Evening star., 1961-03-26
R. c. Wrecks
Dodgers by
Driving in 6
BY BILL FUCHS
star staff Writer

w ~ ~ F4NSSNJ 49, NANS A~SNo
ers' "B" team. The victory
evened Washington's record at
TT.
A crowd Of 1,510 customers
watched Stevens, the 1860 Pa
cific Coast League home run
champion. pole a bases-loaded
homer off Don Newcombe in
the first inning and come back
in the eighth inning with the
shot that won the game-a two
run job that surpassed any
thing else for distance here so
far this spring.
MOeIIer Is Victim
With the score tied at TT
and Billy Klaus on base, Stew
ems, a righth q nde d hitter,
smashed Dick Moeller's pitch
out of the park in left-center-
field. The ball fell among the |
palm trees that surround the |
outfield about 80 feet behind
the fence. The total distance |
was estimated at 430 feet.
The Dodgers also had two
homers, both three-run clouts.
one by Don Demeter in the
third inning and the, other by
Newcombe in the fourth. Marty
Keough tripled as a pinch-hitter
for the Senators in the fourth
inning, and Bob Aspromonte
doubled for the Dodgers in the
second.
Newcombe. one-time scourge |
| Of National League batters but
now just another guy trying to
land q job. had a most inept
beginning. The first six men
he faced got on base.
Jim Mahoney and Klaus sin
gled, and Gene Woodling |
walked before the first blast by |
Stevens. who hit 80. home runs |
for Salt Lake City last year.
Jim King followed with a
walk and Willie Tasby singled,
but both were left as Newcombe |
finally showed some Of the
form that once was his stock |
in trade.
Matthias Battered
Carl Matthias started for the
Senators and was riddled for
six runs on eight hits and three
walks in four innings. He also
hit a batter, Third Baseman
Ray Condo, who had to leave
the game with q leg injury.
Matthias has been out three
times and his record shows is
Iruns and II hits in 7ls innings.
! He walked Carl Warwick and
hit Conde in the third and then
IDemeter hit q 400-foot drive
over the centerfield wall to cut
Washington's lead to 4-3.
The Senators added q run in
the third on an error and Dam
my O'Connell's single.
The Dodgers came right
back in the fourth when Doug
Camilli and Bob Lillis singled
and Newcombe hit his homer.
Keough's triple and q sacri-
flee fly by Mahoney tied the
score at 6-6 in the bottom Of
the fourth, but the Dodgers
. took q 7-6 lead in the fifth
when they got to Pete Burn
side. Demeter and Aspromonte
singled, and Demeter scored on
, a fielder's choice.
Tasby Scores WOOdling
In the seventh Gene Wood
ling hit his second smash
through the box, stole second
and scored on Willie Tasby's
single. Stevens settled it in the
next inning.
Marty Kutyna pitched the
last two innings for the Sen
ators and faced the minimum
six batters. One, Camilli, got
on base on an error by Short
| stop Mahoney, but he was cut
down trying to steal, Catcher
! ! Dutch Dotterer to Mahoney.
That made the third at
tempted steal of the day Dot
1 terer squelched. all on pitch
outs.
Z NOTES: There will be more
panning Of the scoreboard on
: the Senators home game tele-
casts to help the deaf follow
the action. II got a lot Of
: letters from Gallaudet College
4 in Washington and other
/ I places" General Manager Ed
3 Doherty said. One man pointed
9 out that I now can realize the
problem because Of my wife"
Q Eds wife, Eileen, is deaf as
g a result Of an attack of mem
Q nights.
3 The Senator's had q batch
q Of loud, high-voiced rooters
+ today. The Cub Scout packs
o from Boca Ration and North
Fort Lauderdale and the
z fourth grade Of the Deerfield
Beach Elementary School were
1. on hand. Ticket sales for
10 opening night, April II, have
been delayed until April 3 to
}. take ticket inventory.
3 Buddy Wilson, former Mont
- gomery Blair High School
z baseball player who went on
= to play in the Dodgers chain,
I has been here as q representa-
i tive Of a Silver Spring (Md.)
real estate firm. The firm
. wants to take care Of the
teams housing needs.