Evening star., 1939-03-20
Rookie Is Rated
Above Ortiz by
His Victims
WeIoj's Great Catch
In 18th Saves Day;
Yuns Down 'Nooqu
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla, March 20.-
Spring is in the air and the world
is full of bright baseball blossoms
ira la, for Farmer Clark Griffith
who planted his seeds down here
back on February !, is living to see
the buds opening
The latest to sprout is young Mr.
Walter Masterson. tall, slender
18-year-old lad from Philadelphia
The Mats fell heir to Masterson last
summer. He was too green to use
but they thought so much of him
that Walter was carried on a few
trips to absorb what is called at
mosphere
AS the Mats felicitated themselves
today on winning two more Grape
fruit League tussles-both regulars
and Yannigans won-Masterson as
sumed position of new Importance
He was one of eight pitchers who
saw action yesterday in Lakeland
as the Griffmen outlasted the Tigers
and won a 10-to-9 victory in 13 in
nings. And, as far as the Mats were
concerned, he was the best of the
hurlers, who included Schoolboy
Rowe.
He's Another Cambria Find.
Young Master Masterson, who
seemed to have been forgotten by
Manager Bucky Harris, was carried
along on the trip as an extra. All
OF the pitching was to have been
done by Arnold Anderson and Bucky
Jacobs. But long after Messrs. An
derson and Jacobs had departed
with no new laurels won, Masterson
was in the box heaving in a manner
which must elevate him to loftier
status among the rockies.
Walter is a right-hander who
pitched last year for a team called
the Lambreth Seed A. c.. operating
out Of Bristol, Pa. 1t was Scout Joe
Cambria who lifted "Mathewson.
as he calls him. from the Seeds.
Cambria saw him strike out 10 bat
tiers that day and was properly i'm
pressed. And now Masterson has
carried on to impress Griffith, Harris
& Co.
Walter has fast ball that some
how was lost in the shuttle. He
busted it off during four inning
term in the box yesterday and when
1t was over the Tigers and Mats alike
were going around and saying that
his fast ball is better than Roberto
Ortiz's. One thing can be said for
it, anyway. His ball does more
things than Ortiz's.
Il thought we'd seen Griffs best
rockies Saturday." quoth Mr.. Hank
Greenberg, after the game. But he
never showed us anything like Mas
terson. Where did he come up
with him?"
Walter Got Tired, Though.
Walter did not escape undamaged.
He wasn't even the winning pitcher
In fact. he had a 9-to-6 lead going
into the 18th when the Tigers
tied it. But it wasn't his fault.
Buddy Myec dropped perfect throw
on a double-play ball which meant
the difference between a 9-6 win in
II innings and the go tie which
resulted. In other words, Detroit
scored three unearned runs off
Walter.
Masterson gave up three hits dur
ing the stretch he served in the box
One was a scratch hit off Buddy
Lewis arm which let in two of the
runs. He struck out Pete Fox twice,
Rowe Gust after the Schoolboy had
hit a tremendous homer off Jacobs
Roy Cullenbine (who homered
against Anderson and Greenberg
He was, in short. something to see.
Mas.erson tired after four innings
(he's still growing), and Bill Holland
finished the game and got credit
for the win. Not much has been
heard from Holland lately. He is
the bully boy who pitched for the
little Orlando club last year. He
was another extra on the trip. He
also was the second best looking
Washington pitcher.
Welaj is Tiger Tanner.
William worked the last two
innings, giving up a hit in each.
He won with maximum of dra-
matics. Leading off the 18th, Char
ley Gehringer doubled off Jimmy
Wasdell's glove. Another tie seemed
imminent. But Holland got Green
berg on a fly, struck out Rudy York,
purposely passed Fox, and pitched
to Pinchhitter Dixie Parsons, who
was taken care of when Welaj GAL
loped far to snare his drive.
Not all the blossoms were budding
in Lakeland, either. While the reg
ulars were collecting 10 hits, the
Yannigans were in nearby Sanford
doing a pretty fair job of hitting
against Chattanooga. And they
came off with 7-to-4 victory, be-
hind the nitchinp of peta App1oto,,