Evening star., 1938-05-01
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

way 10 nOSplCal, bruised ana RrOggy,
New Yorks world champion Yankees
staggered through rain and a storm
OF washington base hits yesterday
at Griffith Stadium to score an 8-to-4
victory in their first 1888 invasion
of the Capital.
The second largest local crowd of
the year, upward Of $4,000 paying
customers, served as eye-witnesses to
a weird series Of developments which
kept them in the rain-splashed pews
until the final out cut short a ninth
inning National rally.
Crashing headlong, Di Maggie and
Rookie Gordon knocked themselves
out Of the Yankee lineup, Gordon
for an indefinite period. The Mats
suffered a recurrence of the jitters
that plaques them in Yank battles
and threw away ball game that
Emil tDutch) Leonard should have
won. Rawhide Lou Gehrig again went
hitless and the afternoons entertain
ment ended with an old-fashioned fist
fight among fans in the outfield
bleachers. I
Collision Knocks Out Di Mag.
Racing for a short fly of the bat
Of Pinch Hitter Taft Wright in the
sixth inning. Di Maggie and Gordon
crashed with sickening thud in left
field, Di Maggie, playing his first game
of the year for the champions after
ending his holdout and private spring
training campaign. rolled over once
and, face turned skyward lapsed into
unconsclousness
Gordon, while never losing con-
sciouSnesS, seemed to have sustained
the more severe damage. He groveled
on the turf while Yanks, Mats and
trainers rushed to the scene to ad-
minister first aid. Both players re-
covered sufficiently to walk to the
clubhouse but. after preliminary ex-
animation, they were ordered to
Garfield Hospital in an ambulance.
Di Maggie did not wait for the hos
pital wagon, but took a cab. Gordon
followed later to the accompaniment
Of screaming siren.
DR.. Edward Larkin, Washington
club physician, ordered X-rays, which
revealed NO fractures, according to a
hospital report. The players were
kept overnight for observation, how
ever, as both suffered conclusions.
Manager Joe Mccarthy Of the Yankees
declared last night that DiMaggio
may play today.
Gordon Feared Severely Hurt.
The left side of Di Maggio's head
was swollen and bruised The damage
to Gordon was on the right side of his
head, his jaw, his ribs and his right
shoulder. 1t is feared that Gordon
may have suffered internal injuries.
The collision did the Yankees no
good and, from coldly analytical
viewpoint, the Mats did not benefit,
either. At the time Cecil Travis and
Rick Ferrell were running on the
bases, with Washington trailing 1-3.
For brief moment it looked as if
Wright's fly was going to tie the
score, but Left-fielder Myril Hoag,
who nearly lost his life in 1896 after
toward the ball and, skirting his lung
ing teammates, made a sensational
catch to end an inning which might
have pulled the game out of the fire
for Washington.
AS it was the Yanks never lost an
early and undeserved lead they got
OF Leonard in the first two innings,
although the Washington firm outhit
them, IA to 10. A looper on which
the Mats loafed, an error and 13 run
ners left on the base paths cost the
Grifhth A. c. the ball game.
Heartbreaker for Leonard.
1t was q heartbreak for Leonard to
lose. In the six innings he pitched
he gave up four hits. two earned runs,
and over one stretch he retired 13
straight hitters. He might have car
ried this streak to greater lengths
had not his tenure been stopped by
the use of Pinchhitter Wright.
With any break in luck, Dutch
would not have been scored upon.
With one down in the first inning
Red Rolfe singled cleanly to right
field. Then Di Maggie, making his
1888 debut to the booes Of the crowd.
lifted short, high fly to right field.
Neither Buddy Myer nor Johnny Stone
broke on the ball. which was pushed
back toward the infield by the wind.
Myer should have caught it, but the
ball dropped for a single and when
Stone kicked 1t for an error, Rolfe
reached third and Di Maggie con-
tinued to second. Leonard than got
Gehrig on a foul, but Bill Dickey
doubled across two runs.
In the second inning the Yanks
made it 30 on an error by Buddy
Lewis. Opening the inning Hoag
doubled and took third as the next
two hitters went out. Then Crosetti
rolled to Lewis, who fumbled and
allowed Hoag to cross.
Players Crash in Sixth.
spurgeon (Spud) Chandler, who
went the route for the Yanks, spread
three hits over the first four innings
In the fifth, however. the Mats began
to pound him. Rick Ferrell opened
with q single, but was wiped out in
q double-play. Mel Almada and Lewis
renewed the attack with singles, max
ing three hits in the inning, butt Goose
Goslin flied out.
Then came the hectic sixth, which |
Zeke Bonura started with q double. |
On Stones out he took third and
scored on single by Travis. Myer
then flied out. but Ferrell walked and |
Wright was sent to hit for Leonard.
He swung, lifted a high fly, the Di-
Maggie Gordon collision and Hoag's
catch followed.
Pete Appleton took over the Nat
pitching, while Bill Knickerbocker
and George Selkirk replaced Gordon
and DiMag, respectively. In the
eighth or Pete was nicked for a run
when Chandler singled and Rolfe
tripled him across, making it Al.
There still was hope for the Mats.
As the rain began to fall heavily