Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

shocked when Hector Lopez
|of the Athletics hands them a
defeat He has murdered
them from the time he crashed
the American League In 1855
. His lifetime record against
1.-THE Senator'S prior TO yester-
days game was .379. yet he
never has batted more than
.294 with Kansas City.
Lopez could owe his major
league status to the Senators.
against whom he has batted
.4l9 In 1855. 1893 In 1856. .330
In 1857 and 1888 last season
|. q. He has cracked Is Of his
SIS major league homers against
Washington, but got none Of
his is as q freshman against
the Senators.
Hector's hex on the Senators
is particularly aggravating to
Pitchers Pedro Ramos and
Russ Kemmerer Lopez has
socked Ramos at q AIT clip
over the past I'VE seasons /.
In Kemmerer's three years with
the Senators, he has been q
.4l9 victim Of Lopez Occa-
sionally Lopez Is benched
against other clubs. but invari-
ably he's restored to the line
up against Washington and in
yariably he delivers.
49,
Commenting on the new
regime Of President Joe Cronin
Of the American League. out
spoken Frank Lane Of the In
dams says. We've already had
more correspondence from
headquarters than we'd had in
the last i've years. and some Of
1t makes sense" Concern
ing his former employer,
Owner Gussie Busch Of the
Cardinals, Lane says, "Gussie
has his kind Of team now. ]
hope he's happy with It,"
A couple Of the Senators
farm hopefuls have failed to
get going. Pitcher Ralph
Lumenti won his first three
with Chattanooga. but he's
being sent to Charlotte, still
unable to locate the plate. :.
And as bad as the Senator's
need a lefthanded hitting OUT
fielder, they're not thinking Of
importing Don Dobbek. who
isn't hitting with Chattanooga.
**#
Only San Francisco can dis
play an attendance increase in
the National League this year.
The Dodgers. who capital-
lied on initial enthusiasm when
they switched from Brooklyn
to Los Angeles last year, are
down a whopping l29,l22
despite their good conduct this
season. . The Indians are up
107,l 48 over last year. !. The
Yankees, Athletics and Sena-
tors also show increases.
When Whitley Ford failed to
survive the sixth inning against
the White Sox Friday night, II
marked the 18th straight game
in which q Yankee pitcher
.didc't last the distance.
The reason the Senators brass
didn't bid for Larry Dolby. sold
by the Tigers to the White Sox,
is quite simple. -. They think
he's washed up.
Stan Musial, batting .314 In
day games and .214 at night,
says he'll skip night games
scheduled before a day game.
Last year, though. Stan hit
BIT at night. .297 in sunlight.
=. The Senators schedule is
faulty in that night games are
scheduled. They've lost
8 of 10 under the lights.
Williams and Amherst elm
mated warmups for pitchers
between innings, cut out toss
ing the ball around the infleld
after a putout and tried other
methods Of speeding their game
Friday, but it required 21z
hours to play the contest, won
by Williams. Al.
y 4 y
About 100 women attended
the third session Of Woodie's
baseball clinic at the Chevy
Chase store Friday. j. One
Of the ladies. seeking an auto
graph before the program,
tapped Catcher Ed itzGerald
on the shoulder and asked.