Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08
Giants, Dodger,
Share Interest
In Games Today
By ths Associated presr

LII LIle IOurtH INNING OF the
seventh and deciding game Of
the 1856 World Series Roy
Campanella doubled of Tommy
Byrne, the Yankee pitcher, and
scored moments later on q
single. 1t turned out to be
the winning run as Brooklyn
sewed up its first world cham
pionship.
Times have changed. The
Dodgers have moved to Los
Angeles. Campanella lies half
paralyzed in a Glen Cove
IN. " hospital and Byrne has
retired.
| But although the names may
not be the same in many cases,
the games the same" It's
still big-league baseball, and
that's all that will matter when
the scores Of the exhibition
openers come trickling in today
from Florida and Arizona.
Dodgers Play Phils
Much Of the interest win
center on the Los Angeles and
San Francisco teams. The
Dodgers play the Phillies in q
night game in Miami while the
Giants meet Cleveland in
Phoenix, Ariz. 'aa'
In other games on the full
slate. the Chicago Cubs meet
Baltimore at Scottsdale. Ariz.:
Cincinnati faces the Chicago
White Sox at Tampa. Fla: the
world champion Braves take on
Detroit at Lakeland. Fla; Pitts
burgh and Boston clash at
Sarasota. Fla; the Yankees
and st. Louis get together at
st. Petersburg. Fla. and Wash.
ington and Kansas City hook
UP at West Palm Beach. Fla
The Giants-Indians game
also will mark the American
League managerial debut of
Bobby Bragan. He was the
only pilot hired since the close
Of last season. Bobby formerly
managed Pittsburgh Of the
National League.
Score Sidelined
Herb Scores scheduled first
game appearance for Cleveland
since his untimely eye injury
last May was postponed. The
young lefthander suffered q
sprained right ankle running
around q Tucson YMCA gym
yesterday and will be sidelined
for Q few days, Score declared,
TITS nothing serious at all "
For most managers. the early
games will be . time for experi-
menting.
Casey Stengel, Yankee man
ager, plans to give slugRer Mary
Throneherry q good shot at
the first base job and move Bill
Skowron TO third. AL Lopez Of
the Chicago White Sox is ex-
pected to 60 with 19-year-old
John Callison, a 340 batter
with Bakersfield. Calf, last
season, in leftfield for the FIRST
few weeks ut least.
Paul Richard, Baltimore skip
per, says he will give vet.
eran Third Baseman Spider
Jorgensen q chance to make
good. Jorgensen, who hit .2el
with 10 homers for Vancouver
in 1857. is q one-time Dodger.
TebbettS Watching Rookie
Manager Cookie Lavagetto Of
Washington has tabled Out
fielder Able Pearson and Sec
ond Baseman Bob Malkmus for
lots Of action. And Birdie Teb-
belts Of Cincinnati is watching
closely Vada Pinson, a base
stealing whiz who came UP with
SO thefts and q 1867 batting
mark for Visalia. Calf, last
year.
Young Shoytstop Bob Lillis.
up from st. Paul. and Rube
Walker. Campanella's projected
catching replacement, will be
given more than the once over
by Walt Aston Of Los Angeles.
The latest hospital bulletin
on Campanella indicated that
the burly catcher is showing
general Improvement and his
paralysis is slowly disappearing
Roy suffered q broken neck In
an automobile accident Janu-
airy %.
Byrne. who had said several
times he was considering re.
tirement from baseball, made II
of1cial yesterday. He has
Joined the stan Of an oil COM
pany in Sanford. N. c.