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gusta, Ga.—Bobby Jones (right), a master golfer The former dentist from Memphis ran into trouble
himself a few years back, presents first prize in the on the 10th hole, but recovered to shoot a two-under-
Masters’ golf tournament to Cary Middlecoff here par 70 for a 72-hole total of 279, seven strokes better
yesterday, while Mrs. Middlecoff and Ben Hogan than Hogan.—AP Wirephoto.
Orioles Sign
Auburn Star
For $50,000
BALTIMORE. April 11 OP).—
The Baltimore Orioles have
shelled out their biggest bonus
yet—a reported $50,000 —for a
college athlete who made his
name in football, Jim Pyburn of
Auburn.
General Manager Paul Rich
ards said he understood Pyburn
wields a potent baseball bat. Py
burn, a junior at Auburn, has
withdrawn from school and will
report here Wednesday, Richards
said.
Pyburn’s defection to profes
sional baseball was called a
“severe blow” by Auburn Coach
Ralph Jordan, who built the
Tigers into a contender for the
1955 Southeastern Conference
football championship. .
The 6-foot, 190-pound athlete
was an all-Southern Conference
end in 1953 and 1954. He starred
in Auburn’s Gator Bowl victory
and had been elected alternate
captain of the 1955 football
squad.
Pyburn was signed to a bonus
contract by Tom Oliver. Oriole
scout. Both Oliver and Coach
A1 Vincent saw the youngster
play baseball, Richards said.
Pyburn has been outstanding
in early games this year as a
third baseman, but he also plays
* the outfield and catches
The Orioles' boss said his re
ports were that Pyburn runs and
hits well. He led the South
eastern Conference in virtually
every offensive department last
season, hitting well over .400,
Richards said.
Under major league rules, the
Orioles must carry him on their
roster for two seasons. That
means Richards will have to get
along with 24 seasoned contend
ers instead of 25.
SENATORS
Continued From A-16
moned Maury Fisher to the
mound and Delis greeted him
with a well-kissed single which
scored both runners. The Sena
tors scored twice more in the
inning when FitzOerald walked
and Stobbs and Yost singled.
NOTES: Paula was picked off
second base in the eighth inning
when Temple pulled the hidden
ball trick on him The experi
mental fence in leftfield was
tom down before the game. . . .
Boss Clark Griffith objected.
. . . The Senators drew 71.367
fans in 24 exhibitions. ... Their
big paydays, a pair of games
here with Brooklyn, bumped into
bad weather. . . . They played
one. following an all-day rain
and with threat of more, and
drew 10,393, but cold forced can
cellation of the other.
Levan finished the exhibition
slate with no hits in his last 10
tries, but everybody starts fresh
today, when it starts counting.
. . . The Senators compiled 11
hits, with Yost. Delis, Fitz Gerald
and Stobbs getting two each.
. . . Snyder made the play of
the day in the ninth when he
romped far to his left to snare
Chuck Harmon’s grounder and
threw him out.
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S| AL SCHACHT'S
jjj My Own Particular Screwball
After the Giants broke camp
at Marlin Springs. Tex., in 1917,
we began an exhibition tour with
the Detroit Tigers, who had the
great Ty Cobb, the most fiery,
aggressive player who ever lived,
bar none.
As the tour wore on. every-;
body could .see the feud starting
Tkii it the eighth of 14 axearpt* from
At Schacht'i "My Own Particular
Screwball," publish« 4 by DoubleOoy
b Co.
to boil between Cobb and the
whole Giant team. The Giants
rode him viciously, especially
Buck Herzog, the second base
man. who wasn't exactly a sissy
himself.
During a game either in Dal
las or Waco, Cobb slid into sec
ond base and Herzog massaged
him between the eyes with the
ball and, for good measure. Art
Fletcher, our shortstop, fell
heavily on top of him. Ty didn’t
say anything then, but. the next:
time up he singled aghln ahd
this time when he stole second 1
he slid in with spikes flying,
cutting Herzog. •
Herzog Mauled Badly
The pot boiled over. Herzog,
though he was shorter than
Cobb, furiously challenged Ty
to a fight after the game In
Buck's hotel room. Cobb was
pleased to accept the invitation.
