Evening star., 1941-07-13
MATS End LOSING
Streak, Nipping
White Sox, s.
Leonard Spreads Nine
Hits in Protecting
Third-Innine Lead
BY BURTON HAWKINS,


CHICAGO, July IL. - Washing
tons nine-game losing streak ex-
pired in windy Comiskey Park here
today as the amply cushioned Dutch
Leonard scattered nine hits to deal
the Chicago White Sox a So trim
ming.
Marking the Mats first victory
since they deserted the Capital after
absorbing two thumpings by the
Yankees on June 90, the game pre-
sented the rare spectacle of the
Washington club squirting into COM
mand and clinging to It's edge.
Against Lean Buck Ross. the
former Athletics chattel. the Ma
tionals constructed three runs in
the third inning George Case
walked to open the inning. promptly
stole second. and soon was perched
on third as Doc Cramer smashed
single off Third Baseman Bob Ken
nedy's glove.
Buddy Lewis blasted a soaring
double to right, scoring Case. Cecil
Travis drilled a single to center.
scoring his mates. With that clout
Travis extended his consecutive
game hitting string to 81.
Both Sides Dent Plate.
Kennedy launched the White SoX
portion of the third with a single TO
left and through the medium of a
walk to George Dickey and Ross
sacrifice shortly was converslng with
the Mats third baseman. George
Archie. Kennedy displayed studied
contempt for the throwing arm of
Outfielder Lewis. scoring after
Buddy shared Billy Knickerbockers
fy in short right field. His estl-
mate of Lewis arm proved correct,
as Buddy threw IS feet wide OF the
plate.
Back bounced the Mats to manu-
facture another run in the fourth
when Jake Early doubled down the
left field line and scored on Jimmy
Bloodworths single TO right, but
Chicago Immediately produced two
runs in its half of the inning, with
considerable aid from Cramer.
Luke Appling and tubby Taft
Wright whacked Leonard for sue
cessive singles, and when Cramer
fumbled Wright's bounder the
White Sox had runners on third
and second. Moose Solters' lengthy
fly to Cramer moved Appling across
the plate and Wright to third, and
Wright scored as Travis whipped
out Kennedy.
Young Mr.. Kennedy proceeded to
boot the Mats into 5-3 lead in
the eighth when his throw to f1rst
pulled Joe Kuhel off the bag and
allowed Mickey Vernon TO reach
base. Archie tapped bunt to Ross,
who wheeled and threw to second
too late to nip Vernon, who shifted
to third after Early fouled to
Wright. Bloodvorth famed, but
Kennedy fumbled Leonard's timid
grounder. allowing Vernon to score.
/ Meanwhile the White Sox were
making gestures of creating trouble
| for Leonard. In the fifth Knlcker-
booker and Kuhel singled success
sively with one out, but when
Knickerbocker attempted to take
I third on Kuhel's smash to right the
previously insulted and embarrassed
Lewis unleaShed a fine throw TO
Archie. nipping Knickerbocker.
Mike Kreevich then forced Kuhel.
Wright plunked a double to left
with one out in the sixth and moved
to third as Solters grounded out,
but was stranded as Travis threw
out Kennedy.
| ChisOx Threaten to Finish.
Chicagois next threat material
| lied in the eighth when Cramer.
who was having a miserable day
of 1t, missed a shoestring catch of
Wrights liner. The ball bounded
off Cramer's foot into right field
for a triple. There were two out
at the time, however, and Case
averted a White Sox run when he
raced in for Solters' liner.
The Mats were no confident crew
when Kennedy led off the ninth
with a sharp single to center, for
Leonard apparently pulled muscle
in his side in pitching to the White
Sox third baseman. After several
test pitches. though, Dutch re-
manned in the game to fan Dickey,
retire Pinch-Hitter Ben Chapman
on a fly to Case and dispose of
Knickerbocker on a toss to Vernon.
Dickey was in there, incidentally,
because catcher Nike fresh wasn't
delighted with the decisions OF Plate
Umpire George Pipgras. fresh re-
peatedly protested Pipgras iudg-
ment of balls and strikes m the
first inning and when he became
too vehement on a called ball on
Travis, Pipgras ordered Mr.. fresh
to remove himself from the prem