Evening star., 1940-07-17
Play Of Ferre||
And Myer Puts
Zip in Griffs
Club Captures Three
In Row From Tribe
As Vets SpIurqe.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.


The suddenly surprising Nationals
today owned an infantile but spiffy
3-game winning streak achieved at
the expense of the Cleveland In
dians and were bent upon stretch
ing it.
Figuring prominently in Washing
toms brief brilliancy have been
Catcher Rick Ferrell and Second
Baseman Buddy Myer, a brace of
baseball relics.
Shattering the shackles of senility
at least for a short span, Buddy and
Rick were major factors in Wash
ington's sweep of the 3-game series
with the Indians and Manager
Bucky Harris had occasion to regard
them in more glowing terms as the
Mats stacked up against Chicago in
the first of another 3-game series.
Washington has been wallowing
in the muck of the American
League sporadically this season and
its moments of misery have been
many, but against the White Sox
the Mats now hope to whittle the
512 game margin separating them
from fifth place. AS Myer and Fer
rell 60 so likely will the club.
Myer has been pictured as thor
oughly laundered player for several
seasons. but the guy doesn't believe
what he sees in the papers. En-
ployed sparingly last season, Buddy
batted over 300 and thus far in the
1910 campaign local fans are en-
Unused over his labor. He's hitting
a comfortable 1922 and lately his
blows have been timely.
Buddy Toughest in Tight Spot.
Nobody ever has accused Buddy
of lacking courage. His lengthy
baseball career is jammed with vivid
illustrations of how he delivers when
the going is hottest. Buddy thrives
when the chips are down and lately
he's been insulting the calendar
regularly. At 36 he still is a scrappy
specimen.
Ferrell, nearly IS, has passed
his most productive years as
player, but he still can sparkle on
occasions. Against the Indians he
was Washington's most prolific hit
ter. obtaining six hits in a dozen
trips to the plate and swatting
across seven runs.
Those splurges by Myer and Fer
rell have been a tremendous aid to
the Mats, who have lacked punch in
the lower end of their batting order
until recently. With them wallop-
ing consistently Washington's hope
of vaulting into fifth place In the
immediate future may not be far
fetched.
Dutch Leonard, spanked in his
last three starts, was to be en-
trusted with Washington's short
string of triumphs today, with Bill
Dietrich nominated to toll for Chi
cago. Leonard was to seek an
elusive 10th triumph.
Meanwhile the Mats are content
to review yesterdays hectic 11-8
win in which Washington, trailing,
2-7, produced seven runs in weird
sixth inning to grasp a 9-7 lead and
the decision.
Three Walks Hurt Indians.
Cleveland had hammered Joe
Krakauskas and Alexandra Carras-
quel for an overwhelming lead, but
when Joe Dobson, second of five In
dian pitchers, walked Buddy Lewis,
Gerald Walker and Zeke Bonura
to launch the sixth, Washington
suddenly sensed interesting develop
ments.
Dobson showed third strike past
Jimmy Bloodworth, but Myer
whacked single to right, scoring
Lewis and Walker and sending Dob
son to a soothing shower. Johnny
Allen replaced him and his first act
was to issue walk to Jimmy Pofahl,
again filling the bases.
Ferrell rammed a single of Ken
Keltner's glove, scoring Bonura and
leaving the bases crammed and
Pinch hitter Sammy West thumped
a single to right, scoring Myer and
Pofahl. George Case grounded to
Keltner, whose wild throw to Catch
er Rollie Hemsley allowed Ferrell to
score. West scored on Lewis in
field out.
Cleveland bounced back with
run in the seventh off Rene Mon
teagudo, but the Mats pounced on
Allen and Johnny Humphries for
two more runs in their portion of
the inning.
Walker started the inning by belt
ing his seventh home run of the
season into the left-field stands,
causing the frantic Manager Ossie
Witt to wave Humphries to the
mound and Allen out of the game.
Bonura greeted Humphries with a
terrific triple of the center-field
barrier and scored after Myer flied
out to Left Fielder Ben Chapman.
Monteagudo protected that lead