Evening star., 1952-05-05

MichoeIs Likely Bait in Talks;
Shea to Make Debut Tonight
By Burton Howkins

By Burton Howkins
The watchword among the Mats
is. Don't send out your laundry" 4"
The thought behind it, of course,
is that some Of them may be NOV
ing before the laundry returns.
There's more truth than humor in
the phrase, for Clark Griffith had
a conference scheduled today with
Bill Dewitt, vice president of the
Browns, and the Mats may shift
scenery again.
Flushed by the immediate Sue
cess of Saturdays two trades, with
their new players figuring promi-
nently in 2-1 and 15-7 victories
over the Browns yesterday to lift
Washington into third place, the
Mats bosses were in a mood to
swing another deal.
CaSs Michaels, the Mats second
baseman, is likely to be the chief
topic of conversation. He con-
tributed five hits in yesterdays
double-header before an enthusi-
astic crowd Of 23,005. the largest
ever to see the Browns play here,
but it's doubtful If they saved his
job
Wilson Gets Five Hits.
Archie Wilson. who became the
darling of the customers in a
rare display of love-at-f1rSt-Sigh
Jackie Jensen and Jim Busby
broke in with the Mats as if Wash
ington's publicity director had
written the script. Wilson sup
piled five hits. including a double
and triple. and scored both the
Mats runs in the first game. Jen-
sen injected a double and three
singles, and when he showed how
he can throw, the fans gasped.
Busby. who arrived in time to
play only the second game, got
a couple of singles and batted in
two runs.
Frank Shea gets his chance to
show what he can do tonight,
weather permitting. The stocky
right-hander will take the mound
against the Browns Duane Pill
lette, also former Yankee, and
if Shea is a bit wild it will be un-
derstandable. With the Yankees,
Shea pitched four innings in
spring training and none whatso-
ever after the season started.
Shea could be prize package.
Handicapped by a sore arm since
he won IA games and lost five as
a rookie in 1947, Frank says his
arm now is fit again. If he proves
it against st. Louis, the Mats will
be more than satisfied with the
Yankee deal.
Bucky Harris finally has a club
that's maneuverable. On the
bench in yesterdays game he had,
available as pinch -hitters, Gil
Coan, Frank Campos. Mel Hoder-
lein and Clyde Kluttz. Likely to
join the group tonight is Jerry
Snyder, also obtained in the deal
with the Yankees. He's enroute
from Kansas City.
Browns Take Six-Run Lead.
But Bucky wasn't forced to dig
deep among his reserves, for the
Mats spotted st. Louis a 60 lead
in the second game, then pounded
Bob Cain. Satchel Paige and Hal
Hudson for 81 hits. Michaels got
four hits in the second game and
Jensen, Wilson, Mickey Vernon
and Pete Runnels got three each.
Out in leftf1eld Wilson was a
center of hero-worship. Fans in
that sector cheered every time he
moved. And Jensen was no public
enemy. The first game was only
a moment old when he gathered
in a fly ball at a time when Jim
Delsing was on second base. Jen-
sen unleashed a strong armed
throw to third that was so splendid
it set the customers chattering.
And. with a bat in his hand.
Jensen broke in with a bang-a
bang over George Schmee's head
in leftfield for a double. Wilson
stranded him, but it was with a
415-foot out that had Delsing
backed against the centerfield
wall.
! Porterfield Hurls Six Hitter.
Bob Porterfield, another ex-
Yankee. limited the Browns to
six hits in the opener to win his
second decision. The Mats picked
up a run off Tommy Byrne in the
fourth inning when Wilson was
nicked by a pitched ball, moved
to second when Vernon grounded
out and scored when Michaels'
(See MATS, Page A-17.)