Evening star., 1941-03-31
Harris Believes
Joe, 19, ,|sGood
Hill Prospect
Sundru Also TO Hurl
Tomorrow; Anderson
Loses to Giants
B, Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ORLANDO. Fla, March 81
Lightning strikes twice in the same
place more often than two Glass D
pitchers make the Jump to the ma
jors in successive years, but Man.
ager Bucky Harris of the Mats Is
willing to take wild gamble That
is why tomorrow will be the big day
in the life of Young Joe Beck.
Joe is the 19-year-old pitcher who
resembles one of the clubhouse boys,
except that he wears A tie Indeed.
most of the clubhouse BOYS are older
thal the cherubic kid from Balti-
more, who last season pitched for
Orlando in the Florida State League.
JUS as Sid Hudson seemingly had
no right to be in big league train
ing camp last year, Joe has none
now
The St. Louis Cardinals tomorrow
are going 10 repay a visit by invad-
! ing Orlando. This game is of special
significance in more ways than one.
In the first place. Steve Sundra is
soIng to make his debut in A Wash
ington uniform. Secondly, Beck is 10
make his bid 10 run either James
Henry Dean or Southpaw Sam Cum
ningham off the pitching staff.
Harris Would Help Joe.
Beck has something in common
with Hudson. He has next to no
experience. He is not impressivelv
fast. nor has he any other standout
pitch Yet he has caught Harris
fancy. much in the same manner
that Hudson did spring ago. Bucky
thinks he is the only young pitcher,
with the exception of Cunningham,
who learned anything in this camp.
Sundra will start tomorrow. He
is slated to pitch six innings. After
that will come Beck. If young Joe
looks good he's going to wear major
fannels.
u plan to do the same thing with
Beck that / did with Walter Master
son a couple of years ago" Harris
said. IF he continues to pitch well
tomorrow, III keep him, even though
I know that he isn't ready for the
ma jors.
rather 90 lIldi. ne COIlCIuOPO.
than to send him out 10 some bush
league club, where he'll get pitched
every couple of DAYS. run the risk
Of running his arm and learn
nothing"
Cunningham Needs Polish.
Cunningham, the rookie lefty over
whom so much early fuss was made,
probably will be shipped back to
| Charlotte. Harris doesn't think he
has enough stuff. Besides" Bucky
added, ''he has no control" Re-
minded that Dean has no control.
either, Harris said, AT least he's got
plenty of stuff on the ball"
/ The Mats arrived early this morn
ing by bus from Miami, where they
beat the Phillies and Giants and
ran their winning streak to seven
in a row before finally losing a de-
ciSion yesterday TO the Terrymen.
7 to 3, They had an off-day today
and will work out
Following tomorow'S game with
the Cards. they will return to ac-
ton on Wednesday against Kansas
City, knock off on Thursday. enter
tain the Tigers Friday and the
Phillies on Saturday. Their final
game in Florida will be played next
Sunday against Detroit in Lakeland.
Walter Masterson's pitching was
the feature of yesterdays game
with the Giants. Walter gave up
five hits and two runs in the first
two innings and then slammed the
door in the faces of the Giants. In
his last four innings he gave one
hit.
The score was 3-3 going into the
last of the eighth. Arnold Ander-
son was the pitcher. He wasn't
good, but his support was worse.
The Giants came up with four runs
and that was the ball game. 1t was,
the third decision in four games
for the Giants over the Mats. F. E. S..