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1947-04-14 [P A-14] * * Nats Play Yanks, Red Sox in 11 of First 13 Games ■ .. ,. Early Tilts Give Fans Lewis' .480 w or I Defeated in Playoffs, Heads in, Lose, Draw Nat Marks at Bat FRANCIS E. STANN Chance to Size By Up to Buddy Lewis, the Nats’ trim Capitols Revamp graying right-fielder, sparked That Man's In the President's Box Again! Washington s hitters in exhibition games, collecting 24 hits in 50 It’s been 23 years since that bright, sunny afternoon in 1924, Griffs'Flag Hopes Next Season April, Squad attempts to compile a fancy .480 when Harris, a for Stanley Raymond (Bucky) major league manager By Burton Hawkins Special Dispatch to The Star average. Catcher Frank Mancuso the first time and only 27 years old. joined in greeting Calvin Coolidge hit at a .404 while The Nats today had that tingling CHICAGO, April 14.—It’s Chi- clip, First In the presidential box at Griffith Stadium. the uniform Baseman Vernon Now, wearing seasation one might develop by cago, not Washington, that gets a Mickey batted pet- .380. of the New York Yankees, Bucky turns another ting a boa constrictor, standing in crack at the Basket Ball Associa- r ^ other Nats who saw fre- milestone on one of the longest and most ad- front of a .45 with a crazed mur- tion of America title in a best 4-of-7 Among quent action in venturesome careers in baseball history. derer tickling the trigger, or play- series against the winner of the cur- spring training, Joe Grace hit .352, Stan Spence, The tough, scrappy little second baseman ing catch with atom bombs. They rent elimination series between were poised to launch in and New York. 333; George Case, .302; Cecil whom Clark Griffith named as his first boy man- activity Philadelphia the American and Travis, .300: Jerry Priddy, 259; is 50 but he looks League they After romping home ahead of ager long, long ago past now, found A1 Evans, .258, and Johnny Sulli- themselves in an unenviable every one in the Eastern division in little different. There are generous dashes of gray situation. van. .160. regular season play, the Washing- in his hair and the lines in his face are but deeper, It w as with mixed trepidation and ton Cap6 had little left to throw from the stands he looks much the same pretty and confidence that the Nats prepared against the Stags. The Chicago studious will detect to battle the New York Washingtonians readily the Yankees in outfit put a clincher on this first the Area Bowlers Harris influence on the present-day Yankees, who season's opener today at Griffith playoff series last night by edging Capital Stadium in the of will play percentage baseball except that now and presence Presi- the Caps, 66-61, for their fourth dent Truman and 30,000 fans of then they will hit and run when the book calls for win against two losses. leaser distinction. For the next Resume Firing Today a sacrifice—and get away with it. Harris was ever fvn U’pp'/C tHo Vofe will Ka nts^A. Date* Not Yet Set. a but even in his wildest he had and New York gambler, gambles unrelenting pressure which unques- Philadelphia con- tinue their best 2-of-3 rrtntu sunn the percentage on his side. tionably will give a clue to their series at New In U. S. Event York Title The only thing about opening day of 1947 that could be new to capabilities. tonight, with the third game, if in With two of last year's Harris would be the President. Bucky probably can’t recall, offhand, No favor was bestowed on the necessary, Philly tomorrow. winning Nats by the schedule for Philadelphia won the first game scores surpassed in a week's end how many times he's walked from the dugout to a Chief Executive's designers, of in 11 of their first 13 the Saturday. Sites and dates for the heavy firing by visiting teams, box and posed for the cameramen. But in a Washington uniform he’s games Nats will be tangling with the championship round have not been metropolitan Washington duck- in the ceremony 11 times, to the records. over • participated according power-packed Boston Red Sox and set. A circus will move into Chi- pinners again took the Be- Next to who traditional thesda Center Griffith, perpetuated th# presidential the threatening Yankees. In eight cago Stadium, home of the Stags, Bowling alleys today u> pitch after its inauguration by William Howard Taft in 1910, Harris is straight games Washington's onlv and unless another floor can be resume tneir quest for national the best qualified man in the world to rip open the red-and-white box competition will be New York and found here the title round may be championships. Ken