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Evening star., 1954-04-14
And He's on Ex-OrioIe
Gromek Shutout Adds Vinegar
To BdItin1ore|s Sour Debut

were raised when Gromek was
named as Detroit's opening day
hurler. He had a losing TO rec
ord last season and was only a
so-so pitcher in II seasons with
Cleveland.
But with a near-capacity
crowd of 46,994 looking on, the
veteran hurler was almost over
powering. He was never in seri-
Gus trouble and no Baltimore
player ever saw third base, ex-
cept Vern Stephens who played
the position.
HE threw nothing but fast
balls and sliders," Catcher Frank
House said. "I'll bet he didn't
throw three curves all after
noon."
For most of his tenure with
Cleveland, Gromek operated in
the shadow of the Indians big
four of Bob Feller, Bob Lemon,
Mike Garcia and Early Wynn
When the Tigers acquired him
last June is as part of an eight
player swap. a lifetime ambition
was realized.
"I always wanted to pitch for
Detroit" he said. while play
ing on kid teams around Detroit
I always Dragged that some day
I'd play with the Tigers. It took
a long time but I finally made it. y
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Mathisen Killed Wife,
Then Himself, Oslo Says
By the AssocIoted Press

OSLO, April IA. Norway's
former speed skating champion,
Oscar Mathisen, IS, apparently
shot and killed his mentally i'll
wife, and then committed suicide
in their apartment, police said.
Summoned by worried rela-
tives Monday police broke into
the Mathisen apartment in
Oslo's West End and found the
lifeless body of the grand old
man of Norwegian winter sports
sprawled on the floor, a pistol
in his hand.
Mrs. Sigrid Mathisen, sc. had
been killed by shot from the
same gun, police said. They re-
fused to issue further details.
Mathisen, in the years 1908
1915, set IA world speed skating
records, 18 Norwegian records,
and won five. world champion
ships, three European champion
ships and six Norwegian champ
ionships.
After his skating career, he
ran a sporting goods shop in
Oslo.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Victory in Opener
Ruined for Shantz as
Arm Ai|ment Returns
BY the Assoeiated Press

PHILADELPHIA. April IA
Bobby Shantz won a ball game
yesterday but he's wondering to-
day if it was his last.
The 28-year-old had to leave
the game between the Athletics
and Red Sox yesterday because
of muscle spasm in his pitch
ing arm.
The Athletics were leading,
So. as Shantz pitched to Billy
Goodman in the top of the sixth
inning. The little lefty broke a
beautiful curve ball. The crowd
Of 16.331 cheered. But out on
the mound, Shantz was doubled
over.
He motioned to the dugout
and Manager Eddie JooSt came
running out. They conferred a
few seconds and Shantz, his
head bowed and the picture Of
detection. slowly walked to the
dressing room where Trainer Jim
Tadley went to work on him.
Shantz. who had his back op-
Grated on in his rookie season
with the club, fractured a wrist
at the height of his fabulous
1852 season when he won "a
games and was selected the
leagues most valuable player.
and injured his arm last season.
was almost in tears.
Bobby was sidelined most Of
last year by the arm ailment.
He went to see DR.. Charles Van
Ronk. a retired Philadelphia
physician who in the past has
helped quite a few baseball
players with arm trouble. The
doctor gave Bobby his special
treatments and pronounced the
pitcher At again. He looked
good in the early innings against
the Red Sox, but then came
that pitch to Goodman. T.
Shantz said in the dressing
room he had felt some pain in
the fourth inning and again
when he warmed up for the
sixth. Tadley finally worked
out the lump" and Shantz said
he felt fine.
Manager Eddie JooSt said he
planned to work Bobby in his
regular pitching rotation, "un-
less some unforeseen complica-
ton develops"
Evening star., 1954-04-14
And He's on Ex-Oriole
By the Associated Press

DETROIT, April 14.-Balti-
more's return to the American
League was a sour experience and
it was made even more CALLING
when a former Oriole, Steve
Gromek, stif1ed them without SO
much as single run.
Only a victory over the Chi
cago White Sox in their home
opener in Baltimore tomorrow
would soothe the orioles feel
ings.
The 33-year-old native son
right-hander of the Detroit
Tigers blanked Baltimore. 80,
with a clever seven-hitter yes
terday. spelling the Orioles first
game in the big time since 1902.
The Tigers got their three
runs on homers by Veterans Ray
Boone and Walt Dropo and
Rookie Frank Boiling, making it
a great day for Gromek.
Gromek, who toiled for the
Orioles in 1912 when they were
members of the international
League, rubbed it in with nine
strikeouts, getting Vict Wertz,
cleanup slugger, three times. It
was the only shutout in the eight
opening-day games and prob
ably the best pitching perform
ance.
What can you expect wher
you run into pitching like that,
Jimmy Dykes. Baltimore's man.
ager, said after the game. 1--WE
seen Gromek when he couldn't
Ditch four innings"
More than few eyebrows
Evening star., 1954-04-14

