Evening star., 1957-04-01
Dresser Hopes
To Put Yost in
Cleanup Spot
Eddie's Now Posting
First Pitch; Switch
Depends on Snyder
BY BURTON HAWKINS
tStar Staff Correspondent)


able leadoff batter. Ed Yost will
become the Senators cleanup
hitter. the manager said today
Pending the recovery of Short
stop Jerry Snyder from sore
arm. Yost will continue to parade
to the post first, Dresser said,
but things could be rearranged
within a week.
"Yost is swinging beamed
Chuck, undismayed by Eds one
for-f1ve performance in a IL in
ming. 81 loss to Milwaukee here
yesterday. Hes socking the first
ipitch, the one he always used
to take, and it's made him the
best hitter on the club.
Right now I have no leadofi
man to replace him." Dresser
continued, but Snyder may fit
into that spot when his arm
lis all right. Herb Plews looks
good in the No. 2 position and
Pete Runnels is a good man for
NO. 3.
/ Roy Sievers and Jim Lemon
strike out too much to be ideal
Ifourth-place hitters. Yost may
solve that problem for us.
Snyder Seldom Nibbles
Snyder is calm, knows what
he's doing at the plate and
doesn't nibble at too many bad
pitches. don't think leading
of is the right spot for Lyle
Luttrell. He's looking better, but
hes not a leadof man.
"A couple of clubs missed the
boat on Yost." Dresser said
They could have had him il
they'd offered enough. Now they
couldn't get him for twice what
they wanted to give us. He's
looking great and he isn't going
TO De traced.
Yost's .384 batting-20 hits in
So attemptS-testIfies that he is,
indeed, looking terrific. Ed is
willing to take stab at being
dropped in the batting order
I'D like to try it, he said, II
guess the reason I'm looking bet
ter is because I'm swinging at
pitches that l used to let go by .
Solid Threat
Every pitcher in the league
used to groove the first one on
Yost." Dresser said. They
would do it on 20 and 81 counts,
too. but he'll murder 'em now if
they try it. He's swinging when
he should be swinging and it's
made him solid threat"
Yost has started l3 Of the
Senators games and it's Signifi-
cant that he hasn't drawn a walk
in the first inning. He has been
swishing away. and the results
are three singles. double and
a triple in Is tries for a .385 lead
off mark. He singled his first
time at bat yesterday, Plews fol-
lowed with another. and that
was the Senators last hit until
Lemon crunched his sixth homer
of Taylor Phillips in the sixth
inning.
/ Yost has been dropped in the
batting order before. but on those
occasions he still behaved like a
Ileadoff hitter, concentrating on
walks. His belated discovery
that it's fun TO hit could make
a difference this time.
Jerry Almost Ready
Snyder reports his arm has
improved and he may crash the
lineup shortly. 81 think most
of the soreness is gone" Trainer
George Lentz said. Hes about
ready to play now"
II don't want Jerry in the
lineup until he's convinced he
can stick it out, Dresser said,
He thought he could make a
go OF 1t about 10 days ago
against the Dodgers, but the poor
guy just couldn't throw. We're
better off waiting until he knows
he can do the job"
/ The Senators today get their
first complete off-day and are
fiocking to the golf course for
another two-ball tourney. To-
morrow they'll play a squad
game. with Chuck Stobbs and
Ted Abernathy as opposing
pitchers.
I The Braves starters built up
a TO lead aginst the Senators
yesterday, roughing up a wild.
ineffective Camilo Pascual for
five runs in the second inning,
with three walks and singles BY
Johnny Logan, Bill Bruton and
Hank Aaron doing the damage.
They added a run IN the third
and another in the fourth of
Evelio Hernandez. but Herman
dez. Garland Shlfflett, Dick Bro
dowski and Tex Clevenger then
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