He brought along the Detroit
catcher, Oscar Stanage, as his
second and Herzog had Heinle
Zimmerman, our third baseman.
They stripped to the waist and
went at it, and Cobb mauled
him something awful before the
seconds stopped it.
Cobb's manager, Hughie Jen
nings, finally had to send him
to Cincinnati to work out alone.;
McGraw stuck with me until
May of that year, still hoping
that my arm would come around.
But It didn’t, and finally he sent
me to Rochester. I was some
what encouraged by my ex
perience there In the last half
of the season.
(Bchacht played for the
Bethlehem Steel Co. team in
1918, was drafted in mid
summer and then pitched for
Fort Slocum. After his release
in April, 1919, he signed with
the Jersey City club, managed
by Bill Donovan. He won 19
and lost 16 that season.)
Griff Yields to Pressure
I couldn’t understand why no
big league scouts seemed much
interested in my fine comeback
late in the 1919 season. I won
dered if it was because I was
still so skinny and light, or may
be because I was clowning on
the field more than ever and
they were leery of taking a comic
seriously. Anyway, I decided to
take things Into my own bands.
I read where Clark Griffith,
manager of the Washington
Senators, was in need of pitchers
I got an idea. I cut out a clipping
from Jersey City newspaper
telling of another victory for me
and sent It to Griffith with a
short note. I did this every time
I won during the next couple of
weeks, sending him five dippings
and letters in all. TTie messages
read:
Dear Mr. Griffith,
Inclosed please find a news
paper clipping telling ol the
fine work of a pitcher named
A1 Schacht in the Interna
tional League. He's without a
doubt the best pitcher in the
league. I’ve been watching
baseball for a good many years,
and I think I know a pitcher
when I see one. Please smarten
up and look .this fellow over
Just a Fan
The pressure was too much for
Griff. He scouted me himself.
A few days later I received a
telegram: YOU ARE NOW
PROPERTY WASHINGTON
BASEBALL CLUB. YOU’LL RE
PORT HERE IMMEDIATELY
BE READY TO PITCH
AGAINST DETROIT.
I . CLARK GRIFFITH
I jumped for Joy. I was a big
leaguer at last!—somethin* I’d
been waiting for since 1908. when
I first sold pop at the Poia
Grounds.
I arrived in Washington Sep
tember 20, 1919 The Washington
Star had a story about me which
amused me. I was only going os|
36, but I’d boon pitching to lorf?
apparently everybody thought 11
i walked with a cane For The
Star’s headline read
AL “RIP VAN WINKLE”
SCHACHT JOINS
WASHINGTON CLUB
If they thought it had taken
me .a long time to reach the big
; leagues, imagine how long It
’ seemed to me.
When I reported to Mr. Gris
, fith I was grinning because I
figured he’d remember me from
' when I’d come up to his Cincin
nati club from Walton lohg ago
. But In nine years he must have
> seen a lot of rookies coming and
' going, and he didn't seem to
| know me.
“Oh, yes ... Schacht,” he said.
“Well son, you work out a little
today, but don’t tire yourself. I
| may need you.”
We were playing the Detroit
| Tigers, and what a bunch of
l bombers they were!
There was Bobby Veach in feft,
: hitting :360; Ty Cobb in center,
: hitting »' mere .400, and barry
; Hellmann, first base, at .325.
About the qnly guy any way
connected with the ball club not
hitting over .300 was the assist
ant groundskeeper. And to
think I might make my big
league debut against this club!
Relief Assignment
Griff had a habit of never
letting his pitchers know until
just before game, time who was
going to pitch any given day.
This day. three of us were al
lowed to take batting practice
with the regulars, which meant
any one of us would be the
pitcher against the powerful
Tigers. Griff picked Courtney j
Courtney pitched a great game j
—for eight innings—and we led,
2-1, as the Tigers batted In the ;
top of the ninth. Then the j
leadoff hitter socks a three-base j
hit. and a moment later Cobbj
singles and the tying run is'
across. A'base op ball* and
another, and now they got three
on base and still none out.
