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Mays, New Pitchers TO Help "
Giants Sure to Rise, Barring
More Injuries, Durocher Says

and Leo is worried about the
ailing back of his No. l second
baSeman, Dave Williams. who
played in only 112 games last
season.
There were other casualties
last year. Third Baseman Hank
Thompson played in only ia
games, and Outf1elder Monte
Irwin played in but 1874.
Thus far. however, the "a
Giants are in good health.
For power they have Irwin,
Mays, Thompson and Whitley
Lockman. You can add Alvin
Dark to the list of dangerous
hitters. and with him Don
Mueller, who batted 1888. Rookie
Outf1elder Bill Taylor led the
Southern Association with $50,
and Ray Katt. the new catcher,
has shown well at the plate.
The pitching should be pass
able and it might be excellent.
Sal Maglie seems free of a
shoulder condition and veteran
Larry Jansen is throwing well.
He is due for a good season.
The staff was bolStered by the
acquisition of Johnny Antonelli
and Don Liddle from Milwaukee
in the deal for Bobby Thomson.
AL Corwin. Mario Picone,
Marv Grissom, Ruben Gomez.
Jim Hearn, Allan Worthington,
Hoyt Wilhelm are others in the
pitching picture.
Yves Westrum, still hoping to
regain his power at bat. and
Katt. up from Minneapolis.
plus Ebba st. Claire, a giant of
a man obtained in the Milwau-
kee deal, will handle the catch
ing.
Several rockies are showing
fine promise in the infield. but
Durocher probably will go with
Lockman. Williams, Dark and
Thompson, with Bob Holman
standing by.
Foster CaStleman and Ron
Sanford. rookie from Mime
apolis; Bill Gardner from Nash
vile and a bonus player. Joe
Amalf1tano from San Pedro,
Calf, are among the young
sters meriting attention.
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f!GaE8s BASEBALL
lI#Iga BEAT
VII AlAl |Fl By BURTON HAWKINS
BY BURTON HAWKINS

grade with Washington
Harris has seen them in little
action. but he likes their per-
formances and their attitudes
They're hungry ballplay-
ers," Bucky said. They want
to make good and maybe they
will I like them
Both could be immensely pop
ular, Scull with his speed and
Paula with power ;. Paula has
appeared gawky in the outfield
but. by the same token, he has
handled everything hit in his
direction He can stand poll
ishing afleld-particularly on
getting throws away more has
tfly-and he'll be a special sub
iect Of Coach Heinie Manush.
The retention of Paula means
Kite Thomas will be discarded.
An acceptable pinch-hitter
last season. Thomas doesn't
thrive on regular duty and isn't
as dangerous with a bat in his
hands as Clyde Vollmer or Roy
Sievers, who with Maury Nc
Dermott and Paula will give the
club its strongest pinch hitting
force in years.
\ y \ \
Tom Implicit. down in the
dumps about his failure to hit
in early exhibition games, was
called aside by Harris before yes
terday's contest and given a ver-
bal boost. Bob Odds will be
the Senators third catcher, be-
hind Ed Fitzgerald and Joe Tip
ton.
Dr.. George Resta. the club
physician, made it emphatic
when he declared Sievers
couldn't play the outfield. .
"One or two overland throws
could end his career" DR. Resta
said after examining X-rays Of
Roy's damaged right shoulder.
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By LEWIS f. ATcHlS0N

