Evening star., 1945-03-27
Fred Heel Reinjured,
BIuege Has Infie|d
Plans Disrupted
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

Fred Vaughn got the Mats off to
a fine start at Fort Belvoir yester-
day with homer clearing packed
bases in the first inning, but the
strong" boy hoping to win a
second-base job may have to go
easy on baseball for several days
as result, thereby disrupting
Manager Os Bluege's infield plans.
The likely looking hitter and in
fielder in running around the bases
again hurt the heel that barely had
healed after an operation to re-
move a piece 'of bone and had to
give way to Hector Arago, the
Cuban flash, after playing an in
ming. Trainer Mike Martin in
spected the fresh wound today and
said that while Waugh might get
into an inning or two of an ex-
hibition game today and tomorrow
he wouldn't be able to play through
a nine-inning stretch for some
time.
This means that George Myatt,
the veteran Manager Os Bluege has
been grooming for shortstop job,
will have to return to his customary
middle sack post and Chuck Beihl,
rookie from West Virginia semipro
ranks, take over shortfield despite
an arm that has yet to be tested,
unless Bluege is willing to let the
not-so-polished Arago handle sec
ond base in the exhibitions.
Four Homers Clouted.
Vaughn's home run yesterday as
the Mats routed the Boston Braves,
IL to S, was one of four made in
the game-each side cracking two
but it was the most earnest of the
round-trip blows. 1t was made off
Armand Cardoni, a highlander
who hurled the first four innings
for the National Leaguers. George
Case had singled, George Myatt
had doubled and after Walter Chip
pie and George Binks had struck
out, Joe Kuhel had been purposely
passed before Vaughn hit.
Fred's wallop was solid one that
sent the ball soaring over the head
of Stan Wentzel in deep left and
it bounded off the billiard table
outfield almost into the next county.
Hit in Griffith Stadium, it probably |
would have sailed into the left field
stand.
Other homers as each side rolled
up 13 hits were made by George
Binks of the Mats and Frank Drews
and Tommy Holmes of the Braves.
Binks' clout came off Harry Petty
in the sixth session when Myatt
was on first. Drews hit with nobody
on in the second, whacking Mickey
Haefner, who hurled the first three
rounds against the Braves, while
Holmes hit off Al Rossi with one on
in the eigth. Rossi pitched two
innings after Marino Pieretti had
gone through four.
Pieretti Hurls Impressively.
Off the three Washington pitchers
Pieretti made the best showing. He
Yielded but three hits and two passes
in his four frames and not tally
was made off him. Haefner was
thumped for five hits and three
runs in his term, while Rossi gave
up five safeties, four in the eighth
inning.
The Mats got nine of their hits
of Cardoni in the first four rounds.
Petty had one bad inning, the sixth,
in which he was reached for three
blows. Case again was impressive
at bat, singing sharply the first
three times he stepped to the plate.
Hills Layne also looked good with
the stick, socking a triple and a
single and driving across two runs.
The Mats also were flashy afield.
Two double-plays were registered
against the Braves. In the one
initiated by Layne in the sixth in
hing. Arago was particularly good
rs a pivot player. He took the
,hrow and got the ball away from
1im in the most approved major
eague style.
Altogether the play of the Mats
was much sharper than in either of
heir two Dreyio,lS exhibitionS