Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Plight Of Griffs
Makes Starter
|0fCIass B Man
Heise Will Attempt
Big Jump; Stobbs
Takes On Tigers
BY BURTON HAWKINS

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the Senators. will start against
the White Sox Saturday and q
desperate Cookie LavagettC
promises other pitching importa-
tions will arrive shortly-with
some Of his current crop re-
turning to the minors-unless
there's improvement on his staff
There will be two or three
Others coming in-with some
that we have now going out
unless things get BETTER" Cookie
said following the Senator's ia
loss to the Tigers in 10 innings
last night at Griffith Stadium
before 1893 customers.
In jeopardy is Ted Alternately
withheld from the managers
plans for the immediate future
Cookies schedule calls for Chuck
Stobbs to oppose the Tigers Jim
Burning tonight in an effort to
break the teams four-game los
ing streak. Russ Kemmerer will
start Thursday afternoon, with
Camilo Pascual due to pitch Fri
day night and Heise Saturday.
Hot Rods Roommate
Lavagetto's pitching has soured
to such at extent that he's
showing Heise. a 24-year-old
Highlander who roomed with
Hot Rod Hundley, colorful
basketball star, at the Univer.
sity of West Virginia, into q
starting role without having seer
him in action.
Heise halls from Scottdale. Pa
and his 24-l0 record with West
Virginia was the best in the uni
versity's history. He had an 8-S
record with Hobbs. N. Mex, last
season and was 90 with Mid
land, Tex. Of the Southwestern
League this year.
he was supposed to join the
Senator's in spring training this
year but was excused because he
was teaching American govern
ment, American history and psy-
chology in a Hobbs high school
He led NCAA pitchers in strike
outs two years ago, tanning llO
in 30 innings. A fastballer, he
struck out So in go innings this
year with Midland.
Jim is the son of a veteran
minor league pitcher. Clarence
Lefty Heise, who pitched one
game with the st. Louis Car
dinals before a sore arm ended his
career. Young Heise was signed
chiefly on the recommendation
of Bill Remnant. George WASH
Iington University coach, who
tabled him as the best pitcher
he had seen in the Southern
Conference in years.
A 6-foot. l80-pounder, Heise
said he was stunned when he got
word to report to the Senators,
but he recovered quickly. He
quickly packed his wife, daugh-
ter and belongings in his car and
drove the 1900 miles here with
one brief stop.
To create room for Heise, the
Senators dispatched Evelio Her.
nandez to Chattanooga.
Ramos Blows Lead
Pete Ramos permitted a 40
lead to evaporate last night and
the Tigers splurged for three
runs in the 10th against Thu
man Clevenger to deal him his
first defeat in AZ games with
Washington over q two-year
period.
Once again 1t was Pete's home
run pitch that got him in trou-
BILE. He permitted only four hits
in the first eight innings. but
two Of these were homers by
Charley Maxwell, who has
slammed five Of his IA against
Washington. Ramos now has
yielded Is home runs. The
American League record is "a,
set by Pascual last year. The
major league mark is 46, held by
Robin Roberts Of the Phillies.
The Senators clipped Frank
Larry for two runs in the first
inning when Milt Boiling sin
gled. Pete Runnels tripled and
Jim Lemon provided a sacrifice
fly. They added two more in
the third and chased Larry when
Boiling tripled and Roy Sievers.
Lemon and Art Schult singled.
Maxwell then took over to keep
the Tigers in contention. After
AL Kaline walked in the fourth,
Maxwell doomed a homer into
the centerfeld seats. He dupli-
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