There's a groom for every horse
and only a few years ago one
man took care of two or three.
And they all want to sleep in
the new dormitories," added Bill
Jaeger. track publicity director
Another thing" Cascarella
said. "the Maryland trainers re-
mind us that they pay taxes and
vote and they say they're enti-
tiled to more consideration than
outsiders. I think they should
get good treatment and we try
to be as fair as we CAN"
YES" Brady interrupted, "but
then you get a request from a big
stable for 20 stalls.
This outfit may have only one
or two horses who'll run here
and We need them-but they
want to put eighteen 2-year- olds
in the other stalls and you know
they aren't going to run here.
What do you do about that?"
The group kicked the problem
around a bit before Brady sug-
gested that the only sensible So
luton seemed to be in dividing
stables and sending the overflow
to nearby tracks.
"A trainer who wants 20 stalls
will have to settle for TO-" he
explained. "Cut it in half and
everybody will get a break and
be well taken care Of. There is
no stabling space. or only few
stalls at European tracks.
Horses are brought from nearby
farms and training establish
ments every day to race. and
some are walked over. There
isn't a track in Maryland too
far to bring a horse from for a
race. I think it is the only solu-
ton to the problem"
We left. it there. with Cas-
carella beginning to tell another
of his baseball experiences and
Martins head still throbbing.
Evidently. there is more to
operating q race track than rak-
ing in the profits.
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MIA Hardly Pauses
For Breath Before
Beginning PIayoffs
BY the Assoeia.ed Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 16.-With
hardly a pause for a deep breath.
the National Basketball Associa-
ton launches its post-season
playoffs tonight. with New York
entertaining Boston and Roches-
ter playing host to Fort Wayne.
The league season ended Sum
day. and no time was wasted
inaugurating the complicated
playoffs consisting of three-team
round robins in each division.
best-of-three divisional playoffS
and final best-of- seven series
between the divisional winners.
Having eliminated the Celtics
from the playoffs three years
running, the Knickerbockers were
favored over Boston again de-
spite Dick McGuire's aching
bach. MCGUIRE suffered a severe
back strain against Syracuse
Saturday and will have to wear
a brace. T..
Johnston Tops Scoring. "
Neil Johnston. leading scorer
in the MIA for the second
straight year, will not be in &C.
ton in the playoffs. for his
Philadelphia team was one Of
three which failed to make the
post-season play. His 1,759
points. the third highest seasonal
total. left him far ahead of his
closest challenger, Boston's Bob
Cousy. who wound up with 1888.
Johnston averaged 24.4 points
per game in scoring nearly one.
third Of his teams points.
The league leaders in the four
other major statistical categories
all will be in action in tonight's
knick-Celtic clash. however.
Cousy topped the league in as
sists with 5l8, while Ed Macauley
OF Boston set a league record
by connecting on 1875 per cent
OF his field goal attempts and
Bill Sharman of the Celtics had
the best free-throw average, 84.4
per cent.
Harry Gallatin of New York
! set league record for rebounds
with 1908.
Lakers in PlayOffs. ..
Minneapolis. league champion
four times in the past five years.
is the third member of the West
ern Division round robin The
Lakers were 6-5 over Rochester
and split 10 games with Fort
Wayne over the season.
Syracuse, which tied Boston
for second place. was named
third-place team after flip of
a coin and is the other team
in the Eastern go-round.
The season records offer little
to choose from among the three
Eastern clubs, for they split their
season series with one another.
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proving all the time" said Cam
panis, a scout for the Dodgers,
land you have to like ball play
ers who continue to come along.
He won't show much power. but
he has a fair sort of arm and
he's fast. He did all right in
Cuba against average pitching
and it's tough to predict what
he'll do when he sees outstanding
pitchers every day. but he def
nitely has a chance to make 1t.
paula can hit a ball a mile"
Campanis continued. but I
don't know where Bucky Harris
can play him. I've seen him at
first base and in the outfleld and
he's not too hot at either spot.
His power is to right-center and
he's liable to hit one over the
rightfield wall at Griffith Stadi-
UNI but, like I say, he's no
fielder"
Scull and Paula definitely will
return to Griffith Stadium with
the Senators. becoming the first
:olored players to make the
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day as the AS won their sixth
straight exhibition. 10-7. Only
three balls left the infield.
I'm not surprised" remarked
Coach Rollie Hemsley. That
kids a cool customer. He's looked
good ever since he arrived"
TAMPA, Fla. Mar. 16 up. -
Second Baseman Granny Ham
mer is turning in one of the best
exhibition records Of his career
with the Phillies.
Hammer. who has hit safely
in all nine games. continued
his batting spree with a home
run and a pair of doubles in
the PhilS' 1911 win over the
Chicago White Sox yesterday.
Robin Roberts had one of his
worst days, giving up eight runs
in the first five innings.
FORT PIERCE, Fla, Mar. Is
(P.-Manager Fred Haney says
he thinks it's safe to say his
Pittsburgh Pirates will have twice
as much hitting power this year
as they did last season when they
finished in the cellar.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. Is (H9.
Manager Leo Durocher Of the
New York Giants is more conf
dent now that Ray Katt will do
a good job as his regular catcher
than he was when spring train
ing got underway.
I'VE were worried about his
throwing" Leo said today. But
I'm not worried about that any,
more. He can fire that ball
around pretty good"
Katt drove out a first-inning
home run in yesterdays 1873 vic
tory over the Baltimore Orioles.
MESA, Ariz., Mar. 16 (P.-The
st. Louis Cardinals wrap up their
four-game exhibition series with
the Chicago Cubs here today. A
victory would make their jaunt
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Poll
Continued From Page A-13.,

