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Br LEO K. PETERSEN
r DPI Sports Editor
St. Petersburg, Fla. - (UPD
The New York Yankees got
hurt the most in the Amerl-
can ' league expansion draft
but they still have enough left
to lead their new manager,
Ralph Houk, to believe they
' will win their 12tn pennact
in the last IS years.
; 'Most baseball experts agree,
k although they think there is
a chance the Yankees may be
short in Ditching. Houk, tak
ing over the reins from Casey
Stengel, who won 10 of those
pen n an ts, isn't concerned
about the pitching.
: He points out it was good
enough to win the pennant
last year and lead the league
In earned run average and
' thinks he has the material to
replace three hurlers lost in
- the draft - Duke Maai, Bobby
Ehantx and 11 Grba.
, i "I'm not worried about our
pitching," said Houk confi-
dently. "As a matter of fact
I'm not . worried about any
thing even though we haven't
let the "swrld! on fire in our
exhibition 'games; We'll get
straightened out before long."
. In rookie Roland Sheldon,
who won-IS games while los
ing but one at Auburn last
.. year; Bill Stafford, who won
three and lost one after the
Yankeea recalled bim from
Richmond, and Danny McDev-
Itt,: purchased from the Loi
Angeles Dodgers, Houk be
lieve h has three, pitchers
Knchllit
Preposition
Rejected
( Tampa, Fla. -(UPD- It's def
inite today that baseball is
till a game with nine players
ana one manager to a fide,
.-; The rules committee elimi
nated confusion on that score
Friday night when it rejected
proposal that would have
turned the game into a 10-
player affair and also speci
fied that the .official game
manager mutt be 1 identified
at least 30 -minutes before it's
time to play. . - v .
. The. first decision rejected
a project proponed by the Pa
eifie Coast league while the
second was aimed at the Chi
cago Cubs' experiment of op
erating with eight coaches in
stead of formally-designated
manager. -;;
PCL President Dewey Sor
iano sponsored the proposal
. whereby pitchers in his league
tnight remain in, the game
after pinch hitters batted for
them. In ,. effect, . this, would
have turned baseball Into a
10-player game,: since PCL
managers presumably would
have pinch hit for the pitch
er's turn at bat, -.-;; i .
San Jos Ac Runs
Hundred in 9.3 .
Stanford, Calif. -0JPD- Den
nis Johnson, speed-burning
sprinter from Jamaica run
ning for San Jose State,
equalled the world record for
the 100-yard dash at 0.3 and
ran the 220 in 20.8 In a tri
angular meet yesterday.
The 21year-old Junior from
Kingston, beat Doug Smith of
Occidental by a tenth of a
second in a tine finish in the
100 and barely edged Steve
Haas and : teammate Willie
Williams as- he captured the
, 820. ; .j,-,:V..;ks ,
San Jose State 'won the
meet with 63 polnta to 88 13
for Occidental and 38 23 for
Stanford.
92 Await
i By LEO n. PETERSEN
j UPI Sports Edlto'
Augusta, Ga - (UPD -The
largest field ever,
paced by defending champion
Arnold Palmer, PGA king
Jay Hebert and nearly all of
the other top names . In the
world of golf, Is entered for
the 1961 Masters tournament
which gets Under -way here
Thursday.. , ;",.';,'
I Ninety-two of the ' world's
finest professional and ama
teur golfers .will tee. off In
the 25th renewal of what has
become, one of the greatest
tournaments. In.' tho golfing
' world. .Tournament -officials,
figuring the prestige is more
Important than , the money,
won't even try to estimate the
purse but last year Arnold
pocketed $17,500 for his win
ning 8-under-par 282 for the
four-day, 72-hole tournament,
r A total of 99 golfers receiv
ed invltatlosis to the tourna
ment. But five of these, In
cluding the . famed Bobby
Jones who sired th' Masters,
no longer .compete. The vet
eran Paul Runyan cut the
field further by his refusal to
play in protest against the tact
that the field will be cut to
the low ' 40 scorers' and lies
after 16 holes. And Art Wall,
tba 1998 Masters champion,
manager
who will make up for the
draft loss.
He Is especially high on
Sheldon, although' few play
ers mae the jump from Class
D to the majors.
