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' ' A Hurling H Griffs' Surprise, Confusion Might Surprise, Follow Wpj jy dtij |js* Fitz Believes Football Anti-Trust Ruling 11Wlb^i&o%Em Several Throwers ||||i|>' ' ' »> Court's Decision x- -<' . Have Potential to fcJfcA ¦HPmHii , Granger ¦», s .m HMHr 4 Turn Into Winners Faces Clashes With Its - 'm ifKjisMi jBpF" "llillfc 7**]to ¦ By BURTON HAWKINS Sfctf I : jH Star Correspondent Stand JmmK StaO Tough Task in ORLANDO. Peb. 26. Close By GEORGE HUBER association with the type of Reactions to yesterday’s Su- Kmj* preme Court decision that tfii\ pitching the Senators had last holds ***'• v jp>.ii professional football subject to ¦';«& PORTS ¦ »®M|* season could make a Finals anti-trust laws ly:'t *r Gloves range from sur- ¦ SI** bitter, but Ed Fitz Gerald, who By THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. prise to confusion. m vSi(M BILLFUCHS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY W. 11(57 m the assortment of A-20 One of the first questions " handled er- < Nothing, apparently, stops raised was how much longer ratic throwers on many occa- Jimmy Tait, Granger, ' * ''%» but John W '<* baseball is likely to remain im- IS^ sions, believes some of the jan Air Force lieutenant from 0 mune. necessary suffering of 1956 may Syracuse University, will give it HP It is likely that among other whale of a try in the 147- produce heartening results in ia results of the decision. Congress I pound championship bout of The will consider bills designed to 1957. jStar’s Golden Gloves tournament mm bring baseball under the anti- “Pitching is the key to success Thursday night at Uline Arena. jpl JH trust laws. It’s also likely that in baseball.” the veteran catcher The tenacity of Tait and the friends of pro football will in- said. “Without it. it’s impossible cunning of the educated star troduce measures exempting it to get anywhere. Right now our of the Bolling Air Force team I iJnp* M from anti-trust legislation. only dependable is makes this one of the super The court itself acknowledged Chuck Stobbs, but we’re not attractions on an 18-bout pro- an apparent contradiction be- whipped because we only have gram v that winds up the fistic >-:«pM,- one man who is reliable. Poten- marathon that began Summary of Court Decisions on Base- five weeks Page tially we have fellows who could ago. The show will start at 8:30. ball. A-22 be big winners. They have the BUT THIS IS A NEW YEAR— and and Eligible winners of senior titles tween its previous baseball de- arms to be good. will earn the Wash- cision and the Catcher Ed FitzGerald agree that last season was pretty dismal for the Sena- berths on one yesterday tors. but they’re looking for better “Take Camilo Pascual, for in- ington team that will battle in involving football. It suggested years. Lemon, freshly signed at a Fitz Gerald continued. the that way any stantial .“sub- stance," Eastern Tournament of the to resolve in- raise after hitting 27 homers, batted .271 last season while Herzog "He has the stuff to be a stand- Champions in Madison Square consistencies was by legislation, .245 and Fitz .304. AP Wirephoto. out, but he has been beating Garden Monday through Wed- not by judicial decisioas. himself because of wildness and nesday of next week. There were many similarities temper that gets him in a between the two cases that a Barely Missed Olympic Trip re- lot of trouble. If he acquires a sulted in two different decisions. bit more control and can curb Granger, whose sheer aggres- 6-3 Division Terps siveness and ability Loss to his temper he could be tough. an to cut The Court was split 6-3 on WIN, through his opponent's yesterday’s LOSE OR defenses ap- Trouble's Between Ears decision on an has carried him to the final peal of William Radovich, a “Pascual walked 89 batters i round, was one of the top per- onetime University of Southern DRAW By FRANCIS STANN Fails to Spoil last season,” Ed said, "but that formers in the Olympic trials. He California player who played isn't the true picture of his wild- moved to the final there, too, only with of the National many • trip ness. There were so other to lose a to Australia because Football League. He later jumped times when he got behind on the i : of a cut eye. to the Los Angeles Dons of the himself the Clemson Aims count,1 putting in po- But still the question persists—- now defunct All America Con- 'l'llGet to Pitch' sition of being forced to come In -1 how to stop Tait? A trailer truck ference. In a still later attempt By MERRELL WHITTLESEY with a strike. Thftt's when he - couldn’t do to pro SARASOTA. Ft,A, FEB 25—How does