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YOST SETS PATTERN FOR DAY— Charlotte, N. C.
—Eddie Yost gets a double as he slides in ahead of
the throw to Second Baseman Johhny Temple of the
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW BY FRANCIS STANN
Small School Kids Know
AH, YES, HOMECOMING WEEK at Griffith Stadium.
Spring is in the air and the sap is running. And a lot of
deluded folks will make foolishly optimistic bets on the 1955
Senators, who will open the season a week from today against
the Baltimore Orioles with youpg Bob Kline probably topping
a variety of shortstops.
Small school children understand that depth at a position
as important as shortstop is highly desirable. But they also
realize that at least one shortstop must be of major league
caliber. So the Senators are going to try to do what no
other club in memory has done—go into a pennant race
without a Grade-A shortstop and come out a winner. *
After eight successive years in the American League’s
second division, the Washington club's brass took strong
measures to rebuild the club over the winter. They raided
the minor leagues for a new manager, two coaches and
bought one ballplayer from the bargain counter—the bush
league draft. And they brought Bruce Edwards back from the
Coast. Period.
■** * *
THERE’S GOT TO BE a slight strain on the managerial
genius of Charles Dressen, but obviously the Griffiths—Clark
and Calvin—feel their new boy is up to the task confronting
him. Last September the Senators finished a mere 45 games
back. All Chuck has got to prove is that a new manager is
good for most if not all of the difference.
The third base coaching box is bound to be the focal
point this week as the “new” Senators run off a four-game
preview against the Brooklyn Dodgers and their old traveling
companions, the Cincinnati Redlegs. This is where Manager
Dressen will conjure up his miracles, first Washington man
ager to be seen on the coaching lines since Clark Griffith
promoted himself upstairs back in 1920.
There may be displays of interest in the identity of the
day’s shortstop, although Kline’s recent hitting gives him an
edge, but off what was shown by the various candidates in
Florida any such curiosity probably will be brief. Let’s face
it, men—nobody Dressen has tried go f|ir, including Kline, a
minor league draftee, has looked'like a major leaguer.
* * * *
■ DURING SIX WEEKS of gamboling over Florida during
spring training it was discovered that virtually every rival
manager respected the Washington club, but only obliquely.
Such utterances were duly noted:
“Griff has some good ball players. Trouble is, not enough
of them’ —Bucky Harris, Detroit.
“Washington is a pesky club. They might win a game that
will hurt you”—Casey Stengel, Yankees.
“I wouldn’t mind having Eddie Yost”—Marty Marion,
White Box.
Nobody, except Dressen, associated the Senators with the
first division, and Charlie almost apologetically gave with this
statement: “Last year Washington won 66 and lost 88. This
season I hope to reverse the figures.”
. That would more or less assure the Senators a fourth
place finish, but without any important change in personnel
Dressen was perhaps subconsciously suggesting that he is a
better manager by quite a few' games than Harris. Or, at the
time he uttered the words, was he wishfully thinking that
help was on its way?
• * * *
OH, WASHINGTON COULD use another outfielder, tried
and tested in the image of Jim Busby, but it is at shortstop
where the Senators really are hurting. The pitching appears
adequate and the catching (Fitz Gerald) underrated. Nobody
drove across quite 100 runs in ’54, true, but the Achilles’ heel
remains shortstop.
Not that it is as simple to find a shortstop as it is to
deplore the lack of one. The Yankees, for instance, haven’t
decided on one boy. The Indians, winners of 111 games last
year, are going down the line with a National League castoff,
George Strickland. Good fielder, but his batting average was
only .213. The only bonaflde contender in the American League
with a solid shortstop is Chicago, which has Chico Carrasquel.
Still, over a whole winter the Senators did not seem to go
all out to find a better one than any on the roster. Kline hit
.319 for Birmingham, but since he was Yankee property at
the time there must have been a flaw in his batting
or something, for the Yankees to put him up for rummage
sale. At no time in Florida did the young man look as if he
could hit better than .240 in the majors, although he has
perked up since with five hits in his last 10 tries. On defense,
while professional in action, there was no confusing him with,
say, the Marty Marion of 10 years ago.
• * * *
FOR SOME REASON, baffling to the other Giants of
that era, it is popularly supposed that in 1933 New York
won the National League pennant and a five-game World
Series from Washington without a first-class shortstop. The
subject arose several times in Florida in recent weeks and
each time, and by several sources, it was given the lie.
i Bill Terry, who managed and played first base for those
Giants, said: “Blondie Ryan was the most underrated short
stop I know. If he hadn’t sent that telegram.. ..”
