Evening star., 1951-06-07
|Cass MichaeIs
ShowsThemHoW
To Lose 10 Sox
Avoids Foul Ball and
Fails to Cover First;
Moreno Pitching Today
By Burton Hawkins
Sfr.r Staff Cnrrasnnndent


CHICAGO, June THE Mats
pathetic play has reached tn,
point where Manager Bucky Har
ris probably will either start dish.
ing out fines or provide mattresse!
for the comfort of his slumberint
performers. Guilty of feeble hit.
ting, generally deficient pitching
and atrocious fielding during +;
sorry period in which they wo1
only seven of their last 80 games
the Mats mental machinery nov
has clogged to make their col.
lapse complete.
It has taken the hard-running
alert White Sox to expose tn.
Mats as the woefully inept, dis.
spirited group they are. If they
haven't forgotten baseball funda.
mentals, they may be accused O.
not applying them, for the White
Sox made them think yesterday
in the course of a 4-2 beating anc
the Mats couldn't cope with sucf
AN emergency.
The White Sox apply continua
pressure with their speed, anc
under such forcefulness the Nat!
didn't belong on the same f1ele
with the league leaders, despite
the apparent respectability of the
score.
Cass Michaels Asleep.
In the first inning, for instance
AL Zarilla lofted a foul back oil
first base which a sandlot seconc
baseman could have taken. But
Cass Michaels didn't get near il
and, thus reprieved, Zarilla sockec
a single to right with two out
scoring Nelson Fox from second
base.
That possibly might have beer
excused due to the sun, mild vino
or other assorted alibis, but in the
fourth inning the White Sos
stirred up two more runs ano
the Mats can't present any excuse
to cover their shoddy play in that
session.
With one out, Zarilla walked
and Jim BuSby singled him to
third, setting the stage for an
other Michaels mishap. Phil Mas
bunted down the f1rst-base line
drawing Chico Marrero ano
Mickey Vernon in for the ball
but when Marrero scooped it ur
and turned to toss to first base
he found the bag was uncovered
Michaels, with nothing else to
do, simply did nothing and the
bases were filed as Busby held
third. Harris later informed
Michaels. rather pointedly, that he
is supposed to be awake in such
a situation.
Guerra Plays 1t Too Safe.
Lou Kretlow's fly to Gil Coan in
short left field should have been
the third out, but it enabled the
fleet BuSby to score after the
catch. On Coan's throw to the
plate, Eddie Yost failed to cover
third and Carrasquel thus romped
over to that neglected station
Marrero took things in his own
hands at that point and tossed
out Fox to end the inning.
The, speed of the Chicago play
ers has the Mats jittery and it
was demonstrated in the eighth
inning. With one out Orestes
Minoso beat out a bunt. Fearful
that he would attempt to steal
Catcher Mike Guerra called for
three successive pitchouts. Mi
noso didn't steal, but Eddie Rob-
inson walked and so did AL Ia
rilla. filling the bases. Minoso
scored when Sam Dente threw
out Busby.
Thus the Mats took a four
game losing streak into today's
game against the White Sox, who
were pursuing their sixth straight
success and their Goth victory
IN 20 games. The Mats, beaten
in Is of their last II games, were
to start Julio Moreno against
Marvin Rotblatt or Harry Dorish,