Lloyd Ribner, well - regarded New Yorker who took 84, and Joe Mcßride, Ridgewood, N. J., vet eran who did not turn in a card. A couple of years ago he ousted Stranahan in an early round. Back of Campbell and Gold man with a par 72 came Alex Welsh, Rockford, 111. Locked at 73 were Stranahan, the defend ing champion and three-time winner from Toledo. Ohio; Ho bart Manly, Savannah. Ga., 1951 winner, and Alpheus Winter, jr., Fairfield, Conn. bases in the first inning and, coupled with a hit by Butch Co lonero and a wild throw, the Cardinals went out in front with two runs. A four-run outburst by Washintgon in the fourth inning, however, put the home team ahead to stay. Howard, idle until Thursday, when it plays the Anacostia Na val Receiving Station here, | dropped a 15-14 game to North Carolina A&T at Howard yes -1 terday. A second game was called at the end of six innings because of darkness with the score tied at 6-6. Maryland's conference game at Virginia Tech yesterday was | canceled because of cold weather. j —F R E E —i BEST TAXI TRAINING SCHOOL IN TOWN T P.M. to 8 P.M Men., Wed and Thare. BELL CAB Little Hoyas 1 Baseball Squad Includes Five Foreign Boys The Nate aren’t the only base ball team in this area boasting foreign players on their roster. Georgetown Prep, although it has no Jot Cambria or any other scout beating the bushes, has come up with five boys from out side the United States. Blaise Cardone, a third base man up from last year’s junior varsity, is from Cuba, while Out fielder Hans Von Barby, a re turning letterman, comes from Holland byway of Germany. The other three imports are on the jayvee squad. They are Maurice, Justin and David Hearne, all sons of Ireland's Ambassador to the United States, John Joseph Hearne. Cardone, now in his fifth year at Georgetown Prep, hails from the Cuban city of Camaguey, which also is the birthplace of Kid Gavilan. He is one of several honor students on the team. The short, chunky Latin is expected to do all right at his third base job. Coach Don Hillock of the Little Hoyas says Blaise will be one of his better hitters, and adds, “He’s a good fielder and is fast and accurate with his throws.” Von Barby had to play behind a heavy-hitting outfield of Bill Ross, Bill Krebs and Sandy Reid last year, but can be counted on for much more duty on the cur rent team. The 19-year-old im migrant w as born in Holland and spent World War II in Germany before coming to this country in 1946. His mother and young sis ter, who accompanied him. both were born in the United States and had no trouble gaining entry immediately after the war, but his father was a German citizen and had to wait until 1948 to join Ryan Philosophical as Average Falls 763 Points in One Game By Jock Hand Associated Pros* Sports Writer NEW YORK. April 21.—Con nie Ryan, an old acquaintance, was hitting .692 in the Sunday papers so a fellow went up to the Polo Grounds to see him be fore yesterday's game. “Maybe I’d better quit while I’m ahead,” said Ryan, 33-year old second baseman with the Phillies. Ryan was speaking with the experience of a man with a .245 lifetime batting aver age. Ryan's biggest day was last Thursday at Pittsburgh when he wore out the Pirate staff with a perfect six-for-six afternoon, thus tying a record which he shares with 31 other men. This six-hit streak was still intact before yesterday’s game with the Giants, for the Phillies had been snowed or rained out ever since Thursday. “Six for six and then the skies broke down,” he said. “Record? I don’t even know what it is. I didn’t hit any different in Pitts burgh than I’ve been hitting all spring—just trying to get on base.” It didn’t make any difference whether Connie knew about the major league record of 12 con secutive hits held by Pinky Hig gins and Walt Dropo. His streak ended abruptly in the first inning when Larry Jansen struck him out. At the end of the day. Jansen had reduced Ryan's average 163 points to .529 on four hitless trips. Ryan is a little sensitive about all that has been said about the Phillies’ second-base weakness. Everybody who writes about the Phils points out that Ryan fades with the hot weather. “I played 154 games last year," he said. “With luck I can play the same this year. I don’t feel that my batting fell off because I was tired in September. It was just a slump. We even had eight off-days in September, practically a vacation.” Manager Steve O’Neill used See and Buy the New CHRYSLER Mast Beautiful Ever Designee PLYMOUTH The New S tat on the Horizon *’ WHEELER Chrysler'* Outstanding Dealer COMPANY CAR SAVINGS NOW SALES • SERVICE • PARTS AL WAYS