Evening star., 1950-03-26
Robinson, Coan
And Kozar C|out
Circuit b| lows
Dente PAGES Attack
On Lefty McDermott
And Musterson
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Sfoff CORRESPONDENT

ORLANDO, Fla. Mar. 25,-In
the distinguished company of the
Boston Red Sox the Mats were men
of distinction today. Lightly re-
garded Washington rolled out some
heavy artillery and crushed the
Red Sox, 1913, under a barrage Of
three home runs, two triples and
three doubles.
The Mats produced their most
heartening performance of the
year by battering young Mickey
McDermott and Walter Masterson
for Is hits. And to support such
socking finally found a pair of
adequate pitchers in Dick Weik
and Joe Haynes.
Weik and Haynes restricted Bos-
ton to six hits and although they
yielded seven walks, it marked
their most impressive appearances
Of the spring.
Into the proceedings Eddie
Robinson. Gil Coan and AL Kozar
injected home runs, Sam Dente
and Irv Noren supplied triples
and Robinson: Eddie Yost and
Kozar delivered doubles. Boston's
Merrill Combs also slammed a
flrst-inning homer off Weik.
Robinson Drives in 5 Runs.
Dente, former property of the
Red Sox, packed the Mats attack
with three hits, but it was the
burly Robinson-a Ala hitter in
II games-who thumped across
five runs with his 3-run homer in
the fourth, plus a fifth inning
double and a grounder which
fetched run across in the first
inning.
Combs, playing shortstop for
Boston while Vern Stephens
rounds into condition, lofted a
homer to give Boston 10 COM
mand in the first inning, but that
was the last time the Red Sox led.
9ost greeted the lefthanded,
2l-year-old McDermott with a
double to left and Dente fol-
lowed with a triple over Dom
Di Maggio's head in center.
Robinson's grounder scored Dente.
Walks to AL Zarilla and Lou
Stringer, coupled with Mat Bats
single, locked the score at % in
the second, but the Mats pried a
run from McDermott in their por-
t1on of the inning when Dente
singled and Noren rammed 4
triple to center.
Sam Mele walked to open the
Mats third and the bases were
lammed when Clyde Vollmer's pop
fly fell safely in short center and
kozar walked. Mickey Grasso.
who had a wretched afternoon
what with striking out three times
In as many attempts, famed, but
Welk's grounder scored Mele.
MasterSOn Also Clubbed.
Dente and Noren launched the
Mats fourth with singles and in
that situation Robinson hoisted a
nome run over the rightfield fence
into the Tangerine Bowl adjacent
to Tinker Field.
The Mats, who scored in each
OF the first six innings, continued
that sort of clubbing against
Masterson. Coan welcomed him
IN the fifth with a pinch homer
over the rightfield fence and with
Two out Washington manufactured
its second run of the inning when
Noren walked and Robinson
doubled him across.
Washington's margin mounted
to 1912 in the sixth when Kozar
found the range, lifting a drive
over the leftfleld fence. Boston
scored its final run off Haynes in
the seventh, an unearned run
which stemmed for a 2-base error
by Rightfielder Mele. He dropped
Stringer's fly and DiMaggio
brought Lou around with a double
to left.
Weik and Haynes each allowed
three hits, with Dick giving up
four walks and Haynes issuing
three. The Mats were aided by
nine bases on balls.
The victory was Washington's
fourth in 10 games with major
league foes. while Boston's defeat
was its sixth in IA. games,