Oklahoma A65M plunged five
places to 10th after its Bradley
loss; Duquesne dropped two
places to No. S; Western Ken
lucky slipped four to No. 8, and
Louisiana State and North Caro-
lima State fell all the way out
Of the top 10.
C0loniaIs Still Seventh.
Metre Dame went up two
notches to fourth as the voters
apparently figured the Irish up
set of Indiana more than out
weighed their loss to Penn State
the following night. George
Washington retained the No.
notch. even though the Colonials'
only action since the last poll
was a loss to North Carolina
State.
The biggest drop OF all oc-
CURED outside the top ten. Sc
attic, No. II on the strength of a
26-game winning streak, plum
melted to place with the also
rams after being beaten by Idaho
State in the NCAA regionals.
Thirty-Seven teams in all were
mentioned by the voters, with "a
Of them participating in one or
the other of the two big taurna-
ments.
It was the 10th time in Ia
weeks that Kentucky headed the
poll. The Wildcats, incidentally
have won the final championship
poll in three Of the five years the
voting has been held. They were
first in 1949. third in 1850, first
again in 1851 and 1852, and did
not compete last year because
Of action by the SEC and NCAA.
The leading teams (first-place
votes and won-and-loSt records
In, ooronfhocacl
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BusebuII
Continued From Page A-13.)
Yankees lost to the Cincinnati
Redlegs. 4-3, and had one hit
In three attempts.

in three attempts.
MESA, Ariz.. Mar. 16 (R.-
Hank Sauer. the Chicago Cubs
home run hitter. has socked
"only four or five balls good this
spring" and has assigned himself
to extra batting practice. The
cleanup hitter says his timing lis
dreadfully off,"
I'm either out in front Of the
ball or vice versa" Hank says.
"but I'm not going to get
panicky about it." He added that
after every exhibition game he's
going to "get Dutch Leonard OF
Bob Scheffing to pitch to me
and TIL swing until my arms
get weary"
Hank was BANKED yesterday
as the Cubs lost their third
straight exhibition game to the
Cardinals, 1877, at Fresno. Calf
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.
Mar. Is (R.-Camille (Ozzie)
Van Brabant, 26-year-ol6 right
handler up from Williamsport
Pa. may be the man to make
Philadelphia Athletics fans for
get Harry Byrd.
Van Brabant with only two
years of organized ball behind
him. held the Boston Red SoS
hitless for three innings yester-
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Spring Drills Show
CIV Is Overcoming
ManpoWer Problem
By George Huber

