Evening star., 1948-05-11
Kuhe| Has "Cure" for Wi|dness Of Nat Hurers
Hopes Raising Mound
will Help Pitchers;
Wynn Does |tAgain
By Burton Howkins

The Mats hurlers will be granted
raise within three weeks. It's q
blanket hike, for Manager Joe Kuhel
has ordered Griffith Stadium's pitch
ing mound lifted an additional 31a
inches in the fond hope it will cure
the wildness of Washington singers.
The Mats pitchers currently are
throwing of q rubber only ~
inches high-as compared with IL
and IA inch mounds in other league
parks-and Kuhel is needing their
request for a loftier work bench.
Washington's mound will be raised
to a level of six inches and, says
Kuhel, III the boys don't like that
we'll go higher"
When I was on the players COM
mittee tried to get a uniform
mound" said Kuhel last night after
the Mats captured 6-2 verdict from
the St. Louis Browns on Early
Wynns 5-hitter. Nothing came of
it, but I still think it's a good idea.
Right now mounds can be fiat or
they can be maximum of Is inches
high. 1 believe they all should be
the same height in fairness to all
pitchers"
Tigers Invade Tonight.
Griffith Stadium s face lifting won t
be accomplished until the Mats hit
the road after a three-game series
with the Detroit Tigers, who invade
tonight, but Kuhel is convinced the
Mats pitchers are likely to be helped
rather than harmed by the altera-
ton.
Employing the Mats last two
games as a criterion, Kuhel is max
ing a smart move, for despite their
two-game winning streak the Mats
have been in difficulty constantly
due to wildness. Wynn walked six
last night and on Sunday Walter
Masterson walked seven and Tom
Ferrick issued one base on balls.
Wynn. incidentally, Is confused
by his effectiveness. Il haven't had
good control in my last two games,
but I've pitched a 3-hitter and a
5-hitter," said Early. Il just can't
get my pitches to do what I want
EN- to do, but I'm not complaining
Maybe when 1 finally get control
they'll start beating me to death"
The husky Highlander notched
his third victory when the Mats
overcame a 2-run deficit in the sixth
inning. The Browns had produced
two runs on singles by Chuck Stev-
ems and Jerry Priddy, plus pair of
outfleld flies, but the Mats pounced
on Sam Zoldak for four runs in
their portion of the inning and
added two more off Frank Biscan in
the eighth.
With one out in the sixth Gil
Coan singled to left and was pro-
PEELED to third by Mickey Vernon s
double, which missed clearing the
right-feld fence by inches. Tom
Mcbride walked to fill the bases and
Johnny Sullivan also walked, scoring
Coan.
Al Evans lashed a single to center
Scoring Vernon and Mcbride, and
Wynn greeted Jim Wilson with a
single to left, scoring Sullivan.
Evans opened the Mats eighth
with d single and scored on Wynn's
double to right after Leon Culber-
son had, famed. When Wilson walk-
ed Eddie Yost he was yanked and
Biscan came in to walk AL Kozar
filling the bases. Wynn scored when
Coan grounded to Shortstop Eddie
Pellagrini, whose throw to the plate
was too late. Vernon then forced
Yost at the plate and Mcbride
forced Vernon at second.
Wynn Escapes Danger.
Wynn was in serious spot in
the eighth inning when Bob Dill
linger's double, Stevens single and
walk to Priddy filled the bases
with none out. Vernon scooped up
Whitley Platt's grounder to force
Dillinger at home, though, and
Wynn pitched out of the predica-
ment by tanning AL zarilla and Ken
Wood.
Again in the ninth Wynn was
headed for trouble when he walked
Sam Dente and Andy Anderson
reached base on Kozar's tumble, but
Joe Schultz forced Anderson as
Dente took third and Dillinger hit
into a double-play.
The victory secured the Mats
grasp on fourth place, lifted them to
500 level and kept them within
3R games of the league-leading
Cleveland Indians.
Mickey Haefner will attempt to
fracture a personal 3-game losing
streak tonight when he tangles
with the Tigers, who are expected to
counter with Virgil Trucks.