Evening star., 1941-04-08
Hope 10 Land Hur|er
For Fin-in Chores
Before June IS
Horrismen Also Desire
Extra InfieIder; Beck,
Cunningham Formed
b q Staff Correspondent of The Star.

b Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., April 8.-For
two rockies, the Mats arrival here
today meant the end of beautiful
dreams, but for Manager Bucky
Harris squad as whole, the only
thing wrong with breaking camp at
Orlando and moving to Charlotte
was that this city isn't far enough
North.
The Mats, with five straight
victories over the Detroit Tigers and
fine Grapefruit League record
behind them. are ready for the
American League race. Some time
between now and June Is, when the
trade deadline falls. they hope to
pick up at least one more f1ll-ln
pitcher and possibly an inflelder
But for a starter they are convinced
they are not a bad ball club.
Meanwhile, Pitchers Sam Cum
ningham and Joe Beck were to turn
In their Washington uniforms today
and climb into Charlotte gear. Both
are marked for future reference,
particularly Beck. For a while 1t
looked as if the Mats, for the second
straight year, were to milk class D
Florida State League of a pitcher
but Beck, at 18, wasn't ready to
emulate the rise of Sid Hudson.
Sundra in Second Test.
There was a measure of import
snce to todays exhibition here
against the Tigers because it was
to be marked by the second appear
ance of Steve Sundra on the bill in a
Washington uniform.
Sundra is the right-hander who
was bought some days ago from the
Yankees in a surprise deal. In his
first start against the Cardinals in
Orlando, he pitched good ball for
four innings, but was belted in the
fifth for a quartette of runs.
Significantly, Sundra was hit hard
after he had run out a triple he
had pasted himself. This would seem
to indicate that he lacked condition
ing. But until further tests it must
remain a matter of conjecture.
Sundra could become an impor-
Manager Bucky Harris has four
good pitchers in Sid Hudson. Dutch
Leonard, Walter Masterson and Ken
Chase. Three of these hurlers, Hud-
son, Leonard and Chase, can work
every fourth day, but Harris is re-
luctant to punish Masterson, who is
only 81 and still growing. He would
like to juggle Walter and spell him
with Sundra.
Boom Boom Relief Ace.
This would leave Danny Mac
Fayden, the veteran, for relief pur-
poses. MacFayden, who has been
increasingly effective this spring,
would be the No. l ire-hat guy,
with Alexandra CarraSquel, the dur
able Venezuelan. moving to No. 2.
All others are incidental at this
time
Following todays game, the Mats
will journey southwark, of all direc-
tions, to play the Tigers for the sew
enth time at Greenville, S. c. Then
they will steer north again, stopping
at Goldsboro, N. c., for a clash
with the Phillies and at Martins
vile, Va, for a second successive
tussle with the perennial tail-enders
of the National League.
1t would be interesting to know
the real story behind the making of
the Mats junket schedule. Popular
belief is that between pinochle deals
last September in President Clark
Grifith's Office, somebody pasted a
map on the wall, allowed himself to
be blindfolded and punctured the
thing with pins, willy -nilly, each pin
representing an exhibition game.
Fortunately, the pin-sticker did
not have long arms, else the next
game might be in Oregon.
The Mats left Orlando last night
after a workout featuring the proper
way in which to tag out trapped
base runners. Up to now Mussolini
has been better at it.