Evening star., 1961-03-25
Both Are Sturs
As Team Beats
Dodgers in 18th
BY BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

POMPANO BEACH, Fla, Mar.
25.-There'S magic in Ed Ho-
baugh's pitches and power in
Dale Longs bat, and the sun is
shining once again on the SEN
ators.
Beaten five straight times,
burdened with a pitching staff
that appeared to be falling
apart and impatient for the
long g-promised power from Long,
the Senators had new heart to-
day as they prepared to meet
the Dodgers "B" team for the
third straight afternoon.
An thinning 5-4 victory over
the Dodgers here yesterday put
a stop to the skid. The first
home run of the season by Long,
ia near-perfect pitching per-
formance by Hobaugh and a
superb game afield and at the
plate by John Schaive were fac
tors that had Manager Mickey
Vernon smiling again for the
first time in almost a week.
Others Pitch Well
And add to the list of heroes
rightfielder Jim King, whose
long triple enabled the Senators
to tie the score in the ninth
inning, and John Klippstein
and Dave Sisler, whose pitching
took up where Hobaugh's left
off.
That ball Long hit" Vernon
said, appeared to be the hard
est hit ball so far for us down
here. And if that performance
by Hobaugh is any indication
of what we can expect, he has
a tremendous chance Of being
one of our regular starters.
"AS for Schaive, he sure
helped his chances to make the
club"
The Dodgers. too, were filled
with admiration for Hobaugh,
who they termed one Of the
best they've seen all year.
Hobaugh is delighted he
finally is getting a chance to
: make the majors. II pitched
with the White Sox in spring
training" he says, "but I was
never given a chance"
A pulled muscle put Hobaugh
out Of action in the early going,
but Trainer Tom McKenna ap-
piled heat and gave shots, and
Ed says he never has felt bet
] ter.
HObaugh HaIts Rally
:, Ray Semproch started for
the Senators yesterday, but he
gave UP three runs in the first
inning on two walks, two hits
and a pair Of wild pitches. He
gave up another in the second
when he hit the Dodger pitcher
Stan Williams. walked the next
batter and yielded a hit to
Junior Gillian.
With one out and two on, Ho-
baugh came in and struck out
the next two batters. He retired
13 in a row-until Doug Camilli
v sent the ball past third base
S into leftfield in the seventh In
ming. But Doug was out trying
to steal, and when Hobaugf
retired after the seventh in.
ming he had pitched to the
>. minimum batters. He strucl
y out five and walked nobody.
! "Semproch has some kind o.
- back trouble" Vernon said
Hes been wild all spring. HI
" even hits batters in batting
d practice. He's favoring a pulled
II muscle or something"
I KeOugh's Hit Counts
l. Schaive hit a two-run home,
in the second inning and drovu
ID in another run with a singlI
s, in the ninth. Marty Keough
hitless in his first five trips
,a singled across the winning rul
~ with two out in the 1lth.
~ Klippstein relieved Hobaugl
at and pitched two innings, re
tiring all six batters, three OF
&C strikeouts. Sisler pitched tn
~ ~ last two, gave up no hits, bu
- walked two.
,is Longs blast over the right
ne field wall in the fourth innin
~ would have been a home rul
anywhere. He entered tn
game with q .125 batting av
X erage-two hits IN 16 trip.
he one a single, the other double
ar He did not make the trip t
We Vero Beach Thursday, but, in
pc stead, he stayed behind o
ne orders from Vernon to TAX
oe additional batting practice.
OF NOTES: The Senators no
are 81 for the exhibition sea
son. Joe McClain, who hs
pitched six innings of runleS
D. ball, and Rudy Hernandez, VIII
nd has four shutout innings
a his credit, will pitch for tn
it, Senators tomorrow against tn