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Evening star., 1954-04-12
Patton FaIters al End
As Two Old Pros Tie
For Masters Crown
By MerreII WhittIesey
sior ssoff Correspondent

AUGUSTA, Ga, April IL. -
Sam Snead and Ben Hogan are
playing today for a golf title
that, in the minds of most of the
$4,000 people here yesterday
doesn't belong to either.
It's almost unbelievable that a
playoff between two of the great
est golfers who ever lived would
be anti-climactic, but that's the
story of the 18th Masters tourna-
ment, the one that got away from
Billy 10 Patton.
1t was cloudy and hot today
as Snead and Hogan prepared
to start out at pm. before sew
eral thousand fans who were
paying SIS for the privilege of
seeing who would join Jimmy
Demaret as a three time Mas
ter's champion.
CThe start and finish of the
playoff will be broadcast to
the Washington area over
WRC between 2 and 8 pm. and
5 and $500
Patton on Sidelines.
Patton was here too, taking
time out from attending lum-
Der convention to watch the
match that he made possible by
taking z and 6 on the two par
5 holes on the back nine. Billy
10. thf North Carolinian who al
most became the first amateur
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spared the problem Made difference if the other Club
threw all lefehanded hitters aimed at short
fence too manager just gave the ball Walter Just as
everybody knew he would spring training started and
Johnson blew em down. Nobody pitched seven shut
outs IN opening games as Walter and nobody will
WHEN BOB TELLER had his good fast ball he too was
an automatic choice So Hal Newhouser his prime
But Porteed has to do again what he 1953wn 90
lose only 1O-before he rates in that class.
If the Yankees to choose their starter tomorrow on
the basis OF reputation it would merely to
whether Allie Reynolds Lopat pitch But Whitley
Ford Will be Casey Stengel choice and why Reynolds
was cobbered few days 1t may be early Lopa
who is pushing &c..
There three perfectly legitimate reasons for picking
Ford One he only 25 Two he the only Yankee pitcher
to work full nineinning this spring. Three Washing
ton has never beaten the young The his
pigeons.
THE SMART PITCHER is not likely to dispute his man
ayers CHOICE The idea is to win possible
including the arspanged opener some pitchers-very
good ones ooset great store by performing opener
especially in Washington before the President
Bobo Newsom When he was with the Senator'S
Bobo batted like demon in the spring an effort to
vince Harris that he better choice than
Presumably Bobo just liked to pitch openers Washngtons
or otherwise and during his wanderngs the American
League he managed to open times.
Twice Bucky Harris crossed him up completely that
Newsom suked Once Jimmy DeShong selected another
time it was Joe Cascarela vice president Laurel
Race Course BoboS of anguish Both
DeShong and Cascarena, incidentally knocked out
Newsom of course always games he was
better pitcher At contract time the following winter
in position to remind Clark Griffith that he won 16
or l8 gamesmore than anybody ese usually
been poness for DeShong Cascarea to jog the Old
memory by saying, But pitched the opening game"
PERCENTAGEW1sE IVES FERRELL was tops as an
opening game pitcher. Won six out of six He natural
in his younger days with Cleveland his arm was
healthy and he could throw hard AS rookie and
then reeled off 25 % and % for of 81 wins
Wes still had of his stuff when to the Red
Sox but by the time he arrived Washington 1887 he was
pitching with his head not with his all right for
couple of years. considering that was merely thubng
the ball up to the plate, Twice in he started the
Senators off wingng
Evening star., 1954-04-12
1ibor Hazi Wins Opener
In World Table Tennis
ey 'he Assoeioted Pres.

