IStephens/ Ster Infielder, Quits Browns for Mexicdn * —_— League Vera Cruz Lures Ace Nats' Hurlers in Trim, Graziano Cards to w Lose or Eyes Middleweight Bag Pennant, in, Draw With Starters Crown After By FRANCIS E. STANN $17,500 Salary Expected Kayoing Servo Dodgers to Be Next The Weekly Hash and Rehash St. Louis Refused To Pitch Route CLEARWATER, Fla., Mar. 30—George Casevisn't hitting the size In N. L. Outlook By the Associated Press of his cap for the Cleveland Indians and he isn't it on Burton Hawkins the blaming solely By ly Aitociatad Prut » the time of the year.... "I never hit in Spring training," the ex- NUEVA LAREDO, Mexico, Mar. Star says Staff CorrtsponeUnt TAMPA, Fla., Mar. 30—The St. National, "and maybe one reason is that I hate Florida—always have, 30.—The dominat- Pasquel brothers, ORLANDO, Fla., Mar. 30.—Wash- Louis Cardinals, for all their injuries ... too." .. This ^ year he dislikes the Sunshine State -*1· ing powers of Mexico's baseball ington's pitching staff, this spring and their contract more than ever because originally he drove his numerically who have bee:/ and artistically one of the troubles with Third Baseman Whitey family from New Jersey, discovered there was no league flourishing strongest to be presented in the American Kurowski, still must be to house nor hotel room, and was forced to drive all huge bankrolls at major league stars picked League this year, will be tested thor- win the National League pennant. the way back. ... En route a thief stole all of Mrs. to the entice them to play with oughly in the Nats' exhi- The real trick in the Case's jewels from their car. remaining surveying south of the border loop, have lured bition games. Those hurlers who National League lies in naming the One-minute interview with Steve O'Neill. Vernon (Junior) are capable of lasting nine innings runnerup. The Chicago Cubs, who ? manager ot the world champion Detroit Tigers: Shortstop Stephens fi will be permitted to do so by Man- won the flag last year and went "I Uke the way that young Gil Coan of from the St. Louis Browns. ill IIP '*BPH Washing- ager Ossie down in the or ton a Bluege. fighting big series, i < swin® bat· He's smooth. But in the field The who SV'^ % 26-year-old inflelder, "We've eliminated some of the the Brooklyn Dodgers, who finished i Λ.·***®»·'· he looks terrible. Against us he couldn't catch had been carrying on a stubborn ANNAPOLIS. —NAVY ATH- boys and a few others will be a rousing third due to many anything. A fly ball hit him on the nose. A cou- \yhat in a few critics considered an IMjÈ of holdout siege against the salary LETIC CHIEF —Capt. Ed- dropped days," says Bluege. inspired job Pie others got away from him. Goolsby? I of terms offered the Browns, said mund Battelle a vet- "All the pitchers now are in fine managing by Leo Durocher? guess he's all right. He's got the advantage of by Taylor, T\ his arrival here with physical shape, and it's time they Up to a few days ago the vote it i being right-handed. I'm surprised to hear that early today on eran of Guadalcanal action ^η|Κ/ were attempting to do the distance. would have gone to the Cubs without i .. Coan hasn't been hitting." Alfonso Pasquel, that he would play and aide to Navy Secretary .·■■.!The with the Vera Cruz Blues, one of "Of course, that might not be pos- much head-scratching. Then Du- airplane which Bob Feller is buying is Forrestal, is the new director sible rocher case. several teams owned the broth- every day because we're figur- brought his Dodgers over to Georce an amphibious job and the co-owner will be his by of athletics at the Naval Acad- ers. ing on carrying 12 pitchers and the West Coast of Florida ior a father-in-law. "It's going to have a reversible pitch prop," says will over one emy. He take the we'll have to keep them all busy, but set of games, and made "which will in a Alfonso, of five Pasquel they quite Robert, stop you few yards and permit landing on an brothers who made a fortune In the post the latter part of May, whenever it looks right, I'll let a impression. nearly any small lake here in Florida." trade and who are Capt. Charles O. pitcher go nine innings. After all, One of the players Clark Griffith hopes to land from another export attempt- succeeding Dodgers Are Strengthened. to establish baseball In a —AP Photo. we start playing for keeps in a On club would him a ing big Humphries. top of that, the Dodgers have