Griff looks up and down our
bench and says, "Where is that
young fellow who just joined us
today?”
"Here I am,” I answered in
a small voice.
“Run down to the bullpen and
warm up.” he says, “I may need
you quick.”
By the time I get to the bull
pen and toss about three pitches,
Courtney has three balls and
1 one strike on the next batter.
I Harry Hellmann. Griff calls
' time and waves for me. With
the score tied, nobody out and
1 the bases loaded, I'm to make
my debut!
| I glanced around the infield,
| and it looks like there's more
| people on base than there are
in ; the grandstands. I stand
' there, deliberating, taking all the
' time I can—hell. I want to stay
1 in the big leagues as long as
, possible. While I’m deliberat
; ing. Cobb is prancing up and
, down the third-base line, trying
L to make me nervous.
Finally I go into my windup
; and put everything X have on a
; curve ball. Hellmann hit a
wicked shot off my third base
man's ankle, almost crippling
the poor guy, scoring what
proved to be the winning run.
First Win Over Browns
The next day we played the
St. Louis Browns, and Griff let
me pitch. We beat them, 4-3.
The Browns weren’t a bad club
in those days, for they had
George Staler, who I think prob
ably was the best first baseman
ever. But he didn’t get a hit
off me that day.
I wa* walking on air after
winning my first start In the
■ American League.
Four days later, on the last
i day of the season, I started
’ again, and whipped the Boston
I Red Sox, 6-2. TTie Washington
. club wound up in seventh place,
but I had a nice 2-0 record.
| (Prom the boek: Mr Own particular
I Syndicate).
TOMORROW—Meeting Aitrock
and Big Train.
i -
) VEJAR TO FIGHT ITALIAN
BYRACUSE. N. Y„ April 11 I> >.
Chlqo Vejar, middleweight
i : from .Stamford. Conn., and Paolo
i 1 Nells, former Italian welter
| weight champion, will meetith a
r 10-round fight at the Wan He
ll mortal hers April 39.
Orioles to Give
Rogovin Chance as
Pesky Is Released.
BALTIMORE, April 11 (JP).—
Johnny Pesky’s career as a ma
jor league baseball player ap
peared to be ended with his
unconditional release yesterday
by the Orioles.
The stocky infielder spent 10
seasons in the American League,
more than seven of them with
the Red Sox. He went to Detroit
during the 1952 season and last
year to Washington which re
leased him. The Orioles signed
him December 16.
Meanwhile, Manager Paul
Richards, announced he is giv
ing 32-year-old Saul Rogovin
1 another shot at big league base
ball.
Richards reported he had
signed Rogovin after watching
him on a trial basis during
spring training and exhibition
games.
BASEBALL
Continued From A-16
bitions yesterday The Wfiite Sox
gained their triumph over the
Cubs by scoring clusters of four
runs in both the second and
sixth innings. Twenty-year-old
Bob Thorpe and Hy Cohen were
the victims, Witn the liatter
taking the loss.
In the other intriacity rivalry,
the Yanks whipped the Dodgers,
7-3. Yogi Berra and Joe Collins
hit home runs off Joe Black, the
loser, who was getting a major
trial. Three Yankee hurlers com
bined to hold the Dodgers to five
hits.
Hank Aaron, a young man
who could do great things for
the Braves this year, broke up a
game with the Indians by strok
ing a home run in the 10th in
ning with one mate on base to
give his club a 6-4 triumph.
Indians Blow Lead
Cleveland, leading 4-2 with
two out in the ninth, appeared
to have it all wrapped up. But
Danny O'Connell tied the game
with a homer with one on to set
the stage for Aaron's clout
Herb Score, the Indians' rookie
sensation, went the last< seven
innings and was the victim of
both homers.
