Evening star., 1944-08-31
1hesenga, Griffs' New
Pitcher, Key Figure
In Gotham TiIts
BY JOHN B. KELLER.
Star Stan Correspondent.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Arnold-
Call Me Jug-Thesenga has Joined
the Mats and Manager Os Bluege
hopes the pitcher, picked up at the
Wichita semipro tournament, will
help the club over some of the rough
spots likely to be encountered in
the six-game series with New York's
Yankees.
Bluege foresees plenty Of trouble
for his skimpy stan of slab reg
ulars here, trouble that will compel
him to resort to his pitching reserve,
and with Lefebre slated for pro-
motion to a starting job, Thesenga
would be the Mats entire pitching
reserve.
jug is big fellow-he stands 8
feet and weighs about 210-but he
has done no pitching In organized
baseball In three years. He has
been toiling in a defense Job at an
alrplane factory in Kansas. He is
on his first vacation in three years
and aims to spend the six weeks of
1t with the Mats. If ne can earn a
regular job in the game, jug SAYS
the defense plant will give him a
release next spring.
Played in Piedmont.
Before the war, jug PLAYED In the
Piedmont League and also in the
Western. He came out of the latter
circuit for brief trial with Phila-
delphia's Athletics. Since, he has
been in semipro ranks and pitching
right regularly, he says.
According to the records of the
Mats Office in Washington, jug is
80 years old, but the hefty right
handler admits to being Just q.
Bluege isn't bothering about Jugs
age, though. The skipper only hopes
that jug can throw that ball.
Some solid socking by the Mats in
the flrst four innings yesterday sal
vaged one game from the series of
three with Philadelphia,s Athletics.
Over the four-round stretch they
got nine hits off Luke Hamlin. who
was driven to cover in the fourth,
and two off Joe Berry. Three of the
blows were doubles and two were
triples. This attack rolled up eight
runs, with the Mats ultimately win
ming, Q to 4.
Kuhel Gets Triple.
Myatt's double and Spences single
were good for a one-run start. and
two more runs crossed in the thir d
when Kuhel tripled, Monteagudo
doubled and Ortiz hit for three
bases. In the fourth there were five
singles and two-bagger for five
runs. Everybody except Kuhel and
Ortiz. who drove in two runs. and
Ferren. who walked, hit safely be-
fore Sullivan, up for the second
time. rolled out.
After that there were lust three
hits of Berry, with Myatt's fourth
blow. a triple, raising the total of
safeties to IA and blazing the wa
to an eighth-inning run.
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As Dutch Leonard pitched his II h
win to give him 500 standing fol-
the year. he yielded seven hits
After Frankie Hayes hit a tvine
homer into the upper left-ield
stand in the second inning, the AS
were out of the ball game.
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Pitchers who started In the Yank-
Nat twin bill IN Washington last
Sunday were to toll again this after
noon-Haefner and Carrasquel for
the Mats and Dubiel and Queen for
the Yanks. Lefebvre is apt to open
fire for the Mats tomorrow. In the
third inning Of the finale in Phila
delphia yesterday. Spence came
through with another of his copy
righted catches, a running back
hand affair at Apps expense. Spec
tacular stops by Myatt and Hal
made it a big day for the rival
second-sackers. The season series
with the AS now stands 1913, favor
| OF the Mats.