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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. * Dressen Plans TUMMY,ma It. IBM C-3 AL SCHACHT'S THE BASEBALL My Own Particular Screwball To Show Yanks ¦ JH BEAT Only Southpaws IV BURTON HAWKINS It was in spring training withb never forget the ninth Inning game: the Senators in 1930 that I firstit of that Boston still wlth- Continued From Page C-l got to know Nick Altrock. It:t out hit and two men out when NEW YORK. April 12.—1 threw the ball away trying a fans, including n t$ was the beginning of a clowning g somebody hit a drive down the 684 President Manager Chuck Dressen’s get Tom Umphlett at the plate* Eisenhower, when they polished ease partnership that would become e first-base line that looked good getting little ** * * famous both in baseball and all the way. off the Orioles, 13-5, at Griffith strategy was a d yesterday-. It was a yesterday when Runnels also got PresidefS vaudeville, and would lead tco But Joe Judge made one of the Stadium soupy for you Eisenhower's autograph on a greatest fielding plays wild, sloppy game which bad its as pinch ball my . own individual success asa I ever he inserted Bob Oldis a for Coach Cookie Lavagetto > saw. literally sliding his moments of excitement before baseball’s "clown prince” and aia on game runner for pinch-runner Pedro i When Pete was introduced to restaurateur. Many people belly, he knocked the ball down, the Senators broke the a e open with five-run outburst in Ramos after Ramos dashed I the President by Clark Grifflthi who watched Altrock and me e then touched the base with his a . the Senators' boss said, “Here? fingers before got the seventh inning. from first to third base, it was hope, laughed .. and, I at ouir the runner Washington , a boy from Texas”. Pete antics, might there. Johnson’s no-hitter was scored two runs simply a case of Dressen speak- Midi be interested too inning . “Yes, sir. I’ve been to see your . saved. in the third on one bit. ing no Spanish and Ramos . know that almost from the be- . double understanding former home in Denison.” ginning we never liked each Ij In the clubhouse when we were .: Bob Porterfield’s leadoff too little English. “Lad. Ihop* congratulating Walter, someone wc;- W high off the centerfleld bleacher “Ihad a squeeze play in mind Said the President. other—and in the later years ol,( | you get four for four.” partnership, cried, "Speech 1” These were his wall. Eddie Yost was nipped on if Don Johnson had thrown one our we never spoke. by pitched Washington, [' exact words: the left elbow by a Lou Kretlow more ball to Bob Porterfield,” Eddie Yost, hit When I Joined , balls twice yesterday, was clippbd Altrock was the recognised clown n “Goodness gracious sakes alive, pitch and Porterfield shifted to Dressen explained. "I wasn’t . wasn’t I lucky." third base when Kretlow un- sure that Ramos could under- only six times last season. j pitch. thought excerpts leashed a wild stand me, so I I’dbetter Porterfield dismissed bis back This is Hw ninth of 14 from AIu The Cussin’ Battery twinge. Busby, get somebody who could.” Injury as merely a . $ Schecht's "My Own Particular Screw- strongest language Jim who accounted for hell," Published Doebledoy b Co. That’s the three of the Senators’ 10 hits, As of the moment, Jess Levan He pulled up lame after throw* by I ever heard Johnson use. In ing fanned after Yost stole second is a .400 hitter over a three-year out Eddie Waltkus with one ' fact, the Washington club later majors. in the ninth inning, but of the American, League. When D base while the absent-minded span in the ... He i out had what we playfully called . he appeared with his cap slde- Kretlow took a windup. Mickey batted .444 in two games with , finished the game. Bob says “the cussin’ battery,’’ Johnson ; the slight damage won’t wayS on his head and his big Vernon grounded to Eddie Walt- the 1047 Phillies, .300 with the cause * and Catcher Muddy Ruel with last and with his i him to miss a turn on the plug of tobacco popping his jaw,'• his "dog-gum it.” kus at first base and Porterfield Senators year they timely pinch single against the i mound. loved it. And so did Nick. According to the stray, this is scored when Waltkus’ throw to * a this I guess he felt secure as base- how Johnson first came to the the plate was too late. Yost Orioles he’s 1.000 hitter i Baltimore used 15 ball’s No. 1 clown until the day on season. ... It all adds to eight while Dressen