LONDON. April 12.-Tibor
Hazi of Washington, D. c.; Dick
Miles of New York and Bernard
Bukiet of Chicago advanced to-
day In the singles division of
the world table tennis champion
ships.
Hazi. American team captain.
defeated M. Finberg of Israel.
21-5. 21-14. 21-9, in his open
ing match. Miles, the United
States chief title hope, defeated
E. Lyttik of Denmark, 2I-l2,
2l--15, 21-16, and L. Cturani of
Italy. 2l-11, 21-11, 21-15.
Bukiet erased j. Scheffer of the
Netherlands 21-19. 2l-l5,
21-13.
Evening star., 1954-04-12
Injured Kellogg Lapses
Into Constant DeIirium
BY the Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April IL.
-Junius Kellogg, whose volun-
teered disclosures in 1851 broke
the gambling scandal in college
basketball, has slipped into vir-
tual constant delirum at Vet
erans' Administration Hospital
here.
Kellogg. a member of the Har-
lem Globetrotters 'B" team and
former basketball star at Man
haitian College, was injured
critically when the car in which
he was riding overturned April
2 near Pine Bluff, Ark.
Kellogg's doctor said last night
the 6-foot-8 player from Ports
mouth, Va, has reached more
critical stage and is delirious
most of the time. He is para
lyzed from a severed spinal cord.
and surgery would be of no
benefit, the doctor said.
The doctor added that even
if Kellogg should recover, he
would be paraplegic (paralyzed
on both sides of his body from
the waist down.
Evening star., 1954-04-12
Red Sox and Dodgers
Grapefruit Leaders,;
Yankees at Bottom
By the Assoeioted Press

Boston's young Red Sox and
Brooklyn's nine old men have
won the American and National
League spring championships,
with the Yankees in the cellar
of the American League and the
Pirates a strong second to the
Dodgers in the National.
That's how they looked today
at the end of the annual Grape
fruit League campaign. But no
one takes this loop too seriously
because when the regular season
gets under way tomorrow all the
clubs will find their own level.
But the spring season does
give some indication of the po-
tential strength and weaknesses
of each team.
Take the Red Sox, for example.
Even without their injured star,
Ted Williams, they have been
playing good, if not sensational,
ball. When Williams hurt his
shoulder more than month ago
the experts said Lou Boudreau's
young team would be lucky to
finish in the first division.
Now they're revising their
opinions. If the Indians don't
show more than they have the
Red Sox could beat them out.
Boston concluded operations yes
terday with So victory over
the Milwaukee Braves for their
10th triumph against 13 defeats.
Leo Kiely went eight innings
for the Red Sox and gave the
Braves only four singles. Jackie
Jensen hit a home run for the
winners.
AS for the Dodgers, they rolldd
through their opposition with
business-like dispatch, compiling
a 22-11 record and topping it
off with three victories in a row
over the Yanks. Their final
triumph over Casey Stengel,s
crew yesterday was by So.
Billy Loes, Johnny Podres and
tSee BASEBALL, Page A-23.)
Evening star., 1954-04-12
Bowie Opening Toda,
With Field Of Nine
In Featured Sprint

With one eye on Laurel's rec
ord-breaking meeting, which
ended Saturday. and the other
on growing competition from
major league baseball in WASH
ington and Baltimore, Bowie
was ready today for the start of
its 21-day spring session.
Post time for the first race
throughout the meeting will be
LAS pm.
Laurel finished with an aver
age daily pari-mutuel handle of
$1.197, ,160, or more than suffici-
ent to keep the wolf from the
door. Bowie, bucking thorough
bred and harness racing in New
York as we'll as baseball, doesn't
expect to match those figures,
although General Manager How
ard S. Pierce hoped for a mil
a0rl-a day average. ss-
Last spring, when Bowie was
the scene of a combined Laurel
Bowie meeting, the average was
1884 ,045. but the track finished
the year with a $1,129,101 aver
age.
Tomorrow opening game be-
tween the Senators and Yankees
here probably will take some of
Bowie's customers. Baltimore S
home debut with the White Sox
Thursday also figures to get
some. It will be a gala day in
Baltimore, even if some of the
excitement is a synthetic brand,
whipped up by those anxious to
see the Orioles make good.
By and large, however, Bowie
will not be hit too hard by the
diamond sport. The Orioles have
only seven games during the
meeting and three are at night.
The Senators play Is games dur
ing the same period, but IL are
under the lights.
Handicapped John S. Turner
got good field of nine sprinters
for today's -furlong feature,
with Mrs. Ada L. Rice's Pet Bully
and w. H. Foales' just Sidney
listed as early co-fayorites.
AS five contenderS for the big
pNITTT7
Evening star., 1954-04-12

