Jtoenmg f&pfjte Plans *» Nats’ Infield Held Tardiness of Torres Washington, D. C., Thursday, March 29, 1945—A—16 Up by Clift, Problem in Shortfield Hamners of Phillies, 21 and 17, La Brucherie, School Walker, N. L. Lose or Draw Batting Champ, Win, Bothering Bluege; Do Brother Double-Play Act Grid Mentor, Given Heading Group of Holdouts By JOHN B. KELLER By JOE REICHLER, Dykes yesterday, to make 31 player* Associated Press Sports Writer. in camp. Pint-Sized Pieretti Packs Pitching Power Braves Blanked Job at U. C. L. A. NEW YORK, Mar. 29.—With the Chicago Cubs—Manager Charlie league season less than three Grimm announced the sale of Ja- He’s only pint-sized, but he can throw that baseball, so Marino By JOHN B. KELLER. By the Associated Press. major weeks off, several club owners still phet (Red) Lynn, wh# had a 5-4 Pieretti shouldn't be long in making American League fans forget he With of LOS ANGELES, Mar. 29.—Bert F. three weeks training gone, are faced with holdout record last year, to Los Angeles. is a His 5-foot-7-inch frame a as well problems. “shorty.” carries fighting heart Washington’s Nats have convinced La Brucherie, Los Angeles High Cleveland Indians—Pitcher Red as a fine arm and he's to take a turn football What is the biggest name flinging right eager nine-inning observers they will have few pitch- coach, has been appointed probably Embree joined squad but Ambrose on the hill now. mentor at of California holdout of them all is Fred (Dixie) pitching right ers, but some good ones, and that University Palica said he expected an Army The more Os sees of Pieretti in the more at Los Edwin C. Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Manager Bluege action, they have a ball club that can go Angeles, succeeding call soon., convinced he becomes that the Nats a whale of a in the National batting king, who got bargain nine innings. Nothing else is set- (Babe) Horrell, who resigned March League Pittsburgh Pirates—Described in hurler who cost the club the draft of last 1. is a reported $22,500, an Washington only price $7,500 tled. demanding best physical shape since they start- fall. When the Nats Pieretti from Portland of the Pacific Coast The U. C. L. A. board of athletic increase of approximately $8,500 over plucked The few exhibitions to date have ed training in North three years the business of the Beavers screeched “We wuz control voted La what he was paid last year. League, manager revealed that the Nats possess some unanimously ago. Bucs beat Muncie semipro nine robbed.” He Pieretti was a All of which Brucherie a contract. The contended $50,000 pitcher. hill talent of value, but probably 3-year President Branch Rickey appeared 11-0. Outfielder Prank Colmaan re- was and now was not good news to Clark Griffith, Washington president, not enough to make them a factor salary announced. as determined as Walker not to ported. on the Bluege is ready to agree with the Portland business manager in the fight for the American League La Brucherie was selected from a yield, with the result that Dixie still St. Louis Cardinals—Arrival of value. The at field of candidates which had been (Ala.) pitcher’s flag. game Georgetown Uni- may be in his Birmingham Marty Marion means Recruit A1 that narrowed were Perhaps it was an old prejudice against small pitchers versity field yesterday in which they to four. Others Ray home when the season opens April (Red) Schoendienst, who had been or but Wash- P. U. C. L. line caused the other major clubs to overlook pass up Pieretti, went to the final round for their Richards, A. coach; 17. filling in at shortstop, will be shifted with another in runs to score a Clark former Stanford ington pretty good pint-sized performer Mickey 2-to-0 victory over Shaughnessy, Cleveland’s Indians also are hav- to either second or the outfield. a Griffith was that record of 26 Boston’s Braves tutor now at and Homer Haefner took chance. intrigued by was proof they can Pittsburgh, ing their holdout headaches. Vice New York Yankees—Manager Joe last feel- a wins against 13 losses the little right-hander hung up year, go route. Norton, coach at Texas Ags. President Roger Peckinpaugh told McCarthy announced that Pitchers a an earnest moundsman But with La to the ing Pieretti must not only be clever, but also Harlond Clift and Gil Brucherie, 40, returns Mickey Rocco, dissatisfied first base- Walter Dubiel, Alien Gettel and to have done so well in a of such caliber. Torres still from the school for which he starred at half- league high missing camp, man, that the Indians had quoted