Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Griffs Keep Yanks off Top,
Blasting II Hits in 1915 Win
Five-Run Eighth
Tops Comeback;
Stobbs Brilliant
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star Stan Correspondent

NEW YORK, Sept. 5. - The
Senators again demonstrated
their ability to disturb the
dreams of pennant contenders
today when they struggled up.
hill to clobber the Yankees, To-
S. with a five-run outburst in
the eighth inning.
Washington's 17-hit assault
on a parade of five pitchers.
coupled with a superb relief per-
Torrance by Chuck Stobbs, pre-
vented the Yankees from taking
first place in the feverish Amer
lean League race.
The defeat, teamed with
Cleveland's GIL victory over Chi
cago, frightened the pennant
drive into virtual lockstep for
Imation, with the White Sox
leading the Indians and Yankees
by a half game. Each club has
won 80 games. but Chicago has
lost one less than its challengers.
Erase So Deficit
The Senators, receiving strong
support among the crowd OF
.14.873. rebounded from a So
deficit which principally was the
work of muscular Hank Bauer.
He pumped a pair of successive
home runs off Camilo Pascual in
the first and second innings to
dispose Of the Cuban quickly.
But Washington also displayed
a robust attack. Eddie Yost
opened the game with his sew
'enth homer and his teammates
later contributed four doubles
and a triple. Mickey Vernon
supplied a double and three sim
giles, while Roy Sievers thumped
"a triple and two singles.
Four Hit Job by Stobbs
While all that slugging was
Undertaking.. Stobbs stepped in
ito provide the Senators with one
Iof his more elegant efforts. In
the final seven and two-thirds
innings he restricted the Yankees
Ito four scattered singles and
held them scoreless to achieve
his fourth win.
Only Tom Sturdivant. last Of
the Yankees stream of pitchers.
escaped harm as the Senators
mauled Don Larsen, Rip Cole
man, Bob Grim and Tom Nor
gan. Grim, the loser, and Nor
gan were victims of the Senator's
big eighth inning. when II bat
tiers went to the plate.
1 Yost started the struggle by
Iwhacking Larsen's first pitch into
the leftfield seats. the ball glanc-
ling off Irv Noren's glove to drop
over the railing. That lead van
Iished when Bauer, leading OF
for the Yankees, crashed a home
run to the same sector and New
York acquired another run in the
first INNING when Gil McDou-
Igald tripled and came across on
Billy Martins sacrifice fly.
/ Bauer Homers Again
4 The Senators tied the score
lat % in the second on doubles
by Carlos Paula and Jose VAL
ldivielso. but the Yankees vaulted
into So lead in the bottom of
the inning. Andy Carey singled
and scored on Larsen's double
before Bauer blasted his 18th
homer into the leftfield stands
Ito chase Pascual.
i Washington chopped down
that margin gradually. The
Senators picked up a run in the
third inning after filling the
bases with none out on Pete
RunnelS' single, a walk to YER
non and Sievers' pop-f1y single.
Paula's long fly to Mickey Man
tie got Runnels across but Lar
sen averted further trouble when
Clint Courtney fouled out and
IValdivielSo lofted to Mantle.
/ Vernon's ground-rule double
to right off Coleman in the fifth
set the Senators fourth run in
motion. Mickey shifted to third
on Sievers' single to left and
scored when Paula grounded
into double play.
i Vernon's single and Sievers'
See SENATOR'S, Page D-3