Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-10
Debated Senators Hoping
To Turn on Yanks Today
Russ Kemmerer
Has Tough Job
Of Facing Ford
BY BURTON HAWKINS
star star Writer

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Senators are confronted with
the necessity Of displaying more
Of the comeback qualities that
lifted them near the top II
they're 10 remain within whis-
pering distance OF the Yankees.
On a night when they clipped
Bob Turley for three homers
the Senators suffered q 9-5 de-
feat before 1906 fans at YAM
kee Stadium last night. They're
looking TO Russ Kemmerer,
sharp in a 30 tie against Kan
sas City in his last outing, TO
even the series today.
Kemmerer is faced with a
rugged assignment, for he'll be
opposed by Whitley Ford, I'M
defeated three-time winner
against Washington last year.
The little lefthander has baf-
fed the Senators since he
crashed the league. He has a
1873 lifetime mark against
them.
LavagettO Fears Sag
This is the most spirited
Washington club in recent
years and Manager Cookie Law
agetto would hate to see a
sag at this point. He hopes TO
keep his club riding high and
is anxious TO get at least a
split in the four games here to
maintain the teams aggressive
outlook.
While Mickey Mantle, Yogi
Berra and Turley unloaded
homers for the Yankees last
night 1t appeared that a 20
foot tap was the key play Of
the game. 1t enabled the Yam
KEGS to tie the struggle at A
in the fourth inning and
seemed to give the leaders a
lift.
/ With two out, Gil McDougald
on second base and Jerry
Lumpe on first, Turley meekly
topped a ball between the plate
and the mound. Either Pitcher
Pete Ramos or Catcher Clint
Courtney could have thrown
him out, but after charging it
both hesitated.
Courtney finally stabbed the
ball after brushing Ramos and
threw hurriedly and wild to
first base. When the ball got
away from Norm Zauchin, Nc
Dougald scored on the error.
Yanks Take Over
The Yankees took it from
there. Norm Siebern's double,
Nantes single and Berra's
sacrifice fly stuck the Yankees
in front, 5-4, in the fifth and
they erupted for three runs
against Bud Byerly in the
seventh before Turley socked
his solo homer leading of the
last of the eighth. Turkeys
homer was icing on the cake
for his victory was his fourth
without defeat.
The Senators gave it a ire
mendous tusSle earlier. They
wrenched an unearned run from
Turley in the first inning. Ed
Yost reached base when Nc
lDougald bobbled his grounder.
Albie Pearson's single to center
sent him to third and he scored
when Roy Sievers raped a
single off Turkeys leg.
Ken ASpromonte doomed his
first major league homer into
the leftf1eld seats in the second
inning to present the Senators
a 20 lead, but Berra opened
the bottom of the second with
a homer off the third deck in
rightfleld and the Yankees got
another run in the inning when
McDougald doubled and Lumpe
singled.
Mantle hit a mighty drive to
center with two down in the
third. Pearson nearly caught
up with the ball near the
monuments to Lou Gehrig.
Babe Ruth and Miller Higgins
about $50 feet from the plate.
but he missed and Mickey cir
cled the bases for an inside
the-park homer.
Senators Rebound
The Senators rebounded to
regain the lead at 4-3 in the
fourth. Jim Lemon singled off
McDougald's glove and Zauchin
cracked a home run which
barely edged into the rightfield
seats near the 296-foot mark
at the foul line.
Turley then braced. He al
lowed the senators only two
more hits and one of these
was Neil Chrisley's first major
league homer in a pinch-hit-
ting role leading off the ninth.
Byerly asked for trouble in
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