Evening star., 1948-09-12
By Burton Howkins

Inc clark GrlmJn "A. =. DallleQ
the New York Yankees yesterday
and there are no surprises to report.
Behind the 14-hit pitching of Forrest
Thompson and Tom Ferrick the
Mats breezed to 6-3 defeat, thereby
boosting their losing streak to II
games and leaving the Yankees
.pennant hopes still gasping.
PEs Taking dead aim on the all-time
washington record of 13 consecutive
defeats, achieved in the horse -and-
buggy era of 1904, the Mats staked
New Yorketo a 80 lead and cossted
to their oath spanking in their last
% games.
They were aided along the route
by Joe Di Maggios 35th home run.
mighty blast into the left-fleld
bleachers with none aboard in the
fifth inning. Helping the Mats. too,
was Allie Reynolds, who restricted
Washington to eight hits in posting
his 10Th win of the year and his
fourth over the Mats.
Before a Griffith Stadium ladies
day crowd of 10,255, the Mats thus
tied the longest chain of defeats IN
the major leagues this season. Gin
cinnati had set the years mark for
futility. Washington also TIED lts
l947 record of II successive wal
lopings.
The Yankees, principal contribu-
tors to the Mats delinquency with
five victories, spurted into a 20
lead in the second inning. Bill
johnson walked and Gus Niarhos
whacked him across with a double
to center. Niarhos continued to
third on the throw to the plate and
scored after George Stirnweiss flied
to Ed Stewart in center.
Do An Alphonse- and CASTOR.
With one out in the third Thomp-
son became the victim of the Mats
polite fielding. Johnny Lindell
popped a fly into short rightfield
and while Second Baseman Al Kozar
and Rightfelder Sherry Robertson
exchanged courtesies the ball plop-
ped safely for a double. Phil Riz-
zuto later fetched Lindell across
with single to right.
| Mark Christman, who supplied
three of the Mats hits and all
their runs, launched mild counter
offensive in Washington's third
when he opened with a single to
left. Jake Early flied out, but
Thompson lashed single to center,
shifting Christman to third. Mark
scored after Eddie Yost flied to
Lindell in left.
| Di Maggios prodigious poke some
42O feet down the leftfield line lifted
the Yankees into Al lead in the
| fifth. but another Christman single,
walk to Early, Shortstop Phil
Rizzuto's tumble of Thompson's
grounder and Yost's fly to right cut
the Mats deficit to Al in their
portion of the fifth.
The Mats made threatening
motions and stirred up a run in
the seventh to slice New Yorks ad-
vantage to 4-3. but it was small
solace. Christman opened with a
double and Early singled him to
third, but in that situation Tom Nc
Bride batted for Thompson and
gazed at the beauty of a third
strike.
fCoan Blows Chance.
Yost walked to fill the bases and
Christman scored as Kozar forced
Yost. With Early on third and
Kozar on first Gil Coan then took
a third one down the middle.
Ferrick came in to relieve and
the Yankees promptly relieved him
of two runs in the eighth. Stirn-
weiss and Tommy Heinrich singled
successively and Stirnweiss scored
after Yogi Berra, batting for Hank
Bauer, flied to Coan. Di Maggio's
single to center pumped Heinrich to
third and Heinrich scored after Lin
dell fouled to Coan.
Faint hope flickered for the Mats
in the ninth when Early walked.
Garden Gillenwater batted for Fer
rick and flied to Di Maggie, but Yost
singled to center That threat was
dissipated, though, when Kozar
fouled to Heinrich and Coan hoisted
to Di Maggie.
NAT NOTES: The Mats will play
their Anal home game of the sea-
son here today when they meet the
Yankees at 3 O'Clock Walter
Masterson, bothered by sore elbow,
will hurl for the Mats, with Rookie
Bob Porterfield slated to work for
New York
Bauer, object OF the Mats a1ec-