Evening star., 1950-04-26
Boston Players
|InvoIvedin inSwar
|AreHeId HitIess
Ruschi Goes Route
For Yankees; Joost
Of As Is Injured
By Joe ReiehIer
Assoeiotsd Press Sports Writer

They snickered when the Giants
traded away all that power to
the Braves for defense minded
Eddie Stanky and ALVIN Dark.
They smiled knowingly when
Sid Gordon returned to the Polo
Grounds in Braves uniform and
almost single-handedly whipped
his former mates with a pair of
home runs. One came with the
bases loaded.
They laughed as Will Marshall,
Buddy Kerr and Gordon con-
tinued to star for the Braves,
while Stanky and Dark did moth
ing at bat or in the field to dis
tinguish themselves. The laughs
turned to jeers when Stanky and
Dark messed up a potential dou-
BILE play that cost the Giants a
ball game.
All this happened during the
first week of the season. But yes
terday started new week-with
different results.
Dodgers Triumph, 80.
While Gordon, Marshall and
Kerr were held hitless by Joe
Hatten as the left-hander pitched
the Dodgers to a 80 triumph over
Boston. Stanky and Dark were
sparkling the Giants to their first
triumph Of the season. The pair
reached base five times as the
Giants defeated the Phillies, 8-4
The pair also excelled in the field
! Stanky proved he was still ar
excellent leadof batter by drawing
a pair of walks and singing ir
five trips to the plate. He scored
twice. Stanky has now received
seven free passes and scored five
times in five games.
Dark walloped a home run and
double in four times at bat tc
boost his batting average to a
lofty .421. Until yesterday the
keystone combination had not
driven in a run nor cracked an
extra base hit.
While they did not get an op-
portunity to execute a double play
both Dark and Stanky fielded
faultleSSly. Stanky especially
saved winning pitcher Larry
Jansen plenty of grief in the
fourth inning. He came up with
a spectacular backhanded stop of
Dick Sisters sizzler past the
mound to throw the Philly out
fielder out by a whisker. The
play prevented two Philadelphia
runs as there were runners on
second and third.
Hatten Retires % Straight,
Hatten allowed only two sin
giles at Boston. as the Dodgers
registered their fifth straight tri-
umph. following their opening
day loss to the Phillies. He re-
tired % men in succession be-
tween Bob Elliott's second-inning
single and Connie Ryan's ninth
inning walk. Sam Jethroe fol-
lowed Ryan's walk with a single
but Hatten got Marshall to end
the inning and the game.
Vic RaSchi became the first
Yankee pitcher to go the route,
pitching a 6-3 victory over the
Athletics in Philadelphia.
! Playing without the services OF
Tommy Heinrich, who suffered a
recurrence of his knee injury in
batting practice, the Yankees hit
Lou Brissie for 13 hits, five ot
them doubles. Shortstop Phil
Rizzuto had a perfect four-hit
day.
| Eddie Joost, Philadelphia short.
stop. was forced to retire in the
sixth after he was hit on the
right thigh by a foul tip.
The Tigers won their fifth game
in six starts. defeating the Brown.
IN a st. Louis night game. Virgil
Trucks had a one-hit shutout TO,
seven innings but homers by Hank
Art and Dick Kokos and a double
knocked him out of the box. Art
Houtteman stopped the Brownie
uprising in the ninth to preserve
Trucks second victory.
A two-run homer by Gerry Prid.
dy on Dick Starr put the Tiger.
IN front, 20, in the third inning
; Johnny Groth added another De.
troit tally with his second home
run in the fifth.