Evening star., 1951-07-20
10 Straight Defeats
By Chicago Irksome;;
Coan in Front Again
Special Dispoteh TO The ssor

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CHICAGO. July 20.-The oppor-
tunity to pick up little glory,
something they haven't had much
of this season. awaits Washing
tons Mats tonight as they take
on the pennant-contending White
Sox in the first of a four-game
series at Comiskey Park. There's
a revenge angle, too. as the White
Sox have beaten them 10 straight
times.
Licked, 81, by the Browns in
st. Louis last night, the Mats have
had only their early season
splurge, even breaks in IL games
each with the Yankees and In
dians and Gil Coan's batting spree
to help Offset their drab, sixth
place showing.
Coan is giving the Mats their
chief reason to smile these days,
He hit a home run and double in
four trips last night and once
again moved into first place in the
American League batting race with
la mark of 1885, shade ahead OF
Ferris Fain of the Athletics and
Detroit's George Kell. Kell got
three hits in eight times at bat
in double header against Phila-
delphia yesterday.
Coan Leads by a Nose.
Carried out to flve digits. Coan
has a mark of .33450. Fain, idle
since he hurt his foot against
Chicago Sunday. has .33447 and
|Kell is right behind with .33442.
Starting tonight. however. the
Mats hope to gain little more
respect as a team. The White
ISox have little reason to respect
the Mats, whom they have lost to
only once this season. Washing
ton won the first game in Chi
|cag0 last spring and is still look
ing for victory No. 2.
The White Sox aren't regarding
the Mats too lightly. however.
Chicago is in second place, Just
three percentage points behind
Boston. which opens series to-
night at Detroit.
Harry Dorish, righthander,
will try for his third victory of
the season over the Mats tonight.
Dorish, who won four while los
ing nine last season, will carry a
AZ record into tonight's game.
Hudson to Try Again.
Sid Hudson, who has been hav-
ing more trouble than any
pitcher deserves, will try to get
back into form against the White
Sox. Kept out of action until
late May because of an arm all
ment, Sid was pounded in his
last start Sunday against Cleve-
land as he gave up seven hits in
less than four innings and lost
his sixth game against three VIC
tories. However, Hudson has
shown flashes of his old form.
winning his three games on a
pair of FIVE -hitters and a seven
hitter.
The Browns came up with six
runs in the eighth inning last
night and held off a Washington
rally in the ninth to gain a split
in the four-game series. The st.
Louis uprising in the eighth chased
Don johnson, who suffered his
fifth loss against as many vic
tories. Tom Ferrick finished up.
Dick Starr, who started for
st. Louis, gave up one run in the
first on wild throw by Jack Ma
guire, rookie third baseman, cou-
pied with two walks and Sam
Mele's long fly. The Browns tied
it in their half on walk and
singles by Ray Coleman and
Sherm Lollar and went ahead in
the third when a run scored on
IDesling's double, walk and Lol-
lars single.
Yost and Coan Homer.
The Mats took the lead in the
sixth on successive homers by
Eddie Yost, his sixth, and Coan
his eighth, but the Browns evened
lit again in the seventh on Stars
double and singles by Bob Young
and Mcguire.
Then came the eighth. Lollar
land Hank Arft opened with sim
lgles. Ken Wood grounded to Yost
who made a wild throw to right
field, trying for double play
Jennings doubled. Mcguire sim
lgled, Delsing walked and Coleman
doubled. The result was six runs.
The Mats rallied for four runs II
1.-THE ninth. Cass Michaels doubled
land scored on Clyde Kluttz' single
Sherry Robertson, batting for Fer
rick, hit his first homer of the sea-
son, scoring Verble, who was run
ming for Kluttz. Bob Hogue then
replaced Starr, but he walked
Yost, Coan sacrificed and Noren
singled in the fourth run. Lou
Sleater then came in to end the
uprising by striking out Mickey
Vernon.
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