Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-21
Fischer Seeks 9th Victory
As Senators Invade West
Ken Aspromonte
On Spot as Griffs
Take on Tigers
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star STAFF Writer

DETROIT, July 81 - The
Senators still are nursing am
billions of creating a ruckus in
the American League and
they'll be staked to an oppor-
tunity to become downright OBJ
noXious on a l5-game western
trip opening here tonight
against the Tigers.
If the Senators are to leap
off their treadmill and hop
aboard an escalator headed up.
it behooveS them to administer
rough treatment to the Indians
and White SoX, virtually tied
for the lead. The chances will
be available, for in their next
% games the Senators will be
confronting the Indians eight
times and the White Sox seven.
More Immediately, however.
their concern is with the skid
ding Tigers, who have lost ID OF
IT games, including five in a
row to the Senators. Bill FiSch-
er. who has beaten Detroit
three times, will strive for a
ninth win tonight. He'll be op.
posed by Paul Foystack C8-8).
Ramos Seeks No. IL
Pedro Ramos will pursue an
18th victory tomorrow and Hal
Woodstock will be tested in a
starting role Thursday. Woode-
shick is diSplacing the ineffec-
tive Russ Kemmerer. loser Of
nine of his last 10, at least
temporarily in the starting ro-
tation.
/ Manager Cookie Lavagetto Is
bordering a replacement for
Ken Aspromonte at second
base, despite Ken's recent hot
hitting. Cookie is puzzled by
Aspromonte'S failure to make
double plays recently and
blameS three losses in four
games with Kansas City on
that deficiency.
I thought we had that prob
lem settled" Lavagetto said.
Ken showed me he could make
the double play earlier and
that was the reason for him
being in the lineup. Against
the Athletics, though, he
wasn't clicking in the field and
it cost us three games"
Sanford May Take Over
Cookie plans a chat with As
promonte today and if he
doesn't get the proper answers
it's likely that Ron Sanford
will take over at second base.
Sanford has been used almost
exclusively at Shortstop with
the Senators but had extensive
/ experience at second base dur
ing his long minor league
career.
Aspromonte has been play
ing with a slightly ailing leg
and could agree with the skip
per that a rest could help, but
chances are he'll be arguing to
stay in action. Until he went
hitleSs in the second game of
a double header with the AS
Sunday. Ken had accumulated
II hits in Is tries.
Becquer Out for Week
Lavagetto expects a couple
of his injured Sluggers, Roy
SieverS and Jim Lemon, to re-
turn to action tonight. Sievers
was spiked by Jerry Lumpe of
the AS Saturday and the
wound required three stitches.
+ Lemon twisted an ankle with
a silly steal in the same game
at a time when the Senators
were trailing by seven runs
and two we're out in the ninth
inning.
Lost to the club for about a
week will be Julio Becquer,
who collected four hits in five
attempts Sunday before pull
ing thigh muscle.
Following the series here
the Senators will play four
games each at Cleveland, Kan
sas City and Chicago, then re-
turn to Washington for four
games with the Indians and
three with the White Sox.
The Senators were rained out
of their exhibition game with
the PhillieS in Philadelphia last
night. The game was resched-