Evening star., 1947-05-14
Bluege Desperate
But Has No Choice;
|NeWhouser Inner
By Burton HoSkins

TO Transform the hit-hunery Nats
into 3 more robust club, but the
diagnosis was faulty. The weather
has taken ! turn for the better, but
the Mats haven't Lately they've
been playing regularly but they're
sein struggling along on starvation
ration Of runs. ss rs
In their last four games the Mats
have accumulated the meager total
OF three runs. Their last l6 hits
have been singles and entering to-.
nights t,lssle with Detroit they viii
display q string Of u consecutive
scoreless innings. In their last 10
innings they have stirred up one
run and that was tainted.
Ossie Bluege Is desperate, but he
has no alternative. His regulars
figure to be his best hitters. His
reserves are weak, 30 Ossie plans to
string along with his present lineup
and continue to hope his men viii
break out In q rash Of hitting.
Spence ON Sidelines.
Bluege currently Is forced to op-.
crate without the services Of Center
Fielder Stan Spence, who missed last
nights 80 spanking by Detroit's
Hal Newhouser due to . twisted left
ankle. Stan isn't expected to play
tonight and may miss one or two
more games.
Another uncertain starter tonight
will be Second Baseman Jerry
Priddy, whose right wrist Is puned
as the result Of stopping Dick
Wakefield smash.
Newhouser's conquest Of the Mats
marked the third time this season
Washington has been shut out. Nine
times in II games the Mats have
failed to muster more than two
runs, all Of which Is banding Bluege,
who had reason to believe he was
equipped with several dangerous
hitters.
Some OF the Mats pitchers haven't
been distinguishing themselves,
either, for in Washington's last two
games they have yielded 10 bases on
balls. A crowd Of Il, 7,983 saw spirited
little Chick Pieretti suddenly issue
walks in wholesale style after
threatening to give Newhouser
duel.
Five Run Tiger Outburst.
With two out in the NTH inning,
Chick was pitching smoothly, but he
walked Newhouser, Eddie Lake and
George Kell successfully and escaped
damage because Roy Cullenbine was
accommodating enough to pop up
on 5 and pitch.
Pieretti, who had checked the
Tigers on three hits in the first i've
innings, started the sixth by walk
ing Wakefield and this time Detroit
cashed In with Stun outburst,
with the aid of four Washington
errors. Pat Mullin followed with a
double 10 right, scoring Wakefield.
Then came an avalanche Of errors
and four more runs, all unearned.
Cecil Travis permitted Hoot Evers'
grounder to scoot past him, but only
after Mullin had romped to third
on Frank Mancuso's wild throw at
tempting to pick him OF second.
Mullin scored on Evers' blow and
Eddie Mayo walked.
Bob Swift sacrificed, but Mancuso
scooped UP the bunt and threw wide
to first, loading the bases. Milo
Candini arrived on the scene to
fan Newhouser, but then walked
Lake to force Evers across. Kell's
single to left scored Mayo and Swift.
Joe Grace was charged with the
fourth error OF the inning when his
throw to the plate bounced away
from Mancuso, enabling Ken to
take second.
The Tigers fashioned three more
runs OF Candini in the ninth. Walks
to Lake and Cullenbine, plus Wake
fields infield hit, loaded the bases
with one out. Mullins s, single brought
Lake in and Evers' single scored Cul-
ienbine and Wakefield.
Meanwhile, the Mats weren't dis
turbing Newhouser, who struck out
eight In annexing his second victory
of the season. He had q two-hitter
In his grasp with two out In the
ninth, but at that point Travis and
Mark Christman singled. The Mats
moved only three men to second
base and none reached third.
Mickey Haefner will shoot for his
first triumph tonight against the
Tigers, who will counter with Freddy
Hutchinson, burly right handler who
has won four games and lost one.