Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
,heneys Arm Trouble Gould Be Serious
Tom Making
Trip but Moy
Have Bursitis
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star staff Writer

The time has come to cease
predicting Tom Cheney's any
day return to the Senator's
pitching rotation, and to con-
slider that the teams star
righthander may have some-
thing seriously wrong with his
pitching arm.
Cheney has begged out Of
the game on his last three
starts, all against Baltimore,
and has not figured In q de-
cision since July 4. He tried
again yesterday but could not
go past 31s innings.
Tom left with a 20 deficit
on Milt Pappas' third-inning
homer. but was not the pitcher
Of record as the Senators lost,
Ga, to the Orioles in the
windup Of their 14-game home
stand.
The Senators relief pitch
ing, which has been primarily
responsible for their winning
record in July and August,
failed as Ron Kline gave up
two hits, q walk, hit two bat
tiers and was charged with the
loss.
Off for West Coast
The Senators, off today,
leave for Los Angeles where
they open q To-day road trip
tomorrow night. They return
home to face the Angels Au-
gust %.
Cheney has been ailing since
July IL when he felt a sore
ness in his foreman against the
Orioles. He had a 80 lead
when he left after 525 innings
and the Senators lost the
game.
After a two-week layoff, he
returned to action against the
Orioles July Is and quit after
one inning. He pitched three
effective innings Of relief
against the Yankees last
Wednesday and it was encour-
aging enough to give him an
other start.
Tom had hot packs ap-
piled between innings yester-
day, but Manager Gil Hodges
took him out after he retired
the first hitter in the fourth.
Cheney, who said his arm hurt
like a toothache, did not
protest.
May Have Bursitis
Cheney thinks he has bur-
sits. Trainer Tom McKenna
said 1t definitely is not bone
chips, the ailment that put
Dave Stenhouse on the disabled
list.
Cheney will make the road
trip, and Hodges plans to work
him four or five innings the
next time out unless he is
informed that Tom has some
thing seriously wrong.
Cheney has an 80 record,
but is in the top 10 in earned
run averages, a department
where he finished seventh in
the American League last year.
At this point the lean right
handler is disguised. Pappas
hit a home run off him in the
third inning, the first homer
and first runs batted in for
Pappas this year. Cheney said
later, my daughter could have
hit that pitch"
Tom did not strike out a bat
ter yesterday, which was an
indication that he didn't have
much on the ball. When he
was in rotation, he was among
the league leaders in strike
outs.
Pitchers Hit
The Senators contained most
Of the Oriole hitters yesterday
except the pitchers. Pappas'
homer accounted for two runs,
and In the ninth inning Stu
Miller surprisingly stroked a
bases-loaded hit to right that
got by Jim King for a three
run triple.
But the big run that put the
Orioles ahead, 80, in the
eighth was slightly tainted.
With two out, Boog Powell'S
blooper to left fell In for q
double, and John Orsino dou-
bled him home with q ball that
Don Lock caught UP with but
couldn't hold.
The Senators had only three
hits off Pappas in seven in
nings. but when Dick Phillips
led off the eighth with a single,
Miller took over. He was the
loser Saturday night.
The Senators scored an un-
earned run in the fourth and
tied 1t on Ken Refers third
homer in the seventh.
Pappas won his 18th game
with another save by Miller.
The Orioles now have won IS
out of is against the Senators.
ORIOLES, 6;
SENATOR'S, 2
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