Evening star., 1939-03-12
Former Giant Issues
-Four Walks Row,
Ri|es Manager
CorrosqueI, Monteogudo,
Anderson, Mosteron
Okoy on Mound
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Staff Correspondent.


Star Staff Correspondent.
ORLANDO, Fla, March IL
1ntra-squad base ball was COM
mitted here today for the first time
and when the smoke had cleared the
Mats had sneaking suspicion they
received, in exchange for the first
baseman Zeke Bonura, only 5000
in cash.
For Pitcher Thomas Calvin Baker,
who was tossed into the deal along
with cash by the New York Giants
last winter, was given large dose
of American League fire He entered
the ball game when the score was
to 2 in favor of the regulars
against the Yannigans. When he
departed, three innings later, the
score was 1873 and the regulars
reigned by that score.
The regulars gave Baker as
thorough golng-over, as the boys
say. as any pitcher ever got. They
collected y runs. hits and bases
on balls in the first two innings he
threw. The several hundreds of
fans in the grandstand took up the
cue. They hooted and jeered and
applauded mockingly when he
pitched strike. 1t wasn't a
pleasant afternoon for the 2s-year-
old right -hander from Grapevine,
Tex.
Bakers Support Mediocre.
The support rendered Baker was
nothing the Yannigans could boast
about but, it was Thomas who dug
his own grave today. He was as
fast as all get-out when he warmed
up but in the game he neither was
fast nor was his control good. He
attempted to guide the ball to the
plate. In the seventh inning he
walked four straight hltters. In the
eighth he pitched to eight men be-
fore he got one of them out.
Manager Bucky Harris, unlike
some of the Mats, was not inclined
to view Mr.. Bakers efforts IN
kindly or sympathetic light.
1T came as no surprise to me,
said Harris, fuming in the club
house. He never has been able to
get the ball over the plate and 1t
looks as if he still can't. A pitcher
who'll allow himself to get slapped
around like Baker did today can't
have too much class
AS intra Squad and early exhibit
ton games go, it wasn't bad for six
innings. The fielding generally was
sloppy but some of the pitching was
good and hitting was crisp Rookie
Catcher Jake Early did not hurt his
status when he collected a pair Of
doubles and a single as part of the
Regulars 15-hit barrage. Alexandra
Carrasquel, the Venezuelan pitcher
who opened for the Regulars, did
all right, too, as did Arnold Ander-
son, Rene Monteagudo and Walter
Masterson.
Case Misjudges Fly.
The affair opened with Carrasquel
pitching for the Regulars and An
derson for the Yannigans. 1t was
about a toss-up between them. The
Regulars drew first blood in the
second inning when, with two out,
Jimmy Wasdell dropped a fluke
double into left and Early doubled
him across for 10 lead.
Carrasquel distributed two hits in
the first two innings without sus-
tanning damage, but in the third
Doug Dean, rookie outfielder. singled
for his second straight hit and
Jimmy Carlin, recruit infielder. drove
long fly to centerfield. George
Case, making his bid as a center
fielder, misjudged the ball into a
triple, scoring Dean with the tying
run. Johnny Welaj then drove
long fly to score Carlin, putting the
Yannigans ahead, 2 to /.
Against Bucky Jacobs, who re-
lieved Anderson, the regulars took
a lead they never lost. They tied it
up in the fourth on singles by Early
and Case and walks to Wasdell and
Pinch-hitter Buddy Myer. And in
the fifth they pushed across the run
that made it 80 when First Base
man Jimmy Vernon messed up Taft
Wright's roller, Morris Aderholt
walked, and Cecil Travis singled.
Walks FOuT Ill nOW.
Then came Baker!
The big right handler opened the
seventh by pitching single to
Buddy Lewis. Then, in succession,
he walked Bobby Estalella Wright,
Aderholt and Travis, forcing across
runs. On Wasdell's fielders choice
Wright scored and then Second Base
man Jimmy Bloodworth made a two
base error on Early's grounder to let
another run across. Rick Ferrell
pinch hitting, long-flied Wasdell
across and Case dropped a double
into rightfleld to score Early with
the sixth and final run of the
inning.
In the eighth Baker desperately
tried to get the ball over. He did but
1t came right back. Estalella opened
with a double, Wright singled and
Aderholt tripled. Travis then singled,
Wasdell walked, Early doubled, Mas
terson singled and Case finally was
called out on strikes before one out
was recorded.
To Bakers credit it must be said
he finished all right. With two out
another error by Bloodworth and a
single by Wasdell put him in trouble
In the final frame but he got Early
on line drive to end it. By way of
rebuttal the Yannigans collected
their third run off Masterson in their
half of the ninth but this, as you
may have judged, wasn't enough.