Evening star., 1960-12-15
Doherty Seeking
Offers; InfieId
Needs Revompinq
BY FRANCIS STANN
Star Stan Writer

BOSTON, Dec. After
spending $2.245,0O0 for "a bali
players, ranging from fading
veterans to rockies with big
question marks after their
names, it still behooved the
Washington Senators today to
become active In the trade
market.
To the surprise Of nobody.
neither the Senators nor the
new Los Angeles Angels loomed
as q pennant threat after the
epoch-making purchase Of 20
eligible" American League
players. each for 5000. There
were other additions but they
were even lesser ones.
The 1861 infiield. unless 1t
can be revamped by trading,
fails to stack UP as a big league
type. First Baseman Dale
Long. who once set o record by
hitting eight home runs for
Pittsburgh in eight consecutive
games, apparently is the in
fielder most sure of q job when
the Senators open the season
next April 10 against the Chi
cago White Sox.
Long Nearing IS.
But Long will be IS in Febru-
ary and there is some question
as to how far he can go. For
the Yankees last season he did
q good spot job. hitting 1866.
slamming eight homers and
driving in 10 runs in 26 games
but he never played over a pro-
longed stretch.
Inman (Coot) Veal, picked
of the Detroit roster. Is the
most likely shortstop. The 2S-
year-old Georgian batted 1902
for Denver In II games and .2S7
for the Tigers in 81 games.
Aside from this pair. Mana
ger Mickey Vernon's infleld is
likely to include almost any
body, and time is running out
for both the Senators and An
gels as far as inter-league
trading goes. The deadline for
dealing with National League
teams without resorting to
waivers was extended only un-
til midnight tomorrow.
We're willing to listen to
any offers" General Manager
Ed Doherty said today. 80
far / haven't heard anybody
who was ready to talk trade,
but I'm waiting.
There isn't anybody on this
club who is untouchable," he
added. III trade anybody if
the right offer comes along"
Lose Yost in Toss
The biggest, disappointment
to both Doherty and Vernon
was the failure to win the coin
toss for first pick of the avail
fable infielders. They were bent
on selecting the veteran Eddie
Yost, o longtime favorite in
1.-THE Capital, but Fred Haney,
general manager Of the Angels.
tcalled the turn and he chose
Yost. Thus Veal became Doher-
lty's No. 2 pick.
| The only second-baSemen or
1.-THE roster now are Danny
lO'Connell, much travelled vet.
leran who was obtained re-
Gently as q free agent: John
Schaiye from the Minnesota
Twins. Chester Boak, who also
plays third, from the Kansas
City list, and a $4,000 minor
Lacquer. Leo Burke. The third.
base candidates are Billy
Klaus from Baltimore Bot
johnson from Kansas. City and
again, Boak, Jim Nfahoney, a
good field. no-hit inflelder from
Boston via Minneapolis, is
strictly a shortstop. The other
Iinf1elder purchased for $4,000
was Bud zipfel. a Yankee
owned first baseman who
batted .269 for Binghampton
last season.
Bullpen Has Quality
If there is one department in
which the new Senators should
compare fayorably with the old
ones 1t is the bullpen. In pick
ing UP Bobby Shantz as first
choice among the pitchers, they
got o 35-year-old southpaw
who was 5-4 with the Yankees
last season with a 2.7S earned
run average. Bobby is over the
hill but. as he proved in the
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