Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Feats Of Top Players
May Give Senator'S
Financial Headache
By Burton Howkins


season for the Senators front
Office, for though the club isn't
accomplishing much collectively
there are individuals providing
enough meritoriouS perform
anceS to warrant raises.
Bob Porterfield, for instance,
looms as a likely repeater among
the leagues 20-game winners.
He notched his ninth victory
yesterday in Detroit, 80, and
will get at least two more starts
before the All-Star game. Any
thing like his flashy finish last
year will rank with the leagues
classy set.
Mickey Vernon, who poled his
18th homer yesterday, needs
only i've more to match his best
home-run output. Is with the
Indians in 1949. Mickey also
has smashed eight triples and
requires only four more to tie
his previous high accumulated
in .1947.
Jim Busby has indicated he'll
be a repeater among the 800
hitters. Eddie ,Yost receives
$4,000 for his flashy fielding
and ability to get on base and
he hasn't slumped in either de-
partment, despite a customary
low batting average. He has
walked GA times to lead the
league.
Runnels Snaps Back.
Pete Runnels has snapped back
after a shaky start, and if Dean
Stone keeps pitching in the fu-
ture as he has in the past he'll
be in line for a big boost.
It could all add to king sized
headache, for the Senators home
attendance is down and players
UNDERSTANDABLE aren't inclined
to be too sympathetic with 'front.'
Office troubles. Major league
careers generally are brief and
when players have good years
they expect to be paid accord
ingly.
The Senators may wind up in
the first division for the first
time in eight years, but interest
in their activities has waned be-
cause the top three clubs have
created too wide a gap. WASH
ington moved back within a game
of fourth place by beating the
Tigers yesterday.
The club returned here for a
day of rest before continuing on
it's journey tomorrow. The Sem
ators will open a two-game series
in Philadelphia tomorrow night,
then travel to New York for four
games.
Runnels, with q home run,
double and single, led a 12-hit
attack yesterday. YoSt added q
third home run to the assault,
which also included a couple of
doubles by Tom Umphlett.
18th Complete Game.
Porterfield allowed eight hits
in going the distance for the
18th time in Is starts. He was
clipped for a homer by Bill Tut
tie in the fifth and the Tigers
scored their other run in the
ninth on Jim DelSing's double
and AL -Kaline's pinch SINGLE
The Senator'S nicked Billy
Hoeft for a run in the second
inning on Umphlett's double and
I'd FitzGerald's single. They
added another run in the fourth
on singles by Busby and Run
nels. plus a grounder by Porter
field.
Wayne 'Terwilliger's single,
Vernon's homer and doubles by
RunnelS and Umphlett provided
Porterfield 4 SO lead in the
fifth. Vernon homer extended
his hitting streak to II games.
Yost contributed his homer in
the sixth off Dick Marlowe and
Runnels rammed his into the
upper deck of the rightfield
stands off Marlowe in the
seventh. The Senators scored
their final run of Dick Weik in
the ninth when Terwilliger
walked with the bases filled.
Johnny PeSky, who didn't
start the last two games in De-
troit due to a pulled muscle in
his left leg. will be available
against the Athletics, according
to Trainer George Lentz