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Evening star., 1947-04-19
Home-Run Fever Is Contagious
As Bucs Hit Five in Suggest

homer. Johnny Mize and Willard
Marshall also homered,
Jackie Robinson, Dodger Negro
first baseman, slammed his first
home run off Winning Pitcher Dave
Koslo, and chipped in with a single
for his best hitting day in the
majors. The Dodgers were under
the direction of Burt Shotton, who
was signed as manager only hours
before the game. I
Rookie Earl Torgeson enjoyed
perfect day with a home run, double,
single and two walks as the Braves
outscored the Phillies in Boston.
1917.
Andy Pafko's four Dagger was the
only score made by the visiting
Chicago Cubs as the World Cham
pion st. Louis Cardinals, behind
the eight-hit pitching of Harry The
CaD Brecheen, whipped the Bruins,
Al.
Williams Hits Round Tripper.
Ted Williams smacked his first
home run of the season, with two
aboard, to help the Boston Red Sox
defeat the Athletics at Shibe Park,
9-3. Bobby Doerr. who got three
for five, also homered to make it
easy for Dave (Boo) Ferris to notch
his first pitching triumph,
Home runs by Roy Cullenbine and
Pat Mullin gave Detroit 30 VIC
tory over the Cleveland Indians az
Virgil Trucks bested Red Embree
in hurting duel. A crowd of 46,l11
watched the opener at Briggs Sta
dunn.
With Rookie Outfelder Dave
Philley betting a triple, double and
two singles In four trips to the
plate, and Johnny Rigney combin-
ing with Frank Papish to pitch five
hit ball, the Chicago White Soy
scored their second straight shutout
victory, beating the Browns, 10, In
Chicago.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Defeotin Opening Home Game
Is Mats 9Th in Last 9 Years

That delayed opening game
defeat the Mats absorbed yes
terday was the eighth time in
the last nine years they've been
beaten in an opener Sid Hud-
son, lanky right-hander, was
Manager Ossie Bluege's choice
to hurl against the Yankees to-
day. with Joe Page or Frank
Shea named to face the Mats
g. Boston's Red Sox invade
Griffith Stadium for single
games tomorrow and Monday,
the last games here until May 10.
When Buddy Lewis slammed
into the right field fence to stab
Charley Kelleys smash in the
first inning he contributed The
most sparkling play made by q
Nat this season Buddy Is
continuing his remarkable hit
ting during spring training,
humping .545 in the first three
games.
Bobo Newsom's swing for a
third strike at a pitch into the
dirt created some confusion
Evening star., 1947-04-19

Georgetown University's tennis
team now claims a season record of
two wins in four matches, while
American University has won one
in three outings. Both teams were
victorious yesterday.
The Hoyas, paced by Joe Tewes,
who downed Walt Stenger, in the
No. match, trimmed Penn State,
8-1, at Georgetown.
SinEies
Tewes &C., defeated Stenger, 6-3. 6-i;
pwysr tG defeated Beckhard, 6-S, 6-4;
Mb, ss gsHfsa wilson fa1 5eedsnss dsfssssd Tut nut.
tie, 7-5, 3-s. 81; Boyer lG.) defeated
Ciarkson, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Egan fG J
defeated Passalano, 6-I, 81
ca1Esen nsspTsxss I g ssiss,ss psss.Es5
Penn state) defeated Aldsrton, Wilson;
Fink-Milier, 6--2, 6--4.
The Eagles won their first match
of the season at the expense of
Johns Hopkins, 7-2, at Kenwood.
singies-Boh Miller tA,) defeated Wood
Herren q. E,| So, 6-4. Ted Rubin Ca
defeated Bud Turner q. H., Go, rs,
Evening star., 1947-04-19
By Burton Hawkins

