Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Pitching Again
Plaques Club in
Win Over Yunks
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star Stan Correspondent


RICHMOND. Va, April 1917
it's morale-boosting the Senators
need before opening the season
against Baltimore Monday, Roy
Sievers is providing it. The man
is hotter than a busy Bessemer.
In his last IL games Sievers,
who has been known to plunge
into seemingly endless slumps,
has batted at sizzling 1878 clip.
Among his II hits in that period
have been five homers, a triple
and four doubles. He has
slammed across Is runs.
If he can retain his sharp edge
for keeps, or even during the
Senators early campaigning. 1t
will increase the clubs chances
of melting Washington fans to
rally round. His sort of seeking
is the type to offset pathetic
which the Senators
have been displaying consistently
in recent games.
Sievers has glimpsed New York
pitching in only two exhibitions
this spring and the results read
six hits IN 10 attempts. Since
he was restricted to a .210 aver
age by Yankee pitching last
season that form reversal stakes
the Senators to a flicker of hope
that Roy will annoy the cham
pions this year.
From a gloomier viewpoint, the
Senators must get better pitching
If they hope to improve on last
years seventh-place finish. Based
on what they've shown in their
last six games. prospects of re-
ceiving it are dim. Cincinnati
and New York averaged better
than eight runs a game in that
period.
Chuck Stobbs and Dick Hyde
turned in respectable perform
ances yesterday as the Senators
nipped the Yankees, lilo. before
2.071 customers at Griffith Sta
dunn. But what happened to
Garland Shiff1ett and Pete
Ramos shouldn't be inflicted on
public enemies.
Senators Attack Sharp
Shifiett. making his Griffith
Stadium debut. was pounded for
five hits and as many runs in
two innings, while Ramos gave
up four runs in three innings.
In his last outing Ramos was
dubbed for three runs in one
inning.
The Senators attack appears
to be tuned. They've piled up
70 hits in their last six games.
accommodating Is yesterday
against Don Larsen and Tommy
Byrne. but the Washington
pitchers haven't been CO.
operating.
Larsen, who pitched the only
perfect game in World Series
history last fall against the
Dodgers. was the victim of a
seven run outburst in the fifth
inning as Lyle Luttrell touched
It of with a solo homer and
5ievers later added one good for
three runs.
That splurge boosted the Sem
ators into a 9-6 lead, but Elston
Howard tied the score in the
seventh with three-run homer
against Ramos. Woody Held's
homer in the eighth gave the
Yankees a 1919 lead, but Jerry
Snyder's pinch double. Whitley
Herzog'S sacrifice bunt and Herb
Plews' sacrifice fly tied the score
in the eighth.
Luttrell Breaks Up Game
Sievers set the winning run in
notion in the ninth when he
beat out a slow roller to Short
stop Jerry Coleman. Jim Lemon
and, after Clint Court
hey flied out. Luttrell broke up
he game by drilling a single to
center
Hank Bauer and Bill Skowron
also cracked homers for the
Yankees. who accumulated IL
hts. Sievers accounted for four
If the Senator's hits. contribut-
ng a homer, two doubles and
single. while Luttrell, Julio
3ecquer and Courtney each got
,wo hits.
NOTES - The Senators fin
shed their exhibition slate
against major league opponents
With a 1919 record. They'll
meet the Yankees Richmond
armhands tonight and tomor-
See SENATOR'S. Page Alb