Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-03
Home Run in 9Th
By Eddie Beats
BrownsAgain
Recent Rally Roises
Third Seekers Mark
At Plate 80 Points
By Burton Howkins
Star SioH Correspondent

ST. LOUIS, June 3.-Edole
Yost suddenly is generating more
power than a turbine. and his
welcome display of muscles comes
at a time when the Mats are
grateful for such exhibitionlsm.
In his last four games. Wash
ington's sturdy third baseman
has delivered six hits, and among
them have been two home runs,
two doubles and a triple. Yost,
who had smashed only two home
runs in his major league career
before invading st. Louis. sup
piled his second 1949 home run
in two nights last night as he
lifted the Mats to a Al victory
over the Browns.
While the Mats were in spring
training, Yost was rated as a fell
low likely to succeed this season.
He was meeting the ball well, but
the tip-of on him was that such
veteran catchers as Philadelphia S
Buddy Rosar and Boston's Birdie
Tebbetts had kind words to say
of him.
They pictured Yost as a tough
man to pitch to. but after the
first IS games of the season no.
body could be convinced of that.
Eddie got off to a miserable .156
start over that stretch. but since
has recovered to bat a more
commendable 1882 in his last %
games.
Mats Rally in Eighth.
Eddie still is swatting a mild
1886 for the campaign. but he
has perked up when it has been
important to the Mats. who now
are a mere .005 percentage points
removed from second place.
BY winning 20 of their last
% games. the Mats have clung
doggedly to the first division. but
for seven innings last night it ap-
peared they were prepared to alb
sorb a defeat. Dick Starr owned
a 2-hit, 10 margin over the Mats
entering the eighth. but at that
point AL KoZar touched of a
game-winning rally.
AL Lashed a single of Second
Baseman Jerry Priddy's glove and
the Mats were very much 10 the
game when Sam Dente followed
with a hit-and-run single which
showed Kozar to- third.
Lame-legged Ed Stewart batted
for AL Evans and backed Dick
Kokos against the rightfield wall
for a drive that permitted Kozar
to score from third. Buddy Lewis
inserted q pinch-single and Yost
then slammed his homer into the
leftfield bleacners.
Roy Sievers had boosted the
Browns into the lead in the second
inning when he drove a mighty
home run over the leftfield bleach
ters. a 420-foot blow. The only
Iother safety off Ray Scarborough
was Kokos' single to right in the
fifth. Dick Welteroth finished for
the Mats, allowing only one hit in
the last two innings.
Browns Well Checked.
Scarborough and Welteroth col
Elaborated in restricting the hap
less Browns to three hits as Ray
registered his fourth win.
NAT NOTES-Yost opened the
game with a triple to center. but
the Mats couldn't fetch him
across. The defeat was the
Browns eighth straight and
marked their seventh successive
loss to the Mats, who own an ILL
record in the West.
Yost's pay-off blast was the
Mats 32d homer. surprising their
last years output. Paul CAL
vert (5-3) will take the mound
against the Browns Ned Carver
90 tonight when the Mats will
seek a sweep of the three-game
series. The Mats will shift to
Chicago for a single game tomor-
row and double header on Sunday.
STAIRS record now is OF, but
he's a far better pitcher than
that would indicate. :. He retired
lis Mats in order until Gil Coan
beat out bunt with two on in
the sixth Coan then tried to
steal second. but was out. i. Also
out was Shortstop Johnny Sulli-
van, who was forced to leave the
game with a spiked right hand
when Coan gashed him.