Evening star., 1951-03-01
In the Troinine Comps
BY the Assoeioted Press

LAKELAND, Fla. Mar. 1.-The
Tigers played golf instead of base
ball yesterday. Manager Red
Rolfe gave the squad holiday
and it was devoted to the First
Annual Tiger Golf Tournament" :"
Second Baseman Jerry Priddy
won with a 1-over-par 70.
BRADENTON. Fla.-With Out
fielder Willard Marshall, last OF
the holdoutS, in line. Manager
Billy Southworth will nave most
of his Braves squad available for
today'S workouts.
Marshall came to terms last
night after a brief meeting with
John Quinn, the newly arrived
general manager.
Bob Elliott, veteran i,llird base
man. will be one of the few alb
sentees. He is driving here from
the West Coast and is not due
until tomorrow.
SARASOTA. Fla.-All Of the
Red Sox veterans except Out
fielder Dom DiMaggio will be
available today when Manager
Steve O'Neill gives his non-bat-
terymen their first spring work
out.
DiMaggio is the only Red Sock
er unsigned. although he has been
here for several days. He said he
was ready to do SO but intimated
he wanted to talk with General
Manager Joe Cronin. due here to-
day, before actually committing
himself for 1851, +
" AVALON. Calif.-Veteran Right
Handler Johnny Wander Nicer has
arrived at the Cubs camp. bringing
to 81 the number of players on
hand.
: Only First Baseman Preston
Ward and Pitcher Frank Hitler
are among the missing. Yester-
day Manager frankie Frisch spent
one and one-half hours on batting
and unlimbered his big group OF
is pitchers.
PASADENA, Calif.-The White
Sox have moved from their pre-
liminary camp at Palm Springs to
their old base at Brookside Park.
, Manager Paul Richards. weak
ened by influenza. has a force of
(, 43 players working out. Four of
these, however, are merely pass
ing inspection and are not official
members of the roster. They are
Luis Garcia. Venezuelan third
baseman; Sam Hairston, Negro
catcher; ). w. Porter, bonus kid
catcher, and Tom Hurd. Memphis
pitcher.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla
The links are no jinX, figures
Manager Jimmy Dykes, SO he's
told the golf enthusiasts among
the Athletics to go right ahead
and play.
Said Jimmy. "a lot Of man
ayers used to object to. golf :
playing on their squads. They.
claimed that because a golf ball
is a stationary target the game
ruined a players baseball swing.
But that's a lot of nonsense.
Whether you're hitting golf ball
or a baseball, you've got to have
that snap of the wrist-the
principle is the same"
SAN BERNARDINO. - General
Manager Branch Hickey will greet
the 1851 Pirate aggregation today
with a lecture-"Why Finish in
Last Place."
i Rickey's program calls for a
four-day course and it excludes
,newspapermen.
Manager Bill Meyers opening
day player workout was restricted
to few turns around the park
to timber up.
+ TUCSON, Ariz.-Outfelde Dale
Mitchell appeared today to be
about the only Indian regular with
a rookie seriously challenging his
job.
The rookie is San Diego's Harry
Simpson. but Mitchell, a we'll
established 300 hitter, says: Il
wish all I had to worry about is
having Simpson beat me out"
Mitchell hit two singles and a
double in yesterdays intra- squad
game. But Simpson got two singles
and a triple in the same game, the
triple with the bases loaded.
Z. TAMPA, Fla.-Things are shep-
ing up for a f1ve-way scrap for
4two starting berths in the Reds
tnfleld. The fifth entrant in the
shortstop-second base battle was
assured yesterday when Connie
Ryan agreed to terms.
Ryan, Bobby Adams and Virgil
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