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Pesky to Replace TerwiNiger Against Cleveland Tomorrow
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Washington, D. C., Monday, June 14, 1954-
W in, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
SOMEBODY’S GOT TO GO as an aftermath of the Eddie
Joost-Gus Zernial scrap in Philadelphia. Usually the front
office will back up the manager, which would mean that
Zernial might as well start packing his grip. On the other
hand, Joost’s position is not too secure. The
Athletics are in last place and there is no 'WM
no predicting what the Mack clan will do.
For the record, Washington is not in- |
terested in Zernial, home-run hitter that he dUfljH
is. “We have talked it over,” Vice President
Calvin Griffith says. “By ‘we’ I mean Unk Bifejll
and Bucky Harris. Zernial just doesn’t fit /"
into our plans.” (“Unk” is the way Calvin 9/ :
and the other adopted Griffiths refer to
President Clark Griffith.)
And why wouldn’t Zernial fit? “Simply
because our ball park is too big for him,”
Calvin says. '“He can’t cover the territory.
Sure, Zernial bats home 100 or more runs a , Fr » nc ‘. BUn “
season, but in Griffith Stadium he’d let in that many runs,
too. I don’t have to tell anybody that Gus is a terrible
fielder.”
• • * •
CAL GRIFFITH ADMITS that he expects Zernial’s trade
momentarily. “Possibly to Baltimore,’’ he specifies. “They
need a long-ball hitter. We do, too. But we have a different
situation. Must I go into details?”
It wasn’t —and isn’t—necessary for Cal to go into details.
The Griffiths, quite properly, argue that Zernial won’t break
up many games—winningly, that is—in Washington. Big
Gus hit 42 homers last season, 29 in ’52, 33 in ’sl and 29 more
in his rookie year, when he was performing for ,<the White
Sox. ,
“Zernial can hit a long ball,” Cal Griffith concedes, “but
if he can’t field his position, especially in a park as large
as ours, what would be the point of acquiring him? We’ve
tried to win with a few other long-ball hitters, remember.
It didn’t work out. One, for instance, could field—meaning
A1 Simmons. But he couldn’t reach our left-field fence and
I don’t think many people are comparirig Zernial with Sim
mons as a power hitter.”
• * • •
IT IS A MATTER OF RECORD that Clark Griffith,
with Cal bending over his shoulder, became enchanted in
the late ’3o’s with the idea of having strong right-handed
hitters who might reach the distant stands upward of 405-
feet away. In 1937 Simmons was hired to do the job, al
though A1 by that time had had it. He did, however, drive
home 103 runs.
The next season—l93B—Griff acquired another big, strong
right-handed hitter, Zeke Bonura. Now the Old Fox had both
Simmons and Bonura working for him, and Zeke, posing
as a first baseman, hit a record of 22 homers. Yet the Sen
ators finished fifth, winning 75 and losing TtJ games.
They were two tough right-handed hitters coming up, no
doubt about it, but the Senators couldn’t make a go of it, with
them. Simmons was over the hill and Bonura never was an ;
asset except when he was swinging a bat.
• ♦ * *
"THERE IS NO SENSE kidding ourselves,” Calvin
Griffith says. “There isn’t anybody who is going to knock
35 or 40 homers a season in our park. Bonura hit 22, sure,
but for every home run he hit he let in a run.
“Williams .. . Mathews ... Kiner .. . Sauer .. . none of
those fellows will hit home rims in our park simply because
it is too big. Zernial’s name ought to be on the list, too. He
hits with those fellows, as far as distance is concerned. But,
like all except Williams, he can’t play a position. He’d be
a dead loss in our left field.”
Calvin is following the old party line that hit-and-run
speedsters on the type of Jim Busby are far more valuable
than big, lumbering musclemen of the Zernial mold. “It’s
got to be that way,” Cal argues, “when you’ve got to play
77 home games in the biggest park in baseball.”
* * * *
THERE IS NOT MUCH CHANCE, Calvin is thinking,
of the Senators making any more deals before the trading
deadline at midnight tomorrow. “We'd like to make another
move,” Cal confesses, “but the other clubs want at least yom
right arm ...”
“Is Eddie Yost a ‘right arm’?,” Cal was asked.
