Evening star., 1950-06-16
RayScarborough
To0pposeNagy
First Game
Browns InfIiet Worst
Defect of Season on
Griffs at St. Louis
By Burton Howkins
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

CHICAGO, June 16.-The stag
gering Mats open a four-game
series with the revitalized White
Sox tonight and their two-game
bulge over the Sixth-place Chicago
club doesn't look like much of
margin, in view of Washington's
13 defeats in II games.
Still reeling from their most
crushing blow of the year, a 1879
walloping by the Browns at st.
Louis last night, after grabbing
60 and 9-8 leads, the Mats are
backed against the wall in their
fight to retain fifth place.
Steve Macy, shelled from the
mound in his last six starts, is
Bucky Harris desperation choice
to stem the Mats tumble which
has plummeted them within whis-
pering distance of the cellar. Macy
hasn't won a game in six weeks
and in his effort to snap a per-
sonal slump will be confronted
with formidable opponent In Ray
Scarborough. 20
They're Tougher Under Corriden.
Scarborough will be bidding for
his third win since he was traded
by the Mats and will be trying to
square his season record at 6-6.
The White Sox, who swept a
three-game series with the Yam
KEGS, will be aiming for a sixth
successive triumph. *
Beaten seven straight times by
the Mats. the White Sox bounced
back last Sunday to take a double
header in Washington and now are
hot after fifth place after surging
out of the basement under the
direction Of Red Corriden, who
recently replaced Jack Onslow as
manager. Under Corriden, the
White Sox have won 13 and lost 8.
Harris searched futilely for a
pitcher to stop the Browns last
night. He sent Sandalio Con-
suegra, Joe Haynes, Mickey Harris.
Dick Welteroth and Jim Pearce
against them and didn't get a
respectable effort out of any of
them.
The Mats handed Consuegra a
60 lead, producing four runs in
the second inning off Dick Starr
when Ed Stewart banged a two
run homer and Mickey Vernon
singled across two runs. They
clipped Stubby Overmire for two
more runs in the third inning
when Sam Mele singled, Sam
Dente tripled and AL Evans
singled, but disaster then en-
veloped the Mats.
The Browns sent seven runs
across the plate in the third, with
ConSuegra making an exit with
the bases loaded after allowing
three runs. Haynes yielded q
single and double and the Browns
were in command, 7-6.
They boosted it to 8-6 in the
fourth on Dick Kokos' homer, but
Eddie Yost blasted a 2-run homer
of Tommy Fine in the sixth to
highlight q 3-run outburst and
the Mats moved ahead, 9-8.
Another Big Inning.
That was of a temporary nature,
however. With one out in the
sixth, Harris walked Sherman
Lollar and Hank ART. Roy Siev-
ers smashed q pinch double to
score one run and along came Dick
Welteroth to permit singles by
Bill Sommers and Owen Friend.
Later in the inning Yost allowed
Harry Dorish's grounder to scoot
between his legs, enabling the
Browns to score twice more, and
on that 5-run splurge st. Louis
grasped a 1873 lead.
The Browns hammered Pearce
for three more runs in the eighth
when Tommy. Upton walked, Don
Lenhardt singled. Kokos doubled
and Lollar singled.
In an effort to bolster the Mats
pitching. Harris has requested
Clark Grifi1th to import RogeEo
Martinez from Havana. Martinez
has been starring for the Mats
farm club In the Glass B Florida
International League.