Evening star., 1946-04-01
Sanford Kept on LIST
As First Base Sub;
"A, B Clubs Bow
By Burton Hawkins
Stor StoH Correspondenf

ORLANDO, Fla, April Wash
ington's 29-man squad has been de-
termined after six weeks of spring
training, with Manager Ossie Bluege
eliminating Pete Appleton and Bill
Lefebvre from the pitching corps
and clinging to three first basemen.
President Clark Griffith altered
his plans to release Joe Kuhel, vet
eran of Is major league campaigns
at first base, and also has decided
to keep Jack Sanford as first-base
understudy. "I've decided to keep
Kuhel at least temporarily" says
Griffith, cor until we can make a
trade which might be advantageous
to him."
Inheriting first base will be Mickey
Vernon, of course, but Bluege rel
ishes Sanford's presence for his
right-handed. hitting on a predomi-
nately left-handed hitting club,
while Kuhel still is rated the leagues
fanciest fielder.
The unconditional release of Pete
Appleton, 40-year-old right -hander,
and Griffith's admission that Le-
febvre will be disposed of, is break
for Oliverio Ortiz, Cuban right
handler, who thus becomes the Mats
18th pitcher.
Other Pitchers Retained.
Other pitchers who will return to
Washington with the Mats are Ver-
non Curtis, Mickey Haefner, Sid
Hudson, Dutch Leonard, Walter
Masterson, Johnny Niggeling, Ma
rino Pieretti, Ray Scarborough,
Make Wilson, Roger Wolff and Bill
Kennedy. Haefner, Wilson and
Kennedy are the southpaws in the
group.
Griffith also will return to the
Capital with three third basemen,
or at least three candidates for the
job, in Sherry Robertson, George
Myatt and Gil Torres. The reten-
tion of Kuhel means the Mats will
carry eight infielders.
Washington's three catchers will
be Al Evans, Jake Early and Mike
Guerra, with Evans stepping into
Early's spikes as the Mats first
string catcher. Evans is justifying
the elevation, having sWatted .375
IN his last six games while betting
three home runs, double and a
triple.
The Mats outfleld corps will have
three outstanding performers sit
ting on the bench, while jeff Heath,
Stan Spence and Buddy Lewis play
regularly. In the event any of these
slumps, Bluege has a trio of re-
freshing reserves in Ray Goolsby,
Gil Coan and George Binks.
Rockies Coan and Goolsby again
distinguished themselves yesterday
as the Mats B team dropped an
8-4 decision to Buffalo here. Coan
thumped tremendous triple off
the right-field fence, while Goolsby
smashed a. single in three attempts
and batted in two runs.
Hudson Victim of Errors.
S Hudson was the victim of a 3-error
outburst by Shortstop Sam Cozzi in
the first inning. Cozzi twice dropped
double-play tosses at second base
and also threw wild past first. The
Blsons inserted double and single
to manufacture four runs. Hud-
son permitted only two hits in his
three innings on the mound, while
Pieretti was slammed for 10 hits
in six innings.
At Daytona Beach, the Mats A
team also absorbed a humping
losing to Brooklyn, 11-4, in a game
abbreviated to six innings due to
blustery weather. Evans continued
his recent heavy hitting, smash
ing double.
The Dodgers slammed Masterson
for five runs in the three innings
he toiled and spanked Scarborough
for five runs in the fourth inning
Spence was the only Nat to obtain
more than one hit, collecting two
singles.
Idle today, the Mats will tangIe
with Indianapolis here tomorrow
and battle Brooklyn again on
Wednesday at Sanford. The Mats
then will plunge into 7-game
series with the Phillies, which will
carry them to Washington.