TRADE BETTER KNTIB* 480* BLOCS WISCONSIN KMersei S-4800 Ct*<e4 »jp* i —Star Staff Photo. BLAISE CARDONE. his family. The Von Barbys now have a home in Montgomery County. Hillock has eight lettermen back from his 1952 team, includ ing three good pitchers. An other pitcher and three infielders move up from the junior varsity to help out, but the big problem is finding hitters to replace the graduated outfield. The Catholic League appears to be much better balanced this year, due mostly to the improve ment of St. John’s and De Matha and the expected deelfhe of Gon zaga, defending champion. Hil lock sums up the Little Hoyas’ chances thus: “With the pitch ing we’ve got we could give the other teams a tough time— if we can get the hitting.” And imported slugging will be just as welcome as the home-grow’n variety. I Tommy Glaviano at second in I many of the exhibitions, but switched back to Ryan when the bell rang. “Connie really has been hitting j that ball,” O’Neill said. "The six he got in Pittsburgh were all well hit, nothing lucky about them. He’s got the job as long as he stays hot.” Baseball Clinic Is Set A baseball clinic for Walter Johnson League youngsters wiil be held by members of the Scogna Tailors team of the De partmental League at 10:30 a. m. Saturday at Jefferson Recrea tion Center, Seventh and H streets S. W. Diamond Opponents Sought Opponents are sought for a game by the Case Don unlimited softball team for Saturday afternoon. Those interested are requested to call Ed Bears at JO. 9-9400, extension 22J, Minbr Leagues By tha Associated Press PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. San Diego. 4: Portland. 3. San Francisco. 8-9: Oakland. 3-10. (Only names scheduled). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. No tames scheduled. TEXAS LEAGUE. Fort Worth, 9; Tulsa, 1. Houston, ft; San Antonio. 4. Shreveport. 4; Beaumont. 2. Oklahoma City. 7; Dallas. 4. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Birmingham at Chattanooga, post poned. Mobile, ft; New Orleans. B. (Only games scheduled). SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Montgomery. 17; Augusta. 3. Jacksonville. 4; Charleston. 1. Macon. 8; Columbus. 4. Columbia. 10: Savannah. 2. WESTERN LEAGUE. Denver. 8; Wichita. IS. Colorado Springs. 20; Pueblo. Ift. Sioux City. 7; Lincoln. 4. Des Moines. 9: Omaha. 8 (10 In nings). PHILADELPHIA IjHSypf locust at MV|NtI|WTH 8/%e Modern Hotel of | Convenience, Comfort ond Charm. Famed for Fine Food qfnd Courtesy. - Teletype PH374 fiU Convenient Auto Porting Faeilitht St. John's Nine Plays GonzagainTopGame Os 16 for Schoolboys Washington area high school nines faced a big day today with 16 games scheduled, five in league competition. Topping the list was an im portant Catholic League game between Gonzaga, defending champion, and St. John’s, which is expected to show much im provement over the Cadets team of last year. Gonzaga warmed up for the contest by defeating Bullis, 13-4, yesterday on the Bullis field. Washington-Lee will have an opportunity to move into the un disputed lead in the Northern Virginia League when it faces Mount Vernon on the Generals’ home diamond. Fairfax yester day downed Falls Church, 5-4, at Fairfax to move into a three way tie with W-L and George Washington with three wins and one loss in league competition. In the other league games Friends plays at Landon in an Interstate Academic Conference meeting and Phelps is at Dunbar and Cardozo is host to Spingarn in Interhigh Division II contests. Fairfax scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on a double by Gene Frinks to squeeze by Falls Church yester day. The winner will play George Washington tomorrow. The only other game yesterday was at Charlotte Hall, where Chamberlain was handed a 6-4 defeat. Today’s schedule: Gonzaga vs. St. John's at Taft. Mount Vernon at Washington-Lee. Friends at Landon. Phelps at Dunbar. Spinsarn at Cardozo. , St. Anthony's at Anacostia. Coolldge at Bethesda. Rladensburg at Eastern. Tech at Episcopal. Western at St. Albans. Woodward at WUsno. Montgomery at Georgetown Prep. Sultland at Blair. Northwestern at Laurel. Damascus at Taneytown. St Stephen's at Gaithersburg. * ._ Eddie Erdelafz Is Named All-Stars Assistant Coach By tha Associated Press CHICAGO, April 21.—Eddie Erdelatz of Navy has been named as assistant coach for the 1953 charity football game between college all-stars and the Detroit Lions, National Football League Champions. Selection of Erdelatz was an nounced last night by the Chi cago Tribune, sponsor of the an nual event which will be played at Soldier Field August 14. Three other assistants and a head coach remain to be chosen. 