Evening star., 1938-04-03
YVES GIVES 12H|TS
IN 5|NN|NG TERM
Minors Get 7 Runs Off Ace,
but Harris New Order
Is Hot at Bat.
BY FRANCIS f. STAN.
staff Correspondent of The Star

ORLANDO, Fla. April 2.-The Mats
were fish back in water here today.
Thrown back against an American
Association club again, Bucky Harris
staggering collection of athletes put
on the brakes and finally won ball
game. The score was a disillusion-
ing 18 to 8.
1t was pretty awful, today's game,
but 1t served to clinch the pennant
for WaShington-the American Asso-
citation pennant. 1t was the Mats
sixth and last game against an asso-
citation club and it was their sixth
victory. If it were not for the class
AA league in the Middle West. the
Griffs' grapefruit league record would
show one victory as against seven
defeats.
In spite of the days triumph, it
was a dismal afternoon for Manager
Harris and Boss Clark Griffith. They
sat back and for five long. bad innings
they watched the nondescript Millers
hit handsome Wesley Ferrel with
everything except the bat boy Inas-
much as Mr.. Ferrell already is Harris
pitching choice for the opening game,
1t hurt The panied expression on
Harris face was visible all over the
premises.
Millers' Hurting Even Worse.
To sum up briefly the attack on
Wesley, the Millers banged him for
IL hits and collected a base on balls
IN those five innings They also
scored seven runs and Mr.. Ferrell
would have left the ball park badly
beaten young man had not Mime
apolis produced two pitchers who were
worse than Wes today. Thus it de-
Veloped into a pitch, pray and duck
sort OF a game for the pitchers and
when Ferrell was waved to the
showers he held 17-to-7 lead and
was credited with the victory, if he
wants it.
The details were too horrific to
bear much explanation. Minneapolis
took 3-to-0 lead in the opening
inning when the first five hitters sim
eled OH Wes. A southpaw. one Jake
Baker, started in the box for the
Millers and of him the Griffs collected
Two runs in their half of the first
inning and six in the second. After
that fellow named Jennings Poin-
dexter. also left-handed, entered the
game to relieve Baker.
Polnoexter, If anything, was worse
than Baker The Millers had scored
three more runs in the third inning
ana another in the fourth of Ferrell,
10 cut the score to 81, but Poindexter
couldn't stand such prosperity. In
the Washington fourth he pitched
pase nits and bases on balls in such
profusion that our side scored four
more runs, making it 1877. Then. in
the NTH inning, Poirdexter, too. went
away. The Mats got him for five
runs, and right-hander, Joe Fletch-
er, finally was rushed to the scene
to stop it.
Ex-Nat Pounds Ferrell.
mat was about all there was to
the game. After Ferrell came Elon
'ChleD Hogsett, who was the only
good pitcher of the day. The chief
worked the last four innings and gave
up seven hits and one run. By COM
parlson he actually was brilliant.
Fletcher, IN holding the Mats to their
elghteenth and last run in three in
nlngs, ran close up to the chief
IL was Danny Taylor who once was
Tired by the Washington firm, who
made himself particularly obnoxious
today. The little round man OF the
Mlliers walked to the plate four times
and singled each time. 1t was DANNY
VINO drove across the first run off Yves
ana Danny who later scored twice
himself.
Although the Mats scored 10 more
runs than the Millers, they were held
even on hits. Each side got 10, with
Cecil Travis and Melo Almada COL
lecting three apiece for the Washing
tons cause. Harris used II PLAYERS
IN an attempt to keep the score down,
put 1t was of no use. Rookie George
Case, for instance. was sent to CEN
ter Held to replace Almada, who was
making things downright embar-
RAISING. Rookie Case was no great
help. The only time he walked to
the plate George hit one of the long
est home runs of all time at Tinker
Field. 1t was terrific drive that
cleared the distant left-field fence.
New Batting Order Hot.
1t was interesting to see Harris
new batting order function today.
Myer, although getting no hits, scored
three runs as the lead-off man. Big
zeke Bonura, batting in the cleanup,
drove three runs across and scored
twice himself Travis collected three
hits as the No. 3 hitter and AL SIM
mons and Johnny Stone added two
apiece.
Almada dropped from first to sew
enth in the order. bunted two runs
over on sqeeze plays and chased a
third across with line single. Every
thing would have been perfect if only
the Millers had not manhandled Mr..
Ferrell. Wes had a tough day.