Evening star., 1938-04-30
KOHLMAN BRIGHT
SPOT |NL0SS TOA'S
Rookie Wins Slab Job by
Fine Relief Showing.
Werber Is Villain.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

Going into their most important
series Of the season so far the Ma
tionals today introduced, out of neces-
sity. another new outfleld and one
which will give Mr.. Leon (Goose)
Goslin his first test.
With Al Simmons on the sidelines
with a dislocated finger on his left
hand, Manager Bucky Harris virtually
was forced to swing to an all left
handed hitting outfield for the Yankee
series. Giving the sun field to Rookie
George Case to patrol is running too
much of risk and Case is the only
other right-handed hitting fly chaser
on the club.
Simmons was in uniform today,
after sustaining his injury few min
utes before yesterdays game in Phila-
delphia, which was lost, to 6. The
Mats were heartened by the news that
Simmons had no fracture, but while
his finger was attended by physician
few days. Thus, with Goslin playing
left. Melo Almada in center and john
ny Stone in right, Harris will have the
one thing he has been trying to steer
clear of-three southpaw swingers in
the outfield at one time.
Goslin Due Trial, Anyway.
Simmons, ready to quit the practice
field for the clubhouse, took a final
fungo from Pete Appleton's bat. 1t
was low line drive which struck AIS
fy1nuo ND hNlIrIaI
raced to the clubhouse and was sent
to be X-rayed. The pictures failed to
reveal fracture.
The use of Goslin for the Yankee
series starting today in Griffith Sta
dium probably only moved up the time
before the 37-year-old Gander got his
chance to break into the lineup The
Salem squire has been knocking at
the door ever since he Joined the Mats
in Orlando but too many others came
ahead Of him.
Now Taft Wright and young Case
have been tested. For the moment,
Harris is not considering them Sc
riously. Simmons was to have been
given his chance to win job regu-
larly, but now that trial must be post
poned.
Werber's Steal Beats Mats.
Not only did the Griffs lose Sim
mons but they also lost a ball game
IN the ninth inning when Bill Werber
stole home against all rules of the
game. With the score tied at 6-6,
three on base, one out and the SEN
sational Dario Lodigiani at bat, Wer-
Der got break on Relief Pitcher Bill
Phebus.
Accounts vary on what happened
| next. From the press box it looked
as If Werber would have been safe
even If Catcher Rick Ferrell had not
dropped the ball. The Mats claimed
that If Ferrell had caught the pitch
cleanly he could have tagged out Wer-
ber. A few contended that Rick even
had time to pick up the ball and get
him.
Anyway, that was the ball game. If
anybody is interested in how the bases
happened to be loaded, Joe Krakaus-
kas walked out to pitch that ninth
after Joe Kohlman had been replaced
by a pinch hitter. Krakky promptly
walked Werber on four straight balls.
After throwing two more balls to Haas
he was yanked and then Phebus
came into the picture. Haas sacri-
feed and then Phebus walked johnson
and Hasson, filling the bases.
Kohlman Does Fine Job.
The only silver lining was provided
by young Mr.. Kohlman, who broke
into ball game for the first time this
year as relief pitcher behind Monte
Weaver. The ex-professor was doing
all right until the Mats half of the
fourth inning. Then the Griffs staged
four-run uprising against Buck Ross
and it involved Weaver's hitting a
freak triple and racing all the way
around the plate when Finney put on
juggling act in center.
That romp took plenty from Weaver
Before he could retire the AS in their
half of the inning they also had scored
four runs and tied the count, SIS.
Kohlman, the little Eastern Sho'
League curve-baller, relieved Monte
with the bases loaded and he got
Johnson to end the inning. In the
next four frames he gave up only one
hit, double that scored run.
Kohlman showed Harris enough to
justify his retention by the Mats. He
had good curve bail and nne poiss.