Evening star., 1945-04-01
binks Gets -Four
Bases as Single
EIudes Fielder
AIomo, First Pitcher
For Nationals, Fails
To Go ; Innings
BY JOHN b. KELLER,
Star Staff Correspondent.

FORT MONROE, Va, Mar. 81
ball club got away to
a 5-to-4 victory today as they
opened their seven-day swing
against service teams in the Nor
folk area, but found plenty of fight
In the Fort Monroe nine. But for
a three base error by the artillery
mems right fielder that let in the
decisive run in the seventh inning
the contest still might be going on.
The Mats sent in IS men against
a club that went the route with
nine, but the Is collected just eight
hits of Corpl. Ray Rhyme, a left
and never looked particu-
larly strong at bat in any inning
other than the third in which they
punched four blows for three tall
lies.
Luis Aloma, starting pitcher,
couldn't stand prosperity. His con-
troll was so poor that the artillery
men easily matched the runs the
Mats made in the first three rounds
and before his third inning was
over he was off the hill. Six passes
and five hits were cleaned of him.
Rossi Cools Hot Shots.
Al Rossi came on in the third
when the artillerymen were hot.
They had just made three runs and
had runners on second and third
with one out. Rossi proceeded to
throw strikeout, then got the next
man easily. In the next six innings
all Rossi allowed was two hits az
he faced 20 batters.
George Binks, rookie who was
used both in right field and at first
base, was the lone Nat to get as
many as two hits. The best hit ball
of the game was Fred Vaughn's
single in the seventh, although Joe
Kuhel got two-bagger in the third
when the centerfielder was trif1e
uncertain in his play of the drive.
Some spectacular fielding was
provided by Chino Hidalgo, who
spelled George Myatt at shortstop
after the second inning, and Walter
Chipple, draftee from Montreal who
played in center. George Case gave
the $500 spectators a demonstra-
ton of his speed on the paths by
twice stealing second. He went
down so fast in the first inning,
the Monroe catcher didn't throw.
Monroe Pitcher is Wild.
The Mats got cheap run in the
first round when Rhyme issued three
passes after Case opened the game
with single. Case promptly stole,
then was showed around as the Mon
roe hurler lost his control. The
third pass was drawn by Vaughn
after two were out.
Wildness got Aloma in trouble in
the second inning and Monroe
evened the score. Roger Crimson
led off with one-baser, then Johnny
Kelbel was franked to first. Aloma
went to three-and-two counts with
the next two batters before they
drilled into forceplays, the second
OF which got Chrismom home. Then
the Cuban walked another batter,
but recovered to end the inning with
strikeout.
A 4-hit Washington attack in the
third broke the tie. George Myatt
singled, moved up when a Rhyme
pitch got by the catcher and counted
when George Binks, with the hit
and-run on, whacked a single over
second. Joe Kuhel doubled, Vaughns
hoist to the right-fielder got Binks
across and Hills Layne's blow tall
lied Kuhel.
Al0ma Passes Three in Row,
But Monroe got right back in the
ball game when Aloma lost control
lagain-then lost everything else.
With one gone, Luis passed three in
a row. Then Kelbel bounded q
single off the pitchers foot to short
left to score Sergt. Johnny Fry.
Rhyme raped two-bagger to CEN
ter and the count was deadlocked
again. Here Rossi came on to quell
the uprising. He struck out the
first batter to face him and the next
rolled to Kuhel.
In the seventh the Mats were for
tunate in getting the lead again and
also fortunate in not having the
count tied again. Binks, first up
IN the inning, singled to right, and
when the right-fielder let the ball
get by to the barracks across the
road from the ball ground, Binks got
all the way home. In its half, Mon
roe had runner on third with two
out and only fine stop and throw
by Second BaSeman Arago as we'll
as kindly decision by the umpire
at first base prevented a tally.
So that seventh inning really was
the ball game.