Evening star., 1952-06-11
Skidding Mats Look
To More New Faces.
To Bolster Lineup
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and Gumpert. and Infielders Mel
Hoderlein and Jerry Snyder.
Marsh and Outfielder Archie
Wilson spent short terms with
Washington, which otherwise hasI
lunloaded Outfielders Irv Noren.
Sam Mele and Sherry Robertson,
Pitchers Hudson and Newsom and
Infielders Cass Michaels and
Tommy Upton.
Club StiD Shaky.
The Mats remain shaky due to
a protracted batting slump. Eddie
Yost, like Grasso, is hitless in 18I
tries. and has slipped to a 200
average. Bucky Harris has every
reason to expect better hitting
from a half dozen members of his
batting order, but he's acquiring
additional gray hair awaiting the
improvement.
The Mats plunged to a new low
in futility last night while taking
a 4-3 beating from the Indians be-
fore 16,580 fans. They got the
tying run on third base with none
out in the ninth inning. then pro-
duced only pop flies.
Hoderlein, batting for Grasso
lashed triple down the rightfield
line and Gil Coan ran for him
Clyde Kluttz, batting for Pitcher
Connie Marrero, lifted meek pop
fly to to Pitcher Early Wynn.
Yost walked, but Lou Brissie
came in to pitch to Frank Cam
pos and disposed of him on a pop
to Bobby Avila at second base.
Then Mike Garcia arrived to dis
pose of Jensen in the same /
manner.
DOby's Homer Decisive.
Marrero. well tagged in the early
innings. yielded the decisive run
in the fifth when Larry Dolby
parked home run in the left
field bleacherS. It was a rare
blow by a left-handed hitter, who
has plagued the Mats with out
standing batting feats here.
The Indians pounced on Mar
rero for two runs in the first in
ming. but the Mats tied the score
in the same session on a walk
to Yost and singles by Campos,
Mickey Vernon and Pete Runnels.
Ray Boone's single and Jim He
gan's double gave Cleveland 3-2
lead in the fourth and Dolby boost
ed it to AZ in the fifth.
Woods double and Floyd Bakers
single sliced the Mats deficit to
4-3 in the sixth. The Mats had
scoring opportunities in each of
the last three innings, but
couldn't deliver a vital blow.
Wynn Gets Seventh Win. :
Wynn got his seventh victory,
while Marrero was charged with
his second defeat.
The departure of Hudson and
Newsom strips the Mats of IA j
miliar faces. Hudson, 81 years
old, had been with Washington
since 1910, when he won II games
and lost 16 in a fine freshman
season. Newsom ends his fifth
term with the Mats.
Hudson, hampered by an assort-
ment of injuries, never fulfilled
the promise he displayed as a
rookie. He never had a winning
season after his first year. Sid
left the Mats with a 3-4 record.
Masterson, who will be 80 June
%, returns to the Mats after 21a
uneventful years with the Red
Sox. principally as a relief pitcher.
The bespectacled right-hander
served a previous hitch with
Washington from 1889 to 1949.
with three years in the Navy in
tervening.
Gumpert Veteran.
Gumpert, also a right-hander,
broke in with the Athletics 16
years ago and since has seen serv-
ice with the Yankees, White Sox
and Red Sox, in addition to a
swarm of minor league clubs.
Gumpert, "a, won nine games
and lost eight with the White Sox
last season and brings a IL record
to the Mats. Masterson comes
here with a Ii mark.
Marsh was given a shot at the
Mats second base job after being
obtained from the Browns with
Sleater for Michaels. He failed
and returns to St. Louis with a
.136 batting average. ".
Bob Porterfield, in pursuit of an
elusive fifth victory, will take
the mound for the Mats tonight
against the Indians Bob Lemon.
The Mats and Indians will meet
tomorrow afternoon in a Ladies'
Day game, with Shea due to
oppose Bob Feller. It will be the