Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
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to's team to an 8-5 victory ovel
Coach Billy urges outfit.
Becquer. who batted only Il
times with the Senators last sea.
son and hit PA, viii be the lead.
of man against the Tigers. Hell
be followed by Herb Plews. sec,
ond base: Jose Valdivielso, short.
stop; Killebrew, third base: Dicl
Tettelbach, rightfield; Karl Oh.
son. centerfield; Neil Chrisley
leftfield; Lou Berberet. catcher
and Ted Alternately, Bob Chak.
ales and Dick Brodowski, pitch
ers. Bob Wiesler, scheduled tt
pitch, has a slight tightness II
his shoulder and Dresser is de.
laying the lefthander's debut.
Plews and Chrisley never have
played a major league game
Tettelbach has appeared in only
two, Berberet seven and Becquel
10. Killebrew has crashed only
Al games In two years with the
Senators. Valdivielso played 81
games with Washington last sea-
son, while Olson is the grand
daddy of that group in exper-
fence. In at least parts of foul
seasons with the Red Sox he
broke into 157 games-the equiv
Ealent of little more than one full
seasons schedule.
Tigers Lineup Similar
Manager Bucky Harris of the
Tigers has indicated he'll pre-
sent a lineup of similar nature,
The only regular in his batting
order will be AL Kaline, the
American League batting cham
Ipion, and Bucky is, using him
only because he feels the Gus
toners would be disgruntled if he
didn't. Bucky plans to use
youngsters tomorrow and again
Sunday when the clubs clash
here.
Dresser will start to learn
whether he has a mass of medi-
Iocrity at his disposal or whether
the winter trades have helped
the Washington club. 1t picked
up four players from the YAM
KEGS. with another due by April
i, and five more from the Red
Sox in one of the most severe
shakeups ever administered a
major league team
Garland Shif1ett, tobacco
chewing Highlander from Elk
ton, Va, was the only pitcher to
escape damage in yesterdays
game, played despite a sharp
drop in temperature and occa-
sional rain. Banged around in
his debut, the 20-year-old
protege of the manager justified
Dressen's faith.
Dresser Teaching Shifflett
An lis pitcher at Erie in q
half-season last year. Shiff1ett is
the kid who turned over the
$4,000 bonus he received from
the Senators to his parents
helping them purchase a new
house. He reported with nc
coat to wear into the hotel din
ing room but with a fast ball
that Immediately won Dressen's
attention.
Chuck has been giving Shifnett
a lot of his time, teaching him
Ia curve and change of pace. The
instruction paid off at least
temporarily yesterday as Gar
land went three innings. gave
up one hit-a single by Tex
Clevenger-and permitted only
two balls to be smacked beyond
the infield.
Clevenger gave up only two
hits and one run, the latter q
home run by Becquer. Camille
Pascal permitted two of the
Lavagettos' runs on a four Init
Ioutburst in the second inning
which featured doubles by Run
nels and Pedro Ramos. The
latter was nicked for a run in
the third inning when Bob Oldis
and Vern Morgan doubled fol-
urges team.
Chuck Stobbs was clipped fol
four hits, including Clint Court
Iney'S two-run homer in the
fourth. John Valmas, a 25-game
winner with Orlando, was nailed
for four runs and five hits in
the fourth inning. He has pitched
six innings, allowing 10 hits ano
eight runs.
NOTES: Yost made his first
appearance and (surprise
walked =. Morgan, .301 hitter
with Des Moines last season, &C.
counted for three of the urges
IL hits He is signed to 9
Chattanooga contract.
Tettelbach went 0-for-11 ir
-four squad games, while Chrisley
had one hit in nine tries
Killebrew got back on the beam
yesterday with a pair of SHARP
singles. while Olson got a double
and a single q. Becquer made
the play of the day with a leap.
ing stab of pinch hitter Der.
beret'S liner.
John Schaive. chunky second
baseman with Erie last season
belted a triple to start the up.
rising against Valmas Scout
Joe Cambria says three othel
major league clubs have at.
tempted to acquire Becquer from
the Senators.
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