Mel Ott: “Ryan was our infield spark that year, and he
was a great shortstop in ’33."
Hal Schumacher: “Don't think we won with a weak
shortstop. In *33 Ryan came close to being the best of a
good many outstanding shortstops. He could do no wrong.
He was paid to field, and it turned out he was underpaid.
He wasn’t paid to hit, but when it counted Blondie hit. I
get sort of red in the neck whenever I hear that Ryan was
a weak link and that we won the World Series in spite of him.”
Ryan was the one who, disabled during a long road trip,
wired Manager Terry, if not in so many words: “Am on my
way. We’re in.” And so it turned out to be.
Blondie Ryan was not one of the all-time shortstops, but
he was pretty wonderful that year, and those noises and lights
attendant'to his return for the stretch drive added up to
jackpot. '
SETS MOTORBOAT RECORD j'
BERLIN. Apr. 4 (A*).—Mather;
M. Hyatt. 35. of Franklin. Qa., I
American civilian employe of the t
United States Army here, estab
lished a new world record in the <
350 ' CCM outboard motorboat <
class yesterday. II
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TRINITY WINDS UP SEASON
Trinity College winds up its
basketball season today with its
annual junior-sophomore game
at 6:45 p.m. Sue Langhofl
captains the juniors, defending
champions, and Mlmi Donovan
leads the sophomore team. •
Redlegs in the first inning of yesterday’s exhibition.
The Senators kept running all afternoon and won in
the ninth, 6-4, on Yost’s homer.—AP Wirephoto.
JOE JONES GETS IN WITH 121
Helioscope Draws 130
For Campbell Handicap
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Helioscope, the favorite for
Saturday’s $75,000 John B.
Campbell Handicap at Bowie, to
day was assigned top weight of
130 pounds by Racing Secretary
John B. Turner, jr. The mile
and one-sixteenth event, which
is expected to draw a classy
field, is the richest handicap
ever run at a Maryland track.
The 130 pounds given the Wil
liam Helis colt represent a two
pound increase over the weight
the brilliant 4-year-old carried
in winningvthe Southern Mary
land handicap in track record
time on March 26.
Directly behind Helioscope on
the list of weights released to
day the C. V. Whitney’s Fisher
man and Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s
Social Outcast, both pegged at
125 pounds. Calumet Farm’s
Duke’s Lea and Mrs. Ethel D.
Jacobs’ Joe Jones received 121
pounds.
Won Easily With 120
Joe Jones carried 120 pounds
to an easy victory in last Sat
urday’s $25,000 Bowie, Handicap
at the same distance as the
Campbell.
Brookmeade Stable’s Capea
dor. Maine Chance Farm's Jet
Action and Calumet's Mark-Ye-
Well will tote 120 pounds if they
start. Further down on the lineup
comes Joe W. Brown's Brocato,
victor in last Friday's Paumonok
Handicap at Jamaica, with 116
pounds for the Campbell.
Turner weighted a total of
47 candidates but only 10 or 11
are expected to go to the post.
Bowie is billing the race as a
preview of candidates for 1955
handicap honors and the list of
eligibles justifies this buildup.
Only High Gun and Determine,
among the big-name stars, are
missing.
Purse May Gross $86,500
If 10 horses start, the Camp
bell will have gross value of
BEST WASHINGTON SHOWING
District Bowlers Lead
8 Classes in National
BY ROD THOMAS
Star Staff Correspondent
PAWTUCKET. R. 1., April 3
After a week end of heavy firing
in the national duckpin cham
pionships. Washington bowlers
were on top in four team divi
sions, the women's doubles, sin
gles and all-events, the mixed
doubles and the women’s singles
of the associated John Dennis
tournament.
The Rex Engraving Co. team
of the District Men’s Major
League gained the lead in the
championship division with a
score of 1.960, good enough to
win in all but eight editions of
the 25-year-old tournament."
The Greenway Bowl team, now
leading the Capital Women’s
Major League, took command in
the championship class with a
tally of 1,735, five pins under the
score that won last year for the
Hyattsville team of the same
league. Bowling this time under
the name of Miller Furniture,
the Hyattsville quintet shot 1,694
to place second.
5,000 Bowlers Competing
Two Washington women, Edith
Christensen and Lillian Carle
ton. produced the most note
worthy scores of the first two
weeks of the tournament, in
which more than 5,000 bowlers
are competing with the finish
slated May 1.
