Cards Get Lindel! on Waivers, Yanks Send Mize to Kansas City *

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w in, Lose, or Draw By FRANCIS STANN

Harry's Hit That Didn't Count Tom Meany, a jovial, roundish fellow with an ear for an

anecdote and a rare ability to write it, is one of the few guys in

the racket who can leave Sam Crawford and Hank Greenberg off a list of the best batsmen in 50 years and get away with it.

So deft is the Meany touch that in his

brand-new book, “Baseball’s Greatest Hitters.” his choice of the 20 top sluggers is of little

importance. He could wring the same reading delight out of the 20 worst hitters, or any

given number of names picked at random, a

fitting reward for being able to stay up at all hours over a period of years, listen, and remember.

Who, for example, remembers a home run

that easily cleared the entire left-field bleach- ers, not the phony section just torn down? Harry Heilmann, who certainly belongs with the greatest hitters, remembers. He hit the

Fr*ne!« sunn. ball. Furthermore, it didn’t count. Clark Grif- fith saw to that. Meany reminds.

Griffith still was managing the Nats then, and Heilmann, who was to lead the American League four times with such fantastic averages as .394, .403, .393 and .398, was a young out- fielder with the Tigers, whose team average was .316.

No Trick on Griff's Part The outfield of Manager Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Heil-

mann was one of the great hitting outfields. Cobb and Veach batted left-handed, and against right-handed pitching Veach hit fourth and Heilmann fifth. Cobb always remained in the No. 3 slot. Against southpaws Heilmann moved to cleanup, Veach to fifth.

“It was this habit of switching which cost Harry what he believes is the longest home run he ever hit,” Meany writes. “The Tigers were playing in Washington, and Courtney, a

left-hander, warmed up for the Senators. Cobb made out the lineup, with Heilmann in fourth place, but Courtney developed a catch in his arm while warming up, and Griffith had to switch to a right-hander.

“ ‘It wasn’t any trick on Griff’s part,’ explains Heilmann, ‘nor was it any boner on Cobb’s part. The switch was Just an

accident, and we forgot that the batting order we had handed to Umpire Billy Evans had me in the fourth spot.

“ ‘When we saw a right-hander start for Washington, Veach naturally followed Cobb to the plate and I followed him. Griff realized we were batting out of turn, but said nothing on

my first two trips because I didn’t do anything. “ ‘On my third time I hit a ball as long and as hard as any

I ever hit in my life. I was just congratulating myself when I learned I was out for batting out of turn.’ ”

Back for the Hot Dog Al Schacht, the clown, jokes about his pitching days as a

Nat. One standard spiel in his repertoire deals with his debut. He was in the bullpen in New York—sometimes it’s Detroit, etc., depending on the locale in which Schacht is speaking—and had just bought a hot dog from a vendor when he got a hurry-up call from the bench to relieve a Washington pitcher.

“Who’s coming up?” Al asked. “Ruth, Gehrig and Meusel,” was the reply. Don’t touch that hot dog, I’ll be right back,” instructed Al. Meany apparently pinned down Schacht long enough to

learn the first hitter Al really ever faced in the majors was Heilmann in 1919. The same Courtney had been pitching, and it was tied, 2-2, with the bases loaded, nobody out and Heil- mann at bat when Griffith threw his new pitcher from Jersey City, Schacht, to the wolves.

“Ed Gharrity, the catcher, came out,” Schacht recalled. “He asked, ‘Would you like to throw a fast ball or a curve?’ I took a look at Heilmann again, swinging''that big black bat, and said, ‘What difference does it make?’

Al put everything he had on that first pitch. So did Heil- mann.

Why Goofy Gave Up Bifocals Jimmy Foxx, naturally, gets a chapter. He belongs among

the great hitters, and by way of leading up to the Maryland Strong Boy, alias The Beast. Meany points out that Will White, a Cincinnati pitcher, was the only professional ball player to wear glasses for almost the first half century of the game’s existence.

Then, he recalled, Lee Meadows in 1915 reported to the Cards wearing specs, and soon scouts didn't hesitate to recom- mend players who wore glasses. Thus encouraged, many players who had not worn glasses adopted them for remedial purposes.

