April

The move to Milwaukee, it’s new stadium and larger crowds are certain to boost the player’s morale and inspire the boys to put out more than in Boston. The addition of Andy Pafko and Joe Adcock is certain give us more power. The pitching is good and the infield is set.” Bucky Harris, Nats—“We area better ball club than we ,were a year ago. I’m not making any predictions about where we’U fin ish. This is a well-balanced league and I don’t even discount the Tigers. I think the Yankees will have considerable more trouble.

The Yankees were to be hosts to the Phila delphia Athletics and Brooklyn was to open at home against the National League's new Eastern team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The National League's biggest crowd, 36,011, already was assured for Milwaukee where the Braves opened at home against the St. Louis Cardinals. Lefty Warren gpahn, beaten by the Dodgers in last year’s opener, was to pitch against the Cards’ Gerry Staley. Raschi Opposes Kellner.

Braves a hometown triumph over the Cardinals. Bruton’s 350-foot blast off the out stretched glove of Enos Slaughter sent the 34,357 paying cus tomers home happy from Mil waukee’s first major league j game in 52 years. The hard- j earned victory, in which Warren Spahn outpitched Gerry Staley, kept the Braves half a game m front of the Giants. Dodgers and Cubs. Milwaukee won the one game opening program at Cincinnati Monday. 2-0. Ken Raffensberger, who has lost more games in the National League than any other active pitcher, dropped his 139th yesterday when Chicago scored two unearned runs in the eighth inning to defeat Cincinnati, 3-2, before 21,222 Chicago fans.

A lot of folks agreed with him, but added that he would have to hold his temper to do it. If yesterday can be taken as a sample of his new behavior, lie could easily prove to be,a conservative fore caster. Only three games were played in the Major Leagues yesterday. In addition to Brooklyn's vic tory, the Phillies whipped the Giants. 8-1. and the Yankees defeated the Athletics. 4-1, The St. Louis Cardinals were rained out at Milwaukee. So were the Cincinnati Redlegs at (See BASEBALL. Page C-3.) BASEBALL 2 GAMES TODAY—2:OO P.M.—8:30 P.M. Washington vs.

Young scored the only run as Feller and Bobby Cain of the Browns pitched the first double one-hitter in American League history. Pierce’s one-hitter was the second in two games involving the White Sox. At Cleveland Tuesday they managed only one safety—a single by Minnie Mi noso—against Bob Lemon. The Chicago pitchers’ battle was a sharp contrast to most of the other games played yester day. Pittsburgh and Philadel phia combined for 24 runs in two innings as the Pirates won, 14-12. The Boston Red Sox clubbed four pitchers for 19 hits in whipping the Athletics, 11-6. Cleveland outblasted the Detroit Tigers, 11-8.

The first April snow in St. Louis—normally one of the National League’s hottest towns—since 1938 caused postponement of tonight’s scheduled game between the Milwaukee Braves and the Cardinals. Snow also was responsible for putting off the Ohio Relays. Rain caused postponement of the Chicago Cubs-at-Cin cinnati game. The Phillies at Pittsburgh and Brooklyn’s with the New York Giants were called because of cold. started loafing when his mates got him a 12-0 lead, scattered nine hits for the victory.

The Phillies game with the Pirates at Pittsburgh also was postponed because of cold wea ther, while the Chicago Cubs contest with the Redlegs at Cincinnati was rained out. Despite a forecast of eight inches of snow in some sections of Western Pennsylvania for to night, a Pirate spokesman said tomorrow’s game with the Dodg ers would be played as scheduled. The forecast called for snow flurries and 40-degree temperature tomorrow. In the American League, the New York Yankees’ game with the Athletics at Philadelphia was postponed because of rain as was the Nats’ game with the Red Sox tonight in Washington.

A blinding snow, incidentally, halted the Dodger-Pirate game in Pittsburgh for 37 minutes. Snow, rain and cold weather forced postponement of sched uled double-headers between Cleveland and the White Sox in Chicago, and Chicago and the Redlegs in Cincinnati. Bad weather also wiped out the Phil lies-Giants game at the Polo Grounds Kellner, 28-year-old native of Tucson, Ariz., did not walk a batter as he faced only 28 Yankees. A double and triple by Gene Woodling spoiled his bid for a no-hitter.

