Evening star., 1961-07-08
Twins Prove. Tonic for McCIain
In Masterfu| Three-Hit Shutout
Joe Reeoins EorIy Form
Against FuVorite Putsies
By BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

OOC MCSAd11ls 4tOG NdUC
Murphy, is Calvin Griffith's
chief antagonist in Washington.
While Murphy, the Minnesota
Twins chief minority stock
holder, has been busy throwing
legal blocks in his partners
path, McClain has been throw.
ing Sliders, fast balls and
curves, with the result that the
slow-talking righthander has,
perhaps. as much claim to own
erShip of the Twins as anybody.
McClain came back to regain
his stature of early season with
a magnificent three-hit shutout
of the Twins last night at
Griffith Stadium. The Senators
scored all their runs in the first
two innings for a 30 victory
before 1896 ecstatic fans.
And thus another chapter in
the strange drama Of two cities
has unfolded. The Senators now
have beaten the team they re-
placed in five of seven games
and the Griffith A. C. has yet
to win a game in its old home
park in four tries.
Kralick Faces HObaugh
The Twins hoped to break
the spell today behind lefty
Jack Kralick, who won a four
hit shutout over the Senators
in Minnesota as Dick Donovan
also unfurled a four-hitter for
the 10 losers. Kralick has an
8-5 mark, Ed Hobaugh (6-3)
was scheduled to go for the
Senators.
The old Senators once owned
McC Claim, but they let him get
away and he's making them
pay for it. He's beaten them
three times, twice going the
distance, but last night he
doSed out a particularly bad
tasting medicine.
Three harmless singles, one
in the ninth inning, and three
walks made up the total Min
nesota offenSe.
AS someone cracked to Sam
Mele, new manager of the
Twins, You didn't manage q
very good game, Sam" To
which Mele retorted, my
trouble was I couldn't manage
McClain."
Looks Sharp Again
There had been those Won
dering if the rookie from Ten
nessee had lost his ability to
BATTLE the oposition. He had
lost four of his five previous
starts after a magnificent be-
ginning.
But Manager Mickey Vernon
gave McClain a change in pace
last Saturday with a relief as
signment against the power
hapy Yankees and he responded
with four-hit pitching in 5K
innings. . ... .
Pitching Coach Sid Hudson
is back in outer space aftel
watching his pupils yield one
earned run in the last q in
nings. McClain's beaut of a jok
followed a four-hit shutout BY
Donovan over the Orioles.
HE was quick tonight,
Hudson said. beaming.
"Yes, he looks sharp again,
Vernon added. HE had thai
little slump in there, but hi
really hasn't pitched a bac
game yet. This time, though
he looked like he did earlier"
Family in Stands
There are those who may cal
Joe a Show-off. In the stands
were a group of visitors from
Tennessee, including his par
entS, an aunt and uncle anc
their two children.
mo, they didn't make mt
nervous" Joe said. There
wasn't a thing they could dc
for me or against me sitting
in the stands"
The question arose because
McClain gave up a single tx
Billy Martin and a walk tx
Harmon Killebrew with one ou
in the first inning. A double
play removed the threat, bu
then he walked Jim Lemon tt
open the second inning ant
this was not looking like Nc
Claims night. But Earl Bate!
hit into a double play and from
that point on, the night, thI
crowd, the park and the Twini
all belonged to McClain.
A single by Lennie Greer