Evening star., 1956-03-26
ROGOVIN IN FORM
Lopez Halls
AL Rosen's S
Comeback

| TUCSON, Ariz, Mar. 26 [P.-
Things are looking much bet
ter" says Manager Al Lopez of
the Cleveland Indians. who feels
that the Tribe has made con-
siderable progress in the last
week.
He said that Al RoSen had
improved great deal" and
that Vic Wertz, who overcame
an attack of infantile paralysis
late last season, was showing
satisfactory progress.
Lopez said he would be hap
pier, however, if Bob Avial would
show little more pep and i'm
prove his hitting.
Earl Averill, rookie catcher,
singled home the winning run
in the ninth yesterday as the
Tribe beat the Giants, 4-3. Cleve-
lands other runs came on Jim
Busby's homer IN the fifth. his
third of the spring. Willie Mays
homered off Bob Lemon with a
man on in the first.
CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. 26
(P.-The Phillies got a boost
yesterday, when Saul Rogovin,
one of their big question marks.
turned in sparkling per-
Iformance against the Red Sox.
| The big highlander, who has
been in and out of the majors
since l949, tossed five scoreless
innings at the start and the
PhillieS finally won out in the
10th on Granny Hammers home
run off George Susce. Hammer
has not hit in II straight ex-
hibitions. Murry Dickson was
the winner of the six-hitter.
Willard Nixon pitched six hit
less innings for the Red Sox and
Susce gave up only three the
rest of the way.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Mar.
26 tP).-The st. Louis Cardinals,
hottest team in Florida, received
a boost from a regular battling
for his job and a rookie bidding
for the catcher'S post in the lat
est Of their six straight victories.
Lefttielder Rip Repulski, feel
ing the challenge of Rookie Jack
Brandt, delivered a two-run sin
gle with the bases loaded to snap
a seventh-inning tie in the Red
birds IA victory over the Pitts
burgh Pirates.
I Repulski had two hits and
drove in three runs and little lIal
Smith slammed three hits in his
spirited bid for the No. l catch
| erS' spot. Brandt hit long
triple and drove in run, giving
him a spring average of !280 to
Repulski's PIP.
VERO BEACH, Fla, Mar. 26
(P.-Bob Turley, who is being
counted on to carry big share
of the New York Yankees pitch
! ing this year, said today he isn't
the least bit discouraged about
his slow start.
Il never have done very well
in the spring" he said before the
Yanks met the Brooklyn Dodgers
in an exhibition game. The rea-
son is that I've never been able
to get my fast ball working until
just before season opens. That's
my oest pitch. and I'm not going
to force it at the risk of hurting
my arm"
Tommy Byrne and Rookie
Ralph Terry teamed up IN a
four-hitter yesterday as the
Yankees blanked the Dodgers.
SO. Billy Loes also had a shutout
until the fifth, when Byrne,
Hank Bauer and Yogi Berra
singled. Bill Skowron tripled
and Billy Martin doubled.
I Peewee Reese, making his
spring debut for the Dodgers
went ,hitless.
TAMPA, Fla, Mar. 26 (P.-
Manager Marty Marion is still.
searching for starting pitchers,
but to glance over his schedule
one wouldn't think the Chinago
White Sox pilot has any troubles
His schedule is set up through
Friday.
Joe Dahlke and Sandy Con-
suegra will face the Boston Red
Sox today and Bill Fischer and
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