Miss Christensen became a
sharp favorite to win the wom
en's singles by rolling 420. Miss
Carle ton. bowling doubles with
Marian Hamilton, shot the high
est game registered in the tour
nament by a woman, 178, which
earned her a National Duckpin
Congress gold medal, given for
games of 175 or better. Miss
Carleton’s big game was the
third, in which she equalled the
total of her first two, 91 and 87.
Miss Christensen also gained
the lead in all-events, with a
nine-game score of 1,098. With
a 360 set. she was second high
on the Greenway team, paced
by Hildur Layos' 372. In’ dou
bles, she rolled 365 as the part
ner of Phyllis Jones, who shot
348.
Clara B»nson Seta Pace
Clara Walz and Agnes Belas
totaled 742 for the doubles lead.
Last year’s winning count was
787.
In mixed doubles. Sara Ste
phens and Julius Singer landed
on top with 746. Singer rolled
424.
In the John Dennis event,
wiitch attracts most of the best
| $86,500, with the winner taking
r down $59,500.
i. Regardless of the number or
- quality of starters. Helioscope is
f a solid favorite to take this prize.
f The son of Heliopolis ran a real
5 “big” race at Bowie in winning
i the Southern Maryland Handi-
I cap under 128 pounds in 1:22 3 3
J for 7 furlongs.
Fisherman, winner of the
- Washington, D. C„ International
• at Laurel last November, ar
t rived at Bowie from New York
i yesterday. The Whitney 4-year
■ old, who ran third behind Helio
-1 scope and Hasseyampa in the
Pimlico Special, was on the track
1 for a brief gallop this morning
- arid appeared to be ready for a
■ race.
1 Bowie's track record for a mile
5 and one-sixteenth 1:432s3 2 s —is
• likely to be broken in tire Camp
-1 bell if the racing strip is fast.
Joe Jones was within two-fifths
of a second of it last Saturday
s and he did not appear to be all
■ out.
! Saturday’s mutuel handle of
$1,680,175, tops for the meeting,
advanced Bowie’s daily betting
y average to $1,010,552 to keep
\ alive the goal of sl.l million per
, day set by the management be
j fore the session opened.
■ j Jockey Agent Tony Barrett is
; enthusiastic about a Cuban rider
’ he will introduce with the open
ing at Laurel on April 18. The
• jockey is Carlos Gonzalez, who is
currently riding at Oriental Park
in Havana. He has won with 26
| per cent of his mounts this year,
> which puts him on the same level
f percentagewise with Willie Shoe
• maker, the national leader.
. From .January 1 to March 26,
! inclusive, Gonzalez’ record shows
36 winners in 140 races. Shoe
maker has recorded 94 winners
■ with 361 mounts during the same
[ period.
! bowlers entered in the Nationals,
; Clara Benson set the women's
pace at 483 for four games. The
men shot five, the high for the
Washington group was.Maywood
Winslow, who 680 was fourth
| best.
j The Government Printing Of
fice, with 32 team entries, pro
duced a potential winner in the
Women’s ‘'B" booster division in
GPO No. 9. with 1.435. GPO No.
10 placed second with 1.425, and
GPO No. 5 fifth with 1.398.
Albert Pike No. 4 of the Ma
sonic League moved into a first
place tie with Empire Auto Body
of New Haven, Conn., at 1,715.
As things stand, Washington
bowlers look good to win three
majof titles, in men’s and
women's singles. But many of
them figure to share the $20,-
000 melon.
Frank Micalizzi is second in
singles with 434, Norman Titus
fourth with 426 and'Pat Crescenzi
fifth with 424.
Gerald Stair stands third in
all-events at 1,241, Gene Hargett
fourth with 1,234 and John
Mandes fifth with 1,226.
Washington women hold the
first five places in all-events.
Trailing Miss Christensen are
Ann Habercom, 1,087: Marian
Hamilton. 1,082; Clara Walz,
1.079 and Bobbie Jones, 1,055.
It's the same story in women’s
See BOWLING, Page A-15
Editor Urges Moore
To Retire From Ring
CHICAGO. April 4 (A>)._Arch
Ward, sports editor of the Chi
cago Tribune, last night urged
Archie Moore to retire and avoid
endangering his life.
The light-heavyweight cham
l Pion already has been barred
from fighting in California be
cause of a heart condition.
