Evening star., 1941-05-25
LastC|ash Lost
AfterVernon's S
Home Run Ties
Mucks Pound Sundro
For 6 Runs at Sturt
To Bog First Tilt
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star staff CorreSpondent.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May "a
The Nationals galloped in the direc-
ton of the American League cellar
here today, extending a flourishing
losing streak to seven games in
dropping a double header to the
Athletics, 1875 and 6-5. Washing
tons revised lineup was in COM
plete charge, much to the glee of
10000 fans.
The Harris clan was out of the
first game as early as the first
inning, when Steve Sundra was
shelled for six runs. The AS con-
tinued to embarrass Arnold Ander-
son and Walter Masterson. collect
ing l8 hits in that initial tiff. Ver-
non Kennedy, the right-hander the
Mats obtained from the Browns in
exchange for Catcher Rick Ferrell,
lost his second start for his new
mates in the nightcap
First -baseman Mickey Vernon
made strenuous bid to fracture the
Mats mounting string of defeats
in the second game when he de-
livered an eighth inning home run
with Roger Cramer and Cecil Travis
on base to tie the score at SIS. Ken
nedy Immediately pitched himself
out Of such a Sltua ton, however.
Miles Single Decides.
Frankie Hayes, who had amassed
four straight hits III the opening
game, slaShed a single to left for
his third safety of the second
struggle leading off in the AS
eighth. Pete Suder sacrificed and
Pinch-hitter Dee Miles drilled a
single to right, scoring Hayes with
what represented the winning run,
as Relief Pitcher Luman Harris re-
tired Buddy Myer, Johnny Welaj
and Buddy Lewis in order in the
ninth.
1t had been an uphill battle for the
Mats in the nightcap. Lewis and
Cramer doubled to slice the AS
lead to 81 in the fourth, but
Philadelphia nudged it up to Al
in the fifth. Singles by Cramer
and Travis and walks to Vernon
and Jimmy BloodWorth gave the
Mats another run in the sixth, but
the AS boosted their advantage to
So in their portion of the inning
when the pesky Hayes doubled and
scored on Suder's single to left.
Cramer breathed life into Wash
ington's fading hopes when he was
safe on Suders low throw to First
Baseman Dick Siebert opening the
eighth. Travis followed with his
fourth hit of the afternoon, a sim
gle to left. Then Vernon made his
only hit of the day 1t was a line
drive homer over the right field
fence.
Mats Poor in First Game.
Lester McCrabb, who had retired
the first 10 Mats he faced, then dis
posed Of Bloodworth. Jimmy Pofahl
and Jake Early. After Miles de-
livered the winning punch in the
AS eighth, Manager Connie Mack
turned the pitching over to Harris,
who did fine job of it.
Kennedy gave up IL hits. while
4NASOl oOo y NlCloCu OlllN ClSIll-
In an inglorious first game, the
Mats gave their most miserable per-
formance of the season. Sundra
was sWatted for six runs in the first
inning, during which the Mats COM
mitted the quaint antic of leaving
second and third bases unprotected
in a play.
Sundra was in trouble immediate
ly when he walked Brancato and
Moses. A wild pitch advanced both
runners and Mccoy beat out a
bounder to Vernon. scoring Bran
cato and sending Moses to third.
When Vernon threw widely past
Sundra, covering first, Moses scored
and Mccoy took second.
Johnson rammed a double off the
right field fence to score Mccoy and
Siebert's single to left sent johnson
to third. At that juncture Travis
and Pofahl allowed Chapman's pop
fly to drop safely between them, but
Travis recovered the ball and
whipped it to BloodWorth at second
to force Siebert as johnson scored.
All Over in First Inning.
Hayes rammed a single off Po-
fahl's glove and when the Mats
failed to cover either second or third,
Chapman scooted to third and Hayes
to second. Suder pumped single
to center to score them and Sundra
was replaced by Anderson.
The Mats made gestures of max
ing a contest of it, reducing the AS
lead to the more respectable bounds
of 8-5 by the seventh inning, but
Philadelphia added run off Walter
Masterson in the seventh and then
mauled him for four more runs
in the eighth.
Washington had scored two runs
in the fifth and got two more in
the sixth when Early hammered
home run over the right field fence
after Bloodworth had doubled. The
Mats produced another run in the
seventh, but Masterson pitched
them out of any idea they possessed