Evening star., 1951-08-03
Have Won 6 Straiqht
There This Season;
Rogovin VS.. Hudson
By Burton Hawkins

4lIC "IIlIc QUA IOW IldIlSlI1R
on desperately in a hectic pen
nant race they had led for nearly
half the season. move into Grit
fifth Stadium tonight for a three
game series. They'll be aiming
for seventh straight win here
where they haven't been beaten
Saul Rogovin, battered for six
runs in less than three innings
the last time he faced the Mats
in a disastrous. series in Chicago
which all but erased the White
Sox from pennant contention as
Washington took four in a row,
will try again tonight. Sid Hud-
son will pitch for the Mats.
Happily rid of the Indians, who
took three of four from them by
capturing So decision last night
before crowd of 1882, the Mats
get a comparative breathing spell
before plunging into rigorous
schedule. Starting Monday they'll
battle the three top teams, New
York, Boston and Cleveland in 16
successive games.
Dolby Hits Mighty Swat.
The Indians departed, only one
game back of the Yankees, and
Larry Dolby left the customers a
memory of mighty blow The
Cleveland center-fielder blasted
one of the more impressive Grit
fifth Stadium homers in the third
inning against Bob Porterfield-
a drive which landed atop the
fence in dead center field and
boNlded out of the park.
Doby'S smash was hit against
breeze blowing toward the plate
and was vastly more convincing
clout than the homer he belted
into the amplifiers here two years
ago. On that occasion, he was
aided by stiff tailwind.
1t is believed that only Babe
Ruth has cleared the fence at the
same point Doby's homer left the
park. Ruth rammed a homer
into the tree some so feet back of
the wall in 1928. according to vet
eran pressboX inhabitants. Doby's
hit wasn't that majestic, but
when better homers at Griffith
Stadium are mentioned his will be
among them.
Doby'S homer. which came with
Dale Mitchell aboard. merely was
added insurance for Steve Gro
mex, who held the Mats to four
hits. He limited the Mats to two
hits until the ninth, when Wash
lngton generated a mild threat.
Casters Triple Hurt.
Luke Easter got the Indians off
with cluster of three runs in the
first inning. After Mitchell walked
and Bobby Avila singled, Easter
parked triple in left-center to
score them and later came across
when Al Rosen grounded out.
Doby's king sized homer boosted
the Indians into SO lead and
made it easy for Gromek to post
his fifth win.
Same Mele provided the Mats
first hit leading off in the fifth
and Pete Runnels supplied an
other single in the seventh inning,
but the Mats got no hits when
they scored a run in the sixth.
Mike Mccormick, batting for
Porterfield, walked and advanced
when Eddie Yost was nicked by a
pitched ball.
Mike went to third after Gil
Coan flied to Harry Simpson in
right field and scored when
Mickey Vernon grounded out.
Faint hope f1ickered among the
Mats IN the ninth when Vernon
reached base On Casters error
and Mele again singled, but Run
nelS flied out and Gene Verble
forced Mele Vernon scored on
Mike Guerra's single and Sherry
Robertson, batting for Mickey
was hit by a pitched ball,
filling the bases. Yost was no
hero IN that situation, lofting a
pop fly to Ray Boone at shortstop.