it feel to be it. Nor could two return to football, he Basketball coaches in the At- was murdered—giving them the ' other fighters in this tournament found no one would hire him. traded from the world champions to a last-place club? Maury fat pitch. staggering lantic Coast Conference like to after the 23-year-old Radovich had sued the league McDermott, no longer a Yankee but now the property of “He'll go along at times and [ baby food from and its clubs for boast about their league, but salesman Alexan- $105,000 dam- the Kansas City Athletics, says he has no complaints. "May- look like the greatest pitcher in dria in the early going. Even THE CAUSE OF IT ages. Lower courts, basing their when discussing balance they; ALL—William Radovich, the be,” Maury’ cracked. "I’ll get a chance to pitch.” the world. Then he makes a mis- knocking him down doesn’t stop former pro football player with the Lions decisions on the baseball case, usually qualify gets through. Billy Detroit New York baseball writers will take issue with McDer- their remarks by take. mad and he's . him. Better of Merrick whose suit brought yesterday’s Court de- had held he had no basis for a adding “except for Clemson.” He ceases to become a pitcher decked him with a hard right in Supreme suit under the antitrust laws. mott on his oblique stab at . As one put it, ¦ cision, is pictured in his office at Sherman Oaks, So the Tigers hired Press Mar- and merely is a thrower. His i the second round of the cham- The Supreme Court last con- when told of McDermott’s remark, “He should squawk! A trouble isn't in the 60 feet 6 i pionship final last year Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles. He is a partner in sidered baseball avich, Pennsylvanian and dis- in 1953. It re- year ago, when the Yankees acquired Maury from Washing- a with inches he has to throw. It’s in covered such tactics against this an automobile brokerage business.—AP Wirephoto. ferred then to a decision in coal-black, i 1922 ton, Stengel was crying for . was given crew-cut hair to see the short distance between his ; opponent serves only as a stim- in which baseball was termed McDermott if he couldn't plenty of chances. He didn’t cut the mustard.” eliminate the “ex- ears. ulant. Tait got up, a bit shaken a sport and not a business and cept for Clemson” from the “Ted Abernathy needs confi- but determined, and floored Bet- thus outside the scope The tall southpaw from Poughkeepsie, is getting of anti- who coaches' statements. dence A take-charge-and-get- ter. He went on to win not only trust laws, and noted that Con- to be quite a traveler these days, nine times during Radovich Wants Reforms, started His team took a 74-65 beat- tough attitude could be the mak- the fight but The Star Award gress had not acted on the sub- the season but finished only once. He won ing from a dead-tired Maryland ing of him. He has the equip- given annually to the outstanding ject in the years following 1922. the grand total of two games and lost six. As Pitching team last night at College Park, ment. Maybe this sounds ridicu- senior. Justice Clark in writing the says, "We don’t operate that way. We don’t but Maravich said his program lous because they only won six Best weapon against Tait ap- Not Ruin of Pro Football majority opinion delivered yes- is ahead of schedule, although games between them last season, pears terday said, “were we consider- want any 14-12 pitchers, much less a 2-6 guy.” to be a truck. While rid- LOS ANGELES. Feb. 26 UP).—- would have to honor the sus- he's not satisfied. He’s the type but Dean Stone and Hal Griggs > ing motorcycle four years ago, ing the question of baseball for However that may be, that a of legal pension. McDermott feels he didn’t who won't be satisfied until could develop. Maybe that will the CYO star crashed Bill Radovich. winner a the first time upon a clean slate get a real with the opportunity 1 into a At this, he went to shot Yankees but will get his Clemson wins all its games. bring a laugh, but they’ve got > truck and hospitalized ruling from the Supreme Court court. we would have no doubts." with was for Suing for $105,000 damages on Kansas City. Maravich took a look at the good arms. They could be win- •11 months. He still can’t bend in Washington yesterday that Noting that the baseball » * • grounds he was illegally denied » basketball setup at ners if they learn to put the leg fully, pro subject decision has cited Clemson last • his left but no one fig- football is to anti-; employment opportunities. been in anti- "THE BEST YEAR I ever had 1953,” year, almost said no to the job ball where they want it to go. ured