"Such a one was Vernon (Lefty) Gomez, the gay Caballero of the Yankees,” relates Meany. "The great southpaw attempted to aid his fading arm by the experiment of wearing bifocals. The experiment was short-lived. Pitching against the Red Sox one day, Gomez called time, walked from the mound to the Yankee bench, removed his glasses and put them down, never to wear them again.

“‘I just got a look at Jimmy Foxx through the glasses,’ explained Lefty. ‘It’s enough to frighten a guy to death.’ ”

Brothers Koyoes Tietze In 4th Round in Berlin

ly the Associated Press

BERLIN, May 15.—Heavyweight Elkins Brothers of Washington. D C., knocked out Heinz Tietze of Berlin in the fourth round of a

•cheduled eight yesterday. The; bout was refereed by Max Schmel- ing, former world heavyweight champion.

Brothers floored Tietze once in the second round and twice in the third before putting him away with a right to the jaw in the fourth. i

Hoya Freshmen Third In Regatta at Navy

By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md„ May 15.— Teammates Jack Button and Norm Freeman finished one-two in the last race yesterday to give Cornell a victory over Navy and Georgetown in a triangular fresh- man dinghy regatta.

The strong finish broke up a nip-and-tuck battle for top hon- ors in the Severn River sailing and shot Cornell ahead with 99 points in the nine-race program. Navy finished with 91 and George- town with 53.

Major League Standings and Schedules MONDAY, MAY 15, 1950.

AMERICAN Remits Yesterday

Boston, 8—5; Washing- ton. 1—10.

Phila.. 9; New York, 8. 8t. Louis, 7; Detroit. 3. Chicago. 3—1; Cleve-

land, 2—3.

Games Today Bone scheduled.

Games Tomorrow Wash at Chicago. 9:30. New York at 8t. L. tn).

fhila. at Cleveland <n>. Often at Detroit.

NATIONAL Results Yesterday

Brooklyn. 8; Boston. 4. 8t. Louis. 8: Cinci., 7. Pittsburgh. 6—16; Chi- _ cago. 6—9. Bew York. 4; Phila.. 3.

(Second game. Phlla- delnhia, 9-7. halted, Sunday law, after 8 Innings; to be re- sumed.)

Games Today Boston at Brooklyn (n). Only game scheduled.

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Martin and Pillette Also Go to Minors As Deadline Nears

By tho Associated Frau NEW YORK. May 15.—The

Yankees disposed of two veteran sluggers today, assigning Outfield- er Johnny Lindell to the St. Louis Cardinals on waivers and send- ing First Baseman Johnny Mize to Kansas City.

Two other players were con-; signed to the American Associa- tion farm club along with Mize.! who was bought by the world champions last August from the Giants. They were Pitcher Duane Pillette and Inflelder A1 (Billy) Martin, both of whom were op- tioned on a 24-hour recall basis.

Mize is leaving immediately. Pillette and Martin are accom-

panying the Yankees to St. Louis and will not move until the Wed- nesday deadline.

Midnight May 17 is the dead- line for major league clubs to re- duce rosters to a maximum of 25.

Marshall Also to Go. The announcement concerning

Lindell was made in St. Louis by the Cardinals. They said the 33- year-old outfielder probably would report to Manager Eddie Dyer in Brooklyn tomorrow. Earlier the Yankees’ office here said that Lin- dell and Pitcher Clarence Mar- j shall would be traded away before the May 17 deadline.

(In Washington, President Clark Griffith of the Nats said Lindell’s age was the chief con- sideration of his club in waiv- ing on Johnny. He said he did

JOHNNY L1NDELL, Goes to Cardinals.

not believe Lindell’s high salary caused other American League clubs to agree to waivers.) Arthur (Red) Patterson, Yan-

kees’ secretary, said Mize had been sent to Kansas City after he had expressed a willingness to play in the American Association. That was the only way the club could have sent the veteran first baseman to the minors. A 10- year-man can demand and receive his release before accepting a transfer to a league of lower clas- sification.

