Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Jim Lemon 5 Batting
Gives Senator's Hope
|0f Stronger 0utfieId
By Burton Howkins
Stur Sscff Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Sept. IL
There's understandable hest
fancy about stepping to the
end OF the board and attempting
| "a full gamer with q half twist
concerning the late-season ac-
tivity of one of the Senators
fall flashes. Too frequently the
plunge overheard winds up en-
barrassingly with the September
! sizzler being junked by the fol-
lowing June.
Jim Lemon is q fellow who is
making the Senators followers
break out in a fresh rash of
optimism, despite the many
f1ops in the past. There was
Frank Campos. for instance. who
| batted .423 in eight September
games several years ago and who
long since has been forgotten.
The comparison between the
ineffective Lemon obtained from
Cleveland early in the year and
the present, more confident per-
former could be the reason for
the renewed hope in regard to
the onetinne home-run king of
the Texas League.
Lemon Hitting $50.
Lemon was a .242 hitter when
the Senators denoted him to
Charlotte after a brief test. He
caught on with the Hornets.
batted 1853 and has returned to
sthe Senator's to hit $50 in 10
games. He has scored three of
the Senator's last six runs and
has produced five of the ID hits
they've compiled in their last
three games.
There's rekindled hope that
the Senators will have a more
acceptable outfield next season,
with Lemon taking up some of
the slack created by the COL
lapse of Tom Implicit. Carlos
Paula. another Charlotte impor-
tation, sagged after an encour-
aging start and has been
benched.
Lemon obtained two of the
Senators eight hits in d futile
cause last night as they lost a
4-3 decision to the Orioles.
Maury McDermott was a 3d.
winner with two out in the ninth
inning when he came apart at
the seams, to the complete salts
faction of a crowd of 5,040 who
sat through a light rain.
Durham Scores Winning Run.
McDermott walked Cal Abrams
with one down but disposed Of
/ Chuck Diering on a fly to Jim
Busby. Joe Durham beat out a
/ trickler down the third base
line and Bob Kennedy rammed
double to left, scoring Abrams
with the tying run. Frank KEEL
lert, like Durham an import from
San Antonio, lined single off
the leftfield wall to score Dur
ham with the winning run.
The Orioles grabbed a lead
| in the second inning when
Kennedy got the first of his
| four hits, a double to left, and
scored on Billy Hunters single.
The Senators tied it UP in the
third when Eddie 'Yost singled,
i went to third on a single by
Mickey Vernon and scored on a
| wild pitch.
FitzGerald Triples.
/ Baltimore again nudged ahead
| In the third when Abrams sim
| gled, Diering walked and Ken
nedy singled. but the Senators
locked the score in the fourth
when Lemon singled to left and
Ed FITZGERALD tripled to center.
| The Senators took q 81 lead
against Lou Kretlow, the win
ner. In the ninth after McDer-
mott singled to right. Yost
walked and Busby sacrificed.
Vernon was purposely passed
and McDermott scored when
Pete Runnels grounded to Sec
ond Basenlan Bobby Young.
Dean Stone. seeking an 18th
win, will take the mound fol-
the Senators today against Don
a larsen who haS 2-1Q ,onn,.rl