Evening star., 1947-09-03
Cary, Sullivan Prove
Surprise Nuggets Of
.Griffs' Road Trip
Stor StoH Correspondent

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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3.-The
sad days Of September were turning
out to be delightfully."- instructive fol
the Mats Board of Strategy which
today finds several hidden nuggets
among the rocks that were imbeded
in the bench all season.
Proceeding jauntily on the wings
of a three-game winning streak aft
er whipping the Athletics here last
night, IA, before a crowd of 1926
the Mats are setting their sights on
spelling some more ambitions start
ing at home tomorrow night when
they open up against the snooty
Yanks.
There is first, of course, the un-
finished business of putting the final
touch on the Athletics in getaway
day" here this afternoon which will
mark the final appearance of the
Mats in Philadelphia.
Pleasant surprises.
Washington is more eager than
somewhat to humble the AS because
the Philadelphians were rude enough
TO beat the Mats four straight at
Griffith Stadium early in August
To accomplish the final denouement
of the once high-flying AS, the Mats
planned to throw the improved Ray
Scarborough into the fray today
against Bill McCahan, the AS rookie
right -hander.
Getting back to the Nat nuggets,
several pleasant surprises have
turned out on the current road trip
which found the Washington repre-
sentatives winning 9 while losing
IS. There is, for instance, Scott
Rube,'F Cary, the freckle faced
Irisllman who gave up a flower
raising career to cast his lot IN the
baseball sweepstakes.
Just what Cary throws nobody
is quite certain, because even the
veteran receiver, Rick Ferrell, con-
fesses he is mystif1ed at the young
ster's ability to fool the opposition.
More than anything else Rick
explained. the kid has perfect poise
and he puts the ball just where you
want it. He never seems to get ner-
vous and he seems to take it as his
due that he should be up there
pitching in the big leagues. There's
a big difference between class D
ball and the kind they play in the
big leagues, but the kid just thinks
it's baseball and the big hitters don't
scare him at ALL
Sullivan Also a Surprise.
Not the least of the Nat surprises,
also child of desperation, has been
John Patrick Sullivan, the 26-year-
old Irishman from Chicago. Sulli-
van once took brutal booing from
the fans just before he went into
the Army. Possessor Of fine arm
and author of several impossible
plays, Sully had tendency to
tighen up when things got rough.
In spring training this year, he
strained muscle and it was thought
at first that the handsome, black
haired pepper-pot had to undergo
an operation for hernia. They gave
him a special truss to wear and
strapped up like corseted lady of
the COS, Sullivan started all over
again.
He did we'll until one day against
Rochester when he committed four
errors. After that, the Mats started
looking around for another short
stop and came up with Mark Christ
man via the waiver price from the
Browns.
Sullivan rode the pines all season
until the memorable (for him) night
of August 20 in Cleveland when
Manager Ossie Bluege started john
ny in an attempt to shake up his
sluggish lineup. Sullivan got four
hits that night and handled every
chance perfectly and from that day
forward he's been edging out Christ
man for the regular shortstop berth
The Mats no doubt would prefer
TO go along with Sullivan next season
because he's young. They'll always
have the veteran Christman in the
background which is fine insurance
because Mark has plenty of hustle
and is a team man.
Wynn Takes No. IA.
Early Wynn finally got that elu-
sive 14th victory last night although
he wasn't as effective as usual. Early
spotted the AS two runs in the fifth,
but it wasn't his fault. Mickey
Vernon made wild throw on George
Binks' grounder, letting in two runs.
The Mats came back to go ahead
. (See MATS, Page A-15.)