Evening star., 1939-04-30
Joe0ut2Weeks
With Torn Lea
Muscles
Washington Southpow
Tight in Clutches
Beating Gomez
BY BURTON HAWKINS,


NEW YORK, N. Y, April %
With studied disrespect for the COM
pany they we're keeping. the Ma
tionals dealt a double dose of misery
to the World Champion New York
Yankees here today. The Yankees
suffered the loss of 81 decision
and an injury to Center Fielder Joe
Di Maggie, which will incapacitate
the highly regarded Yankee player
for at least 10 days.
The Italian outfielder, who was
feared to have received a fracture
of the fibula bone of the right leg
upon preliminary examination, later
was disclosed to have sustained a
painful, but not serious injury, which
will shelve him, it was said by DR..
Robert Walsh, Yankee physician,
for about two weeks.
Di Maggie was taken to st. Eliza
beth's Hospital, where X-rays re-
vealed he had torn the muscles on
both sides of the leg away from the
bone. He will remain here when
the Yankees leave for the West to-
morrow night.
The graceful, smooth outfielder,
regarded by many competent critics
as the backbone of the New York
club, suffered the injury while field
ing a looper off the bat of Bobby
Estalella opening the third inning.
Spikes Catch in Turf.
Joe's spikes caught in the turf
as he raced in to field the ball and
he fell heavily. The hit, which ordi-
narily would have been a single,
went for a triple when it bounced
over Di Maggios head as he fell.
Di Maggie writhed and players
of both teams rushed to his aid.
After several moments ne limped
from the field with the assistance
Of Dr. Walsh. Charley Keller, for
mer University of Maryland out
| fielder, went to left field, Manager
Joe Mccarthy shifting Jake Powell
from left to center.
BY that time, however, 1t devel-
oped the game had been won, for
Washington had pounced on Lefty
Gomez in the first inning to register
all its runs, and loose -limbed Ken
dali Chase hurled effective nine-hit
ball, tanning seven, to stife the
Yankee power.
George Case launched the Mats
offensive with crisp single to CEN
ter and Charley Colbert pumped a
single into the same territory, Case
stopping at second.
Estalella watched a third strike
sail by, but Taft Wright blasted a
double to left, scoring Case and Gel
bert Buddy Myer also saw a third
strike whiz by, but Wright scored
when Shortstop Frankie Crosetti
fumbled Cecil Travis grounder.
Di Mag Gets Yankee Run.
The Yankees bounced back in the
second to score their run when Di
Maggie rifled a single to center,
moved to second as Lou Gehrig
walked and across the plate when
Rookie Joe Gallagher smashed a
single to center.
Estalella's freak triple, his first
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he attempted to score as Wright
grounded to Joe Gordon, who
whipped the ball to Catcher Bill
Dickey to nip the stocky Cuban at
the plate. Myer beat out a slow
roller down the first-base line and
Travis was hit by pitched ball to
fill the bases, but Ossie Bluege
drilled into double play, Red Rolfe
to Gordon to Gehrig, to squelch
that scoring gesture.
1t was Estalella who avoided fur
ther trouble for Chase in the second
inning, racing to the stands in left
field for Gordon's deep drive. Di
Maggio had scored and Gehrig was
perched on second base and Gal
lagher on first when Esty made his
spectacular catch and Chase then
famed Gomez to retire the side.
Estalella bumped the stands rather
heavily but was not injured.
From that point the game became
a pitching duel. with Gomez and
Johnny Murphy. who pitched the
ninth inning, limiting the Mats to
three scattered singles in the last
six innings.
Chase, in trouble more frequently
than Gomez, had his curve uncoil-
ing sharply, however, and worked
out of each predicament nicely.
Yanks Load Bases.
The Yankees loaded the bases in
the fourth, after Chase had famed
Keller to launch the inning. Gehrig
singled to center and Dickey ad-
vanced him to second with a single
to left, but chase then famed GAL
lagher, walked Gordon and again
struck, out Gomez.
That sort of business continued
until the ninth, when Right Fielder
Wright placed Chase in a bad spot.
Wright camped under Crosetti's easy
fly but fell as he was about to make
the catch and the ball escaped for
a double.
Chase, though, was a hot article.
He forced Rolfe to lift a lazy foul
to Colbert, allowed Crosetti to move
to third as he tossed out Powell and
Travis ended the game by whipping
out Keller.
Chase was vastly improved
pitcher over his previous effort
against the Yankees, when he lasted
less than four innings. The slim
southpaw, who usually relies on his
fast ball, was most effective with his
corkscrew curves.
The victory hoisted the Mats up to
500 percentage for the first time
this season and also lifted them