Evening star., 1949-08-14
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Given Williams
Breaks Duel Between
Haynes and Kinder,
Offsets Yonk Win
By Burton Howkins
Stor Stoff Coyrexnondspt


BOSTON, Aug. 13.-In the chill
mist of FenWay Park the Mats re-
manned enveloped in their fog Of
futility today. To the accompani-
ment, of stocky Vern Stephens
majestic grand slam home run
with one out in the 18th inning.
the Mats were swept to defeat by
Boston, 5-l.
Stephens mighty blow over the
left field fence, his 30th homer Of
the year, abruptly ended a neat
pitching duel between the Mats
Joe Haynes and Boston's Ellis
Kinder. 1t also kept the second
place Red Sox within five games
of the league-leading New York
Yankees. who defeated Philadel-
phia, 81.
Haynes. who had replaced
Mickey Harris in the sixth inning.
beckoned trouble when he walked
Kinder to open Boston's twelfth.
Dom Di Maggie sacrificed and at
that point Shortstop Sam Dente
sabotaged Haynes by fumbling
Johnny Pesky's grounder in his
haste to make play on Kinder
scooting to third.
Williams Is Walked.
In that situation Manager Joe
Kuhel ordered Haynes to pass the
dangerous Ted Williams, filing
the bases. 1t required only one
pitch for Stephens to wreck that
strategy. Hitless in five previous
efforts, he slammed Haynes in
itial offering over the wall ana
lifted his runs batted in produce
ton to 125.
Eight times in the last II in
nings the Mats first batter reached
base, but they couldn't bring the
winning run around. The Mats
clipped Kinder for 13 hits, but
all were singles. and the Boston
right-hanoer issued only one walk.
Thus the Mats were dealt third
straight loss and their 26th defeat
JIM 80 gamesl. 1t also marked WASH
Iington's 23rd setback in % games
at Fenway Park over a span Of
three years.
Delayed Is minutes at the outset
and IS minutes in the ninth inning
because of a heavy mist which
| developed into a light rain, the
game soon settled into a mound
battle after the Mats nicked Kinder
for Al run in the first inning.
Robertson Scores.
With one out in the first inning
Sherry Robertson singled to right
and Sam Mele followed with a
single to center. Robertson stole
third and scored when Bob Ortiz
lashed single off Peskys glove.
Clyde Vollmer's single to center
filled the bases. but Eddie Robin
son grounded into a double play.
Harris, the 10th left handler to
start against the Red Sox here
this season, became the 18th who
failed to finish When Boston got
it's first run off him in the sixth
inning Kuhel Immediately waved
him from the premises.
That run materialized after Will
liams beat out slow roller to
Robinson. Stephens flied out, but
Bobby Doerr walked and AL Zarilla
sinzled to right, scoring Williams
and Sending Doerr to third. When
Mele bobbled the ball, Zarilla con-
tinued to second.
Haynes came in to ease the Mats
out of that jam. Birdie Tebbetts
grounded to Eddie Yost and Doerr
was trapped between third and
the plate and run down. Billy
Hitchcock then forced Tebbetts at
second.
For the next five innings
Haynes stopped the Red Sox on
four hits. But meanwhile, Kinder
was squirming out of repeated
difficulties en- route to his 14th
victory.
FrOteSt 10 umpire.
In the fifth inning Harris and
Yost singled successfully but Rob-
ertson struck out. Harris took
third after Mele flied to Di Maggie.
but at that juncture Williams con-
tributed stab of Ortiz drive to
the left field wall. Kuhel and
the Mats protested Ted had caught
the ball on the rebound off the
wall, but Umpire Jim Boyer didn't
agree.
Jake Early and Haynes singled
successfully to start the seventh.
but Yost's attempted sacrifice was
converted into a force play on
Haynes at second as Early took
third. Robertson then drilled in
to a double-play.
The Mats threatened in the
18th, too, when Dente opened
with a single. Early sacrificed.
but Haynes struck out. Yost
walked before Di Maggie raced
back to haul in Robertson's deep
smash to>center.
Paul Calvert (6-12) and Dick
Weik do will oppose Boston's
Mel Parnell Q7-6) and Joe Dob
son Q0-O in tomorrow's double
header.