Evening star., 1950-04-12
Hudson Ready
For Another Tes'
OF Ai|ing Arm
Eddie May Return
To Lineup Friday;
Kozor Is Casualty
By Burton Howkins
Ster SteR Correspendent

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DURHAM, N. c., April 12.-The
Mats received a bit of good news
today when X-rays disclosed nc
fracture of Outfielder- First Base
man Irv Noren's right hand
injured last night when Washing
ton and the Philadelphia Athletics
struggled to an thinning TT tie
at Charlotte.
Struck on the meaty portion of
the hand between the thumb and
first finger by Hank Wyse, Noren
was forced to leave the game in
the third inning The Mats SIC, 200
investment had a puffed hand
today but expects to return to
duty in day or two when the
swelling subsidies.
On the hospital list. too, was
Second Baseman AL Kozar, who
was the victim of a grounder hit
by Wally Moses which bounced of
his mouth in the eighth inning.
Robinson Works Out Today.
While Noren may not be able
to grip a bat normally for several
days, the Mats are grateful that
the injury is slight. They have
been operating minus the services
of First Baseman Eddie Robinson,
due to work out today after a
siege of illness and hopeful OF
seeing action when the Mats play
at Baltimore Friday night.
OFF the list of noncombatants
came Sid Hudson today to test his
arm for the first time in more
than two weeks. Sid damaged his
shoulder in his last start against
Birmingham March %.
Manager Bucky Harris is rely
ing on Sid to take up some OF
the slack in his pitching depart
ment. Against the Durham Tigers
of the Carolina League, Hudson
was to give at least a partial
answer whether he'll help the
Mats. He has switched to con-
siderable sidearm pitching in
warmups in order to save his
shoulder.
Weik Walks Seven.
Harris saw little in the perfor-
mances of Dick Weik and Jim
Pearce to warrant optimism last
night in game called to permit
both teams to catch trains. Weik
yielded four runs on six hits in the
six innings he worked, walked
seven. hit a batter and unleashed
wild pitch. Pearce allowed three
runs on seven hits, walked three
and also was guilty of wild pitch
in five innings.
Nick Grasso, who obtained three
of the Mats IA hits off Wyse. Ed
Klieman and Bob Hooper, blasted
Washington into IA command in
the seventh with a 3-run homer
The AS bounced back with two
runs off Pearce in the eighth and
with two out in the ninth Moses
lashed a liner to right which Ed
Stewart couldn't hold and Ben
Guintini scored from second with
the tying run.
Harris envisions a gradual pro-
cess of developing Weik, who will
lose his job as a starting pitcher
unless he displays improvement
Bucky has made suggestion to
Weik which he hopes eventually
will cure him of wildness, but
Harris meanwhile can't afford tc
pitch him regularly unless Dick
responds with more passable
pitching.
Weik has given up 20 runs ir
% innings of exhibition games
pitching. a record which is not
calculated to fascinate Harris
Bucky had heard glowing reports
of Dicks fine finish last season
when he compiled 26 straight shut.
out innings, but thus far the
Mats manager hasn't seen any.
thing to justify the praise.
Mats Score 3 in Third.
/ A walk to Barney McCosky ane
singles by Bob Dilllnger and San
Chapman fetched the AS a rur
in the third inning. but the Mats
retaliated with three runs in theil
third. Grasso doubled, Weik beat
out a bunt, Coan singled across
Grasso and Stewart later doubled
with the bases filled to shove the
Mats ahead, 81.
Two walks, singles by Eddie
Joost and Pete Suder and Chap.
mans double edged the AS ir
front. 4-3. in the fifth. but Grasso':
seventh inning homer featured Q
4-run outburst in the seventh be-
fore Pearce blew that lead.
A walk to Guintini and singles
by Joe Upton, Moses and Dillin.
ger sliced the Mats margin tn TT