Mike Higgins made his first
appearance in Boston's Fenway
Park as the manager of the Red
Sox, but the Giants spoiled his
debut by getting to Dick Brodow
ski for all their runs in the first
five innings in a 6-4 triumph.
The A’s, who will arrive home
amid a city-wide celebration to
day, stroked four Philadelphia
pitchers for 20 hits—including
two home rims by Vic Power and
one each by Bill Wilson and Gus
Zernial—and in the process
ground out a 14-5 victory.
Curt Simmons gave his ailing
arm a two-inning workout and
was tapped for two hits, includ
ing Power’s second homer.
The Cardinals edged the
Tigers, 10-9, but not before they
blew a 6-1 lead, then overcame
a 9-6 deficit. Red Schoendienst
drove in four St. Louis runs with
a home run and a single,
Washington scored four times
In the eighth to defeat Cincin
nati, 5-2, and Baltimore eked out
a 4-3 triumph over Pittsburgh
when Pitcher Vernon Thles threw
wild on a bunt to permit the win
ning run to score in the ninth
inning. ,
FINAL MASTERS SCORES
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Ben Hoaan 72-70—28« 3.126 -'“{'““l' "faults 70-78—310
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Wins Masters
For Middlecoff
Continued From A-16
passed the ninth hole two under
par and Hogan, his closest chal
lenger. only even, that he start
ing thinking of the presentation
ceremonies. However, that mood
didn’t last long because on the
10th be had his only double
bogey of the tournament, a six,
and he had to make a 5-footer
for that. He wasted a shot In
a trap and generally messed up
the hole.
“That put my feet right back
on the ground.” Cary said later.
“I realized eight tough holes
were ahead and three of them
crossed water.” And he might
have been thinking of Easter
Sunday fivfe years ago when he
was playing with Jim Ferrier and
the latter was five strokes ahead
with six holes to play, only to
lose to Jimmy Demaret with a
complete blowup.
Treat for Crowd at 18th
Middlecoff finished strong, two
under on the last eight, and that
included a spectacular treat,for
the many thousands around the
18th green when hta 6-iron ap
proach shot lipped the cup. He
tapped the ball in for a birdie
three, but long before had as
sured the Masters Club of a new
member.
Middlecoff actually won the
tournament on the par ss, which
he played in 11 under par. As
he had said earlier, on this golf
course you try to play the hard
holes with a minimum of diffi
culty and hope you can birdie
the easy ones. That's what he
did.
Cary had only one over-par
Aine, the first of the tourna
ment. and before teeing off on
10 he gave his putter grip two
extra coats of gauze. He liked
the fatter grip and putted mag
nificently. He 3-putted only
two greens tn 72 holes, superb
for these huge, undulating car
pets with the hidden cups.
It was a one-man show. Ho
gan was second for the fourth
tiihe in the Masters with 286.
three strokes under the score
that tied for the title last year.
Hogan played a half hour ahead
; of Middlecoff and never made
the challenge that would have
disturbed the new champion.
Hogan’s Potting Poor
Hogan, putting poorly for him,
shot 73. He played the last sev
en in 1 under par to nose out
Sam Snead by a shot for second
money. Middlecoff won $5,000.
Hogan $3,125 and Snead $2,550.
Middlecoff beat Snead by eight
strokes and was 10 better than
Sam on the par fives. Snead said
he didn’t like the pin placements,
but where he lost his chance was
Satufday when he went over par
on 9, 10 and 11. That was a
greater handicap than the eight
he took on the 13th hole of
the first round.
Remember Mike Souchak, Bob
Rosburg, Gene Llttler and the
other youngsters who were sup
posed to push the old pros in
the background? Well, Souchak
and Rosburg tied for fourth and
Littler for 22d.
Asked about the challenge of
the youngsters, Middlecoff said
this is a course you have to play
many years to learn. In addition
to hta 10 Masters, Cary played
it many times while a lieutenant
at nearby Oliver General Hos
pital.
That was a highly creditable
showing for Souchak in his first
Masters and Rosburg in his sec
ond. After a few looks at the
course Souchak said he hoped
to shoot 288. -He shot 289 and
had no complaint?. He has many
years ahead.