trust cases involving other busi- was in Maury he ever would recover suf- trust laws, said his chief motive The suit was dismissed in Fed- when he compared it flciently nesses. he added; “We now pointed out, "while I was with the Red Sox and managed to North Stobbs Learns Deception i to enter a boxing prove player eral Court the up- Carolina. Duke and others, but has been to "that a and dismissal specifically limit the rule there by . I won 18 games and lost 10. Boudreau is “Catching Stobbs is pleas- tournament. held in the United States Court decided to accept the challenge. a {shouldn't be treated like a piece established to . . . the business managing the A s and I good ure. He has Wearing of Appeals. think It's a sign.” His pretty He set a personal first-year confidence in all I on Coach ol organized professional base- of his pitches you of furniture.” Radovich, partner wife. Barbara nodded in silent agreement. goal of (1) cut the the and know The early batterings Tait has now a in an ball." defensive that regardless you He added that "I'm not out to automobile brokerage in subur- It isn’t convenient, admits, to give up an average by 10 a game; of what ask ; been taking in Gloves are Yesterday's did not McDermott points to the pro football. decision of World <2» win him throw he's going to be : beginning to show their wreck I wouldn’t | See RADOVICH. Page A-23 Continued on Page A-23, Col. I almost certain cut Series loot. "But the idea is to more than one league near effect. game; the plate with It. This not on Tait, but on Paddy Kane, want to do anything like that. I play,” Maury said. "With the Yankees I didn’t pitch. With <3i beat South Carolina year 1 at <4) time last nobody was veteran trainer of CYO. who put years game. A I I will.” least once; have a good counting i the 22 in the But< the s think on much from him. • says he doesn't know how freshman team and (5) have He much I don't like to have a man tell me McDermott, who is only 28, has been scrambling in pro- had won four games in 1955 more he can take. play for club for a 10-13 record. only I could one and fessional ball since 1945, when he Scranton Some Now he's our solid pitcher. “He's doing nobody else.” started with of those goals are mod- "Actually, any ; it all the time,” of the Eastern League. He there wasn't says filed has been with the Red Sox, est. but Clemson's three-year astounding change in Stobbs. He , Kane in a tone of admira- Radovich said when he Senators, against tion mixed with protest. his he knew that he had to Yankees and now the Athletics. Maury’s arm is record conference com- learned to throw his with “Thurs- case petition victory curve day night going prove difference sound and his potential is not extinct. After all, was one and 39 varying speeds, he fooled hitters I Im to start a between base- defeats. year eight ’ working him ball and football. “The basic bloomed late. And last of by throwing fast balls than out about a half- opponents more hour before his fight. ”he said, its scored over 100 he previously | That's difference. “is that the "The A’s may not win the ,” McDermott said, had and he came enough to give you palpitations league players points and seven of them in up pitch—just football drafts out “but they got good with a new a of college fdrces themselves a deal. You know who the the 90s. flick of the wrist | the heart or something.” of and reserve surprise guy as he fires his in that trade could be? . In my With only a Saturday night fast i A nifty performance over Tait clauses on them without them game one. It makes the ball move having signed book he’s a first-rate If makes good with South Carolina re- bit and gives the .could put Granger in line for even a contract. maining. a hitters some- Major league at second base, will -play the former Davis Ac thing The Star Award, besides in- baseball teams Boudreau have a combina- different to look at. players Elkins coach has clinched four "In other words, he , creasing Bolling's margin of don’t draft out of college. tion.” points became They on his program. The de- more deceptive. In one year he .victory for the senior team dicker with them. The “If what you say is true." a visitor to fensive average player has a freedom the McDermott is well under went from a four-game winner, 'championship. The Generals, of choice." mansion said, “Kansas The ruling, said, City more or less automatically moves last year's, the Tigers have won to a 15-game winner. He should' I ! with five in the finals, have a Radovich games, my feeling . . . out of the cellar. That puts Washington at the bottom three conference they’ve be able to win that many . commanding lead. Quantico has "vindicates that already or player has to doesn't it?” beaten South Carolina more for several years. He has 5 three finalists; CYO. Merrick and a skills offer and .once, and tne freshman team they're limited because of time, Maury just grinned. has learned how to pitch. of See GLOVES. Page A-21 j a 14-1 record, and personnel he Some He should be given some con- • • * * the others we have on the squad likes. v sideration OF GREATER INTEREST to the clubowners and general can do the same. j y** He'll miss on the 10-13 record, “I don’t say it's going to hap- King Hairan to Skip "The reserve clause is nec- /#//fillMv : L X • public, perhaps, will be Art how Ditmar fares as a Yankee. as the Tigers now are 7-15. pen—that these fellows will come essary but it should be treated The tall righthander, Stengel year > Flamingo Saturday by has admitted, is the key man In a or two Maravich along—but they have the phys- club owners as somethin a hopes have a team just as far as the world champs are concerned. got to to of his ical equipment. You can t look MIAMI. Feb. 26 UP). King more than a tool to beat "He’s choosing, and apparently the the player’s salary deliver or we made a bad deal,” Casey says. i into their heads or their hearts. Hairan. the Florida-bred candi- down." personnel will come from his date for the The decision means that the Ditmar won 12, lost 22 last year for It takes brains, at least in a i big 3-year-old Kansas City but Aliquippa.

. Spahn was job proves Rates Cards he said, ne offered a a: ford every Mayor Norris Poulson it time he . . .” invited pitches. a player-coacn with the old San; * * • * county \ city fast Maim and officials to Service Francisco Clippers, but later was, IN THE WINTER OF 1954, when lowly Baltimore yielded luncheon today to co-ordinate GEICO has a netwqrk of ov»r 700 professional \> up the business of rolling out a Main Threat to Braves told he had been suspended b\ j claim representatives throughout | and , the talk among the other the NFL and that the Clippers. the United f six clubowners was civic red carpet for the Brooklyn BRADENTON, Fla, Feb. 26 win today's game could al- States and its possessions. They'provide that the Orioles "guaranteed" the pen- Dodgers, they we J if and when be- (/P) ways FAST and FAIR claim service on the spot— .1 nant to the Yankees. They won all right, Larsen the Los —. preparing win tomorrow’s. it but come Angeles Dodgers. “Last year we were walking when and where it counts the most! Their high \ j captured only nine games and Turley’s Immediately at hand is trip for his 12th big league season as on 17-13 record didn’t a air. This year we've got our standard of performance is a major reason \ \\? match the Yankee’s pace. by Poulson to earnestly and as enthusiastically Cards Swap f to Florida talk feet the ground. why we have never found it necessary: , \\ Stengel the on The fellows to \ and the top Yankee brass are beginning to see over situation with Walter as a teen-age rookie, took time feel pretty bad about losing it. employ soliciting agents to sell our insurance \ \ \ daylight O'Malley, the Dodgers’ president, on the Larsen-Turley deal out today to make It’s become a personal thing. to over 400,000 policyholders. Yoii, too, / \ now, but Casey is cau- bought a half-dozen Lockman for * ‘j tious. who last week the Los We everybody can be assured of \ He still remembers that in ’54 he Angeles observations on the 1957 Na- know will be unexcelled claim also was to have Angels from P. K. watching us. ready serviA^.. automatically won when Pitcher Harry Byrd Wrlgley. tional League to work us was acquired race. over If we don't win. has from the old Philadelphia A’s. Byrd The Mayor plans This had won 11 for the to leave The southpaw, whose coura- 'become a challenge. ready ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. S We e within few days and geous We’re goin * nowhere except to Kansas City, but a wants one pitching almost brought land eager to take up this 26 (A*).