Evening star., 1947-04-07
Battle Against FeIIer
Enhances Prestige
OF Giants Rookie
By the Asseeieisd Press

BY The ks.eeioisd Press
FORT SMITH, Ark, April 7.-I
Bill Ayers, strapping highlander
pitching rookie Of the New York
Giants, has just about assured him
self a starting berth on Manager
Mel Otis mound staff.
The 6-foot-3, 195-pound elbow
er turned in his second straight
impressive performance yesterday
as the Giants bowed, FL, to the
Cleveland Indians before 11,177 on
lockers at Oklahoma City.
Matching pitches with Cleveland's
fireball Highlander, Bobby Feller,
the 28-year-old recruit limited the
Tribe to six bingles in the eight in
nings he worked while the Giants
nicked Feller for seven hits in seven
frames.
Ayers, who uses a forkball and
good curve ball In the clutch, de-
served better fate as the winning
Cleveland tally was unearned.
In his previous start on April l,
Ayers, who won 81 games and lost
10 for the Southern Association
champion Atlanta Crackers last
year. blanked the Chicago White
Sox, 20, on six hits.
DALLAS, Tex. Catcher Clyde
Mccullough of the Chicago Cubs
will be out Of action for several days
with twisted ankle. Bob Schefflng
and Mickey Livingston will share
the receiving burden during McCul-
1ough's absence. Outfelder Bill
Nicholson still is being used as a
pinch hitter until his charley horse
completely heals. Pitcher Hank
Borowy's blistered finger still Is sore.
SHREVEPORT, Lat was old
home day for Manager Ted Lyons
of the Chicago White Sox in Dallas
yesterday with dozens Of his friends
making the trip from Waco, Tex,
to greet him. Monty Stratton, ex-
Sox pitcher who lost a leg in a
hunting accident eight years ago,
watched the Pale Hose trounce
Dallas, 1913 with Outf1elder Floyd
Christopher pacing the attack by
clouting two homers.
NORFOLK, Va.-The New York
Yangees meet their Norfolk Pied
mont League farmhands today in
their next to last exhibition game
before reaching New York. A num-
Der of Bombers including rookie
Hurler Don johnson, Charley Keller,
Spud Chandler and George Nc
Quinn will skip the game and head
direct for Baltimore, the Yanks'
final stop before hitting the big
town.
MIAMI, Fla. - The Brooklyn |
Dodgers, boasting the best won-lost
exhibition record in the majors, play |
their 18th game against major
league opposition when they tangle
with the st. Louis Browns today.
The Brooks, who completed their
foreign tour by trouncing their
Montreal farm hands yesterday,
have won only of 10 games from
major league opposition.
FORT. WORTH, Tex-Center-
fielder Terry Moore of the st. Louis
Cardinals played his first complete
game of the spring yesterday as the
Red Birds divided a double header
with their Houston Texas League
farm hands at Houston. Moore |
made one of the sensational catches
for which he is famous despite a
knee which is still weak from a
winter operation. In the sixth inning |
of the opener which the Cards lost,
80, Moore made headlong dash |
into left center for Vaughn Hazen's |
line drive and finished with a
diving, glove catch. The Birds took |
the seven inning nightcap, 1912.
MIAMI, Fla.-Fred Sanford and
southpaw speed-ball artist Hooks
lott will pitch for the st. Louis |
Browns against the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers today in the Brownies final eX-
hibition tilt at Miami Field. The
Browns dropped 81 game to
Pittsburgh yesterday when Hank
Greenberg batted in both runs.
MERIDIAN, Miss. - The Detroit
Tigers arrived here today for an en-
counter with Bengal Infielder
Skeeter Webb's hometown team
after closing successful series with
the New Orleans Pelicans yesterday
with a 81 victory.
Every Tiger collected at least one
hit with Rookie First Sacker George
Vico and Jimmy Outlaw chipping in
with three and Outflelder Dick
Wakefield banging out two.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The
Boston Red Sox, their bats silenced
yesterday at Birmingham, Ala, by
22-year-old Bud Lively, Cincinnati
Red rookie Highlander who hand
cuffed them without hit for six
innings, clash with the Rhineland-
ers again today. Manager Joe
Cronin of the Sox expected to have
his promising recruit rightf1elder,
Bill Goodman, back in action.
OWENSBORO, Ky.-The Boston
Braves take on the Milwaukee Brew
ers today and Manager Billy South
worth intends to inject Sibby Sisti
into the outfield. Sisti led the
American Association in batting
while playing shortstop for In
dianapolis last year but apparently
Dick Cutler has retained his short
stop berth and Southworth wants
to make the most of Sisti's batting
power.
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