dominated the Merreh "hi't'eses.
winter tour were nowhere in
sight. Fellows who have little
style but have knack Of scram-
bling and scraping.
On a big golf course, with a
major title at stake and with
Hogan among the starters, most
of the winter tour stalwarts were
daunted. There wasn't one in
the first five. Billy Jo Patton,
the amateur who celebrated the
big week end, was third. and
Lloyd Mangrum and Dutch Har-
rison tied for fourth.
In IS years the Masters has
produced only one player who
might be referred to as a scrap
er''-Herman KeiSer. the 1946
champion and no longer a par
ticipant. The other II winners,
including the triple and double
champions. have been the top
names in pro golf. No amateurs.
y y X y
Both Bobby Jones and Snead
pointed out that with all the
complaints as to the unfair
placement of the cups Con top
of mounds, directly over traps.
etc. the tournament still pro-
duced tie between the two
greatest names in golf. Those
were Jones words, and Snead
didn't deny them.
And who were the only players
to break 10? Hogan, Harrison,
Mangrum and Julius Boros. No
scrapers there.
In fact, an amateur came
much closer than a scraper to
winning the Masters.
The Augusta National was
more of a golf course for a
fellow like Patton than for the
run of the mill touring pros
who eat up those baked-out.
short courses on the winter tour.
There are 10 acres of fairway
and green at Augusta. The aver
age course has only about 35.
So a tremendous hitter like
Patton could let go with that
whiplike swing and still have a
gretty good chance of hitting the
fairway even if he sprayed a
little.
Watch Patton in the National
Open at Baltusrol, where the
USGA, as is it's custom, is per-
mitting the rough to creep into
the fairways. 1t would be won-
derful for golf, and I'd like to
see Billy 10 win the National
Open as much as those many
thousands wanted to see him
win the Masters, but he doesn't
figure to have a chance.
A fellow with an unSound
swing such as Patton's can let
go on a wide golf course. But
where he has to hit narrow
fairways he is bound to lose the
freedom. The Augusta National
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Hoyas Hosts 10 CIV;
Gu and Navy Score
Close Victories

George Washington Univer-
sity, boasting the best record
among college baseball teams in
the area despite three straight
losses, visits Georgetown at 3
pm. today in the top game here
before the Easter holidays.
The Hoyas are still looking for
their first victory, They are also
looking for pitchers. Bernie
Foley and Don Furth, first
stringers. are injured, and Coach
Joe Judge is toying with the idea
of using two infielders as pitch
ers. Either Bill Harrison. first
baSeman and power hitter from
Coolidge High School, or Jack
Haley. a utility infielder, may
hurl today.
Maryland takes seven-game
trip through the South starting
Friday at North Carolina State.
Catholic University and Navy
both won yesterday and by the
same score, 81.
Johnny O'Neil singled in two
runs in a three-run 18th inning
to give Gu its victory over Mount
Union of Ohio at Brookland.
Navy survived four-run ninth
by Rutgers to win at Annapolis.
A two-run double by Jim
Laughlin in the top of the 18th
gave the Mounts Us lead, but
then ONel drove in Justin
Smith and George Wealth after
two were out.
Records of the areas teams:
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Doesn't Seem to Bother StenqeI
Harris Secrecy About Pitcher
Heorkens to Strategy of 1924