Mize, who was 37 last January 7, was a big leaguer for 14 years, 3 of which were spent in the Navy.

Bothered by Injury. Bothered by a lame right shoul-

der following an injury last September, Mize feels that steady

JOHNNY MIZE, Sent to Kansas City.

work will enable him to get back into shape and restore his former usefulness. Thus far, he has been able to get into 12 games, mostly as a pinch hitter, and has made only two hits in 10 times at bat.

As a member of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Giants, the 6-2, 215-pound Georgian, at one time or another, led the National League in every phase of slugging.

Mize led the league in batting in 1939, he drove in the most runs in 1940, '42 and ’47. He won the home run crown in 1939 and '40, and tied Ralph Kiner for the honor in 1947 and ’48. He hit three homers in a game five times, a record. He reached his homer peak in 1947 with 51.

He also led the league in dou- bles, triples, runs scored, total bases and slugging percentage. His 11-year homer total is 316 and his lifetime batting mark is .319.

Mize was sold by the Giants to the Yankees last August 29 for a reported $40,000. With the Yankees he collected only six hits in 23 times at bat for a .261 figure, but won a World Series game against Brooklyn with a pinch hit single that drove *n the winning runs.

Martin Bright Prospect. Pillette, a young righthander

who toiled for the Yankees and Newark last year, appeared in several games as a relief pitcher this season. His father, Herman Pillette, once pitched for the Tigers.

Martin, purchased from Oak- land of the Pacific Coast League, has made a fine impression on Manager Casey Stengel. How- ever, with the Yankees well forti- fied in the infield, it was felt an- other year in the minors would help him.

This is the 10th big league sea- son for Lindell. He joined the Yankees in 1942 as a pitcher, but a sore arm caused him to switch to the outfield the next year. He batted 242 last year and in sevep games this season was hitting only .190. Marshall, 25. had a 3-0 record last year, but has seenj little service thus far. 1

TOP FIGURES IN NATS’ 19-HIT SPLURGE—These three Nationals provided much of the slugging as the Washington club went on a 19-hit rampage in yesterday’s second game at Bos- ton, winning 10-5. Left to right, Sam Mele, who got two doubles and two singles; Eddie Yost, who banged a homer and single after hitting a wasted homer in the first game, and Eddie Robinson, who came out of a bad slump with a triple and single.—AP. W’irephoto.

Musiaf's Hitting Puts Cards Only Half Game Out of Lead

By Joe Reichler Associated Press Sports Writer

If Stan Musial isn’t the greatest hitter in baseball today, then his figures are mighty deceptive. At that, some of his slugging feats this season have been almost un-

believable. One look at Musial's .467 batting

mark and it is easy to understand why the Cardinals are in second place in the National League, only half a game behind the pace-set- ting Phillies.

The Cardinal ace smacked a

single, double and triple yesterday to lead St. Louis to an 8-7 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds. He drove in a run and scored twice.

Musial now has hit safely in all but two of the 19 games he's played. One hitless game can be discounted because he appeared only as a pinch hitter. In another effort, he was stopped by Pitts-

burgh's Cliff Chambers on the sec-

ond day of the season.

Red Munger was the Cardinal’s winning pitcher yesterday, al-

though he nearly blew an early 8-1 lead. The Reds came back steadily, leaving the potential ty- ing and wining runs on the bases in the ninth inning when A1 Brazle retired Red Stallcup for the last out. Ken Raffensberger dropped his fifth game in six decisions.

Hopp Has Field Day. Johnny Hopp, veteran Pitts-

burgh first baseman, enjoyed the best batting day of his major league career as the Pirates swept both ends of a double-header from the Cubs in Chicago, 6-5 and 16-9. Hopp collected six hits in six times at bat in the second game. He smashed two home runs, drove in three runs and scored three times.

In all, the Pirai.es registered 21 hits off six pitchers to win the second game in a breeze, but it took a pinch single by Rookie George Strickland with the bases loaded in the ninth to pull the first game out of the fire. Strick- land drove in the tying and win- ning runs to end a three-game Pittsburgh losing streak.

