Evening star., 1943-06-11
Superb Pitching
Goes 10 Waste
In Hub Ti|ts
Homer by Fox Storts
Griffmen to Second
Defeat by Bosox
By + Staff Correspondent OF The Star.

By Staff Correspondent OF The Star
BOSTON, June 11.-Baseball's
best strategy consists of humping
home runs at vital intervals, and
while there has been a general de-
cline of circuit smashes this sea-
son, nothing akin to the Mats
paralysis of power was anticipated.
To the Mats, home runs are as
rare as sizzling steaks.
Only three home runs have
doomed off Washington bats this
season. Mickey Vernon, Jake
Early and Alex Kampouris have
delivered one homer each, and the
insigniflcance of that output is
reflected in the fact that Joe Cor
don of the Yankees, for instance,
has belted twice as many himself.
A 1943 Washington home run is
a sight unseen by Griffith Stadium
customers. They've seen the Mats
in 26 games there this season, but
they haven't seen Washington
home run. Vernon contributed his
at Detroit, Early socked one at
Chicago and Kampouris belted one
here Wednesday. Washington def
nitely isn't putting on display of
power.
Even johnson Fails.
Bob Johnson, who banged 13
home runs last season and who
had averaged Is homers a year ir
eti ic n
his initial home run of l943. Bob
is doing all right in the runs-ba tied
in department without those hon.
ers and he's been amazing aield
but Manager Ossie Bluege is hoping
hot weather will improve his pro-
ductlon.
At their present pace, the Mats
may be expected to whack home
run every 1872 innings or approx
mately one every IS games. which
is a long. boring wait. Here at
Fenway Park, where the left
field fence is hop. step and jump
from home plate, only Kampouris
has capitalized on the nearness
of it,
Meanwhile. the Red Sox have
manufactured three home runs in
two games here with the Mats and
as result Washington owns two
game losing streak after yester-
days 20 defeat. The Mats haven t
hit very much here, in fact, sc
they've fallen 2l2 games back of the
Yankees, though still clinging tc
second place.
Against Oscar Judd yesterday the
Mats considered it rousing rally
anytime they obtained hit They
collected only three, all singles, and
Stan Spence got two OF those. Stan
singled with one out in the first
inning and the next Washington
hit was when he singled with two
out in the eighth.
Never Reach Third.
Early Wynn was putting up nice
bid for his fifth successive victory
but the Mats weren't giving him any
help Wynn pitched home run to
Pete Fox with none on in the first
inning and yielded another run in
the seventh when Jim Tabor's single
off the left-held fence scored Judd
Judd matched the Mats attack
incidentally. getting three of the
eight hits off Wynn.
The Mats never moved a man as
far as third base and advanced only
three to second. Judd snapped the
12-game hitting streak of George
Case in dealing the Mats theil
18th straight loss at Fenway Park
Last year Washington won its frs
game here. then lost the next 10.
Boston continues to remain one O
the Mats iinX clubs. The Red So,
/ have spanked the Mats four time!
in six engagements this season. tht
same sort of record both the Yankee
and White SoX possess agains
Washington.
Washington was to tangle will
Bostons Coast Guard team in ;
| twilight exhibition today at Braves