Evening star., 1944-06-01
Fifth Straight Defeat
PIunges Mats Into
Second Division
BY JOHN b. KELLER,
Star Staff Correspondent.


Star Staff Correspondent.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June Striving
TO salvage game out of this sorry
series with the st. Louis Browns,
the Mats were likely to send the left
handed Wilfrid Lefebvre to the
mound for his first start Of the sea-
son this afternoon, but Manager Os
Bluege wasn't prepared to authen-I
ticate this few hours before play
was scheduled to begin.
After that thinning. 4-to-3 beat
ing by the Browns last night, a
beating which dropped the Mats to-
fifth place and extended their losing
streak to five games, their worst Of
the year, anybody Bluege picked to
pitch could expect trouble here.
The Mats, who are to face tough
one In Jack Kramer, right-hander, !,
apparently had the game In hand
last night until Roger Wolff went
to pieces in the ninth. Up to that
inning he had allowed just four
hits, one a homer in the third by
the Browns starter, Sig Jakucki.
Triple Evens Score.
In the ninth, Rog passed the first
batter and hit the next. George
McQuinn sacrificed and Vernon
Stephens fly got one run over. Then
Gene Moore, former Nat, tripled
and the score was even.
After being held hitless by Jakucki
for four rounds, the Mats opened on
him in the fifth and hit safely in
each inning from then on to total
IA safeties, four off AL Hollingsworth,
who hurled the last three innings.
But all their hits were singles. The
Browns got just seven hits, but one
was home run and two were triples.
Three hits punched in the seventh
had produced one run and four
hits in the eighth were good for
two more Nat tallies.
There the Mats stopped while the
Browns got to AL Carrasquel for the
game in the 11th. AL Zarilla
was an easy out. but McQuinn sim
gled and Stephens walked. Then
Moore did the dirty work again. He
dribbled slow single to George
Myatt, who. after fumbling the ball,
threw wildly past Stan Spence at
first base and McQuinn scampered
home.
Ullrich Sent to Lookouts.
Shipment of Pitcher Santiago Ull-
rich to the Chattanooga farm NAV
indicate the Mats are weakening In
their good neighbor" policy. His
departure last night was the first
break in the group of the Cuban
ballplayers the Washington club
carried into the season in an effort
to bolster draft-riddled ranks. It
has been hinted by some high III
the councils Of the Mats that other
Cubans soon will be sent out. but
no names have been mentioned.
Ulirich came to the Mats highly rec
commended by their Latin American
scout. Joe Cambria, but the big
league proved too tough for the
pitcher. In three brief trials in re-
lief roles, he showed little and only
last Sunday took q terrific pounding
from the Tigers In Detroit. Santi-
ago Is not without ability, however.
and may round into fair country
pitcher through work with the
Lookouts.
Gllberto Torres, another of the
Cubans, was removed from the line
up last night because of sore ripht
nand due to trying to stop Frank
Demaree's torrid smash in the sixth
round of the first game here Ties-
Gay. An X-ray revealed nothing
more than severe bruiSe, but
Torres may be shelved for several
days. In the meanwhile. Hills
Layne will continue at third base
and Stan Spence, left-hand throw
ing outfielder will take over at f1rst
until the Charley horsed Joe Kuhel
Is able TO resume play. First basing
is nothing new to Spence. In emer-
gencies he played the initial sack
when he was with Boston,s Red
Sox. It's just another job to him.
You either catch 'em, or you don't"
he says.
Al Zarilla's spectacular one-hand
catch cut down Myatt's bid for 8 hit
IN the first last night. The Browns
left fielder ran far to make the grab
right at the foul line.
Don Gutteridge, after singing in
the third. found Powell's throwing
arm In good order. When Jake fum-
nieo' Don headed for second, only
TO find Myatt waiting with the bali.
spence as a pinch first baseman
proved a past master of the lob with
MS gloved- hand catch of Mark
Christman's foul in the fifth. Stan
picked the ball right off the grand
stand box barrier.
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