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WASHINGTON, D. (’., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1942.
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Best Victory Total for Pitcher Since 1934 Looms for Bonham, With 7 in Row
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Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
Star Staff Correspondent.
As Things Shape Up at the Quarter Pole
The way the major league races shape up now it looks as if
the World Series—if there is a World Series—will be between the
Yankees and Brooklyn for a second straight time, October, of
course, is a long way off and the Bums may find themselves threat
ened or beaten by the Cards or Reds, or both. As for the Yanks,
they could make a farce of the American League race again.
If there is any club that can lick the Bombers it hasn't looked that
good yet. The Cleveland Indians, under young Lou Boudreau, got off to a
fine start and they're still not far off the Yankee's pace. But it figures
to be only a question of time before the loss of Bob Feller will oe felt.
Feller was the guy who could stop a lasing streak.
On their first trip to Washington the Yankees seemed to think
most of their trouble this year would come from the Boston Red Sox.
Red Ruffing and Bill Dickey were talking about the race one day in their
dugout. "The Red Sox have good power," said Ruffing, "and they're hard
to beat in their own park." Dickey agreed with his teammate.
Now Hassett Becomes a Yankee Hero
As they stand now, the Yankees probably have too much class to
be overhauled from this point on. Of course, the loss of Di Maggio or
Gordon could change the picture, but the Yankees could lose almost
anybody else and still function.
They have proved this. When they lost Gehrig, a journeyman,
handy-man named Babe Dahlgren took over first base and the Yankees
won the pennant and the world championship easily. After Dahlgren
they won with Johnny Sturm and, when Sturm was drafted, they obtained
Buddy Hassett from the National League. Now it looks as if they are
going to win with him. too.
That's the way it is. Take a cog or two from the Yankees—to
repeat, not Di Maggio or Gordon—and they roll right along as usual.
This year they opened without Red Rolfe on third base and without
Sturm at first, and they have proved the class of the league.
Hassett is no great first baseman. If he were the Yanks would
have had difficulty getting him out of the National League. He came,
you know, from the Braves, who need all the good players they can
get. But Hassett, nevertheless, has been one of the heroes of the club.
Being a Yank Does Something to Them
Because he is 30 years old and because he never has hit higher than
.310 his average back in 1936 when Hassett broke into the majors with
Brooklyn—the Bombers gave young Ed Levy first crack at first base.
But Levy lacked the experience and was sent away. Joe McCarthy
was going to sink or swim with Hassett. and so far Buddy is swimming
very strongly. His .314 average is third high on the club. Not only is
he outhitting Di Maggio by 49 points, but he is leading Henrich, Rizzuto,
Keller and Selkirk by margins much wider. In fact. Hassett comes
pretty close to being the best first baseman in the American League at
the moment.
The Yankees have a way of absorbing mediocre players and making
them play above their heads. It's like playing golf with three dubs as
against playing with three experts; you invariably play better with
the good boys.
The Yanks do things to ball players. They are used to winning
and they manage to make contagious their esprit de corps, plus their
winning ways, to the Hassetts. Dahlgrens and Zacharvs, who came from
other clubs with records only fair and played over their heads. In
1928, washed up. Zachary was released by Washington. In 1929 he
won 12 games and lost none for the Yankees. That's what environ
ment. plus luck, can do.
Milwaukee Bolsters
First-Place Margin
By Walking to Win
By the Associated Press.
The attempt of the Milwaukee
Brewers to bolster their first place
margin before taking on the chal
lenging Kansas City Blues this week
end is beginning to show progress.
Milwaukee picked up more ground
last night and now leads the Blues
by 213 games in their fight for
American Association honors.
The Brewers were restricted to a
mere four hits yesterday at Louis
ville, but they made the most of
eight walks off Pitcher Lou Lucier
to whip the Colonels. 4 to 3 The
defeat was Louisville's 11th by one
run and dropped it to last place.
Kansas City, meantime, got few
hits and even fewer walks off George
Gill at Indianapolis and w-ound up
a 5 to 0 shutout victim.
