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Thomson and Pendleton Homer As Braves Batter Tigers, 9-6 THE SUNDAY BTAR. Washington, D. C SUNDAY, MAEffl IS, 19SS *** C-3 Thomson and Pendleton Homer as Braves Batter Tigers, 9-6 aba ei-- .p. * « Milwaukee's Power -.-.-fUN-wt*' - jwyMu Saucer Gels-Chance GW Football Squad Gives Spahn Victory; At National Rating Shows Spirit During Cards and Phils Win In Bout With Jackson beat 3-Hour Scrimmage By tho Associotod Pr*»* Heavyweight (Kid) — ] By BURTON HAWKINS George Washington's Chuck - - j football BRADENTON, Fla., Mar. T 1 r 111 ; 12.! Saucer of Washington has a- I I I squad staged a rough, three- —The Milwaukee Braves blasted j chance to attract national at- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., , cut down the pitcher’s efficiency, j hour scrimmage yesterday to the Detroit Tigers today, 9-6,1 tention Tuesday night when he s i Mar. 12.—Nick Altrock and Al 1 1but everything considered Iguess mark its 13th day of spring foot- with eight of Milwaukee's 13 hits | fights Hurricane Jackson of New ' Schacht. baseball’s greatest com- ¦ a 20-game winner in my time I ball practice. good for extra bases. York in a 10-rounder at Turner’s > edy team, were . would be a 20-game winner Coach Bo Sherman told his Bobby Thomson and Jim Pen- Arena. sitting 12 feet | today.” players he wanted them to “go * dleton led the attack with home ' Jackson is well known because , apart in a ** * at it hard,’’ and they really did. runs before 3,165 fans at the of his peculiar style and frequent , restaurant at | Schacht, i)ow a New York res- Action became so spirited sev- Braves’ field. appearances on television. Sarasota the taurateur, author and solo come- eral players were knocked cold barrage night, [ given during Tlie started in the Tuesday night’s fight other dian, who has 1,380 shows the scrimmage, and a inning Danny will not league parks couple fights broke out. first when O’Con- I on television, i but neither in minor and has of singled, tripled, be but if Saucer nod | made early laugh in 27 upshot w-as nell Thomson should happen to win, his man- would arrivals The of it all that doubled, Henry or give the j World Series and 13 All-Star played Joe Adcock l ager, Dick O’Connell, will see | the various teams a Aaron singled Johnny Lo- slightest sort games, has a book coming pretty good brand of offensive and ; that the word gets around. 1 new gan tripled. of recognition out in a couple of weeks. It's football. Few players were al- ” Backing up this main event other. ; “My long Warren Spahn was the win- i 1 i to the Own Particular Screwball lowed to break away for will be another 10-rounder send- They haven’t There's no pitcher who can gains, but they were able to ner and Ben Flowers, who lasted ing Gene Smith, Washington ¦ I through rugged first, ’for compare with Walter Johnson in grind out yardage consistently. the the featherweight, against opinion. you losing pitcher. Braxton 1 more than a [; Al's .. “And il put Working in the first team Reed, a lightweight frofci New ’genera tion ! all the great players in a bag— backfield were Bob Sturm at Detroit 001 104 000—a 8 1 York. and both de- »«*«» H»wki.». Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Rogers quarterback, only Milwaukee 403 210 00k—9 IS 2 i the holdover Saucer is the underdog against clare that’s the way it will stay. Hornsby, Eddie Collins, Honus there: Len Ciemniecki, a junior, Flower., Bunnln? (3). Aber (4), Flet- Wagner, Speaker cher IS) and Wllaon. House <6l; Spahn. Jackson, but has worked his way Nick signed his 58th baseball t Tris and all the and Pete Spera, a sophomore, at Thompson |4), Varga. <fl> and Parks. into top physcial condition for others—and shook them up,” Al halfbacks, Austin, Wlnninr pitcher Spahn. Losing contract, the last 43 consecu- and Claude pitcher—Flowers. his most important fight so far. said, “the one who would fall out another sophomore, at fullback. Home runs Milwaukee Thomson. good tively with the Senators, Thurs- ’ good Pendleton. “This is too a chance to would be Cobb. He was so Ciemniecki has been a regular miss.” O’Connell declared. “Ifwe day at Sarasota. The 78- 1everybody hated him.” for two seasons and looks to be a is as * * Cards Shade Pirates get past Jackson, we’re on our year-old Altrock still listed ; : starter again, none longer i */ but of the On Six-Hit Pitching way to the top. I’m convinced a coach, but nc reports ; Schacht saw the memorable others have a lock on starting Saucer will beat Jackson, and I for spring training and his i battle between Cobb and Umpire jobs next fall. pull on Billy . ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Mar. after that there'll be no stop- physician forbids him to i Evans. “Cobb would Dick Claypool, Ray Looney and 12 St. Louis Cardinals ping us.” i a uniform during the season, . have killed him if he hadn't been Jack Henzes, all freshmen, are . faithfully on pulled off,” Pittsburgh Pirates. Saucer’s program of condition- i But Nick sits 1 1 Schacht said. "They trying to oust Sturm from quar- 3-1, MOty for their third ing Tuesday night's fight in- the landing atop the dugout ; had been feuding for years and j terback, for every game finally challenged and if one of them can straight exhibition victory be- i cluded 10 rounds of sparring steps and roots lor ¦ Evans him. develop into a top-flight passer —AP Wirephoto. they stands, hind tight pitching, including! | each day at Dudley’s gym, plus his club. When met under the he might do it. early ** * * are an effective three-inning stint PIRATES TRAP MVSIAL—Stan Musial wound up in the middle during a rundown play Evans asked, ‘How we going passing year ¦ five miles of roadwork at the fight GW’s last wasn't by Frank Smith. in yesterday's exhibition between the Cardinals and Pirates at St. Petersburg. Shortstop A pitcher one most to this, Mr. Cobb?’ consistent, Bowie race track. wijh of the “ and what was shown Dick Smith (left) . ‘l’d like to fight it Smith, the relief artist for of the Pirates is about to throw to First Baseman Bob Skinner. Second The Smith-Reed fight origi- deceptive pickoff motions in l with in yesterday’s scrimmage also gave up right history, knives.’ Cobb replied, ‘because whom the Cardinals from the is Third Baseman Dick Cole. Musial finally was tagged out, but the Cardi- nally planned as Nick recalls that when looked erratic. It's one item the • was a main , I’d like to kill you.’ Billy Pitcher Gerry Staley and In- nals won, 3-1. event November, he made his debut in the Pacific struck coaches will concentrate on in for last but an old-time fighting pose, flelder Ray Jablonski, retired 9 was Coast League he walked eight Cobb the seven days of practice left. called off at the last minute him, him * of the 10 batters he faced in Reed batters and picked'seven of them waded into knocked Other when Reed became ill. is , down, got his halfbacks who were ... knee Evans’ protecting a slim lead. Only Ted's Buddy Has His Gear Ready regarded as a good puncher, but off first base. He says the on worked into yesterday’s drill in- chest and his hands on Billy’s one ball was hit out of the lnfleld Sklar's Stars Hoping despite his weight edge, he may pitcher with the slickest pickoff cluded Mike Sommer, George against | throtit. I’m convinced he would him. be an underdog to the busy move in recent years was Bill Baird, Bill Weaver, Jim Wagner Luis Arroyo, the Puerto Ri- Wright. have throttled him if Cobb and Joe Rosania, Casey Smith. hadn’t been yanked away.” and the Colo- can, started for the Cards and Finds Fame Is Fleeting; fought mostly pitched appear For Hennessey Surge Reed has in the "They say we with a Al added. “There was fel- | nials well off at that po- yielded three hits and the Pi- putty my day,” one j sition. Sommer, New York area and shows about ball In Nick low Cobb never got the better i who scored the rates’ lone run. Paul LaPalme Copies DiMag last fumed, always | only against Mary- Tribe Rookie 50-50 success for his starts “but I ask them of—Bucky Harris. Bucky was ! touchdown gave up two hits In three In- Nats Game Here year. Smith five of his to take a look at the .400 hitters land in last season's windup nings. one a In Star Staff Correspondent ! spring training, fans won ’ a tough little ¦ safe bunt. survives the ; 1954 by knockouts, in my time. rascal—the dirtiest game, by minor Stars, set TAMPA, ! ’ a physical bouts, three Sure, we used the ' player, a cute way, j has been slowed Red Schoendienst singled, ad- Sklar’s all to take Mar. 12.—Hither and will see carbon of Joe one by a spitier, emery in I've ever injuries DiMaggio, according : and lost two, knockout. the ball and the and isn't working at fuil vanced on a wild pitch their third crack at a National yon on Casey : to Man- seen. He’d tag ’em between the j and the baseball front: only time a ball left the game strength yet, but good things are single Basketball Association team: ager Al Lopez.
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