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Crash Into Wall
Conclusion Sends Gil
To Hospital; Griffs
Make Fighting Finish
By Burton Howkins
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6O6lON, May Z6---Ju Codn
damaged his head against one
portion Of Fenway Parks fence
and Ted Williams damaged the
Mats with a home run over an
other section Of it to elevate Bos-
ton to a 5-4 victory over Wash
| ington here today.
Coan sustained q cerebral con-
cussion when he crashed into the
concrete wall paralleling the left
! field line in the first inning and
the Mats suffered a compound
| fracture of their 2-game winning
streak when Williams lofted his
10th home run Of the season into
the Mats rightfield bullpen in the
fifth inning.
DR.. Ralph Mccarthy. Red Sox
physician. diagnosed Coan's in
jury and ordered his removal to
Santa Maria hospital In nearby
Cambridge. X-rays were mega
tive, but Coan was to remain in
the hospital overnight for obser-
vation.
Coan, attempting to catch
Johnny Pesky's looping double,
got his glove on the ball. but
dropped it, then crashed into the
concrete wall. He sagged to his
knees, but walked from the field
unaided.
Weltefoth Homer Victim.
Williams did a personal wreck
ing job on the Mats after they
had rallied to lock the score at
A in the fifth. He waited Dick
Welteroth's first pitch of the in
ming out of the park and that
it developed. was the game.
The Mats, who had chased Jack
Kramer with their fifth-innine
uprising, threatened to take over
tenancy of third place when they
jammed the bases against Tex
Hughson with one out in the
ninth. but Hughson extricated
himself from that predicament
nicely.
With one out. Sherry Robertson
delivered his third hit. a double
to right. Clyde Vollmer followed
with pop fly which fell inside
the rightfield foul line for dou-
BILE, but Robertson was forced to
halt at third when it appeared
any of three Boston players might
reach the ball.
In that crisis. the Red Sox
elected to walk the dangerous
Eddie Robinson and that strategy
was superb. Hughson promptly
| famed Eddie Yost and Sam
Dente grounded to First Base
man Bill Goodman, whose Flip to
Hughson at first base sent the de-
jected Mats to the clubhouse.
Scarboroush Bows in Third.
Ray Scarborough. who started
for the Mats, failed to survive the
third inning, when Boston SIAM
med him for five successive hits
and a 40 lead. but it was We'll
teroth who absorbed the loss, his
second.
Kramer opened the assault on
Ray with a single to left. Dom
Di Maggie doubled of the center
field fence and Pesky's single to
center scored two. Williams sim
gle to center propelled Pesky to
third and Vern Stephens single
to left scored Pesky. That blow
also shelled Scarborough from the
premises.
Welteroth tossed out Bobby
Doerr as williams shifted to third
and Stephens to second and Good
mans fiy to vollmer enabled Will
liams to score before AL Zarilla
lined not.
AL Kozar started the Mats come
back when he singled to left to
open the NTH. Ed Steward flied
out, but Robertson and Vollmer
singled to net the Mats q run. Rob-
inson's ny to williams permitted
Robertson to score from third be-
fore Kramer walked Yost and
Dente to I'LL the bases. AL Evans
then rammed q single to, left, scor-
ing Vollmer and Yost, before
Hughson arrived on the scene to
toss out Welteroth.
Mats Muif Early Run Chance.
The Mats scrambled their sig
mails in the first inning and there
by removed themselves from Z
bright scoring opportunity.
Coan opened the game with q
double to right and Stewart was
hit on the back by a pitched ball
Coan then attempted to steal third
and was out. Stewart. unaware OF
Coan's intentions, remained on
lSee MATS, Page B-2)