Twenty days Of spring football
practice for George Washington
University have shown that the
Colonials' chronic manpower
shortage will be eased somewhat
next fall.
The Colonials wound UP their
spring session with an intrasquad
game yesterday at Frog Island.
and while the game itself didn't
prove much, the workouts indi-
Gated the team will have at least
adequate requirements for most
Of those being graduated.
More than half the approx
mately so players on the squad
are up from the freshman team
or are players who didn't see
much action last year. Coach
DO Sherman believes he will
have enough grade A players to
use two full teams next TALL
but thinks lack Of experience will
be q handicap. Indications are
that he thinks the 1855 season
when the green men just now
joining the varsity will be more
experienced, will be better enc
for the Colonials.
Regulars Face Fight.
The Colonials have holdovers
at almost every position, but
some of the new men showed
yesterday and all during the
spring drills that they may give
regulars a fight for jobs next
fall.
There are four good holdover:
at end. but even here there i.
a new man, Paul Thompson, zoe
I pounds and 6-feet-2, who will
make the regulars hustle to keer
their jobs. The Colonials also
are in fine shape for experienced
players in the backf1eld. put such
newcomers as Quarterback Arnie
Tranen, a junior college product;
Halfback George Baird, anothe,
Junior college men. and Bot
Shuba. a 190-pound freshman
who can go either as fullback OF
halfback, should be a help.
Baird. who must weigh only
about $50, looks to be the speed
! lest Of all the backs.
Danz and Boland Play Well.
Shuba will have it tough re-
placing either of the holdoveI
fullbacks. however. Both Norh
Danz and Joe Boland played
well yesterday. Bob Sturm. the
holdover quarterback whom
Tranen probably will spell next
fall. also had a good afternoon
Yesterdays game was a TO
affair, with the white team
quarterbacked by Sturm. winning
over a blue-clad eleven quarter
backed by Tranen. The slow
condition Of the field and the
stiff wind blowing across the
river kept it from being much OF
passing game.
The one touchdown came in
the opening minutes of the first
quarter when End George Dancu
OF the Whites got mixed in with
the Blue backs while they were
fumbling the ball among them
selves. Dancu ended with the
ball in his arms and ran 20
yards to score. Sturm converted
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Times Are Revised
In Catholic Tourney

A revised time for opening
round play Friday of the WASH
ington Catholic Invitational bas-
ketball tournament at Richie
Coliseum, was announced today
by the Rev. James McNally,
o. S. A.. president of the Cath
Ollie League.
st. AIMS Of New York will
meet st. -Benedictine Of Rich
mond at $50 p. M; st. Anthony,
runnerup In the Catholic League,
will play Bishop England High
Of Charleston, s. c., at Z;
Scranton IPa) Prep will play
Gonzaga. Catholic League cham.
pion. at 8:30-and West Catholic
of Philadelphia. will play Mount
st. Joseph's of Baltimore at 10.
4, Block tickets. good for all ii
games of the three-day tourney
and priced at 81 for students
and $2SfOr adults, are on sale
today through Thursday. Tickets
may be purcnaeed at all Catholic
high schools, the Arena, Mitch-
els and Fairway Snorts Stores
and Tuffy Leeman's Cleaners
and Dryers in Silver Spring ana
Bethesda. Beginning Friday.
tickets win be sold only at the
gate and viii be 81 for students
and $1.50 for adults for each day
Of the tournament.
The times and pairings for
the three-day event and the
teams season records in paren-
theses are as follows:
FRIDAY
$40 k:n.--st; AIMS t27-1l vs.. st.
ZOO p.m.-st Anthony u4-s) ".
Bish9 9D EnEians !25.9.
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spun by night club entertainer.
It seems that this certain rae
ing consultant, having failed to
latch onto .a,ssingle decent pros
pect. was lounging diconsolately
at the track entrance when an
ordinary-looking citizen hove
into view.
MY friend" said the new
conner. giving the tout a double
take, You look like a man who
would enjoy the races and I have
two badges-be my guest"
The tout half-heartedly fell in
step and walked inside. where
the stranger suggested that he
might help him select horses to
play.
1T depends on how much you
bet replied the tout.
I'm a 500 better, declared
the newcomer. as the tout's eyes,
ears and spirits picked up SIM
ultaneouSly.
The stranger had a box and
an unlimited bankroll and he
liked to bet. But race after race
went by with nary a winner for
the pair, and after eight races
the tout had a big, fat zero.
Here" ne decided. lis where
I get the buns rush."
But the newcomer, far from
diSpleased, invited him to dinner
at an expensive restaurant and
insisted on making a date to
meet him the following day.
Almost unbelieving with joy,
the tout rushed of to break the
good news to a fellow consultant.
He told Of his chance meeting
with the stranger, the badges,
the boxseats and the bankroll.
How many winners did you
have?" asked the second tout.
None" replied the first.
Get of that guy" cautioned
the second. hes bad luck"
Everybody laughed but Brick
Martin. Laurel's general man
ager.
Bricks got a headache" ex-
planned Cascarella. one time
pitcher for the Senators and
Athletics and now Laurel's ex-
ecutive vice president. Its a
big one-it won't go away for
three weeks"
Martin nodded. His trouble is
seasonal. affecting him only
during Laurel meetings when
trainers and horses are around.
It stems from the age-old prob
lem of trying to At so many
fully grown horses into so many
stalls. with horses always out
numbering the stalls.
Most trainers are nice fell
lows" Brick explained, land
know they have problems. too,
but you just can't please them
all. Put their horses in stalls
on the sunny side of a barn
and they want to be in the shade.
Put them in the shade and they
want to. be in the sun. Give
them 10 stalls and they need 20
or they want them near our
new sleeping quarters so their
grooms will be happy. You
can't satisfy them all"
1T seems that trainers have
more hired help than they used
to have" put in Frank Brady.
Laurel.s youthful treasurer.
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q u tile QerS
A n g Ell Scull
and Carlos
Paula Of the
Senators per-
form in many
games. Civ e S
s c u ! | "a
c h a nc e" to
survive in the
majors but is
heSitant about
pre- d letting a
bright future
for the mus
cular Paula.
49, NNs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16

