Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
ORLANDO. Fla. Mar.

Cookie Lavagetto. most gen.
ial and honest Of managers,
recently was blasted by a
Miami sports coiumnist as be-
ing the majors least co-opera-
tive pilot. Seems Cookie
wouldn't play Roy Sievers in
Miami because he didn't think
the slugger was ready.
Phil Howser, who runs the
Senators farm club at Char
lotte. says he believes the ball
park real estate there win bring
no more than 100000 and adds
there have been no nibbles
about buying 1t. When
President Cal Griffith Of the
Senators journeyed to Miami
Tuesday he conferred at length
with c. Leo Dorsey. family
attorney.
Jack Kralick. brightest pros
pect among the Senator'S rookie
pitchers, came to training
camp weighing l59 pounds, but
a diet Of vitamin pills has
boosted his weight to ITO. /.
Trainer George Lentz won't re-
lax until he's packed 10 more
pounds on the lefthander.
Best bet Of the year is that
Bill Veeck ultimately will wind
up with control of the White
Sox board of directors. now
split evenly between warning
The list price Of
the most popular glove used by
ball players is $50. Those
under contract to the firm that
make the glove get it for moth
ing. others pay $40.
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Latest report Is that the Sem
ators' radio television package
sold for $4,000. II so. 1t
means the club will drop a tidy
100000 when compared to the
it received for the
Baltimore area
oroadcasting and telecasting
last year. An official Of a
station which didn't land the
contract wrote Griffith a letter
pointing out the team would
have made more money by ac-
,epting his offer.
The Senators get a break by
playing the less popular ORR
oles. rather than the Yankees
Or Red Sox. on opening day. :.
That's a near sellout every year
regardless Of the opposition. :.
The Senator'S will need the
irawing power Of the Yankees
and Red Sox later. The
Yankees accounted for about
30 per cent Of the Senators
home attendance last year.
Al Lopez, jr., son of the White
Sox manager. is an outflelder
FOR Jesuit High in Tampa and
Is headed for Notre Dame. q.
Coach Frank Crosetti. being
kidded by Sportscaster Phil
yelled UP to the broad
booth here the other
day. IN come up there and
take your job away from you"
TO which somebody brash re-
sponded, Yeah. just like he
took yours away from you" . -.
Phil succeeded Frank as the
Yankees shortStop.
Yankee writers travel in
style. being waited over Flor
ida in Dan Toppings private
plane. The Senators have
q real rooter in John Drebin-
ger. veteran baseball writer for
the New York Times.
When ever Washington does
well against the Yankees.
Drebby chortleS.
The Orioles haven't made
up their minds whether AL
Barth is a pitcher or a first
baSeman. He slammed rs
homers for Wilson. N. c.. as a
first baseman last season and
had a Us record on the mound.
He pitched against the
Senators the other night in
Miami and the lone hit off him
in 22s innings was Jay Porter's
homer.
Rated the most improved
player in the Baltimore camp
Is Dave Nicholson. the big
bonus boy who had his diff
culties with three teams in
varying classiflcations last year.
Nicholson struck out 1853
times in l18 games last season
while playing with Knoxville.
Wilson and Dublin.
Rolf Scheel, pitcher in the
Orioles organization, was born
in Yokohama, developed inter-
est in baseball from American
soldiers while living in Stuff
gart,. Germany. during the oc-
cupation, later emigrated to
Canada with his mother. .
He has lived in Europe. North
South America and
Asia. He was 3-l7. with
Louisville last year after COM
piling an 1875 record at Phoenix
In 1857.
Ron mford, Senators
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