Evening star., 1938-08-10
KEN APPARENTLY
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Bonura Keeps Up Hitting as
Mats Take Firm Grip on
Fourth Place,
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

fOurln race.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Our Sen
ators awoke today to find themselves
in a better than fair humor. They are
holding fourth place with Arm grip.
Ehey have won six out Of their last
eight games. They have just licked
the Yankees. Of all things. Mr.. Zeke
Bonura continues to furnish evidence
that he can hit, after all, and young
Ken Chase promises to repeat his
pitching drive of late 1887.
The Chase item is what has the
Mats agog at the moment. A year ago,
it may be recalled. our lanky. loose
jointed southpaw suddenly blossomed
out as pitching prospect. He had
been Of little use until the season was
on the wane Then. with the late
summer shadows peeking over the
grandstands and the echo of punted
footballs in the air. Ken came to life.
1t may be remembered that Chase
last year showed singular adeptness
at whipping two clubs, the Yankees
and the Indians
Today, according to all outward
signs, the boy from Oneonta, N. Y,
had brought home the bacon again.
1t was Chase who pitched and batted
the Mats to their 4-to-2 victory yes
terday and who. for the first time
since May 81. had lasted the route to
win ball game.
Practically a Joe Beckett.
In any current analysis of the Wash
ingJon ball club this is an important
Development If Chase really is going
to pitch good ball from now to the
end. and Bonura is going to keep
hitting. it might be we'll to regard the
Nationals with fresh interest.
Chase doesn't seem to be much of an
early-season pitcher. He was unim-
pressive in spring training and of little
value during the first four months of
the season. Until yesterdays victory
he had only three victories to show
as against seven defeats, and clubs
don't win pennants with pitching rec
ords like that.
AS pointed out before, the last time
Chase pitched complete game and
won was on May 2l. He faced the
Indians that day, fought IL innings
against Earl Whitehill. and finally
triumphed. S to 4. Thereafter he was
knocked out OF the box three times
running. losing two of the games on
his record. On June Is he succeeded
in lasting another full game, but he
lost it to the Indians.
SVildness Costs Shutout.
From that June IS date on he went
from bad to worse. He had been
knocked out five straight times going
into yesterdays game and had sus-
tanned defeats at the hands of the
Yanks, Browns and Indians (twice).
This is not to mean that Chase
unloaded a masterpiece and that from
now on he is going to be virtually
unbeatable. True, he allowed only
six hits yesterday but there were flaws
to be found for little or no probing.
For one thing, he gave up nine bases
on balls, which is like nine base hits,
and he threw the Yankees q run by
making wild pitch.
In fact, Ken would have won q
shutout had he been able to get the
ball over the plate. In the fourth he
filled the bases with passes with one
down and an inheld out scored a
New York run, tying the game at IL.
In the sixth. after Washington had
taken 2-l lead. he pitched two
singles after two were out and then
made his wild heave. This again tied
the score.
The fates were kind to our Kendall,
however, and eventually they per-
mitted him to win his own ball game.
This happened in the ninth inning
when, with Travis on third and Myer
on first, he lcoped sleepy single 70
center to make it 80. Two were out
at the time and there were two strikes
on Chase. Needless to say, it was
all very unexpected. Oh, George Case
followed with a single to score Myer,
making it AZ.
Fats Are Getting "OId."
Notes to you two birthdays were
celebrated today by youthful Mats
Buddy Lewis became ~ and
Taft Wright became IS both are
North Carolinians. incidentally :.
Cecil Travis turned IS last Sunday,
by the way.
The newest rooming team on the
club is Case and Chase and does
their mail get mixed up! -. The Grifis
intend to march on the Polo Grounds
tonight for the Ambers-Armstrong
tight. but only on "deadhead" basis
>. Bucky Harris recalls the time he
"headheaded" to the Fred Fulton
Jack Dempsey fight way back {.
There was a slight delay at the gate
and by the time Bucky reached the
ringside they were trying to revive
Fulton .. Harris didn't see . punch
thrown.
Chief Hogsett and Monte Pearson
were to pitch today :. The Indians
had been razzing the Gri1s about
rolling over and playing dead before
the Yanks but yesterday, when
the Mats won their second game Of
the year in Yankee Stadium, the
Indians lost to the Browns, I to 8
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