Great Lakes’ Victory
Over Camp Grant
Is 14th in Row
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May 28.—Great Lakes'
basetjall winning streak stood at 14
games today after the sailors' vic
tory - in yesterday’s charity game
with the soldiers of Camp Grant.
The triumph, before 9,966 persons
who contributed $10,455 to the
Army-Navv relief fund, was by a
4-to-l margin*
Until the ninth they had a shut
out on the two-hit pitchingd Don
Godfredsen.
The game marked a resumption of
baseball rivalry that started between
Great Lakes and Camp Grant in
World War I. The soldiers won all
three games played in the series 25
years ago.
Slrincevich Setting
Dizzy Slab Pace
With Toronto
By the Associated Press.
Nick Strincevich, who has done a
lot of traveling since he entered or
ganized baseball, may resume his
wanderings—and in the right direc
tion—if he continues his brilliant
pitching for Toronto.
Last night he hurled Toronto into
third place by limiting Montreal to
three hits for a 2-1 victory. It was
Nick's fourth straight since joining
Toronto from the Pittsburgh Pirates
May 15.
Official Score
BOSTON. AB. R. H. O. A E
Di Maggio. cf_ 4 2 1 2 0 0
Pesky, ss _ 4 2 .3 4 4 0
Pox. rf -6 1 10 0 0
Williams.. If _ 5 0 2 1 0 0
Cronin. 3b_3 O 1 1 2 2
Doerr. 2b _ 5 0 1 .3 4 0
Finney, lb _.3 0 o io 0 n
Conroy, c_ 5 2 2 0 10
Judd p _ 4 3 2 0 2 0
Totals _.38 10 1.3 27 13 2
WASHINGTON. AB R. H. O. A. E
Case. If _ 4 0 1 3 0 0
Spence, cf _4 0 110 0
Chart a k. rf _ 4 0 0 2 0 0
Estalella. 3b _4 1112 0
Vernon. Jb _ 4 0 2 7 0 0
Evans, c _ 4 0 1 7 2 0
Repass. 2b _2 o O 3 2 O
I Pofahl. ss _4 O O .3 4 1
Newsom, p _o o o o n o
Carrasquel. p_ 1 O 0 O O n
•Ortiz . _ _ 1 o o 4i 4» (>
Cathey, p _O o O 0 O o
^Campbell_1 o o o o 0
Totals _3.3 1 H 27 10 1
•Batted for Carrasquel In eighth.
+ Batted for Cathey in ninth.
Boston _200 024 020—10
Washington_ - 000 OOO 001— 1
Runs batted in—Williams (2). Pesky (.3).
Fox <2>. Two-base hit—Estalella. Sacri
fices—Newsom. Judd. Double plays—Re
pass. Pofahl and Vernon: Cronin. Doerr and
Finney: Evans and Repass: Pofahl. Repass
and Vernon. Left on Bases—Boston 8;
Washington 8. Bases on balls—Off New
som 4. off Judd 2. off Carrasquel 1. off
Cathey j. Struck out—By Newsom. 3
by Judd. 6. Hits—Off Newsom 8 in 5!i
innings , off Carrasquel 4 in 2 2t innings.
o(T Cathey 1 in 1 inning. Wild Ditch—
Newsom Losing pitcher—Newsom. Um
pires—Messrs. Passarella. Hubbard and
: McGowan. Time—2:15. Attendance—
1 1 7.000.
Yank Ace Slicks
To Torrid Pace
By Bealing A's
White Sox Nose Out
Tribe; Dodgers Top
Braves by Rally
By JUDSON BAILEY,
Asfociated Press Sports Writer.
The most coveted pitching goal
in the major leagues is 30 victories
in a season. It is much more val
uable, and a whole lot more difficult
to obtain, than a no-hitter.
The feat hasn't been accomplished
since Dizzy Dean had his great sea
son for the St. Louis Cardinals in
1934 and it hasn't been done in the
American League since 1931, when
Robert Moses iLefty) Grove won 31
for the Philadelphia Athletics.
After Bob Feller traded his base
ball togs for a Navy uniform last
winter there didn’t seem to be a
pitcher anywhere with even a re
mote possibility of gaining the pin
nacle this season—or next, either.
