Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01
Cal Takes Another Look
At Unbelievable Griffs
Boss Sees Hands
Extend String Of
Losses to Is
BY BURTON HAWKINS
star stan Writer

CHICAGO, Aug. l.-"Unbe-
lievable" Is Cal Griffith's reac-
ton to a personal glimpse of
his employees at work, but un-
less the Senators can wrangle
q win from the White Sox to-
day or tomorrow the boss will
head for the second All-Star
Game at Los Anglese Monday
convinced that the incredible
is commonplace.
The morbidly fascinated who
are following the Senator'S
gloomy trail through the West
could find that today's tussle
will be the key to whether the
club returns to Griffith Stadium
Tuesday night with a l6-game
losing streak.
They boosted their losing
string to IS here last night
with slight variation Of the
theme by dropping a I'll deci-
sion to the White Sox before
24,278 customers. Today they're
stacked against Ray Moore,
who hasn't been trusted with
a starting assignment for six
weeks, and against him they're
pitting the best, Camilo Pas
cual.
The last Washington pitcher
to win a game. back on a
memorable July 10, PaScual
twice has failed to check the
Senators sag on this journey,
featuring a club mark Of IL
successive defeats on the road.
Hopes Are Dim ?
II PaScual failS-and the way
the Senators aren't fielding or
hitting he entered the game
with grave miSgivings-their
hopes Of emerging from their
sustained slump tomorrow will
be dim. They'll DO up against
Billy Pierce and Bob Shaw,
seeking No. 10 and No. 10
respectively in the win column.
Against them the Senators
will dispatch Russ Kemmerer,
loser Of his last nine decisions,
and Jim Kaat, 20-year-old left
handler ordered up yesterday
from Chattanooga, along with
two other farm club members,
Manager Cookie Lavagetto is
wasting no time inserting his
newcomers, for he has precious
little to lose except more games,
He employed Steve Korcheck,
up from Miami, behind the
plate last night and the former
George Washington University
football and baseball star re.
ceived an introduction to the
wierd behavior Of his team
mates.
KOrcheck In Style
Korcheck struck out twice,
grounded out and walked, but
that unencouraging start merely
blended with feeble swinging
by the other Senators. They
obtained only four hits of
Barry Latman, with Bob ALI
son getting two, including his
9th homer.
II Zoilo Versailles, Shortstop
plucked from Fox Cities of the
Three-Eye League, can rub the
sleep from his eyes he'll be in
the lineup today. He arrived
here early this morning from
Topeka, KanS., but Cookie may
feel by now that even q sleepy
Versailles would be an improve
ment over what he has been
seeing lately.
Once again it was the Sen
ators' Second-base combination
which buried them last night.
With one down in the second
inning and Billy Goodman on
first base as the result of a
walk, Earl TorgeSon slapped a
perfection double-play ground
er to shortstop Billy Console.
Console booted the ball, but
recovered in time to flip to
Second Baseman Ken Aspro-
monte. It was a toss a 5-year-
old girl would have handled
with ease, but Ken dropped it.
Then came singles by Jim Lam
dis and Jim McAnany, scor-
ing two runs.
Latham sacrificed and Pedro
Ramos scooped up the ball and
tossed 1t easily to Roy Sievers.
Yep, Roy dropped the ball and
the bases were loaded. Luis
Aparico's sacrifice fly scored
Lands.
The White Sox made it so in
the third. TorgeSon belted q
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