Evening star., 1955-05-22
Senators VIM TO- in 18th;
Two Elected for Fighting
McDermott and
Jensen Bottle
In Final Inning
BY BURTON HAWKINS

The Senators travelled IL in
nings to edge the Red Sox. 10.
last night at Griffith Stadium in
q game punctuated by an ex-
change of punches between Bos-
toms Jackie Jensen and Wash.
lngton's Maury McDermott.,
The brief furry between Jen-
sen, former All-Amerlca fullback
at the. University of California.
and the lanky McDermott de-
veloped after Jensen had been
trapped off first base in the top
of the twelfth inning but got
back to the base safely in the en-
suing rundown by knocking the
ball from McDermott's, hand.
Umpires and tea m m a tes
quickly broke up the battle at first
base, but both Jensen and Nc
Dermott were elected following
two huddles among the umpires.
Umpires Add to Confusion
Jensen at first was called out
because McDermott had recov-
cred the ball and in the fight
tagged Jackie somewhat en-
phatically when Jensen came
off first base to engage in the
scrap. After another conference
among the umpires, they de-
clared Jackie was safe because
in the rundown Mickey Vernon
had obstructed him.
Following the confusion, which
materialized after Jackie had
singled with two down, Grady
Hatton was sent in to run and
Pedro Ramos came out Of the
bullpen to dispose of Eddie Joost
on a pop to Shortstop Bob Kline.
Delis Delivers Big Punch
Six or eight punches, more or
less harmless, all directed to the
face, were exchanged in the
f1stic battle, but the big punch
of the night was delivered by
Juan Delis after Ellis Kinder
walked Ramos to start the bot
tom of the 18th.
Delis, who obtained three of
the Senators 10 hits off luckless
Tom Brewer and Kinder, twice
failed to sacrifice, then lashed q
single to center which moved
Ramos to third. Delis continued
to second on the throw to third.
That left it up to Ed Fitz-
Gerald. His grounder glanced
off Kinder's glove to Second
Baseman Hatton, who couldn I
pry the ball fro mthe webbing OF
his glove in time to catch Ramol
at the plate.
Senators Rise to Fifth
Thus the Senators took over
fifth place, but they must win
the final game of the series with
the Red Sox today to retain pos
session.
The shutout was the eighth in
flicted on the Red Sox this sea-
son and was the combined work
of Camilo Pascual, who retired
after seven innings with a blis-
tered finger, McDermott and
Ramos. They held the Red Sox
to six hits and Ramos emerged
with his first major league VIC
tory.
Boston, which has scored only
one run in 81 innings, was in
volved in its third 10 game in
four contests with the Senators.
The Red Sox scored only two
runs in those four meetings.
The triumph was the Sena-
tors third straight, marking
their longest winning streak of
the year, and was achieved be-
fore 5.597 spectators.
Brewer, young righthander
who has pitched excellently on
several occasions despite an O-6
record, held the Senators score
less until he was removed with
two on base and one out in the
18th inning.
The fact that he was in
trouble then was due to an
error by Catcher Sammy White.
who dropped Vernon's foul fly.
Mickey then singled to right
and, after Jim Busby famed,
Carlos Paula singled to left, Ver-
non halting at second.
Manager Pinky Higgins lifted
the firing Brewer and summoned
Kinder from the bullpen. The
veteran eased out of the jam
See SENATORS, Page c.