Evening star., 1952-08-01
Masterson 10 Open
White Sox Series
Against Joe Dobson
By Burton Hawkins
Stor StoH Correspondent

Ssor stoff Correspondent
CHICAGO. Aug. l. - Walter
Masterson. who has given the
Washington club two winning"
efforts this trip without scoring a
victory. will try again tonight
when he opens a four-game series
against the White Sox, with the
unpredictable Mats bidding for a
third straight victory.
If the Mats ultimately are to
be adjudged the winner in the
deal that sent Sid Hudson to the
Red Sox in exchange for Master
son and Randy Gumpert. appar-
emily Masterson will have to be
the convincer, for Gumpert has
shown little to warrant his con-
tinued employment as a starting
pitcher.
Masterson on this journey has
lost a 10 decision to the Tigers
and a 80 game to the Indians.
Gumpert. who has won two games
and lost five since joining the
team. has beaten the Browns
twice by 8-5 and 6-5 margins.
Last night the Mats staked him
to a 60 lead. but Randy couldn't
hang around long enough to pick
up the 10-5 conquest, which went
to Sandy Consuegra for his fifth
straight win without defeat.
Sandy May Be Starter.
Gumpert may have yielded his
starting job to Censuegra with
last nights poor effort. Blasted
for nine home runs in eight starts,
Randy isn't justifying Manager
Bucky Harris insistence on giving
him a regular turn.
Bucky's pitching pattern for the
Chicago series calls for Master
son against Joe Dobson tonight,
with Julio Moreno firing tomor-
row and Connie Marrero and Spec
Shea due to work in Sundays
double-header. Bob Porterfield
will be sent to Washington to-
morrow in order to rest up for a
Monday night assignment against
the Yankees in the opener of q
flve-game series.
Thus Shea, who hasn't pitched
an inning against his former
teammates this season, figures to
retain that record at least for a
while. Shea has been passed over
in previous Washington engage
ments with the Yankees and this
time normal rotation is calculated
to prevent an appearance against
them, but it's a situation that's
creating comment around the
league.
Has Met All the Others.
Shea has pitched against every
team except the Yankees at least
twice. He had nine days rest on
one occasion. but wasn't used
against the champions. He had
four days rest another time, but
Harris generally prefers to give
Spec five days between assign
ments.
The Mats pounced on Bob Cain
for five straight singles to start
last nights game. with Eddie
Yost, Jim Busby. Jackie Jensen,
Ken Wood and Pete Runnels
shelling him quickly. Dave Madi-
son came in and passed Mickey
Vernon purposely before yielding
a single to Mel Hoderlein. All of
this meant a five-run first inning
A walk to Busby, an error by
Dick Kryhoski and Runnels'
single boosted the margin to 60
in the second inning. but Joe
DeMaestri's double and AL Zaril-
las home run cut the Mats lead
to 60 in the third.
Gumpert left the premises in
the. fourth when the Browns
rallied for three runs. .Kryhoski's
triple, singles by Clint Courtney
and Jim Dyck and Ray Coleman
being hit by a pitcehd ball
prompted Gumpert's removal.
Consuegra gave up a two-run
pinch single by Gene Bearden-
his seventh straight pinch hit
but thereafter Sandy stopped 'em
cold.
H0derlein Clouting.
Consuegra allowed only two hits
in the last five innings. Mean
while, the Mats got three more
runs of Stubby Overmire in the
fifth. A double by Vernon, Holder
lein's single. an error by Dyck on
Mickey Grasso's grounder and
Consuegra's single gave the Mats
Ia 9-5 lead in that session. They
boosted the score to its final pro-
portions against Earl HarriSt in
the ninth when Runnels singled,
Vernon walked for the third time
and Hoderlein singled.
Hoderlein and Runnels, with
three hits each, led the Mats 13-
hit attack. Hoderlein has con-
tributed six hits in his last two
games, enough to keep Jerry
Snyder on the bench against left
handed pitching. Floyd Baker
win continue to operate at second
base against right-handers.
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