Evening star., 1943-04-05
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Milo Ineffective
AS Griffs Beat
Air Station.
Gets Pounded Again,
But Sheetz, Leonard
Sparkle on Mound
By n Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
NORFOLK, Va, April 5-The
Mats are winning their gamble that
Milo Candini would recover from
the sore arm that plagued him last
season, but by now they are con-
vinced the husky Italians pitching
represents a shaky bet even when
he's in fine physical trim.
Candini's arm apparently has re-
gained its effectiveness-at least it
isn't sore anymore-but of what
Manager Ossie Bluege has seen OF
him, he is inclined to feel the Mats
won't be getting much help from
Milo this year.
Former chattel of the New York
Yankees. Candini has hurled four
innings for the Mats here and the
result hasn't been comforting to
Bluege, who comedies pitching may
be Washington most vulnerable
spot. He had hoped Candini would
be able to aid the Mats in that
department.
Candinis performances have been
the most distressing item in the
Mats exhibitions. Against Norfolk
Naval Training Station, he labored
only one inning and was clipped
for five runs on as many hits. Yes
terdav he tried again against Nor
folk Naval Air Station as the Mats
captured Ga decision. and there
is little improvement to report.
Candini Hit for All Runs.
He permitted all of Air Stations
four runs. yielding six hits in the
three innings he toiled. sandwiching
pathetic effort between the neat
hurting of Owen Scheetz and Dutch
Leonard. both of whom also travelled
three innings.
Candini wasn't impressing Blueee
with his intelligence. either. for with
none out and Crash Davis on first
base in the fifth inning. Milo took
a full windup, enabling Davis to
slide into second base before
Catcher AL Evans could unleash a
throw. He was wild, walking two
and uncorking a wild pitch.
Bluege isn't fretting too visiblv
over the failure of Bob johnson
with bat in his hands. Ossie is
confident Bob soon will be spray
ing emphatic wallops to various Sec
tors of the outfeld. but to date
johnson has been terrific bust.
Bob drilled into three successive
double-plays Yesterday and in three
games has obtained only two sin
giles in II trips to the plate. He
is showing Bluege some highly &C
ceptable fielding, however, and
throwing arm that will be a well
come addition to the Mats outfield.
Scheetz Scatters Hits.
1t was no less than Hugh Casey,
the former Brooklyn Dodgers right
handler. the Mats pounded for five
of their runs in the first two in
nings. Casey was helping the Mats
along with three walks in 3-run
first inning that saw George Case
deliver the only hit, a single to
center.
Singles by Jake Early, Scheetz
and Spence, plus walk to Case,
produced two more Washington
runs in the second inning before
Casey settled, the Mats obtaining
their other run off Claude Hepler
In the ninth.
Scheetz was nicked for four hits
but distributed them neatly. while
Leonard permitted only one hit in
his turn on the mound. The air.
men collected IL hits, while the
Mats made the most OF their II
bases on balls and nine hits.
The Mats were to tangle with the
Air Station outfit here again today,
returning to Washington for an of
day tomorrow.
Washington will journey to An
napolis to battle the Naval Acad-
emy nine Wednesday.