Evening star., 1952-03-18
Gerald Lane, Starr
And Moreno 10 Pitch
Against pills Today
By Burton Howkins
Stor Stuff Correspondent

CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. 18.-
Negotiations between the Mats
and Yankees have collapsed com.
pletely, according to Vice Presi-
dent Calvin Grifiith, who con-
ferred at length yesterday with
George Weiss. general manager
Iof the champions.
Right now there isn't q chance
Of a deal with the Yankees" Cal
vim said today. Indications are
that. the player responsible for
ending all trade talks between
the clubs is Outfielder Bob Cerv,
Ia .344 hitter with Kansas City last
year who has been sizzling in ex-
hibition games.
Cerv, a right-handed batter
sought by the Mats, has accounted
for three of the Yankees four
home runs in nine exhibitions. He
was one Of the few players on
the two squads who failed to see
action yesterday as the Yankees
whipped Washington, 8-5. at st.
Petersburg.
Martin Injury Also Factor.
Cerv's hitting, coupled with the
broken leg suffered by Second
Baseman Billy Martin-another
Yankee sought originally by the
Nats-has squelched the possi-
bility of Irv Noren switching to
the Yankees outfield. It comes
as no great blow to the Mats since
the talented Noren has been a
.375 hitter in exhibitions. but the
Mats were hoping to build up
strength at other positions by ac-
quiring three players for Irv.
One Of the spots the Mats had
hoped to fortify is the catching
department. Bucky Harris has
been using Clyde Kluttz, Mickey
Grasso. Orlando Echevarria and
Frank Sacka behind the plate and
they're batting a combined 1872.
( The Tigers repeatedly are anx-
ious to deal for Mickey Vernon,
but young Griffith insists they
haven't approached him recently.
Detroit isn't in too strong. a po-
sition to trade" Calvin said. Like
us, they haven't much reserve
strength. but they have some
pitchers we'd like to grab"
Lane to Oppose PhilIies.
Gerald Lane. the rookie right
handler who held the Athletics
scoreless in his only previous ap-
was to get another test
against the Phillies today. Dick
Starr was to make his debut and
the third pitcher probably will be
Julio Moreno. who pitched three
scoreleSs innings against Detroit
in his first outing.
The Mats got of to a 20 lead
yesterday against Allie Reynolds
in the first inning when Gil Coan
walked. Noren slammed q tre-
triple to right and Ver-
non singled. But the Yankees
tied the score in the
same inning when Cass Michaels'
wild throw on q double-play
chance led to a pair of runs
against ineffective Joe Haynes.
The New Workers moved into a
So lead in the third on singles
by Jerry Coleman, Gil McDougald
and Hank Bauer. and blasted
Sandy Consuegra for two runs in
the fifth and three more In the
sixth.
Michaels Bats in Two.
The Mats picked up two runs in
the sixth when Michaels singled
across Noren and Frank Campos,
both of whom had walked and
advanced on infield outs.
With two out in the ninth, the
Mats Stirred up a mild threat
when Don Crate popped a single
into right and Floyd Baker and
Coan walked. Kal Segrist, play
ing at second base, bobbled Sherry
Robertson's grounder to enable
Crate to score, but Fred Taylor
forced Robertson with grounder
to Segrist. Coleman, Bauer and
Archie Wilson each got three of
the Yankees Is hits, while the
Mats were limited to five by
Reynolds, Jim Mcdonald and Bill
Miller.
Tom Ferrick finished up for the
Mats, holding the Yankees score
less in the final two innings.