striking out Freddy Lindstrom
and walking frankie Frisch be-
fore Harris yanked him. The
official baseball guide attributes
the switch to Ogden's "lame
arm" The Senators finally won
the game and the World Series,
4 to 3 in IL innings on Earl
McNeely's famous pebble single.
The strategy didn't seem to
bother Stengel yesterday. He
left Gene Woodling in left field
and Joe Collins on first base.
They had figured to be benched
if Stobbs started. Neither did
any damage and Collins retired
in the Yankees half of the fifth
in favor of Rookie Bill Skowron,
a big gent from Kansas City who
originally started as a football
player at Purdue.
Before the day was over, the
27,160 fans received more than
their moneys worth. They saw
10 Yankees. including old Enos
Slaughter. a refugee from the
st. Louis Cardinals, who got into
the game as a pinch-runner for
Eddie Robinson in the ninth
inning. That gesture was
high tribute to the 38-year-old
Slaughter, with younger play
ers-who should have more
speed and drive-sitting on the
bench.
Mickey Vernon's winning two
run homer, of course, was worth
the price of admission alone.
Whatever salary the tall first
baseman received to end his long
spring holdout was worth every
penny yesterday-particularly to
Harris.
A sporting goods manufac-
turer presented the usual mitt
to Clark Griffith for President
Eisenhower's use in pre-game
ceremonies. 1t was a $28 Lefty
Gomez model, for a right
handler, and came in a mahog-
ony box with silver plate on
which the date and the Presi-
dents name were engraved.
At the height of the Yankees
ninth-inning rally, when the Wis
itors threatened to take the
game. the power failed in West
ern Unions teletype machines.
It was restored in time to give
newspapers taking play-by-play
recap of the inning.
ShortStop Phil Rizzuto's fiber
batting cap. a protection against
beanball injuries, looks like
something he got for two box
tops and quarter. But it
serves the purpose.
Stobbs, Jogging 'ern in a la
Lefty Grove, chalked up three
Strikeouts in the first two in
nings, getting Bauer on the first
three pitches of the game.
Enos Slaughter, traded to the
Yankees by the Cardinals Sum-
day. broke into the game in the
! ninth inning as runner fol
Eddie Robinson.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Pirates Pay Tribute
To Wagner in Opener
BY the Associoted Press


PITTSBURGH, April 14.-The
Pirates presented a special
plaque to Honus Wagner, base
balls Mr.. Shortstop. before the
Pirates-Phillies' opener yester-
day.
The plaque, a special tribute
to Wagner following his 80th
birthday, was accepted by his
daughter, Mrs. Harry Blair of
nearby Carnegie.
Leslie Ann Blair, Wagner's s.
year-old granddaughter, threw
out the first ball.
Wagner spent 40 seasons with
the Pirates as player and coach.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Pafko in Good Shape,
Leaves Hospital Today
BY the Associated Press


CINCINNATI, April 14.-Dr.
H. c. Boehner said Andy Pafko,
Milwaukee rightfielder who was
beaned by a pitched ball in yes
terday's baseball opener here.
probably would be released from
the hospital today.
The physician said X-rays
were negative, indicating he suf-
fered no fractures.
Hes in good shape and in
good spirits" DR.. Boehner said.
He indicated Pafko should be
ready to play in Milwaukee
against st. Louis tomorrow.
Milwaukee lost the opener to
the Cincinnati Reds, 9-8.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

the OCner Gay
he was max
ing a very
pertinent OBJ
servation.
S a m of
course, W a S
referrin g to
the fact that
he and Ben
Hogan played
off for tn e
Masters title
and the pitch
and putt art
lists who had
lOnn;,nnhnd thu
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Openers Success
With 236,474Out
For Eiqht Games
By the Assoeioted Pres:

NEW YORK, April 14.-Open-
ing day in the major leagues
yesterday was a financial success
with 236,414 turning out for the
eight games.
The American League outdrew
the National, 121,511 to 14,903.
The largest crowd was the 46, 1894
which came out to see the Balti-
more Orioles make their Amer
ican League debut in Detroit.
The breakdown:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Baltimore at Detroit 46,994
Cleveland at Chicago 31,026
New York at Washington 27,160
Boston at Philadelphia 1881
Totals 121 ,511
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati 33,185
Brooklyn at New York 32,397
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh 1924
Chicago at ST. Louis 17,027
Totals 1903
Grand total Ala
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Zeke Bonuru Named
Lexington Manager
By the Assoeioted Press

