Evening star., 1944-03-21
Ortiz, Suarez, Ferre||
Selected by B|uege
For His Main Club
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

Including three newcomers - Out.
fielder Bob Ortiz, Third Basemar
Luis Suarez and Catcher Rick Fer.
rell-for the April Is tussle with
the Philadelphia Athletics already
is selected If numbers to be seWec
on their new uniforms mean any.
thing. Numerals which usually in
dicate the batting order have beer
assigned as follows:
l. George Case, IF.
2. Stan Spence, CT.
8. George Myatt, 2b
4. Bob Ortiz. If.
S. Joe Kuhel, 1b
6. Luis Suarez, 3b.
7. Johnny Sullivan, SIS.
8. Rick Ferrell, C.
This also is the first team selected
by Manager Oss Bluege in the divi-
sion of his squad for batting prac-
tice to be held as soon as the
field at College Park dries out, but
the order is slightly different. In
the lists posted in the dressing
room, Myatt bats second and Spence
third while Ferrell is named above
Sullivan.
Second Team Assignments.
Batting assignments for the Sec
ond team in order are: Hills Layne
Gilberto Torres. Francisco Quientis
Epitacio Torres, Bill Ebranyi, Wal
ter Niche, Johnny Bucek, Preston
Gomez, Jose Sanchez and Rogelio
Valdes. Mario Diaz and Armando
Fuertes, catchers, also are in the
second list.
Jake Powell, Gene Moore and
Eddie Butka belong to the first team
while the first-string pitchers in
clude Dutch Leonard, Johnny Mig
geling, Roger Wolff, Mickey Haefner
Al Carrasquel, Milo Candini, Ver-
non Curtis and Early Wynn.
Pitchers assigned to the second
squad are Bob Albertson, Santiago
Ullrich, Olivrio Ortiz, Alberto Leal
and Juan Hernandez.
Pitching assignments are subject
to change suddenly, however. AS
the hurlers progress in training
shifts from one squad to the other
will be made and the second team
list includes one pitcher not ex-
pected to report, namely Leal.
Number assignments also indicate
that the club has given up on
Harlond Cliff, third baseman bought
from the Browns last season. It
looks as though President Clark
Griffith and Manager Bluege believe
Cliff means to stay on his Yakima
Valley (Wash) cattle ranch until
called by the draft.
Nat Rockies Miss Drill.
There were eight additions 70 the
Mats squad yesterday, but only five
of them took part in the drill held
in Ritchie Coliseum at the Univer-
sity of Maryland. Layne's baggage
didn't arrive at College Park with
him and Bucek and Ebranyi got
their signals crossed. They showed
up for practice after the days work
was done.
Newcomers to the conditionine
session were Kuhel, Moore, Case
Butka and Niche. Case, base steal
ing champion of the American
League, spent much of his time
running up and down the steps
between the seats banking the arena
to loosen his legs. He said he had
done little exercising during the
winter and din't know whether the
ailing thigh that bothered him the
latter part of last season had
improved.
Leonard got the only outdoor
workout. The knuckleballer donned
overshoes, muff1er and heavy wind
breaker and took a few turns on the
snow-covered cinder path in Byrd
Stadium.
Case and Moore worked in aircraft
factories during the winter, Case at
Trenton, N. j., and Moore at Dallas,
Tex. Butka was g. policeman at
Canonsburg, Pa, and Niche drove a
truck for meat packing concern in
New York. Layne toiled in a Chat
tanooga, Tenn, bowling alley.
Layne Still Bothered by Leg.
Layne, by the way, still is troubled
with phlebitis in his left leg, al
though he says it is not as severe as
when he was with the Mats two years
ago. After his last term with the
club, Layne served five months In
the Army's Air Corps ground forces
before getting medical discharge
because of his leg ailment.
First Casual at camp is frankie
Baxter, clubhouse custodian and aide
to Trainer Mike Martin frankie fell
on the ice just outside the Coliseum
and was hurt painfully if not serious
ly He needed ice packs and heat
treatment after the spill
When the Mats open their season
next month, Calvin Griffith, their
vice president, will be in the Army
The nephew and foster son of Presi-
dent Griffith passed his preinduc-
ton physical examination yesterday
at Fort Myer.
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