The six-game winning streak of the Phillies went by the boards when the Giants won a 4-3 thriller in the opener of a double-header in Philadelphia. Successive triples by Willie Jones and Dick Sisler had the tying run on third with only one out in the ninth. Larry Jansen, however, retired the next two batters without a score.

The Phils came from behind a 6-1 deficit to forge ahead, 9-7, at the end of eight innings of the nightcap. The game was halted at this point by the Pennsylvania curfew law. Under new National League rules, it will be resumed from that point on when the

two teams meet again in Philadel- phia. Until then, the game will not figure in the standings.

Hal Newhouser Hammered. Walker Cooper continued his

heavy hitting since joining Boston, but he could not prevent the Dodgers from gaining a 6-4 triumph over the Braves. Cooper, who drove in five runs against the Dodgers Saturday with a homer and double, collected another four-bagger as well as a

pair of singles in four times at bat. Warren Spahn, Boston's ace lefthander, however, was not up to par. He was slugged for seven

hits and five runs before retiring after four innings.

Lefty Hal Newhouser, long the kingpin of Detroit’s pitching staff, ran into heavy going in his first start of the season as the St. Louis Browns tamed the Tigers, 7-3. The 28-year-old veteran, sidelined for a month because of a sore left shoulder, lasted only three innings. He allowed four hits, five runs, walked four and fanned two.

Outfielder Roy Sievers drove in the first five St. Louis runs with a grand-slam homer and a single. Before that, Sievers had failed to drive in a run or get an extra base hit all season.

Newhouser said his arm felt good and he had ft lot of stuff but just couldn’t seem to get going.

“I’m not worried about Hal,” Manager Red Rolfe said, “for I think he’ll get back a lot of his old form before too long.”

The Yankees remained a half- game behind the league-leading Tigers when the visiting Athletics overcame a 7-1 deficit to edge them out, $-8. Seven hits, a pair of walks and an error J>y Tommy Henrich gave the A's the seven runs in the fifth.

Di Maggio Out of Game. Joe Di Maggio did not play be-

cause of a strained back. Joe, who has been in one of the worst batting slumps of his career, hurt a back muscle while catching a

fly ball in Saturday’s game. Di Maggio is expected to be

back in the Yankees lineup tomorrow night in St. Louis.

Chicago and Cleveland divided a double header. The White Sox, with Mickey Haefner pitching a six-hitter, won the opener, 3-2. Mike Garcia held the Sox to four hits to give the Indians a 3-1 triumph in the nightcap.

A triple by Chico Carrasquel and singles by Phil Masi, Dave Philley and Gus Zernial gave the Sox all their runs in the fifth inning of the opener. Larry Doby and A1 Rosen drove in the win- ning runs in the eighth inning of the second game. Rosen also clouted his eighth homer of the season in the first game.

Cards to Test Loyola, New M.-D. Champion

Loyola of Baltimore has been crowned baseball champion of the

Mason-Dixon Conference without

a playoff, but the Greyhounds must prove their right to the title to a vastly improved Catholic University nine here tomorrow

Loyola won the first game be- tween the two, 4-3, in 11 innings, but C. U. currently owns a four- game winning streak.

Two games scheduled here to-

day, American U. at Georgetown and Randolph-Macon at Catholic U.. were canceled because of rain.

Loyola won nine straight games! to clinch the Northern Division title, while Hampden Sydney swept through seven Southern Di- vision games without defeat. Examinations will prevent the Tigers from meeting Loyola in the conference divisional playoff, however, and Commissioner Paul Menton today awarded the crown to the Baltimore team.

Loyola’s overall record is 15 victories against two defeats, in- cluding a string of 12 wins in a row.

Maryland was due at Lexing- ton, Va., today to meet Virginia Military Institute in the first of a three-game Southern trip. The Terps go to Blacksburg tomorrow to play Virginia Tech, pacemaker with a 6-1 record in Southern Conference Northern Division and return to Lexington Wednes- day to meet Washington and Lee.

