Evening star., 1941-08-04
Third Sacker Erratic,
Mentally 0HCo|or
And Weak al Bat
Whole Team Mediocre
As Lyons Of Chisox
HurIs 90 Come
By BURTON HAWKINS.

BY BURTON HAWKINS.
With one horrible game as a
gauge Washington fans are con-
vinced that Morris Aderholt has a
long way to 60 to become a pol
ished major league third baseman.
He appeared also to be afflicted with
that baseball malady so common in
this sector-inability to think.
1t was difficult to determine if
Aderholt was disturbing the Mats
or if the Mats were disturbing
Aderholt yesterday as he made
his debut with Mr.. Grifhth's 1941
edition. He was having wretched
afternoon of it, but he had the con-
ISOLATION of considerable company
as the Mats dropped back into the
basement.
Aderholt may have been un-
raveling one of those annoying aft
ernoons experienced on occasions
even by recognized stars. 1t would
be unfair to catalogue his quality
off his performance in that lone
engagement, but by the same token
he wasn't resembling a player
equipped to oust the light-hitting
George Archie from third base.
Jimmy Dykes, who is paid to
make the White Sox as presentable
as possible, tested Aderholt on the
first play of the game, ultimately
won by Chicago, 90. Don Holloway
was instructed to bunt down the
thlrd-base line. much to Ader-
holt's chagrin, and Holloway almost
Immediately was perched on first
as the result of Morris muff.
Rookie Fans Twice.
In the seventh inning! with Myril
Hoag on first base, Kennedy beat
out a bunt down the third-base
line and when Aderholt left third
base as uncovered as Ann Corios
rlidriff Hoag scooted to third. 1t
was very embarrassing.
Aderholt was no sensation with
batin his hands, either, for after
lining to Center Fielder Mike Kree-
Will oll 1l4S III OF u ~ W lIIc
he struck out in his only other two
appearances. He was one of the
more irritated Mats who were COL
lecting only six hits off the veteran
Ted Lyons.
There we're times when it seemed
Aderholt had learned his baseball
under Harpo Marx. When Mike
fresh raped scratohy double off
his glove in the second inning
Aderholt started to pursue the ball
down the left-field foul line. He
stopped, started again and finally
allowed Left-fielder George Case to
handle the ball, which may have
been a fine idea.
1t could be Aderholt was having
the only rough afternoon he'd ex-
perienced in a season and if that's
the case it's unfortunate it popped
up at so inconvenient moment.
He may make the grade. but off
what he displayed yesterday some
1000 customers will be forced to
suspend judgment.
The other Mats know how Ader-
holt was feeling, for they weren't
distinguishing themselves. Typical
of what the patrons were suffering
was Chicago's eighth inning, when
1t mustered two runs without bene-
fit of a hit.
Sundra, Zuber Pounded.
Bill zuber, who had replaced
Steve Sundra in the fifth, after the
White Sox had snatched a 40 lead
walked Kreevich to open the in
ming, but retired Taft Wright on a
fly to Doc Cramer. Kreevich stole
second. though, and Luke Appling
walked.
Kreevich and Appling then nego-
tiated a double steal and Kreevich
scored and Appling took third after
Hoag flied to- Buddy Lewis. Applng
scored with Chicago's ninth run on
a passed ball.
Normally an anemic hitting club,
Chicago collected 18 hits off Sundra
and Zuber Four hits in the fifth
inning fashioned two runs and four
more safeties in the seventh con-
structed three runs.
Meanwhile Lyons was having an
easy time of it. After the first in
ming, when the Mats made two hits,
Lyons yielded only two safeties in
the next seven innings, at one point
retiring IL Mats in order. He famed
five and issued no walks in register
ing his 10th win of the year.
The league-leading Yankees In
vaded for a two-game series today.
On Wednesday night the Mats will
play their sixth local night game
at Griffith Stadium, facing the Ath-