NOTES—Hard luck story of
the day was Jack Burke’s, the
first-round leader with 67, who
shot 80 and tied for 13th. Burke
was out of the running, but not
the big money, when he reached
the 13th. But he took ninfe
I there, hitting himself with the
i ball out of a ditch for a 2-stroke
| penalty and taking another
i 2-stroke penalty for an un
j playable lie. He made a 5-
| footer to escape a 10. The 13th
; has more character for a rela
; tively short par-five than any
hole in the country.
Palmer Low For Last 36
: Lowest score for the last 36
I holes was by Arnold Palmer, last
year’s National Amateur cham
! Pion, with 72-69 to Frank
i Stranahan’s 71-71. Palmer is
one of the most egotistical
players on the tour and hta 69
i came as no surprise to him. . . .
Byron Nelson played with Mid
dlecoff and brought home a
champion for the sixth time.
Cary said Nelson was a tremen
dous steadying influence, re
minding him many times "no
miracles, just play.”
Most involved story of the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Harry S. Truman, who will throw out the first ball at the
two “openers" of the Kansas City Athletics tomorrow and Wednesday, draws
his equipment from Les R. Freeburg (left), vice president of Lowe and Campbell
and Wilson Sporting Goods. The former President was presented with a cap and
a glove, a Lefty Gomez model with Mr. Truman’s autograph stamped in thfe
palm.—AP Wirephoto.
day was the disqualification of
the veteran amateur, Dick
Chapman, who failed to turn In
a card for the first time in hta
long golfing career. Chapman
was out in par 36, took eight on
the 11th and on the short 16th
hole hit three balls in the water
and holed out in 10. only to find
himself disqualified because he
played a shot after having hit 1
a provisional ball. 1
Harvie Ward won low ama-!
teurs honors with 292, five shots |
ahead of Lt. Joe Conrad. . Y.
Billy Joe Patton, the big hero
last year, was far back at 310,
20 strokes higher than hta score
last year when he almost stole i
the show from Hogan and!
Snead. . . . Lew Worsham never
could get going and with 80-79-
75-76 had hta highest score in
Masters history.
EXHIBITION GAMES
FINAL STANDINGS .
Br th* A*»oclatM Praia *
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.
N: York 17 » .654 Kan. C. 13 14 .481
Wash. 15 8.652 Chicago 12 15.444
Bouton 13 13 .536 Bait). 12 15 .444
Clave. 15 16 .484 Detroit 10 15 .400
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. w. L Pet.
Chlcaao 15 7 .683 Phlla. 13 12 .520
Milw’kee 15 » .626 Bt. Lout, 16 14 .517
Pitts. 18 1 2 .600 Brooklyn 11 14 440
N. York 17 19 .667 Cin'natl 917 .846
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Washington. 5: Cincinnati. 2.
Cleveland 101 011 000 o—4 10 S
Milwaukee ...000 002 002 2—6 9 1
(10 Innlnt*)
Oarcla. Score (4) and Heean. Poll**
(4); Cooler. Jolly (7). Crone (9) *nd
Crandall. Whit* (9). Wtnnln* Ditcher
—Cron*. Lo*ln* pitcher—Score.
Home runs—Cleveland. Strickland.
Milwaukee—O’Connell. Aaron.
Chlcaco (A) . 040 004 100— 9 10 8
Chlcaao <N> 800 210 100— 7 11 O
Pierce. Harshman (5). Chakale* (71
and Lollar. Courtney (01; Thorne.
Cohen (3). Andre (6). Amor (7). Davis
(9) and McCullouah. Fannin* (4i. E.
Tappe isl). Winning pitcher—Harshman.
Losing pitcher—Cohen.
Home runs— Chicago (A), Carrasauel.
Chlcaco (N). Jackson.
Detroit 000 001 800— 9 19 1
St. Louis 0(MI 015 40*—10 13 O
Hoelt. Black (4). Herbert (6). Zu
verink <7l. Fletcher (S) and Houe*.
