Evening star., 1939-05-07
Kelley |sHanded
Worst BEATING
Of 4 on Slab
Griffmen Blow 6-Run
Lead Early; Travis
WoIIops Homer
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staf CorrespondAnt.


CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 6-In a
catastrophe which made the great
Chicago fire resemble sputtering
candlelight by comparison, a gen.
erous portion of Washington's
throwing staff exploded in full view
of some 5000 citizens here today.
AS the result of having four alleged
pitchers mangled, the Nationals
dropped hectic 14-l2 decision to
the White Sox.
The mounting misery of the Ma
tionals, who suffered among other
things their third straight loss to
the Sizzling Sox, increased by great
gobs as the zany game progressed
in its faltering fashion.
During the course of the after
noon Washington contrived to blow
six-run lead, manufacture its
first home run of the season off the
productive bat of Cecil Travis,
which presented the Mats an lilo
lead, blast 10 hits off a quartet of
Chicago hurlers and commit brace
of costly errors.
WHY I1dHdXcTS w VHus
It was one of those baseball rar-
tiles which prep managers for in
sane asylums. Approximately every
thing that could happen. did, leav-
ing players and spectators limp
| after hours and 35 minutes of dia-
mond travesty.
Chicago spurted into a 20 lead
off Jimmy De Shong in the first in
ming, but the Mats bounced back to
construct an 80 lead going into
the last half of the fourth inning
But it seems Washington made a
mistake in trotting out on the field
for the final part of the fourth. The
White Sox, who now have cap
tured 10 of their last II games, then
Went to work on De Shong BY the
time Manager Bucky Harris ordered
Jimmy from the premises the Sox
had pulled to within two runs of the
Mats and they picked up where they
had left off on the curves of the
usually reliable Alexandra Carras-
quel.
Carrasquel Immediately proceeded
to pitch successive singles to Marvin
Owen and Joe Kuhel Then, to vary
the menu trifle, he tossed a double
to Gee Walker to tie the score and
Carrasquel was treading his way
toward the showers.
Fat Round for ChisOx.
Mr.. Harry Kelley, the portly right
handler, was Manager Harris next
selection but he. too. had caught the
fever of ineffectiveness in the bull
pen. He pitched Chicago into the
| lead
He did it by Tipping a single off
Luke Appling's bat after first having
advanced Walker to third through
the medium of an error while at
tempting to pick him off second.
Kelley's attempted pick collided
with Walkers head and the thick
skulled Chisox raced to third.
After Third Baseman Buddy Lewis
muffed Larry Rosenthal's dinky pop
fly back of the mound for a two-base
error, Kelley finally retired the Sox
and summary revealed they had
registered eight runs off seven hits
| and two errors to grasp 1913 lead.
That situation existed only briefly,
however. for Travis, who teamed
with Tubby Taft Wright to produce
eight of the Mats hits, and Jimmy
| Wasdell launched the fifth inning
with singles. Walker then Clipped
in with miserable muff of Catcher
Jake Early's floating fly ball and
Travis scored
Kelley Tosses Double Ball.
Kelley was ball of fire in the Sox
half of the fifth. He only pitched
double to Owen Spurred by such
dazzling display. the Mats went out
and obtained lead for him.
This occurred when Travis wham-
med a home run, the first in IA
Washington games. into the lower
tier of the right field stands. scoring
Buddy Myer, who had singled, ahead
of him. That made it lilo favor
the Mats, but Kelley promptly erased
that with brand of hammy hurting.
He uncorked his double ball in the
Sox sixth, pitching two-base hits to
Walker, Rosenthal and Mike Kree-
vich when he wasn't occupied In
throwing single to McNair. Kree-
vich's double was tainted. since it
fell between Travis and George
Case. both of whom simultaneously
shouted for the ball and then politely
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