SALTY MILLS" comico at
Aliens Fresh, Severn & Patux-
ent Rivers, around Pig Point.
Here is a rig that's sure-fire
for Rock in shallow water. We
have just received same g. it
consists of a whole Eel, rugged
with a double hook, connected
to a brass chain within, &, OF
the most natural form, action,
and color that I have ever
seen. If these don't catch
Rock. then I am a monkeys
uncle. Buy your tackle from
FISHERMEN, not statesmen, at
Mills Co., 9th & E SITS. NV. p.
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Cnougn y o e
| Cascarella in
sisted on slip
! pin g in q
baseball anec-
dote here and
there.
Nick Capo-
freda. who'll
h a n die the
telecaSt Of the
two races to
be bea m e d
daily to Bal
timore, W as
repeating the
tale IF q font.
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from their Florida training base
1000 per cent successful.
The Cards mace 1t three-for-
three against the Cubs yesterday
at Frenso, Calf, with Stan Mu-
sial, Ray JablonSki and Rookie
Wally Moon smuggling nome runs
in a 1877 triumph. The Cards
got 10 hits. Z Of them good for
extra bases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
By Bob Myers
Associated Press Sports Writer

PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. 10
Manager Leo Durocher is con-
WINGED the New York Giants were
not a birthplace club last year
and he believes. barring real
trouble. that they will prove
much better this year.
Sure. we played poorly last
season, but we were not that bad
a ball club" Durocher said.
Durocher does not predict
where his team will finish, but he
is frank to concede that he has
more good looking young material
on hand than at any time since
he came to the Giants.
And, naturally. he is not min
imizing the importance of the
return of his brilliant center
fielder, Willie Mays. in the Army
for nearly two years.
Durocher faces problems. The
Giants need better pitching
from some of the regulars,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16

& the Herring
are on their
way up the
P o t o m &C.
S h o Id be
here any day
now. Yellow
P erch have
been t a k e n
regularly in
t he S gu t h
r iv er, Wi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16

ORLANDO. Fla. Mar. 16.-Al
Campanis, who managed the
Cienfuegos. club in the Cuban
Winter League and thus saw
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Gonzasa $3.50.
10 p.m.--West Catholic $3.50 vs.
Mount i't. Joseph's .u8-5). r
SATURDAY tConsolation SemiflhaIsD.
2 p.r Loser Of / VS.. loser of 2.
$3.50 p. ll.--Loser Of 3 vs.. loser OF 4.
SATURDAY Championship Semiflnals). ;.
pm : Winner Of 3 vs.. winner Of 4.
SUNDAY lCOnsolation FINAL.
2:O0-Loser Of vs.. loser Of 3.
SUNDAY (ChamplonShiD Final.
:. $3.50 p.m.--Winner Of W. winner Of
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ADVERTISEMENT.
TACKLE FISHING
BY "Salty" Mills

IT We get a little of the nice
weather We had last week, I.
am sure We will be in for some.
nice fishin'. The White Perch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16

It was a small luncheon of
racing people associated with
Laurel, SO the conversation was
largely about horse racing, al
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This is the first story in a
series dppraisin0 the major
league tedmS.J
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