Wilson (8); Pauholt. Blaylock (81.
Wooldrldtt (7). Smith (9) and Sarnl.
Rice (Si. Winning pitcher—Wooldridge.
Losing Ditcher— Zuvtrlnk.
Home run—St. Lout*. Schoendienst
Brooklyn 010 000 002— 3 5 0
New York (A) 024 010 OOl— 7 i 0
Black. Bessent (4). Meyer (A), L»-
Sord* (7i and Campanella. Walker (7);
Turley. Sain (8) and Berra. Winning
pitcher—Turley Losing pitcher—Black
Home runs—New York. ColHni and
Berra
New York (N) 012 210 000— 111 1
Boston (A) 000 021 010— 4 8 3
Hearn. (Joiner (4). Wilhelm 17) and
Katt: Brodowskt: Delock (6). Freeman
(8) and White Winning pitcher—
Hearn Losing pitcher—Bredowskl.
Pittsburgh __ 000 000 030— 9 71
Baltimore 000 000 121— 4 9 0
Bowman. Law (8), Thles (8) and At
well Shepard (8): Moore. Byrd (4) and
H. Smith. Mosb (8). Winning pitcher—
Byrd. Loelnc pitcher—Thles.
Home run*—Pittsburgh. Safleli.
Ma c % y$z l i a i
Blshoo CeeeartUl (8) and W. Shanta:
Owen*. Dickson (4). Simmon* (7)
Kipper (9) and Lepst*. Winning pitcher
—Bishop Losing pitcher—Owens.
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Phils Victims This Year
Os Spring Misfortune
PHILADELPHIA, April 11 </P).
—For the fourth time In as many
years a major league ball club
has had Its pennant hopes
dimmed by spring training In
juries to key players;
This time It’s the Phillies.
Misfortune scored a hard blow
when Outfielders Del Ennis and
Richie Ashbum collided and
were injured while chasing a fly
ball Friday in an exhibition game
with the Yankees.
The New York Giants were
hurt critically when Monte Irvin
fractured hta ankle In 1952. Last
year the Milwaukee Braves lost
the services for almost the entire
season of Bobby Thomson, also
a victim of an ankle fraqture.
There was also the loud wail of
the Bostqn. Bed Sox when Ted.
Williams broke Hta collar bone
while shagging fly balls on hta
first day In training camp last
year.
Now the Phillies are worried
about Ashburn’s puffed and
bruised left knee and Ennis’ left
leg with a hair-wide fracture of
the fibula under the left knee
cap.
Speculation has it that Ennis,
a good fielder and a better
slugger, will be out for at least
a month. If Ennis is out any
where near that length of time
the Phils’ offense Is almost sure
to suffer.
Ashburn is the team’s leadoff
man who has fulfilled the object
of that position quite well. He
crossed the plate 111 times last
year to lead the team in that
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department. His ability to play
In the season opener tomorrow
is doubtful.
To help fill the gap caused by
the loss of Ennis and Ashburn
the Phillies recalled Bob Bow
man from their Syracuse farm
club of the International League,
Bowman hit .282 last year for
the Chiefs and was with the
Phillies in spring training. He
was farmed out again to Syra
cuse by Manager Mayo Smith,
who said he thinks Bowman is a
better hitter than he showed in
spring training.
The threat of inactivity also
poses a personal problem fpr
Ashburn. The speedy center
fielder has played 731 straight
league games and hta absence
from the storting lineup tomor
row would smash hta attempt to
beat the National League mark
of 822 consecutive games set by
Pittsburgh’s Gus Suhr in 1937.
Ennis Is the heavy bat for the
Phils. He has paced the elub
in runs-batted-ln since he joined
the team in 1946 after a hitch
in the Navy. Last year he
slammed 25 home runs, drove in
119 runs and scored 73 times—
the third highest scorer on the
team.
However, Phillies officials are
prayerful that Ennis’ knee may
turn out to be in better shape
than originally reported. New
X-rays of the 30-year-old Ennis*
leg will be taken today.

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