Evening star., 1941-06-30
Fine Stand Here
Has Harrismen
Set for Fight
Brace at Home Aids
Club at Cote; Yonks'
Relief HurIers Shine

The Mats were to desert the vii
lage today for swing around the
circuit, never a comforting thought
to Clark Griffith's athletes, but at
least the boys were consoled by the
fact they displayed some sane base
ball during a prolonged home stand.
They hit the skids again yesterday
in dropping a double header to the
Yankees, but generally the Mats
conducted themselves acceptably.
They were financial successes. too,
for some $1,000 fans packed Griffith
Stadium yesterday to view Joe Di
Maggie break George Sisters record
by hitting safely in AZ consecutive
games and, incidentally, to see the
Mats absorb ga ana rs defeats.
There were so many customers it
seemed something was lacking be-
cause there was no parade TO the
centerf1eld fiagpOle. They had
Wedged their way into the park to
see Di Maggie bid for that record
and they weren't disappointed.
Di Maggie was the attraction, just
as Bob Feller lured $4,000 fans last
Sunday. Some $4,000 turned out for
the Mats night game with Boston
and, for a seventh place team.
Washington should have no COM
plants along that line.
Mats to Make Circuit Swing.
More important to those custom
erS. however. was the improved
play Of the Mats, In capturing 8
of Is games Washington performed
at q 600 clip, a remarkable achieve
ment after losing 20 of % games
and plunging into the cellar.
Despite their impotent appearance
Yesterday the Mats have reason to
hope they'll command respect on
their current journey. Washington
Will invade Philadelphia. New York
and Boston and then return for a
three-dav vacation while the ALL
Stars play at Detroit. The Mats then
head West and next will be seen at
Griffith Stadium three weeks
hence.
Meanwhile. Washington has some
minor business with the Trenton
IN. JD team of the Intra-State
League tonieht at Trenton. Arnold
Anderson. Walter MasterSon and
Vernon Kennedy will share the
pitching burden for the Mats, with
Steve Sundra slated to toll in a
night game against the Athletics to-
morrow night,
There was little fascinating about
the Mats yesterday. For four innings
of the first game Dutch Leonard and
Red Ruffing were tangled in a neat
pitching duel, but in the fifth the
Yankees collected three runs and in
the sixth they added three more.
Relief Hurlers Check Mats.
Confronted with a 60 deficit. the
Mats shelled Ruffing from the prem
iSes in the sixth with a four-run
outburst. To the rescue came john
ny Murphy and the Mats were lame
specimens thereafter. Murphy re-
tired in order the 10 Mats he faced
and meanwhile the Yankees boosted
T.. score with three runs off Ale
jandro Carrasquel.
The Mats were getting no worse
than an even break at A with the
YankS in the nightcap as late as
the fifth inning. but in the sixth
New York nicked Anderson for two
runs and slammed him for another
in the seventh through the medium
of Di Maggio's record breaking sin
gle to left and Charley Keller's tre-
mendous triple TO center.
Washington was threatening to
tie the score with one out in the
ninth when Doc Cramer Buddy
Lewis and Cecil Travis singled sue
cessively to whittle New York's mar
gin to rs. Travis blow drove Steve
Peek from the mound and Ernie
Bonham was waved in to face
Mickey Vernon. who promptly laced
a liner in the direction of the right
field line. First BaSeman Johnny
Sturm snatched the drive. however,
and stepped on first to catch Travis
off base for a double-play. B. H.