Evening star., 1942-08-11
Spiking He Gets
As Red Sox Bow
Benches Roy
Hubmen Find Hudson,
Mosterson Puzz'ine;
Newsom to Face As
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star staff CorreSnnndent

Star Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-THE
astonishing Mats, who are produc-
ing the most successful streak en-
joyed by Washington club in re-
cent seasons, nevertheless are putting
and wheeling in an attempt to gain
ground They've been burning up
the league lately, but it's been akin
to sprinting on a treadmill.
Washington has captured II of it's
last 16 games since deserting the
village in the cellar three weeks ago.
At that time the Mats were 312
games out of sixth place and now
they're Az games behind sixth place
Detroit.
While the Mats have been getting
nowhere in particular in their efforts
to move up a notch they've crept
within striking distance of fifth
place, only five games away. The
chief reason they haven't nudged
closer is because the Chicago White
Sox, topping the second division,
have won nine straight games.
Play on Williams Big Help.
The Mats, therefore, have read
justed their collective ambition to
the task of taking over fifth place
and with the brand of pitching
they're getting it is no far-fetched
idea. Washington's clever pitching
is offsetting glaring deficiencies in
other departments.
Due credit, too, is Catcher Jake
Early. Twice last night as the
Mats captured a twilight-night dou-
ble-header from the Boston Red Sox,
9-3 and 10, at Griffith Stadium,
Early neatly picked Ted Williams
off base and on the last occasion
it may have meant victory.
That pickoff play probably has
cost the Mats the services of Third
Baseman Roy Cullenbine for sew
eral games, however, for Roy re-
ceived a nasty spike cash above
the right knee in blocking the will
lowy Williams off third in the ninth
inning of the nightcap.
Washington owned 10 lead en-
tering the ninth inning of that sec
ond game, but Williams promptly
altered the games complexion when
he opened the inning with double.
He was sacrificed over to third, but
Masterson, Early and Cullenbine
collaborated on one of the Mats
finest fielding displays of the year.
Cullenbine Badly Spiked.
Masterson whipped an outside
pitch to Early. who slammed an
ankle-length peg to Cullenbine.
Twice previously Roy had refused
to accept the pickoff sign from
Early, he later confessed, but when
he felt Williams was prey for the
play he sneaked behind him and
applied Early's accurate throw. It
was a costly maneuver, with that
spike wound resulting, but it may
have saved the game.
Thus Washington imported
four-game winning streak here to-
day. with Buck Newsom hoping to
extend the string to more f1attering
proportions tonight when the Mats
battle the Athletics in the opener
OF three-game series. NeWsom
will pursue his 10th triumph of the
season.
Pitcher Dutch Leonard, idle since
April % when he suffered a broken
leg and severely sprained ankle, may
aid the Mats in their stretch drive.
Leonard will test his leg in a three
inning effort at Trenton in an ex-
hihitiny, CONN El,-i1
Masterson in Fine FettIe.
Walter Masterson, who has won
only five games this year, turned in
masterful pitching job in the night
portion of yesterdays twin bill. He
permitted the Red Sox only five
hits in registering his fourth shut
out of the season.
Joe Dobson, who hurled for Bos-
ton in that game, was no failure.
He yielded four hits, but Stan
Spences single and Bruce Camp
bells double in the first inning
teamed to defeat him. Williams
doubtless is no favorite fellow with
Dobson today, for with two out and
two men on in Boston's half of the
first inning Ted was picked off first
by Early.
1t was Campbell who supplied
much of the gap in the 9-3 victory
Bruce batted for Bobby Estalella
in the eighth inning of the first
game and delivered a triple with
the bases loaded at a time when
the Mats were struggling with 5-3
lead. Campbell later scored with
Washington's final run.
Hudson Gets Fourth in Row.
Sid Hudson captured his fourth
successive triumph in the opener,
allowing nine hits. Three of those
safeties were bunts, and the Red
| Sox manufactured their only runs
in the fourth, when the Mats tossed
| in two errors.
Hudson won despite five Wash
! ington errors.