Evening star., 1941-07-06
Mats in Cellar
After Red Sox
Blank Them
Team Plays Sond|ot
Boil, Losing'Fifth
Straight by so
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star stan Correapondent.


Star stan Correspondent. 800.
BOSTON, Mass. July 5.-Your
Washington ball club lost a to 0 |
decision to the Boston Red Sox and
4 large portion of what remained Of
their self-respect today for the Mats
were a sorry outfit in dropping their
NTH straight game. which served as
a sliding board to the American
League cellar.
The Mats were expanding to II |
the games they have kicked away on
visits to Eastern cities this season
and since they have played only .
dozen engagements in Philadelphia,
New York and Boston 1t requires no
crystal ball to vision the futility of
their travels.
The rotund Dutch Leonard abb
sorbed his 10th defeat Of the year
as the Mats failed to fathom the
repertoire of Charley Wagner, who
limited Washington to seven hits.
The Mats power was noticeable only
in its absence, for all Of those seven
safeties were singles.
Washington's defense crumbled
too. for the Mats contributed four
errors and otherwise conducted
themselves as fugitives from the
South Ellipse. They handed the Red
Sox two runs in the second inning
and when Outfielders Roger Cramer
and Buddy Lewis chatted awhile
under Lou Finney's fly in the fifth
the ball fell safely for a double and
touched OF two more Boston runs.
Red Sox Earn = Run.
Boston produced an untainted run
In the first inning when Dominic Di
Maggie dribbled q single to left and
moved to second as towering Ted
Williams walked with one out.
Leonard forced Joe Cronin to pop
out, but Jimmy Foxx belted another
single to left, scoring the bespec-
tacled Di Maggie. Bobby Doerr
opened the second inning with q
single to left. but Frankie Pytlak
fouled out. Wagner was instructed
to sacrifice and it developed as q
neat order, for Leonard scooped up
his bunt and threw to first base,
only to be embarrassed considerably
when he discovered Second Baseman
Jimmy Bloodworth had failed to
cover first.
Leonard was charged with the
error on that play. but Bloodworth
soon manufactured a miscue OF his
own. He raced to the field boxes to
retrieve the ball, then threw wildly
into left field attempting to catch
Wagner at second Meanwhile
Doerr, who had taken third on
Leonard's error. scored on Blood
worth's boner. Wagner was perched
on third after the Mats had COM
pleted their throwing exercises and
he scored as Shortstop Cecil Travis
whipped out Di Maggie.
Lewis Heroics Costly.
That 30 situation existed until
the nth inning, when Finney hoist
ed a deep fly to right center. Cra-
mer could have consumed an eight
course dinner and then made the
catch, but Lewis insisted ON being
heroic about 1t. Cramer side-stepped
politely and Lewis was chagrined
to find he wasn't near the ball,
which dropped between them for .
double.
The lanky Williams parked q
Leonard pitch into foul territory,
then ratified the left-fleld fence
with another double to score Fin
ney.
Lamar NewSome, who replaced
Cronin at shortstop when Joe re-
ceiyed word from a local hospital
that Mrs. Cronin was about to pre-
sent him with another child. flied to
Lewis, but Foxx laced a double to
right, scoring Williams. Foxx was
stranded as Jim Tabor and Doerr
popped out.
Arnold Anderson took over the
Mats pitching in the sixth and
made fine job Of 1t, allowing the
Red Sox only one hit in the three
innings he toiled
Meanwhile the Mats were making
threatening gestures. They loaded
the bases in the second inning
Travis singled to right and after
Mickey Vernon flied deep to Finney,
Jake Early beat out a slow roller
to Doerr George Case flied to Di
Maggie, but Bloodworth walked to
fill the bases. 1t was an empty
threat, though, for Leonard famed.
Fruitlessly Fill Bases.
Tho Mats also S1lcceeded in ALL
ing the bases in the third inning.
But that was as far as the success
went. George Archie bounced a
single off the short left-field fence
to launch the inning, but was forced
by Cramer. Lewis popped to New
some, but Wagner walked Travis
and Vernon before disposihg of
Early on a soft fly to Williams.
Thereafter the Mats failed to. ad-
vance a man to third base In the
sixth inning Early thumped a sin
gle of the left-field fence with one
out, but Case forced him. Blood
worth singled through the box, but
Pinch Hitter Buddy Myer examined
q third strike.
That's about all there was to 1t.
Except for the fact Cliff Bolton
made his seventh appearance as a
Washington pinch hitter in the
ninth and preserved his 900 batting
average when Finney took his long