Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Ford umes
Senators, Al;
Lumenti Fast
BY BURTON HAWKINS

Roy Sievers elevated his home
run output to SO yesterday at
Griffith Stadium but it was the
only disturbance created
against Whitley Ford as the
Yankees lefthander restricted
the Senators to eight hits and
whipped them, Al.
The crowd Of 1871, largest
Saturday gathering of the year
here. and little occasion for
excitement until Sievers stroked
his leadof homer into the left
field bullpen in the ninth.
There were three early scoring
threats but Whitley subdued
them and breezed to his ninth
win.
The. game marked the debut
Of 20-year-old Ralph Lumenti,
bonus pitcher signed by the
Senators last Sunday, and the
University Of Massachusetts
product did all right. In fact.
if the swifties he showed in
the one inning he toiled are q
sample Of what to expect, he'll
be around q long time and en-
Joy huge success.
Fans Gasp at Speed
Lumenti worked the ninth
inning, retired Tony Kubek on
q weak grounder to first, yielded
an opposite field single to Joe
Collins, got Enos Slaughter on
q trickler to first. then famed
Harry Simpson. Ralph had the
customers gasping at his speed
and he displayed control with
1t. He'll leave today. incidentaI-
ly, to enroll for his senior year
at Massachusetts,. rejoining the
club Thursday.
In spelling Ford's bid for q
shutout, Sievers spurted two
homers ahead Of hospitalized
Mickey Mantle and three in
front Of Ted williams, side
lined with a cold. Roy also
boosted his league-leading runs
batted in production to 80.
Roy's blast on Ford was his
third on the lefthander this
season and his seventh against
1.-THE Yankees.
Trick Double Hurts
The Yankees first two runs
against Pedro Ramos, who lost
his l4th, stemmed more from
luck than ability. With two
tout in the second inning, RAJ
Imos walked Jerry Lumpe and
Elston Howard doomed a dou-
BILE to left, Lumpe hating at
third.
/ Bobby Richardson then sent
Ia grounder down the third
base line which Ed Yost was set
to grab. However. the bah
lstruck the base, bounded over
Yost's head into leftfield and
melted two runs. In the third
the Yankees made it 30 as
Kubek beat out a grounder,
took second when Collins
grounded out, went to third
after Slaughter flied out and
scored an Simpsons single to
left.
/ The Yankees chased Ramos
and made it 40 in the sixth.
Simpson singled, mover around
to third as Gil McDougald and
ILumpe grounded out and scored
on Towards single to left.
When Richardson also singled,
Dick Hyde was summoned from
the bullpen. He walked Ford to
jam the bases but averted fur.
Their trouble when Kubek
popped out. Hyde then stopped
the Yankees for two more in
nings.
Early Threats Squelched
The Senators cuffed Ford for
six hits in the first four in.
nings but got nowhere. Ed Fitz.
Gerald opened the second in
ming with q double but didn't
advance. Ramos beat out a bunt
in the third and with one out
Milt Boiling doubled, but SieY.
ers fouled to Collins and Jim
Lemon famed.
With one out in the fourth
Art Shut and Bob Usher singled
in succession to stir hope, but
it faded fast when Rocky
Bridges hit into double play.
Sievers and FITZGERALD each
got two Of the Senator'S eight
hits, while Kubek, Collins,