“In a sense, yes,” he replied. “The Yankees want him;
so do the White Sox. I’m beginning to feel, like many others,
that Eddie is overrated. But I’ll say this for the guy—he
draws an awful lot of beses on balls. Maybe Yost can’t hit
much, but every time you look up Eddie’s on first base.”
“Then Yost is not up for trading?,” Calvin was asked.
“No, he isn’t,” was Cal’s answer, “although on second
thought..
Bevo so Appear in Washington
On Globetrotter Ball Park Tour
By th« Associated Press games have been booked is
rMTrAon Tnnp 14 Bpvo Griffith Stadium in
Francis, basketball star from Rio ton the night of Sunday. Au-
Grande College, of Ohio, will g^ st 8 ? ..
start playing for Abe Saperstein, Francis and Oliver recently
owner-coach of the Harlem were signed by Saperstein to a
Globetrotters. June 24. collective s3o£oo contract for
That s when Francis and the ti vity w m bring additional
Boston Whirlwinds, coached by money> saperstein said.
Bevo’s Rio Grande .coach Newt A Globetrotter unit now per-
Oliver, begin an outdoor tour of f orming in south America will
baseball parks featuring two play the Chicago Brown Bomb
units of the Globetrotters. i
(Among the places exhibition ' (See TROTTERS, Pag# A-21.)
Major League Standings
MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1954.
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'lndians in Position
To Profit Again by
Week-End Schedule
By the Aasocioted Praia
The Cleveland Indians, who
found the past week end much
to their liking, find opportunity
knocking again this coming week
end, as the Boston Red Sox in
vade Cleveland and the Yankees :
play In Chicago.
That’s the same setup that
enabled Cleveland to advance
from 1% games behind the
White Sox to a game and a half ;
in front during the last four
days.
Thus the White Sox, who- have
been holding high hopes of win
ning their first pennant in 35
years, have their work cut out
i for them. They have to overcome
that Yankee jinx.. The New
Yorkers have won six out of
eight from the White Sox, in
cluding the first three games of
the week-end series, before Vir
gil Trucks put Chloago back in
winning form with his ninth vic
tory in the second game of yes
terday’s double-header at Yan
kee Stadium.
The largest crowd of the sea-,
son, 60,070, saw the Yankees win
the first game, 4-2, and Trucks
post his sixth straight victory,
8- in the nightcap.
' Red Sox on Bottom.
The optimistic White Sox, of
course, believe that last game
was a turning point and one can
expect them to be all fired up for
the four-game New York series
starting Friday night at Comis- |
key Park. They also would ap
preciate some co-operation from
the Red Sox, now in eighth place,
after losing all four games of
their week-ehd series to the In
dians. Cleveland, which owps a
7-0 record against Boston this
season, won, 4-1 and 8-1, yes
terday, as Early Wynn won his
seventh victory and Mike Garcia
won No. 8
Each team has a three-game
series at home starting tomor
row night. Cleveland against the
Senators and the White Sox >
against Philadelphia, while the
third-place Yankees play three
at Baltimore. •
In other American League
games yesterday the Athletics
took two from Detroit, 4-3 and
6-3, while the Orioles and Sen
ators split, Baltimore winning
the first, 6-4, and losing the
second, 4-0, as Bob Porterfield
won his seventh.
Haddix Wins His 10th.
In the National League the
; Dodgers and Giants stayed neck
and neck, as Brooklyn defeated
Cincinnati, 6-5 and 14-2, and
New York won over the Cubs,
9- and 9-4. The Cardinals
moved up a step to fifth place
with two victories over the
Pirates, 5-0 for Harvey Haddlx’s
10th triumph and 5-3 as Stan
Musial hit his 21st homer. The
Braves beat the Phils, 9-5, as an
unimpressive Warren Spahn won
his seventh on a not-so-neat
12-hitter,
The individual standout yes
terday was Haddix, who won his
eighth straight victory and sec
ond straight shutout. The 28-
year-old Haddix, who now has
seven complete games, half the
number for the entire St. Louis
staff, had help from an old hand ;
at helping Cardinal pitchers—
Stan Musial. Stan drove in two
runs in the opener with a pair
of singles and snapped a 3-3 tie
in the second game with his 21st
home run. tops in the majors.
