Evening star., 1950-03-09
Red Sox Varsity
Held 10 } Hits :
In Squad Game
Burt Shotton Sold
On Belordi, Bonus
First Busemun
BY the Associated Press

FIRST busemun
| By the Associated Press
SARASOTA, Fla, Mar. 9.-After
watching Lefty Maury McDermott
and Chuck Stobbs limit his Bos-
ton Red Sox regulars to three hits
in a six-inning intra- squad game
Manager Mccarthy junked today's
plan for another such practice tilt
Ted Williams, Billy Goodman
and Rookie Catcher Sam White
who doubled. were the only varsity
players connecting against Nc
Dermott and Stobbs. Mel Parnell
and AL Papai also limited the Sec
ond-Stringers to three safeties, all
singles.
VERO BEACH, Fla.-Burt
Shotton, Brooklyn Dodgers
manager. has praise for his
bonus first baseman, Wayne
Belardi, up from st. Paul.
Jack Banta, right-handed
pitcher, came up with a sore
right shoulder yesterday and
probably will be dropped from
the roster of the 80 players
making the trip to Miami for
the two-game weekend series
against the Boston Braves.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calf
Manager Billy Meyer of the Pitts
burgh Pirates today nominated his
pitchers for the opening exhibition
games of the spring training
season.
Hal Gregg, John Mccall and
Roy Lint will see service Saturday
as the "a" team meets the st.
Louis Browns at Burbank. The
B" team will meet Seattle of the
Pacific Coast League on the same
day with Forrest Main, Harry
Gumbert and Elmer Riddle work
ing on the mound.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla
The doctor had good news for
Connie Mack today.
DR.. Illarion Gopadze, team
physician of the Philadelphia
Athletics, predicted at least five
Mack pitchers will win Is games
each in 1850 and couple of
others come close to that figure.
The doctor listed as his
potential 15-game winners Phil
Marchildon, Lou Brissie, Joe
Coleman, Dick Fowler and Alex
Kellner.
He added he won't be sur
prised If Carl Scheib and Bobby
Shantz enlarge the big five"
into the "big seven"
BRADENTON, Fla.-Some of
the Boston Braves have started
Manager Billy Southworth worry
ing. Sam Jethroe, the Negro
outflelder who has gone hitless
ii times in four intrasquad prac-
tice games, is complaining about
a sore right shoulder, and Earl
Torgeson, who suffered a shoulder
separation last season, fears that
injury is kicking up again.
TAMPA, Fla.-The Cincinnati
Reds were casting covetous eyes
at Philadelphia's Andy Seminick
today. Seminick is the Phils'
holdout catcher and it's no secret
the Reds would like to have some
backstop help.
I'VE tried to swing a deal for
Andy at the winter meetings. =
said Warren Giles, the Cincinnati
president. 1--WE didn't get to first
base with our talks at that time
but things may be different now"
TUCSON, Ariz.-Al Benton
ran for five days at the Cleve-
land Indians spring training
camp.
Then the big relief pitcher,
who tossed nine wins and lost
six last season, took the mound.
His brief stint yesterday during
batting practice was the first
throwing he's done since COM
ing to camp.
LAKELAND, Fla.-Slugging Vic
Wertz is out after more home runs
this season.
The Detroit Tiger outfielder,
who socked 20 four-baggers while
driving in 1873 runs in 1949, is ap-
preaching the matter studiously
I'm changing my stance at
the plate for more pull on the
ball." Vic said.
Charlie King Kong" Keller
banged out single, double and
triple yesterday to lead the
Lyons" to 9-1 victory over the
Tigers" in the Tigers first intra-
squad game. Rockies Ray Her.
bert and Dick Kinney held the
Tigers" to three hits over a six
inning distance.
ST. PETER S SBURG, Fla
Pitcher Frank Shea, back on trial
with the New York Yankees after
winding up last season with New
ark, will have to prove in a hur-
ry that he belongs with the world
champions.
Hell have to be ready to
pitch very soon," says Manager
Casey Stengel.