Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-02
Senators Winning the Close Ones
This Year. At Least Against Reds
Fourth Straight
Victory Aim at
Columbia Today
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star stan Correspondent

COLUMBIA. s. c.. April A.
One Of the chronic complaints
of the Senator'S front office
We would have been right up
there If we could have won some
Of those games we lost by one
run-thus far isn't applying to
Chuck Dresser. Under the new
regime Of the poppy Dresser. the
Washington ball club is winning
more than its share Of the close
ones.
Everything occurring now goes
down the drain about dusk April
The Senators game with the Redless
todoy will be broadcast BY Woshins-
toms WWDc at , pm. Tomonow's
game at Charlotte will be broadcast
at us pm.
10. when the team concludes It's
exhibition schedule, but the fact
the Senators have been involved
in six games decided by ope run
and have captured five Of them
is heartening to Dressen's bosses
Different Last Var
Last season the Senators were
involved in SO one-run games
and lost 90. It was an item that
prompted Clark Griffith to gnaw
disgustedly on his cigar. Calvin
Griffith also fumed when such
struggles went the wrong way
and it all figured prominently in
the discarding of Bucky Harris
as the teams field boss.
The Senator's really pulled one
out of the fire yesterday with Q
three-run splurge in the ninth
inning to defeat Cincinnati. ga.
at Ware Shoals. s. c. It marked
Washington's fifth triumph in
six games with the Redlegs and
the Senators are going for Q
fourth straight win here today.
with Maury McDermott due to
pitch against Rudy Minarchin
and Jackie Collum.
Mickey Vernon, out Of the
starting lineup for more than Q
week with aching legs, and Jim
Busby, a non-starter in four
games due to a sore arm. will re-
turn to the lineup today unless
they pull up lame in pre-game
practice.
KiIlebrew at Third
Pete Runnels. granted a rest
yesterday. also will be back in
action, but Dresser said he plans
to give Eddie Yost day OF and
will use Harmon Killebrew at
third base.
Tony Roig. used at second base Is
yesterday as Jerry Snyder went
to shortstop and Runnels took q
vacation, boosted his chances Of
additional testing at the wide
open shortstop job by supplying
two of the clubs nine hits and
driving across three runs.
Roig thumped a bases-loaded
single off Cliff Ross in the fourth
inning to slice the Senators def
cit to Az after big Ted Kluszew-
ski had clouted a three-run
homer off Camilo Pascual to
highlight a four-run outburst
by the Redlegs in the third in
ming. Kluszewski later contrib
uted two doubles to Cincinnati's
nine-hit attack.
Successive singles by Carlos
Paula. Roy Sievers and Jim
Lemon gave the Senators a run
off Bill Werle in the ninth, but
when Sievers attempted to take
third on Lemons hit he was
nailed. Lemon moved to second
base on the throw and Roig got
the tying run across with a lusty
double to left.
Implicit Hits Clincher
Bruce Edwards was purposely
passed and Vernon batted for
Snyder and famed. That left 1t
up to Tom Implicit, batting
for Pitcher Vince Gonzales, and
Tom broke up the game with q
looping single to right that
scored Roig.
The Senators also accumulated
nine hits and Roig was the only
player to bash two. Used SPAR
ingly this spring. Tony is q .357
hitter with five hits in IA tries
and any continuation Of that
could lead to a regular job.
Cincinnati scored all its runs
of Pascual in the fourth after
Ross reached base on Yost's wide
throw. Johnny Temple popped
a single into right field and f :
Mcmillan also singled to score
Ross. Gus Bell flied out, but the
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