Evening star., 1938-04-17
MATS SSPANK BIRDS
ASHOGSETT STARS
Baltimore Given 4 Hits in
81 TiIt-Cohen Pounded,
Travis Homers,
By FRANCIS F. STAN

Elon tChief) Hogsett, the elderly
left-hander procured In trade from
the st. Louis Browns. was unveiled in
semi-privacy yesterday at Grifith
Stadium by the Mats. With cold
winds sweeping over an assorted gal
lery of ball club of1icials. hot dog
venders and few fans, Elon elated
his new firm by giving the Baltimor.
Orioles only four hits and winning,
8 to /.
The big left-hander with the cross
fire motion pitched by far the best
game of the Spring for the Grits,
He was the second Washington hurler
to work nine innings and in allowing
but four hits easily was the ultra
ultra in effectiveness.
Inc Mats, meanwhile, raped
pair Of former major leaguers for
II hits and romped home by scoring
six runs in the eighth inning off Ex.
Ieammate Sgd Cohen. This ran the
Grif1ith A. c. winning streak to two
victories in a row and assured the
MATS OF the Mason-Dixon Line pen
ant. They will wind up their cxhi-
oition campaigning against the Orioles
today in Baltimore.
Birds First to Tally.
1t was quite a ball game for seven
and one-half innings. The Orioles
got on first, pushing across their orlv
run in their half of the third inning.
and Hogsett really brought this upon
himself He hit Benny Huffman, first
up. with pitched ball. Geary then
singled Benny to second base and he
finally reached the plate, by slow
stages, on Kimsey's infield out and
Richardson's fly to Taft Wright.
The Mats wasted no time tying the
score. With one down in their half
OF the third inning, Mel Almads
scratched hit to second base. BUDDY
Lewis forced Almada, but Round Man
Wright blasted the first of his thre.
hlts. double to center, and Lewis
raced home. Zeke Bonura took a
third strike to end the inning.
Cecil Travis appointed himself a
committee Of one to break the tie in
the fourth inning when he lined a
drive to the center-feld corner for
home run inside the park. Cecil
scored standing up. making it 81 in
favor OF the Washingtons.
Cohen Well Punished.
Kimsey, who once toiled for the
Tigers and Browns, was relieved after
five innings and Cohen, who was sold
to Baltimore last fall. took up the
hurting against his old mates. For
two innings sgd did all right, but in
the eighth the Griffs batted around
and put the clincher on the game.
Briefly, Lewis and Wright opened
with singles and Bonura was passed
purposely. Johnny Stone then sent a
grounder and Geary and Weintraub
pulled the old Alphonse CASTOR act
letting the ball slip between them for
single that scored two runs. Travis
and Myer followed with singles before
Cohen got Rick Ferrell out.
This brought up Hoesett. who re-
newed the attack by singing home
Two more runs. The harrassed Mr.
Cohen finally pulled himself together
and got Almada and Lewis, up for
the second time. to end the tnnine
Gearys single in the third inning a
scratch hit to Myer by Weintraub in
the fourth, a clean single by Tauby in
the sixth. and another one -baser by
Weintrauo in the seventh were the
only hits of Hogsett.
Ken Chase will face the Orioles
today in the game that will wind I'D
the Mats preseason activity. If
washington wins, it will finish with
Is wins. l3 losses and tie for the So
called Grapefruit League season.