Evening star., 1952-01-20
Club Lists IS Pitchers,
Half Of Them Over 80;
Campos Best Rookie
By Burton Hawkins

The Mats 1852 roster was rel
leased yesterday by Vice President
Calvin Griffith and quantity will
be the keynote when the club
starts spring training February
"a at Orlando. Fla.
There will be As players-in-
cluding seven signed to Chat
tanooga and Charlotte contracts
under Manager Bucky Harris,
who isn't optimistic enough to bel
impressed by the quality of his
flock.
There will be 18 pitchers, half
Of them more than 80 years old
and II with losing records last
year. Three others with winning
records achieved them at Ports
mouth, Va, Chattanooga and
Havana. Connie Marrero, the
Mats big winner last. season with
an 11-9 mark, is listed as beingt
81 years old, but a more accurate
figure would be AZ. Anyway, his
aging arm is getting no rest, for
he's pitching in the Cuban Winter
League.
Elliott No Y0ungster.
Glenn Elliott, drafted from the
Pacific Coast League after COM
piling a 14-14 record with Sacra-
mento. is identified as 20, but the
record book shows he's 80. Elliott,
Tommy Upton-a 1893 hitter with
the Browns-and Floyd Baker,
1858 hitter with the White Sox-
represent the extent of the Mats
efforts to improve through the
waivers or trades.
Harris will be inclined to take
long looks at Jim Barnhardt, who
won 19. games and lost 8 with
Portsmouth last season. and Lee
Fleshman, 21-year-old HyattSville
righthander who won 20 games
and lost 8 with Charlotte. Flesh
man is destined to advance to
Chattanooga. but will work out
with Washington.
The glamor boy of the Mats
rockies, though, will be Frank
Campos, a sturdy Cuban who
batted at a 1868 clip at Charlotte.
then moved up with Washington
late in the season to hit .423 in
eight games before suffering a
broken hand. He's a lefthand hit
ter who may be alternated in
rightfield with Sam Mele.
Hopes for Improvement. l.
Gil Coan, who recently expressed
q desire to be traded, is the only
regular who batted 300 last sea-
son. Harris is hoping the Mats
will avoid the cellar with improved
performances by Mickey Vernon,
Eddie Yost. Irv Noren. Cass Mi
chaels and Pete Runnels. Il
There's little to recommend the L
catching. Clyde Kluttz is will /
ing worker who batted .313 last s
year, but he played in only 81
games due to a knee which con-
tinually pops out Of place. Mickey ]
Grasso was a distinct disappoint- 4
ment with his .206 hitting and is
another player who has said he'd
like to be traded.
The Mats bosses are high on
Orlando Echevarria as a receiver
but he batted only .282 with Erie
last season. Otherwise the catch
ing staff is rounded out by Frank
Sacka, who hit .227 with Chatta-
nooga.
The spring training schedule
follows:
March S-Philadephia AS at Orlando,
MsTch MMarch ,99-Phtladelphia tIodt As st Orlando
March 14-st. Louis Cardinals at 81.
March Ie-petroit at Orlando.
MaLen I1-New YORK Yankees at st.
:, March 1s-Philadelphia Phillies at
(learWaGer. 4
March 20-Boston Red sox at Orlando.
March 2l-Brooklyn at Miami mighty. Ii
March 22-Philadelphia AS at West
Palm Beach.
p. March NJ a..ss sss-PhiiadelDhia AS at West
March 25-Philadelphia Philies at
Orlando.
March 26-Detroit at Lakland
March 27-Chattanooga at Winter Ger
den.
March 2s-Cincinnati at Tampa
March 29-Charlotte VS.. Orlando, 1 Il
Pm; chattanooea vs.. washington, pm.
March 30-Detroit at Orlando.
April New York Yankees at Or
lando.
April 2-cincinnati at Orlando.
April 3-cincinnati at Charleston.
o. C. "a
April 4-cincinnati at Wilmington,
o. C.
April 5-Cincinnati at Columbia, g, C. Ii
April 6-Cincinnati at Charlotte, N. C.
April Cincinnati at Roanoke, Va
April S-Cincinnatt at Bluefeld.
w. Va.
=. April 9-Cincinnati at Charles Town.
April 1o-Brooklyn at Washington,
April 1S@Pittsbursh at Washington,
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