and Gordon Mc- containing a new baseball and hand it to a President. He's hardly Boston. played entirely in the East. Lineburg Plans are 1IIwee of Winchester. Va, toppled likely to fumble after all his experience. Frightening Appetizer. already being made for the Caps to bounce back better than 842 pins in assuming the men’s That's a frightening sort of CO-OWNER CROSBY AT GAME—Bing Crosby (seated, left), part owner of the base- The First Two Years Were the Easiest ap- Pittsburgh ever next year. Coach Red Auer- doubles lead, easily bettering last petizer, but by the same token if ball club, attended an exhibition with the Columbus Red game Birds at Columbus. The three bach will make formal announce- year’s winning total of 825 com- will look in a Yankee uniform this season. He the Nats can Bucky strange nibble their way- other owners of the club with Herman are talking Billy (left) (left to right) Tom Johnson, Frank ment of his plans soon, but it is piled by Henry Roetzal and Bill looked strange to Washington fans when he wore the habiliment of the through that much of their summer McKinney and John Galbraith. —AP known that he will the team Powley of Bridgeport, Conn. Mar- diet and no Wirephoto revamp Tigers and Red Sox, but Harris in the uniform of the Phils of the display ill effects Wash- garet Crump and Polly Locks of fans will somewhat. Sure of their jobs are was almost to visualize ington have occasion to Richmond. National League impossible because over the such as Bob Bones Va., racked up 716 pins unzip their optimism and players Feerick. years he became sort of symbolic to the fans of Washington. To anticipate to take the women’s double lead. an season. Brothers Get Jobs McKinney, Johnny Mahnken, Fred interesting Anyway, in- This was five over the win- them—and to Clark Griffith—he always was an American Leaguer. Numerous Questions Fletcher's Ankle Scolari and Johnny Norlander, but pins dications of what kind of a club Hurt, ning score rolled last year by Leona When he moved to Detroit and, later, to Boston, he was merely the Nats some of this year’s second-stringers possess will be revealed With A's Krall and Gladys Bohn of New out.” But when he shifted to the National it was Phillies, will be replaced. Stronger subs are "camping League early. By th« Associated Press Conn. at needed and Auerbach has Haven, tantamount to his jumping to the Mexican League. The Nats were confronted with Harassing Clubs Pirates to Shuffle scoured division scores PHILADELPHIA, April 14.— college ranks this season to find Otherwise, top somewhat the same slate last year That is a singular managerial record of Bucky’s. The two Baseball s were slightly under last year's fig- only and weren’t Handley brothers were what he wants. He’s talked to long in learning the ures, with the pennants he ever won were as a freshman and as a sophomore. In in Philadelphia uniforms today, coaches and attended the Bowling Academy cruel reality that they were out- Start of Season for players, “A” team of 1924, than any in but were with differ- Lineup East Providence, R. I„ younger big league pilot he not won they signed Opener tournaments in history, only classed. Boston the big New York and whipped Nats By th« Associated Press piling up a count of 1.972 to take Washington's first pennant, but the Capital’s only world champion- three ent clubs. By the Associated Press already has in mind just who he’s straight and New York added over first place in the men’s di- as well, the late John another Major league baseball has com- The Phillies of the National after. He won’t name names ship brazenly outmaneuvering McGraw, defeat before Washington COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 14.— just vision. of some weeks League claimed Lee Hand- because the Harry Myers Frederick, to the crashed the win column. It was pleted eight of spring (Jeep) Temporary loss by of his ace yet boys still are in According record books that was his peak performance. an injury Mci.. continued to lead in men’s uphill from the training, but opens its 1947 season ley. utility infielder, from the first baseman forced Bill school. The next season, 1925, he won a second but the struggle outset and Manager singles with 442 while Pace pennant, Nats blew with numerous still unan- Pittsburgh Pirates for the Herman In last Charley the World the Nats departed on their first questions $10,- today to reshuffle the Pitts- night’s game the Stags of Series'to Pittsburgh after a 3-1 in 000 waiver Norfolk, Va., was in front In holding edge games.
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