Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24
SIEGH AT LARGE
Giants Now Rate
As COZ uvorites
By MORRIS sIEeEL

LAS VEGAS, NEW, MAR. 23.-Of All Things: The big
betting houses here which originally made the Giants
second choice to the Dodgers rate the two teams
"pck EN-" in the pennant race. . General Manager
Gabe Paul Of Cleveland, back from Florida VISIT is
sweating out Kansas Citys approval of trade which
would send Woody Held and Pete Ramos to the AS for
Second Baseman Jerry Lumpe. Curt Gowdy has more
job security than any major league announcer He owns
the station which airs the Red Sox games
Two former Redskins are working for the ALL
San Diego Chargers AL Coupee broadcasts the games
and Bones Taylor recently joined the coaching staff
Slowstarting Dick Stuart had nice answer for Johnny
Pesky when the Boston manager asked him to hit one
out Of the park against the Colts the other day. What
would you rather have do" Stuart replied "hit one
today or two April when the season opensp" Pesky
agreed to wait. Nothing is too good for the strike
bound Cleveland writer's covering the Indians Tucson
The team has installed two kegs of draft beer the
press ROOM
YANKEE Co-owNER Del Webb the biggest real
estate operator In Arizona Is making pitch to switch
Houston from Apache Junction to the Webb-bult Sun
City with an offer to build $250OOO ball park.
There were only two Arizonans the 58-man Arizona
State football squad which wrapped up spring practice
with the annual squad game the other evening Tempe
The only Indians most Arizona travellers get to
is the squad of palefaces representing Cleveland in the
American League.
Birdie Tebbetts is smitten with outfelder Vic
Davao and ShortStop Max Avis he learning to speak
Alvin Dark, who downrated Cepedas ability during the
big first basemans holdout II forget" Cepeda told
reporters. Ted Williams who stubbornly refused to
hit to the opposite field when he played is trying to teach
Boston Catcher Bob Tilman how to do it.
30 BELINSKY ACCOMPANIED the Angels to Las
Vegas for their weekend exhibitions here but left his
custom-made cuestick in Palm Springs. BeEnsky base
balls sefeseemed pool shark racked up shamefuly
in Phoenix the other evening by Dan Markows 2Oyear
old Giants rookie from Baltimore.
A Cubs scout who saw Cleveland's Barry Latham
narrowly miss Willie Mays head, innocently posed the
best question in spring training Is that where the new
strike is, DaddyP" The Red sox are grateful to
BoSton's Cardinal Cushing for his help in getting the
Roman Meiias family out of Cuba.
Hollywood refusing be outscandaled by sports fixes
claims high school Splinter recently rejected 81 900
bride offer to lose the 100yard DASH In eess Apache
Junction the Colts have been given permission to keep
their own curfew hours Former teammates of Ron
Kline predict the Senators pitcher easily capable
Of giving Jim PierSa real for team cutup honors
Next to sugar and coffee, shortstops have become
Latin Americas biggest exports. There II holding
down varsity jobs in the majors.
NIKE FoRN1ELEs, THE former Senator doing bulpen
duty for Boston, reveals his major league began
accidentally The Senators sent SOS to Cuban Scout
Joe Cambria for pitching help and Cambria promised to
ship Raul Sanchez to Griffith Stadium. Raul was
He started brilliantly for Washington, pitching
hitter against the Philadelphia AS in his 1852 debut
This supposed to be the last year for veteran Yankee
Coach Frank Crosetd the only Ralph Houk appoint
ment on the staff Candy Johnson, the twist queen,
continues to be the No. attraction in Palm Springs,
Calf, despite the competition from Belinsky.
Jackie Jensen, who quit the employment of Million
are Tom Yawkey has found job with another MILLION
aire The former Washington outfelder is sports
promotion director for Bill Harrah, Who according to
Jensen, is the worlds biggest gambler Harrah is the
owner of the nationally known casino in Reno Pete
Ramos predicting 2O-game season. has no use for an
Akron Oho) reporter who wrote the Indians will be out
of the race by July if Ramos wins 20 because Ramos
never starts to win until his team has been eliminated"
SO far, bulfights remain of the few sports I'M
marred by scandal Come to think of it, how would
guy go about rigging a bulfght? Rocky Bridges
introducing announcer Joe Garagola at baseball clam
bake the other night told the audience Joe broadcasts
the TV Game Of the Week which is only in minor
league cities That's another plus for urban living"