Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
SENATORS
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had my leg there guarding the
plate" Clint said. but
thought I was going to have
to block him of until ! got the
ball. I think his knee hit my
leg"
Smith, trying to score from
second base on Joe DeMae-
stri's single to right. realized
that Bob Allison'S throw was
in ample time to get him.
II knew I was going to be
out" Smith said. u tried Il
slide away from the plate and
Courtney. I didn't want to gel
hurt and I didn't want to hurt
Courtney. but he turned into
me when he got the ball.
i guess my knee hit him.
Smith continued. but I really
don't know. / sort of hit him
all over, and I didn't even get
a sore spot out Of it. 1t was
Just one Of those freak things,
A bat was lying near the plate,
but that had nothing to dc
with the accident, because II
didn't interfere with MY slide. y
Manager Cookie Lavagetto
hasn't made up his mind who
win replace Courtney as the
Senator's No. ! catcher. i just
don't know at this point"
Cookie said. "I'll have to alter
nate Ed FITZGERALD and Jay
Porter and see how they do
II Porter keeps improving he
could wind UP with the job"
Two Lefthanded Hitters
Courtney's injury leaves the
Senators without a lefthanded.
hitting catcher. In what fig
ures to be the regular lineup
Second Baseman Herb Plew,
and Outfielder Able Pearson
will be the only lefthanded hit.
tiers until Courtney returns
Pearson hasn't played an in.
ming yet because of a slight
hernia. Wilde ShortStop Ror
Sanford also has been idle with
a sore arm.
Clint'S loss. though. figures
to be more distressing. He al
ways attempts to instill fire into
a club which needs it, and Law
agetto was happy with his i'm
provement as a catcher.
Il don't like to be out OF &C.
tion," the unabashed Courtney
said. Il can handle those
pitchers of ours. I amt no bad
hitter and I can throw all right
I like to be in that ball game
and I amt gonna like sitting
around. I amt gonna be out
long. though. A week after
they let me get of these
clutches, I'll be in the lineup
Five Hits for Day
Of what they showed yes
terday against Kansas City al
West Palm Beach, the Sena-
tors could use his punch. Wash
ington's B" squad collected
only two hits of George Brunei
in absorbing an 81 defeat.
The varsity did better, but
only slightly. Rip Coleman and
Art Houtteman restricted them
to three hits, two by Harmon
killebrew, as the AS won, ILL.
Coleman, who won only nine
games for Buffalo last season,
held the Senators to one nit In
seven innings-Killebrew's sim
gle with one out in the fifth,
WaShington's other two hits
came in succession of Houtte-
man in the eighth inning. The
game was called with one out
in the last of the eighth be-
cause of a downpour.
Clevenger Slugged
Truman CIevenger was
slammed for four home runs,
two by Smith and one each by
Kent Hadley and Roger Maris,
The AS got eight of their IL
hits off him.
The Senator's lone run in the
varsity engagement stemmed
from a pair Of walks, q passed
ball and Porter's inf1eld
grounder which enabled Roy
Sievers to score from third base
Harry Simpsons three-run
homer of Jim Kaat got the
AS of to a lead in the first
inning of the "B" game. They
added two more runs of Kaat
in the second inning and
bounced on Bill Felker for three
in the third.
Washington'S only run in the
morning game developed when
Norm Zauchin walked, went to
third on Dan Dobbek's single
and scored as Throneberry
grounded out. The hit was