Evening star., 1939-05-21
Two Triples, Single
By Taft Drive in
Three 1a|Iies
Dutch Yields Only Nine
Sofeties; Tribes Ace
Lifted After Sixth
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

P"1A va POl ClS StlllleII1p1l VINO
relished the opportunity to shed
few pounds, relieved Cleveland
OF ball game in the process of
reducing yesterday at Griffith
Stadium. The weather. Pitcher
Dutch Leonard and Taft Wright
were hot and that was a happv
combination to some 10000 shirt
SleeVed citizens of the Capital who
witnessed the Mats register a 6-3
victory.
Mr. Robert Feller, whose speed
will do until they start firing base
balis at batterS from a cannon.
was no particular mystery to the
Mats, who removed him from the
premises after six innings. but
the butterfly ball of Leonard was
fiutterlng nicely. He yielded but
nlhe hits and that, coupled with
timely sWatting by Wright. was
the story of the game.
Iubby Taft developed a deem
love Tor the sizzling fast ones of
Feller, first pumping the Mats into
10 lead by blasting a triple in
the first inning. then tying the
score with a crisp single to right
IN the sixth. In the seventh he
rammed another triple, this time
on Relief Pitcher Joe Dobson. to
present the Nationals insurance on
another lead they meanwhile had
manufactured.
Wright Starts Mats to Win.
Leonard, making his first start
IN two weeks after recuperating
from a siege of grippe. mixed verv
healthy fast ball with his famed
fioater and completely baf1ed the
Indians for five innings, over which
stretch the Mats weren't taking
too many liberties with Feller. 1t
was, incidentally, Feller's second
loss and Leonards third win of
the season.
1t was launched as a pitching
duel between the same hurlers who
Travelled l3 innings here last year
before Leonard won. but the game
ended with the batting of Wright
standing out like a boo in Berlin
for Hitler. When the Round Man
had ceased swinging he had drilled
himself into the league in the
matter of batting in runs.
All the power in his squat frame
exploded against one of Fellers
specialtles in the first inning, with
the ball looming to the right field
corner for triple to score Jimmy
Wasdell. who had beaten out a slow
roller to Shortstop Oscar Grimes
with two out. Wright perished there.
though. for Buddy Myer. who was
trapped off first. leaving Wright no
alternative but to break for the
plate. He did, but was run down
for the third out.
Tribe Spurts to Lead.
From that point until the sixth
Leonard and Feller were locked in a
neat pitching battle, Dutch allowing
only Hal Trosky to get past second
and Bob prohibiting traffic past first.
The Indians made desperate bid
to tie the score in the fourth, when
the towering Trosky tripled to open
the inning. That problem was solved
to Washington satisfaction, how
ever, when one of Leonards pitches
escaped Catcher Angelo Giuliani,
Angelo Streaked after the ball and
whipped it to Dutch, covering the
plate, and Trosky was outsky.
But IN the sixth Cleveland spurted
to a 2-l lead. frankie Pytlak, who
replaced Catcher Rollie Hemsley,
previously struck on the left knee
by a foul tip off Leonard's bat.
grounded out to start the inning,
but the peSky Trosky and julius
Solters singled in succession to place
Dutch in a predicament.
Ben Chapman rifled single to
left, scoring Trosky and when Left
Fielder Bobby Estalella allowed the
ball to trickle between his legs. Sol
ters also scored and Chapman made
second. Leonard then forced Ken
Keltner to foul to Estalella and
famed Grimes to avoid further
trouble.
Feller Beaten in Sixth.
The way Feller had been moving
NoNAA viz 4Nolo LlldI uIl
large, but at that stage Feller fall
tered. Buddy Lewis led off the
home sixth with a walk, raced to
second on passed ball and to third
on WaSdell's sacrifice.
The chips were down again as
Wright waddled to the plate. His
contribution was a slaShing single
to right, scoring Lewis. Myer walked
and Cecil Travis responded with a
sharp single through the box, scor-
ing Wright and advancing Myer to
third. Myer Tailed when Grimes
booted Estalella's grounder and the
Mats were out in front, 4-2.
They increased that to 60 in the
seventh, largely by the hitting of
Wright. Case singled to left, romped
to second on Lewis sacrifice and