LEXINGTON, KY, April IA
Henry (Zeke) Bonura, former
Washington first baseman, has
been named manager of the
Lexington baseball club in the
Mountain States League.
Bonura last year managed
Fargo-Moorhead,
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rushed the few feet to the gate
and motioned Mickey to him.
Vernon, being pummeled by his
teammates, didn't get the signal
but Secret Service men quickly
escorted him to the President.
who pumped the first basemara's
hand vigorously.
Meanwhile an enthusiastic
Mamie was kissing 83-year-old
Clark Griffith and vice-versa.
Griffith today is the proud
possesSor Of a rabbits foot pre-
sented him by Mrs. Doud, Mrs.
Eisenhower's mother. Before we
came to bat in the 10th inning
she handed it to me and told me
to rub it for luck" Griff said.
After Mickey hit that homer.
she gave me the rabbits foot
and told me to keep it.
There's never been anything
like il" Griff enthused. Imagine
the President practically running
out on the field to shake hands
with Mickey. And imagine Mrs.
Eisenhower hugging and kissing
me. Gee. Sure. I Rugged her
right back I'm not that old"
Chuck Stobbs had no mental
hazard on the beer sign atop the
bleachers in center field. .
There had been a king-sized
baseball painted there to indi-
cate where Mickey Mantle's
homer off Stobbs struck before
leaving the park last year, but
it was painted out before the
opener.
The opening game will be
advanced to 2 o'clock next year,
a move which will be welcomed
by all fans who had late dinners
last night.
Tom Wright was famed by
Tom German, by Sain and by
Allie Reynolds. but Harris lost
no faith in him. "He swung
and missed" Bucky said, "but
he'll hit. 1t was a bad day for
hitters. with all the various col
ored clothes in the background"
Maury McDerm OF t, who
pitched impressively against the
Pirates Sunday, will be the Sem
ators' starting pitcher against
the Yankees Saturday in New
York.
The Yankees shipped Emil
Tellinger, an outfiellder who
played with Birmingham last
season, to Houston of the Texas
League, and Bill Virdon, an
outf1elder with Kansas City last
year, to Rochester.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
By MerreII Whittlesey

Sam Snead didn't mention any
names, but when he said II
didn't see any scrapers out
there" after the Masters playoff
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Minor Leagues
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
San Diego, 4; Portland, 2.
San Francisco, 4; Los Angeles, B.
Sacramento, g.: Seattle, 3.
Oakland, 10; Hollywood, 1.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Atlanta, 6; Chattanooga, L.
Little Rock, 12; Mobile, g.
Birmingham, 3; Nashville, 1.
Memphis. 8; New Orleans, 3.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Dallas, 4; Houston, 3.
San Antonio, 8; Fort Worth, 2.
Beaumont, 8; Oklahoma City. o.
Shreveport, 13; Tulsa, 5.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Montgomery, 8; Columbus, 2 {
innings.
Jacksonville. B.; Savannah, 3.
Macon, 10; Augusta, /.
Columbia. 6; Charlotte. /.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

This weeks schedule:
TODAY.
George Washington at GEORGETOWN.
western Maryland at American q,
maryland State at Howard.
montgomery Junior at CIV Freshmen
TOMORROW.
Pennsylvania at GEORGETOWN.
FRIDAY.
Maryland ut North Carolina State.
Penn State at American q.
Howard at Shaw.
SATURDAY.
Penn State at GEORGETOWN co.
George washington at Duke.
Maryland at Wake Forest.
Howard at Fayetteville.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Giants Form Out Pitcher

NEW YORK, April IA (P).-
The Giants have returned Pitch
er George Spencer to Mime
apolis, their farm club in the
American Association.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
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Evening star., 1954-04-14

Enos Slaughter, traded to the
Yankees by the Cardinals Sum-
day. broke into the game in the
ninth inning as a runner for
Eddie Robinson.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

Stobbs, Jogging 'ern in a la
Lefty Grove, chalked up three
strikeouts in the first two in
nings, getting Bauer on the first
three pitches of the game.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

The Yankees shipped Emil
Tellinger, an outf1ellder who
played with Birmingham last
season. to Houston of the Texas
League, and Bill Virdon, an
outf1elder with Kansas City last
year, to Rochester.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

The opening game will be
advanced to 2 o'clock next year,
a move which will be welcomed
by all fans who had late dinners
last night.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

Maury McDerm oft. who
pitched impressively against the
Pirates Sunday, will be the Sem
ators' starting pitcher against
the Yankees Saturday in New
York.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

the organization in 1893. down through the
yeors,
~ Mitlthe Washington audience at the Lis
ner Auditorium on Fridoy see a future big
name 90 through his Poces-- probably his
first touch Of show business2 Moybe only the
Princeton tiger knows but here ore the odds
mot bad
Evening star., 1954-12-12

show. jim Bobcock's home is In Chevy Chase
and he is q vonist ID the orchestra
ln the history Of the Princeton Trionee Club,
which hos put on d show for olnost every year
Of its lexistence, stars, writer's and producers
have oppeored almost as fost. Most have had
leodino roles in the Triangle production Of
their doy. from Booth Harrington who founded
Evening star., 1954-12-12

