Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02
Red Grange Outscores All Football Greats Hall Of Fame Vote
On the Grapefruit Circuit
On the Grapefruit Circuit
Red Sox 'Fenwoy Park Infield
Clicks, Pesky to Play on Road
By the Asseeia'ed Press

BY the Associd.ed Press
| SARASOTA. Fla. April AT
long last, Manager Steve O'Neill
of the Red Sox has given concrete
evidence that he intends to employ
two infields this season-one for
THE home park and one for the
road. ~,
Red Sox observers in Sarasota
lstill were buzzing today in the
wake of Boston's 14-hit, Stool
blasting of the Detroit Tigers,
using O'Neill's tentative ''FenWay
Park lineup"
Vern (Junior) Stephens. here
tofore the regular shortstop. start
led at third base, Lou Boudreau
took over shortstop and nimble
little Johnny Pesky rode the bench
until later in the game when he
relieved Capt. Bobby Doerr at
second base.
Pesky to Play on. Road.
In all likelihood, O'Neill indi-
Gated, Boudreau and Stephens
will play in the same infield in
Boston, where the left-field fence
lis the shortest in the majors. With
Walt Dropo playing first base and
Doerr second, the Red Sox will
be able to throw an entire inf1eld
of long-ball right-hand hitters at
enemy pitching.
But on the road, O'Neill said,
Pesky will be his third baseman.
In larger parks, the left-handed
little inf1elder's batting talents
figure to be of far more value
than at home. where it's virtually
as easy for one of the big right
hand guns to homer as to single.
Where that leaves Stephens and
Boudreau, while on the road, still
is big question. One will have
to sit on the bench, but it's the
sort of problem a manager doesn't
mind.
Both Can Play Third.
It's not believed there was any
great significance in the fact that
Stephens. not Boudreau, was the
"Fenway Park third baseman'
yesterday. Both can play third
| as well as short. O'Neill indicated
he used Stephens on third be.
cause he felt shortstep would be
a bit too demanding on Juniors
ailing ankle.
Boston baseball writer's, how.
ever, got little else definite from
the rotund pilot. Refusing to be
pinned down, O'Neill said: "I DOM
even know if Walt Dropo will play
first base. I don't know what my
infield is going to be-"
The new Boston pitching
hopes" Ray Scarborough and Bill
Wright. throttled the Tigers or
seven hits. Youngster Billy Hoeft
took most Of the Red Sox bonn
bardment.
PHOENIX. Ariz.-They man.
aged to keep Mickey Mantle ou
of the Yankees lineup just two
days because Of strained righ
wrist.
. The sensational 19-year-olt
rookie was back in action in RICH
field in yesterdays 6-3 victory owe
: the Pirates. His three singles il
!, , four times at bat bounced tw,
! runs across the plate.
9 Manager Casey Stengel said h,
was going to move the youngstel
around to all three outfield spot!
) to get him used to them.
Eddie Lopat. the Yankees vet
eran lefthander. worked seven in
nings and was the winning pitch
err. He allowed seven hits, three
of them in the opening inning
when the Pirates scored their first
) run. Lefty Joe Ostrowski finished
| with two innings of hitless ball.
I The Yankees optioned Pitcher
| Ernie Newell and Outfielder Hank
Workman to Kansas City anc
Pitcher Wally Hood and Infieldel
Jim Brideweser to San Francisco
TUCSON, Ariz.-The Indian.
looked to two newly acquired 81.
year-old veterans today to fill theil
1 need for reserve infield strength
For Freddie Marsh, a 27-year,
/ old rookie inf1elder. and a wac
S of cash that NAV have been neal