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Washington, D. C., Monday, July 12, 1948—A—14 •
w in, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Steam from the Bubbling Cauldron
It looks as if the All-Star baseball game, if it establishes any
thing, only proves that players and fans alike are jaded with the
affair. ... If New Hampshire State’s crack pole vaulter, Boo Morcom,
wins in the Olympic Games hell owe a debt to the Japs . . . Morcom
Francis Stann.
broke ms lavonte suck recently ana was a auwii
hearted athlete—bamboo being scarce as it is—
until a truck containing 50 of the finest vaulting
poles drew up and Boo was given his choice . . .
each of the lacquered bamboo sticks bore a label
in Japanese which, interpreted, said: "Sincerely
wishing victory for the pole vaulters of the U. S. A.
in the coming Olympic Games in London, the
Amateur Athletic Association of Japan sends these
poles to you with the help of the Mizuno Sport
ing Goods Co. and the Ashi Press.”
Inflation note: At the recent Belmont Park
meeting, Calumet Farm won four races and placed
once to earn a total of $102,975. . . . But 30 years
ago, when J. K. L. Ross was the country’s leading
owner with earnings of $99,179, his horses had to
win 64 times, place 52 times ana snow on ov occasions auimg me wwe
year. . . . Murphy-is-a-grand-old-name dept.: When the D. C. Fire
Department plays the New York F. D. in baseball for the benefit of
the Police Boys’ Club at Griffith Stadium on August 4, both of the
rival fire chiefs will answer to the name of Murphy.
What’s become of Sherrard Robertson, who ought to have been
recovered from his injured leg by now. ... A few times at bat don t
constitute a test, but Angel Fleitas, who hit .354 for Chattanooga
before coming up to Washington, doesn’t look as if he could hit
Arch McDonald if the Fat Man trotted across the plate. ... A brave
man is Bill Brundige of WOL, who lives in nearby Fairlington, Va..
and who has consented to judge a beauty contest tomorrow during
a boat ride up the Potomac. ... The gals are competing for the
title of “Miss Fairlington.”
Best Coaches Among Those 'Walking Out'
Practically all of the better high school coaches are included in
the group “walking out” because a demand for overtime pay for
“extra duties” has been denied. . . . Among these are Jan Jankowski,
who coached the championship football team at Central last fall;
Gil Conn, who had grid winners two previous years at Coolidge;
Joey Kauffman, whose Eastern tracksters were tops last spring;
Carl Hein tel, whose Coolidge team won the baseball title; Julian
Colangelo, who produced court winners at Coolidge in 1946-7 and
1945-6, and many others, Including Sal Hall, who’s been turning
out those crack Cardozo track teams.
Howie Livingston, veteran halfback obtained by the Redskins in
a trade with the New York Giants, was a pole vaulter with a 13-foot
3-inch vault to his record while at Montebello (Calif.) High School.
. . . National Boxing Association is high on 19-year-old Leonard
Morrow of California, who is so new that he isn’t even in the latest
Ring Record Book. . . . But he stopped Archie Moore in a round and
licked Bert Lytell and the NBA has him listed in the brand-new
ratings as an “outstanding boxer” among the light-heavyweights.
Salute magazine retells some of the old umpire-player-manager
anecdotes, including the one in which Joe McCarthy dreamed that he
died and went to heaven. There he saw the greatest ballplayers of all
time and he couldn’t resist forming a club. McCarthy had the team
all set w'hen Satan called him.
"I have a team that can beat yours,” challenged the devil. . . .
“Impossible,” snorted McCarthy. “I’ve got all the great ballplayers
that ever lived. How could you expect to beat me?” . . . "I’ve got the
umpires,” the devil said.
U. S. Thoroughbreds Are Worth 50 Millions
Ray Coleman, the A’s new outfielder who is doing his bit toward
keeping the Mackmen in the pennant race, is one ballplayer who
didn’t fight the war with a bat and a glove. . . Coleman was a gun
specialist in the Navy’s Aimed Guard aboard merchant ships, ferry
ing gasoline and ammunition to U. S. forces in various war theaters.
. . . Purse distribution at U. S. running horse tracks during 1947 was
$49,642,555, which is almost dollar for dollar equal to the estimated
value of the approximate 13,000 horses which raced, according to the
Thoroughbred Racing Associations.. .. Elmer Madarik, veteran Detroit
Lion halfback, threw and caught his own forward pass while a
sophomore at the University of Detroit, scoring a touchdown. ... A
deflection returned the ball to Madarik’s arms and he was off and
running.
