Evening star., 1952-03-29

Trade Talk d, Auain
After Yank Bigwigs
Look Over Ily Noren
By Burton Hawkins
Star Siuff Cosrespondsns

| Star Sfoff Correspondent
ORLANDO. Fla. Mar. 2s.-Re-
sumption Of trade talk between
the Mats and Yankees appeared
likely today after General Man
lager George Weiss and Coach Bin
IDickey OF New York devoted yes
terday afternoon appraising Irv
Noren. Washington's center fielder.
Weiss and Dickey. deserving the
Yankees game with the Tigers at
lSt. Petersburg, Travelled 20 miles
lup the road to watch the Mats
drop SIS decision to the Cincin-
matt Reds in 10 innings at Tampa.
It was obvious In whom they
were interested. They watched
Noren as he ran to and from his
position. In the batter's circle,
Iafleld and at bat. They had eyes
only for Irv.
Watch Irv's Running.
Noren didn't obtain q hit and
performed no heroics afield, but
apparently would be Of little con-
Germ to the Yankee brass. They've
seen Noren play over. q two-year
stretch and are aware Of his
capabilities. It's more likely they
were inspecting his running to de-
ltermine II a knee injury suffered
some weeks ago while playing golf
has slowed him up.
Weiss previously had dispatched
scouts to view Noren and his
personal appearance for the first
time could be significant. He
wasn't there merely to view a
game when a better one was
likely to be seen at st. Peters,
burg. He has no reason to be
interested In the Cincinnati club.
II the Yankees aren't interested
In Noren, they're having q tough
time proving 1t to themselves.
Earlier exhibition games saw
Johnny Neun and Paul Kritcheil
lof the Yankees scouting stan
following the Mats like detec-
|tives.
|. Stengel Experimenting.
It's possible the Yankees are
interested in Noren more from q
defensive standpoint than for his
hitting. Manager Casey Stengel
has been testing Gene Woodling.
Bob Cerv and Jackie Jensen In
|centerfleld and Weiss renewed in
terest in Noren would indicate
Casey isn't satisfied he has an
|outfielder who can handle the
position.
Meanwhile, the Mats were
hoping to soar above the 500
level at the expense Of their
Chattanooga farmhands today.
Don johnson was due to face
them If a bothersome left shoul-
der ceased giving him trouble, but
otherwise Chico Marrero was
slated to make his debut.
The game was to be played as
the second portion Of q double
header, with the Mats Charlotte
and Orlando farms clashing In
the opener.
Mats Hit Two H0mers.
I The Mats, who hadn't hit q
home run in IL previous exhibi-
|tions, crashed two in two innings
against the Reds yesterday. Gil
|Coan blasted one over the center
field fence of Herman Wehmeier
in the sixth inning after Bob
Porterfleld singled to give the Mats
ia % tie.
Porterfield was clipped for run
in the sixth on Bob Borkowski'sI
single and Andy Seminick's dou-
BILE, but Frank Campos again tied
the score in the seventh when he
rammed q homer over the center
field wall.
Mickey Harris wiggled out Of a.
predicament in the ninth inning,
but Dick Sisler opened the Reds
10th with double. Ted Klus-
zewski popped out, but Hank
Edwards poled q homer over the
center field barrier to break upI
the game.
5 Mats Slow to Start.
Wehmeier found the Mats soft
touches for i've innings. The only
Nat to reach base was Coan, who
popped a single into center in the
fourth inning.
The Reds picked up a run of
Porterfield in the first inning. Ed
Pellagrini singled and with two
out Shortstop Pete Runnels per-
mitted Kluszewski's grounder to
go through him for q two-base
error. Edwards single to left
then scored Pellagrini.
Cincinnati moved into q 20 lead
in the second when Seminick sim
|gled, Roy Mcmillan walked and
Grady Hatton scored Seminick
with single to right.
The Reds obtained 10 hits, while
|Coan and Runnels accounted for
half the Mats hitting with two
|safeties each.
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