Evening star., 1946-04-24
Slump Broken, PAGES
.Griffs 10 Overtime
Triumph in Hub
By Burton Howkins


ITO play lunches. The Mats manager
gambled on jeff Heath yesterday.
inserting him in the lineup in
last minute switch, and the result
ant 80, thinning victory over the
Red Sox at Boston may be the tonic
Heath and the Mats needed.
Il had planned to play Ray Gools-
by in left field" confesses Bluege
But there was something about
Heath's behavior in batting practice
that made me change. For the first
time this season l played a hunch
and I'm glad l did" Heath, whose
opening game home run represented
his only hit in Is previous attempts.
Unbiased three hits against Boston
and two of them were vital blows.
His single opening the eights inning
touched off two-run rally which
locked the score and his 11th-lnnine,
double off the leftfeld fence scored
Sherry Robertson with the first of
six runs sprayed across by WASH
ington in that inning
Il really can't say what was the
trouble with me earlier" says
Heath. but I have a feeling I'm
started now. l was so much off
form in my hitting that 1 didn't
even take any batting practice on
Monday-hoping rest would help.
1t seems to have done the job.
Enthuse Over Robertson.
Seeking their initial 1916 Griffith
Stadium triumph against the Phila-
delphia Athletics today, the Mats
were enthused about the improved
play of Third Baseman Robertson,
who made whale of a stop in the
ninth inning yesterday to save
Washington from another defeat
only to be charged with an error on
the play.
With Glen Dreisewerd on second
Eddie Pellagrini on first, and two
out, Bobby Doerr slashed a vicious
grounder to Robertson's left. Sherry
stabbed the ball off balance and
when the ball popped out of his
glove the bases were loaded, but the
Mats escaped damage when Rudy
York flied out to Stan Spence.
Regardless of how they called
that one" said Bluege, Sherry made
the best play of the game on that
smash. He's giving us a grand game
at third base and deserves a lot of
credit"
Clipped for two runs in the sec
ond inning on doubles by York and
Hal Wagner, plus a single by Dom
Di Maggie. Walter Masterson blank
ed the Red Sox and permitted only
one more hit in his six innings on
the mound.
Heath Scores Tying Run.
The Mats tied it up in the eighth
at Earl Johnson's expense. Heath
singled to center, Jack Sanford
walked and Cecil Travers beat out
a bunt. Heath scoring and Sanford
taking third when Third Baseman
Benny Steiner whipped the ball
over York's head at first. Spence's
long fly to Di Maggie scored San
ford with the tying run.
Marino Pieretti. who replaced Mas
terson and held the Sox scoreless
in the seventh, was supplanted by
Roger Wolff, who won his first game
OF the season. Wolff was in trouble
in every inning but hurled brilliantly
with men on base.
Robertson, who famed three times
and failed to produce a hit in five
previous attempts. singled to center
off Mike Ryba. the fourth of five
Boston pitchers. to launch the
l1th inning Buddy Lewis sac
riflced and Heath then drilled a
double off the left field fence.
scoring Robertson.
Sanford walked and Travis single
to center scored Heath. Jim Wilson
replaced Ryba and Al Evans greeted
him with an infield single. filling
the bases. Spence's fly to right
scored Sanford and Jerry Priddy
then pumped his first homer of the
year over the left field wall. Scor-
ing Travis and Evans ahead of him
The Mats dubbed Boston's pitch
ing for - hits. while Masterson,
Pleretti and Wolff limited the Red
Sox to 9.