George Washington's big game of the week comes up Saturday against Navy at Annapolis. J

Nats to Play Boston May 27 In Twilight-Night Twin Bill

By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, May 15 —The Amer-

ican League has announced the following schedule changes and dates for playing off postponed games:

At Washington: May 27, Boston (two games; twilight-

night); June 2. St. Louis (two games; twilight-night); June 30, Philadelphia (two games: twilight-night); September 10, New York (two games).

At Chicago: May 27. Cleveland (one time—open

date); July 1. St. Louis (one game—open date); August 10, Detroit (two games); August 12. Cleveland (one game—open date): September 6. Cleveland (one game —open date).

At 8t. Louis: May 20. Detroit (two games: twilight-

night): July 7. Chicago (two games: (twi- light-night): July 8, Chicago (two games; twilight-night)

At Detroit: July 9, Cleveland (two). At Cleveland: August 18. St. Louis (two games: twi-

light-night); September 8, St. Louis (two games: twilight-night).

At Philadelphia: May 28. New York (night game—open

date); June 2. Detroit (two games: twl- MghU-nlght): June 5. St. Louis (Night game—open date); August 28. Detroit (one game—open date).

At New York: June 3. Chicago (two games): September

3, Washington (two games). At Boston: June 30, New York (two games: after-

noon and night; separate admissions): August 15, Philadelphia (two games; after- noon and night; separate admissions).

I ” uu rourrn tu n. s.

High School Series, Harassed by Rain, Postponed Again

Rain washed out today's public high school baseball series games which originally had been set back from Friday because of rain. New dates for the five games will be announced later.

Five series games are on the regular schedule for 3:30 tomor- row with Bell at Anacostia. Cen- tral at Wilson, Chamberlain at Western, Coolidge at Roosevelt and Tech at Eastern.

One schoolboy game was played yesterday, with Georgetown Prep beating DeMatha, 6-1, in a Metro- politan Catholic League tilt at Georgetown Prep. The victory moved the Preps into first place. Bill Nolan limited the visitors to three hits and fanned 14.

O'Brien and Genovese Are Cut Off by Nats

ly a Staff Correspondent of The Star

BOSTON, May 15.—The Nats have trimmed to the player limit of 25 by sending Inflelder George Genovese to Chattanooga subject to 24-hours recall, and selling Outfielder Tom O’Brien to Louis- ville, American Association farm club of the Boston Red Sox,

O’Brien was with the Nats only a week, getting one hit in nine attempts. Genovese broke into only three games, twice as a pinch-hitter and once as a run- ner. The Lookouts were eager to obtain him as a replacement for Willie Miranda, injured short- stop.

Meanwhile, the Red Sox cut off two players and added one, com- pleting their roster at 25.

Bob- Gillespie, after pitching one and a third innings, was re- turned to the Sacramento Pacific Coast League club, and Gordon Mueller was optioned to Louis- ville. Mueller was tried out in five games and his final test, ap- parently. was his ninth-inning ef- fort during yesterday's second game setback by the Nats.

The new Boston player is Jim Suchecki, right-handed pitcher, who was recalled from Louisville. Sucheckei will join the Red Sox tomorrow in Detroit. He won two and lost two while with Louisville. -- i

Major Leaders •y the Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Betting—J3ropo, Boston. .400; Doby. Runs—Di Maggio and Pesky. Boston. 24. Runs batted In—Stephens, Boston, 29;

Williams. Boston. 28. Hits—Di Meggio. Boston, 36; Stephens.

Boston. 34. Doubles—Zarllla and Stephens, Boston

and Kryhoski. Detroit, 8. Triples—Mapes and Henrich. New York,

Dilllnger, Phlladelpla and Doerr, Boston. 4. Home runs—Williams, Boston, P; Rosen,

Cleveland. 8. Stolen bases — Adams, Chicago and

Dillinger, Philadelphia. 3. Strikeouts — Lemon, Cleveland. 28:

McDermott. Boston, 24. Pitching—Stobbs. Boston. 2-0. 1.00;

Parnell. Boston, and Houtteman, Detroit, 4-1, .800.

NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Muslal, St. Louis. .467; Sisler,

Philadelphia, 382. Runs—Jones. Philadelphia, 24: Jethroe.

Boston. 23. Runs batted in—Ennis, Philadelphia, 26;

Jones. Philadelphia. 23 Hits,—Jethroe, Boston and Muslal, Bt.

Louis. 35. Doubles—Musial, St. Louis. 11; Robin-

son. Brooklyn. 9 Triples—Jethroe and Kerr. Boston. 3. Home runs—Gordon, Boston. 8; Kiner.

Pittsburgh and Jones. Philadelphia. 7. 8tolen bases — Reese. Brooklyn. 6;

Jethroe. Boston. 4. Strikeouts — Roberts, Philadelphia. 31;

Spahn. Boston. 27. Pitching—Rush. Chicago, and Werle,

Pittsburgh. 3-0. 1.000.

EASTERN LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.

Hartford 11 6 .647 Wllkes-B. 0 7 .563 B’ngh'ton P 6 .600 W'llamsp t 8 8.600 Utica 10 7.588 Elmira. 7 10.412 Albany .. 8 7 .533 Scranton, 2 13 .133

Utica, 6; Elmira. 3. Williamsport. 7—1: Binghamton. 4—14. Albany. 13—1; Wilkes-Barre. 2—3. Hartford. 12—10: Scranton. 7—3.

Sam Mele's Play Top Factor As Nats Weather Big Tests

By Burton Hawkins <

Star StoH Corr«»p*»M*#*t EN ROUTE TO CHICAGO. May

15. — Sam Mele was a sisaling rookie with the Red Sox in 1947 but he didn't do so well during the next two seasons. Now he is red hot again and this time the Nats are benefiting.

Mele has been a prominent fig- ure in Washington s surprise early showing. The Nats have survived in good style what was calculated to be their toughest tost of the season, battling the pennant- hungry Yankees and Red Sox nine times in their first 22 games. They divided four games with the champions and won two out of five with Boston.

After splitting a double-header with the Red Sox yesterday at Fenway Park, the Nats still are two games above the .500 mark. It's more than they had hoped for and it's with mounting con- fidence that they invade the W’est for a 10-game trip.

Mele represents one of the rea- sons the Nats are optimistic about the developments which find them in the first division. Sam supplied four hits as the Nats mauled five Boston pitchers for 19 hits and a

10-5 victory in the second game after taking an 8-1 whipping in the opener.

.545 for Last 6 Games. Same is hitting .378 for the sea-

son and in his last six games has compiled a remarkable .545 aver-

age with 12 hits in 22 attempts. It could be the quiet, encouraging attitude of Manager Bucky Harris is helping Mele fulfill the promise he displayed as a rookie.

Mele batted .302 under Joe Cronin in 1947, but slumped badly when Joe McCarthy took over as Boston's manager in 1948. There was a report of an exchange of heated words between Mele and McCarthy. Sam. used sparingly, skidded to .233 in 1948 and was traded to the Nats last year. He batted only .235 in 1949.

The sensitive Mele is a type to respond to Harris' pat-on-the- back method of handling most players. Thus far. anyway, the combination is clicking and Sam has become a fixture in the Nats’ outfield.

He blasted two doubles and two singles in smashing four successive hits in the second game at the Nats unleashed their biggest at- tack of the year.

The Nats spurted into a 3-0 lead in the third inning on Gil Coan's double, a walk to Ed Stewart, Eddie Robinson's triple and Mele s single, but Walt Dropo tied the score in the fourth with a three-run homer off Dick Weik.

Washington gave Weik a 9-3 lead in the fifth inning when A1 Papai and Charley Schanz were clubbed for seven hits, but Dick showed signes of blowing that margin in the seventh when the Red Sox scored twice and filled the bases with two out.

Marrero Does It Again. Connie Marrero, who relieved

Weik with a 3-1 count on Bobby Doerr, completed the job of walk- ing him but then fired a third strike past the dangerous Dropo. The only Boston player reach base off Marrero in the last two innings was Ken Keltner, whose grounder took a freak hop past Third Baseman Eddie Yost for a

single. Yost, who had greeted Mel Par-

nell with a home run in the first

Griffs' Records Batting.