He also leads' in runs batted in
with 69.
Haddix struck out 10 Pirates
and gave, up only three singles.
He has now pitched 23 straight
scoreless Innings. *
Cleveland’s Sam Dente, who
replaced the injured Bobby Avila
at second base, was hurt himself
when he collided with Dave
Phllley as both chased Jackie
Jensen’s pop fly in yesterday’s
first game. Dente suffered a
two-inch cut on his left ankle
that required nine stitches. He’ll
be out for 10 days. The ball
(See BASEBALL. Page A-21.)
Major Leaders
By thy Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting—Avila. Cleveland. .381: Rosen.
Cleveland, 340: House. Detroit, .331:
Mlnoso Chicago. .326: Fox, Chicago,
Busby. Washington, and Stephens,
Baltimore .323.
Runs—Mlnoso. Chicago, 48: Fox. Chi
cago. 46: Carrasouel. Chicago. Avila,
Cleveland and Yost. Washington, 41.
Runs batted In—Mlnoso, Chicago. 53;
Rosen. Cleveland. 49; Berra. New
York, 42: Fain. Chicago, and Slevers.
Washington. 41.
Hits—Fox. Chicago. 73: Avila, Cleve
land. and Busby, Washington, 72:
Mlnoso. Chicago. 70; Kuenn, Detroit.
64.
Doubles—Vernon. Washington, 15; Boll
ing. Boston, and McDougald. New
York. 12; Mlnoso, Chicago, and
Kuenn. Detroit. 11.
Triples—Runnels. Washington. 10;
Mlnoso. Chicago, and Tuttle. Detroit.
7; Vernon, Washington. 5; five play
era tied with tour.
Home runs—Rosen. Cleveland. 13:
Boone. Detroit, 12; Mantle, New York,
and Zernial. Philadelphia, 11: Berra.
New York, and Slevers and Vernon,
Washington, 10
Stolen bases—Mlnoso and Rivera, Chi
cago. 7: Aggants and Jensen. Boston,
and Fox. Chicago. 6.
Pitching—Morgan. New York, and Stone.
Washington. 4-0. l.OOO; Keegan, Chi
cago. O-l. .900; Reynolds. New York.
7-1, .876; Lopot, New York. 7-2. .788.
Strikeouts Turley. Baltimore. 84;
Trucks. Chiesgo, 61; Pierce, Chicago
and Hoeft. Detroit. 60; Garcia, !
Cleveland, 56
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting—Snider, Brooklyn. .378: Musial.
St. Louis. .370; Jablonski. St. Louis.
.369; Hamner. Philadelphia. .368;
Mueller. New York. .363.
Runs—Musial. Bt. Louis. 66; Moon and
Bchoendlenst. St. Louis. 50; Ashburn.
Philadelphia. 48; Sauer. Chicago, 46.
1 Runs batted In—Musial. Bt. Louis. 69;
Jablonski. St. Louis. 51; Hodges.
Brooklyn. 50; Sauer. Chicago. 48;
Ennis. Philadelphia. 47.
Hits—Jablonski. it. Louis. 87; Snider. !
Brooklyn. 82; Musial. Bt. Louis, 81:
Bell. Cincinnati. Mueller, New York,
and Moon. Bt. Louis. 78.
Doubles—Snider. Brooklyn. 18; Jablon
ski. Bt. Louis. 17: Kiner. Chicago, and
Thomas. Pittsburgh, 15; Bell. Cin
cinnati. and Repulski. St. Louis. 14.
triples—Hamner. Philadelphia. 6; Maya.
New York, and Moon and Schoendlenst.
St. Louis. 5; Gilliam and Snider,
Brooklyn. Torgenson. Philadelphia, and
Musial. St. Louis. 4.
Home runs—Musial. St. Louis. 21; Sauer.
Chicago. 19; Mays. New York. 17;
Hodges. Brooklyn, and Kluaxewakl. Cin
cinnati. 15.
Stolen bases—Bruton. Milwaukee. 12;
Temple. Cincinnati. 9; Fondy. Chicago.
8; Moon. St Louis. 7; Mathews. Mil
waukee. Torgeson. Philadelphia, and
Jablonski. St. Louis. 6.
