Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-04

NO~@ SO%N@SAAes "AeAA obOpo I'll lOuON
at Charleston and Charlotte
Aspromonte will be among
them.
Sanford Still Ailing
Ron Sanford. ticketed as the
Senators regular shortstop
says an injured leg now has
mended but his arm remain:
sore. Every time throw il
hurts" Sanford said. "The
trouble is a bone squirt in the
shoulder, they tell me. I've
been favoring it, and throwine
unnaturally. and my whole arm
is sore as the result.
II guess the only thing tc
do is try to ignore it and &c
along with it as best 1 cam
Sanford continued. 1--WE never
had a sore arm in my life be-
fore this. The way I've beer
crippled up this spring I'm sur.
prised they haven't made q
deal for a shortstop by this
time"
Griffith said the Senators
definitely won't acquire Willie
Miranda from Baltimore. but
added we're trying every
thing" in an effort to locate 9
shortstop.
General Manager John Nc
Hale of the Braves accompanied
his team here yesterday anc
said he still is interested in
landing Catcher Ed FITZGERALD
from the Senators. 1t was be-
lieved the Braves interest in
Ed had vanished when Mil
waukee got Catcher Stan Lo-
pata from the Phillies earlier
in the week. In that deal
ShortStop Joe Hoppe, whom
the Senators were considering
as part of a trade with Mil
waukee. went to the Phillies.
McHale and Griffith con-
ferred at length after the game
and the clubs still may dc
business. Waivers have been
obtained on FITZGERALD from
other American League clubs
making it possible for him to
pass into the National League
Errors Hurt Ramos
A walk, three singles and er-
rors by Harmon Killebrew and
Herb Plews enabled the Braves
to pry three runs from Pedro
Ramos in the first inning
Thereafter Ramos held Mil
waukee to two hits in the next
seven innings, surviving the
fifth without damage when
Plews and Killebrew dropped
pop flies on successive plays.
Gerry Nelson walked Fitz-
gerald in the second inning,
yielded a single to Aspromonte,
then walked Ramos and Plews
to force across a run. ASpro-
monte scored in the same in
ming when Able Pearson
forced Plews and the Senators
tied it in the third when Bill
Bruton dropped Norm Eau
chin's fly to center for a two
base error and Killebrew sin
gled.
Ramos had fired four sue
cessive hitleSs innings when he
was yanked for a pinch-hitter
Hal Griggs took over in the
ninth and pitched two more
hitleSs innings. Jack Kralick
escaped damage in the 18th
despite yielding two singles,
but Yves Covington belted a
solo homer over the rightfield
fence with one out in the 18th
to provide the winning margin.
NOTES: The Senators got
IL hits off Gerry Nelson, Hum
berto Robinson and Bob Gig
gle, while Johnny Logan got
four of the Braves 10 hits
the Senators record now is g.
IL with two games remaining
with the White Sox the
Senators will be idle today,
since all their equipment has
been packed before climbing
aboard a train tonight.
Griffith has asked Commits
sioner Ford Prick to void the
trade which brought Pitcher
Billy Loes to the Senators in
exchange for Pitcher Vito VAL
entinetti DR.. George Resta,
team physician, said Loes has
an incomplete rupture of the
right arm near the shoulder
and requires surgery if Loes
submits to sugery his chances
of recovering full effectiveness