Evening star., 1941-08-15
Bucky Sympathetic
As Jimmy Whiffs 5
Times in 3 Trips
Double Defect by Yonks
Boosts Griffs' Losing
Streok to ; Games
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Streok to ; Comes
BY BURTON HAWKINS.
Jimmy Bloodworth's recent fall
ure to create more than q mild
breeze with the polished lumber he
lugs plateward has caused Manager
Bucky Harris to employ Morris Ad-
erholt at second base when right
hand pitcher operates against the
Mats.
The sight Of Bloodworth striking
out In i've Of his last nine appear
ances ut the plate has gotten under
the Harris skin. Only once In his
last II efforts has Jimmy con-
tributed q hit so he Is being rele-
gated to part-time service.
II don't know of player I'd
more like to see make good than
Bloodworth." says Bucky. Il feel
sorry for him. He hustles-gives all
he has-but I can't keep him in the
lineup regularly the way he's play
ing now"
Bloodworth was inclined to take
the labor sharing news calmly. Il
don't blame Bucky," admitted
Jimmy. "All I can do Is to keep
hustling when I am in the game and
I'm gonna keep on doing that. I'm
gonna keep giving the best 7 have
and hope for improvement"
Stars In Double Plays.
Second only to the Yankees are
the Mats in manufacturing double
plays. and q key figure In the pro-
duction Of most of those plays has
been Bloodworth. He has I'M
proved tremendously a. . fielder,
but Harris no longer Is willing to
tolerate his light hitting as q steady
diet.
Jimmy isn't likely to be benched
until Sunday, for today at Grifnth
Stadium the Red Sox were to send
Southpaw Earl johnson against
Alexandra Carrasquel, striving for
his sixth straight win, and tomor-
row 1t will be Lefty Grove against
Dutch Leonard. who will be at
tempting to notch his eighth con-
secutive victory.
Sunday, when the right-handed
Heber Newsome tolls against Sid
Hudson, Aderholt probably will take
over second base. Aderholt was url-
impressive in his only game with
the Mats, but on that occasion he
replaced George Archie at third
base, where his experience has been
limited.
Normally a second baseman, the
sturdy Aderholt was being groomed
to supplant Archie. but Bloodworth's
meek batting has prompted switch
in plans.
The Mats were carrying a three
game losing streak into the Red
Sox series after dropping a double
header to the Yankees yesterday at
New York before 11,215 customers.
Marius Russo checked the Mats
with three hits in the opener as
New York blasted Bill Zuber for a
TO triumph, while Steve Sundra
lost his fifth straight start IN the
1913.
Griffs Quickly Beaten.
Washington was out of that first
game as early as the first inning
it developed, for Joe Di Maggie
tripled to score Red Rolfe and
Tommy Heinrich, both Of whom had
walked. Henrich's triple and Di
Maggio's long fly fashioned another
Yankee run in the third, and In the
seventh Heinrich and Charley
Keller each blasted Zuber for .
home run with a mate on base.
The second game was exciting for
nearly two innings. Cecil Travis
humping his seventh homer Of the
year to lock the score at IL In the
second. Johnny Sturm's homer with
Joe Gordon on base presented New
York a 81 lead in its portion OF the
inning, however, and the Yankees
widened the gap steadily.
New York boosted its advantage
to IL with another run IN the
fourth ard three more in the fifth
and the Mats scored their last two
runs of the afternoon OF Alley
Donald In the sixth through the
medium of a walk to Buddy Lewis.
successive singles by Travis and
Mickey Vernon and Jake Early's
grounder.
The Yankees walloped Sundra.
Walter Masterson and Arnold An
derson for Is hits, while Donald re-
stricted the Mats to six safeties. Two
of Washington's three hits in the
opener, incidentally, were obtained
by Catcher AL Evans. with Blood
worth getting the other.
Outfielder Buddy Lewis was hop
ing to learn the fate of his request
for an additional 60-day extension
to delay his induction into the
Army until after the season. If
Lewis request is refused he will
play his final game with the Mats
here Sunday and will join the Army
at Fort Bragg, N. c., on Tuesday.