Floyd Bevens will face Red Sox to- as he watched of the infield and “I figured he must be a workhorse.” Griffith said makeup remains un- back in 1926, 1927 1928. He him their final salary and that the day. batters at the Park training the certain and the absence of Mike with him one of the Pieretti pitching to College camp brings bright- next move was up to him. Another New York Giants—Curtis Bay was first on draft list and I don’t believe I made Guerra and Rick est school records other day. “He my Ferrell, catchers, high coaching dissatisfied Tribesman is Outfielder Coast Guard earned even split in confuses Os And ever in Southern any mistake.” Manager Bluege. compiled Cali- Jeff Heath. two-game series, winning second that with little more than two was weeks fornia. He at Los Angeles contest, 15-10. First Baseman Phil remaining before the Crosetti of Yanks Adamant. Little Hurler Made His 1944 Record Hard Way championship High 16 years. Weintraub made four hits, including starts. The New York Yankees still have set record for minor campaign La Brucherie has used several of Those 26 wins registered by the little Italian a a holdout in homer, but big bat Sid Gordon, Clift and Torres are out —AP stubborn Shortstop a Perhaps Wirephoto. types of offense, but in recent years league pitchers last year and also pulled Portland up to second- Frank but First Baseman former Giant, spelled doom for New of the running for the third-base has the T and Crosetti, finish in the Coast And he set the mark the hard way. .247 in employed effectively, Yorkers. place League. job, for Hillis has been By the Associated Press. Virginia lads. Granville hit Nick Etten and Pitcher Bill Zuber torrid sea- Layne doing is expected to adopt it for the 1945 He was the one-run battler of the Coast circuit in its most 29.— those 21 with the Phils and still have ar- Dodgers Trade Koch. remarkably well at the post. He cer- WILMINGTON, Del., Mar. games although unsigned, son in a .284 mark for squad. Brooklyn Dodgers—Trade of Sec- years. tainly has looked better than Torres Pity the baseball scribes and print- Garvin compiled rived in camp. Of his 26 four were by scores of 4 to 3; four more were in B ond Baseman Barney Koch to Mon- victories, did there last season Richmond the class Piedmont have not on and it is diffi- ers when the Hamner brother act Others who yet signed 2 to 1, another was 1 to 0 and he also won a 5 to 4 and a 6 to 5 contest, Eastern Fourth School treal for Pitcher Vic Lombardi fol- cult to believe that Clift, after his League. the dotted line as a result of salary according to our Western agent. So 11 of his 26 wins were tough takes over as the second base com- Garvin was slated to lowed on heels of Whitlow Wyatt poor 1944 showing, will be so much originally disagreements are Jim Tobin of no- tussles down to the final count. bination for the Phillies on third baseman with For Mentor Jacobs sale to Phillies. Team dropped 10- right better this time that he can wrest opening be the regular hit fame and Stew Hofferth, Boston Of his 13 defeats, four were by one run with the highest score off day. the Mott-Fred Daniels duo S. W. iDuke) Jacobs, track star inning game to West Point, 5-4. the job from Layne. Bitsy Braves; A1 Qerheauser of the Phila- him in any of these games just three runs. He was shut out three times, Brother W. Garvin, aged 21, will second. With and will a Boston Red Sox—Rex Cecil and inheld Troubles Continue. from Utica around professional gridder, try delphia Phillies; Orval Grove and But little Marino always was in there fighting. be seeing his first major experience, weeks recov- at still another District school Francis (Bred) Barrett will share But there's still that matter of Daniels out for eight job John Humphries, Chicago White Pieretti seven shutouts, a pretty neat total but it will be old stuff for 17-year- was this mound duty in the opener of nine- Incidentally, pitched to care for and it ering from an operation, Mott year. of the from shortstop could Sox; Cliff Melton Brooklyn for any moundsman in these free-swinging days. He was blasted old Brother Granville W., who over to third and one of the Jacobs, who has coached at Tech, game series with Yankees. be that Clift will handle it. George moved Dodgers and Vince Di Maggio, Pitts- the hill four times, and on one of those occasions he got credit for hopped off the sandlots to play 21 first brother acts and Wilson, Detroit Tigers—Manager Steve just Myatt, while a willing worker there, double-play got Coolidge yesterday burgh Pirates.