N. c., to meet the Green Bay
Packers before the Baltimore ex-
hibition with the Colts.
For the first time all pre-
season games will be played at
night. The second game of the
regular league schedule with the
SteelerS at Pittsburgh also will
be played at night.
The complete schedule:
Preseason.
August II. llth Naval District ALL
Stars at San Diego Is, Rams at Los
Angeles; 21. Forty-Niners at Sacra-
mento: -, Lions at Detroit.
September 4, Chicago Bears at CO.
lumbia, S. c.: IL. Green Bay at Ra-
leish. N. c. IL. Colts at Baltimore.
League Games
- September 26. Forty Miners at San
Francisco: October . SteeIers at Pitts
eurgh might 10. New York Giants
here; II. Philadelphia Eagles here: "a,
Grants at New York; 81, Baltimore,
November T. Browns at Cleveland; IA
Pittsburgh Steelers here: u. Cardinals
at Chlcaso: 2S, Eagles at Philadelphia.
December 8. Cleveland Browns here:
~. Chicago Cardinals here
Evening star., 1954-04-12
Full 1854 Schedule Announced
Redskins Will Play 79 Games,
Including Seven Exhibitions

The Redskins announced their
complete 1854 football schedule
today, including playing dates
for the preseason coast-to-
coast junket beginning in Cal
ifornia in July. The list includes
seven non-league games and the
regular II league games.
General Manager Dick Nc
Cam disclosed that the Red
skins will fly back to San Fran
cisco to open the league season
against the Forty Miners Sep
tember 26, and will close their
season here December II against
the Chicago Cardinals. The San
Francisco game, and one with
the Baltimore Colts here Octo-
ber 81, represent the Redskins
two inter division games. The
other 10 are the usual home-and-
home series with division rivals.
The Redskins exhibition ef-
forts will be concentrated in
California and in the South At
lantic section this year. instead
of rambling all over the coun-
try on a ''see-America-firSt"
basis. They play three games
in California, leading off with
the annual Los Angeles Times
Boys Club contest with the
Rams.
The exhibition string ends in
a game with the Colts at Bal
timore September 18.
An exhibition with the Detroit
Lions, 1858 league champions,
at Detroit. August 81, is the only
break in the homeward journey
from the coast. The team will
make Washington its headquar-
terS for the last three games,
flying to Columbia. S. c.. to play
the Chicago Bears, and Raleigh,
Evening star., 1954-04-12
Probable Pitchers
For Opening Games
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, April 12.-Prob-
able pitchers for the major league
opening games tomorrow Qast
years won and lost records in
parentheSeS):
tAll Times Eastern Standard.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn at New York 80 pml-
Erskine fa0-6l VS.. Maglie lS-9l
Milwaukee at Cincinnati C2:30 p.m1
-Buhl fl3-S1 VS., Ppdbielan t6-I6l.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh q 30 IN. j
Roberts t23-16) VS.. Friend (S-llt,
Chicago at ST. Louis e2;30 pm. -
Minner tl2-15l VS.. Haddfx C20-9l.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York at Washington g p.m)-
Ford dS-6) VS.. Porterfield t22-l0 or
Stobbs t11-S).
Baltimore at Detroit 60 p.m.I-cole-
man t3-4l or Larsen t7-l2l VS.. Gromek
t7-9) or Hoeft t9-14l.
Cleveland at Chicago t2:30 p.mD-
Wynn n7-12l VS.. Pierce (1S-12l.
Boston at Philadelphia t2:05 p.mD-
Parnell t21-S) vs. Shantz t5-9i.
Evening star., 1954-04-12
St. Louis Fons Tuke Dim View
Everyone Sad About Slaughter,
1t Seems, Except the Yankees .
ZAP Wirephoto.

