Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-09
Griffs Look for Yank Trade
To Bolster RiddIed Lineup
Only 10 Players
OK for 3 Games,
KroIick Optioned
BY BURTON HAWKINS
star stan Writer


NEW YORK. May 9.-The
Senators maneuverability for
a double-header with the YAM
KEGS here tomorrow will be vir-
tually impossible unless they
swing a multi-player trade to-
day, for they must trim two
players by midnight tonight.
further decimating a skeleton
squad.
Exclusive Of pitchers, it's
likely that Manager Cookie
Lavagetto will have only IL
players at his command. Five
i'll players remained in WASH
ington and Cookie doesn't ex-
pect slugger Roy Sievers TO be
available for action here in a
single game today or the
double-header tomorrow.
Entering tomorrow's first
game. barring alterations by
trade, Cookie will have only 10
players here. Sievers' shoul-
der injury slices the available
ity to 10. Seven Of those are
calculated to be pitchers, since
Jack Kralick was optioned to
CHATTANOOGA last night.
Five Remain Behind
Behind in Washington are
First Baseman Norm Zauchin,
Outfielder Able Pearson. Catch
er Clint Courtney and Pitchers
Russ Kemmerer and John Ro-
monosky. Another pitcher, Bill
Fischer, is here, but is recup-
Grating from a virus and isn't
expected to be ready for any
thing more than relief role.
Thus, if Faye Throneberry
departs, as anticipated, Cookie
may be forced to chase First
BaSeman Julio Becquer to the
outfield. switch Second Base
man Reno Bertoia to first base
and insert Herb Plews at Sec
ond. Throneberry has been
filling in at leftfield during the
absence of SieVers and Pearson.
He is batting 100.
All this is inflicted on the
Senators at a time when the
Yankees have their three crack
pitchers primed. They'll en-
ploy Bob Turley today against
Hal GriggS and send Whitley
Ford and Don Larsen against
Chuck StobbS and Camilo Pas
cual tomorrow.
SkOwrOn Pulls Muscle
The Yankees will be operat-
ing without their most produc-
tive hitter, First BaSeman Bill
Skowron. He pulled a ham
string muscle behind his right
thigh running out a hit in an
exhibition with the Dodgers
Thursday night at Los Angeles
and it's estimated he'll be idle
a week.
Catcher Yogi Berra is sup
posed to return from his
mothers funeral in st. Louis
in time to play today if needed
and Outfielder Mickey Mantle
is expected to be back in the
lineup after nursing a dam
aged right index finger.
The Yankees may try to
swing deal with the Senators
here today or tomorrow.
Weiss, Cal May HuddIe
General Manager George
Weiss acknowledged that he
may huddle with the Senator's
president, Cal Griffith, during
the weekend series.
when they've got you on
the run, so to speak, it is uSu-
ally better to wait" Weiss said.
They figure they can drive a
better bargain when things are
going well for them. We do the
same thing"
The Yankee general man
ager said he would first confer
with Manager Casey Stengel.
The Yankees are believed
interested in Camilo Pascual.
"A lot depends on what Casey
says about that" Weiss said.
He hasn't seen Pascual pitch
since spring training and 1
don't know whether he likes
him more now, or less"
Washington is reported eager
to land Infielder Bobby Rich
ardson. A possible deal would
be Richardson and Pitcher
Tom Sturdivant for PaScual.
Odds Against Senators
Players who might be cut
by the Yanks include Catcher
Darrell johnson, Pitcher hurry
Dickson, Infielder Cletus Boyer
and Pitchers Zach Monroe,
Johnny Kucks and Jim Coates.
The Senators face over
whelming odds trying to re-
bound from their narrowing
10-1 defeat by the Orioles
Thursday night before the