Ward made the plea over a
radio sports program. He said
that less than two weeks ago
Moore came to him and asked
to be recommended to a physi
cian familiar with the examina
; tion of boxers.
j Ward said he sent Moore to
Dr. William Rothman, chief
Golden Gloves physician and
j that Rothman found Moore suf
fering from an organic heart
ailment. Rothman told the
champion that even the rigors
of training jeopardized his life.
Moore is preparing to meet
Nino Valdes, heavyweight con
tender, in Las Vegas May 1.
Kline's Sudden Spree at Bat
Lessens Shortstop Worries
Six New Pilots
All Given Lift
3y Key Players
Dressen, Higgins
Enjoy Best Luck;
Others Under .500
Br the associated Press
With the start of the major
league season just a week away.
| this is as good a time as any
to check up on the showings of
the six new American League
manager# in the spring training
games.
! Chuck Dressen of the Senators
and Mike Higgins of the Red
Sox have had the most success.
The Senators have won 11 and
lost six to pace the American
League exhibition standings,
while Boston's 12-8 record is
good for third place.
But the four other newcomers
Marty Marion of the White
Sox, Paul Richards .of the
OVioles, Bucky Harris of the
Tigevs and Lou Boudreau of the
Athletics —haven't been as suc
cessful. Their teams are bunched
in the second division.
Good News for All Six
! All six skippers have reason
to be pleased today, however,
after the performances of sev
eral of their key players yes
terday.
Shortstop, which has been a
problem for Washington, may
have been clinched by Roolfie
Bob Kline, who got three hits
as the Senators beat the Red
leg% 6-4. Kline singled to open
the bottom of the ninth and I
rode home on Eddie Yost's home
run.
Norm Zauchin, fighting for
the Boston flrtt base job, wal
loped a two-run homer in the
sixth inning off the Phillies’ ace,
Robin Roberts, to give the Red
Sox a 4-2 victory. Zauchin also
figured in two other Red Sox
runs, sandwiching a single be
tween doubles by Sammy White
and Ted Lepcio in the second.
The White Sox bowed to the
Cardinals. 12-7, but Marion con
tinued to gloat over the power
hitting of Walt Droppo. The big
first-sacker socked his third
home run in four days and Bob
Nieman also hit for the circuit.
Rip Repulski of the Cards
banged a grand-slam home run
in the first inning.
McDonald Looks Good
Baltimore’s pitching fell apart
in the ninth inning when Pitts
burgh scored six runs to pull out
an 11-8 verdict, but the Orioles
gained some solace from the hit-.
ting of Gus Triandos and the
pitching of Jim McDonald, both
acquired from, the Yanks. Tri
andos. expected to plug the first
base gap. poled a home run with
the bases loaded and McDonald
hurled seven creditable innings.
Jack Shepard’s grand-slam four
bagger in the ninth inning cli
maxed the Pirates’ outburst.
Detroit split a double-header
with Atlanta of the Southern
Association, losing the opener,
5-4, but taking \the six-inning
nightcap. 8-0. Ned Garver con
tinued to soarkle for the Tigers,
pitching a two-hitter in the sec
ond game. Rookie Bob Miller,
tabbed as a regular starter by
Harris, was blasted in the opener.
Boudreau got some good news
when Bobby Shantz turned in
his most impressive stint of the
training season as Kansas City
downed Savannah of the Sally
League, 8-1. The crafty south
paw, plagued by arm trouble the
past two years, gave up one run 1
and five hits in five Innings and
his control showed sharp im
provement over previous appear
ances. Vic Power hit two homers
to lead the A’s assault and Gus
Zernial and Joe Astroth also
walloped circuit clouts.
Chlti Connects Twice
Elsewhere. Harry Chiti’s pair
of homers paced the Cubs to a i
12- triumph over San Antonio,
Tom Morgan went the route as
the Yankees trimmed Memphis,!
13- and Gene Conley worked
eight innings as the Braves
licked the Dodgers. 5-1. The
Giants rallied for three runs in 1
the eighth inning to turn back
the Indians, 7-5. Monte Irvin
stayed hot, getting four hits.
The Reds “B” team split a j
double-header with Toledo, win
ning the opener, 4-2, but drop- j
ping the second game, 5-4.
NOTES—Irv Noren’s little fin-;
ger on his right hand is still
sore and he may not make the
week-end series between the
Yanks and Dodgers. . . . First
Baseman Vic Wertz rejoined the
Indians after a trip to Detroit, |
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MY OWN PARTICULAR SCREWBALL
Schacht Had Example
In Following a Dream
BY AL SCHACHT I l
I came into this world very
homely and haven’t changed a
bit since.
j There is talk that lam Jewish
—just because my father was
Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I
This \ tS* first of 14 excerpts from Al
Schacht’s informal autobiography. My
Own Particular Screwball, edited by
Ed Keyes and published by Double
day b Co.
speak Yiddish and once studied
to be a rabbi and a cantor. Well,
that's how rumors get started.
