Evening star., 1950-08-19
Another FrstSacke Bites the Dust Crippled ee Returns
Marrero Also Leaves
Disabled List, Hur|s
Against Red Sox Today
BY Burton Hawkins
Stor Sioff Correspondent

BOSTON. Aug. 19.-First base
has become a sort of No Mans
Land for the Mats. Eor the third
time in 10 games, Washington
first basemen have been injured,
with Irv Noren the latest victim
here last night as the Mats
dropped drama-packed 7-6
10-inning struggle to the Red Sox.
Noren's right arm was puffed
badly today and his return to
first base was doubtful. Noren
was hit on the forearm by Pitcher
Dick Littlefeld in the 10th inning,
necessitating the premature re-
turn of Sam Mele to first base.
Mele still hasn't the full use Of
his left arm as the result of last
Wednesdays collision with Phil
RiZzuto. Yankee shortstop.
Mickey Vernon. the regular
first baseman, still is limping as
the result of a sprained ankle and
doesn't expect to play until Tues
day.
Marrero to Oppose Parnell.
Another recent casualty, Connie
Marrero, is coming off the Mats
sore-armed list this afternoon to
pitch against Mel Parnell, Red Sox
left handler.
Sherry Robertson was a real
hard-luck guy last night. On the
best night he ever had. Sherry
drove in five runs with two homers
and scored Washington's other run
after blasting a triple. But his
bid for all the headlines was frus-
trated when Bobby Doerr lifted
an Elmer Singleton pitch over the
left field fence for the game
winning blow j.. ne 10th inning.
The Red Soy got off to a 10
lead off Al Sima in the first in
ming, but Robertson's triple and
Ed Stewards double tied it up off
Joe Dobson in the second. Then
the home team belted Sima for
five runs in the third for a COM
manding 6-1 advantage.
Robertson then took personal
charge of getting the Mats back in
the game. After Gil Coan and
Noren singled in the sixth, Sherry
lofted his first homer of the year
into the Boston bullpen. cutting
the deficit to Ga,
With one out in the eighth,
Doerr made two-base boot on
Noren's grounder and Robertson
tied things up with an identical
home run wallop.
Singleton was in a mess in the
ninth when the Red Sox filled
the bases with none out, but mir
aculously pulled out of it. Dobson
opened the inning with a single
and Noren threw wildly after he
scooped up Dom Di Maggio's bunt.
Dobson went all the way to third
and Di Maggie continued to Sec
ond on the error.
Coan'S Throw Prevents Run.
Mickey McDermott ran for Dob
son and Johnny Pesky was passed
purposely to fill the bases. Billy
Goodman slashed a grounder to
Cass Michaels, who threw to the
plate, forcing McDermott.
Vern Stephens flied to Coan in
short center and when Di Maggie
tried to score aft the catch he
was out on Gi!'s accurate peg to
Al Evans.
Singleton, who tymied the Red
SoX on five hits in six innings.
then went down , defeat in the
10th when Doerr, he first man
UP, poked his 2lst homer over the
wall. 1t was the sixth straight
victory for the Red Sox.
Goodman led Boston's 13-hit at
tack with three singles which lift
ed him into the league batting
lead with a 1854 average.
MATS NOTES.: Gene Bearden's
big ambition is to aid in humping
Cleveland out of the pennant race
He'll get his chance Tuesday
night when Bucky Harris will
start him against the Indians in
the opener of a three-game series
:. . Last nights game was started
five minutes early due to a rain
threat.
First Baseman Walt Dropo, re-
covering after being hit on the
head by Hank Wyse of the AS.
worked out before the game and
will return to action tomorrow
Birdie Tebbetts, Boston CATCH
er who tangled with Wyse as the
result of that incident. is idle
because of a wrenched back re-
ceived in that scuff1e Birdie
calls it lumbago.
Di Maggie deprived Dente of a
hit with a spectacular leaping
backhand catch of Sans deep
drive in the fourth inning II
was Denies longest sr.?sh In a
month.