They're loafng-listless-d
life" Such was the chatter In the
clubhouse of the New York Yankees
yesterday after they embarrassed
Washington, TO, and If the Mats
ears are burning they are correct in
assuming the Yankees were referring
to them. The Yankees have no fear
of the Mats and, in fact, have no
respect for them.
Not in recent years have the Mats
made such dismal debut. Their
pitching was pathetic. Their hit
ting was infrequent and inconse-
quential. Their fielding was shoddy.
but the biggest blow to 28,579 Gus
toners and President Truman, who
bravely suffered through it all, was
the seemingly morose, mechanical
attitude adopted by the Mats.
AS of the moment the winless
Mats have quartet Of 300 hitters
or better in Buddy Lewis, Mickey
Vernon, Cecil Travis and AL Evans,
but the Mats also have string of
three losses and at least one of the
Yankees feels Washington isn't 60
ing anywhere, although it has sew
eral batters who figure to compile
respectable averages.
Imitation of a Corpse.
Certainly, fellows like Joe Grace,
Lewis, Stan Spence, Vernon and
Travis will hit" said Yankee who
preferred to remain anonymous,
"but any time they run up against
good pitching their hits won't hurt
much. They'll peck out some hits,
but not the kind that damage you.
Besides that, the entire club is CIV
ing a good imitation of corpse"
That's cryptic comment about
the Mats, but until they display
more enthusiasm in their chores
they're likely to discover Griffith
Stadium fans a hostile, booing, criti-
cal crowd. If yesterdays produc-
ton was sample of what to ex-
pect this season, Washington
chances of repeating It's million
plus attendance of 1916 suddenly
will become extinct.
The Mats are too content to take
their beatings, or at least a lot of
people got that impression when
they saw Cecil Travis meekly walk
away from the plate in the eighth
inning, called out by Plate Umpire
Cal Hubbard. despite the fact that
Travis had been nit on the leg by a
foul off his bat while standing in
the batters box.
Travis is a gentle sort of fell
low, but when a player is right
and knows he's right and refuses
to squawk, the customers may be
forgiven for losing interest. Hub
bard was wrong and Travis and
hundreds of fans realized it, but
the Mats took that decision almost
complacently.
They didn't relish Spence's ho-
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Mount Vernon Is Host
To Gonzoeu High Nine

In one of the outstanding school
boy diamond attractions of the year,
Mount Vernon and Gonzaga High
Schools clashed today at Mount Ver-
non.
The Virginians collected their fifth
straight win yesterday, while Con-
zaga chalked up victory No. 3.
Mount Vernon downed Culpeper
High, 1877, while the Eagles were
capitalizing on their opponents er-
rors to defeat st. Adams, 81.
Washington-Lee chalked up its
fourth straight win of the season by
blasting Fairfax, 1872. as Monk
Carney pitched a two-hitter and
famed Is.
Evening star., 1947-04-19

scoring rules say 1t lis neither
a wild pitch nor a strikeout, but
an error for the pitcher when the
batter reaches first base in that
manner.
Stan Spence grabbed Presi-
dent Truman's right-handed
pitch and when the President
threw again, left-handed to
please the photographers, 1t was
Hudson who snatched the ball
=. both had 'em autographed
f.. Newsorn and Pitcher Allie
Reynolds of the Yankees were
introduced to President Truman,
with Newsom dominating the
conversation, Of course.
George Case. the horse, won
yesterday at Havre de Grace. but
George Case, the Mats outfield-
,er, hasn't gone to the post for
! the Mats the Mats most
dangerous hitters are left-hand-
ed, which is supposed to repre-
sent trouble to right-handed
pitchers, but the Mats have
dropped three straight games to
right-handed pitchers.-B. H.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Western Shows Siqn,
OF Causing Trouble
10 Champion Colts
By GEORGE Huber