employed 14. ' majors. Baseball heard about shifted to third the play and i I came to Washington. Before 11 a powerful, rawboned farm boy scored when Pete Runnels was hits in 20 tries. Gil Coan was picked off first joined the club, my old pal Joe e thrown out on a tap down the ** * * base by Porterfield in the first in Kansas who could fire a ball snaring Inning Judge had said to the other and Washington sent a scout to firstbase line. Uninterested in the s and Oravetz was players: you r presidential pitch was Mickey ‘‘Wait’ll see this 8 look him over. Hie scout wired The Senators got only two hits ’ off second base by Don Johnson • JllgSplTjr." „¦ ... busy ' . screwball!” back: “This is the fastest man Kretlow the first five Vernon he was too in the sixth. The Senatdr| off in in- . organization staged taking, movies of the event. • compiled Some a 8 I’ve ever seen pitch.” So they nings and over the same span 12 runs with their Tampa. ...ys, si grabbed > third, benefit show in a hotel in signed him. only Pete Runnels, who the fourth and fifth hittdrt They per- mmm the Orioles had three hits low toss after it trickled through obtaining only among Invited Altrock to * He reported to Washington, off Porterfield. But Baltimore i one hit hearing # moling players, got < form. Then, also that : u a swarm of them. * all 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds of ’ reputation being scored three runs in the fifth on his life when the Gerald, I had a for * him, in a tweedy suit two sizes lonesome hit take 3-2 the souvenir of ! Catcher Ed Fitz with- I’d a to a President autographed the ball. yesterday, funny, they asked if team 1 too small, wearing a derby hat, lead. • held from action is up with Nick that night. alto too small, and carrying a Paul Richards, Baltimore man- ¦ expected to see service in the I dreamed up a number for With one down Cal Abrams ager who ultimately paraded five> two-day stand here against the r paper bag containing his spiked walked singing burlesque and Shortstop Bob Kline pitchers mound, displayed . us, a of a scene “ They pitch to the l Yankees. , With Presidents shoes. sent him in to gummed up a double-play from the “Lucia Sextet,’’ but I right away a quick distaste forLou Kretlow’s present, the Senators have a 1 and he lost, 3-1, be- grounder doing by Hal Smith by . opening games. had to talk Nick into it.’• cause he couldn’t field a bunted rW wildness. After the Orioles’ ’ 20-14 record in mostly | - throwing * * type comedy was - wide to Runnels at wide ones i** His of 7 ball and the other team discov- ~ . starter threw three to g " mugging, whije always ¦?. second base. Catcher Yost, leading off : I leaned crazy \ & Bruce Eddie in the Dressen’s chat with Mr. Eisen- -1 ered it and drove him with MBBjWjBII • ¦Hr » toward planned routines, gags. bunts. Edwards scooped up Willie Mi- first inning, Richards ordered l hower consisted entirely of bur- We got a good response dark, cloudy days randa’s bunt down the third- Bill Miller to warm up in the ! sitis . Chuck 5 On Johnson’s 4 recommended from the audience. But I saw fast ball base line, but fired off balance bullpen . Miller didn’t make machine used by Trainer George styles 7 was almost invisible and BWWPUhMfP.'"-* past permit- s that our didn’t blend; nor opposing players part and wild first base, his entrance until the sixth, , Lentz of the Senators and [ wanted no ting the did I think that we’d ever see ‘ of him. I remember one game Abrams to score. though. President said he’d investigate eye ** * * to eye on comedy or anything 1 with Cleveland. It was overcast SENDING SENATORS AHEAD—Outfielder Tom Umphlett is shown scoring Richards Protests its possibilities. Bothered else. and Johnson was firing aspirin during the Senators’ three-run rally in the sixth inning of yesterday’s opening The game was telecast to • by bursitis in his right shoulder, When a fan in the rightfleld Wilkes-Barre, Norfolk, Rich- the President rubbed his Misses Out on Million tablets. He exploded two strikes game. Umphlett, who had singled, scored from third when Second Baseman boxes grabbed the ball. Smith ¦ shoul- , past mond, Harrisonburg, Va.; Har- der several times after making Breaking Tampa, Ray Chapman, who later the forced pull third -4 camp in we by Don Leppert of Orioles made a bad throw to Catcher Hal Smith, who made was to up at risburg, Reading, Salisbury and his pregame pitch. had a series of exhibitions with j was killed a pitched ball.