Evening star., 1938-08-14
zEKE TAKESLEAD
KNOCK|NG|NRUNS
SuppIants Lewis as Clubs
Pace-Setter-Home Park
Charm With Monte.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

dium seems to hold over the Wash
ington pitchers prevailed again yes
terday and Monte Morton Weaver,
spindly Highlander of the Mats
thrived to the extent of throwing the
second seven-hitter in two days at the
Boston Red Sox and walking off with
a 4-to-1 victory.
While 10000 customers looked or
the Griffs jumped on Fritz Oster-
mueller in the first inning to take a
80 lead which. it developed was
more than sufficient for Washington's
sixth consecutive victory over the Sox
in the stadium this year. Dutch
Leonard won the series opener Fri
day with seven-hit game.
The game served to boost Weaver's
record to seven victories for the sea
son, cut the Soxs third-place lead
over the Mats to five games and again
bring out the slugging ability of Henry
John Bonura, the husky first baseman
of the local firm.
1t was Bonura who paced the Mats
again, getting two singles and home
run in four times at bath. The Ecker
walked of the field with "a hits to
show for his last AZ times at bat and
the club leadership in driving across
runs. While Buddy Lewis was engaged
in scoring runs. Zeke drove across a
pair to pass Buddy yesterday.
Get Revenge on Ostermueller.
The triumph was sweet revenge for
the Mats over Ostermueller. the south
paw who defeated them in the OPEN
ing Washington game here
this year. Osty, incidentally, was the
only Boston pitcher to score over the
Mats in the home park.
Fritz was no great puzzle at the
start yesterday and. as things turned
out the Griffs won the game in the
first inning. George Case opened the
game with safe bunt down the third
base line and Buddy Lewis promptly
singled him to third When Al Sim
mons also singled Case scored and
Lewis went to third. Here Bonura
belted single, scoring Lewis and put
ting Simmons on third.
With two runs across and nobody
out it looked as if Ostermueller was
destined for an early shower but the
southpaw pulled out of it despite nc
help from his inf1eld. Cecil Travis
the next batter. bounded to Manager
Joe Cronin, who threw wildly past
second base as Simmons scored with
the third run Of the inning.
Cronin's error left Bonura on third
base and Travis on second but neither
scored. Sam West grounded out to
Jimmy Foxx and when Ossie Bluege
bounced to the box Ostermueller
trapped Bonura for the second out
Rick Ferrells fly ended it.
Osty Gets Hot Hand.
Ostermueller pitched remarkable
ball after that first inning, limiting
the Mats to five hits over the last
seven rounds and only one run. This
was produced when Bonura drove high
into the left field bleachers with two
out in the fifth, making it 40.
Meanwhile. Weaver was going along
in fine fashion. Roger Cramer opened
the game with single but Monte re-
tired, the side with no further DAM
age In the first five innings in fact
Weaver gave up only two hits-Cram-
er's and an infield single by Cronin in
the fourth.
The Sox made their only real bid for
the ball game in the sixth. which
1,,it hi
single. Joe Vosmik duplicated the blow.
putting Cramer on second. and Foxx
then walked to fill the bases with
none out.
Jimmy De Shong was warming up
feverishly in the bull pen at this point
but it wasn't necessary. The Sox
couldn't take advantage of their op-
portunity. A run scored while Cronin
was forcing Foxx at second base but
when Pinky Higgins bounced to Lewis
the rally was nipped. On this ball
Vosmik tried to score and was caught
by 80 feet. Then West raced back
into Soldiers Home for Ben Chap
mans fly, ending the inning.
improvement FrultIeSS.
Ostermueller got better as the game
wore on but his improvement went for
naught. In the last three innings
for instance, he retired every hitter
to step to the plate but Weaver, while
he finished less impressively than he
started, was in no mood to give UP
any more runs.
After that sixth inning uprising the
Sox didn't give him much trouble
Gene Desautels singled with one down
in the seventh but was left on first
base. With two out in the eighth
Weaver walked Cronin but Higgins
ended the inning
In the ninth the Sox made mild
gesture when Pinch-hitter Nonnen-
kamp singled with one out and. with
two out, Pinch-hitter Tabor sent Nom
nenkamp to second with another single
But Weaver grabbed Cramer's smash
tn the hoy for the final ont