Evening star., 1942-02-23
Young Pitchers
Picked 10 Back
Veteran Trio
Corps to Be Headed
BY Hudson, Leonard,
Ex-Bosox Wilson
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Stan Correspondent.

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 23.-What, -
he gazes upon in the next few weeks 4,
NAV force a revision Of mental blue, r.
prints, but currently Manager Bucky
Harris Of the Mats Is calculating on,
Sid Hudson, Dutch Leonard. Jack
Wilson, Early Wynn and Walter
Masterson as starting pitchers this II
season. iii
Naturally I'm starting with an q
open mind" said Bucky as a slim
SQUAD of Washington baseball plays
ers trotted on Tinker Field here a,
today for the first spring training ar
workout, "but I must operate wlth s
a goal In view and that's the set-up.,
"That will leave Steve Sundra,
Alexandra Carrasquel, Bill zuber
and Arnold Anderson for relief .
work. Another relief pitcher must i
come from among Bill Kennedy, Bill =
Zinser, Hardin Cathey, Phil NC :
Cullough or Ray Scarborough. I'd :.
love 1t If some of the boys force me
to change those plans by showing
more than I anticipate" al
Last Chance for MaSterson. !
Bucky Is creating silver of surro
prise only in the naming OF tau,o-
| bespectacled Masterson as starter6o
Masterson has been no ball OF nre
in three seasons with the Mats r
winning only nine games and losing T
18 over that span, but Harris still Is &
! willing to stake him to anotherA
| chance. OK
I'm tossing out past perform p
ances in the case Of Masterson''1a
confessed Bucky. "If I hadn't seens,
the boy before I'd have to rate him
as promising, so he's starting fresh
with me. If he doesn't deliver this
year I guess we'll have to admit q F
mistake, but I'm not ready to give
up on him yet" 'f'
| Masterson was q four-game win =
ner last season but in that respect :
he doesn't suffer by comparison with
Wilson. Walter lost only three
games, while the husky Wilson Won
four and dropped 13 decisions with :
the Red Sox. In the knucKle7
balling Wilson, though Harris vi'r
sions a stocky right-hander capaole
of clicking.
Wynn Is Most Promising.
The 2I-year-old Wynn is the
brightest pitcher prospect OF the,
Mats since Hudson vaulted out OF
the Glass D Florida State League
two years ago. Young Mr.. Wynn
displayed considerable finesse last
fall. revealing a Zippy fast ball and
superb control in capturing three
games. 70
One-eighth Indian, which accounts :
for his copper complexion, the stocky
Wynn figures to take up some OF
the Mats slack. If he doesn't blos-'
som as one Of the outstanding
rockies of the season he'll be disap-s
pointing those who watched him
labor last September. y
No surprise is the demotion Of.
Sundra to relief roles. Steve Is
showing his pitches to rival coaches
who relay them to batters, and until
he detects the flaw and conquerss
the habit his value is questionable.
Anderson, who will wear glasses
this season. has signed, leaving
Leonard, Catcher Al Evans and 1n-;
fielder Jimmy Pofahl the only un-r
signed Mats. Evans is expected to
report and sign on wednesday, butt
Prexy Clark Griffith has received
no word from Leonard since Satur-
day and that word was mo" n
| Leonard's holdout by now has be-
come an anticipated annual event,
but, as in the past two seasons, he
Is expected to pop into town at any
moment, huddle with Grtfith and q
sign shortly thereafter. g