The Washington times., 1937-08-18
.MOTHER'SWISH.
LEFTYEXPLA|NS
shit EFFORT
Yanks Nip Rally
To Win Second

10 Win Second
NEW YORK, Aug. ia heart
throbbing and real dramatic touch,
was unfurled at Yankee Stadium
yesterday afternoon as Washing
tons eight game winning streak
went blooey by way Of a double
bill, and Lefty Gomez, with q sob
in his heart, hurled shutout ball
as his mother passed into the
Great Beyond at her home In
Rodeo, Calf.
Lefty pitched the opening game,
how, no one knows, a three-hit
masterpiece clothed in grief, the
Griffs streak-snapper, an 80 at.
fair. Washington also lost the Sec
game, 6 to 4.
1T was the way mother would
want me to do" said Lefty, as he
took his assignment on the mound
q few moments after he received
the news Of her death.
And the manner in which this
New York Yankee star toed the
slab, was a masterpiece that had
the unconscious air Of something
unreal, an offering to God like q
prayer or hymn.
At the close Of this first game.
Lefty Gomez trudged with weary
heart to the dressing room where
he was paternally ministered unto
by his teammates.
FLIES TO HOME
Before the start Of the nightcap,
Gomez was on his way to the New
ark Airport, where he boarded q
coast:bound plane to his mothers
home at Rodeo.
Ten days ago, Lefty made the
same trip, when summoned, be.
cause Of the failing condition Of
this little mother of his. But, 10,
she rallied when she saw her boy,
and Lefty rejoined his Yankee
team fully convinced that mother
would be with him for q long,
long time.
In hurting the fronts piece yes
terday, Lefty pitched near air.
tight ball. In the third inning
Buddy Lewis and Cecil Travis,
the roomies, managed to bust out
Squeaky singles, but died on the
paths, and then in the fourth Al
Simmons added the third and
final hit Of the day for the Griffs.
STRIKES OUT FOUR
Old Pete Appleton drew the job
Of hurting for the Griffs. He
started out like a house Attire as
he set down the first four Yanks.
Crosetti, Rolfe, Di Maggie and
Gehrig, by way Of the strike
out route. Then the fun began.
Bill Dickey ups and leans on Q
homer, and a few minutes later
Tony Lazzeri smites one into the
stands.
A flock Of basehits burst from
the New Workers bats in the next
frame and before you could say
Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, the Yanks
had scored five more runs. The
youthful Ken Chase was also q
victim Of the scoring display.
The YankS added another
marker in the eighth just to prove
that they were ready for the night.
cap, which was won In the eighth
inning Of that fray with a five-run
barrage off Jimmy DeShons.
Washington took q three to one
lead by the third heat and seemed
headed for an even.stephen In the
bargain bill, but then the game
would have to 60 nine innings,
with the result that the GriffS
were sorely subdued.
STONE GETS THREE
Old Bump Hadley graced the
mound for the New YorkS and
was knicked for eight hits in the
eight frames he toiled. He was
relieved by Murphy in the ninth.
Stone was best for Washington In
this battle as he cracked out three
hits in five trips. But the cause
was lost when Cecil Travis failed
to get the semblance Of a bingle.
Travis, in seven tries managed
to get one single, one Of the three
hits off Lefty Gomez in the first
game, and consequently this EN-.
oargo OF SatetieS, brought the old
batting average down to 1915, one
point above the onruShing Charley
Gehringer, Detroit'S keystoner.
The Griffs and Yanks will tie
UP again today ana tomorrow in
single attractions. Ed Linke, the
roly poly one, who is considered
some stuff by the YankS, will at
tempt to live up to their opinion
OF him this afternoon on the knoll.
Wicker, a recent minor league i'm.
port, is expected to work for the
Manhattan Murderers.
TEXAS EAGIIE