Evening star., 1940-03-31
Get Three Runs
Each in 7th
And 9Th
Vests Triple Tells
In First Big Round;
Hudson Slab Ace
81 . Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
BRADENTON, Fla, March 30
The Mats spent six innings today
furthering their record for being
shut out, but after running the
streak to is consecutive innings they
cracked up, scored and eventually
won a ball game from the Boston
Bees. 6 to 2.
The Washington regulars were
doing all right against Southpaw
Joe Sullivan. the old Detroit knuc-
kle-baller. They collected only four
hits in the first six rounds, but in
the seventh inning Manager Bucky
Harris made a few changes, and
the Bees 10 lead suddenly was
converted into 3-to-l deficit the
National Leaguers were unable to
overcome.
Sammy West, picking up Pitcher
Sid Hudson's bat, was largely re-
sponsible. That is, West and Dick
Merriwell Erickson, Boston right
handler who had just relieved Sulu-
van. To start the inning Errick-
son walked Jimmy Pofahl. Then he
pitched a single to Jake Early, who
batted for Tony Guiliani. This
change in events prompted Harris
to send West to hit and Sammy re-
sponded with a terrific triple to
right field, scoring Pofahl and Early
Later West scored on George Cases
infield out.
Hudson Shows Worth Again.
The Bees came back against WAL
ter Masterson in the seventh to coin
run on Max Vests triple and Tony
Cuccinello's long fly, but since the
damage had been done and their
streak was broken, the Mats decided
to 60 all the way, and so they added
three more runs in the ninth off
Billy Weir. another left-hander
This clinched it.
The game did nothing to disturb
the unanimous opinion in the
Washington camp that young Hud-
son, the class D Lacquer, is quite a
pitcher. His mates did everything
to make trouble for Sid today. They
refused to get him run. Gee
Walker threw to wrong base and
Jimmy Wasdell forgot to cover first
base. Cuccinello, one of the slow
est-footed men in baseball, tried
to steal a base and made it when
Giuliani messed up the throw. Yet
one run was all the Bees could get
off Sid and in pushing this across,
they needed four scratch hits in
the fourth inning.
In the meantime, Sullivan's S
knuckler was floating all around
the Washington bats. In the fourth,
the Griffs got three runners on
base at the same time, due to two
hits and base on balls, but the
string was protected when Case,
trying to score from second on Eddie
Liep's smash off Sebastian Sisti's
glove, was nailed at the plate, re-
firing the side.
GAIlChSOH IOUHUCO.
In the fifth an error by Rookie
First-baseman Metkovitch of the
Bees, solid single by Hudson and
a walk to Case filled the bases with
two down, but Wasdell rolled out.
The Mats, as originally placed on
the field, were going no place in a
hurry until Casey Stengel inserted
Erickson for Sullivan and Harris
rushed Early and West into the
game.
In giving up a run, Hudson was
grudging. Ralph Younker, rookie
Bee left fielder, dribbled a weak
grounded to Leip at third base and
the ball bounded weirdly on the
rough infleld for fuke hit. After
Metkovitch went out, West poked a
single past Wasdell and Cuccinello
beat out another tap down the
third-base line, scoring Younker.
Another bad break was Hudson's S
when Eddie Miller was safe on a
freak single to short, but he retired
the side with no further scoring.
After Erickson gave up three runs
in the seventh, Weir took over and
pitched a 1928 inning. In the
ninth though. he became Cousin
Billy when Early tripled, Master
son walked and Case tripled both
across. There was brief pause
while Case was being picked of
third base and Wasdell flied out,
but Metkovich booted Buddy Lewis
roller and Walker doubled to add
the sixth and final run.