Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-08
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|Yost' s Good Playing
Is Mats Bright Spot
In Yankee Series
By Burton Hawkins

by burton HowkIns
Rookie Eddie Yost's .242 batting
average is no item to stir excite
ment, but the Mats youthful third
baseman is becoming pesky per-
son at the plate. despite his anemic
mark. Washington scored 18 runs
in its four-game series with the
New York Yankees, and crossing
the plate seven times was YoSt.
Yost contributed little to the
Mats attack, collecting his only two
hits in the series yesterday when
the Yankees registered I'll vic
tory before 1922 fans, but one
way or another he was getting on
base and acting the part of val
liable leadoff man.
Ten of the 10 times Yost went
to bat in the series he wound up on
first base, walking four times, twice
getting there on errors, twice OBJ
tanning hits, once being hit by
pitched ball and on another occa-
sion reaching base on a fielder's
choice.
Fielding Flawlessly.
Eddie has hit an unimpressive
Ill in the Mats last six games
and hasn't developed as a batter
as nicely as the Mats bosses be-
lieved he would, but it hasn't
affected his fielding. In Washing
tons last Is games Yost has fielded
flawlessly.
For a 20-year-old rookie, Yost's
labor afield has been remarkable.
Except for brief trials with the
Mats in 1914 and 1916, with stretch
in the Navy intervening. his only
previous baseball experience was in
semipro ranks.
Eddie'S mates are convinced he's
en- route to becoming a whale of a
third baseman and an acceptable
hitter, but over stretch of the
Mats last 20 games he has demon
strated no improvement with q bat
IN his hands. hitting a meager 214.
Eddie accounted for the Mats only
run yesterday, however, when he
singled in the eighth inning and
came around on singles by Tom
Bride and Mickey Vernon, the lat
ter's blow being delivered off Joe
Page after Allie Reynolds had been
forced to retire with an ailing shoul-
der.
Reynolds Wins No. IL.
Reynolds, pitching for the first
time in two weeks, encountered no
trouble annexing his 18th victory.
He left the premises with TO lead,
but distressing to the Yankees is the
fact that his World Series status re-
mains in doubt because of that sore
shoulder.
Washington's three-game winning
streak suffered jolt as early as the
first inning, when Ray Scarborough
was clipped for three unearned runs,
George Stirnweiss opened with a
looping double to right and moved
to third after Tommy Heinrich flied
to Buddy Lewis in right field. Johnny
Lindell grounded to Yost, but
Catcher Frank Mancuso dropped his
throw to the plate, permitting
StirnweiSs to score.
Joe Di Maggie pumped a double
to left, Lindell stopping at third,
and the bases were loaded when
George McQuinn was passed pur-
posely. Lindell scored when Bill
johnson forced McQuinn and Aaron
Robinsons single to center scored
Di Maggie.
Yanks Increase Lead.
Singles by Heinrich, Lindell and
Di Maggie manufactured another
run in the second and the Yankees
boosted their lead to SO in the third
when johnson doubled moved to
third when Robinson grounded ont
and scored after Phil Rizzuto popped
to Shortstop Johnny Sullivan in
short left field.
Stirnweiss' single, Henrich's triple
and Di Maggio's long foul fetched
two runs for the Yankees in the
seventh before Tom Ferrick took
over to check the league leaders in
the final two frames.
Stirnweiss, Heinrich and Di Maggie
collected two hits each for the
Yankees, while Yost and Mcbride
each fashioned two singles to pace
the Mats 7-hit attack
Idle today, the Mats will tangle
with the Chicago White Sox to-
morrow night in the opener Of q
two-game series. Scott Cary, who
has won both his starts, will pitch
for Washington.