down his face, something I
never expected to happen. I've
given my life to this organization
and they let You go when they
think you're getting old.
What gets me is that they let
you go before you're finished.
I've still got some good years Of
baseball left in me. I'll give Casey
Stengel 100 per cent. just as I've
given every ball club I've ever
played for.">
Stanky Unhappy. Too.
Eddie Stanky, the Cardinals
manager. was equally sad. say
ing: ?
Its one of those tough things
that managers have to face. If
there's any bright side 10 this, a
championship ball player is go
ing to a championship club"
st. Louis fans took dim view
of the transaction. They called
it everything from crazy" to
a dirty deal"
Slaughter had been pegged as
a probable starter in rightf1eld
for the Cards opening game.
But the st. Louis outfield now
probably shapes up with Stan
Musial in left, Rookie Wally
Moon in center and Rip Repul-
ski in right
StanKy, who says he feels the
23-year-old Moon is ready for
major league ball, termed it a
deal that may see a young ball
player fill Slaughter's shoes. and
that is not an easy job"
He said the rockies should be
used and "if I had Enos sitting
(See SLAUGHTER, Page A-21J
Evening star., 1954-04-12
NJ Dermotf 5 Showing
Real Shot in Arm for
Series With Yankees
By Burton Hawkins

There's surge Of optimism
among the Senators and some
uneasineSs among the lordly
Yankees on the eve of their OPEN
er tomorrow at Griffith Stadium.
Maury McDermott's slick
pitching effort against the Pi-
rates yesterday as the Washing
ton club finished its exhibition
schedule with a 90 victory has
served to boost the Senator'S
spirits.
There's an air of apprehension
among the champions. beaten
eight straight times by major
league clubs in their worst train
ing period since Casey Stengel
took over in 1949. The Yankees
won 8, lost 19 against major
league opposition and Stengel is
not diSmissing the record lightly.
Our inf1eld isn't what it was"
ne said. '"They are letting
things go through them they
used to get. The outfield isn't
much better and pitching hasn't
been sharp"
Face Ford and Lopat.
. Any inclination of the Sena-
tors to become too chesty has
been restrained. however, by the
announcement of Stengels pitch
ing selections for tomorrow and
wednesday. Whitley Ford, never
beaten by Washington, will start
tomorrow against Bob Porter
field or Chuck Stobbs. Ed Lopat.
like Ford lefthander and un-
defeated by the Senators since
midseason of 1851, will pitch
Wednesday.
Against those pitchers who
have plagued the Senators, Man
ager Bucky Harris will send Tom
Umphlett to rightf1eld, altering
a previous decision to play the
left-handed hitting Tom Wright
there regardless of whether the
pitching is righthanded or left
handed. Ed FITZGERALD will be
behind the plate.
Harris hopes he has the anti
dote for the Yankees left-hand-
ers this season in Roy Sievers,
his cleanup hitter, and Umph-
lett, .283 batter with the Red
Sox last year. They will be the
fresh faces in a Washington
lineup which is confident of
winding up in the first division
for the first time since 1916.
There's an inclination among
most baseball fans to feel that
the Yankees will emerge from
their lethargy. as usual, when
the chips are down tomorrow.
Left-Handed Hitters.
Against Ford and Lopat, Har-
rls Will present batting order
which will contain only two left
handed hitters, exclusive of his
I
pitching choice. Mickey Yer
non, the leagues leading hitter
last season with a .337 average.
and Shortstop Pete Runnels will
be the only southpaw swingers
IN the Senators batting order
when President Eisenhower sends
the teams into action at 3 pm.
with his toss from a fiag-be-
decked box adjacent to the
Washington dugout.
Ford, who won Is games and
lost six last season, has a so
lifetime mark against Washing
ton. He had an Indifferent
spring, allowing 10 runs in 23h
innings, yielding IS hits. Lopat
repeatedly bothered by sore
arm until recently, has whipped
the Senators IL straight times
Stengel said he will not reveal
his lineup until tomorrow. Har-
rls' batting order will have Eddie
Yost leading off and he'll be fol-
lowed by Umphlett, Vernon.
SleVers. Jim Busby, Runnels
tSee SENATORS. Page A-21)
Evening star., 1954-04-12

