— - — c r *Bird Seed: The Birds dropped their three exhibitions, bowing twice to the New York Yankees before the defeat to K. C. . . . George Sisler, Jr., general manager of the Orioles’ Tri-ple-A Rochester (International) club, says laughingly he came to the Bird camp “for a last look at Powell.” He realizes he won’t have the pleasure of Boog’s company this year. . . . Farm Director Harry Dalton spent a week in camp io look over the young prospects, then departed for the Orioles’ minor league training base in Thomasvilie, Ga. . . . Billy Hoeft missed one workout with a fever of 100 degrees, believed to be the aftermath of his vaccination shot for the trip to Mexico City later this month. . . . The Orioles co-sponsored a baseball clinic with the Miami Herald for more than 350 high school players on March 17. After the 90-minute session, conducted by Oriole Field Co-Ordinator George Selkirk and his staff of 17 Bird players and farm managers, the youngsters were guests of the club at the Oriole-White Sox game that night. . . . Jack Fisher reported his shoulder was still sore when he threw hard after a three-day rest, so he planned to get a cortisone shot.