Evening star., 1941-08-16
Alex SIX Wins
All Registered
Over Leaders
Leonard Today Seeks
9th in Row and 14th
Victory of Season
By BURTON HAWKINS.

Alexandra CarrasquelS fascinating
behavior rapidly is branding him as
one of the more pleasant develop
mentS of Washington's compare
lively dreary year. The languid
Latin. the Mats most forlorn figure
in April, is unraveling some aston
ishing August pitching.
There is increasing excitement
over Carrasquers thus far perfect
record-he has pitched par for the
course with his six victories against
no defeats-because the big Vene-
zuelan right-hander hasn't stopped
to beating a second division club.
CarraSquel has been achieving his
triumphs the hard way. In his first
start of the season he whipped the
league leading Yankees and since
twice has spanked the power-packed
third place Boston Red Sox. In re-
lief roles he twice was credited with
wins over the second place Cleveland
Indians and his other victory was at
the expense of the fourth place
White SoX.
There is nothing spectacular about
Carrasquel's pitching unless it is his
continued effectiveness. He is one
of the leagues better fielding pitch
ers, but his fast ball isn't parti-
cularly zippy and he doesn't gather
strikeouts in great clusters.
Dutch After Eighth Straight.
If there is anything that perturbs
hn
strated it recently. He is calm, de-
iberate, most effective with run
ners on base, seemingly blending
ordinary pitches with battling mo-
ton and an ability to pitch to weak
nesSeS.
Carrasquels comeback Is one Of
the seasons startling stories. Early
this season he was regarded as one
of the worst of the Mats feeble crop
of relief pitchers, but he rapidly is
developing as a valuable chattel.
With Dutch Leonard, who was to
seek his eighth straight win against
the Red Sox today at Griffith Sta
dunn, he is serving TO keep the Mats
step ahead of the last place
Browns and within striking distance
of fifth place.
The Mats haven't been a bad club
the last month or so. They have per-
formed at a SIT clip in winning IS
Of their last 26 games and 1t has
been Leonard and Carrasquel who
have provided the spark.
CarraSQuel was away to a rocky
start yesterday in protested seven
inning game before some 1000 ladies'
day fans. yielding two runs in the
second inning on single by Bobby
Doerr, Johnny Peacock's double and
Earl Johnson's single. Joe Cronin's
homer with none on in the third pre-
sented Boston 80 lead, but that
vanished shortly.
George Archies double and AL
Evans single to left fetched the
Mats their first run in the fourth
inning and in the fifth the Mats
capitalized on Johnson's wildness
to fashion three more runs.
Walks Three in Row.
With one out Johnson walked
Roger Cramer, Buddy Lewis and
Cecil Travis successfully and Mickey
Vernon's single off Doerr's glove
scored Cramer and Lewis. Travis
scored as Archie forced Vernon.
George Cases double scored jim
my Bloodworth. who had singled,
in the sixth and Washington scored
its final run in the seventh when
Lewis tripled off the right field fence
and romped home after Vernon flied
to Ted Williams in left.
After Carrasquel walked Cronin
to open the eighth rain intervened
and the contest was called off some
As minutes later. The skies had
ceased weeping by that time, but
no canvas had been covering the
infleld. Umpire -in-chief George
Pipgras decided the footing was too
oozy. Manager Cronin lodged a pro-
test that the Washington manage
ment was negligent in failing to
cover the infield but there is faint
chance of the game being replayed.
CarraSquel, who allowed only two
hits in the final four innings,
yielded eight safeties, while the Mats
hammered johnson and Mike Ryba
for 10 hits.
Leonard, striving for his four
| teenth win, was to tangle with Lefty
Grove, attempting TO notch the
301st victory of his career. Sid
Hudson will face Heber Newsome on
the mound here tomorrow, with the
Mats entraining for 3-game series
at Cleveland after the game.
Lewis, incidentally, still had re-
ceived no word from his plea for
an additional 60-day extension.
Should Buddy's request be refused,
or should he fail to hear from his
draft board, he will play his final
game with the Mats here tomorrow
and be inducted into the Army on
Tuesday at Fort Bragg, N. c..
PInvoround Nef Tourney