Evening star., 1944-07-02
Blast Out Harder
In Five |nniinqs;
All SockApp|e
Dutch Gives ! Sofety
In First Six Frames;
Cullenbine Homers
BY JOHN b. KELLER,

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BY JOHN b. KELLER.
Dutch Leonard with his dazzling
knuckle ball turned in a five-hittel
at Griflth Stadium last night while
the Mats gave the usually crafty Mel
Harder solid socking to take the
series opener from Cleveland's In
dians, 4 to 2, to the pleasure Of the
11,749 crowd.
Only four of the Tribe managed
to solve Dutch's butterfly offerings
with Roy Cullenbine twice hitting
safely. His first wallop came with
two out in the seventh in the form
of home-run hit over the right
field wall, the first four-baser over
this barrister this season.
The other Tribal tally was a gift
resulting from errors by Johnny
Sullivan and Rick Ferrell in the
fourth inning, although a double
by Oris Hockett was mixed in its
making.
Dutch Mows 'Em Down.
In the first six rounds, one safety
was all Leonard yielded.
While Leonard was curbing the
Indians for his sixth victory Of the
season and his third over the Tribe
the Mats had pleasant five innings
at the expense of Harder. In his
brief term they socked him for IL
hits with Rick Ferrell getting three
and George Case two to spearhead
the attack. Everybody in the Wash
ington lineup, though, shared in
the drive.
The Mats always were in front,
smacking Harder for couple of
scores in the second round. then
coming back in the fifth for two
more.
After Harder departed, Paul CAL
vert righthanded for the Tribe for
two innings and Vernon Kennedy
took over In the eighth. on this
pair the Mats got two more hits to
run their game total to a dozen.
Griffs Group Four Singles.
In the second session. the Mats
clustered four singles with some
Tribal strategy that went awry to
get themselves pair of runs. Jake
Powell hit. only to be caught trying
to take third when Joe Kuhel. with
the hit-and-run on, singled to left.
RICK Ferrell rolled out, so the Cleve-
land pilot, evidently considering
Leonard soft touch, ordered
Johnny Sullivan walked. But with
high bound to the pitcher
Leonard got a base filling single.
Along came George Case to rap
solldly to center to get Kuhel and
Sullivan home.
A pair Of errors helped the Tribe
10 tally in the fourth. Sullivan's
tumble gave Myril Hoag a lift
then Oris Hockett doubled. Hoae
hesltated at third then broke for the
plate, only to be stopped by Sulli-
vans relay to Ferren. But Ferrell
with Hoag trapped on the runway,
dropped the ball and let the runner
get back to the far corner. Hoae
then scored as Boudreau was thrown
out.
Get Rid Of Harder.
Two more Nat scores were rep
istered in the fifth, Harder,s last
inning on the hill. Gil Torres
singled and made third as Stan
Spence hit for base. Powells
hoist got Torres to the plate then
kuhel walked. Ferrell made his
second hit to tally Spence.
There were two out in the seventh
when Cullenbine hit his homer.
After that all the Indians cleaned
off Leonard was Ken Keltner's
single. which Immediately followed
the four-base hit, Mike Rocco's
single in the eighth with two out
and Cullenbines hit, double made
after two were out in the ninth.
Cleveland's Indians wind up their
three-game series this afternoon at
Griffith Stadium with a double
header getting under way at 1:3O
o'clock. Mickey Haefner will face
them in one of the tussles. with Bill
Lefebvre or Roger Wolff hurting in
the other.
Lou Boudreau. Cleveland pilot.
will employ Ed Klieman and Stephen
Gromek.
Tuesday will find the Chicago
White Sox opening a four game set
with a twin bill.
Jake Powell, having hit safely in
eight games since being restored to
the lineup, was moved up to fifth
place in the batting order last night
and promptly came through with a
single the first time up to make it
nine straight games with safeties.