Evening star., 1955-03-12
.Skowron Due
.ToBumpCo|Iins
From Yanks Job
First Busemun Looks
Good as Cords Win;
Giants Find Pitcher
BY the Associuted Press

Every season for the past five
years Joe Collins has had to
fight for the first-base job on the
Yankees. Each year he's come
out on top.
It's going to be the same old
story this year. except that there
will be a different ending-he
won't make it.
Right now. you could ask Man.
ager Casey Stengel:
who's on f1rst?" and you'd
get a straight answer-Bill
Skowron. The job belongs to
Skowron so long as he proves
he's a big Lacquer.
Skowron is a hulk of a young
ster. who used to play football
for Purdue. He hit $40 for the
Yanks last year, playing only
off and on. Stengel was i'm
pressed with his work with the
bat, but the professor was con-
cerned over Bills main fault
the same one which has kept
many other big guys out of the
majors-poor fielding.
Cards Beat Yanks Again.
The Cardinals polished off the
Yanks for the second time in a
row yesterday, 3-l, but Skowron
looked as though he had been
studying George Sisler movies.
He f1elded fiawlessly. looked
sharp handling bunts and
smashes down the line. To top
it all he made seven assists.
Had this been during the reg
ular season, it would have tied
the record for assists for first
basemen. The record is shared
by three players-Bill Bransf1eld
of the 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates,
George Stovall of the 1912 st.
Louis Browns and Fred Luderus
Of the 1918 Phillies.
Otherwise, Stengel had little
to cheer about. His men out
hit the Cards. 9 to 3, but couldn't
get them when they counted.
Wally Burnett, a rookie pitcher,
lost the game for New York in
the seventh when he yielded two
runs on two hits and a walk.
Manager Eddie Stanky of the
Cards used 81 players
Redlegs Top Orioles
The Redlegs, out to show the
National League they can come
through with a lineup of slug
gers, polished off Baltimore, Us.
Bob Borkowski and Ted Kluszew-
ski accounted for three of the
Redlegs' runs with homers. The
Orioles managed to tie it, but
the Redlegs then proceeded to
nick rookie Ryne Duren for three
runs in the seventh without the
benefit of a home run.
Hank Aaron, who is making a
determined effort to nudge Andy
Pafko out of his outfeld post
with the Milwaukee Braves, hit
a tWo-run homer to provide the
margin of victory in a 4-3 tri-
umph over the Dodgers. Lew
Burdette and Humberto Robin
son each tossed three scoreless
innings for the Braves.
The Giants continued their hex
over Cleveland with an 8-3 mas
sacre. That makes in five in a
row for the Giants, including the
four straight in the World Series
last fall. Willie Mays and Eric
Rodin hit home runs for the
Giants while Alvin Dark went
three-for-three before retiring ir
the fifth.
Raves for Giant Rookie
The Giants apparently have
found a new southpaw with a
strikeout pitch. His name is Joe
Margoneri, who drew raves ir
yesterdays game.
The bespectacled lefthander
Southern Association strikeout
king with Nashville last year
pitched three innings, struck out
seven and got out of a bases
loaded, none-out jam unscathed
Already consigned the Ma
tional League basement, the
Pirates won their second one
run decision in a row by turn
ing back Washington, 81.
The Tigers defeated Boston
Al, behind some nice pitching
by Bob Miller, Frank Larry ano
Billy Hoeft, each of whom gave
up only one hit. The Red Sox
probably didn't mind the defeat
because Karl Olson, who was
injured last week in a collision
with a wall, got back in action
and appeared all right.
Bobby Morgan knocked in the
winning run to give the Phillies
k.,s,.