Evening star., 1949-05-01
Each Circuit Hit
Hammered With
Runner on Base
Calvert Braces After
Moeks RoIIy in 9th
For ; Hits, 2 Runs
Picture on Page B-2J
By Burton Hawkins
Sfor Stcff Coyresponcent

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. April 80.
The Mats dug deep among their
100 hitters today to come up with
home runs by Clyde Vollmer and
Buddy Lewis and score a 4-3 de-
cision over the Philadelphia Ath-
letics as thin. bespectacled Paul
Calvert produced another neatly
pitched contest.
Calvert, a fugitive from Hav-
ana's winter league, owned q Al,
shit victory entering the ninth.
but after the first three AS had
batted he suddenly possessed an
8-hitter. his margin was sliced
to a run and Philadelphia had
that one on first base.
In that crisis, Calvert clicked.
Sam Chapman forced Nelson Fox.
and Pinch-hitter Carl Scheib
drilled a double-play grounder at
Sherry Robertson, Of all people.
Robertson had replaced AL Kozar
at second base. due to AIS anemic
batting average.
Calvert, who had dropped a
80 verdict to New York and a
20 game to Boston, saw the amaz-
ing spectacle of the Mats producing
runs for him after II scoreless
innings.
Mats Take Lead In Third.
That occurred in the third inn
ing at a time when the Mats were
trailing, 10, due to the first of
Chapman's. two triples and Pete
Suder's luck-annointed bounder
OF Calvert's glove in the second
inning.
With two out in the third, Rob-
ertson justified his presence in
the lineup by booming triple
high off the rightfield fence. Voll-
uer, .194 hitter but a hero in
each Of the Mats three victories.
promptly pumped a mighty home
run high into second deck OF the
leftfleld stands of Joe Coleman
and the Mats were In command,
2-l. vs-~-ea
That was the setting. too. when
the ninth rolled around. Al Evans
opened with a single to left and
Calvert sacrificed. Gil Coan flied
out, but Lewis. hitting .104 this
season. rammed a Charley Har-
ris pitch over the rightf1eld wall
and the Mats advantage zoomed
to Al.
They required that gap. for Fer
ris Fain launched the AS ninth
with a single to left. Taft Wright
followed with another. Hank Ma
jeski shot still another single into
left, scoring Fain. and when Coan
bobbled the ball. Wright scooted
to third.
Double play Seals Win.
After a hasty huddle at the
mound with Evans and Manager
Joe Kuhel. Calvert braced. Chap
man slammed a grounder at Third
Baseman Eddie Yost. Wright tall
lied as Yost's throw to Robertson
at second forced Fox. running for
Majeski. The dangerous Scheib
than spanked q two-hop grounder
to Robertson, who stepped on sec
ond then pegged to Eddie Robin
son at first to nip Scheib.
Until the ninth. Calvert had
the AS beating his sinker spe-
cialty into the ground. The WASH
ington outfield registered only two
putouts as he walked none and
struck out two. After Chapman
tripled with two down In the
fourth, Paul retired IL AS in order
until Eddie Joost singed with two
out In the eighth.
Lewis, Robinson and Sam Dente
led the Mats 11-hit attack with
two hits each.
NAT NOTES-Joe Haynes and
Dick Weik will face the AS in a
double-header here tomorrow with
Scheib and Alex Kellner slated
to fire for Philadelphia For
Haynes 1t will mark his first ac-
tivity since he was traded to the
Mats last winter.
The Mats have won each Of
their three games with II hits ;.
Today's victory was Washington's
first on the road Lewis has
three hits this season, two Of them
homers.