Evening star., 1948-06-06
.Candini Hobbies
Chicago After
Wynn FaIters
Evons' Single in 4th
Is Telling Hit; Win
Gets 4th-PIoce Tie
By Burton Howkins

Chicago's White Sox, firmly en-
trenched in the American League
basement, nudged the Mats into a
fourth place tie with the idle De-
troit Tigers by submitting to a 3-2
beating at Griffith Stadium.
The chummy White Sox absorbed
their fifth straight defeat by the
Washington club this season, thus
accounting for one-fourth of the
Mats victories. as Early Wynn and
Milo Candini collaborated in firing
a 5-hitter to the satisfaction Of some
$500 Ladies Day fans.
Washington's pitchers have de-
veloped q sudden fondness for shit
games, for it was the fourth 5-hitter
by the Mats staff in its last seven
games. 1t also marked the Mats
seventh win in their last 10 games.
Wynn registered his fifth triumph,
but he was hearing about it over
the clubhouse radio. When Early
loaded the bases in the seventh in
ming, Manager Joe Kuhel ordered
Candini into action and for the
first time in two weeks the sturdy
Italian right-hander responded
with sparkling performance.
Mats Beat Gillespie Early.
The Mats, who didn't get hit in
the final four innings against an
assortment of three Chicago pitch
ers, wedged all their seven safeties
into the first four innings at the
expense of lanky Bob Gillespie.
They nicked Gillespie for two
futile hits in the first inning, but
parlayed two singles. wild pitch
and an outfield fly into two runs
in the second
Mickey Vernon opened the Mats
second with single to center and
moved to second when Shortstop
Cass Michae1s, threw out Earl
Wooten. Mark Christman's crisp
single to left fetched Mickey across
and Mark continued to second on
the throw to the plate. A few Sec
onds later, Christman was perched
on third base as the result of
wild pitch and AL Evans brought
him in with fly to Right Fielder
Taft Wright.
The Mats picked up their winning
margin in the fourth inning. Ver-
non started it with a pop fly that
plopped in short left field for a
single and Wooten sacrificed.
Mickey shifted to third when Sec
ond Baseman Don Holloway tipped
out Christman and scored on Evans
single to center. That was the last
Washington hit, for the last 13 Mats
went out in order as Fred Bradley,
Orval Grove and Frank Papish
brought the Mats attack to a
screeching stop.
Wynn Weakens After Fifth.
Wynn was having what amounted
to no trouble with the White Sox
in the early maneuvering. He had
a no-hit. no-run game in his grasp
for 42a innings and the only Chi
cago player to reach base over that
span was Pat Secrecy, who walked
in the second inning, took second
on wild pitch and moved to third
on an infield out.
With two out in the fifth,
Michaels injected the first hit off
Wynn, a sharp single to center, and
Holloway duplicated the drive.
Wynn escaped damage, though,
when Pinch-hitter Ralph Hodgin
grounded to Al Kozar.
Wynn walked Dave Philley with
one out in the sixth and after Tony
Lupien flied out Seerey rammed a
double off the left field barrier,
scoring Philley. Seerey was strand
ed when Kozar whipped out Wright.
Wynn invited embarrassment in
the seventh when he walked Aaron
Robinson. Michaels popped out, but
Holloway lashed a single to left
and the bases were filled when
Pinch-hitter Luke Appling walked.
The slab scenery also was changed,
for Candini replaced Wynn at that
point.
Floyd Baker greeted Candini by
slaShing a vicious liner at Kozar,
who knocked the ball down and
forced Appling at second as Robin
son scored. Wooten then roamed
into left-center for a neat catch
of Philley's well-kissed smash.
Candini permitted no foolisnness
by the White Sox in the last two
He walked Wright with
two out in the eighth and Pinch
hitter Jack Wallaesa nicked him
for an infield single with two out
in the ninth, but the White Sox
couldn't follow through.
NAT NOTES: Walter Masterson,
bidding for his sixth win, and Sid
trying for his third, will
be, dispatched to the mound by
nGhel today in a double header
against the White Sox starting at
1870 Joe Haynes and Glen
Moulder will pitch for Chicago i.
BY grabbing both games, the Mats
could hoist themselves to the 500
level for the first time in a month