Evening star., 1946-04-19
Ted Paves Way 10 Win
Giving Bosox Sweep
In Capital Series
By Burton Hawkins
Stor StoH Correspondent

NEW 4OHh, april l9.-Gerry
Priddy, who has gathered little fame
as hitter, now indicates he's going
to be valuable sort of swinger ir
the Mats seventh slot. Noted as one
of the games more gifted felders
Priddy is blossoming as a feared
batter.
In three game Priddy has COM
piled 1854 batting mark, but more
impressive than his fat average to
Manager Ossie Bluege is the clever
ness of Gerry's swatting. Twice
Priddy singled to right field yester-
day as the Mats dropped third
successive game to Boston, 81, at
Griffith Stadium, and in each in
stance he hit behind a runner on
first base.
Priddy batted in the Mats only
run and set the stage for a rally
with two out in the eighth when he
spanked a single to right after jeff
Heath had walked. The shouts
of 9,947 customers hardly had
diminished before the budding up
rising was nipped, however, for
Heath overran second base and be-
came an easy victim of George
Metkovich's crisp throw to Johnny
Pesky.
Gerry clearly shows Why he's
stamped as the Mats smartest per-
former. In hitting to right field he
giving the man on first base better
shot at getting to third. Priddy was
getting little help in the batting
department yesterday, though, for
the Mats obtained only six hits of
the left-handed Mickey Harris, who
was pitching his first major league
game after four years of Army life.
Mats Glad Williams Has Gone.
The Mats are comparatively happy
to be facing the Yankees, favored
to cop the American League pen
nant, after being mauled by the
Red Sox. It's sad situation
when Washington is forced to look
to the Yankees for relief, but they're
happy to be removed from Ted
Williams, who hammered Washing
ton pitching for a 500 average in
accommodating two singles, two dou-
bles, triple and home run.
Mickey Haefner was to attempt
to grasp a victory for the Mats
here today as Bluege planned a
strict diet of knuckle balls for the
Yankees. Dutch Leonard will hurl
for the Mats tomorrow and operat-
ing against the Yankees on Sunday
will be Roger Wolff.
The Mats first start against south
paw. pitching wasn't heartening, for
Harris struck out seven and the
Mats were considering it a moral
victory when they belted a ball out
OF the infleld, but refreshing after
two afternoons of pathetic pitching
were the performances of Ray Scar
borough and Sid Hudson.
Scarborough, shaky in the first
two innings when the Red Soy
grabbed 20 lead, braced and per-
mltted only three hits in the re.
naming five innings he labored
Hudson took over in the eighth
allowed one hit and escaped from
a serious situation with two out
in the ninth.
Red Sox Grab Lead Early.
Pesky's single and Williams triple
TO center fashioned a Boston run in
the first. The Sox picked up anothe,
run IN the second when frankie
'fytlak beat out roller. moved tc
second on Harris sacrifice, took
third as Dom Di Maggie reached
hrst on a Scarborough error and
scored as Pesky forced Di Maggie.
Boston snatched a 80 lead in the
fourth when Di Maggie singled with
TWO out, reached second on a passed
oall and scored on Pesky's single to
right.
Washington produced its run in
the sixth when Jack Sanford drilled
a single off Third Baseman Ernie
Andres bare hand, advanced as
Cecil Travis walked and scored on
Prlddy's single to right after Heath
famed.
Scarborough and Hudson restricted
the Sox to eight hits, with Pesky
getting three and Williams con.
trlbutlng triple and single. Rookie
Ray Goolsby made his major league
debut with pinch hitting effort for
Scarborough in the seventh and
tapped meekly to Harris.