Pitching—Milllken. Brooklyn, and Nux-'
hall. Cincinnati. 3-0. l.OOO; Antonelli.
New York. 8-2. .800: Miller. Philadel
phia. 4-1. .800; Podres, Brooklyn.
Strikeout’s^—haddix. St. Louis, 79: Spahn.
Milwaukee. 67; Roberta, Philadelphia.
66: Antonelli. New York. 87; podre*.
Brooklyn. 63.
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THIS DID THE DAMAGE Minnie Mlnoso, White Sox leftfielder, appears to have Gene Wood
lings drive in his hip pocket in this photo. Actually, however, the picture was snapped as the
ball rebounded onto the playing field after going into the box seats at Yankee Stadium for a
home run. The hit, scoring Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle ahead of Woodling, gave the
Yankees a 4-2 victory over Chicago in the first game of a double-header. —AP Wirephoto.
Stiff Neck May Knock Snead
Out of National Open Tourney
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 14.—Sam
Snead said today he may not
play in the National Open golf
tournament at Baltusrol this
week because of a stiff neck.
Writing under his own name
for the New York World Tele
gram and Sun, Snead said:
“I’m a doubtful starter. I got
a stiff neck that’s cramping my
swing, and if it gets no better
by Thursday I won’t be teeing
off.
“I don’t want to compete in
something that means as much
as an Open unless I can give it
my best.”
Missed in 13 Tries.
Snead, who has played in 13
National Opens and never has
won an Open title although he
has been a runnerup four times,
had been rated one of the fa
vorites to wrest the champion
ship from Ben Hogan.
The tournament opens Thurs
day at Baltusrol in Springfield,
N. J., and ends with two rounds
Saturday. Hogan will be seeking
his fifth Open crown.
Snead defeated Hogan in a
blayoff in April to win the Mas
| ters championship at Augusta, j
Ga. He played exhibitions over |
the week end in Pawling, N. Y.,)
and Neptune, N. J.
Snead said the trouble devel- I
oped some weeks ago when a cold
A's Win 4 After Squabble
Zernial Hints There's More
Than Benching Behind Row
By thn Associated Prwi
PHILADELPHIA, June 14.
Big Ous Zernial of the Philadel
phia Athletics hints he hasn’t
spoken his last word in the bit
ter verbal battle with Manager
Eddie Joost.
The home run slugger was j
quoted yesterday by a sports !
telecaster as saying: “The fact
that Joost isn’t playing me every
d&y is only half the story. What
the other half is I won't say
now, but I’ll speak my piece be
fore this is over.”
Meanwhile the reaction of the i
club to the .Friday night dug
out clash of Joost and Zernial
and the outfielder’s subsequent
$250 fine, has people wondering
if more fights shouldn’t be spon
sored. The A’s have won four
straight and bounced out of the
American League cellar.
Earle Mack, vice president and
general manager, says he hopes
the two men will shake hands
and forget the whole thing.
“Making a choice between
them imposes a terrible respon- j
sibility,” Mack said. “Both men
are too valuable to lose.”
Mack has begun a canvass of
other players and intimated he
has received other complaints.
“But, of course,” he said, “we
have to stand behind our man
ager.”
The big question here is just
how far in back of Skipper Joost
the general manager plans to
stand.
From his conversation with re-
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apparently settled in the muscles
under his neck:
“It’s got both my shoulders tied
up,” he said, “especially the left
one. The result is I can swing
so far and no farther. That ruins
my game. I’m gone unless I can
take my full windup.”
Snead contracted the virus
during the Palm Beach round
robin at Westbury, N. Y., early
in May, a tournament he won by
a record margin.
Hogan himself was stricken
with the virus while playing in
the Colonial Invitation tourna
ment in Fort Worth, Tex.,
May 29.
Snead Hot on Saturday.
He had to withdraw there and
later had to postpone for a week
his round at Baltusrol in connec
tion with National Golf Day.
Originally scheduled to play June
5, he played Saturday and shot
a record 64, eight under par,
from the front tees.
