Evening star., 1951-09-03
Mats September Hex
On Red Sox Invoked
In Twin Bill Today
BY Burton Howkins
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

/ BOSTON, Sept. 3.-The Mats,
who for three years have figured
prominently in destroying Red
SoX pennant hopes with Septem-
Der upsets, hoped to make Labor
Day a gloomy affair for the strug-
Cling third-place team.
Boston has walloped Washing
ton 13 times in II games this sea-
son and has taken seven of nine
games here, but the Red Sox-
five games off the league lead and
eager to close ground-aren't in
clined to take the Mats lightly.
Too we'll they remember events
of the last three seasons.
1t was on September %. 1913,
that Ray Scarborough beat Bos-
ton. Az, forcing the Red Sox into
playoff which Cleveland won.
On the same date in 1949 Scar
borough. who went from the Mats
to the White Sox, thence to Bos-
ton, again edged the Red Sox,
2-1. throwing the race into tie.
New York won that year.
/ Beaten Again Last Year.
Last season. on September 81,
the Red Sox were four games back
of the pace-setting Yankees. A
New York loss. coupled with a
pair of Red Sox wins over Wash
ington, would slice the gap to 2l2
games. Philadelphia beat the
Yankees. but Washington swept a
double-header from Boston and
eliminated the Red Sox.
Dick Starr. whose lone win as
a Nat was achieved at the eX-
pense of the Red Sox. and Bob
Porterfeld were to oppose Boston
in today's double-header. The
Red Sox were to counter with
Mel Parnell and Chuck Stobbs,
both lefthanders. Parnell has
80 record against the Mats this
season while Stobbs has been
belted out three of the four times
he has confronted Washington.
Williams Out of Lineup.
The Mats won't be confronted
with Ted Williams in this series.
The Boston slugger, who has
slammed 81 home runs this sea-
son, two less than Gus Zernial of
the Athletics. the leader, has been
sent to bed with a fever. Trainer
Jack Fadden does not expect Ted
back in the lineup for several days.
Rained out yesterday at Grit
fifth Stadium while locked in IL
tie with the Yankees in the last
half of the second inning, the
Mats will shift that game to New
York and play it as part of a
ouble-header Sunday.
The game was delayed II min
Iutes at the outset due to rain and
the clubs got only brief exercise
before a downpour disappointed
crowd of about 10000. With
two out in the first inning the
Mats clipped Vic Raschi for ar
unearned run when Gil Coan waS
hit by a pitched ball, gained sec
ond when Shortstop Phil Rizzuto
dropped Catcher Yogi Berra's
throw on an attempted steal, and
scored on Mickey Vernon's double
to left.
Mize Scores Berra.
With one out in the second in
ming Berra slammed Don john
son pitch to the centerf1eld corner
for triple and Johnny Mize got
him across with a grounder to
Cass Michaels at second base.
Michaels was at bat leading off
the Mats second session when the
deluge descended. 1t came so
quickly that the ground crew
couldn't handle one section of the
soggy tarpaulin and quarter of
the infield remained unprotected.
After a wait of an hour and 33
minutes Umpire Joe Paparella
called off the game.
Thus the Yankees lead was
( III 1IIlIkICu W Ildll a SdI1lC do NlCfC-
land beat ST. Louis. Last year on
the same date the Yanks had "a
two-game bulge.
The Mats will be idle tomorrow
then invade Philadelphia for night
games Wednesday and Thursday
Then comes a four-game series
with the Yankees at New York
On Saturday the Yankees will
honor Joe Mccarthy, former New
York manager. and as part of
the festivities Clark Griffith, the.
Mats owner and first manager,
of the Yankees-then the High
landers-will pilot a team of old
timers against a club handled by
Mccarthy.
The Yankees strengthened their
reserves for the pennant drive
yesterday by recalling Shortstop
Jim Brideweser from San Fran
cisco.