Evening star., 1960-08-20
Allison, PoscuuI
Excel as Griffs
Keep Hex Alive
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star Stan Writer

fifth Stadium today, with former
New York and Washington
baseball notables participating
in the pre-game fun, but when
they get down 20 playing for
keeps a little laver the modern
Yankees will be concentrating
heavily on young Senator
who has been poison to them.
Bob Allison has had more
than his share of difficulties this
season after getting off to a
sparkling start, but the sight of
the Yankees Immediately in
flates his morale and batting
averages, in that order.
Apparently there's nothing
wrong with Allison that the
Yankees aren't curing, for
against them he's a .346 hitter.
That's 80 points higher than his
overall average and the muscu-
lar rightfielder is displaying i'm
against them as he
goes along. Bob has hit safely
against the Yankees in his last
nine games, compiling a .438
mark in that span.
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AlliSon's eighth-inning single
off Ralph Terry with two out
and the bases jammed brought
the Senators two runs and a
4-2 victory over the Yankees
last night before 27.211 wildly
enthusiastic fans. 1t was the
largest crowd here since OPEN
ing day.
Jim Lemons 28th homer and
Harmon Killebrew's goth also
were prime factors in enabling
the Senators to achieve their
sixth triumph in their last
seven games against the Yam
KEGS as Camilo Pascual pitched
a fine f1ve-hitter to register his
18th win.
The Washington victory per-
mitted the White Sox to climb
within a game and a half of the
Yankees as they routed Kansas
City, 100. Idle Baltimore's
deficit was reduced to two
games.
The approach to today's pre-
game activities will be light
heartednesS, but when the reg
ular contest gets under way
the Yankees will be anything
but friendly toward the Sena-
tors, the only club to hold an
advantage over the league lead
ers. The Senators have beaten
New York nine times in IS
games.
Senators Helping Others
This unaccustomed embar-
rasSment is creating a continu-
ing three-way pennant fight
with the Senators serving to
keep the White Sox and Orioles
in contention. Last week Wash
ington took three out of four
from the Yankees in New York
to deposit them in third place.
This week they've started out
in the same fashion.
Vice President Nixon was
among the delighted spectators
who saw the Senators battle
back after Bob Cerv rammed
his 18th homer into the left
field seats with none on in the
second inning. That was the
only hit Pascual permitted in
5l3 innings.
Meanwhile. Lemon tied the
score in the fourth when he
opened with a blast into the
leftf1eld seats off Art Ditmar.
a starting replacement for Bob
Turley after the latter became
i'll. Turley will oppose Pedro
Ramos today if he's up to it.
Otherwise Eli Grba will pitch
for the Yankees.
KillebreW lashed his homer
into the centerfeld seats lead
ing off in. the last of the sixth
inning to give the Senators a
2-l lead after Second Baseman
Billy Gardner had saved Pas
cual a run earlier in the same
inning.
Gardner Prevents Run
With one down in the first of
the sixth. Cletis Boyer doubled
to left. Tony Kubek, a victim of
Allison's diving catch in the
third, slammed what seemed
certain to be single to right,
but Gardner grabbed the ball
with a dive and threw to Kille-
brew at first base while still of
his feet. This forced Boyer to
pull up at third and there he
remained as Gardner also threw
out Yogi Berra.
The Yankees tied the score
at 2-2 in the seventh. Mickey
Mantle singled to center and
Bill Skowron beat out a trickler
to short. Mantle took third as
Cerv hit into a double play.
John Blanchard got Mantle
across with the tying run on a
single to center.
Ditmar was lifted for a pinch
hitter in the eighth and Ryne
Duren replaced him, but not
for long. Duren walked Gard
ner, the first batter he faced,
and Lennie Green spanked a
single to center, Gardner halt
ing at second.
Terry came along to jam the
bases by walking Killebrew, but
Lemon forced Gardner at the
plate with a grounder to Kubek
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