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23-The Charleston Gazette, Thurs.. Apr. 24, 1958. —_— Hardman on Sports’ By A. CL. HARDMAN Sports Editor of The Gazette Bill Norman should have been happy Wednesday morning as he looked to the accomplishments of his, Charleston Senators. They had swept a double bill from St.Paul the day before and moved into third place in the American Association standings. But the prospect for the continuation of a successful swing through the west had the Senator pilot worried. It was evi dent that he would have to go through the rest of the road trip not only with cripples on the bench, but cripples in the lineup. News that First Baseman Larry Osborne's fractured fore arm will keep him on the shelf for as much as three weeks’ was a damaging blow to the morale of the team, not to men tion Norman’s choices for getting a few runs now and then. Shortly before Osborne had been forced out of competition, Outfielder Stan Palys had been rendered hors de combat by his own doing. A foul from his own bat hit him squarely on the calf of his right leg and swelling immedi ately set in. He'll be out for about 10 days. The loss of Palys wouldn’t have been felt so severely had Osborne not joined him on the casualty list. Dick Camilli had been spelling Palys and the injured Ben Mateosky in left field. And when Osborne went out, Camilli had to replace Bobo at first. This made it necessary for Mateosky, injured leg and all, to go back to work in left field. Norman was on the telephone Wednes day, pouring out his troubles to the parent, Detroit Tigers. He had hopes that General Manager John McHale could work out some sort of an emer gency program for the Senators until the cripples can get back Into action Dick Camilli Dick Camilli Handy Man.to Have Around The Senator skipper was thankful for one thing in particular. That would be the versatility of Camilli, who can do better than a journeyman in the outfield and who has played all four infield positions acceptably in his young career with better than average success. Camilli is now the Senator first baseman and Nor man has no doubts that he can do the job. But there was great need to have both of these young sters in the lineup. Osborne’s bat will be missed no end and despite the exceptional inlent of Camille, he is not the first baseman that Bobo is. “Matevsky’ s leg is somewhat better,” Norman said yes terday, “and I'm hoping that a couple of base hits might case him completely. But the big guy can't run, like he should and this is bound to hurt.” Norman is a little worried about Kenny Walters’ bat ting slump. Kenny hasn’t had a hit in his last 19 times at ‘bat. And this has hurt no end, coming’ at a time when not, many of the others were hitting. With just, a hit here and there,‘from Walters, the Senators would have scored a few more runs and may, have won another game or two. But this could be said about some of the others who have failed in the clutch at times Delsing, Virgil and Samford Make Noise The bright spot in Norman’s book recently has been ‘the sudden batting spree of, outfielder Jim Delsing. The vet eran center fielder was hitting only 087 before last Sunday's’ twin bill here with Minneapolis. Since then he has delivered hits of quality if not in quan tity and may be ready now to give the team a big Hit. . Ozzie Virgil slapped a couple of home runs to help the Senators take two from St. Paul Tuesday..This pleased Nor man to end-but did not surprise him.He had said just a few days before that Ozzie would hit a few out of the set this season.” . . . Ron Samford came up with his first homer of the sea son to aid in beating the Saints in the first game. This was all well and good but the little Texan also showed the St. Paul fans a thing or two about playing shortstop. “ In the fourth and fifth innings of the close night game, the “old pro” got Chuck Daniel out of jams with sensational Speen throws on bids for hits by Jack Spears and Dixie Howell. “Our Infield continues to play great ball,” said Norman, “and I would consider the two plays Samford made as valu able to us as the home run Virgil hit in the 10th. Without the plays, we do not get to the 10th inning.” This spring the Charleston manager predicted that he would have to devise all kinds of methods to get runs. Looks like he was right. = 7 But the nice thing about it Tuesday was that they did get enough runs. Although getting only 10 hits, the Senators scored 11 runs
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Thu, Apr 24, 1958
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