Evening star., 1941-08-03
Chisox Nip Mats,
81, as Hudson
Hur|s Wildly
Two Walks and Error
By Sid Mean Runs;
Griffs Hit Feebly
By BURTON HAWKINS

Sid Hudson's temporary excur-
sion into the realm of wild life
wrecked an otherwise commendable
chunk of pitching yesterday at Grit
fifth Stadium, with the Chicago
White Sox capitalizing on the
Washington slabman's turbulent be-
havior to deal the Mats 81 de-
feat.
Hudson matched Edgar Smiths
feat of distributing only seven hits,
but brace of walks in the fourth
inning and a heavenly restricted
to direction) 'heave that prevented
a double play in the ninth pre-
sented the youthful right-hander
his 18th loss of the season.
Not aiding slim Sid, of course,
was the feeble batting display by
the Mats, for not until the seventh
inning did they advance a man
beyond second base. Smith wasn't
walking anybody and the Mats
were fashioning a few hits off the
chunky southpaw.
Sid Walks Two. Both Score.
In those first six innings Smith
was nicked for three hits and they
couldn't be classified as lusty blows.
In the second inning Mickey Ver-
non looped single to left and in
the fourth Buddy Lewis beat out
bounder to Shortstop Luke Ap-
pling. The Mats third hit in that
stretch was pop fly authored by
Jimmy Bloodworth that fell safely
in center for a single.
Meanwhile the White Sox had
developed runs. Hudson opened the
fourth inning by walking Joe Kuhel
and Mike Kreevich. 1t developed
this was mistake, for tubby Taft
Wright drilled a double off First
Baseman Vernon's glove, scoring
Kuhel and propelling Kreevich to
third.
Hudson promptly filled the bases
by walking Appling and Kreevich
scored as Myril Hoag drilled into
a double play. Hudson escaped
further damage by retiring Bob
Kennedy on pop fly to Vernon,
but the White Sox owned a lead
that was destined to be sufficient.
Mats Avoid ShutOht.
While Hudson then Shackled Chi
cago, the Mats got around to manu-
featuring their only run in the sew
enth. After Lewis popped out,
Travis whacked a single down the
left-field line and Vernon whisked
a double past Kuhel, sending Travis
to third.
Into that situation stepped George
Archie to lift fly to Wright that
scored Travis and allowed Vernon
to scoot to third. With the tying
run on third, however, Bloodworth
flied to Kreevich in center
That 81 situation existed until
the ninth, when the White Sox in
creased the score to its ultimate
proportions. With one out, Appling
and Hoag singled successfully.
Hoag's hit sending Appling to third.
At that point Kennedy tapped
to Hudson. who wheeled and threw
to Travis at second. The idea was
nice. but the execution faulty, for
Travis was forced to leap for Sid's
errant throw. Cecil succeeded in
forcing Hoag, but had no chance to
throw to first in attempting to nip
Kennedy for side-retiring double
play. Appling scored and the Mats
entered their portion of the inning
trailing by two runs.
Travis Hit Wasted.
Travis stirred a flicker of hope
among the $500 fans when he
singled to left after Lewis had
grounded out. but Cecil was stranded
as both Vernon and Archie flied to
Hoag in left.
Back in the sixth inning Kuhel
reached third when he singled to
left, moved to second on Kreevich's
sacrifice and to third as Wright
grounded out. but was left as Lewis
went to the Washington bullpen for
Appling's foul.
Kuhel disturbed the Mats in the
eighth too. when Case missed an at
tempted shoestring catch of his
liner with two out. The ball
caromed off Cases glove for
double. but Kuhel didn't advance be-
yond that point, for Kreevich flied
to Lewis.
The Mats sort of missed the boat
in the first inning. After Case had
gone out. Cramer lashed grounder
at Second BaSeman Don Holloway,
who allowed the ball to escape him
for two-base error. Lewis lined
to Holloway, though. and Don whip
ped a throw to Appling to catch
Cramer off second for a double play.