Evening star., 1943-08-02
Receiver Hits HandiIy
As Browns Topp|e
In Double Bill

the Mats batting feats Manager
Ossie Bluege Is hoping nothing dis
astrous happens to Catcher An
gelo Giuliani, for at the moment
the slim Italian represents Wash
ington's only healthy receiver.
Jake Early is nursing a painfully
sore arm, although he says he Is
willing to attempt to throw stiff
armed If necessary, and Tom Pad
den, the Mats third-string catcher,
is out of action for weeks as the re-
suit of q double fracture of the
right thumb.
Early says he damaged his arm
attempting to throw out Tony Cue
cinello of the White Sox on Thurs
day night, then aggravated the in
jury trying to pick runner of first
base. He was forced to retire in
the fifth inning Of that game and
the arm since has displayed no i'm
provement, thus placing the entire
catching burden on Giuliani.
Big Job Ahead for Giuliani.
Giuliani is bearing up nicely under
the assignment for he has caught
four successive winning games and
has added .375 hitting to the Mats
attack. The only two runners who
have tried to steal against him have
been whipped out.
No easy schedule faces Giuliani.
He caught both games of double
header yesterday at Griffith Stadium
as the Mats registered So and 20-6
victories over the Browns. He'll be
behind the plate again tonight when
Washington tackles st. Louis and
again tomorrow night when the
Browns and Mats tangle in a twi-
light-night double-header. Then the
Mats embark on a lengthy road trip.
Mickey Haefner, pocket sized
southpaw, will attempt to present
the Mats a fifth straight triumph
tonight and opposing him will be
Charley Fuchs, who was clipped for
five hits and five runs in the ia in
nings he toiled against Washington
on Saturday night.
Fine Finish for Scarborough.
After compiling 80 lead for Rae
Scarborough in the first inning of
the opener yesterday the Mats
coasted to a So win as Rae dis
tributed 10 hits. Scarborough, who
will leave the Mats tomorrow to re-
port for active duty as an ensign in
the Navy, made his final major
league appearance for the duration
an impressive one, striking out five
and holding the Browns to one run
and seven hits until the ninth when
Frankie Hayes belted a pinch home
run with two out after Mark Christ
man had singled.
Meanwhile, Washington had pro-
duced three runs in the first inning
on George Cases single, Mickey
Vernon's home run, Gene Moore's
double and Gerald Priddy's single.
The Browns picked up a run in the
third, but the Mats nicked Bob Mum
Grief for another run in the sixth
as Stan Spence walked, took second
on Johnny Sullivan's infield out
and scored on Scarborough's single
TO center.
Second Game Is Breeze,
The Mats added their fifth run
in the seventh of Al Hollingsworth.
Case beat out a bunt, Vernon
sacrificed and when Case stole third
HollingsWorth baked. Hollings-
worth gave Umpire Bill Grieve a
showing around and was ordered
from the game. Moore greeted his
successor, George Caster, with a fly
to center that scored Case.
st. Louis pounced on Jim Mertz
for three runs in the first inning
OF the nightcap, but in their portion
of the inning the Mats hoped on
Steve Sundra for six runs. They
picked up four runs in the next
five innings, then sent seven runs
cascading across the plate in
hectic seventh inning. tapering of
with three more in the eighth.
Priddy, with four singles, and
Moore and Case, with three hits
each, led Washington's 19-hit at
tack, with Moore, Spence and
Giuliani each batting across four
runs.