Evening star., 1951-05-25
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Stoff Correspondent

BOSTON, May Is. - StubbvI
Chico Marrero will attempt to endl
the Mats misery and extend his|
own winning streak to six straight
when he goes against the Red
Sox tonight in the opener OF al
four-game series in which Wash
ington must brace or plop into
sixth place. The Cuban's record
is five victories and no defeats
Chuck Stobbs is his opponent.
The glum Mats, buried under
a 1910 score and held to two hits
by Cleveland's Bob Feller yester''
day in Washington, will carry a
four-game losing streak against
Bostons Harry Taylor with the
knowledge that another loss could
end their flfth-place tie with the
Indians and give them undesired
undisputed occupancy OF sixth
place.
Winging along in first place
only three weeks ago with 10
triumphs in 13 games, the Mats
have crashed completely. They've
won only five decisions in their
last IT games and their dream Of
wedging into the first division mas
all but vanished.
Fenway Park Record Bad.
Fenway Park isn't regarded as
a site for the Mats sore eyes
over a span of the last four years
they have played at only .265
clip here, winning but 9 OF "a
games. True, they defeated tneI
Red Sox in their only contest here
this season, but Bob Kuzava ac-
complished that and hes SIDE
lined by heel injury.
Marrero, who got decision over
the Red Sox in Washington about
two weeks ago, has had a weeks
rest since his last effort. when ne
permitted is hits but emerged a
bruised winner over the Tigers.
For the first time this year, the
Mats are threatened with dropping
below the 500 level and Chico is
their main hope of checking their
skid.
Sid Hudson made his 1851 debut
lin laundering style yesterday,
with the Indians supplying the
sound effects. Hudson alternately
was pitching and ducking, for be-
fore he left the game in the third
Inning Cleveland had mauled him
flor IL hits and II runs. Sid didn't
use his underhand pitch. sticking
to sidearm stuff. probably in fear
of reinjuring his back.
Hudson struck out the side IN
the first inning, but before the
last strikeout the Indians accu-
lmulated five runs. Sid added an
lother strikeout in the second in
ming and still another in the third,
hut there was small consolation in
THAT tanning bee for in the third
inning the Indians got to him for
six more runs.
Miranda's Error Hurts.
| Bobby Avila's bunt, singles by
Ray Boone and Larry Dolby, an
error by Shortstop Willie Miranda
who, incidentally, isn't living up
to his notices as a fielding per-
fectionist, a walk to Harry Sinp-
son and three-run triple by Jim
Hogan greeted Hudson in the first
Inning.
The Indians packed six hits into
the third inning and the might
lest of these was Doby's three-run
homer over the right-centerfield
fence. 1t was a wind-aided smash
which cleared the beer sign by 20
feet and marked the third ire
mendous blow by Dolby in recent
years against Hudson at Griffith
Stadium. On one occasion, he
blasted a more impressive homer
over the same point and on an
other he rammed one into the
loudspeakers atop the centerfield
fence.
Bob Ross took over the Mats
pitching with two out in the third
inning and performed acceptably
until the ninth. He yielded run
in the seventh on Hegan's double
and Avila's single, but the Indians
lowered the boom on him in the
ninth with a four-run outburst on
five hits.
Cleveland's 19-hit attack was a