Evening star., 1945-04-27
Club Shows General
Class in Humping
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BY JOHN b. KELLER,
: Star staff Correspondent.

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NEW YORK, April T.-Their
pitching stan thoroughly rested as
a result Of rain that prevented play,
the Mats are looking hopefully to
the series with the Yankees and the
Red .Sox in Boston over q six-day
span.
For the four engagements with the
Yanks, which Manager Os Bluege
doesn't consider particularly tough,
Washington had Mickey Haefner In
line for this afternoons tussle, with
Dutch Leonard, Marino Pieretti and
Roger Wolh to take over In the set
ending with a double-header SUM-
day.
Therell be another day of idleness
for the Mats before the Bosox are
met next Tuesday. Johnny Mig
geling, who in Washington yesterday
handed the hapless Hub clan its
seventh straight beating, will be
ready for another start In the two
game series.
The Mats have good reason to ex-
pect a lot Of sound hurting on this
trip.
Soft for Niggeling.
Niggeling got along easily as he
turned back Boston with 10 hits for
his 4-to-1 victory. The Mats made
good use Of most Of their nine
safeties and gave the veteran knuck-
leballer superb support, despite q
brace Of errors. Sparkling on de-
tense was Shortstop Gil Torres with
several spectacular catches.
The Mats did their hitting at the
expense of the lefthanded Glenn
Dreisewerd and two righthanders,
Yank Terry and Jim Wilson. Dreise-
werd took the licking in the first two
of his four rounds In yielding three
tallies. Terry. who toiled in the
nth and sixth, gave up the fourth
run.
1t was a matter of the Mats hit
ting sharply for a quick lead. then
setting up a stalwart defense when-
ever the Bosox had runners on.
Myatt, Kuhel and Torres got the
Mats away to a 2-run start with
the first mentioned hitting for two
bases and the others for singles.
Cliff helped by drawing a pass be-
tween the blows by Kuhel and
Torres.
Niggeling, who helped himself to
two safeties, blazed the way to a
second-inning score. He doubled to
the left field corner, advanced a
notch as Case singled and crossed
as Myatt drove into forced play.
Bosox, Griffs Meet Chandler.
In the sixth the Mats nicked Terry
for tally with Torres singing,
Powell sending Gil to third by driv-
ing to right with the hit-and-run
sign hung up and Ferrell hoisting
to center.
The Red Sox, who threatened to
get to the counting block in four
of the first six rounds, finally made
it in the seventh. Garbark hit for
a base and. after pinch-batter Lazor
flied out Newsome and Steiner sin
gled in succession. After that,
Johnson's two-bagger at the outset
Of the eighth was all for the bat
tered Bosox.
Larry Burger, pitcher picked up
from New York semipro ranks, soon
may leave the Mats there's a
job for him on the Chattanooga
farm, but the left-hander may elect
to quit the organized game alto
gether. Evans was In uniform
yesterday, but Ferrell did the CATCH
ing as AL still is nursing a sore in
step. ... Benny Steiner, Washing
ton boy with the Red Sox, ran his
hitting streak to seven games in a
row when he dropped a single into
center in the first frame.
Manager Bluege claimed that
Steiner, after striking out in the
fifth, had interfered with Ferrell's s
throw intended to flag the stealing
Terry. >. Steiner had walked across
the plate, humping Ferren and caus-
ing a wild heave that permitted
Terry to continue to third. -. Um-
pire Weafer won. as usual. Gift,
after making q fine stop of Culber-
sons smash in the sixth, overthrow
first, but Metkovich, trying to move
from first to third on the error,
was trapped by Kuhel's fast chuck
and quickly run down. -. 1t was the
neatest play by the Mats in their
young season.