Evening star., 1951-04-14
Derby Egbes to Get New Tests Today Laurel and Jamaica
Mats Game Cancelled
by Rain, Hudson May
Face Bues Tomorrow
By Burton Hawkins
Star Sfoff Ccrrespondent

Sror Sfoff fAoffesPondent
PITTSBURGH. April 14.-The
Mats and the Pittsburgh Pirates
were forced to cancel their sched-
uled exhibition game here today
because of rain.
AS a result. Sid Hudson will
get another day Of rest before
testing his long suffering back.
Hudson, idle for two weeks since
injuring his back. probably will
be Manager Bucky Harris choice
for tomorrow's exhibition here
against the Pirates. He was
scheduled for duty today.
On Hudson's condition may rest
the Mats fate. at least in the
early part of the regular season,
which starts with New York in
vading Washington Monday.
There Is no assurance that Hud-
son is fit. Sid says the torn
muscle still pains him, but he's
willing to labor against Pitts
burgh, feeling that a workout will
keep him in some semblance of
condition. Harris plans for to-
day called for Hudson to work
three innings, followed by Julio
Moreno, Cuban right-hander.
Won't Be Used in Openers.
Hudson already is eliminated
from Harris plans in the Mats
first two games. Bob Kuzava is
regarded as a certainty to pitch
the opener against the Yankees
Monday and Bucky will use Chico
Marrero against the Athletics in
Philadelphia's opener Tuesday
night.
Sid already has been idle so
long 1t normally would be the
equivalent of starting spring train
ing all over again. But operating
in the tall right-hander's favor
is the fact that he spent much of
the winter instructing at the Mats
baseball school at Winter Garden
before reporting to training camp.
Harris took long look at Gene
Bearden last night as the Mats
walloped the Orioles, lat, at
Baltimore and saw little to merit
optimism. Bearden was ham
mered for eight hits and five runs
in the first four innings before
bracing to hold the Orioles to two
hits in the last five innings.
Allows Three Homers.
The lanky left-hander allowed
three home runs, a triple and two
doubles, extending an unimpres-
siVe streak in which he has per-
mitted 26 runs in q innings IN
five starts.
Harris got a fright in the first
inning when Irv Noren limped out
OF the game with a pulled right
ankle as the result of a foul tin
put Trainer George Lentz expected
The loose-limbed center fielder toI
be able to play today.
Baltimore slammed Bearden for
Two runs in the first inning onI
JACK Mayo's single. Stan Hollmie'sI
double and Bill Glynn's single, but
the Mats tied the score in the Sec
ond through walk to Sam Dente
Len Okrie's single. two passed balls
ana an error by Pitcher Karl
Drews.
Score Again Tied.
Drews' double and Anse Moore'sI
single fetched the Orioles a 80
lead in the second, but a walk toI
Mickey Vernon and singles by Sam
Mele and Gene verble again
locked the score in the third
Homers by AL Cihocki and Hou.
ml3 boosted Baltimore into a 5-3I
advantage in the fourth, but the
MATS came up with four runs in
the sixth on Bearden's single, four
walks and wild pitch. An error
the Mats to score another
run in the seventh and thev
sprayed six runs across in the
ninth. with Mele supplying a
oases-loaded triple.
The only hits Bearden gave up
N the last five innings came
Successively in the seventh when
Dee Phillips singled and Glynn
lomered.
DreWs, Jake Schmitt and Niles
JORDAN yielded IL bases on balls
Ina they led to eight Nat runs as
washington improved its exhibi-
Ion record to 14-13 status.