Evening star., 1955-06-25
Clouts by Bonus Pair
.SoIace for Senators
KiIIebrew Turns
Boos Into Cheers
In 1877 DebucIe
By BURTON HAWKINS

deep in weeds. but way over
Iyonder they believe they spy a
couple of roses. That sweet
scent. however faint, is drifting
their way as the result of well
come hitting by a pair Of bonus
youngsters, Harmon Killebrew
and Jerry Schoonmaker.
The hapless Washington club
lost again last night, Of course.
this time by the rather emphatic
score Of 1877. but wedged into
that walloping by the Detroit
Tigers before 4.188 of the faith
full at Griffith Stadium might
have been a faint ray of hope
for the future.
Nobody is accusing Killebrew Of
being a third -baseman at this
point, In fact. when the sturdy
Idahoan came to bat in the fifth
inning he was being hooted for
his deficiencies afield. But Har-
mon quickly learned a method
Iof winning friends.
Lands "a Rows Up
He doomed a mighty home run
"a rows up in the 34-row bleach
lers in leftfield. It served merely
to reduce the Senators deficit
to 1871 at the time. but it also
served notice that the l9-year-
old boy has the power If and
when he catches up with major
league pitching.
A moment later. Schoonmaker
blasted an exceedingly we'll
kissed triple to center. Jerry
also added a sharp single in
the ninth inning when the
Senators produced 5 Of their IL
hits of Billy Hoeft in a three
run session which fell just IL
runs short of tying.
There are indications fans
may be more tolerant of Kille-
brew. only a year removed from
Idaho semipro ranks, and
Schoonmaker, who was attend
ing the University of Missouri
only three weeks ago.
Killebrew's tremendous clout
figures to stifle the booS at least
temporarily. The customers
swung over to his side after that
blast, which was bound to leave
a lingering impression on those
who viewed it.
| It could be a long time be-
tween hits for Killebrew and
Schoonmaker. They are pea
green from the standpoint Of
experience and the clubs fol-
lowers may suffer with them
while they're in the process Of
development, but a patience with
them at this point could push
their progress.
Abernathy to Start
Another rookie. Ted Abernathy,
will be staked to his first start
this afternoon as the Senators
seek to avoid an eighth straight
defeat, their longest losing streak
of the season. and a 18th clob-
bering in Is games. Steve Gro
mex will bid for his seventh win
for the Tigers.
The Tigers, after losing three
straight in Boston, unleashed
their heaviest attack of the year
against Bob Porterfield. Chuck
IStobbs and Pedro Ramos. Frank
House, and Bill Tuttle each
smacked three-run homers as the
Tigers amassed II hits.
The gruesome details will be
ignored The Tigers splattered
Porterfield for six runs in the
third inning, when House hit
his homer and Leftfielder Juan
IDelis twice displayed vast ignor-
lance Of where to throw a base
ball after picking it up.
Stobbs was clipped for five
runs in the fourth, and Detroit
made it 1870 in the fifth. The
score mounted to 17-1 in the
sixth when Tuttle's homer fea-
|tured a four-run uprising against
Ramos. Tuttle also contributed
la triple and a single during the
evening.
AL Kaline, who retired after
pounding out three hits In five
tries, lifted his batting average
five points to .376 and leads
Everybody in the league except
Ted Williams. who has batted
only rs times.
NOTES: Killebrew's homer
ended a streak of "a scoreless
innings for the Senators.
The defeat was Porterfield's
fifth in a row, while the win
snapped a three game losing
string for the Tigers. ;. Mickey
Vernon, hitless in his last IA
efforts. sat out the debacle as
Roy Sieyers shifted to first base.
Pete Runnels has gone hit
less in his last Is tries. The
Senators have produced as many
Jas IL hits twice in their last 10
games and lost on both occa-
Isions. :. The clubs will clash
i'm double header tomorrow