The Yankee starters will
be Whltey Ford (12-9), Bob
Turley (8-3), Art Ditmar (15-
9), Ralph Terry (10-8) and
Stafford. Jim Coates (13-3)
can be used as a starter or in
relief.
With Luis Arroyo out with
a broken arm, McDevltt will
be the bullpen southpaw No,
1 man. Houk still is toying
with the idea of making
starter out of Ryne Duren
(3-4), but the chances are he
will be in his usual fireman's
role.
To round out the staff Houk
can select from Sheldon,- Bill
Short (3-9) and John James
(5-1). .
The replace the. bench
which they lost in the draft.
Houk Is counting on Deron
Johnson, who hit only .245
at Richmond in 1960 but rap
ped out 27 homers with 82
runs batted In; Leroy Thomas,
up : from - Amarillo where he
hit .380, . and possibly ' Jesse
Gonder. ... ; v
Johnson can play third, first
or the outfield. Thomas is an
outfielder and Gonder a catch
er. .
Infield Set :
The Infield is set with slug
ging Bill Skowron at first.
little ; Bobby Richardson - at
second, Tony Kubek at' short
and Cletis Boyer at third.
Skowron is the big gun of the
quartet. He batted .309 last
season with 28 homers and
Bl RBIs. Richardson hit only
252 but was a World Series
hitting star. Kubek batted .273
and Boyer, one ofVie finest
gipve men in tne league, :ivt.
Joe DeMaestri and Johnson
will be the utility inflelders,
Mickey Mantle, who hit 40
homers and drove In 94 runs,
and Roger Marls, who had
38 homers and 112 RBIs last
year, will be In centerand
right field respectively. Man
tle's average was only .276
but he still Is one of the most
feared sluggers in the game.
Marls hit .283. ' '- ' -
Hector Lopez and Yogi Ber
ra probably will share the left
field spot. Lopez (.284) prob
ably will play when the Yan
kees face southpaw pitching;
Berra (.276) when a right
hander goes against the Yan
kees.
Have Good Catchers
Berra may not see too much
action behind the plate. El-
ston Howard (.245), who also'
can play left field, probably
will do most of the catching
with John Blanchard (.242),
the No. 1 understudy. Blanch
ard appeared to come, into
his own during the World Se
ries which the Yankees lost
to the Pirates, v-
Gonder, - who hit .327 at
Richmond last . season, has
looked so good that Houk
may keep! him, Whether he
stays or not, the Yankees will
have the best catching in the
league, ,, ..
Other clubs, have been
knocking on the Yankee doqf
for catchers and it may be the
Yankees will deal either Blan
chard or Gonder If Houk feels
he needs another starting
pitcher. It's no secret the Yan
kees would like Ray Herbert
of Kansas City, but so would
a lot of other clubs.
' No team In the league ap
pears capable of matching the
Yankee power. It also is a
good - defensive , unit with
speed.'; V; V'-;;V. ..''.
Little wonder that Houk
and the odds makers feel the
Yankees will win it again.
Start of Masters Thursday
Is being forced to miss out
again, for the second straight
year, because of an injury.',; ':
Pulled Muscle -A
knee infection prevented
Wall from defending his title
last year.-This time a pulled
muscle under a rib has forced
his to the sidelines.
, 'Palmer who swept nearly
every golf honor in- sight in
1860, is a heavy favorite to
defend his title and win a
third Masters' championship.
However, the powerful Perm,
sylvanian will have to over
come a Masters'. Jinx - no
body has even won two mas
ters back-to-back.'
. South Africa's Gary Player
is being boomed as a serious
contender for the 1861 title.
Player finished seven strokes
back in a tie for sixth place
last year but Is the leading
money winner on the 1861
tour. If Player should win, he
would become the flivt for
eigner to do so In the 27-year
history of the Masters.
Hebert, who ruined Pal-
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DUST BOWL Home plate became a dust . Reno Bertoia
bowl when Zorro Versalles of the Mlnesota Yank catcher
Twins tried to score from first base against the threat by
the New York Yankees Saturday in St,
Petersburg. Versalles made his bid after
SATURDAY RESULTS
Cardinals
Homestead, Fla.-flJPD-Al CI-
cotte and Mickey McDermott,
American league castoffs,
pitched four-hit ball Saturday
as the St. Louis Cardinals beat
the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3, at
the Redbirds' ' Minor league
base.-. -
Bill White walloped a two-
run homer off Elroy Face in
the first inning to pace St.