Tech Is out of the way, leaving
Western next in line among the
teams trying to dispose of Defending
Champion Coolidge In the District
high school series. The Red Raiders
have plenty Of power and may be
troublesome to the Colts next week
as they showed yesterday while
blasting out II hits In their 1871
victory over Central. Coolidge dis
posed of Tech. 7-2, and Wilson
topped Roosevelt, 7-3, in the other
games that completed opening day
play in the loop.
Houston cTex) Jones allowed the
Maroons only three hits as he
pitched Coolidge to victory as usual.
His mates collected only four off
Techs Bob Jones and Lefty Bur-
lingame, but the latter were hurt
by fielding flaws behind them. Both
Colt runs In the opening frame re-
suited from niscues and two more
helped toward f1ve-run total in
the fifth. A triple by Hank Nito-
witz with two on also helped con-
siderably.
Biggest hit of the game, though,
was a homer by Techs George
Bageant in the fifth.
Central used four pitchers and
Western three In the 2-hour, As
minute game at Central yesterday
Erik Negri, who came In from CEN
terf1eld to hurl the last 2,s frames
for the Red Raiders, was best of the
lot and got credit for the win, Nepri
also got two hits in four trips, one
a lfth-inning double with the bases
loaded that helped toward q 7-run
total In that frame. 1t was followed
by Don Strains triple.
Negri turned In the DAYS fielding
gem. shoestring catch that started
a double play at time when the
bases were loaded and only one out,
The Wilson, Roosevelt game also
was low-hit affair, the Tigers COL
lecting 8 off Marty vogel and the
Rough Riders getting 4 off Tom
Evans. None went for extra bases.
Two errors and base on balls con-
tributed to the Tigers S runs in the
nth inning. Singles by Mole Jani-
glan and Marty Weigand each drove
IN two runs. Roosevelt got three Of
its four hits while scoring 3 runs in
the sixth, two passes helping in the
total .. -
Evening star., 1947-04-19
College Lead al Stake
In 6. VIC. u. Clash

Leadership in the unofficial local
collegiate baseball circuit Is at stake
In this afternoons game between
George Washington and GEORGETOWN
at the Hilltop. Both have beaten
American U. and the Hoyas also
have defeated Maryland.
American U. found another team
that could beat it yesterday, travel
ing to Quantico and bowling to the
Marines, 1876.
American OtO 31o ofo q
Quantico 21o 360 5a9-19 13 ?
+. McLl5aughEn, Haml1n. Fugler and Linn
oef' Harper, Spuhler and Schneider.
Loyola trimmed Gallaudet, 1873
IN Mason-Dixon Conference game
here yesterday. The Blues helped
Loyola with II errors.
Loyoia .------ $50 lib 202-16 0 8
psnst l0i 0l0 00Q-3 II
BeVans, Hartman and STEPHENS: Chris
tian, schumacher and Massey
Evening star., 1947-04-19
By Joe Reiehler
A.soeioted Press Sports Writer


Association with Hank Greenberg
and Ralph Kiner, the major leagues
home run kings, apparently has
proved beneficial to the Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Some OF the champions four-ply
charm yesterday rubbed off on four
of their teammates who availed
themselves of five home runs, enough
to give the National League leading
Bucs a l2-l1 victory over the Gin
cinnati Reds In a wild and woody
sluefest before a record Pittsburgh
opening day crowd of 38,2l6.
waldon (Wally) Westlake, a
rookie outhelder from Oakland of
the Pacific Coast League, who owes
his place in the lineup to an injury
to First Baseman Elbie Fletcher,
beNed two round trippers, Fletch-
ers injury necessitated the switch
ing of Greenberg to first, thus max
ing room for Westlake. Another
freshman, Catcher Leroy Jarvis,
Shortstop Billy Cox and Left Fielder
Jimmy Russell, banged the others.
Mueller Also Homers.
Catcher Ray Mueller of the Reds
got into the round-trip picture when
he pasted Ken Heintzelman pitch
into the "Greenberg Gardens" q
taiiormade home run area in left
field, with two on in the eighth.
Led by Rookie Bobby Thomson
and Billy Rigney, the New York
Giants smashed out six circuit wal
lops to hand the Brooklyn Dodgers
their initial setback of the season,
l0A, before 37,546 Polo Ground fans,
Thomson enjoyed a perfect day
at bat with four hits. His two
round trippers put him out in front
sn.s the race with three. One OF
Rlsney's blows was a grand-slam
Evening star., 1947-04-19
'zale, Graziano Booked
For Summer Title
Fight in Chicago
BY sks Associated Prsss