Yet, Ernie (Tiny) Bonham, big
right-handed ace of the New York
Yankees apparently has found the
right trail and his chances look
about as good as Feller's ever did.
Misses Fifth Shutout.
Bonham bagged his seventh
straight victory yesterday, 8-3, from
the Philadelphia Athletics. The
crowd at Yankee Stadium, where
he hadn't been scored upon all sea
son, was hoping he would get his
fifth shutout. He missed this, but
he pitched an expert seven-hit
game without allowing a walk.
The big fellow is no strikeout
specialist such as Dean or Grove
or Feller, but his "forkball” is some
thing the opposing batters usually
pop up and his control is amazing
In the seven games he has pitched
this season he has walked only five
batters.
He may not win 30 games, because
there are only 24 weeks in a season
and he may not get to work often
enough. But with a team like the
world champions behind him he is
not likely to lose many and at
present he is right on the beam—
approximately one-fourth the vic
tories in approximately one-fourth
the season.
The Yanks gave Bonham a five
run boost In the fourth inning yes
terday. three of the runs coming on
a homer by Tom Henrich, and this
enabled the champs to coast to their
16th victory in 19 games.
Haynes Wins for Chisox.
Chicago's usually weak - hitting
White Sox collected 17 hits at Cleve
land, but had plenty of trouble
taming the Indians. 9-7. Three of
the Tribe's 10 hits were homers and
it remained for Relief Pitcher Joe
Haynes to win his own game for the
Sox by singling across two runs in
the eighth inning.
The St. Louis Browns backed up
Johnny Nigelling with extra-base
hitting to beat the Detroit Tigers.
5-2. Walt Judnich led the attack
with a homer, a double and a single.
The Brooklyn Dodgers increased
their Natifnal League lead to six
games by belting the Boston Braves.
4-1, with a three-run ninth-inning
rally that settled a hurling duel be
tween Whit Wyatt and Jim Tobin.
Wyatt rationed five hits and To
bin scattered seven, and the only
runs until the final frame were
Billy Herman's homer for Brook
lyn in the first and Serby Sisti s
round-tripper in the third. Then
Dolph Camilli walked, Joe Medwick
and Pinch-hitter Pete Reiser singled
and Mickey Owen tripled.
Walters Tames Cubs.
Bucky Walters pitched seven-hit
ball as the Cincinnati Reds con
quered the Chicago Cubs. 10-1. with
a 13-hit offensive that included a
grand slam home run by Gerald
Walker to climax a seven-run spree
in the fourth inning.
The surging St. Louis Cardinals
moved into second place slightly
ahead of Boston by routing the hap
less Pittsburgh Pirates. 5-3. Three
errors figured in Pittsburgh's fourth
straight setback.
Bob Carpenter pitched the New
York Giants to a 6-2 decision over
the Phils in a night game at Phila
delphia.
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.
Oscar Judd. Red Sox—Pitched nix- I
hit ball to beat Nationals.
Ernie Bonham. Yankees—Pitched
seven-hit ball against Athletics lor
seventh straight victory.
Walt Judnich. Browns—His home
run. double and single led attack on
Tigers.
Bucky Walters. Reds—Stopped Cubs
with seven-hit pitching.
Joe Haynes. White Sox—Pitched
shutout ball for last four innings in
relief and drove in winning runs
against Indians with eighth-inning
single.
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Successive Games Under Arcs
Acid Test for Night Play Here
Tonight to Show if Late Start Can Lure
Fans Despite Nats' Low-Grade Baseball
By BURTON HAWKINS.
Local night baseball will receive
its sulphuric test tonight when it
sheds its coating of novelty and
begins to resemble an ordinary
event. For the first time in the
history of major league baseball a
club will be performing under arcs
on successive nights at home.
Thus far Prexy Clark Griffith of
the Nats has had no occasion to rue
the caKtly installment of those eight
cloutfscraping towers. Last night
a crowd of 17.000 saw the Nats drop
a 10-1 decision to the Red Sox and
appear pretty horrible in the proc
ess. If the Nats lure that many
patrons tonight local citizens may
be accused of being descendants of
light-loving moths.