give headache, predict other American Leaguers. of weeks and way in Mexico, met Stephens by couple they'll have to a good set of ball He's strictly from the "Lost Week-End," they say, although he players since men be ready." like can ball. agreement at Laredo, Jex., and they Pee Wee Reese, their shortstop; play Bluege to allow flew here together. Bowie Purse Addition planned Mickey Pete Reiser, their center fielder, and Haefner to the route as the MacPhail Florida With Salary Said to Be $17,500. go Kirby Higby, a good right-handed Fills Angry Ex-Friends Nats tangled with here They said they had talked things Brooklyn pitcher, shed their uniforms. Most of the people who will speak to Larry MacPhail, and vice today while Vernon Curtis will be over on the way and while neither One wavering vote will be cast versa, are strangers. He's feuded with so many friends and ac- Effort to given the same tomorrow would discuss contracts or terms It Nip Wage leeway here for the Dodgers to finish sec- quaintances since he's been here the Yankee president has about run when A team battles was believed that the American Washington's ond, with the Cubs third, the»Pitts- out of them. Although MacPhail and Leo Durocher now are with the Dodgers at Beach. League's home run king of last year Daytona ] burgh Pirates fourth, just ahead of different clubs, Lippy still telephones him from Daytona Beach and Dutch Leonard will had been offered at least the in Bud pitch for the the resurgent Boston talk the with When $17,500 Disputes Braves, and they by hour, gestures yet. they hang up Β team here against Buffalo to- the New he had been asking from the te Th· Star York Giants sixth. The they still can hear each other as it is not quite 200 miles from St. Special Dispatch morrow. Browns. said he had been I Cincinnati Reds and the Phillies Petersburg to Daytona. Stephens BOWIE, Md., Mar. 30.—Bowie's can offered $13,000 by the Browns. Brunke Battles Ouster. fight it out for any place remaining. At a farewell dinner thrown by the St. Petersburg Chamber of minimum purse this year will be NEW YORK.—ROCKABYE ROCKY AT Stephens and Pasquel remained Following tomorrow's tussles WORK—Welterweight This might appear to be a rather Commerce to the bigwigs of the Yankees and Cardinals the other $2,400 as the result of track officials' Champion Servb to the canvas for the overnight at the latter's home and Bluege may make further cuts In Marty (right) slumps abrupt dismissal of the Phils, con- night, A1 Lang promised that by next year a new grandstand will be decision to add $400 to all races ex- third time after a of are scheduled to hop a plane for the Nats' rostfr. Complicating mat- barrage blows from Rocky Graziano in the sidering the fact that they bought constructed. ... As it goes up, the present one seems very likely to cepting stakes for the 12-day meet- Mexico City this afternoon where ; ters at the moment is the fact that second round of their nontitle bout scheduled for 10 rounds in such players as First Baseman Frank fall down. ... In a moderate wind it shakes now like a flve-and-dime ins opening Monday. At the ame Larry Brunke, chunky little south- Madison Garden last Referee Arthur Donovan McCormick and Third Baseman Jim time Chief Controli Jo- Square night. stepladder. Deputy was Tabor paw who outstanding In the (left) moves in to the bout at 1:52 of U î round. during the winter and gener- About the club on Florida's West Coast that is not a O'C. McCusker estimair. ihe stop only pennant seph Southern Association last to a year, re- —AP ally figure be much better team contender is Cincinnati, and consequently the Reds are taking a deal State's tax yield from racing will be Wirephoto. fuses to return to Chattanooga. than they were last year, when they of ribbing. .'But with the newspaper crowd the Reds still are first approximately $2,000,000 more than Brunke still is lost 108 balking at being Sid Feder siggest money match in ring his- games. division as far as the management and front office are concerned. a year ago. shunted By to the Lookouts despite tory among two little men. Braves Look Bowie's action is aimed at heading Associoted Press Sports Writer Better. being told to shift to Chattanooga's Ray in The off wage disputes among grooms, stepped right up meeting,! only thing is, the other sec- Case Trade May Help Develop Young Catcher training camp r»Cocoa last Thuifc- NEW YORK.