President Abe Greene of the N. B. A. didn’t try to color the
boxing picture in his report leading up to the quarterly ratings. . . .
He called a spade a spade and demanded that champions lay their
titles on the line against outstanding challengers—which they prob
ably won’t. . . . When Promoter Goldie Ahearn called Sonnyboy West
the greatest prospect ever developed in Washington was he forgetting
Harry Sheehy (Kid Sullivan), Tommy Lowe, Mike Raedy, Kid Eagan,
Andy Bowen, Henry Lamar. Marty Gallagher and a featherweight
named Ahearn? ... Or was he looking for a few more dollars in the
box office? ’ ___
Olympic Track Squad Is Great,
Evert Without Dodds, Fonville
By the Associated Press
EVANSTON, 111., July 12.—The 50
track and field athletes selected over
the week end represent one of the
strongest squads in United States
history for the Olympic Games. But
the story of those who failed is as
big as that of those who won.
For the first time since America
has been sending its stars to the
Olympics three of the country’s
greatest will not compete in their
specialties when the big show starts
July 29 in London.
They are fellows whose reputa
tions have made them among the
most familiar names in the Na
tion's sports picture—Chuck Fon
ville. Gil Dodds and" Harrison
Dillard.
The first two will not make the
trip at all. Dillard will go as a
dash man. having failed to qualify
for the high hurdles, in which he
virtually has been invincible for a
year.
Despite these blows, Head Coach
Dean Cromwell predicts that the
U. S. “will win seven or eight firsts
for sure’’ with good chances in a
total of 14 events. It is possible
that America will better its feat of
winning 12 of the 24 events in the
1936 games at Berlin.
Tire Fonville-Dodds-Dillard dis
appointment, however, is genuine.
The team now gathering in New
York to leave by boat Wednesday is
great. But it could be greater.
Dodds, the peer of U. S. milers,
pulled an Achilles tendon and was
not even present at the tryouts Fri
day and Saturday in Northwestern's
Dyche Stadium. It will be at least
six weeks before he can work out.
Even if Dodds had gone to London,
however, it would be unlikely he
could have done much in the 1,500
meters against Sweden's runners.
Fonville, the lithe Negro from
Michigan, probably was the greatest
disappointment. Every time he
picked up the 16-pound weight this;
season he hurled it 55 feet or more.
His prodigious toss of 58 feet !i inch
is up for official recognition as a
world record. But in the tryouts,1
the champion shotputter finished
fourth in his bracket with 54 feet 138
inches and the three ahead of him 1
won the trip.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGLE.
W. L. Pet.
Montreal __ . 50 20 .058
Buffalo 40 38 .513
Newark _ 38 37 ,507
Jersey City _ 40 40 .500
Syracuse _ 30 38 .480
Toronto _ 40 42 .481
Rochester _ 38 43 .400
Baltimore _-_ 29 40 .387
Syracuse. 9—0; Jersey City. 10—5.
Rochester, 3—1: Buffalo. 17—4.
Newark, 3—1: Baltimore, 0—P. ,
Toronto, 3—5: Montreal, 8—0.
Baseball Standings and Schedules
MONDAY, JULY 12, 1948.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Wash., 9; New York, 4.
Detroit. 5; Chicago, 4.
St. L., 3—0; Clevel, 2—5.
Bost., 9—5; Phila., 8—7.
Games Today.
None scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
None scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday
New York, 3; Brooklyn, 2.
Boston. 9; Phila.. 4.
Chicago. 1: Pittsburgh, 0.
Cincinnati, 1; St. Louis, 0
Games Today.
None scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
Hone scheduled.
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Club Owners Threaten to Abolish All-Star Game
Support It or Drop It,
Players to Be Told;
Marion Pulls Out
By th* Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, July 12.—The fate of
the major league All-Star classic
hung in the balance today.
Incensed over the refusal of Bobby
Feller and Marty Marion to piay in
the 15th annual all-star game here
tomorrow and the apparent apathy
of others, big league club owners
were preparing for a showdown with
the players.
From a reliable source it was
learned that the moguls, backed-by
Presidents Ford Frick of the Nat
ional League and Will Harridge of
the American, were ready to issue
the following ultimatum to the
players:
“Either you live up to your moral
obligations and play when called
upon or let’s drop the whole thing.”