The point we are making is that'
customers—or at least not more than
a dozen of them—will be attracted
by the Nats. If there is a sizable
gathering tonight it will have been
lured to Griffith Stadium to glimpse
Boston's outfit or merely to bask in
the brilliance of that terrific candle
power.
Test of Night Game Policy.
In that respect the game should
be intriguing. If a respectable crowd
converges on Mr. Griffith's plant
the elderly gentleman s eloquent plea
for 21 night games here doubtless
will be justified by flattering night
attendance the remainder of the
season.
Washington’s attendance at night
games this year probably will chart
the course of future major league
night baseball. If the Nats continue
to entice large crowds at night there
may be a general shift toward more
night baseball, for if ,the Nats can
attract fans with their current club
they owe it all to Mr. Edison.
Should Washington fans develop
Five Corporals Among Six Soldiers in P. G. A. Tournament
Dutra's Twin Sons Are Adept at Golf; Pillsbury Is Fourth of His Clan to Row for Yale
By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr,
Wide World Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, May 28—One
minute sports page—There was
only one private, Jack Isaacs of
Langley Field, Va, in the six
man Army contingent in the
P. G. A. tournament: all the rest
were corporals. Betty Robinson,
who was Olympic track cham
pion in 1928. is working in one
of the War stamp booths at Lin
coln Fields. They’re blaming the
war for the absence of squawks in
the Kitty League this season.
The circuit had a tough time
lining up six umps to work for
$150 a month and expenses and
apparently th4 wolves are afraid
to get too tough or those six will
head for the Army or defense
plants. Horsemen at Belmont
complain that they have to pay
$38 a ton for the stuff they feed
their nags—who said that ain't
hay?
Today’! guest star — Arthur
Siegel, Boston Traveler: “Clark 1
Shaughnessy, who is winding up
spring football practice at Mary
land this week, has as his as
sistants a bacteriologist, an
agronomist and a chemist. He,
himself, is an optimist.”
Service Dept —When he played
basket baU in West Philadelphia
and later drew sports cartoons
for the Evening Ledger, Bob
Bowie was 6 feet 4 and weighed
only 140 pounds; he had to fill
up on bananas and water to make
the weight requirements for the
Army. Now, after four months
in uniform at Jefferson Barracks
and Lowry Field, Bob has put
on 27 pounds without gulping a
single banana. Checking over
the list of Texans who recently
were decorated for bravery in
action in the Pacific war zone,
Amos Menton of the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram learned that 10 of
the bombers of Tokio were former
college and high school athletes
and three other ex-footballers
had received awards for valor.
Cleaning the cuff—The reason
Heinz Becker likes to play first
base for the Milwaukee Brewers
is that he found it “too lonesome”
when he was an outfielder. One
~ of the promising performers in
Vic Fleming’s stable of trotting
hosses is a 2-year-old filly named
Emily Post. A well-mannered
filly, no doubt.
Unique records—Marty Servo,
who fights Ray Robinson at the
Garden tonight, never appeared
in a four-round preliminary; he
made his pro debut in a six. And^
Robinson never went that dis
tance except when he picked the
fourth to flatten an opponent.
Marty had won 46 successive
fights when Ray stopped his
streak last year; Robinson now
has won 31 straight as a pro.
Tulane sent the names of six
1941 seniors to Arch Ward of
the Chicago Trib for the all-star
football ballot. Five of them are
in the Navy or will be by next
month. George Pillsbury, re
cently elected Yale crew cap
tain, Is the fourth member of
that Minneapolis family to pull
an oar for the Blue. Seems that
Minneapolis sends the flour of its
youth to Yale.
^ Chippers off the old block—.
Maurice Dutra, one of Golf Pro
Mortie Dutra’s twin sons, showed
he has what it takes to win
tournaments when he paced his
high school team to victory in
the Detroit City High League
tournament the other day. He
was 4 over par for the first two
holes, then came back to break
80 for the first time with a neat
77. His brother, Mortie, jr„ plays
on the same team.