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K Baseball S’ BEAT _ JFZL B -y BURTON HAWKINS Heinie Manush takes over as the Nats’ first-base coach tonight and he’d be discreet to bring a lasso. Mickey Vernon killed a possible rally in the opener |§ with the Yan- || ’ kees by being picked off first 1 M base, and in y e s t e r day's second game fKfjgU at Boston Ed Yost cost the « club at least 9 one run, at a ■ s time when the Nats were! 1 1 ailing b y aft • only two. ** Yost singled H»wkin«. to start the fifth and after Jim Busby watched a third strike, Maury McDermott caught Ed napping. A walk, an error and another walk followed, but Ken Wood’s grounder to Third Base man George Kell left three stranded. Jackie Jensen has four hits this season—three doubles and a triple. Busby has six, all sin gles. Gene Stephens has batted 11 times against the Nats and has gone down swinging on six occasions. He is hitless in four games and has driven only one ball out of the infield. ** * * The Patriots’ Day morning game started with the thermom eter at 39 and it never got much ! warmer. In three games against the Nats, Kell is batting .455 and Dick Gernert .385. Left- j handers Ed Lopat, Mel Parnell! and McDermott have started against Washington. All won, al though none went the route. Lopat yanked himself when he tired, while the departures of Parnell and McDermott were due more to the frigid weather than the frigid Nats. Washington pitching has yielded five homers in five games. The Nats’ next homer will be their first. Jensen batted 10 times yesterday and reached base seven times despite con tributing only one hit. He Mildred Burke Retains Claim to Wrestling Title Mildred Burke, claimant to | the women's wrestling champion ship, is still the “titleholder" for a while longer. She defended her claim by de- i feating Millie Stafford last night at Turner’s Arena in 16 minutes. In other bouts, Antonio Rocca applied a backbreaker to the Mighty Ursus after 20 minutes to win his match Vic Holbrook won over the Zebra Kid; Chuck Morgan pinned Chris Aberoff, and Carl Freeman and Jack Dil lon struggled to a draw. Additional Sports On Next Two Pages TACKLE FISHING By “Salty" Mill, Many of you may have been present some time back when Geo. Phillips and Joe Brooks gave their talk about fishing in the Isle, of Pines. -w n g t e lures their pP success was * < • outstandi n g. I know what lEL* these won- l : derful lures will do & so &■ I have now J** put in a com- f plete line of them. The *' SALTY ” M,LLS “Spin Devil”, "Midget-Killer”, and “Fat Boy” are MUST lures for every spinning fisherman. We also have the "Dart”, "Weighted Nymphs", & “Perfect Ants”. Come in and see Wash ington's largest selection of Fishing Tackle. Buy your tackle from FISHERMEN, not .sales men, at Mills Co., 9th & E Sts. N.W. walked five times and reached first on an error. ** * * The second game was advanced 15 minutes because it was snow ing in adjacent territory. The Nats were hitting with men on base as if they’d be prosecuted for scoring somebody. If the Athletics’ Bobby Shantz pitches with his customary three days’ rest, the Nats will face him Thursday afternoon. Boston's new visitors’ club house, constructed at a cost of SIOB,OOO, is the league’s most lavish. A pitcher could warm up in the manager’s office. And there are trainer’s rooms branch ing off trainer’s rooms, with whirlpool baths and other con traptions strewn about. Jim Piersall, Red Sox right fielder. retired from the second game in the seventh inning after taking a vicious swing ... He stood at the plate, hung his head and appeared to have trouble breathing ... He was yanked and A1 Zarilla batted for him . . Piersall’s difficulty later was called a pulled muscle by the Red Sox trainer. 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Stewart, who hit .267 last sea son mainly as a pinch-batter, had an appendectomy a week ago and also Is nursing a broken thumb. He will leave the hospital to day and return to his Inglewood. Calif., home for two weeks before reporting back to Chicago. Frank Lane, White Sox general man ager, said he wanted to keep him on the disabled list for a month or more. Georgia Tech and Yale Ends Signed by Cards By th« Associated Press CHICAGO. April 21.—The Chi cago Cardinals today announced the signing of two offensive ends for the 1953 football season. They are Gerdes Martin of Geor i gia Tech and Ed Woodsum of Yale. Martin was the Cards’ fourth choice in the annual player draft. Woodsum caught 40 passes and scored 11 touchdowns for Yale last season. A-13 **