Evening star., 1943-08-04
Tour 10 Be Severe Test;
Two More Beatinqs
Handed Browns


tor in their string of seven straight
victories, has been an item that
hasn't been fretting Manager Ossie
Bluege lately, but there's a dark lin
ing to that silver cloud that may
steer Washingtons baseball club
toward stormy weather unless Prexy
Clark Griffith remedies manpower
shortage.
Currently occupying second place
with their pitching purring along
smoothly and their batting on the
spectacular side, the Mats are con-
fronted with an extended road trip
that is calculated to test their hurl-
Ing and concerning that department
Bluege is pessimistic.
Within the last week Griffith
picked up Pitchers Wilfred LIE
Febvre from Minneapolis and Ok
Miller from Montgomery, Ala, but
when Rae Scarborough climbed into
his ensign's uniform last night after
facing one batter in relief role and
headed his automobile for Chapel
Hill, N. c., and active duty with the
Navy, Washington's pitching staff
was reduced to eight.
Scarborough Gives Help.
At his own request Scarborough
hung around after pitching a full
game Sunday, hoping he might be
able to aid the Mats in relief role
before leaving. When Early Wynn
showed signs of faltering in the twi-
light portion of a twilight might,
double e-header last night Scarbor-
ough went to his aid and faced only
Don Gutteridge. whom he forced to
drill into game-ending double play
Washington won that engagement,
IA, and delighted the 1890 Gus
toners by capturing the nightcap,
80, behind the four-hit pitching
of Milo Candini, who registered his
eighth triumph after seven weeks Of
futility.
With Candini bouncing back nicely
the Mats pitching seems rosy-hued,
but Bluege isn't inclined to view 1t
that way. Were facing a tough
grind on the road" says Ossie, "and
we ought to have two more pitchers
to help us along"
Bluege is equipped with only six
hurlers whose capabilities he knows
Dutch Leonard, Jim Mertz, Mickey
Haefner, Alex Carrasquel. Candini
and Wynn comprise the Mats tested
twirlers, but while strong individ-
ually they won't be finishing all
games they start and that's what Is
worrying Ossie.
Uncertain as to Newcomers.
For relief work Bluege has lie
Febvre and Miller at his command
but he isn't acquainted with their
talent. They may develop to be
adequate, but Bluege would relish
having more hurlers around in case
they aren't. Carrasquel will continue
to head the Mats relief workers, of
course, but Bluege is hoping lie
Febvre and Miller will be good
enough to give him an occasional
rest.
The Mats hitting largely has elm
mated Bluege's pitching problems
recently. They touched up Buck
Newsom for 13 hits in the twilight
game, spraying four runs across the
plate in the eighth inning after en-
tering that session locked at 3-3.
Stan Spence was prominent
character in both games. In the
opener he collected four singles and
in the second contest he contributed
single, double and triple in addi-
tion to a wonderful catch of Al
Zarilla's deep drive in the sixth In
ming
Spence preserved Candini's shut
out with that catch. He romped
from Florida avenue to Fifth street
to nab blow that was labeled q
triple when it left the bat. 1t came
at time when George McQuinn
was perched on second base, and
the customers roared their appre-
citation.
st. Louis gave Newsom leads OF
10 and 81 in the opener, but Buck
couldn't stand prosperity. The Mats
locked the score in the seventh,
when Spence singled Gene Moore
across, then hit the jackpot in the
eighth as Angelo Giuliani, Moore
and Gerald Priddy walked and
Wynn, Mickey Vernon and Spence
singled.
The Browns had picked up run
off Wynn in the fifth on singles by
Zarilla, Mark Christman and Rick
Ferrell, then added two more in the
sixth, when McQuinn lifted a home
run over the right field fence, which
was followed by Chet Laabs' single.
Zarillas double and Giuliani's fun
Bile OF Priddy's relay to the plate.
st. Louis added its final run in the
ninth on Zarilla's double and Mike
Chartaks single before Scarborough
appeared on the scene.
Spence's double and Giuliani's
single fashioned run for the Mats
in the fifth inning of the nightcap
and in the sixth inning Priddy
whacked his second home run of
the season into the left field bleach
ers after Moore had singled.
Candini Good, Well Backed.
That was more than Candini re-
quired He permitted only four
Browns to reach second base and
only one of them reached third. He
gave up two hits in the first six in
nings and when the Browns made
threatening gestures in the seventh
and eighth innings the Mats came
up with double plays to take him out
of trouble.
Idle today and tomorrow, the
Mats will launch four-game series
at Boston on Friday. The Mats will
return here on August % for three
games with the Athletics in two
days, then pack up again and not
return until September IA