Evening star., 1949-06-04
Third Of Washington
Wins Are Provided
By s.. Louis Club
By Burton Howkins
Stos Stoff Correseondsnf

are grateful for all small favors
and among these Is the presence
of st. Louis listless club in the
American League. The surging
Mats now are installed In second
place and you might say they got
there over the dead bodies Of the
Browns.
Eight times in as many games
the Mats have walloped the cellar
inhabitants. who were left with a
nine game losing streak last night
as Washington departed from St.
Louis with a 1873 victory and q
three game win string.
OF Washington's "a triumphs.
one-third have been achieved at
the expense of the Brownsrwho
are displaying little enthusiasm
for combat these days.
st. Louis got the Mats away to
a refreshing start on their second
Western trip and Washington's
road record against Western clubs
is 12-1.
Masterson Hurting Today.
The Mats are hopeful of continu-
ing their excursion antics here
where they were slated to open a
three game series today against
Chicago. Walter Masterson was to
take the mound against the White
Sox today. with Joe Haynes and
Sid Hudson slated to work in to-
morrow's double-header.
Paul Calvert's nasterful pitch
ing, the Mats booming bats and
some pitifully inept fielding by the
Browns Bob Dillinger and Johnny
Sullivan presented the Mats their
easiest conquest Of the year last
night.
Calvert, in notching his sixth
win. possessed a 12-1 3-hitter en-
tering the ninth inning. Stan
Spence had bopped him for a
homer in the sixth inning. Dick
Kokos also raped him for a home
run in the ninth after Jack Gra-
ham had doubled.
Calvert's 5-hitter marked his
second straight impressive per-
formance. Against Boston in a
previous start. he owned a 10-1
4-hitter entering the ninth before
weakening to allow three runs in
the final session.
Mats Enjoy 14-Hit Spree.
The Mats could have employed
the bat boy as pitcher last night
and emerged victorious. however,
for their bats were tuned to the
frequency of the Browns pitching.
They slammed Ned Carver, Ray
Shore, AL Papai and Joe Ostrowski
for IA hits, with the first seven
men in Washington's batting or
der getting two each.
Errors by Dillinger and Sullivan,
plus Clyde Vollmer's single and
Eddie Robinson's groun d er,
fetched the Mats a 20 lead In the
first inning. 1t mounted to 40 IN
the third on singles by Sherry
Robertson, Vollmer and AL kozar
and Sam Denies double.
Another Dillinger error and
singles by Gil Coan, Robertson and
Robinson boosted it to TO in the
fourth. Eddie Yost rammed his
third home run in three nights into
the leftfield bleachers in the eighth
inning and the Mats fashioned
four runs In the ninth on errors by
Dillinger and Sullivan, singles by
Robinson. Kozar and Yost and
Coan's double.
NAT NOTES-Kuhel has been
named to the White Sox all-time
team by a vote of Chicago fans. -.
Joe was installed at first base over
Hal Chase. Other members OF
the club are Eddie Collins, second
base; Luke Appling. short stop;
Jimmy Dykes. third, base; Johnny
Mostil, AL Simmons and Harry
Hooper, outelders: Ray Schalk and
Bill Sullivan, catchers, and Ted
Lyons, Ed Walsh, Red Faber and
Doc White. pitchers. Z. They will
be pictured in murals on the walls
Of Comiskey Parks main entrance
foyer.
More level heads among the
Browns repeatedly prevented an
exchange of blows between Man
ager Zack Taylor and Second Base
man Jerry Priddy on Thursday
night. .. Seems Priddy refused to
bunt Stan Spence over to second
base in the seventh inning at a
time when st. Louis owned 10
lead and a hot exchange Of words
followed on the bench. with Priddy
and Taylor finally heading un-
derneath the stands before team
mates separated them. Taylor
denied any friction exists.