Evening star., 1943-06-24
Yankees Curbed
AS Milo Shines
In Box, at Bat
Wins Though His Arm
Still Is Sore; Error
In kightcop Costly

More than a third of the major
league baseball season has van
ished and the astonishing Mats still
are stamped as threats to capture
the American League pennant. The
most astonishing thing about the
Mats at the moment would be
Pitcher Milo Candini, who has won
seven straight games without suf-
fering defeat.
Candini has given the Mats lift
at a time when they were threat
ening to sag. He has won five sue
cessive starts impressively since
picking up two victories in relief
roles and as result the Mats still
are clinging to second place only
two games behind the Yankees.
The latest and most notable of
Candini's triumphs was achieved
yesterday, when he. defeated the
Yankees, 80. in the first game of
double-header at New York. He
distributed six hits neatly, permitted
only one man to reach second base,
walked none and struck out five in
pitching his second shutout. Ernie
Bonham blanked the Mats, 40, on
seven hits in the second game.
Earned-Run Yield Light.
Despite his fashionable pitching
he has yielded only four earned runs
in 491s innings-Candini says he
still is suffering from arm trouble
but only after pitching a game and
then only for a day.
An ailing-armed -hander
with Newark last season, when he
won only four games, Candini de-
clares the improvement in his arm
has been tremendous but that it
still aches painfully after pitching
The soreness has been vanishing
overnight. however, and Milo is hop
ing it will continue to be that con-
sioerate.
Candini's pitching has become the
chief chatter of the league. Cur
rently he represents Washington
best insurance against a losing
streak as the Mats seek to close New
York's slight gap.
Milo hasn't been winning his
games the easy way He beat the
Red Sox, 10, and the other night
in Philadelphia his mates were
threatening to throw game away
for him. In the eighth inning the
AS moved what represented tht
winning run to third base with onl,
one cut but in that crisis Candin
struck out Bobby Estalella anc
tossed out Pete Suder. He won tina
one in the eleventh inning.
Stars Also as Hitter.
Against the Yankees yesterda,
Candini contributed enough hitting
to defeat them. He socked an in
side e-the-park home run over Cente
Fielder Tuck Stainback's head open
ing the eighth inning. He also de
livered a double in the fourth, il
addition to a brace of sacrifices, t.
spark Washington's 11-hit attack.
Gerald Priddy got the Mats off t,
a 2-run lead in the first inning o
the opener when he looped a singh
to right after Spud Chandler hat
loaded the bases by walks Tn
Mats collected two more runs in tn
second and made it SO for Candin
in the third when Ellis Clary single,
to score Bob johnson. who had sin
gled and stolen second.
Singles by JohnRy Sullivan
George Case and johnson, plus al
error by Chandler. fetched the Nat
two runs in the sixth and Candin
added the final run with his homer
Stainback, the first man to fac
Candini, moved as far as third bas
in the first inning but thereafter tn
Yankees couldn't get anybody to sec
ond. Stainback represented half o
the Yankees attack, incidentally
obtaining three infleld hits.
Clary's Error Hurts.
It wasn't Alex Carrasquel's faul
the Mats lost the nightcap. Witt
two out and the bases loaded in tn
third inning of that game Ellis Clar.
took Johnny Lindells grounder an,
threw wild past first. With tina
! break the Yankees fashioned fou
runs. 1t was enough. what will
Bonham scattering seven hits.
Victorious in five of seven game
at Philadelphia and New York, tn
Mats welcomed a day of rest toda.
but will return to action tomorrow
night at Griffith Stadium, facin
the Athletics in the opener of 4
game series. The teams will pla
another arc engagement on Satur
day night and double-header her
Sunday.
The Philadelphia series will mar
the Mats final appearance here unit
July Is, with an invasion of tn
West and the annual All-Star gam
! intervening. BIB,