Feller bowed out because he said
it would interrupt his regular pitch
ing rotation for Cleveland. St.
Louis’ Marion, who at times has
been rested because of an ailing
back, begged off because he claimed
he was not in the best of shape.
Yet he has not missed a game of
late. He was auspicious in yester
day's Cards-Reds game with sev
eral diving stops of ground balls.
Cripples to Attend, at Least.
In addition to Feller and Marion,
who incidentally have been re
placed, it was doubtful whether
Ted Williams, Joe Di Maggio, Red
Schoendienst and George Kell
would be fit to play. Each has
been sidelined by an injury. All
will be in uniform, however. Schoen
dienst was the scheduled replace
ment for Boston’s Eddie Stanky
who broke his ankle in a game at
Brooklyn.
The most outspoken or the club
heads was Warren Giles, president
of the Cincinnati Reds.
“If the players don't show more
of an interest in their All-Star
game,” he said, “then let’s give it
back to the Indians.”
And he didn’t mean Cleveland
Indians.
“I don’t mean to insinuate that
the players are faking it,” he con
tinued, “but it’s funny that so many
of the All-Star players conveniently
get sick or injured a day or two
before the All-Star game. Those
who purposely duck it not only let
down themselves and the fans who
selected them but their own team
as well. In order to make it look
legitimate they miss several of their
own team’s games.
Eddie Miller Chronic Absentee.
“Undoubtedly Williams, Di Mag
gio, Stanky and one or two others
have perfectly legitimate reasons for
not playing, but I do know of sev
eral cases where players preferred
to go fishing rather than appear in
the All-Star game. My own Eddie
Miller, whom we traded to the
Phillies last spring, withdrew from
three All-Star games with no valid
reason. They simply ducked the
All-Star game to spend three days
fishing or going visiting.”
An American League spokesman
who asked not to be identified, said
the circuit “deplored Feller’s atti
tude,” but could do nothing about it.
“The players have a bigger re
sponsibility than ever before,” he
said. “They now get all the All
Star game receipts for their pension
fund. If that can’t make them want
to play I’m afraid I don’t know
what will. Perhaps if these recalci
trant players were asked to give up
a day’s wages in lieu of raking in
the receipts they might see the
light.”
Harridge was noncommital, but
Frick said he thought the players
owed it to the fans to play if chosen.
“After all it is the fans, not the
managers, who do the selecting
now.” he said. “Any player so hon
ored should deem it a privilege to
Play.”
Two Loop Champions
On C. U. Ring Slate
Syracuse, Eastern intercollegiate
ehampion; The Citadel, Southern
Conference champion, and Army
and Virginia are included on the
tough eight-match boxing schedule
announced today for Catholic Uni
versity.
Neighborhood competition will be
supplied by Georgetown and Mary-;
land. Returning veterans to the j
team will be Tom Cronin, 125|
pounds; Cal Nisson, 145; Bucky En
nis, 155; Billy Maher, 165: Charley
Rohr, heavyweight; Frank Stras
burger, 175, and Johnny Arnold,
135. The schedule:
February 5. Syracuse: 11, Georgetown; !
19. Citadel; 26. at Army.
March 4, at Maryland; 19, at John :
Carroll; 26. Virginia.
April 1. at Miami.
Phillies, Browns Playing
On Hall of Fame Field
By the Associated Press
COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., July 12.
—Major league baseball was to make
its annual one day stand here to
day at the shrine of the game's
founder Abner Doubleday.
The Philadelphia Phillies repre
sented the National League against
the St. Louis Browns of the Amer
ican.
1 Coperstown is the site of the na
tional baseball museum—the Hall
of Fame. Two former players, the
late Herb Pennock and Harold (Pie)
Traynor, were elected to the Hall
of Fame early this year by the Base
ball Writers' Asociation of America.
League Leaders
By tht Associated Press
American.
Batting—Williams. Boston, .388; Bou
dreau. Cleveland, .359.
Runs batted In—Stephen*, Boston, 75;
DI Maggio. New York. 74.
Runs—Williams, Boston, 66; DI Maggio.
Boston, 57.
Hits—Williams, Boston, 102; Boudreau.
Cleveland, 98.
