Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-13
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Calvert, Ex-Mexicon
Lacquer, Is Victim
Of 4-Run Outburst
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BY Burton Hawkins
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Mar.
12.-The Mats encountered some
of the Philadelphia Athletics top
pitching here today and struck
bottom. The Mats struck very
little else, but out, accommodating
only four hits en- route to a IL
defeat.
Washington failed to distin-
guish itself in any department in
its first exhibition game against
it's opening day foe. The Mats
defense was shaky. their pitching
was mediocre and their hitting
virtually non-existent against Joe
Coleman, Lou Brissie and Charley
Harris.
The AS collected only seven
hits against Paul Calvert. Ed Klie-
man and Dick Weik, but they
parlayed three of those into a
4-run outburst against Calvert in
the third inning.
Washington's lone run, which
tied the score at IL against Cole
man in the second inning.
stemmed from such heroics as an
error, a walk, an infield hit and
a wild pitch. Thereafter the Mats
didn't get anybody to second base
and only three reached first.
Calvert Flop On Mound.
Calvert, beSpectacled right
handler who switched to the Mex
lean League as minor Lacquer,
then signed. with the Mats last
week, made his debut in Washing
ton livery and made quite fail
ure of it.
Eddie Joost opended the AS
first inning with a one-hop
bounder to Third Baseman Eddie
Yost, but Yost bobbled the ball
and run resulted when Elmer
Valo slashed a single past First
Baseman Eddie Robinson. Joost
scored from third when Ferris
Fain grounded out to Robinson.
With one out in the second
inning the Mats stirred up their
run, with considerable aid by the
AS. Third Baseman Hank Ma
jeski threw wild after fielding
AL Kozar's grounder and Yost
walked. The bases were filled
when Sam Dente beat out a slow
roller to Second Baseman Pete
Suder.
In that crisis Coleman I'M
leashed a wild pitch, enabling
Kozar to score. but he proceeded
to strike out Al Evans and CAL
vert to avert additional damage.
That ended the Mats offensive
activities, except for timid singles
by Evans, Ed Stewart and Len
Okrie. but the AS promptly
pounced on Calvert.
Macks Pour 1t On.
Joost launched the AS third
with a single to left. Valo
grounded to Kozar, but Dente ar
rived at second too late for
force play and both runners were
safe. Fain injected single to
center, scoring Joost, and the
bases were damned when Taft
Wright walked.
Majeski's booming double to
right-center scored Valo and Fain
and the bases again were loaded
when Sam Chapman walked.
Buddy Rosar drilled into a double
play, scoring Wright with the
fourth run of the inning before
Suder grounded out.
Philadelphia lifted the score to
it's final proportions in the fourth
inning, when Kheman was clipped.
With one out he walked Joost
and Valo dashed a triple to right.
Fain's long fly to Buddy Lewis
in right scored Valo from third.
NAT NOTES: Among the 2,511
spectators was William Harridge,
president of the American League
Taft Wright of the AS was
playing rightfield in Wright Field
Dente damaged the fingers
on his right hand fielding a
grounder and had to retire
Gil Coan attempted bunts on
his first two trips. The first was
beauty which trickled foul, but
the second was an ill-conceived
drag bunt which resembled line
drive. The Washington teams
Ray Scarborough, Walter Mas
terson and Dick Welteroth will
face the AS Dick Fowler, Alex
Kellner and Jim Wilson here to-
morrow.