Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Stobbs to Remuin
Starter Despite
9Th Straight Loss
BY BURTON HAWKINS
star stan Correspondent

his last flve starts. He has lost
mine straight games this season
IA in q row over q two-year
period and his earned run aver
age has scared over eight. But
temporarily at least. he will re-
main a starter for the Senators
"I1l start him again Monday
night against the Orioles after
we finish that suspended game
Manager Cookie Lavagetto said
"If we're going to improve wen
need some improved pitching
from Stobbs and I'm not ready
to give up on him."
Stobbs is allowing q home run
every i've innings on an average
Noted rs q control pitcher In
other years, he has lacked
sharpness. He was the Senators
top pitcher last year with Is
wins, but only Russ Kemmerei
now has q worse earned run
average on Washington's staff.
WalIOped by Yankees
Lavagetto might be inclined to
remove Stobbs from his list Of
starters If anybody in his bull
Ipen displayed tendencies toward
effectiveness. But when Cookie
looks at what his bullpen con-
Itains it almost becomes impera-
tive to stick with Stobbs and
hope for brighter days.
Cookie wasted no time getting
Stobbs out Of action yesterday.
though. as the Senator'S were
dealt an 81 walloping by the
Yankees before 4.735 fans. The
Senators gave Chuck q rare run
in the second inning when Herb
Plews walked and Jim Lemon
tripled, but Andy Carey whacked
q two-run homer in the same
inning and when Gil McDougald
and Enos Slaughter doubled and
Bill Skowron Clipped in with q
single to provide two more runs
in the third. Stobbs made an
exit.
Pete Ramos. striving for q
fourth win. will take the mound
today against Bobby Shantz. also
going for No. 4. In tomorrow's
double-header it will be Ted
Abernathy and Camilo Pascual
against Don Larsen and Bob
Turley.
Tom Sturdivant. who has per-
mitted only four runs in his last
four starts, had an easy time Of
it against the Senator's yester-
day. Despite walking seven he
breezed on a four hitter. The
Senator's lone hit in the last
625 innings was Roy Sievers'
sixth inning single.
Yankees Maui StObbs
Meanwhile. the Yankees
mauled Stobbs. Truman Celeven-
ger and Dick Hyde for Is hits.
They picked up q run in the
nth OF Clevenger when Nc
Dougald walked. went to third
on Slaughter's single and scored
on Elston Towards sacrifice nv.
They added another in the sixth
when Hank Bauer tripled and
McDougald singled.
Hyde was the victim of the
Yankees last two runs in the
eighth. Singles by Sturdivant
and Bauer. plus nicking Nc
Dougald. filled the bases. Slaugh-
ter's single scored Sturdivant,
and Hyde forced across another
run by walking Mickey Mantle.
the lone Yankee to 60 hitless.
NOTES: Carey's 43O-foot
homer in the second reached the
left field bleachers. Only four
hitters-Jimmy Foxx. Hank
Greenberg. Joe DiMaggio and
Gus Zernial-ever had parked
one there before.
When Howard stole second
base in the second inning after
smacking a single it marked the
first theft Of his major league
career Yogi Berra remained
idle with q banged right leg, the
result Of twice being hit by foul
tips in an exhibition against the
Dodgers Thursday night.
Mantle got under Lemons
440-foot blast to center in the
second inning but dropped the
ball Jim was credited with a
triple anyway =. Chuck Dres-
sen saw the game. then journeyed
10 Brooklyn last night to watch
the Dodgers and Giants.