AB. R. H. 2b. 3b. Hr Rbl Pet. Pearce_ 1 0 1 0 0- o o loon Weik _ S 0 2 0 0 o o 400 Mele _ 37 4 1* 3 1 0 5 .378 Stewart 64 7 10 2 3 0 0 .352 Yost 83 13 20 8 0 3 11 .340 •Combs -. 21 2 7 1 0 0 2 .333 Coan ... 82 16 10 4 1 4 16 .306 Hudson 14 O 4 O 0 O 4 .286 Noren ... 64 11 18 1 .2 2 0 .281 Dente_ 92 10 23 2 1 0 9 .250 Marrero _. 8 0 2 1 001 .250 Harrla_ 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 Evans ... 64 4 13 1 1 1 8 .241 Grasso_ 26 3 6 2 0 0 2 .231 Ortiz ... 22 3 6 1 1 O 5 .•>27 Robertson. 17 3 4 1 0 0 1 .235 Nagy ... 10 2 2 O 0 1 2 .200 Robinson 76 13 15 3 1 l 11 .197 Kozar 41 6 8 1 O 0 2 .195 Haynes 6 110 10 0 .187 Scarborough 12 2 1 o o n n .083 Kittle ..5000000 .non Welteroth o 0 o 0 o 0 0 .000 Okrle_ OoOOOOO (Km •Quinn _ 22110000

♦ Includes record with Boston.

Pitching. Ip H. Bb So Gs Cg W. L

Marrero _ 22 18 2 13 I 0 1 0 Nagy .. 28 36 9 5 4 2 2 1 Hudson_ 40 35 21 14 5 3 3 2 Hlttle _ 18 20 6 4 2 1 1 1 Haynes _ 17 24 7 3 3 0 1 1 Harris _ 13 8 7 7 0 0 1 1 Weik 13 14 12 0 2 o 1 1 Scarborough. 36 40 14 12 5 3 2 3 Pearce _ 5 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 Welteroth 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 •Quinn 2 2 2 1 o 0 0 0

•Includes record with Boston.

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inning of the opener, lifted another into the net back of the left field fence against Gordon Mueller in the ninth inning of the second game.

The lead that Yost gave the Nats in the first game vanished almost immediately, for the Red Sox banged Lloyd Hittle for four runs in the first inning. Dropo accounted for two with a homer. Thereafter the Nats stirred up only one threat, loading the bases in the seventh with two out. but Sam Dente took a third strike

Parnell scattered eight hits, while the Red Sox employed their nine off Hittle. Jim Pearce and Dick Welteroth to more advan- tage.

Birdie Tebbetts' hitting streak expired on a sour note after 14 games. In the eight inning of the first game he rifled a sure single into right field, only to be deprived of it when Ken Kellner, who was on first, failed to touch second. Keltner's boner forced the scorer to rule Birdie's blow as a force play.

Dropo mauled the Nats’ pitch- ing for six hits in 14 tries during the series and three of them were homers.

NATS’ NOTES—Against Earl Johnson in the fifth inning of the second game. Gil Coan broke three bats on four pitches. The crowd of 31.148 boosted the Nats’ road attendance to 108.459 for seven dates. .. Weik's victory was his first over the Red Sox. Parnell now has a 10-2 lifetime mark against Washington.

In 18! 3 innings of reliaf work. Marrero has allowed one run and has walked only two Bucky Harris had hoped to save him for a starting job against the White Sox in the opener of a three-game series at Chicago tomorrow night, but now is undecided among Steve Nagy. Ray Scarborough and Joe Haynes.

