Evening star., 1940-04-04
Orlando Finale
With Bees 10
Test Hudson
Cards Troll as Rain
Ends Play; Gehrmon.
Leip Are Shipped
By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
| ORLANDO, Fla, April 4.-The
survivors of the 50-odd assorted
athletes who cavorted in the habili-
ment of the Nationals this spring
leave this citrus center training
camp tonight, homeward bound as
the 1910 Washington ball club.
The Mats, some in camp since
February Is, will entrain for Atlanta
tonight after a final Florida fracas
with the Boston Bees, who from time
to time will furnish the exhibition
opposition almost until the start OF
the official campaign on April 16.
AS the departing hour neared, the
men in uniform were fewer than at
any time since last summer, when
President Clark Griffith began to
call rockies for inspection. Three
more faces were missing around
camp today.
Pitcher Paul Gehrman, who was
drafted last fall and given only two
chances in the grapefruit league,
left this morning for Sumter, S. c.,
training camp of the Birmingham
Barons; Second Basenan Eddie Leip
supposedly is the property of Pitts
burgh, and southpaw Pitcher Red
Cunningham, free agent, was
signed to a Charlotte contract and
shipped off.
Is Leip Now a Pirate?
Birmingham claimed Gehrman,
whose number had been UP in camp
for some time. 1t was from Birming-
ham that Paul was drafted, although
hehad been farmed by the Barons to
Albany.
Leip's sale to Pittsburgh has been
hanging fire for some time and still
is not official, although President
Sam Benswanger of, the Pirates
wired Griffith yesterday that he had
claimed Eddie in the draft. When
Griffith wired President Will Har-
ridge OF the American League to
verify, there was no reply.
In any event, Leip is finished as
a Nat. The little infielder whom
Manager Bucky Harris touted at the
opening of camp did not measure up
to expectations and Washington S
second basing this year will be done
by Jimmy Bloodworth and Buddy
Myer.
Hudson Faces Bees Today.
Only three stops will be made by
the Griffs en- route north, but the
trip will require almost a week be-
cause three games are scheduled in
Atlanta, starting tomorrow.
After Sundays game the Mats will
move to Greenville to meet the Bees
again, and then on Tuesday they will
tackle their Charlotte farmhands in
the North Carolina city. The club is
due in Washington on Wednesday,
April 10, where the series with the
Bees will be resumed.
In their farewell game to Orlando
today, the Mats will employ as one
of their pitchers Sid Hudson, the
Florida State League pitching rookie
who opened the exhibition season
back on March 10 against the Giants.
Sid still is the No. / slab rook in
Harris book, as we'll as that of every
body else who has looked over the
crop.
Rookie Torres Looks Better.
A torrential rain lasting for hours
probably washed out one of the Mats
better games yesterday. They were
holding 2-to-0 lead over the Cardi-
nails when the game was rained out
in the St Louis half of the fourth
inning and for the first time in more
than week the Harrismen were
looking good against big league op-
position.
Against Fiddler Bill MCGEE, Card
right-hander, they coined a run in
the second inning on Cecil Travis
single, an infield out and Jimmy Po-
fahl's single. In the third George
Case opened with a single, took third
on Jim Wasdell's belt to center and
scored when MCGEE made a great
stop of Lewis terrific liner and con-
verted it into double-up.
Meanwhile, Rookie Gilberto Torres
was doing pretty good job for the
Mats. The skinny Cuban, who is
being converted into a knuckle baller
on the assumption that he may be
able to duplicate Dutch Leonard's
success, gave up nit in each of the
four innings he pitched, but no Card
got beyond second.
Walter Masterson was to share
pitching today against the Bees, but
because Leonard's turn was rained
out yesterday there may be change
in Harris pitching plans.