Louis to a 3-0 lead and a nine-
hit attack twice.
Cicotte, bidding for a start-
Ling assignment, held the Pi
rates on one nu until tne sev
enth when he tired. With the
score 4-2, none out and run
ners 'on first and third, Mc
Dermott took over, fanned
Dick Schofleld and got Smoky
Burgess to hit into a double
play. ,. v-
Mesa, Arlz.-ajPD-Brllllant re
lief pitching by Lefty Tom
Borland gave the Boston Red
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Williams Heaps Praise
On Red Sox 'Phenom'
. By JOE SARGIS
United Press International
Praise from the "king" is
praise indeed, especially if
you're" a 21-year-old rookie
and the guy handing out the
accolades is Ted Williams.
Williams, one of the all-
time major league baseball
super stars never has been
one to either praise or ridi
cule a player. He often has
helped others with friendly
batting tips but generally has
kept his feelings about them
to himself. -
However, the Splendid
Splinter of Red Sox fame, has
found it almost impossible to
disguise his feelings - about
young Carl Yastrzemskl, the
kid outfielder who will be pa
trolling Ted's old left field
post . when the American
league season opens in 10
days. ,
Predicts Bright Future
Williams, a special batting
instructor for the Red Sox
since he called it a career last
fall after 18 seasons, has spent
good deal of his six weeks
in the Boston spring training
camp at Scottsdale, Ariz
working with Yastrzemskl,
and as a parting salute today,
he flatly predicted Carl will
mer's chances for a "grand
slam" last year by taking the
PGA, gets an early chance to
pit his skill against . Palmer.
The two meet Sunday In At
lanta when they pair off with
national amateur champion
Deane Beman and amateur
Gene Dahlbsndcr in an 18
hole exhibition for multiple
sclerosis.
Then Palmer, Hebert and
the other Mastersntrles will
pour in here Monday for
three days of practice rounds.
A special par-three event will
be held Wednesday. It was
won last year by veteran Sam
Snead who will be back again
this year shooting for an un
precedented fourth Masters'
title. Snead, now 48, and Jim
my Demaret, who has passed
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Sox a 9 to 8 victory over the
Chicago Cubs. For good meas
ure he also drove home the
winning run with a double.
Borland came to the relief.
of starter Ike DelOck with one
out In the sixth inning. After
yielding a run-producing sin
gle to Richie -Ashburn, first
man to face him, he -didn't al
low another hit. He struck out
five and walked only one,
' Bradenton - (DPI) - Bob Buhl
became the first major league
pitcher to go the distance
twice in spring training as the
Milwaukee Braves beat the
Philadelphia Phillies 6-3..
. Buhl, who also pitched nine
innings against the Washing
ton Senators last Sunday, al
lowed eight hits. The Braves
collected 11 hits off John Buz-
hardt, Ken Lehman and Jack
Baldschun, including a home
run by Lee Maye,
hit .320 In his first major
league season.
There is no question that
Yastrzemskl is this spring's
"phenom," the 24-carat, can't
miss hotshot that pops up
every spring to the delight,
fancy or imagination of base
ball writers.
However, unlike the Clint
Hartungs, Paul Pettits, Dick
Wakeflelds and Frank Houses
of other springs, Yastrzemskl
comes with, excellent creden
tials. In 1858, his first season In
organized baseball, the native
Bridgehampton, N.Y., hit .377
with Raleigh of the Carllna
league after picking up $100,-
000 in bonus money from the
Red ' Sox. Last year, with
Minneapolis of the Triple A
American Association, Carl
hit .338, losing out for the bat
ting title in the last few days
of the season.
8WIM CHAMPION
- San Francisco - (UPD - Little
Papsle Georgian, representing
Oakland, Calif., Athens Ath
letic club', won the individual
title in the National Syn
chronized Swimming cham
pionship here Friday.
50, are- the only three-time
winners. . . '..