CHICAGO. April I9.--What PROM
ises to be the biggest fight OF the
year--a return 15-round engage
ment between Champion Tony Zale
and Challenger Rocky Graziano for
the middieweigft championship
will be held In Chicago between
June as and July Is.
Boxing observers predicted gate
of at least $500, 900 which easily
would overshadow the gross Of
$4,000 when Zale retained his
crown by iattening Graziano In
the sixth round of thriller In New
York's Yankee Stadium last Sep
tember 26.
Chicago bid for the rematch when
Graziano's application for renewal
of his revoked boxing license was
denied last week by the New York
Athletic Commission, which barred
him for failure to report s1oo 900
bribe offer.
The return bout was approved
yesterday by the Illinois Athletic
Commission, member Of the Ma
tional Boxing Association which
does not recognize Graziano's ban
by the New York body. The LAO
required the managers of both box
ers-Trving Cohen for Graziano and
Sam Plan for zale-to post a s1o,-
600 appearance bond for the fight
within 80 days.
The scrap will be in either wrig-
ley Field or Comiskey Park, with
admission at popular prices under
joint promotion of Arthur M. wirtz,
president of the Chicago Stadium
Corp, and Promoter Irving Sheen
valid Of Chicago. Schoenwald said
the fighters would split go per cent
of the receipts. This would be the
same percentage they received in
their last meeting when Zaie re-
covered from q second round knock
down to knock out the challenger.
The last time title fight was
held in Chicago was in 1s41 when
Zale successfully defended his crown
against Al Hostak in Chicago sta
dium. He had previously won the
title from Hostak In Seattle.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Mats a Loofing, Listless Club,
Yunks Conclude After Opener

hum attitude either, in pursuing
Charley Keller's eighth-inning dou-
BILE. The Mats, in brief, aren't
hustung. For a payroll that ex-
ceeds 100000, Boss Clark Grif-
fifth could be excused for desiring
more impressive exercise from his
hirelings. If he doesn't get 1t he
still will be forced to pay them
but the Mats may discover the fans
aren't forced to watch them.
Yesterdays situation is no nov.
city to the Mats. The tipoff came
in a series of exhibitions with the
Phillies as both clubs headed
home from spring training. The
Phillies--a hustling. hollering, spir-
tied outf1t-lnade the Mats appear
sluggish by comparison. 1--WE dc
things" said Manager Ben Chap
man of the Phillies after dealing
the Mats another defeat. "We don't
wait around for things to happen
Baseball is a gambling game, SC
we gamble and we'll win more games
that way"
Keller Gets Home Run.
As a club, the Mats made a hor-
rible appearance yesterday and un-
til they demonstrate otherwise at
least 28,579 fans will string along
with those "loafing, Hstless" COM
ments by the Yankees.
New York picked up a run off
Bobo Newsom in the first inning.
Yogi Berra obtained the first of
his four singles and scooted all
the way to third when Vernon
picked up Aaron Robinson Is
grounder and threw wild past Mark
Christman at second. Berra scored
after George McQuinn flied to
Spence. ~.
Keller's home run poke over the
right field fence, delivered with
Bobby Brown and Tommy Heinrich
on base in the third inning, staked
the Yankees to a 40 lead. They
fashioned two more runs off Luman
Harris in the three innings he
labored and notched another off
Milo Candini in the eighth when
Keller doubled and Berra singled.
The Mats were creating no trou-
BILE for Allie Reynolds, who scat
tered eight hits. They had Allie
fretting in the first inning when
they loaded the bases with two out,
but Jerry Priddy tapped to Reynolds
to end that threat.
Thereafter, Reynolds virtually
was undisturbed. Lewis, who COL
lected three of the Mats hits, dou-
bled with one out in the fifth, but
the only Nat to reach second after
that was Evans, who doubled with
one out in the ninth. Neither ad-
vanced to third.
Berra's four singles and Keller's
home run and double spanked the
Yankees 14-hit assault on the Mats.
who have seen their pitching
pounded for 80 hits in three games.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Naming of Unknown Shotton
Bewildering to Dodqer Fans

vania League in 1908 and was an
active performer in the majors from
1911 until 1923.
He played under Hickey on both
st. Louis clubs and often subbed for
Hickey as Sunday manager. hickey
never attended baseball games on
Sunday.
Shotton managed the Phillies for
six years starting in 1928. He later
coached the Cincinnati Reds and
Cleveland Indians and managed va
rious minor league clubs in the St.
Louis Cardinal organization for
Rickey.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Score Is al to |
For Five Innings
eY fhe Assoeioted Press

