Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Griffs' S|ugging May Ease
Gals Financial Worries
Fischer on Hill
Today as Team
Eyes New Rise
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star stan Writer

Those home run shots the
Senator's are firing currently
are presenting headaches to
opposing pitchers. They also
are calculated to give Cal Crit
nth problems next winter when
he gets around to talking con-
tracts with his athletes.
Griflth's concern at the mo-
ment centers on his club NOV
ing up a few notches in the
American League campaign.
He has time enough to fret
about future developments and
If the Senators keep slamming
those homers the financial
worries may vanish In a wave
OF customers.
Harmon Killebrew, Bob ALI
son and Jim Lemon figure to
get sizeable increases unless
they collapse completely. That
trio conceivably could slam 40
homers and thump across 100
runs each, all of which would
place them in the Cadillac
category.
Hold On to Win
Killebrew belted No. 20. ALI
son No. %. Roy Sievers No. 10
and Ken Aspromonte No. 2 last
night as the Senators spurted
into a To lead over Baltimore
and held on to win, 7-6, before
6,259 fans at Griffith Stadium.
Camilo Pascual. who wasn't
as sharp as usual, won his
ninth decision, more than he
mas achieved in five previous
seasons with the Senators. Faye
Throneberry is hitting better
than ever. Pedro Ramos could
top his IA wins of last season
and Bill Fischer, stacked
against the Orioles Hal Brown.
today, also could enjoy his big
gest year.
1t all adds to a pulled salary
list, but there are compensating
factors. The Senator's home
attendance figures to leap at
least 100000 regardless of
where the club winds up, for
there's no tonic for interest
like homers, with the exception
OF a winning ball club.
The Senators also will receive
considerably more money next
season for a radio-television
contract. They have a team
that's worth watching - and
never mind bringing up those
two shutouts Thursday night.
Several games may be added to
their TV schedule this year.
More TV Games
With the stigma of futility
erased, they also figure to land
more nationally televised games
at $4,000 a pop. They will
draw more fans in exhibitions
and more customers on the
road, where they obtain only
80 cents per admission but
which they aren't turning
down.
No small item in boosting
the clubs income is the sale of
beer throughout the park this
year for the first time. An
ocean Of the stuff has been
consumed.
Griffith will take his chances
on running into a tough talker
next winter if the Senators do
all right this summer. They're
only five games below 500 at
this point and are hoping to
slug their way out of sixth
place.
They got off badly last night
when three singles and a walk
netted the Orioles two runs in
the first inning, but Aspro-
monte whacked his homer lead
ing off the last of the first
and Allison and Killebrew
cracked back-to-back homers
of Jack Fisher in the third to
lift them into a 80 lead.
SieverS Homer Helps
PaScual's double off the right
field fence, a walk to Killebrew
and Sievers' liner into the
centerfield seats added three
runs in the fifth and they made
it To in the sixth on singles by
Throneberry and Billy Console.
plus Pascual'S safe bunt.
There were no problems at
that point, but there were
plenty in the eighth and ninth.
The Orioles scored four runs in
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