Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
.Sievers' 2 Homers Put Him
In Range Of Major Crown
Roy Also Widens
Gap in Race for
League RBI Title
By BURTON HAWKINS

Roy Sieyers now can adjust
his ambition. Those two hom-
ers the Senator'S boom boy
blasted last night as Washing
ton crushed Kansas City. LIS,
ending q five-game losing
streak. place him within range
of Milwaukee's Hank Aaron,
leading the majors with 40
home runs.
Sievers has been having diff
ficulty opening q gap In the
American League home run de-
partment. but now is four up
on Mickey Mantle and I'VE
ahead Of Ted williams. His
heroics last night gave him
three more runs batted in,
putting more distance between
Jackie Jensen and himself in
that phase.
Now Roy can take dead aim
at bigger game. He has vir-
tually no hope Of catching
Aaron in runs batted in, since
the Braves slasher has
thumped across 100. but he's
only two homers back Of Hank
in the race for the major
crown. He also has opened up
a comfortable margin over
American League contenders
for the RBI title.
Roy's SO homers put him one
ahead Of Brooklyn's Duke Sni.
der and the Cubs Ernie Banks,
also pressing Aaron. Roy's los
runs batted in is second only
to Aaron in the majors. Jensen.
the American League runnerup.
has only "a.
Woody Held Hurt
Sievers cracked a two-run
homer on Alex Kellner In a.
five-run sixth inning and
socked q solo homer in the
seventh on Virgil Trucks, the
loser. Twenty -four of Roy's
homers have been hit at Grif-
nth Stadium. where 2,32l fans
enjoyed his latest outburst.
Russ Kemmerer also con-
tributed a home run for the
Senators and it was costly to
the Athletics. Centerflelder
Woody Held speared Kem-
merer's third inning drive but
a split-second later banged
hard into the fence and
dropped the ball.
Teammates rushing to aid
Held neglected to retrieve the
bali and Rocky Bridges. who
had singled. and Kemmerer
circled the bases.
Held never lost consciousness
but was carried from the field
on q stretcher. He was taken
to Georgetown University Hos
pital. where two stitches were
taken inside his upper lip. He
will be kept there "a hours
for observation and X-rays
for possible head. shoulder and
knee injuries.
The Senator'S accumulated
IA hits. with all 10 players who
saw service getting ct least one.
The victory brought them out
Of the cellar. They lead the
Athletics by 2 percentage
points, .379 to .377.
Dick Hyde. who allowed only
one hit in five innings in re-
lief. picked up his fourth win
after Kemmerer had been
cuffed around for 10 hits in
four innings.
Lumenti Goes Today
Ralph Lumenti. $35.00O DO.
nus youngster. win make his
starting debut today against
the AS Ned Carver. Lumenti.
20-year-old lefthander who is
q student at the University Of
Massachusetts,, pitched one
scoreleSs inning against the
Yankees in his only previous
appearance with the Senator's
and impressed with his speed.
The AS pried three runs
from Kemmerer in the second
when Bob Martyr, Tim Thomp-
son and Billy Hunter singled
and Vic Power doubled. They
made it 40 in the third when
Billy Martin singled, stole Sec
ond and scored on Martyrs
single.
Kemmerer's homer sliced the
deficit but the AS lifted their
margin to 6-2 in the fourth
when Gus Zernial hit his 21st
homer after Power singled.
Jim Lemons triple and Art
Schult's grounder gave the
Senators a run in the fourth
and they spurted into COM
mand, 8-6, with their big sixth