LOUISVILLE, KY, April IA
Louisville University's baseball
team scored q 41-to-I victory
over Georgetown Ky.1 College
yesterday as five pitchers held
the visitors to one scratch hit
to IS for their teammates.
The game was f1ve-inning af-
fair. Georgetown made nine er-
rors, Louisville one.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Mrs. Henderson Winner
Of Congressional Golf

Congressional's first ladies day
golf competition of the summer at
tracted field of Al yesterday. All
starters received a free golf ball
from Pro Witty Cox.
Mrs. D. H. Henderson took the
Glass A low net with 94-8-86, with
low gross going to Mrs. F. r. Dobe,
98. Mrs. r. E. Burke made the
tewest number Of puts, 81. In Glass
B, low net went to Mrs. C. J. Will
kinson, 112-22-90, followed by Mrs.
Dwight E. Avis, 119-28-s1.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Griffith 10 Personally
Investigate trouble
'Upsetting Ball Club
By Froncis {. Stonn

Dissension has reared its ugly
head in the Nationals clubhouse less
than week after the opening OF
the season and in grim effort to
wipe 1t out President Clark Grifith
scheduled a meeting Of the Wash
ington club today in which he "will
take this battle on myself and de-
mand that the player or players re-
sponsible step forth"
Louis (Bobo) Newsom, the high
salaried, 38-year-old pitcher who
was charged with yesterdays defeat
by the New York Yankees in the
Capitals opening game, Is a prin-
cipal figure in what Griffith ad-
mitted was "a form Of dissension." !"
Newsom is charging that teammates
are envious of him and have proved
1t by sending him an anonymous
telegram.
Newsom Berates Mates.
When the Washington club was In
Boston earlier In the week Newsom
was sent home before the final of
a scheduled three-game series to
prepare for the local opener. When
he reported at the ball park yester-
day he received telegram, dated
from Boston, reading:
Dear Boho: We hope you had a
good nights rest. The staff"
Newsom angrily addressed the
team in the clubhouse before the
game, it was reported, and defied
the senders to identify themselves.
He did not regard the wire as
prank, nor did Manager Ossie Bluege
nor Griffith.
Griffith, 77-year-old owner of the
Mats, is lined up solidly behind New
som and today's meeting will mark
one Of his few appearances in the
clubhouse in many years. Newson,
he indicated, probably will not be
present.
sort of dissension," Griffith ex-
planned that it probably involved
only members of the pitching staff.
I'm going to take this battle on
myself and demand that the player
or players responsible step forth" :"
he said last night in an angry mood.
This Is too good ball club to be
ruined by such a thing
Others May Be Involved.
A member of the team, who asked
to remain anonymous, indicated
there was a chance that other Mats
in addition to one or more pitchers
may have been party to the wire
sending act.
Newsom, who refused to be
quoted today, posted the telegram on
the clubhouse bulletin board after
writing on 1t, Thanks to my very
wonderful teammates that sent me
this" 1t remained on the board
throughout the game.
Friends of Newsom, including
Griffith, insisted the incident upset
the big pitcher and affected his work
against the Yankees.
Griff Takes Responsibility.
Griffith explained that he alone
was responsible for the early return
Of Newsom from Boston.
Il told Mr.. Eynon Secretary Ed
ward B. Eynon. jr.) to send Newsom
home right after the first Boston
game" Griffith said. "I don't know
why allowed him to go on the trip
in the first place He wasn't going
to start nor relieve. Nobody on the
team had any right to feel that
Newsom was or Is being shown any
special favors.
II would have sent Early Wynn
to Boston last Monday, skipping our
scheduled official opening game here
so that he could rest up for the first
Red Sox game. The only reason
didn't was because I thought Wynn
might like to see the President and
a real, prewar Washington opener"
ne concluded.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Dissenson Riddles Mats, With Newsom Target

. e. goo
LIKE ANY OTHER FAM
Here are some candid shots
taken as President Truman
watched the Mats lose the sea
sons opener to the Yanks yes
terday. He shouts tleft) as
Charley Keller hits q homer
for New York; munches pea
nuts (bottom LETT and grimly
watches play (bottom right
as the home club falls behind.
-AP Photos.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Bisons Score First Win,
Beating Mi!itory Nine