Doubles—Williams. Boston. 21: Bou
dreau. Cleveland, and Zarilla. St. Louis, 19.
Triples—Di Maggio, New York. 10;
Platt. St. Louis, and Yost and Stewart.
Washington. 7.
Home run6—Keltner, Cleveland. 20; DI
Maggio. New York. 19.
Stolen bases—Coan, Washington, 13;
Dtllinger, St. Louis. 9.
Strikeouts—Feller. Cleveland. 84: Lem
on. Cleveland, and Newhouser. Detroit. 81.
Pitching — Fowler. Philadelphia. 8-1,
.875: Reynolds and Rachl. New York.
10-3. .769.
National.
Batting—Musial. St. Louis. .403; Ash
burn. Philadelphia. .350.
Runs batted in—Sauer. Cincinnati, and
Musial. St. Louis. 64.
Runs—Musial, St. Louis. 66; Gustine,
Pittsburgh. 61.
Hits—Musial. St. Louis, 120: Ashburn,
Philadelphia. 106. ,, J __
Doubles—Robinson, Brooklyn, and Bn
nis. Philadelphia, 20.
Triples—Hopp. Pittsburgh, 10; Musial.
St. Louis, 9.
Home runs—Sauel. Cincinnati. 24; Kin
er. Pittsburgh, 23.
Stolen bases—Ashburn, Philadelphia,
21: Torgeson, Boston. 15.
Strikeouts—Branca. Brooklyn, 82; Jan
sen. New York, 73. _ . „ „
Pitching—Poat. New York, 8-S. .800;
Brecheen. St. Louis, 9-3. .750. 1
OLYMPICS BOUND—This quintet of the eight contestants who
will represent Uncle Sam in canoeing events in the Olympic
Games next month all are from the local area. The five, who f
started their trek for London yesterday, are (left to right) Ken
Clark, Tom Horton, Frank Havens, Bill, Havens and John Eise
man. —Star Staff Photo.
Rapid Robert Due Roaring Razz,
Yankees and Griff men Assert
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff Corraipondtnt
ST. LOUIS, July 12.—Bob Feller’s
withdrawal from the All-Star game
here tomorrow has created a tidal
wave of resentment against the
Cleveland righthander by American
League players. Threatening to en
gulf the hitherto popular pitcher is
the criticism of members of the
American League squad and the:
vitriolic reaction among fans.
“Feller pulled a real boner,” said
First Baseman George McQuinn of
the New York Yankees. "He has
had bad public relations all this year:
and pulling out of the All-Star game
probably is going to make him the
most booed player in the business.
He made a terrible mistake.”
Pitcher Walter Masterson of
Washington also condemned Feller.
“After all, the game is played to help
ball players,” said Walter, “And I
think they ought to eliminate Bob
from the pension plan. Any player
who doesn't want to compete in an
All-Star lacks something. The
greatest thrill of my life was pitch
ing in the game last year.”
Coach Rick Ferrell of the Nats
heaped invective on Feller. He
said: “I think so much of that
game I wish I had been named to
catch batting practice. I’d like to
help in any way I could and all
players should feel the same way.
Feller is one of the game’s top
drawing cards and he should have
made an appearance.”
Resounding Razz Predicted.
The Yankees and Nats say Feller
will be a target for the most con
centrated verbal abuse in baseball
history every time he sticks his
head out of a dugout. "He’s going
to hear about this from every
bench every day,” said one Yankee.
"The ball players are going to ride
him mercilessly and I don’t believe
the fans are going to be lenient
with him.”
Manager Bucky Harris of the
American Leaguers was vehement
against Feller, who never will be
named to another All-Star squad if
Harris does the selecting, he says.
“I can’t say enough against him,”
said Bucky. “He has made a mis
take he’ll regret.”
Feller ostensibly withdrew from
the game because, due to pitching
yesterday, he felt he would be of
no value to the American League
squad. He withdrew from last
year's game, complaining of a lame
back, but most players believed his
pulling out this year was based on
a desire to save himself for the
pennant fight.
As if to toss that in Feller’s face,
Harris plans to use two of his
Yankee pitchers tomorrow. He will
open with Detroit’s Hal Newhouser
and follow with New York’s Vic
Raschi and Joe Page, key figures
in the Yankees’ scrap for the pen
nant. Raschi pitched 10 innings
against the Nats on Saturday.