TT -tJftls. AflYoflE,., this yeors Princeton
Triangle Club Production. orrNes here
Friday VIII either Albert Hinckleyenr jim,
Bobcock, members Of the cost. be stors Of to-
morrow?
Both these Princeton students ore from Wosh-
ington or vicinity. Albert Hinckey halls from
Orleans. Va, and plays the female lead in the
Evening star., 1954-04-21
National League Is Hit-Hoppy,
But Pitchers Ride Hiqh in AL

the hits are coming OF National
League bats.
In addition to the surprising
weakness of Cardinal pitching.
other factors in the Nationals
hitfest have been disappointing
Milwaukee and Brooklyn Pitch
ing and some unexpected slug
ging by the Phillies, who are tied
with the RedlegS for the league
lead with So record.
Yesterday the Phillies whip
ped Brooklyn. 6-3, and the
Giants defeated Pittsburgh, 6-2.
Chicago beat Detroit, 7-2, in the
American. Milwaukee and Chi
cago in the National were rained
out.
Fireballing Virgil Trucks
picked up his first 1854 victory
for the White Sox as he checked
Detroit on six hits. The l2-hit
Chicago attack included Minnie
Minoso'S second home run of the
season and three safeties by
Nellie Fox. Ted Gray. who lasted
only three innings, was the loser.
The Cardinals used five pitch
ers against the heavy hitting
Redlegs and none of them toiled
with any success. Memo Luna.
a $4,000 winter purchase, lasted
only two-thirds of an inning in
his first starting role and was
charged with the loss. Wally
(See BASEBALL. Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1954-04-21
Old Trend Is Reversed
By the Assoeiotsd Press

April baseball trends can
change as quickly as April
weather. but at the moment the
National League. once "a pitch
er's paradise, has gone slug
happy. while American League
batters look like sandlotters.
American League pitchers have
seldom started so effectively as
they have this spring. Last night
the second one-hitter of the week
was racked up by Alex Kellnei
as the Athletics blanked WASH
ington. TO. Jim Mcdonald OF
the Yankees threw the other one
Monday against the Red Sox.
No American League team is
hitting. The Yankees, for in
stance. have a .191 team average
and it took an 11-hit outburst
in their last game to get them
that high.
Another Southpaw for Yanks.
And the Yankees prospects
are not frightened by the fact
that today they will face a
southpaw for the sixth time in
seven games when they 60 up
against Boston's Leo Kiely. But
for their own brilliant mound
work. they would be bumbling
along in the cellar. AS it is,
neither they nor their rivals
have suffered. Every team in
the league has lost three games,
and from first place to eighth
there's only a one-game spread.
A big share of the National
League fireworks has involved
the st. Louis Cardinals. The
RedbirdS absorbed a 1876 shell
lacking at the hands of the Gin
cinnati Redlegs last night and
now have been battered for SO
runs in 6 games.
The battering hasn't been all
one-sided. The Cardinals have
averaged almost seven runs.
For years the National League
has been the pitchers league.
Castoffs from American League
mound staffs have gone on to
big seasons in the National, while
the American has concentrated
on hitting stars. But this season
Evening star., 1954-04-21
By O SsGr stoff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA. April 21.-
Wayne Terwilliger of the Sena-
tors was booed Justify last night
at Griffith Stadium when he
crashed a single through the
box into centerfield with two
out in the eighth inning. That
smash deprived the Athletics
Alex Kellner of a no-hitter, but
Kellner wasn't as disturbed
about it as most of the 5,742
fans who were pulling for him.
In fact, the Athletics 90
year-old lefthander appeared
completely unperturbed in dis
cussing Terwilliger's hit while
pulling on a sock in Philadel-
phia's clubhouse following the
AS TO victory.
II don't have any regrets
about the pitch to him." Kellner
said. Il got the ball just where
wanted it-fast. low and away
with something on it. If he
had been trying to pull the bali
into leftf1eld I don't believe he
could have. He was just trying
to meet the ball and he did
solidly."
Couldn't Get Loose.
Kellner was Skeptical about
his chances of winning before
the game. II couldn't get loose
when I warmed up," said the
buDly native of Tucson, Ariz.
II was afraid was going to get
slapped around. but I guess I
relaxed while we were batting
during the first inning and when
I started pitching I had my
stuff"
Kellner'S failure to warm up
properly was reported to Man
ager Eddie Joost prior to the
game. Eddie was prophetic in
dismissing his informant by
saying. That's all right-he'll
probably pitch a two or three
hitter"
Terwilliger. a .252 hitter last
season. boosted his average to
300 with the lone blow of Kell-
ner. He is the only Washing
ton regular batting over $50.
| A 20-game winner with the