Evening star., 1941-04-20
Error by PofahI
Lets New York
Tie, II, in 5th
Foes Great Defense
Checks Repeated
Griff Thrusts
BY BURTON HAWKINS.


The Mats proficiency in losing
games was revealed to a crowd of
$4,000 at Griffith Stadium yesterday
as the Yankees dealt Dutch Leonard
his second defeat, So, with 10th
inning outburst that included Joe
Di Maggio's second home run of the
season.
1t was another bitter blow in
Leonard's lot of increasingly cruel
cuttings, for Dutch would have beer
the winner, 81, in regulation time
save for an error by Shortstop Jimmy
Pofahl that allowed an unearned run
and locked the score back in the
fifth inning.
Since Leonard still was on the
premises after pitching nine innings
superbly, the Yankees went to work
on him hastily in the 10th, quickly
blasting three runs across the plate.
Phil Rizzuto opened the inning
with a triple to the right field
corner and scored when Red Rolfe,
whose defensive antics twice had
stymied the Mats efforts to produce
winning run, singled sharply to
right. Tommy Heinrich sacrificed
and Di Maggie followed with tre-
mendous drive among the Gus
toners in the left field bleachers.
Yankee Defense StaIwart.
Thus New York rapidly termi-
mated what had developed into
neat pitching duel, with Leonard
getting all the better of it until
the game was prolonged into an
extra inning. In the previous seven
innings, Dutch had allowed only
three hits, all singles, but his mates
were being checked by the COM
bination of Ernie Bonhams hurting
and the Yankees defensive maneu-
vers. with an accent on the latter.
The Mats produced a run in the
first inning when George Case
walked. Doc Cramer sacrificed and
Ben Chapman authored the first of
his three doubles TO score him.
Chapman obtained four of Washing
toms seven hits, with Cramer con-
Meeting for double and Jake Early
Swatting two singles.
New York retaliated in the second
inning when Joe Gordon tripled to
left and scored on Bill Dickey's sim
gle, but the Mats again grasped the
lead in their portion of this inning
when after George Archie had flied
out Jimmy Bloodworth reached first
base on Rolfe's wide throw, scooted
to third on Early's single and scored
on Ieonard'S hunt
Keller Checks Mats.
Leonard was safe on the play
when Bonham fumbled the bunt
and it was then that the Yankees
launched a display of defensive bril-
lance. Charley Keller started it by
romping to the left field corner for
an over-the-shoulder catch of Cases
deep smash, then retired the side
by Snaring Cramer's foul.
Pofahls error proved costly, for
it allowed Dickey to reach first in
the fifth inning when the Washing
ton shortstop's throw pulled Archie
off the bag. Leonard hit Gerald
Priddy in the back, but the tension
was eased a bit when Bonham
popped to Early in front of the
plate.
Rizzuto, though, beat out a bunt
down the third base line to fill the
bases. Cramer Streaked in for
Rolfe's liner and sent a low throw
to the plate in an attempt to nip
Dickey, who broke for home after
the catch. The throw was a trif1e
wide and Archie cut it off a few
yards in front of the plate, much
to the disgust of many fans who
felt Cramer's peg would have dis
posed of Dickey. Heinrich walked,
filling the bases again, but was
forced by Di Maggie.
Rolfe Shines at Third.
For the next four innings, while
the Mats we're threatening repeat
edly, Leonard limited the Yankees
to a brace of singles and allowed
only one man to get as far as
second base, when Dickey walked
and Priddy singled with two out in
the ninth.
1t was in the fourth that Rolfe
began getting in the Mats locks.
In that inning he rescued Bonham
from considerable trouble when,
with one out, Archie on third and
Early on second, he stabbed Cases
sizzling grounder and tagged Archie
sliding back into third base.
In the seventh the Mats made a
more convincing scoring gesture
when Cramer opened the inning
with double and Chapman beat out
bunt. Buddy Lewis lined to
Rizzuto, however, and Rolfe in
serted diving catch of Pofahl's
smash. Priddy then threw out
Bloodworth.
Again in the ninth Washington
was menacing Bonham when Chap
man slammed his third double to
left with two out. Lewis was pur-
posely passed and the ever present
Mr.. Rolfe snagged Pofahls line
drive.
Leonard, who lost his first start
to the Yankees, 80, on opening day,
walked only two and gave up II hits.
Bonham's five walks and three
Yankee errors had New York in
trouble throughout, but the Mats
couldn't deliver the payoff punch.
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