Evening star., 1939-05-28
Vosmik' Homer
In 9Th Decides
Second Fray
Three 4-Buse Blows
In Sd Stop Krokky;
Grove Wins First
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.

0ldT Stdu SOTTeSpOuQeHt.
BOSTON, May 27.-A trio of
Washington throWers suffered vio-
lent spasm of mediocrity here today
as Boston's blasters connected for
six home runs to deal the Nationals
twin doses of misery in sweeping
double-header, liza and 7-6.
The rampaging Red SoX, who
collected II eXtra-baSe blows during
the afternoon, had trouble in the
second game after mangling a wild,
ineffective Jimmy De Shong in the
first engagement.
They ran into difficulty despite
three homers which produced five
runs in the third inning off
Joe Krakauskas because the Mats
bounced back to grasp a 6-5 lead.
The Sox tied it up in the seventh
and that set the stage for fiction
finish.
Joe Vosmik, who had pumped a
home run over the left-field fence
in the eighth inning of the first
game, led off the ninth and
whammed into one of Pete Apple
tons less puzzling pitches. The ball
scared high over the center-field
fence and some $4,000 customers
rushed for the exits.
Krakky Solidly Thumped.
KrakauskaS, still searching for an
elusive second triumph of the sea-
son, escaped unharmed in the first
two innings of that second game.
but Boston teed off in the third
to crack Krakky frequently and
with authority.
The Mats had snatched a 20
lead in the first round, but the
Red Sox neatly erased that in the
third. With one down, Bobby Doerr
smashed a homer over the left
field fence. Doc Cramer singled and
vosmlk walked. Both advanced on
Jimmy Foxxs infield out.
Rookie Ted Williams then fired
tremendous 430-foot homer into
the center field bleachers to bare
the bases. Manager Joe Cronin
followed that with mighty clout
over the left field wall, but Jim
Tabor tapered off with a double
and Gene Desautels famed.
That, it developed, was all Mana
ger Bucky Harris desired to view
OF Mr.. Krakauskas, so Appleton
was sent to the mound starting
the fourth, and he provided fairly
respectable chunk of curving, at
least in contrast to what had pre-
ceded.
Mats Cut Down Lead.
Washington whitfield Boston's
margin to So in the sixth and pro-
duced three runs in the seventh
to take a 6-5 lead. Jake Early
drilled double to center to launch
the inning and Appleton walked.
George Case beat out a bunt to
fill the bases and Early scored
and Appleton advanced to third
after Buddy Lewis flied deep to
Williams.
Cecil Travis grounded to Foxx,
who whipped the ball to Desautels
to trap Appleton between third and
home, but Chunky Taft Wright
slammed a triple to deep center
field. scoring Case and Travis.
Williams, who is rapidly becoming
as much of hero as Paul Revere
in this sector, whacked a double
and triple in addition to his homer,
the double coming in the seventh
inning to score Vosmik and deadlock
the game.
The Mats had shelled Elden Auker
from the mound in the seventh, but
Relief Pitcher Jack Wilson issued
only two singles in the last two
innings and that brought the game
around to Vosmik, who promptly
disposed of it in spectacular style.
Mats Never in First Game.
Washington never was in the first
game, for De Shong, making his
first start in three weeks and
probably his last in at least as many
more, and Lefty Grove, Tipping for
the Sox, saw to that.
Boston pounced on De Shong for
four runs in the first inning and
constructed an 80 lead before the
Mats gathered their first run in the
eighth inning.
Foxx slammed a homer in the
general direction of New Hamp-
shire in the third inning with none.
on and Vosmik added his in the
eighth when Grove was perched on
third and Cramer on first.
Harris allowed De Shong to re-
main out there and absorb the wrath
of the Red Sox, but Jimmy hardly
was aided by some rather miserable
fielding. Lewis and Catcher Rick
Ferrell both muffed foul flies, while
Ossie Bluege misjudged another by
some 20 feet.
The Mats pilot gave his batting
array a shake-up in the first game,
benching Wright, Wasdell and
Travis, and presented a right
handed batting order which failed
to disturb Groves assortment of
pitches until the eighth inning.
Grove Reached Too Late.
Charley Colbert and Bobby Es-
talella nicked Lefty for a double
and triple in succession and the
Mats reached him for three more
runs in a ninth-inning rally.
Bluege walked with one out and
scooted home on Rick Ferrell's
sizzling double down the left-field
line. Travis pinchhit for De Shong
and singled sharply to right, send
ing Ferrell to third and when Will
liams fumbled the ball, Ferrell
scored and Travis continued to
second.
Lewis sent Cecil across with