Evening star., 1946-08-12
Old Bobo Hurting Most
OF Club S Wins, Gets
Birthday Victory
BY Burton Hawkins

By Burton Howkins
Preventing a complete collapse by
the Mats, who haven't been getting
anywhere anyway with five victories
in their last is games, is large, loud
Bobo Newsom, who has accounted
for three of the triumphs over that
span. The old showboat is churning
along smoothly at an admitted age
of 81 and displaying no sign of
wear and tear.
Most Of the air has seeped out of
the Mats balloon, but occasionally
Newsom puffs it up again. On suds,
sweat and cheers Bobo is thriving,
having accumulated 10 wins, fin
ished eight straight games and kept
the customers chatting about him
with the most f1attering phrases
he has enjoyed since he won 81
games for Detroit in 1910.
Since joining the Mats early in
June after Connie Mack aroused
the wrath of Philadelphia fans by
releasing him, Bobo has won seven
games and lost four. He has started
13 games with the Mats and COM
pleted 10 and If he hadn't been
requested to leave the premises by
an umpire it would be IL games
in which he has remained the route.
Bobo Sparkles for Mats.
Three of those defeats heaped
no disgrace on Bobo, for he drop
ped a 10 10-inning decision to st.
Louis, a 80 12inning job to De-
troit, and a 20 game to Cleveland's
Bob Feller, despite pitching a three
hitter. On another occasion, he
was leading the Indians, 3D., when
too much pickering with the plate
umpire prompted his removal and
the relieving pitcher subsequently
lost.
Newsom's record with the Mats
had he been fortunate enough to re-
ceive more impressive batting from
his mates-easily could read II
triumphs and one defeat, or a 14-6
record for the year. His 1919 labor,
however, is highly creditable work
and represents laudable comeback
for the pitcher who was vaccinated
with a talking machine needle.
With Washington this season,
Newsom has been wonderful. He is
displaying an earned-run average of
2.08 for his work with the Mats, has
won six of his last eight starts and
has captured three straight. With
the help Of Mickey Haefner, also a
10-game winner, he has kept the
Mats in the first division.
Pitches Birthday Victory.
Newsom is calculated to start
nine more games for the Mats this
year and if he emerges with no
worse than a 6-3 record he'll show
Is wins and IL defeats for the
season. If you don't believe that
will be an argument for a raise, you
don't know Bobo. Newsom is the
Mats highest salaried performer
and he's earning his money.
Newsom's birthday gift to him.
self was a 81 victory over the Ath-
letics yesterday at Griffith Stadium,
presented through the cooperation
of Gil Coan, who socked an inside
the-park homer in the fourth in
ming after Jake Early had singled.
The Mats absorbed a 1875 pasting in
the second game before crowd of
1883.
A brace of scratch singles pro-
duced the only run off Newsom. FL
mer Valo bounced a single over
Bobo's head to launch the game
and Oscar Grimes sacrificed. Barney
McCosky's infield out moved Valo
to third and he scored when Pete
Suder's grounder took a weird hop
over Shortstop Billy Hitchcock's
head.
Scarborough Drops Second.
Thereafter Newsom was in COM
mand. The Mats locked the score
off hefty Luther Knerr in the third
when Grimes permitted Mickey Ver-
mons grounder to scoot between his
legs to let Buddy Lewis score from
second. In the fourth, Coan sewed
up the game with his third homer
of the year.
Newsom rationed the AS to seven
hits and limited them to three singles
in the final six innings.
With two out in the third inning,
Philadelphia Dashed Ray Scarbor-
ough for six runs to make the second
game no contest The AS clipped
Jake Wade for two more runs in the
fourth to grasp an 30 lead and ia
pered off with four runs in three
innings against the throwing of Wal
ter Masterson.
Phil Marchildon restricted the
Mats to six hits in the nightcap, in
cluding two doubles by Joe Grace
and Gerry Priddy's triple, and had
an easy time of it, despite walking
six and hitting Stan Spence.
The Mats, idle today, will open a
three-game series with the Yankees
at New York tomorrow.