Snead played exhibitions Sat
urday in Pawling, setting nine
hole records of 30 and 33—on
two small courses. Yesterday he
had an exhibition at Neptune,
where he shot a 71, one under
! par. A
“I thought it was the worst i
j round I’ve played in a good
I while,” Snead said. “I wasn’t
getting my distance.”
reporters Saturday, one got the!
impression Mack wasn’t anxious j
to dispose of Zernial. He said ]
then, “I think we have a pretty
good ball club, but it doesn’t look
too good without Zernial.” He
left the impression he felt the
team should be winning.
He hedged on the possibility
of trading Zernial. The trading!
deadline is midnight tomorrow, j
After that it would be necessary |
to place a player on the waivers
list in order to make any deals.
“I’m not worried about that,”
Mack said. “I can always get
money for the big guy any time
we decide to dispose of him.”
He admitted some clubs were
after Zernial. but added:
“We’d want players, and for
the life of me. going over the
rosters of these teams, I can’t
see any players of equal caliber
that they’d be willing to give us.”
Mack brought up another thing:
Zernial’s box-office appeal.
“We have been drawing well on
the road, and I think Zernial is
one big reason.”
In 20 road games the Athletics
have played before 225,645. In 25
home dates they have attracted
some 153,000 to Connie Mack
Stadium.
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All-Preps Try Tonight
For First Win in Third
Game With All-Highs
Coach Bob Dwyer of Carroll
High tonight attempts to lead
a star-studded lineup of prep
school players to its first victory
in the third annual All-High,
All-Prep baseball game, an ac
complishment that has escaped
his two predecessors. Game
time is 8 o’clock in Griffith
Stadium.
Dwyer most likely will be
forced to use a crippled pitch
ing staff against a hard-hitting
lineup of outstanding players
from the District Interhigh
(Division I) League. Joe Starke,
leading pitcher on Carroll’s
Catholic champions this season,
came up with a sore arm over
the week end and probably will
be used in the outfield.
That leaves Dwyer with only
three pitchers—Bill Collins of
Gonzaga, the announced starter;
Bill Galleher of DeMatha and
Jim Lynn of St. Albans, who has
missed three practices and is an
unknown quantity.
Bennett Shifted to Third.
Roland Habicht, the strongboy
from Friends, can be brought in
from the outfield for emergency
duty, as can First Baseman
Damian Crane of Priory.
Another change in the coaches’
selections for the All-Prep team
is Ronnie Bennett’s shift from
second base to third. The Gon
zaga flash is expected to plug
what may have been a weak spot
for the preps and at the same
time leave two capable per
formers at second. Bob Rusevl- I
yan of St. John’s and Dave I
Stowe of Friends.
Besides Bennett and Collins, j
| the All-Prep squad also will
start another Gonzaga player in |
Catcher Ray Smith, perhaps the
best hitter on the team. Also,
I Tony Natoli of Gonzaga will go
j into rightfleld if the Alt-High
1 club starts a right-handed
pitcher.
j The other prep starters are
likely to be: A1 Burch, St.
; John’s, first base; Bill Hessler,
! shortstop, and John May, cen
terfleld, both of Carroll; Pete
Butler, Georgetown Prep, right
fleld; Habicht in leftfield and
Rusevlyan at second base.
Smallwood Heads Horlers.
The All-High outfit, coached
for the second time by Herman
Littman of Eastern, will counter
with a four-man ‘pitching staff
headed by Dickie Smallwooi, the
only repeater from last year.
Smallwood, lefthanded senior
from Eastern, is the announced
starter and probably will be
followed by Pete Dyer of Wilson,
Ray Lambert of Eastern and
Dave Dagenhardt of Bell. Two
pitchers will be shifted to other
positions as Bob Lomax, West
> era’s converted catcher, goes
| back behind the plate and
j Buddy Burkhead of Chamber
i (See ALL-HIGH, Page A-21.)
8 HARNESS
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EVERY NIGHT 8:30
FOR CLUBHOUSE DINNER
RESERVATIONS
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No More Deals Anticipated
As Trading Deadline Nears
(Box Scores on Page A-21.) 4
By Burton Hawkins
Johnny Pesky, 34-year-old in
flelder with a lifetime batting
average of .309, will replace
Wayne Terwilliger at second
base in Cleveland tomorrow night
when the Senators open a 19-
game road trip, Manager Bucky
Harris said today.
