Evening star., 1950-04-03
Shoulder Now 0. K,
Lefty Shows Control
And Curve in Victory
By Burton Howkins
Stsr S,oH cerrsspondsnt

BY burfon hoWkIHS
Stsr S,of cesrssponesnt
HAINES CITY. Fla. April s.
Steve Macy has done no more than
shut out Louisville in a four.in-
ming stint this spring, but he gave
Bucky Harris spirits a lift today
Permitted to set his own con-
ditioning pace. Macy made a be-
lated debut in a Washington uni
form yesterday and the southpsw
not only scotched suspicious Of a
score shoulder. but demonstrated
he could get the ball over the
plate. The Mats routed the
Colonels Of the American Associa-
ton, IL to 3.
Both President Clark Griffith
and Harris had nice things to say
for their new pitcher. who will be
80 next month. Il like that type
of pitcher. Griffith enthused. He
gets the dad-gummed ball over
the plate. And he's got a fine
curve, a sneaky fast ball and
real good motion"
Yields One Good Hit.
Two of the three hits Macy al
lowed were scratchy and he
famed three and walked nobody,
causing Harris to admit surprise
Il didn't believe he'd show such
pitching" the Nat manager de-
clared. Il think as long as use
him carefully he'll help us a lot.
I'm hoping nothing happens to
bring about recurrence of his
old shoulder injury"
Although the ex-Dodger farm
hand had only a 1914 record last
year at San Francisco, Nagy's
earned run average Of 2.56 was
second best in the Pacific Coast
League and a prime factor in his
being claimed as the Mats No.
draft choice. With the Mats,
Bucky thinks Macy will be bene-
fitted by the Eastern cline. He
got a lot of damp, cold weather
at San Francisco" Harris points
out.
The Pirates couldn't use Macy
after buying him from Montreal
for $4,000. but Harris is reason
ably sure the southpaw will help.
Hes a terrific spring pitcher. :"
he says. When I was managing
San Diego last season. I don't be-
lieve we got more than two runs
of him in single game until
July.
However. he'll have to be used
carefully" Bucky cautions. I'D
like to start Steve every fifth day
or So
Handy With Bat, Too.
This is all right with Macy.
Lefty ODoul handled me the
same way at San Francisco" he
says, land came up with a
pretty good year"
On one other score, Harris has
plans for Macy. Seems the fellow
of Hungarian descent is handy
with a bat and Bucky is planning
to use him as a pinch hitter.
Sharing plaudits with Macy is
Eddie Robinson, the big first base
man whose seventh-inning homer
ran his hitting streak to Is con-
secutive games. Gil Coan, AL
Kozar and Clyde Vollmer also
homered as the Mats slammed the
minor league pitching for II hits.
All Of the Colonels' scoring was
at the expense Of Dick Welteroth,
who relieved Macy in the fifth and
was nibbled on for six hits and
five passes.
MATS NOTES: Rockies Earl
Davis and Dir Sutherland. neither
Of whom is expected to stick, were
to face the Springfield Cubs today
as the Mats continue to play
Triple-A opposition. . The Cubs
are the transplanted Newark
Bears of the International League.
Ray Scarborough, whose turn
it was to work. was scratched when
he complained of a chest conges-
ton.
Robinson now IS hitting .44S,
with double, 7 triples, 2 homers
and 26 runs batted in. All the
boys are getting fat off minor
league pitching. with Coan bat
ting .349: Vollmer. 1902: Irv Noren,
BIT; Sam Mele. .306. and Eddie
Stewart. 1926. . Sam Dente and
Eddie Yost are hale and hearty
They didn't play yesterday
because Harris felt they could
benefit by a day of.