Porterfeld? Didn't he win twice as many
games as Stobbs?
Managers don't always lead with their
nominal aces, although that is standard
practice, all things being equal. But some
times there are factors to consider. For
instance, a manager is likely to consider
whom he is playing Is a southpaw-swinging
club more likely to be beaten by lesser
pitcher who throws lefthanded than by
superior workman who is righthanded? 1t
calls for fine weighing of percentages, plus
a gambling instinct And, of course, luck!
In Lnl ltnn IAln al.Li
Evening star., 1954-04-12
WIN, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN

been waggng since Bucky Harris hedged identity
his pitcher opener with
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Harrison-Out
444 342 454-34
Harrison-In
-, 443 asa 334-34-6s-as1
AS 343 454--36
443 544 ea4-33-e9-aa1
ever to win COLTS most exclusive
title, is lumber salesman by
trade and always will be. iii
never turn pro- he said. st
play golf for fun"
After four days of firing at the
toughest pin placements in Mas
ters history. and possibly the
toughest in all tournament golf,
Hogan and Snead tied at 289,
one over par for 72 holes and
three strokes over the highest
score ever to win the Masters.
Billy 10 was shot back at 290
and everybody else was forgotten.
It's customary for pros in
volved in playoff to divide the
spoils before they tee off, but you
can bet Snead and Hogan will
not talk this one over. There's
$4,000 to the winner, $3,l25 to
the runnerup and the only thing
they'll split will be share of the
gate. Total prize money was in
creased to $25,000.
Good Show at End.
For the first three days of the
Masters, a lot of people were say
ing something was missing. The
weather was bad, the golf medi-
ocre. In fact, Patton had saved it
from being the dullest champion
ship in some time. But there was
plenty of drama yesterday.
When it was over Snead re-
covered from a Wobbly start to
shoot par-72 for his 289. Patton
came along a half-hour later,
but he visited water hazards
twice on the back nine and
missed an 18-footer on the last
green that would have tied
Snead And another half hour
later Hogan had played the last
four holes in one under par
to gain the tie. finishing with
a rs. Or as Ben put it. "stagger-
ing to a 75." Patton's round was
II, a 80 and 80.
At the premature presentation
ceremonies yesterday afternoon,
Hogan told Bobby Jones and an
audience of thousands that
Snead probably would outdrive
him today and get closest to
the pins on the green, but he
hoped to get the ball in the hole
first. Snead said if the cups still
were as tough to find maybe Ben
would have trouble finding the
cups as we'll as himself.
Ace Sets off WhoOps.
Patton, remember, was the
first day co-leader with a 70
after having gained some small
fame by winning the driving
contest. He was the undisputed
halfway leader with IA after
slipping slightly to a IA. He made
a fine comeback the third round
to shoot rs, but was five strokes
back of Hogan with 18 holes to
play.
Nobody was very excited when
the 31-year-old amateur played
the first five holes yesterday in
even par. But at the sixth hole
the fellow Tar Heels in Billy
JOS gallery let out a war whoop.
They jumped and chanted and
shouted because Billy 10 had
made a hole in one. 1t was a
5-iron shot that hit smack in
the cup on the carry. Patton
was so excited he Rugged Jimmy
Demaret. his playing partner.
After Patton pared the seventh
Continued on Page A-21, Col. ~
Evening star., 1954-04-12
BY the AssoeIoted Press

