Evening star., 1938-08-07
CHMAKESP|LL
RIVAL LABUTTERFLY
Washington Tightens Hold
on Fourth Place With
Lyons as Victim.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star CORRESPONDENT of The Star


CHICAGO. Aug. 6.-Pushing up a
weird knuckle ball which huttered and
dipped like 4 trained butterfly, Emil
(Dutch) Leonard, Washington's snap
py rtght-hander, made the White Sox
knuckle down today. and the Nation
als breesed to q 7-to-1 victory.
It was mildly momentous after
noon, giving as it did the Mats their
fourth triumph In the last five games.
. stronger grip on fourth place and
Leonard the temporary knuckle ball
championship Of the American League.
The meeting of Leonard and Ted
Lyons, who fiung for the White Sox
was the first time the leagues two
leading knucklers had opposed in
combat. on what they showed to-
day Leonard's butterfly ball can do
more tricks. Dutch hald the White
Sox to five hits. He had shutout
with two down in the ninth inning and
nobody on base. Over one stretch he
retired IS consecutive hitters before
giving up a base on balls to break
the streak.
Leonard Gets Dubious Start.
Lyons was no puzzle after the first
inning. Of him the Griffs made 13
hits. including three singles by Signor
Henry John Bonura, the eminent fat
man who used to play for the Chi
cagos. Washington's offensive ges-
lures, however, never were brilliant
displays of power. The Mats just kept
pecking away at Lyons, getting a run
when Buddy Myer placed double
into left field with the bases loaded
Leonard gave no early inkling OF the
mastery he was to reveal. In fact,
Dutch seemed headed for an early
shower when Messrs. Bozie Berger
and Marvin Owen, the first two hit
ters. tagged him for singles. But
then Dutch went to work. Owen was
caught stealing, and Leonard began
to NOV down the hitters as fast as
they walked to the plate. This is to
be taken literally Chiefly due to
Dutch's dispatch in winning his 10th
game of the season, as against de-
feats. the game lasted only An hour
and 36 minutes and was one of the
seasons shortest.
Bonura Has Big Day.
The Mats, meanwhile. wasted little
time in scoring. Signor Bonura, for
instance, opened the second inning
with a single to center and numbered
sleefully to third base on Cecil Travis
single. On Sammy Vests long fly to
center Zeke waddled triumphantly
across the plate for 10 lead.
Zeke played a prominent part in
the third inning. too. when the Grifis
made it 20. With one out, Buddy
Lewis walked. After AL Simmons took
q third strike, Zeke again singled to
center, Lewis moving to third, and a
second straight hit by Travis scored
Buddy.
Lyons escaped damage in the fourth
inning, despite two Washington hits,
but in the NTH Zeke came to bat
again. Bonura watched Simmons open
the round with a hit and then he
duplicated it. 1t was very happy day
for Henry John in every way. While
he was collecting a hatful Of hits Joe
Kuhel, his rival, went hitless in three
trips to the plate. Anyway, getting
back to Bonuras third hit, Simmons
stopped at second, Travis sacrificed,
and AL pounded home on another long
fly by West, making 1t 80.
Myer Makes Sure.
This was plenty of lead for Leonard,
It developed, but Myer wanted to make
sure. So after hits by Lewis and
Simmons had opened the seventh, the
stage was set for Myer. A sacrifice by
Bonura had moved up the runners
and Lyons purposely passed Travis to
get at Myer, who refused to fall in
with the strategy by doubling to left,
scoring Lewis, Simmons and Travis
and making it 60. The last run, of
course. wasn't important either. 1t
was manufactured by Ca.e's double,
Lewis sacrifice and Simmons long fly.
Meanwhile Leonard was flinging his
knuckler with monotonous success. He
retired the last two hitters in the
first inning and then pitched 1928
innings in the second, third, fourth
and fifth. With one down in the
sixth he walked Lyons, but not until
two were out in the seventh did the
Sox make their third hit. This was
an innocuous single by Luke Appling.
Dutch had a shutout firmly in hand
when he got the first two men in the
ninth, but the Sox wrenched it away
when Gee Walker walked and Rip
Radcliff and Appling singled him
across. But just to get even, Leonard
whipped a third strike past Mike
Kreevich to end the game.