It was pointed out mat, each
of the eight pitchers comprising
the American League staff worked
either Saturday or Sunday. Bob
Lemon of Cleveland, Page, Joe
Dobson of Boston, Walter Master
son of Washington. Newhouser and
Joe Coleman of Philadelphia all
pitched yesterday as well as Feller.
Raschi and the Chicago White
Sox's Joe Haynes hurled Saturday.
Of the National League's six pitch
ers, only Johnny Schmitz worked
over the week end. The Chicago
Cubs' left-hander pitched a two
hitter Saturday.
Will Employ Ailing Di Mag.
Harris also will start the Yankee's
ailing Joe Di Maggio or employ
him as a pinch-hitter. Withheld
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TONIGHT
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IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
WORLD'S LIGHTWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
IKE.
WILLIAMS
World Champion
VS
BEAU JACK
CHALLENGER
WMAL-TV
CHANNEL SEVEN
from the Yankees’ starting lineup
Saturday and yesterday at Wash
ington, Di Maggio has been hobbling
on painful legs.
Third Baseman George Kell of
Detroit, who recently sprained an
ankle, indicated he would attempt
to play. Boston's Ted Williams, the
American League’s leading hitter,
said he would be here and hoped
to play despite a pulled cartilage in
his side.
Harris must start eight players
named by the Nation’s fans if they
are able to play. Chosen by the
customers for the starting lineup
were McQuinn, first base; Joe Gor
don of Cleveland, second base; Lou
Boudreau of Cleveland, shortstop;
Kell, third base; Williams, left
field; Joe Di Maggio, center field;
Pat Mullin of Detroit, right field,
and Buddy Rosar of Philadelphia,
catcher.
Manager Leo Durocher of the Na
tional Leaguers similarly is com
mitted to start players named by
fans with the exception of Second
Baseman Ed Stanky of the Boston
Braves, who recently fractured a
leg. Al Schoendienst of the St.
Louis Cardinals is expected to sup
plant him.
The National League's starting
lineup otherwise will be composed
of Johnny Mize, New York Giants,
first base; Peewee Reese, Brooklyn
Dodgers, shortstop; Andy Pafko, Chi
cago Cubs, third base; Stan Musial,
St. Louis Cardinals, leftfield; Richie
Ashburn, Philadelphia Phillies, cen
terfield;_ Enos Slaughter, St. Louis,.
(See HAWKINS, Page A-15.)
Williams 1-2 Choice
To Keep Title in Bout
With Jack Tonight
By tho Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.—Ike
Williams, at his best when the chips
are down, takes on what may be his
toughest assignment tonight in a
15-round defense of his lightweight
boxing title against Beau Jack.
The sharp punching Trenton, N.
J„ titleholder was a l-to-2 favorite
to beat the former Georgia shoe
shine boy seeking to regain a title
he has held twice before.
Promoter Herman Taylor looks
fora crowd of between 25,000 and
30,000 to be in their seats when the
referee calls the two little scrappers
to the center at the Shibe Park ring
at 10:15 p.m. E.D.T.). That’ll mean
a gate in the neighborhood of $150,
000. >
i The bout will be telecast here by
WMAL-TV, an Evening Star sta
tion, and broadcast by Station
WOL.l
Much has been said about both
fighters making the weight limit of
135 pounds, but they were expected
to be well within bounds.
Williams, who gained undisputed
claim to the crown by knocking out
Bob Montgomery last August, will
be after his 16th straight victory.
His last defeat was in January,
1947, at the hands of Gene Burton.
The fight also will be Ike’s sec
ond defense of his title within sev
en weeks. He whipped Enrique
Bolanos in Los Angeles May 27.
Nats, 9; Yanks, 4
N. Y. AB. H. O. A Wash. AB. H. O A
St’w’s.2b 3 15 2 Yost.3b- 4 3 2 0
Henr h.rf 3 2 2 0 W’t’n.cf.rf 3 0 4 1
Berra,c 5 14 1 GTt’r.cf 10 10
Mapes.cf 4 0 3 1 Stew’t.rf 2 2 0 0
McQ’n.lb 3 14 0 McB’de.lf 4 2 6 0
S’ch'k.l b 1 0 0 0 Chr’t’n.ss 4 2 2 1
J’ns’n,3b 4 13 2 Evans.c. 3 0 6 0
Lind’l.lf- 4 110 Early.c _ 1 1 1 0
Riz’to.ss 4 2 2 2 Kozar,2b 4 3 0 2
Byrne,p_ 3 10 1 Vern’n.lb 4 16 1
Shea,D__ 0 0 0 1 M’t r”n,p 2 1 4) 0
Page.p - O 0 0 0 t Coan 10 0 0
G’mpert.p 0 0 0 0 Th’p’n.p. 1 0 0 .2
* Brown _ 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 24 10 Totals 34 15 27 7
• Struck out for Gumpert in ninth,
t Flied out for Masterson in sixth.