—The St. Louis 7for f representatives chal- Cardinals' the Yankees he was a mere 9-7 performer and the next or two of the Milwaukee Its first flag last year, lenge. today traded - city council and the county o'- jear he was gone. said: “Brooklyn was lucky to win to s board of supervisors to accom- 1. Milwaukee should win the SAVINGS McDermott was a bitter disappointment. ! last year.” the forthright left- the New York Giants in exchange' 30% From a pany pitcher 10-10 him. pennant this year. hander continued. “They stag- for Hoyt for the scabrous Senators in Approval j Pitcher Wilhelm. It wasj ’55, he defected to the of transfer of the 2. The Dodgers may drop all gered in. they'll straight player on Auto Insurance 2-6 record that goose Angels And be weaker a deal with no killed his Mantle, Berra, Skowron franchise from the Chi- the way to fourth place. year. cash It Co. notwithstanding. cago Dodgers (this involved. Maury insists he didn't get pitch Cubs to the awaits 3. The Braves lost the pennant! "Nobody can tell me they Lockman thus returns the to a meeting to enough, but the Yankees apparently thought last year because of overconfi- won't miss . He 'Giants. He was traded to the otherwise. in San Francisco Saturday. dence. was their spark plug, their in- ! St. Louis last June 14 in the " ; club ** ' There is no assurance that the 4. The Rcdlegs reached their spirational leader. brough 1- tw Y ’. \ Dodgers He did more deal that Red Schoen- Government SrHw-M" ever will move here, but peak in 1956 and won’t be nearly to beat us than any other player dlenst New j' to York and Short- 7 the fans and civic officials as year. More Teams Take Berths are tough this on the Brooklyn club, stop Al Dark to St. Louis. fired up over the prospect. 6. The Cardinals may provide “The Dodgers Olllctn end Senior Kill j won’t be the He was the regular first base- ¦ vj years woi, ; City Same* least D , council yesterday unani- the toughest opposition for the same club without Robinson, be top 3 grades, married, and at J In Major College mously adopted two resolutions, and i jinan for the Giants in both their I must Tourneys Braves. with the exception of Duke! 'recent pennant winning years. By one of which O'Malley Although I,verveOHlc.r. endVel«in> »«•*¦•*•*“ Tht Auoclsted Preaa welcomed 6. nearly 36, he feels Snider they're all getting pretty , r,„„' 4 be filled following acceptance 1951 and 1954 I - *"¦ the and Dodgers and urged con- in better shape than To Moaf College of by l . the last year iold Take . He's Lockman. 30, hit .260 in 118 I T J I basketball’s tourna- bids Seton Hall and ...» ouf o*co ¦ Xavies sideration of moving the Dodgers posted „,phono, « Homo ment merry-go-round continued of Cincinnati yesterday. when he his seventh 20- their main cog "now. If he games last season. wtl I here. game season for the Braves. play to pick up riders today. And 17 In the 32-team field i can’t shortstop regularly, Wilhelm, 33. had a 4-9 record Lmi The other authorized the “I see no reason why we or even If he’s switched third, pitching Oklahoma City and Loyola of ; for the NCAA small college tour- Recreationj to in 1956 while in 64 and Parks Commit- shouldn't win,” Spahn said. I wouldn't be surprised to see games. He Joined the giants in New Orleans became the second I nament have been named. itee to call a meeting of sports "We've got the club. We Here’s the way best them skid all the way to fourth. 1952, winning 15 and loslnu 3. Employees and third teams to accept at- the tourna-i< editors to assist In working out year. Government largi' ments shape up: should have won it last ’’The Cardinals have a young and compiling the circuit's best bids for the NCAA major ¦ | "an orderly and feasible plan to It was our own that collene yesterday, , NIT Eight teams fault we club and should climb. I think earned- average, 2.43 He INSURANCE COMPANIES tournament selected: i bring didn’t. We had It they’ve 'roc* COMFANIIS Hall, Xavier In our hands Improved themselves by had a 12-4 mark in 1954. NOT AFFILIATED WITH U.O. OOVT. while Kentucky, St. Louis and I Seton of Cincinnati, here.'| and slip fingers. tp Seattle, Memphis State, let it out of our their trades. Del Enhis should The trade was completed by Western clinched confer- Cincin- Fan: were talking it up in Call it overconfidence; *’hi qualify nati, Dayton, Bt. call It provide the power they lacked general Frank Lam of V fclfflljfe. j GOVERNMENT EMPLOTEE6 INSURANCE BUILDING championships to Bonaventure | their 'avorlte taverns ,4TM * to the lack of sei toUi»ness. Anyway, last yeai. and If lives the Cards in HO L N W PHONE BTkrlinc 3*4600 for and Action a telephone’ conver- last night Manhattan. starLs , - .uuimotic that opl* »»•-» . berths extent one enterprising there h tendency O A. M. O P. M • . | Saturday. was on the club up to his pitching potential sation with Chub Feeney '•vlmi SATURDAY A M. P. M, Ihejfttlonal Invitation T*r- March 16 in Madiffl|,proprieto" put up a big f|n: shrug y.,tin to off defeat t. especniy, ithev're going to be awful]}’ Olans vice president, i* ,n who at . on’y four See TOURNEYS, Page A-23 "Dodger’ highball." early ’ jIABIUTY . TIRF LIFE . bertj^ko ¦ in the season. If we didn't! irough i Phoenix, Ariz. || AUl^_^fßSONMl L SICKNESS II ACCIDENT