The fact is. I am plenty Jew
ish. And I was never allowed
to forget it when I was a kid.
nor sometimes later on in life
[ Now I see others getting slapped
down because of their religion,
and it makes me feel bad; it
doesn’t seem to happen to me so j
irfuct anymore now 1 am con
sidered a “success."
There always was something
blocking my way. It was either
because of my religion, or be
cause I was sickly as a kid. Even
my mother blocked my path for
a long time.
All kids, by a certain age, think i
! they know what they want to be i
when they grow up. Some want ;
to be doctors, others cops. Some ;
even want to be Good Humor ■
; men. The only thing I ever
wanted to be was a big league ;
baseball pitcher. I believe it’s
as honorable profession as any i
other. But my mom didn't think ,
so. According to her, anybody ;
j who had such ideas was a no- ,
good bum ,
My mother was always very :
religious. She still is. As I write j
this, she's a grand old lady of 85. J
She has always strictly observed ■
every belief of the old Hebrew |
faith, with an extra powerful re- (
spect for God. It'S safe to say
Mom ruled our family. What- ,
ever ground rules we had, she j
made them. Although she’s a ,
tiny woman, she never hesitated ,
to whale the stuffing out of me |
or my three brothers, but es- ,
pecially me. She tried to drill !
into us a deep sense of love for
our fellow men and just as deep ,
a faith in the Almighty. She ,
even hoped I would turn out to I
be a rabbi.
Dad's Rule Best
But I think it was my dad, God ■,
rest his soul, who taught me |
what has proved to be my most ]
valuable rule of living: To keep ]
trying in spite of any setbacks. i
My father was a skilled lock- j
smith and ironworker. Once, (
when I was small, my father let i
me help him in his shop while he <
sweated to perfect a mysterious,
special kind of iron door. Finally
one night I said, “Pop. if you're ,
having such trouble with this ,
idea, why do you keep working so :
hard at it?” 1
“Son,” he said, “remember ;
this: It you ever want to do J
something, don’t go around ask- '
ing people if you should do it or *
not. Have faith in your convic- ‘
tions and give your ideas a good c
try.”
I never forgot that. Especially !
because he was creating this spe
cial door for the White House in '
Washington. Theodore Roose- c
velt was President. When my f
dad installed it, the President J
was so delighted he called him in \
to congratulate him personally. \
No immigrant was ever prouder \
than my father.
My mother and father fol- [
lowed a dream. They left com- j
sortable circumstances in Russia
to come here and start from l
scratch. My dad. Samuel t
Schacht. was born in 1863, the
son of a prominent farmer.
Mom—lda—came from an aris-i"
tocratic family. Her father was
a learned rabbi, and in their
village the old man was sort of
like an umpire In baseball. Any j
crisis that arose, the people
would go to Mom’s father for i
advice. And his decisions were
always final, too.
Sam and Ida were married in
1887. Right away the govern
ment tried to conscript my dad
into the artny. but Sam and Ida 1 ■
were too much in love just to
accept this latest government j
oppression, so they decided they
would flee Russia and head for
America. ,
Sam and Ida got a two-room j
V • "/ J
A-13 ***
■■■& a
AL SCHACHT
His start was rough
apartment on the top floor of
a four-story tenement on Catha
rine street in New York City
The house they moved into
looked just like the one along
side It, and the one alongside
that—row after row of gray,
duty, tired old buildings all the
same height. The halls and
stairs were dim and rickety and
lit only by candlelight. This
was the sort of environment I
would know practically all of my
young life.
By the time I was 10, my
family had lived just about
everywhere in the New York
Metropolitan area. Plainfield,
N. J„ was as close to high society
as I ever got. But back to the
Bronx we went and finally
stayed.. But not in any one
piace Any neighborhood you
visit in the Bronx, people will
tell you the Schachts lived there
once.
My dad got a job as an iron
worker. Mom set up housekeep
ing, and the Schachts had one
corner of their dream nailed
down. In 1890. a son. Louis was
born and the second son, Alex
ander—that's me—came into the
world on November 11. 1892.
I don’t remember much about
my sister’s coming into the world.
