Evening star., 1947-04-11
Nat, With f1Pfehers
Lack Relief Talent;
|PhiIs Cop Again
By Burton Hawkins
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GREENSBORO. N. c., April IL.
The Mats will return to Washing.
ton tomorrow loaded with u pitch.
ers, but locating one who can un.
leash satisfactory relief perform.
ance is equivalent to finding ar
icicle on the Sahara Bluege has
four starting pitchers, but finding
8 fifth has him In q dither.
ossie has starting pitchers II
Bobo Newsom, Early Wynn, Sic
Hudson and Mickey Haefner. About
their hurting, Bluege is finding NJ
fault. He's confident they'll be
steady, dependable pitchers through.
out the season, but mystifying Os-
sic is where he's going to come
up with q fifth starter and reliea
pitchers.
Ray Scarborough qualities as the
biggest disappointment among the
Mats pitchers. He was slated fol
starting berth when he reported
at the Mats Orlando training base
seven weeks ago, but Ray since has
displayed nothing to warrant Bluegt
placing faith in him. He has beer
battered freely in every appear
ance.
sPieretti Still Shaky.
Marino Pieretti currently has first
call on that fifth starting job, but
he has shown tendency to tighter
up in action. Bluege feels Pierett
can become one of the Mats mosi
proficient pitchers If he conquers
his nervousness.
Also Ineffective have been Milo
Candini, Lum Harris and Luther
Knerr. Walter Masterson has DEM
strated flashes of brilliance, along
with flashes of futility. Tom Fer
rick, who is supposed to be the Mats
No. relief pitcher, has pitched two
Innings in competition. A cut fin.
ger, plus the fact that Bluege Is
anxious to examine prospective
starters, has kept Ferrick idle since
March is.
Scott Cary, when last seen on the
mound 10 days ago, retired IL To.
ledo batters In order, but he hasn't
worked since. Bluege understand
ABLY has been calculating on some
|of his more experienced help to give
the Mats a lift in the pitching de-
|partment, but he's getting weary
|of waiting.
Mats Bow to PhiIs Again.
Scarborough and Newsom yielded
six hits each yesterday as the Nats
dropped a third straight game to tht
Phillies, AZ, at Charlotte Mean
while, the Mats were getting nowhere
against Schoolboy Rowe and Bli1
|Donnelly, who restricted Washing.
ton to six hits.
The Philllies clipped Newsorn fol
la run in the fourth inning wher
Johnny Wyrostek singled, shifted tx
third on Buster Adams single anc
scored as Del Ennis drilled into 9
double-play. With two out in the
fifth, Philadelphia notched another
run on Puddinhead Jones triple and
Emil Verban,s double.
Washington fashioned a run In
the sixth when Joe Grace, Stan
Spence and Mickey Vernon singled
successfully of Rowe, but the Phils
bounced back with two in the eighth
on three singles and sleepy play by
Mickey Vernon, who permitted Ford
Mullen to score from second base
on an infield out. Mickey held the
ball, then threw wild past Catcher
AL Evans in belated attempt to
nip Mullen.
Rally Is Squelched.
The Mats had a rally brewing In
the ninth when Jerry Priddy walked
and Evans singled. They advanced
on George Myatt's infield out and
Priddy scored after Robertson flied
deep to right, but Case then flied to
Charley Gilbert in left for the gamer
ending out.
Nat notes: Buddy Lewis, the
Mats leading hitter with q .535
average, missed yesterdays game
due to bone bruise on his hand
!. Masterson and Candini were
to face the Phils here today, with
Pieretti named to pitch against the
Baltimore Orioles tomorrow at Crit
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