Evening star., 1948-05-05
Breaks Deprive Sid
OF Two Victories;
Mats, Chisox Tie
By Burton Hawkins

over to pluck $50 bill from the
gutter-and be caressed by a truck.
The Mats lean right-hander is be-
coming accustomed to peering out
Of rosy windows, only to have a stray
rock shatter his outlook. He's hav-
ing a lot Of luck-most of it bad.
Last year Sid was of to a re-
freshing start. He won his first
three games, but In his fourth start
he pulled a muscle In his side. When
he returned to the mound he favored
that ailing side and consequently
came up with sore arm and aggra-
waited an old shoulder injury. He
won only three more games all year
Hudson converted to sidearm
pitching over the winter and in his
initial appearance this season he
stopped the Yankees, 9-1, on i've
hits. 1t was splendid debut and
the towering blond seemingly had
turned sore arm into an asset, but
in his next start, he suffered one
sour inning. Philadelphia battered
him for four runs in the second and
the Mats lost, 40, in failing to
fathom Carl Scheib's hurting.
Sid's next assignment was against
the Yankees and two brutal breaks
deprived him of victory. Forrest
Thompson ultimately was charged
with the defeat, but with better
luck it could have been a Hudson
triumph. Yogi Berra hit home
run in that tussle which was a
glorified pop fly that hugged the
right field foul line and plopped
into the stands 296 feet from the
plate.
Christman Makes Bad Guess.
Hudson still would have walked
of the mound winner. though,
if the usually competent Mark
Christman had been alert. Mark
was on third base with one out in
the sixth inning when Hudson
rammed a liner to Left Fielder
Charley Keller. Christman broke
for the plate. believing it would be
hit, but was forced to return to
third base when Keller made the
catch. Had he tagged up the Mats
would have won.
Last night. as the Mats and Chi
cago White SoX struggled to a 33
tie in game called at the end of
! five innings, due to rain, Hudson S
rough luck continued to plague him.
Twice in the fifth inning he had
an opportunity to win, but the
breaks weren't with him and so
Sid's record still reads IL.
With two out in the White Sox
fifth, the Mats leading. 80, Don
Holloway on second base and two
out, Sid fired a pitch that Tony
Lupien nicked for third strike,
but the ball plopped into the mitt
of Catcher AL Evans. then dropped
to the ground. Lupien then singled
to center, scoring Holloway with the
tying run.
In the Mats fifth Mickey Vernon
and Tom Mcbride single successfully
with one out. Vernon halting at
second At that point. though,
Third Baseman Luke Appling con-
tributed a fine backhand stab of Lee
Culbersons smash and converted it
into a double play by stepping on
third base, then pegging to Lupien
at first.
Haynes No Slab Puzzle.
The Mats were betting Joe
Haynes. blasting 10 hits to the four
Chicago blows cleaned off Hudson,
but rain erased the Mats hopes of
ending their flve-game losing
streak.
I Washington clustered two runs in
the first inning. With two out Gil
Coan reached first when Haynes
dropped Lupien's toss. Vernon's
double and McBride's single shot
the Mats into a lead. but the White
Sox whitfield 1t to 81 in the third
With two out Haynes singled and
moved to second when Second Base
man AL Kozar fumbled Holloway S
grounder. Hudson then walked APP
pling and Lupien successfully to
force across run.
The Mats constructed 81 lead
when Eddie Yost grounded into a
double play with the bases loaded
in the fourth, but the White Sox got
two runs in the fifth. Cass Michaels
walked and shifted to second on
Haynes grounder. Holloway singled
to left, scoring Michaels. and con-
tinued to second on Coan's throw to
the plate. He remained there as
Hudson tossed out Appling, but Lu-
pien's single scored Holloway with
the tying run.
Masterson Hurls Tonight.
Walter Masterson will fire against
the White Sox here tonight, with
Glen Moulder slated to pitch for
Chicago. Masterson will be seeking
an elusive first victory against
Moulder. right-hander cast off by
the St. Louis Browns.
NAT NOTES: Vernon will carry a
string of five successive hits into
tonight's game, while Mcbride has
hit safely four straight times in two
games. Last nights game goes
into the records, for which Vernon,
Mcbride and Johnny Sullivan are
grateful. Mickey and Tom in
serted three hits each and Johnny
connected for two singles.
Early Wynn will pitch tomorrow
night against Chicago's Bill Wight
Culberson. who smashed four
hits on opening day. has gone hit
less in his last 81 attempts. ). The
Mats already have five games to
make up. Washington has out
hit its foes in three straight games
but hasn't won.
Mcbride is the Mats leading hitter
at .545. Sullivan is socking 400
Yost is hitting .347 and Vernon
346. Kozar completes the Mats
300 circle at 1903. >. Other averages
are Jake Early, 273; Evans, $50;
Coan. 2l8; Earl Wooten and Sherry
Robertson, 200: Culberson, .1S5. and
Christman, 1872.
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