Evening star., 1950-04-02
3 Timely Blows
By Ed Robinson
Help Turn Tide
Mickey Harris and
HittIe Are Pounded;
koey to Pitch Today
By Burton Howkins
Star STAFF Correspondent

ORLANDO. Fla. April THE
Cincinnati Reds riddled the pitch
ing of Washington's Mickey Harris
and Lloyd Hittle for Is hits today.
but restrain that leap toward a
hasty conclusion. The Mats in
jected their allotment of seven
hits at timely intervals and got
away with an 8-6 victory over the
glamor boys OF the Grapefruit
League.
The Reds were threatening to
harpoon Hittle in the ninth, when
they pushed across one run. had
Lloyd Merriman on third and the
tying run to first with only one
out. But in that minor crisis,
Third BaSeman Eddie Yost took
Hittle off the spot with neat stab
of Sammy Meeks' grounder and
launched it on a double play
journey,
Robinson Still Banging.
Eddie Robinson, the Mats boom
boy. contributed three of WASH
ington'S hits. drove across three
runs and boosted his batting mark
to 400 in the process of hitting
safely in IA straight games. He
figured prominently in helping the
Mats TO overcome q ST. deficit,
humping over run in a 4-run
'outburSt in the sixth and crack
ing across two more in a 3-run
seventh.
The Reds, who had compiled a
1875 record to top the Grapefruit
League, got behind in hurry
today. In the first inning Irv
Noren crashed mighty home run
over the rightfield fence off John
Hetki, right-hander who won l6
games with Syracuse last year.
Meeks. a former Washington
chattel who was dispatched to
Syracuse in the deal for Clyde
Vollmer. opened the Reds second
inning with double, moved to
third on Dixie Howells single and
scored on Hetki's long fly to Noren.
Cincinnati moved into a 81
lead in the fourth on singles by
Meeks and Howell, Hetkis double
and Bobby Adams long fly to CEN
ter. The Reds increased their
margin to 81 in the sixth when
Lou Klein and Howell singled.
Hetki's fly to center scored Klein
from third and Adams double sent
Howell across.
| Meanwhile. Hetki was moving
down the Mats. After Noren's
homer in the first inning, Robin
son singled, but the Mats didn't
get their third hit until the sixth
inning.
Grasso's Hit Ties Score.
Gil Coan was nicked on the
shoulder by pitched ball to start
the sixth. and Second Baseman
Klein bobbled Sam Dente's
grounder. Noren's fly to center
sent Coan to third and Robinson
scored him with a single to CEN
ter.
Ed Stewart delivered another
single, scoring Dente. and the
bases were filled when Yost
walked. Sherry Robertson flied
to short left. but Mickey Grasso
came through with sharp sim
gle to center that scored Robin
son and Stewart and tied up the
game. Grasso then was picked
of first.
Frank Fanovich. a wild left
handler. was the victim of WASH
ington's three-run splurge in the
seventh. He pitched a single to
AL Evans and wild-pitched him to
second after Vollmer flied out.
Fanovich walked Dente and Nor
en- to fill the bases and. again.
Robinson supplied a single. scor-
ing Evans and Dente.
Sam Mele walked to reload the
bases and Yost scored Noren from
third with a long belt to Johnny
Wyrostek in center. AL Kozar
then grounded out.
Wyrostek opened the Reds
ninth with single to right and
Merriman followed with a single
to left. Joe Adcock hoisted to
Vollmer, but Ron Northey pump
ed single to right which scored
Wyrostek and sent Merriman to
third.
Meeks slashed . grounder TO
Yost's left, but Eddie pounced
on 1t, whipped the ball to Kozar
(See MATS on Page B-S)