Howard University ended a FIVE
game losing string by turning in its
first win of the season yesterday,
1915, over Military District of
Washington nine at the Army War
College field.
Evening star., 1947-04-19

1ugl WITH reasonable expectation OF getting him
out?
Yogi, as you must know by now, is the Yankees
rookie outheder who played principal role in that
dramatic, thrill-packed epic yesterday at Griffith
Stadium which opened the 1s47 season. Washing
ton was nosed out. to o. but In the very frst
inning the Mats got runner to third base
The Mats laughed when Yogi took his hitting
practice. He tomahawked pitches above his head
and golfed pitches thrown so low that sympatneL
tic Senator offered to loan him tee He was at
once dismissed as threat to lead the league In
drawing bases on balls
But in the ball game Yogi did himself proud
Evening star., 1947-04-19

!, titled to left for Candini in ninth.
New York ----------~~ 013 DOL 110-7
Washington 900 900 000-o
|, Runs--Rizzuto, Brown, Heinrich, Kel-
nods ssns bsttsd 81 Rs
t3l. Heinrich, Reynolds. Berra. Two-base
hits-Vernon, Lewis, Rizzuto. Keller, Ev-
quito, Brown, McQuinn Double play
stirnweiss, to Rizzuto to McQuinn. Left
on bases-New Yorg,- IL; Washington, 10.
nolds. q; off Harris, 3. Strikeouts-By
Newsom, .; by Reynolds, 6; by Harris, 2.
Hits-Of Newsom, in innings: off
: inning; Losing pitcher-Newsom. Um-
p1res--Messrs. Hubbard. Berry and Wesfer
Attendance-2S.511 Time 20.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Episcopal Trockmen Win

Episcopal High trackmen scored
6S points to win triangular meet
over Tech and Western yesterday at
Episcopal. Tech registered 40 and
Western gathered "a.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Except for Lewis the Mats Were FIops

The Washington hzze looked at it,
provided the onlooker leaned toward
the bunting the fair weather everything else there but
nevertheless dull because the Yanks could
the Mats of with the exception
the Allie Reynolds three hits generally behaved
peeved world part-
dismal that pont-in the eighth inning
looked President players
the willing stick which O'Clock
held nearly 10000 people holding $4,000
disappearing rapidly.
The Mats better than showed their arspangled
belated They'd have better franchise
their reputation becoming 1948
body who takes the Yankees will
points-that S
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Win, Lose, or Draw
Yogi. He Did Himself Real Proud
By FRANCIS E. sTANN

dnere nothing with the little Yogi can't
cure little Yogi Berra that s who incidentally poses prob
lem for the Washington ball presumably the rest the
American League pitchers ey going TO pitch to
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Georgetown and A. u. Defeat Tennis Rivals

Britt schweitzer fA) defeated c. 8. Rain
water q. H, 81, e-3; Jack Leseure
5-5, 4-6, IS; LIE Roy Doolittie (A)
defeated Burke Inflow II. h, ID ID:
Philip Wrowe u. HI defeated Bob Wilder
muthe tA), 6--4, 6--I
Herren and Stehens (J. H. 6-2, Sc
schweatzer and cowan (A.) defeated Turner
and Inflow O. HI, O-6, 81, T-5.j
Wrowe and Rsinwater tJ h defested
Holly and Doolittle al, 6-3. 2-6, So.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
There's No Throwing 1Neck-Hiah' Pitch

The Mats who not gay singing showers
celebrate the rstinnng feat Buddy reaching are
admitting that Bea presents pepexng problem
it's which become progressively
Yankees considered wholebecaue Maggie
hale and hearty
there's bound to be trouble.
welmeaning bysander with scrupes thought
the while the Mats scbng
His brutal suggestion
crack IN the concrete into which Wasngton
punked careless foot thereby breaking ankle This
he called D Maggie all that Giuseppe
to the trecherous crvce and bust right
The second strategic was to every
stepped the plate desperate
pitch Yogi at neck-high
But dented and innocent Washington pitcher Yogi
has no neck His had jus his shoulders
That's the point cried the
that ball to Berra he'll probably hit
a neck high pitch without having a neck"