NEW YORK, April 12.-Enos
Country Slaughter. the balding
old warhorse of the st. Louis
Cardinals, joined the Yankees
today and, if history repeats
itself, he will be Just the in
surance Casey Stengel needs to
win his sixth straight American
League pennant.
Slaughter, a veteran of 16
years with the Cardinals. was
dealt to the Yanks yesterday,
less than 48 hours before the
opening of the season, for Pitcher
Mel Wright and three unnamed
players who will be assigned I'd
the st. Louis farm clubs,
Slaughter will be 38 April 27.
Five times before. the Yanks
have reached into the National
League for players other clubs
thought were washed up and
almost every time the deal
turned out to the advantage of
the world champions.
They obtained Johnny Mize
from the Giants, Johnny Hopp
from Pittsburgh, Johnny Sain
from the former Boston Braves,
Ewell Blackwell from Cincinnati
and Johnny Schmitz from Brook
lyn.
Could Be Shot in Arm.
Mize retired this year after
helping the Yanks for five sea-
sons and Sain came back in
answer to an emergency call
from Stengel. He won IA games
last year. his fourth with the
Yanks, then decided to call it a
career before he returned to
action.
So with Mickey Nantes bad
leg still a question mark and the
Yanks f1oundering along under
their worst spring training rec
ord since Stengel took over,
Slaughter could be just The shot
in the arm they need. tIe always
has been a hustle guy.
For his part, Slaughter who
compiled lifetime batting aver
age of .305, was unhappy over
the deal-so unhappy that he
broke down and wept when he
was told of the trade.
This is the biggest shock of
my life." he said, tears streaming
Evening star., 1954-04-12
Exhibition Baseball
YESTERAY,S RESULTS
BY the Associated Press
AMERICAN IHAcVIr

HESTEkNf'S RESULTS
Washington tAl o. Pittsburgh tN) ..
Boston (Al ). Milwaukee tN4 -
Baltimore tAi ). 81, Louis fN4 g..
Chicago IN L.. Chicago tA1 8.
New York IN 5. Cleveland tAl 10
inningSl.
Cincinnati M s. Detroit CAY 5.
Brooklyn M 5. New York lAl >
(A) o.
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Senators, 9; Pirutes. Z

'Struck out for O'Donnell in 9th.
1Popped UP for Houge in Sth.
Pittsburgh OlO 600 OO1-o
Washington go 2IO lOx-g
Runs batted in---Vernon f5), Busby
Runnels. McDermott. Thomas Vernon
scored on rundown in 2d). Two-base
hits-Vernon. Three-base hits--Runnels
Home run--Vernon. Stolen baSe-Busby
Double plays--Terwilliger to Runnels to
Vernon t2l, Runnels to TerwilligeT to
Vernon Gordon to Roberts to Ward
Left on base-Pittsburgh. a Washing
ton. s Bases on balls--Of McDermott.
8: OF oDonnell. 1: OF Hogue. .; of
Ycchim.. Struck out--By McDermott,
4 by oDonnell. 2 by Hogue, 4: by
) innings: of Hogue; in 2 innings; on
Yochim. in l inning: of McDermott,
. in Z innings: of Stewart. 3 in 2 in
mines: Runs and earned runs-oa
Yochim, 90; of McDermott, 10: of
Stewart. III Hit by pitcher-By
Winning pitcher
McDermott Losing pitcher-oDonnsll
Time-2:10. Attendance-2.s .s66.
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TEXAS LEAGUE.
w l. Pct

W. L. Pct. W. L. PCT.
Shveport 900 Tulsa 23 500
Dallas 3 ! 100 Houston IL .3I:A
#, Worth .a65 San Ant.io i3 ,25H
Shreveport. as: Tulsa I'll.
Fort Worth. 30: San Antonio, 4--6
Dallas 9: Houston, 4.
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Continued on Page A-21, Col. H.
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Minor Leagues
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION:

W. L. Pct. ". e. Pct
n. Orleans 4 9 1.0no Mobile IL .333
Liisie Rk 1880 Memphis Memphis ds 33 333
Chat,n'ga . 1 .667 BIN CHAM D 900
Atlanta. 3: Mobile. q.
Little Rock. DO: Nashville, FL.
end sixth (curfewl, Memphis leading
So be completed.
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Cards of Leaders
By the Assoeiated Press

AUGUSTA, Ga, April H.
Final round cards of the leaders
In the Masters golf tournament !:
Par-Out 454 343 454-36
Par-In 443 545 344-3t--o
Hogan-Out
553 3I3 554--37
Hosan-In 463 554 344-3s--75-2s9
454 49, 454-37
Snead-In 444 444 344-35--ro-oso
Patton-Out
Patton-In
444 736 344-39-71-o9o
Harrison-Out
444 342 454-34
Harrison-In
Mangrum-Out
445 343 454-36
Mancrum-In
443 544 a34-33-69-2a
Evening star., 1954-04-12

(See BOWIE, Page A-23.)