Actually. I didn't know what was
going on in our family, if any
thing, because I never was in the
house. I was always out playing
and only came home at supper
time. Even my brother Lou and
1 were like strangers at times.
Lou preferred to study, especially
music. My mother kept after
me to be more like him instead
of running around throwing
rocks at tin cans or playing
catch with other kids.
Rough Neighborhood
Between East Eighty-fifth and
Ninety-sixth streets, from Lex
ington to First avenue, was a
rough neighborhood for Jewish
families to live. The Irish or
Italian gangs, or both, were al
ways roaming around looking for
Jewish kids, who were scattered
about that part of town and not
organized. 1 soon learned the
only times we kids, would get
a breathing spell was when the
Irish and Italians were battling
each other—which was pretty
often at that.
Among Orthodox Jews it is
forbidden to build any kind of
fire, or even light a match, on
Saturday, the Sabbath. Since
it got just as chilly on Saturdays
as on any other day, we either
had to get some Gentile to light
the fires in our stoves or else
freeze. I got the Idea to go
around and recruit the Irish
kids in the neighborhood to go
to Jewish families' apartments
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Risky Running
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star Staff Currtsaondtnt
HIGH POINT. N. C„ April 4
Willowy Bob Kline, virtually
consigned to the junk heap after
failing to hit in the Senators*
early exhibition games, is giving
i it a brave battle in an attempt
to convince his boss. Chuck
Dressen. that he's the man for
shortstop, the club's sore spot.
Dressen has experimented with
Kline, Jerry Snyder and Tony
j Roig in the role in recent games
i and Kline is now head and
shoulders above his competitors
after a sudden flurry of singles.
Bob. a 319 hitter with Bir
mingham last season who didn t
look the part in early tests, has
' rattled five singles in his last
ilO tries He has boosted his
spring average to .324 and once
again has built up hopes that he
can handle the job.
| Kline and Eddie Yost each
collected three of the Senators’
10 hits yesterday as they knocked
off Cincinnati. 6-4. before 6.404
customers at Charlotte. N. C. it
j marked Washington’s sixth vic
. tory in seven games with the
Redlegs.
Stobbs Tests Arm
Lefthander Chuck Stobbs. idle
for two weeks with a sore arm,
will try for the clubs fifth
straight win—excluding a tie—
against the Redlegs’ Tom Acker
and Jackie Collum today. Un
defeated on theii* journey home
ward, the Senators will tangle
with Cincinnati again tomorrow
at Richmond, then take on the
Dodgers Wednesday night in the
opener of a two-game series at
Griffith Stadium.
It was Yost, with a two-out,
ninth-inning homer over the
leftfield fence scoring Kline
anead of him, who broke up the
game, but Kline's performance
was the most heartening item of
the contest.
All spring Coach Cookif Lava
getto and Dressen have been
bellowing. “Guard that plate.
Bob, guard that plate.” when
Kline has batted. Bob s batting
stance left him prey to a low
curve away from him and the
continual chant of Lavagetto
and Dressen may be showing
results.
Kline's belated but welcome
hitting is particularly timely',
for Vice President Calvin
Griffith reports no progress in
an attempt to fortify the club
with a more adept shortstop. If
Bob continues any semblance
of his recent conduct, the Sena
tor's chief worry will recede into
the background.
Daring on Bases Pays Off
The most impressive thing to
this point has been the manner
in which Dressen has his men
gambling on the bases. His risks
are paying off. The Senators
have tried 21 steals and have
made good on 14. They're hit
ting and running with a profi
ciency undetectable for years in
a Washington club.
There are indications that
Dressen s intensive schooling at
the training base in Orlando will
yield divid-uds. The pitchers
have picked seven men off first
base in spring games to check
enemy threats.
Mickey Vernon, missing from
the starting lineup for 10 davs
after a display of nenvy-footed
ness got frisky yestefday, stole
two bases and, significantly,
scored twice. Pete Runnels
added another stolen base.
Reds Getting Jittery
Besides the success of the Sen
ators’ venturesome attitude on
the bases, it has made Cincinnati
pitchers decidedly nervoufc and
is agitating the Redlegs’ receiv
ers. Dressen at the moment it
getting peak efficiency from his
club with his daring tactics and
is serving notice that the team
isn't likely to be a drab outfit
regardless of where it finishes.
The Senators pried two runs
from Art Fowler in the first in
ning yesterday after Yost dou
bled. Jim Busby sacrificed and
Vernon scored Yost with a single
to left. Mickey stole second,
continuing to third when Run-
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