Evening star., 1961-07-01
Whitley Ford Makes Record Book
As Southpawing Kills Senators
MuntIe's Lefty
Homer Is Biggest
Blow for Yunks
By BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

NEW YORK, July 1.-For the
Senators, Whitley Ford and
Mickey Mantle picked a most
inopportune night to demon
strate their lefthand pitching
and batting proves, respec-
lively. In other words, Wash
ington lost the opening game
of the current three-game
series here last night, 5-1.
Ford stopped the Senators
with five hits. becoming the
first southpaw to win eight
games in one month since Rube
Marquard did it in the horse
and-buggy era 49 years ago.
The last pitcher to win eight
in one month was Schoolboy
Rowe of the Detroit Tigers,
who did it in 1884, the same
year he tied the American
League record with 16 straight
victories.
Unlike Ford, Mantle didn't
get his name in the record
book, but his inside-the-park
homer with Roger Maris on
base drove in what proved to
be the winning runs in the
Yankees three run seventh
inning.
Mantle's blast hit the CENTER
field wall-about 455 feet away
about 3 feet above the
ground. Nobody in the press
box could remember anyone
hitting the wall at the point
on the fly before, but Mantle
said he once sent a ball over
it, batting righthanded.
Exclusive Company
Ford'S victory put him in
the exclusive company of a
quartet of baseball immortals
Grover Cleveland Alexander,
Christy Mathewson, Walter
johnson and Jack Chesbro.
The Senators, 80 since 60
ing on their 10-game losing
spin, still own a 80 edge in
games with the Yankees. They
hoped to increase their mar
gin today behind the pitching
of Carl Matthias, the recent
import from the minor leagues.
Matthias, with two starts be-
hind him, had an OIL record.
The Yankees planned to work
behind Bill Stafford (6-3D.
The two clubs concluded their
series with a single game to-
morrow, after which the Sen
ators will return to Washing
ton for a prolonged home stand.
Ford struck out eight and
walked two in recording his
14th victory against only two
losses. He completed the game,
giving Luis Arroyo a night off.
Ford has completed only six
Of 18 starts, and Arroyo. nor
mally mops up for him.
Both Sides Praise Whitley
with the kind of stuff he
showed us tonight, he ought
to win 80 games" said Billy
Klaus, who got Washington's
only extra-base hit, a triple
in the first inning. He scored
an unearned run as Shortstop
Tony Kubek messed up a
ground ball off Chuck Hinton's
bat.
you've got to give the other
guy credit" said Ed Doherty,
Washington's general manager.
HE was rough tonight"
When you run up against
that kind, there isn't much you
can do" Manager Mickey Ver-
non agreed.
Manager Ralph Houk Cf the
Yankees said he hopes Klaus
is right. "If he wins 80, I'll be
a helluva god manager" Houk
quipped. "You can't tell. With
most pitchers something hap
pens to them during the year.
You can't expect him to keep
going at this pace
The Mantle admiration So
ciety in the Washington dress
ing room was led by Willie
Tasby and Gene Woodling, fair
hitters in their own right.
Power Awe-Inspiring
"I never saw Ruth or those
guys" said Tasby, who mad to
chase down Mantle's blast.
But I don't have to. Nobody
who ever played was stronger
than that"
Woodling, who sat IN the
bench last night and who has
been around baseball for years,
said, Nobody who ever played
hit as many as lar as he has.
He has landmarks everywhere.
What power!"
The hard-luck figure in the
drama, witnessed by 28,019
paying customers, was Dono-