Evening star., 1941-09-11
.CIeveIand's Rally
In Ninth 0vercomes
Nationals, 3 10 5
Five Griff Errors Figure
Prominently in Opening
Come of DoubIe-Heoder
By BURTON HAWKINS.


the Nationals in the first game of
their doubleheader here this after
noon.
The score was to 5.
FIRST INNING.
CLEVELAND-Boudreau was safe
when Lewis fumbled his grounder.
Weatherly forced Boudreau at sec
ond, Bloodworth to Travis. Edwards
forced Weatherly, Bloodworth to
Travis. Heath beat out slow roller
to Bloodworth. Edwards stopping at
second. Keltner popped to Travis.
WASHINGTON-Keltner threw
out Case. Cramer singled to center.
Lewis singled OF Grimes glove,
sending Cramer to third. Travis
popped to Boudreau. Cramer scored
and Lewis went all the way to third
on wild pitch. Vernon popped to
Keltner. One run.
SECOND INNING.
CLEVELAND-Grimes took a
third strike. Mack popped to Yer
non. Desautels flied to Case. No
runs.
WASHINGTON-Oritz flied to
Heath. Bloodworth singled to CEN
ter. Early walked. Leonard famed.
Keltner threw out Case. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
CLEVELAND-Smith singled to
right. Boudreau hit into a double
play, Travis to Bloodworth to Ver-
non. Weatherly doubled OF the right
field fence. and when Ortiz dropped
the ball while attempting to pick it
up. Weatherly continued to third
on the error. Edwards fouled to
Early. No runs.
WASHINGTON-Cramer beat out
q home run to the centerfield cor
ner, his second of the season. Lewis
famed. Travis walked. Vernon sin
gled to right, sending Travis to
third. Travis scored as Ortiz forced
Vernon at second, Keltner to Mack.
Keltner scooped up Bloodworth's
slow roller and threw him out. Two
runs.
FOURTH INNING.
CLEVELAND-Heath fouled to
Lewis. Travis threw out Keltner.
Lewis threw out Grimes. No runs.
WASHINGTON-Early popped to
Mack. Leonard famed. Case
fculed to Grimes. Nc runs.
FIFTH INNING.
CLEVELAND-Mack took q third
strike. De Sautels singled to right
and continued to second on Ortiz's
tumble. Smith walked. So did
Boudreau. filling the bases. Wealth
erly singled to right, scoring De
Sautels and Smith and sending
Boudreau to third. Edwards beat
out slow roller to Travis, Boudreau
scoring and Weatherly stopping at
second Heath flied to Cramer,
Weatherly taking third after the
catch. Keltner flied to Case. Three
runs.
WASHINGTON-Mack threw out
Cramer. Lewis fouled to Keltner.
Travis was safe when Boudreau
fumbled his grounder. Vernon sin
gled to right, sending Travis to
third Ortiz forced Vernon at sec
only, Boudreau to Mack. No runs.
SIXTH INNING.
CLEVELAND-Grimes fouled to
Vernon, Mack singled to left. Lewis
threw wild over Vernon's head after
fielding Desautels' grounder. Mack
going to third and Desautels to
second on the error Smith fouled
to case, the runners holding their
bases. Boudreau lined a single of
Bloodworth's glove, scoring Mack
and Desautels. Weatherly looped
q single to left for his third straight
hit, sending Boudreau to third. Ed
wards flied to Cramer. Two runs.
WASHINGTON-Bloodworth lined
to Boudreau Early singled to right.
Welaj batted for Leonard and sim
gled to center, Early stopping at
second. Case doubled down the left
field line, scoring Early, Welaj STOP
ping at third. Cramer was pur-
posely passed. filling the bases.
Welaj scored and Case took third as
Lewis forced Cramer at second.
Keltner to Mack. Travis flied deep
to Weatheriy Two runs.
SEVENTH INNING.
CLEVELAND - Carrasquel now
pitching for Washington. Blood
worth threw out Heath. Keltner
flied to Case. Grimes walked. Mack
popped to Vernon. No runs.
Observation-Disclosures was out,
Grimes to Smith who covered first.
Ortiz flied to Weatherly. Keltner
threw out Bloodworth. No runs.
EIGHTH INNING.
CLEVELAND-CarraSqueI tossed
out Desautels, Smith flied to Case.
Boudreau famed. No runs.
WASHINGTON-Early AIMED
Carrasquel also famed. Case sin
gled to left. Case was picked of
first, Smith to Grimes to Boudreau.
NINTH INNING.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doubled
to center for his fourth straight hit.
Edwards looped a single to left,
Weatherly stopping at third. Heath
flied to Case in short left field,
Weatherly holding third. Keltner
doubled over Cases head, scoring
Weatherly, Edwards stopping at
third. Grimes was purposely passed,
filling the bases. Mack flied deep to
Case, but Edwards, who apparently
thought the ball would not be
caught, was forced to return to
third base and the bases remained
filled. Lewis scooped up Desautels'
grounder but threw wild into right
field attempting to force Grimes at
second, Edwards and Keltner scor-
ing, Grimes going to third, and De-
sautels to second. Smith popped to
Bioodworth. Three runs.
Observation-Disclosures threw out
Cramer. Lewis went out the same