Evening star., 1947-08-26
Hur|er, Out for Year,
To Face Operation;
|0thers0yerworked
By Burton Hawkins
Star Sfoff Correspondent

Star Sfoff Correspondent
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-Locating an
available pitcher among the Mats
for the next week or so will be akin
to searching for four-leaf clovers on
the Sahara, for it's an arm-weary
staff Washington possesses and it's
taking a brutal physical beating.
It was a small covey Of Nat pitch
ers that descended on the Office of
DR.. Robert F. Hyland yesterday at
st. Louis and for Marino Pieretti 1t
was a distressing occasion. Pieretti
is lost to the Mats for the remainder
of the season with bone chip in
his right elbow and has returned to
Washington before going to Johns
Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore for
an operation.
Pieretti's loss comes as blow to
the overworked Nat pitchers. When
Milo Candini broke into the game
last night at st. Louis as the Mats
absorbed 10 defeat he was labor
ing for the fifth time in a week.
Ray Scarborough, who toiled seven
innings, and Candini limited the
Browns to three hits, but the Mats
were accommodating only four wasted
safeties off Sam Zoldak.
Hurls With Ailing Arm.
Pieretti pitched five creditable
innings against Detroit on Saturday
with his ailing arm, but was In
formed by DR.. Hyland that If he
continued there was . possibility of
the elbow locking and jeopardizing
his career.
Early Wynn, Tom Ferrick and
Walter Masterson also were exam
ined by DR.. Hyland, but X-ray ex-
animation disclosed no trouble for
them. All have complained Of sore
arms recently, but it is attributed to
overwork rather than injury.
Wynn, though, has been hit by
a touch of intestinal grippe and
was not in uniform last night. If
he RECEIVERS by tomorrow he'll pitch
against the Chicago White Sox. Sid
Hudson, who has returned to the
Mats after a hasty trip to Wash
ington for another saline solution
shot in his right shoulder, was to
face the SoX today.
Buzz Dozier, Waco tTex.) young
ster who joined the Mats at st.
Louis, will not be available to al
leviate the plight of Ossie Blueges
pitchers, for he is signed to Chat
tanooga contract and is with the
Mats merely to view the scenery and
pitch batting practice.
Scarborough Beaten Again.
Scarborough is beginning to feel
he also is along just for the ride,
for in his last "a innings on the
mound the Mats have stirred up
only one run for him. He dropped
20 verdict to Detroit on Friday
and last night he unleashed another
fine performance only to lose.
Billy Hitchcock, the ex-Nat,
bludgeoned Ray into defeat in the
second inning after jeff Heath, an
other alumnus, had walked. Heath
took second when Vernon Stephens
grounded out and remained there
when Walt Judnich popped out, but
Hitchcock slammed a single to left,
scoring Heath.
With one out in the third, Bob
Dillinger rammed q triple to right
but was stranded when Scarborough
whipped o third strike past AL
Zarilla and Paul Lehner grounded
out to Mickey Vernon. The Browns
only other hit was injected by Jud-
mich, who doubled to right with two
out in the fourth and was left when
Hitchcock flied to Stan Spence.
Priddy Stranded in Third.
The Mats didn't get hit until
Jerry Priddy opened the fifth with
a double to right. He took third on
Frank Mancusos deep fly to center
after Eddie Yost grounded out, but
was stranded when Scarborough also
flied to center.
Washington moved only one other
runner past first base. In the eighth
Yost led of with . single to. left
and Mancuso sacrificed. Mark
Christman batted for Scarborough
and flied to Heath, but Vest shifted
to third when Johnny Sullivan beat
out q slow roller TO Stephens. In
that crisis Hitchcock went far to his
left for Buddy Lewis grounder and
whipped him out.