Evening star., 1941-04-03
Hudson Is Ready
For Fine Year,
Mats Believe
Pitcher Who Sporkled
As Freshman in 1910
Now Much Faster
By Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla, April 3.-If you
will take the word of the old guys
around this Washington training
camp, this will be bigger year for
Sidney Charles Hudson than 1910,
when. as a freshman, he won II
games for a seventh-place ball club
after jumping from class D to the
major leagues.
The lanky, 23-year- right
handler today was felicitated follow
ing his first test since he jammed
his right thumb on March "a in q
game against st. Paul at LeeSburg,
Fla. In a SlX-inning trial shift yes
terday against Kansas City he gave
up solitary single, which was MT
just past Shortstop Cecil Travis in
the opening inning.
Hudson was pretty terrific all the
way. He got into trouble in the
third inning, when he loaded the
bases with none out when his con-
troll temporarily left him, but he
got out of it by starting double
play, with the first victim at the
plate by his own throw, and he
retired the side by picking up a
roller and throwing out the hitter
Rick Says He's Faster.
Catcher Rick Ferrell, who has
been handling all kinds of pitchers
for the last IL years, wore his
light" mitt at the beginning, but
shifted after the second frame to
a new glove and borrowed a fat,
fresh sponge from his underStudy
and rival, Al Evans.
Il never saw Hudson SO fast"
Ferrell announced after the game.
II can say safely that I never saw
him so fast at this time of the
year. That guys going to be tough
to beat with that extra speed and
with that new Sidearm delivery"
The Mats won the game, 80, and
thereby broke a tWo-game losing
streak After being buffaloed for
six innings by Milo Candini and
Randy Gumpert, the Mats teed off on
the latter in the seventh and scored
two runs on Ben Chapman's triple,
Cecil Travis long fly and Jimmy
Bloodworth's home run.
Alexandra Carrasquel, making his
first appearance, yielded run in
the eighth and another in the ninth,
tying it up, but in the Mats half OF
the final inning, the winning run
was pushed across despite poor base
running, or something.
Rookie Jim Mallory, first up, drew
a walk. Then, with a big league job
in sight, he was picked off base.
Against Bill Gill, fourth blue pitcher
to work, Buddy Lewis also walked
and, after two were out, Bloodworth
walked and Mickey Vernon beat out
an infield roller.
This left it up to Rick Ferren.
who explained later that he was
hungry and thus singled, breaking
up the game.
Kansas City was no push-over
team. The Blues are the champions
of the American Association and,
despite heavy losses to the Yankees,
JIlcy WCIC lOuSli, llldhlIlS lIlC IIlICC-
hit performance Hudson and Car
raSquel all the more remarkable. :
Archie Works at Third.
The Mats first base fight was mar
rowed to two contestants yesterday
when Jack Sanford, the right
handed hitterm and fielder, was op-
toned to Chattanooga on 24-hour
notice.
Jacks departure leaves George
Archie and Vernon to fight it out
for the post. 1t won't be much of
a fight now. Manager Bucky Harris
plans to alternate the pair, de-
pending upon the enemy pitching,
and in case Lewis is called to the
colors, Archie may play third base.
He has been practicing there for the
last few days.
AS far as competition is concerned,
the Mats will be idle until tomorrow,
when they will entertain the Tigers
Dutch Leonard possibly may be sent
the whole route.