Joe Presko went until the ninth for the winners, but when he yielded a single by Jack Ditt mer, who had tapped him fora home run earlier, A1 Brazle came on and retired the side. The Braves used four pitchers. Starter Warren Spahn, who i whipped the Cards on opening day, was tagged with the defeat. He gave up four runs in four in nings, including a home run by Del Rice. Virgil Jester, Ernie Johnson and Lou Burdette fol lowed Spahn. Roberts Evens Score.

Brooklyn managed to hold on C to the league lead when Cincinnati defeated the Cardinals, 5-4, at St. Louis in another night game, with Harry Perkowski winning over Harvey Haddix. The Pirates, who should be thinking of changing their name to the Eskimos if they have to play many more games in 39- degree temperatures, edged the Giants, 5-4, behind the seven hit pitching of Bob Friend. A home run by Joe Collins gave the Yankees a 1-0 verdict over the Red Sox: Cleveland snapped the Browns’ four-game winning streak with a 4-3 decision: Chi cago outlasted Detroit, 7-5, and Washington whipped Philadel phia. 5-1, in American League contests.

Young for a manager, Freddie nevertheless begins 1953 as a man of distinction. He is the only Tiger manager asked to take the club from last place. Until last year, Detroit was the only major league team that never finished last. But Hutchinson's problems, according to rumor, began the day the season opened. He assigned Rookie Johnny Bucha to catch the opening game, whereupon the more experienced Matt Batts exploded before Detroit baseball writers: “What does a fellow have to do to become the No. 1 catcher?” Batts asked. “This was a good spring for me. I batted close to .400. I hit four home runs and I didn’t strike out once all spring. But comes opening day and I’m not catching.” HUTCHINSON SPOKE HOPEFULLY this spring of finishing third. “Outside of the Yankees and Indians, who’s so hard to beat?” he queried. “The other five teams all have weaknesses, same as we.

Louis Cardinals. In National League day games, Chicago defeated Milwaukee, 6-2, and Pittsburgh edged the New York Giants, 6-5. The Yankees whipped the Red Sox, 6-3, and extended their American League lead to a full game over the Browns, who weren’t scheduled. The Athletics beat Washington, 6-4, and the Detroit Tigers snapped a five-game losing streak by trimming the White Sox, 8-4. Along with the Browns and Cardinals, both Cincinnati and Cleveland had the day off. Reese Hits Homer. Brooklyn got to Roberts for nine hits but the only one that paid off was Peewee Reese's first inning home run.

Against everybody else the Yanks have made balance pay off—Just enough hitting to go with reasonably good pitching to come out on the long end of the scores. That was what they did yesterday in their 4-1 victory over Washington. The Browns, who had been the Yankees’ nearest rivals, dropped back a game by losing, 3-0, to the White Sox. Cleve land defeated Detroit, 4-1, and Philadelphia downed Boston, 7-2. Phillies Extend Lead.

Bill Werber, son of the former major leaguer, led Duke at bat with a double and single in four tries. Baseball (Continued From Page C-l.> Durocher’s team, 4-1. The Braves made only six hits, but four went for extra bases. In Pittsburgh, 43 year -old Dutch Leonard, oldest player in the National League, retired three fuzz-faced Pirates in a brilliant ninth-inning relief job to preserve the Cubs’ 5-3 victory. It was the Cubs’ fourth straight victory and moved them to within a game and a half of the league-leading Phillies.

Little Murry Dickson went all the way for the Pirates, who looked as if they were about to drop another one when the Cubs scored twice in the eighth to break a 1-all tie. But they came right back with three in their half of the inning. Pete Castig lione knocked in two runs with a timely single after Cal Abrams homered. The Dodgers edged Cincinnati, 6-5. Roy Campanella tied the score with a home run with one on in the eighth, and Joe Black threw just one ball to gain credit for the victory. Catcher Hobie Landrith of the Redlegs let the winning run score on a passed ball in the ninth. Cleveland Gains Ground.