New York_ 000 021 100—4
Washington _ 001 000 44x—0
Runs— Henrich, Lindell, Rizzuto. Byrne,
Yost, Wooten (2). Stewart (2), McBride.
Christman (2), Masterson. Errors—Mas
terson. Runs batted in—McBride (2),
Byrne (2), Rizzuto, Berra. Stewart (2).
Christman (3). Kozar. Two-base hits—
Yost, Kozar. Masterson, Rizzuto. Three
base hits—Henrich. Stewart. Home run—
Byrne. Sacrifices—Yost. Kozar, McBride.
Double plays—Rizzuto to Stiraweiss to
McQuinn. Left on bases—New York, 8;
Washington. 11. Bases on balls—Off
Masterson, 3: off Byrne. 6: off Page. 1;
off Thompson, 1. Struck out—By Byrne.
4; by Masterson. 4; by Thompson, 2. Hits
—Off Byrne. 6 in 6 innings (none out in
7th>: off Shea. 3 in inning; off Paae, 4
in % inning; off Gumpert. 2 in % inn
ing; off Masterson. 8 in 6 innings; off
Thompson. 2 in 3 inning?. Winning
pitcher—Thompson. Losing pitcher—
Snea. _
Bogley Is Crown Winner
At Eastern Junior Net
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 12.—Gil Bogley
of Washington added the Eastern
Junior tennis championship to the
national Interscholastic title he
previously won this summer.
He won by beating Tom Boys of
Forest Hills, 6—2, 6—0, 6—2, in yes
terdays’ final here. Bogley was
seeded first and Boys second in the
tourney.
Thompson, WeHeroth
Win Starting Roles;
Nats Slam Yanks
Manager Joe Kuhel of the Nats
has three days to ponder the plight
of the Nats, and among the altera
tions he is considering is the con
version of Forrest Thompson and
Dick Welteroth into starting pitch
ers. Both have been effective la
relief roles.
While all Nats except Pitcher
Walter Masterson and First Base
man Mickey Vernon were granted
a brief vacation during the three
day interlude for the All-Star game
St. Louis, Kuhel was reluctant
for the team to idle after finally
locating its batting punch.
The Nats unleashed their biggest
batting display of the season here
yesterday in mauling the New York
Yankees, 9-4, before a crowd of 15.
281. Washington collected 15 hits.
Including three each by Eddie Yost
and A1 Kozar.
Byrne Is Chased.
Washington owned a 4-1 deficit
entering its portion of the seventh
inning. Here Yost singled and Earl
Wooten walked to chase Tommy
Byrne. Ed Stewart greeted Prank
Shea with a single, and Mark
Christman and Kozar also singled
to erase him.
Mickey Vernon, dropped to eighth
place in the Nats’ batting order for
the first time in his career, greeted
Joe Page with a single to score
Christman with the fourth run of
the inning.
The Nats also fashioned four runs
in the eighth off Page and Randy
Gumpert. Wooten walked with one
out and Stewart tripled. Tom Mc
Bride doubled and Christman sin
gled to bring on Gumpert, who was
met by singles off the bats of Jake
Early and Kozar.
Thompson Gets Victory.
Thompson, who replaced Master
son in the seventh inning, received
credit for the victory, his second,
while Shea was charged with his
ninth defeat.
New York had grasped a 2-1 lead
In the fifth when Byrne’s hit to
left field bounced over McBride's
head for an inside-the-park homer
after Phil Rizzuto had singled. The
Yankees boosted their advantage to
3-1 in the sixth when Johnny Lln
dell singled and Phil Rizzuto
doubled, then nicked Thompson for
a run in the seventh on Tommy
Henrich’s triple and Yogi Berra's
outfield fly.
The Nats return to Griffith Sta
dium Thursday night to battle Chi
cago in the opener of a three-game
series.
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