FIRST GAME Wash AB H. O, A Boston AB H O A Yost.3b .4112 DIM to.rf 3 2 2 0 Dente.2b 4 14 2 Zarllla.rf 3 0 2 0 Stewart.If 2 0 3 0 Wil ms.rf 4 110 Rob on,lb 4 18 0 Step'ns ss 4 2 18 Mele.cf 4 14 0 Doerr.2b 3 0 8 4 Orlts.rf 3 0 4 1 Dropo.lb 3 111 1 Evans.c 4 0 1 J Ke ner Sb 4*01 Combs.ss 4 2 12 Teb ettt.c 3 0 4 0 Hlttle.p _ o o n 0 Parnell,p 4 10 2 •Kor.ar 10 0 0 Pearce,p 110 1 tOrasso 110 0 We'roth.p 0 0 0 1 SRo stson 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 8 24 10 Total* 31 0 27 1* •Grounded out for Hlttle in third. tSingled for Pearre In seventh.

• Walked for Welteroth In ninth. Washington 100 000 000—1 Boston ... _ 400 020 03*—ft

Runt— Yost. DtMagglo (21. Zarllla, W1U llams, Stephens, Doerr. Dropo Parnell. Runs batted In—Yost, Stephens < 2 V. Doerr, Dropo (21. Zarllla, Kellner. Teb. *»*»»• Two-base hits—Stephen*. Mele. Par- nell. Combs. Home runs—Yost, Dropo. Double plays—Parnell to Doerr to Dropo. Stephens to Dropo; Stephens to Doerr to Dropo. Dent# to Robinson; Combe to Dent* to Robinson Left on base—Washington. 9. Boston. 4. Base on balls—Ofl Parnell. 4; ofl Hlttle, 1; ofl Pearce. 2. off Welteroth. 2. Strikeouts—By Parnell. 4 Hit*—Off Hlttle. 4 In 3 Innings; ofl Pearre. 4 In * Innings; off Welteroth. 1 In 2. Hit by pitcher—By Parnell (Ortlil. Wild pitch— Pearce, Parnell. Winning pitcher— Par- nell (4-1). Losing pitcher—Hlttlg <1-1).

SECOND OAME. Wash. AB H. O A Boston AB Yost.3b ... 8 2 0 0 DIM to.ef 4 Coan.If.. 8 2 0 0 Zarlllg.rf 6 Stew'rt.rf 4 i 1 0 Will ms,If 3 Ro son.lb 4 2 8 0 Step'ns.ss Mele.cf 8 4 8 0 Do#rr,2b. *

Combats 4 12 2 Dropo.lb 4 D*nt*.2b 8 3 18 Kelt'r.3b 4 Orasgo.e. 8 2 8 2 Batts.c.. 4 Welk.p 4 2 0 0 Pipgl.p. 2 Mar'ro.p 10 0 1 Bhans.p 0

Johns'n.p 0 •Wright 1 Klnder.p 0 +Pesky l Mueller p 0

Totals 43 19 27 ~8 Totals 34 ~8 27 12 •Grounded Into double play for John-

son in seventh • Filed out for Kinder in eighth

Washington 003 ofltt 001 —10 Boston 000 30o 20o- 8

Runs—Yost. Coan. Stewart I2i, Robin- son (21. Mele, Dent*. Combs. Oratso. Dl- Msgglo, Zarlllg, Stephens, Doerr. Dropo. Error—Combs. Runs batted In—Robinson (3). Mele. Dent# (21. Grasso (2). Yost (2). Dropo (3). Stephens. Doerr. Two-base hits —Mel# (2i. Keltner. Coan. Stewart. Orgasm Williams Three-base hit—Robinson. Horn* run*—Dropo. Yost. Double plays—Papal to Batts to Dropo. Stephens to Doerr to Dropo (21. Left on bates—Washington. 10; Boston, 8 Rase on ball*—Off Welk. 6; ofl Papla. 3; oft Johnson. 1. Strikeout* —By Wetk 7; by Marrero. 2: by Papal. 1; by Johnaon, 2. Hit*—Ofl Welk. 7 in 8»i innings: ofl Marrero. 1 In 2V» Innings, ofl Papal. 10 in 4V» Innlnat; Schant. 4 In Vs Innings; Johnson. 3 In 2Va Innings. Kinder. 1 In 1 Inning; Mueller. I In l Inning. Winning pitcher—Welk (1-1), Losing pitcher—Papal (1-2). Attendance— 31,148.

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