Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-20
Robinson SizzIes
'AtBat, but Tigers
Cool 0HGriffs
Eddie Hits in 18th
In Row; Hudson Faces
Brownies Tonight
By Burton Howkins

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The Mats thermometer has
Ifuctuated from frost to fire since
their triumphant return from the
West, but continuing to sizzle Is
Eddie Robinson. Washington has
split six games in its current home
stand, but Robinson is having no
part of such tepid action. The
burly first baseman has hit safely
in Is straight games and over that
stretch has batted a scorching
1863.
| A Isl hitter in the Mats first
10 games. benched in Boston for
one game as result of that de-
plorable hitting and all but given
up on by Washington's front Of
fee, Eddie has surged back. He
currently is hitting .343. and is
the bravo boy of the Mats 500
club.
Another player who is having a
highly successful season. Boston s
little Dom Di Maggie. partly is re-
sponsible for Robinson's common
dable conduct, for it was while
both were in the Navy that the di-
minutive member of the Di Maggie
family improved Eddies hitting.
Robinson. while playing for
Norfolk Naval Training Station,
was hitting out of a pronounced
crouch. 1t was Di Maggie who
persuaded Eddie to straighten up
and utilize his power. Eddie took
the advice, to the considerable
chagrin of another member of
that crack Navy club. Freddie
Hutchinson.
Fails to Fool Robinson.
Hutchinson stopped the Mats
with seven hits yesterday as De-
troit mauled Washington. 10-1,
and delivering three of the Mats
safeties was Robinson.
In their next five games, with
st. Louis and Chicago, the Mats
are hoping to close the four game
gap between them and first place.
In an effort to beat the Browns
for the fourth straight time, Man
ager Joe Kuhel will send Sid Hud-
son to the mound tonight, with
AL Papai a likely starter for st.
Louis.
Despite their cellar status, the
Browns aren't regarded as push
overs by the Mats. who escaped
with 5-3, 81 and GA victories
at St. Louis. The Browns move
into Griffith Stadium with six
wins in their last nine contests.
Against the Tigers yesterday
Ray Scarborough had nothing on
the ball except his hand. He was
smashed for seven hits and issued
seven walks before he was re-
quested to leave the premises with
none out In the sixth.
Detroit had compiled Al
lead before they tucked the game
away with a four-run outburst in
the sixth. Scarborough launched
his early exit by walking Johnny
Groth. Paul Campbell and Hutch
inson followed with triples and
when Johnny Lipon walked. so did
Scarborough. Forrest Thompson
famed Don Holloway, but George
Kell's double fetched Hutchinson
and Lipon across.
Mats Not in Scoring Mood.
Scarborough wild-pitched Lipon
across from third in the first in
ming and the Tigers had 20 COM
mand in the second when Groth
singled, continued to second on
Gil Coan's bobble, moved to third
on Campbell's sacrifice and scored
on Hutchinson single.
Washington lone run stemmed
from Robinson's single. Eddie
Yost's double and Lipon's tumble
of Sam Denies grounder in the
fourth, but the game began to get
out of hand when the Tigers
socked Scarborough for two runs
in the fifth.
Detroit's 4-run spl1rge boosted
the Tigers lead to 81 In the sixth
and they increased their margin
to its final proportions in the sew
enth when Thompson walked
Groth. Hutchinson doubled and
Upon singled.
! NAT NOTES: Jerry Priddy,
Eddie Pellagrini and Jack Graham
of the Browns secuted the Mats,
which answers the question OF
what ball players do on a day of,
|. Clyde Vollmer was robbed OF
a double In the fifth when his
smash past third base was stopped
by Umpire Red Jones foot.
Clyde got a single out of 1t. but 1t
cost the Mats run when Robin
son followed with a single.
Vincent X. Flaherty. former
Washington sports writer now a
big wheel with the Los Angeles
Examiner, saw the Mats futile de-
pertinent. Joe Haynes saw his
first action in nearly three weeks
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