Evening star., 1944-08-06
Sullivan, Torres
Assist Enemy
10 ;. TaIIies
Hughson Slab Master,
Coins l7th Victory;
Wolff Hammered
By JOHN B. KELLER:

BOSTON. Mass, Aug. 5.-After a
one-game stop-over In Victoryville,
the Mats are on on the wrong track
again. They dropped the l7th Of
10 tits on this road trip to sink
deeper in the American League
cellar today.
This time the count against them
was to 2, with Tex Hughson, pitch
ing ace of Boston's Red Sox, hold
ing them to five hits and not letting
them find the plate until the eighth
inning. e
Aiding the Bed Sox cause was the
Mats Johnny Sullivan, whose short
stopping decidedly was mediocre.
Johnny kicked in with three of the
four errors charged against the
Washington Club and contrived to
present the Boston bunch with two
unearned runs. Gil Torres at third
committed the other error to hand
the Red Sox tally at the outset.
Hughson, In becoming the first
pitcher in the majors to run his VIC
tory string to II games, was found
for only three singles and . pass
in the first seven sessions, then
tossed in pass in front Of three
bagger in the eighth when the Mats
averted a second successive shutout.
He yielded a two-bagger after one
was out in the ninth.
Hughson Whiffs Nine.
The Red Sox star rang up nine
strikeoutS, six of them in the first
four innings.
Washington had no pitching to
match this, although Bill Lefebvre,
who pitched the last three innings
against them, gave up just two hits
and properly supported would not
have been scored on. Roger Wolf,
who started and took the beating,
was found for seven safeties. Two
were home runs driven over the
left-field screen. Jim Tabor's seventh
of the year with nobody on in the
second and Bobby Doerr's 18th with
one on In the fourth.
Torres tumble put Leon Culber-
son on at the start of the Red Sox
first. Culberson promptly stole Sec
ond, moved up as Lou Finney
grounded out, then, with two out,
counted as Rick Ferrell let one OF
VOLTS pitches 60 through.
Tabor thrilled the 4,034-3,371
paid-crowd with his homer In the
second, then came a single by Bob
Johnson and Doerr's home run in
the fourth to shoot the Red Sox
score up to four. Two more singles
were made of Wolff In this latter
inning, but neither Skeeter Newsome
nor Culberson could help their
teammates on the runway.
Capitalize on Sullivan.s Wfldness.
With one out in the fifth, Sullivan
made a two-base wild throw Of
Pete Fox's roller. After johnson
skied out, Doerr singled to make
his runs-batted-in total for the game
three.
The Mats. who had only six run
ners get on in the first seven innings
with none getting as far as second
base, began their skimpy scoring
attack with Sullivan's walk at the
start of the eighth. Here Lefebvre
rifled a hree-bagger to the depths
of center to send Sullivan across,
and Lefebvre got over as George
Myatt was thrown out.
The Red Sox came right back to
add another counter and again Sui
livan was responsible for it. With
one out, Tabor doubled. Hal Wag-
ner's long fly to center moved Tabor
to third and he crossed as Sullivan
booted Newsome's roller that should
have retired the side.
One was gone in the ninth when
the Mats made their final bid. Eddie
Boland bounced the ball into the
Red Sox bullpen back Of deep right
for a ground-rule double. But Torres
and Al Evans couldn't do q thing
against the kind of pitching Hugh
son served them.