Evening star., 1939-08-13
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In Fifth Round
Routs Mats
Boston Bond Goes on
To Top-Heovy Win
In Late SpIurge
By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
BOSTON, Aug. 12.-The Nationals
made mistake here today and it
cost them a ball game to the Bos-
ton Red Sox, 9 to 5. They made the
mistake of leaving Griffith Stadium,
where they had won nine out of 10
games and given the lie to their
sixth-place standing in the Ameri-
can League.
The Mats put their best foot for
ward and undoubtedly had the best
of intentions. Joseph Victor Law
renee Krakauskas. the untamed
Lithuanian who had won three
straight, six out of his last seven
and eight of his last II games, was
sent to the box. For four innings
Joe couldn't see the difference be-
tween pitching in Washington and
hurling in Boston.
Then the roof fell on Joe. The
SoX cruelty pounched on our Mr..
krakauskaS, scored five fat runs,
and took lead they never lost to
register their sixth consecutive vic
tory and remain six games behind
the league-leading Yankees, who, of
course, won from the Athletics.
MastersOn Well Punished
1t was passable sort of con-
test until the last two innings, when
the Mats passively permitted the
enemy to place the game beyond
reasonable reach at the expense of
young Walter Masterson, who
shared with Krakky the 16-hit bonn
bardment Of the Fenway sluggers
In their half of the seventh they
were trailing only by 5-6 and had
Emerson Dickman hanging on the
ropes with a couple of runners on
the bases and two out. Unfortu-
nately it was Mastersons turn to
bat and, mores the pity, Walter
walked up, took two futile sWipes,
looked at another strike, and that
was that.
Bobby Doerr was the gent who
got in the Mats hair, starting in
the second inning, and stayed in
there to the bitter end, which he
took care of when he made two
sensational plays in the ninth to
choke what hopes the Washingtons
still held.
Bobby led off the second round
with double and scored when Rog
Cramer took liking to such often
slve measures and singled him
across. That gave Eldea Auker.
first of three unspectacular Boston
pitchers, a l-to-0 lead which lasted
until the fourth.
Krakky Cracks in Fifth.
At this point Rookie Jimmy Blood
worth stepped into the picture and
threatened to make an all-second
baseman duel out of the game. With
two out and Taft Wright resting
mournfully on second base, Blood
worth continued his terrific batting
pace with a home run and. presto,
krakauskas had a 2-to-1 lead.
The Mats chased Auker in the
fifth. but couldn't score against
Woodrow Rich. Auker's successor.
Then the Red Sox chased Krakky
in their half of the same inning.
but with variations They scored
five times and built up a 6-to-2
lead.
Prof Morris Berg, an ex-employe
OF the Mats, started the trouble with
a single, and Rich sacrificed. Where
upon Doerr and Cramer doubled in
succession and Jimmy Foxx and Ted
Williams walked in succession. With
two runs across and the bases
loaded, Manager Joe Cronin singled
and it was So.
Dickman Stops Mats.
Krakky began to act like a pinboy
in bowling plant. AS fast as the
Red Sox knocked EN- down he set
'em up again. After Cronins hit he
walked Joe Vosmik. again filling the
bases, and after Tabor had famed
he also walked Berg, forcing across
another run and, of course, making
1t 60.
sMasterson came out to retire the
side, and the Griffs bounced back
in the sixth to chase Rich and make
a game out of it when Jim Vernon.
walked, Rick Ferrell singled, Buddy
Lewis doubled and Sam West
singled. This is where Dickman
entered the picture
With the score 6-5 against them
the Mats made another gesture in
the seventh when Bloodworth and
Ferrell singled, but, as mentioned
before, Masterson was no help. He
whitfield. and that proved to be the
last chance.
The rest of the game wasn't i'm
portant. Doubles by Williams and
Vosmik and single by Tabor in the
seventh made it 8-5, and in the
ninth another two-bagger by Will