All of last year's leaders
will be on hand, including
Ken Venturl who held a one
stroke lead over Paimer after
70 holes only to have Palmer
turn in a pair of sensational
birdies to storm back into the
lead he held at the close of
each day's round.
Unless there is a lot of sun
shine and a lot of wind the
next few days, the 6,980-yard
Augusta National Golf course
will play very slow and
scores should be higher than
usual. There his heen a lot
of rain here the past week
and the lush fairways allow
very little roll at the present
time.
S 2-8361
IIG Y Maritrt
doubled in the fifth inning,
John Blanchard turned back
putting the tag on Versalles.
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' West Palm Beach-fllPJ-The
Kansas City Athletics ham
mered Frank Lary and rookie
Joe Grznda for 13 hits; Includ
ing a tape measure homer, by
Andy Carey, and beat the De
troit Tigers, 11-2. -
1 Rookie outfielder Jay Han:
kins had three hits for the A's,
including a double. Leo Posa
da had a pair of hits and Hay
wood Sullivan doubled and
singled and drove in two runs.
Ken Johnson, Bill Kunkel and
Ed Rakow pitched for Kansas
City holding the Tigers to
seven hits. - -.
St. Petersburg, Fla.-WPB-Pe-
dro Ramos and Jim Kaat com
bined to hand the New York
Yankees their first shutout of
the spring in pitching the Min
nesota Twins to a 4-0 victory
at Al Lang field.
It was the 15th defeat in 22
exhibition games for the de
fending American league
champs. Ramos, working the
first seven inings, ' held the
Yankees to five singles. Kaat
allowed one more in the final
two frames. The victory gave
the Twins a sweep of the two
game spring series,
Tampa. Fla. - (UPD - Consecu
tive home runs ,by Vada Pin
son and Frank Robinson off
rookie righthander Bill Ortega
in the eighth inning gave the
Cincinnati Reds a 6-4 victory
over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It was the second homer of
the day for Robinson, who
slammed one off Johnnv Po-
dres in the first inning. Podres,
the first of four Dodger hurl
ers, was struck on the left
wrist by a Pinson smash and
left after the first inning.
DeWitt Given
Charge of Reds
Cincinnati, Ohio -(UPD- Bill
DeWltt, who has been banging
around major league front of
fices since the old St: Louis
Browns folded, has been given
complete charge of the Cin
cinnati Reds.
- DeWltt, the chief executive
officer of the Reds as vice
president and general mana
ger, was given full control of
the club's operations follow
ing a meeting Thursday of the
board of trustees of the Cros
ley foundation, principal
stockholder of the National
league baseball team.
Mrs. Stanley Kess, Cros
iey's daughter, was named
president of the Crosley Foun
dation, which plans to turn all
profits of the baseball opera
tion over to charitable, educa
tional and scientific en
deavors. TAKE PR JOB
. Raynham, Mass. -(UPD- For
m e r heavyweight champion
Rocky Marciano will do pub
lic relations work for the
Raynham dog track during its
56-night meeting which opens
April 18, it was announced to
day by General Manager Russ
Murray.
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Chisox Will Annex
American Loop Flag
By LEO H. PETERSEN
, UPI Sports Edi:or
' Sarasota, Fla.-OJPD-The Chi
cago, White Sox finished third
last year and manager Al Lo
pez is sure they are, going to
make up for it by winning the
1961 American league pennant.'.'-
- .
He. bases his confidence on
his claim that he has the best
pitching in the league and
points out that last season the
White Sox led the league in
both hitting and fielding.
Lopez won't find many who
will agree with him on his
pitching claim or that he has
the batting power of the fa
vorite New York Yankees.
And if the White Sox hold a
defensive edge over the Balti
more Orioles, who finished a
notch ahead of them last year,
it is a slender one.
.' But Lopez says he isn't wor
ried about anytmng-not even
t.e fact that some of his key
performers are nearing the
end of the baseball road. -"We'll
Win" Lopei , .;
"We'll 'win it," he predict
ed, pointing out that the third
place finish of 1960 was the
lowest in his 14 years as a
manager, 11 in the majors. "I
didn't like it and neither did
t! players. .' . ,
"We : decided we needed
more pitching so we went out
and got it by sacrificing some
hitting power,:-but not de
fense.": ,-. . ; '-.
