Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Harris 10 Keep
Scu|| 10 Defend
In Late Innings
PorterfieId Effective
As Club Hits Peak
In Beating Roberts
By Burton Howkins
Ca cA-ee H-lA
Star Stoff Correspondent

CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. "a,
Roy Sievers will open the sea-
son in leftf1eld for the Senators
and Angel Scull. 5-foot-6 Cuban
Negro. will be his late-inning re-
placement as a defensive meas
ure when the club is nursing q
narrow lead, Manager Bucky
Harris said today.
"Sievers tones up our attack"
Harris said, land so far haven't
seen where he's going to damage
us too much defensively. His
arm will get stronger as he plays
more and even though he can't
throw overland I don't believe
there will be too many occasions
when We'll be hurt by having him
in the outfield.
There will be times. of course,
when the opposition will have a
runner on third who will score
as the result of a long fly to
Sievers. But how many times do
you see a runner thrown out at
the plate on a long fly? Not
many.
"Scull has a good arm, he's
speedy and he'll give us ma
neuverability. When we're lead
ing in the late innings he'll re-
place Sievers. I want to have
Scull around. too, as a pinch
runner"
Paula Likely to Go.
Thus Scull will become the
first colored player to make the
grade with Washington, but it's
unlikely that Carlos Paula. also
a Cuban Negro outfielder. will
be retained. Julio Becquer,
promising Cuban Negro first
baseman. who is expected to
succeed Mickey Vernon even
tually, will be farmed out.
A fourth Cuban colored play
er. Infielder- Outfielder Juan
Delis, has been unable to leave
Cuba because of being a defend
ant in a law suit. but that mat
ter has been cleared and he is
supposed to report to the Sena-
tors at Orlando Saturday. Delis
was being sued for breach of
contract by a baseball promoter
who claimed Juan agreed to play
in four exhibition games but
performed in only two.
Delis, a shortStop when he
batted .298 with Danville Va,
in 1852 and an outf1elder when
he hit .288 with Havana last
season. Is a right-handed hitter
who will have to make a quick
impression to stick. The Sena-
tors break camp Tuesday and
head north.
Three-for- One Deal Sought.
Calvin Griffith, vice president
OF the Senators. admits he is at
tempting to swing deal for a
second baseman. He will offer
an unidentified club three of
the Senators lesser lights for
the player he is seeking.
1.-THE other team isn't con-
cerned with getting players of
major league caliber," Calvin
declared. They want players
to stock a triple-A farm team"
Meanwhile, the Senator'S are
struggling along minus three
regulars and Catcher Ed Fitz-
Gerald. who will share receiving
chores with Joe Upton. Center
Fielder Jim Busby announces he's
about ready to return to duty
after being out more than a week
with a banged right knee, and
Right Fielder Tom Implicit
reports his sore shoulder is
responding to treatment.
Pete Runnels, plagued by q
sore wrist, says there is no i'm
provement. He was on the side
lines yesterday as the Senators
scored their most notable achieve
ment of the spring. They were
confronted by two of the Ma
tional Leagues top pitchers
Robin Roberts and Curt Sim
mons, but beat the Phils, So
as Bob Porterfield and Bob Ross
gave the Senators strong pitch
ing.
Sievers. who has five hits in
his last nine attempts, anc
Mickey Vernon each contributed
two of the Senators nine hits
Eight of them were damned into
two innings against Roberts. who
pitched three hitless innings be-
(See SENATORS, Page C-3)