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for tomorrow, the 2s-year-old De
Shong and Chase did some Of the
throwing and the results were disas-
trous.
Prosperity Short-Lived.
Making his first start In weeks, De
Shong pitched a scoreless first inning
and then found he couldn't stand such
prosperity. In the second inning the
Sox pinned his ears back and after the
third inning the Mats No / jitterbug
mercifully was lifted for a pinch
hitter. Nor was Chase an improve
ment. Ken was both wild and ineffec-
tive and Elon Hogsett finally walked
to the box. Elon probably will lose his
card in the Pitchers Union, 1879,
Washington, d. c.. chapter. The chief
pitched the unheard-of total of two
scoreless innings.
The Mats started as they did yester-
day. In the first inning they jumped
on Archie McKain for q 20 lead,
which was attributable almost directly
to Mr.. Bonura. whose double with two
men on base drove over both runs.
De Shong, as we said before, got
by the first inning all right He was
In practically no trouble at all, having
walked only two batters. But In the
second round the Sox went to work
on Jitterbug Jim. Leo Nonnenkamp
opened with single and Bobby Doerr
walked. After Gene Desautels sacri-
feed. McKain went out on an infield
roller and Nonnenkamp scored Then,
while Rog Cramer was at bat, De
Shong flung wild pitch and Doerr
scored.
Cronin Hits Big Double.
With the bases thus cleared and two
out Jimmy blew up. Cramer singled
and so did Joe Vosmik. A walk to
Jimmy Foxx filled the bases and Joe
Cronin promptly emptied them with a
high double of the center-field fence,
Jimmy had no trouble with Pinky
Higgins. whom he walked, but on his
second crack at Nonnenkamp in the
same inning he did better. He re-
tired him to end the frame. Score:
Boston, 5; Washington, 2.
The Mats went to great lengths in
the third to make it So. They put
together a double by George Case
singles by Buddy Lewis, Bonura and
Ossie Bluege and a walk to Sam West
to score the staggering total of one
run. which the Sox matched in their
half OF the same inning on Doerrs
double. Desautels' second sacrifice and
Mckain's hit off De Shong's glove,
Score: Boston, s; Washington. 3.
BY this time Manager Bucky Harris
was beginning to think it wasn't De
Shons's day and he dispatched Chase
TO the box. Ken's first inning, the
fourth, resulted In two Boston runs
on Foxx's triple. Nonnenkamps sin
gle. a stolen base by Nonnenkamp. a
wild pitch. walk to Doerr and a
half-successful double-steal which
found Nonnenkamp scoring while the
Mats were busily engaged in running
down Doerr between first and second
bases. Score: Boston, 8; Washing
ton. 3.
Chase Is Chase.
The Sox made it 9-3 in the fifth
when Chase threw a single and. three
bases on balls. but the Griffs bounced
back In the sixth to chase McKain out
OF the box on singles by Buddy Myer
and Rick Terrell and a second two
Dagger by Case O'Neal Baker, just
up from Little Rock via Dallas. re-
lieved McKain and succeeded in re-
firing the side with no further scor-
ing. But two runs were across and
Boston now led by only to 5.
The Sox. viewing with alarm their
reduced lead, made 1t 10-5 in their
half Of the sixth on Nonnenkamp's
walk and Doerr's double. but the
Griffs again came back in the seventh
and gave the customers thrill
Leading off. Bonura slammed his
homer over the left-fleld fence Two
singles followed this clout. but a dou-
BILE play ruined the inning and saved
young Mr. Baker until the seventh,
when Hogsett's double and a two
Dagger by Simmons cut the score to
10 Hogsett's presence became felt
in the Boston sixth. The Chief re-
lieved Chase and was the guy who
gave up the Soxs 10th and last run
His two scoreless innings followed.
In the end the Sox were forced
to use Mr. Bill Harris. a gent who
confesses to SO years of age. Har-
ris retired the Mats in the eighth,
saving Baker. and in the ninth he
set them down in 1-2-3 order. There
was a suspicion the Sox were using
q ringer.