The Washington times., 1938-03-24
BROWNS ANNEX
STRAIGHT.
fruit" VICTORY.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March "a
UN.SJ.-The st. Louis Browns
held their sixth straight training
series victory today. Aided by
good pitching from Tietje, Weaver
and Walkup,, they defeated the
San Antonio Missions yesterday
4 to o. The game was played at
Laredo. =
SARASOTA, Fiat he st
Louis Cardinals tangle with the
Boston Red Sox here this after
neon in a spring training game
Bill MCGEE and Max Lanier are
due to hurl for the Red Birds.
NEW ORLEANS, Lat h G
Cleveland Indians returned here
today to open a two-game series
with the Philadelphia Athletics
after dropping a 9 to 8 decision to
Jersey City at Lafayette yeSter.
day. Bob Feller, Johnny Allen and
Joe Heving were scheduled for
mound duty in the opening game
with the Mackmen.
TAMPA, Fla.-Their second loss
in the Grapefruit League recorded,
the Cincinnati Reds today pom.
dered their defeat at the hands of
the Brooklyn Dodgers. In a
pitchers battle" the Dodgers
edged out the Reds, IA to 13. Man.
ager Bill McKechnie used four
pitchers in an effort to stem the
Dodger attack.
BATON ROUGE, lathe exhi.
bition series between the New York
Giants and the Philadelphia Ath.
letics was over today at two vic.
tories apiece but the New Yorkers
open a two-day engagement with
the New Orleans Pelicans here
with heavy hearts. After winning
the first two, the New Workers
dropped the third when the Ath.
letics scored nine runs in the sew.
enth and yesterdays game was
taken by the Mackmen, 10 to 9, on
ten runs scored in the first.
SARASOTA. Fla. -Decisively
whipped 8 to 2 by the Newark
Bears in a training camp exhibi.
tion game yesterday, the Boston
Red Sox today play host to the
st. Louis Cardinals.
A home run by Rookie Leo Non,
nenkamp with one on saved the
"Sockers" from a shutout.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Hav
ing made it six games to three
against National League opposi
ton thus far, the champion New
York Yankees play their Inter
national League farm club, the
Newark Bears, here today. The
McCarthymen scored a clean
sweep in a two-game series with
the Boston Bees at Bradentor
when they won, 6 to 2, with Atley
Donald, formerly Of the Bears
and Joe Vance on the mound.
CLEARWATER, Fla.-Although
the Cincinnati Reds rallied for six
runs in the ninth, the Brooklyn
Dodgers held a 14-to-13 victory
today in the first exhibition meet.
ing of the two teams. Kiki Cuyler
hit two homers. The Dodgers will
have a breather today.
LOS ANGELES.-There's a rea.
son for everything. Manager
Jimmy Dykes even found one to-
day for the White Sox' three
straight defeats by the Cubs. The
Pacific Coast League ball, a highly
resilient sphere, got the blame
when Jimmy dolefully counted up
the hits scored by Cub batters to
defeat the Southsiders three
times yesterday by a 6 to 4 count.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf
Forced to postpone yesterdays
scheduled game on account of
rain and fog, the Pittsburgh
Pirates and the San Francisco
Seals were to meet today to make
up for the lost setto. Brandt,
Brown and Clemensen, rookie,
were slated to twirl for the Buc-
cancers.
BILOXI. Miss.-Jimmy Wilson,
veteran manager Of the Phillies.
intends to catch many games this
season. After catching couple
of innings of the Phils-Memphis
game, Jimmy said he's taken off
is pounds since spring training
started and if ne can eliminate
seven more he'll be down to his
playing weight of 185.