Evening star., 1938-05-23
B0NURAANDNATS
F|NDCH|SOX MEAN
Former Teammates SqueIch
Zeke, Romp to Victory
Over WeS Ferrell.
srec!aI Dispatch to The Star.

Ereciai D.Spatcn 10 ne Star.
CHICAGO, Ill. May 23.-"Bucky'
Harris was laughing. but he wasn't
kidding. If we had couple OF |
pitchers good pitchers" he said,
I'VE might win this pennant. I'm not
kidding. The league isn't SO hot this
year with top-heavy teams. The
Yankees ought to win and prob
ABLY they will. but it may be close
enough so I'll wish for those pitchers
yet"
Nor can "Bucky' be blamed for his
optimism, because. after all. ne has
been flirting with the league lead since
the day the season opened, some 33
days ago. He's been on top. He's not
far from the top now and he'd been
a lot closer, of course, If Yves Ferrell
hadn't run into Ted Lyons and the
White Sox on a day when the COM
bination clicked. Wes wasn't around
for the finish, but it was his licking.
90, yesterday before $4,000 fans. with
Harry Kelley mopping up.
Today, it may be different story.
with Emil (Dutch) Leonard and his
knuckle ball pitted against Frank
(Gabbo) Gsbler, the Sox pickup from
the National League. But, after all,
the law of averages operated against
Ferrell in the Sunday series opener.
He encountered the Sox when they
hadn't scored run in IL frames. 1The
last was In the fourth inning against
the Red Sox Thursday The Yankees
had won 8 10 game from Thornton
Lee. Ferrell extended the string to
II before Jackie" Hayes doubled with
the bases loaded to wipe out a 10
lead which Wes had enjoyed for flve
innings.
Walked Five Men.
The pitching Ferrell walked five
men in his six-inning tenure and
three of 'em scored. He pitched hit
less ball for four frames. only allowed
five in six, but the blows came behind
the passes Six more hits and four
runs were cleaned of Kelley. All this
time Lyons was scattering his blows, q
home run by John Stone providing
the second run in the eighth. The
only other Nat tally came from Rick
Ferrells double, a sacrifice and Buddy
Myers single in the fifth. For 'zeke"
Bonura. Washington first baseman. it
was his debut in Comiskey Park in
an enemy uniform and the Nv" on
his chest might have stood for wash
out" as well as Washington. Behind
singles from Buddy" Lewis and AL
Simmons in the first he famed on q
slow curve to retire the side. In the
sixth, with Stone on first, he flied out
and didn't get safety in four appear
ances. When he famed in the first
the crowd gave him neat razzberry
and'a few tossed bright yellow lemons
down to home plate Tonight, Just
the same. he is being given a dance
at the White City ballroom by the
"zeke" Bonura Fans Club, an organ
ization demanding his return to
Chicago
There was practically no fraternizing
with his old teammates. He stopped
by the Sox bench and Manager jim
Dykes, sitting thereon, Just looked up
and said: Keep on going" So "zeke"
evidently falling for the "rib" didn't
even light for minute, but went over
to his own dugout. In practice. against
Manager Harris, he raped three
pitches into the left field stands, but As
Coach Nick Altrock remarked: Il could
see from the way Bucky was pitching
he didn't have his stuff.'
Lewis PAGES Attack.
Lewis, with two singles and double,
paced the Nat attack, and with little
body English in the fifth might have
added . home run, because Hank"
Steinbacher fiattened himself against
the right-field wall and barely got
hands on bali that had four bases
written all over 1t when 1t left the bat.
o. NAT, - A-l3.l