Evening star., 1949-05-15
By Burton Howkins

A man from missouri, MS curl
osity whetted by the Mats recent
commendable conduct, slipped un-
announced. but not unnoticed. in
to q first base box seat yesterday
at Grifiith Stadium and the Nsts
showed him more Of that beauti-
full behavior.
President Truman. in the role
OF an ordinary fan. saw q WASH
ington rally climaxed by Eddie
Robinson's two-run single with
two out in the seventh inning 10
defeat the Boston Red Sox. 5-4,
1t was . happy homecoming for
the Mats and some 1854 Gus
toners who comprised Grifith
stadium's largest Saturday crowd
in years.
The Mats wedsed into undis-
puted possession OF fourth place
and whisked within four games
Of the league leading New York
Yankees with q l2-hit barrage
against Mickey Harris, Ellis
Kinder and Earl johnson. 1t was
Washington's 10th win In Its last
II games.
Sam Dente, with three singles
and q double. enjoyed q perfect
day at the plate. but q somewhat
less than fiawless afternoon afield.
It was Sans two errors. In fact.
which placed Ray scarborough's
third triumph In Jeopardy. en-
abled Boston to grasp . 4-3 lead
and led to three unearned Red
Sox runs.
volimer's Walk Starts Rally.
That predicament existed with
two out In the seventh. when
Clyde vollmer coaxed . walk from
johnson. Eddie Yost doomed q
double to left-center. with Voll-
mer halting at third. and into that
spot with the pleas Of q stirred
crowd urging him on, stepped
Robinson.
Eddie watched two Of Johnson's
curves bend over the plate for
strikes. then lashed . line drive
into rightfield for single that
fetched both runners across. II
was a blow which projected the
Mats into the lead and Scar
borough chung doggedly TO his ad-
vantage.
With one out in the eighth. Al
Zaarilla pumped q double past
Robinson and shifted to third on
Billy Hitchcock's grounder. but in
that crisis Yost scooped up Matt
Bats grounder and whipped him
out. The Red Sox went down In
order in the ninth. with Yost
spearing Johnny Pesky's liner for
the game-ending out.
Scarborough. who yielded nine
hits. was staked TO a 30 lead when
the Mats pounced on the left
handed Harris at the outset. They
nicked him for a run in the FIRST
inning when Yost singled across
Gil Coan. who had been clipped on
the shoulder by a pitched ball and
moved TO second on Buddy Lewis
sacrifice.
Harris Blasted in Second.
The Mats pumped Harris from
the premises In the midst Of two
run outburst In the second. Dente
opened with q single OF Short
stop vern Stephens glove and al
Evans followed with single Oh
the mitt Of First Baseman Bill
Hitchcock. SCARBOROUGH famed.
but Coan and Kozar supplied sin
gles which produced two runs and
drove Harris to an early shower.
Dente. who had been . spec
tacuiar and steady fielder this
year, got Scarborough In n jam
in the third when he threw Wild
over Robinson's head for o two
! base error after fielding Dom Di
| Maggio's grounder. The ball struck
q woman spectator on the head
and sne vas assisted from the
park. Pesky popped out. but Ted
williams trickled q single over
second base TO score Di Maggac.
II was Dente again In the
seventh who immersed Ray up 70
his chin In trouble. Hitchcock
opened with . single and Tom
OBrien. batting for Birdie Teo-
befts, drilled q grounder ~ Scar
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