Pesky, who six times has
topped the .300 mark in his nine
full seasons with the Red Sox
and Tigers, reported to the Sen
ators that his legs are in ex
cellent condition and he’s en
thusiastic about the prospect of
regaining a regular job.
Obtained v from Detroit last
night for $20,000 and Infielder
Mel Hoderlein, who is being sent
to Buffalo, Pesky will bat second
in the Senators’ lineup, with
Pete Runnels dropping to sixth.
"We checked around before
we made the deal,” Harris said. 1
“Heinle Manush, who managed
Pesky at Rocky Mount in 1940, 1
asked Johnny about the report (
that his legs are shot and Pesky 1
said, ‘l’m in great shape. Make 1
a deal for me and I’ll do you ‘
some good.’ ” 1
No More Deals Likely. <
Calvin Griffith, vice president *
of the club, said that unless the 1
Senators are approached anew j
there will be no more Washing- 1
ton trades before the dealing !
deadline expires at midnight to- 1
morrow. “We’ve made all the 1
calls we’re going to make,” Cal- 1
vin added. “If anybody wants to 1
deal with us, we’ll listen to their
offer. We’re not initiating any- i
thing, but we’ll be near a tele- 1
phone if anybody wants to
reach us.” I
Employed exclusively this year j
as a pinch-hitter, Pesky brings :
a .188 batting average to the 1
Senators. He has obtained three 1
hits in 16 tries. Including a home *
run. but wasn’t able to crash an I
infield that includes Ray Boone
at third base, Harvey Kuenn at 1
shortstop and Frank Bolling at I
second base. : ]
Johnny batted .292 in 103 1
games with the Tigers last sea- <
son after hitting .225 with the 1
Red Sox and Tigers in 1952. He I
broke in with Rocky Mount un- 1
der Manush and batted .325. He :
hit for the same figure with J
Louisville in 1941 and batted I
.331 with Boston as a rookie in l
1942. ]
Had Some Bir Years.
Pesky spent the next three j
years in the service, but emerged j
to hit .335 in 1946, .324 in 1947,
.281 in 1948, .306 in 1949, .312
in 1950 and .313 in 1951. He
was named by the Baseball
Writers’ Association to the ma
jor league all-star team in 1942
and 1946. £ ;
A Jugoslav who changed his ’
name from Paveskovich, Johnny (
is a lefthanded hitter who was s
born in Portland, Ore., and lives *
in Lynn, Mass.
Despite his outstanding rec
ord, Pesky probably is known
best by most fans for a lapse in
the 1946 World Series, when
l Enos Slaughter gained the win
ning run for the Cardinals in
the decisive seventh game by
scoring all the way from first
base on Harry Walker’s single to
center. Leon Culberson returned
the ball to Pesky, who became
flustered by Slaughter’s dash to
the plate and held the ball long I
enough for the St. Louis out-
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fielder to make his sprint a
success.
Terwilliger has been a .193
hitter this season and the Pesky
deal culminates a long search
for a replacement. Hoderlein,
who came to Washington with
Jim Busby from the White Sox
in 1952, was hitting .160.
Bob Porterfield pitched his 11th
consecutive complete game yes
terday to give the Senators a
split with Baltimore before 11,-
109 fans at Griffith Stadium.
Porterfield, who won his seventh
decision, held the Orioles to six
hits and posted his second shut
out in emerging a 4-0 victor
after the Orioles won the first
game, 6-4.
The Senators scored all their
runs in the second game in the
sixth inning off Mike Blyzka.
Walks to Runnels and Roy
Sievers and Busby’s infield hit
filled the bases and Tom Umph
lett’s double to left scored two
runs. Terwilliger singled to
score two more after Ed Fitz-
Gerald had been purposely
passed to reload the bases.
The Orioles pounded Maury
McDermott for two runs in the
third inning of the opener,
picked up two more off Camilo
Pascual in the fourth and boost
ed their lead to 5-0 against
Bunky Stewart in the sixth. The
Senators shelled Bob Turley
with a three-run splurge in the
seventh and added a run off
Howie Fox in the ninth, when
Runnels tripled and scored after
Sievers fouled to First Baseman
Dick Kryhoski down the right
field line.
The Orioles collected 14 hits
in the opener, with Chuck Dier
ing getting three.
Probable Pitchers
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