The new hurlers are Juan
Plzarro, 6-7 with Milwaukee
last year, and Cal McLlsh,
who won only four-while los
ing 14 with Cincinnati after
winning 19 games for Cleve
land in 1959. , '
"I'm sure they .will .-give
our pitching the lift it needs,"
Lopez said, adding that when
McLish was in the American
league he made a habit out of
beating the top teams, espe
cially the Yankees.
To get McLish the .White
Sox' gave up among others,
third baseman Gene Freese, a
good hitter but no standout in
the field. .
Lopez is counting on Mc
Lish and Pizarro, although
both have been pounded pret
ty hard in exhibition games,
as regular starters along with
the 41-year-old Early wynn
(13-12), Billy Pierce U-'J
Bob Shaw (13-13), Herb Score
rs.10): Frank Baumann (13-6)
and Russ Kemmerer (6-3).
Staley. Lown Relieve .
. That leaves ' 40-year-old
Gerry Staley and 36-year-old
Turk Lown for relief, l '
Three rookies have an out-
Mn chance of making tne
hurling staff. They are Alan
Brice, 10-7 at iiincom; mu
stoh Brown, .12-14 with Sac
ramento and Ed Crapcho, 6-2
at Mobile. "
There is age-perhaps too
much-in catching, the infield
and outfield. '
Sherman Lollar, iniurea a
good deal of the time, slump
ed to a .252 average last sea
son, batting in only 46 runs.
The White Sox need the big
bat of the 35-year-old Lollar
If they are going to win me
flag. Behind him they have
only the well-traveled Joe
Ginsberg and two rookies who
may not be ready for the big
time, Camily Carreon and Bob
Roselli. -
Roy Sievers and ms Dig oat
will be at first. He nit xo
homers and batted In 93 runs
last season but is going on no.
The White Sox have no
problem around second base
and shortstop with scrappy
Nellie Fox and speedy Luis
Aparicio1 holrling down those
two spots. Lopez is counting
on rookie Joe Martin, up from
San Diego where he hit .285,
to take over for Freese at
third base. He is abetter
oinve man than Freese but it
remains to be seen if he can
hit major league pitching.
If he can't, tne wnue oox
mnv hp hurting at third for
Billy Goodman, 34, and sub
ject to injuries and ailments,
and rookie Tony Roig, a .278
hitter at Spokane, are ; the
only other candidates al-
SP 3-7555
though Sam Esposlto, a light
hitter, also can play the bag.
But he hit only .182 last year.
Esposito and 37-year-old
Earl Torgeson will be Infield
utility men. "
- Minnie Minoso, ' who ' lists
his age at 38 but probably is
40 or over, was the big gun
for the White Sox in the RBI
department last year . with
105. He hit 20 homers and
batted .311. .
With Mtnoso in the outfield
will be Al Smith, who led the
Sox in hitting last year with
ar, , average of .315, and Jim
Landis, who can gc and get
'em in centerfield.
Last Year
For Bauer
West Palm Beach, Fla.-(UPD-Outflelder
Hank Bauer of the
Kansas City Athletics, who
gave the best he had for 12
seasons, gave notice today that
this will be his last year.
The decision wasn't as diffi
cult to make as Bauer thought
it might be during the 10 sea
sons he drew cheer for his
consistent all-out perform
ance with the New York
Yankees. ' !
, Bauer, who. will be 39 in
July, doesn't rate too many
cheers these days and he
knows the reason why even
though he still hustles most
every minute he's on the field.
J 'The legs ain't what . they
used to be any more," he said,
With the resignation of a man
who can't do anything about
it. "I'm quitting after this sea
son because I don't think I'll
be able to do the job any
more." -.
Nevertheless, Bauer feels he
can still help the A's this year
and even play 100 games or
better "If I'm used right."
Kart Races
Called Off
There will be no organized
Go Kart races here today.
An official of the club said
that the race program has
been called off because of the
Easter observance. A previous
announcement had said races
were planned this week.
The track at the fairgrounds
will be open for practice.
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At the same time the Little
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Klamath Falls, Grants Pass,
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They have taken part over the
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Phoenix will be host to A-2
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