BASEBALL ,]£>££.
NICHT CAME
Washington vs. Boston
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK
Nsxt Homs Gomo—St. Louis—Tuesday
a studied indifference toward night
baseball, however, there wjll be a
rush to trim many evening engage
ments off next season's schedule. As
a novelty, night baseball has been a
success, but the St. Louis Browns
have discovered night baseball and
losing teams still add up to pathetic
crowds.
Wynn on Hill Tonight.
Griffith, anyway, should have the
answer shortly. After a week end
at New York and Boston the Nats
will return to Griffith Stadium for
night games with the Browns on
Tuesday and Wedesday. Within a
week acid will have been sprayed
generously over that light system
and Mr. Griffith will know what
to expect on blistering summer
evenings.
Early Wynn, who has failed to
finish any of his last four starts,
will face the Red Sox tonight at
9 o’clock, with Charley Wagner
slated to pitch for Boston. The
Nats will entrain for New York
after the game, facing the Yankees
in a single game tomorrow and a
double-header on Saturday before
shifting to Boston for a Sunday
twin bill.
Buck Newsom absorbed his fourth
straight whipping last night as
Oscar Judd limited Washington'to
six hits. Bobby Estalella prolonged
a batting streak to 11 straight games
and that constitutes the lone com
plimentary item the Nats achieved.
Bunts Befuddle Nats.
Boston revealed Washington’s in
ept treatment for bunts, embarrass
ing the Nats considerably by beat
ing out four. The Nats were han
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Norfolk Tars to Play
All-Star Army Nine
At Polo Grounds
Bi the Associated Press.
NORFOLK.* Va , May 28 —Nor
folk Naval Training Station's star
studded baseball team, coasting
along with 33 victories and 4 de
feats. will battle an all-star Army
team at the Polo Grounds in New
York on Sunday, June 14
This is one of three such games
which will be played by the sailors
in which proceeds will benefit the
Army and Navy relief funds.
The Tars will meet Baltimore of
the International League on June
10, white on June 21 they go to
Washington, where they mix with
the soldiers of Camp Lee.
Robinson's Keen
Punch Menaces
Servo Again
121st Straight Win
Goal of Walloping
Harlem Welter
Bv SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. May 28 —The Navy
took Red Cochrane and his welter
weight championship out of circula
tion just about the time Ray Robin
son was due to get a crack at the
crown, so the Harlem Hammer is
going to try to take this loss out on
Coast Guardsman Marty Servo in
Madison Square Garden tonight.
The chances are he’ll do all right,
too. Although he had a tough time
whipping Marty the last time they
tangled, last September, the skinny
swatter is 1 to 4 or more to repeat
and chalk up his 121st straight vic
tory in his unbeaten run as an ama
tuer and pro. This corner likes
him to win the 10-round decision.
Some 15.000 of the faithful are
expected to turn out for the bout
and chip in to a gross pot of $40,000
or so to see the Hammer do his
stuff There’s a slim chance they
may be surprised, because Servo, a
baby-faced kid out of Schenectady,
has the crowding, hooking style
which figures to make trouble for
the uptown thumper.
But all in all. Robinson has the
speed, the boxing ability and the
punching power to take care of the
up-Stater in his usual style. He's
particularly adept with a haymaker
right that has made the birdies sing
for more than two-thirds of his 31
professional opponents.
Yet. he had to turn on the heat at
a fearful clip in their first get-to
gether in Philadelphia last fall to
pull out the decision in the final
chapter. And on that occasion.
Servo was just out of a sick-bed a
week or so and insists he wasn't
ready for a tough 10 rounds.
Servo, who, served a three-vear
1 hitch in the National Guard before
enlisting in the Coast Guard, is a
cousin of Lou Ambers, the ex-light
weight boss, and has picked up
quite a few of the Herkimer Hurri
cane's neater boxing tricks.
He's also using a pair of Lou's
old boxing shoes, because he figures
they're good luck charms.
On that basis, a couple of horse
shoes <in his gloves) wouldn't hurt
a bit tonight.
We’re standing pat
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