Evening star., 1961-09-04
Washington Even
With Yankees -
After IA Games
BY BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-The
Senators make a final grab for
glory in an otherwise mglori-
GUS season as they move into
Yankee Stadium today to open
a four-game series, their last
with the Yankees this year.
Other clubs of status have
treated the Senators like dirty
old rugs. The fourth-place
White Sox stepped on them
twice yesterday in Washington,
5-4 and Al, to close out the
season with them with 13 vic
tories in 18 games.
The second-place Tigers beat
the expansion club by the
same margin, while the third
place Orioles owns a 1913 ad-
vantage with five games left.
Fifth place Cleveland beat
Washington IL times in 18
meetings.
Even After IA
But the Yankees are more in
the Senator's class, Roger
Maris and Mickey Mantle not
withstanding. if you want to
believe the record. The two
clubs have split IA games.
The Senators move into the
Mantle-Maris home run circus
and the pennant picture for a
ouble-header today and sin
gle games tomorrow night and
Wednesday afternoon. The re-
naming % games on Wash
ington's schedule offer little
excitement by comparison, ex-
cept, perhaps, for the remain
ing six games with the Twins.
But Maris, Mantle & Co.,
should stir up things for the
next couple of Days. Maris has
So home runs and Mantle so
toward their goal of beating
Babe Ruth's record 60.
Against the Senators so far
Maris has eight homers and
Mantle 10.
Pete Burnside, scheduled to
pitch today's second game
(Bennie Daniels was to work
the opener has been the vic
tim Of three of Maris' swats
and one off the bat of Mantle.
Maris got one each from Dam
iels, Dick Donovan, Jonh Klipp-
stein. Marty Kutyna and Dave
Sisler.
Mantle has stung Donovan,
Joe McClain and the departed
Carl Matthias twice. He got
one each off Daniels, Klipp-
stein, the departed Hal Woode-
shick and the aforementioned
Burnside.
There was one home run in
yesterdays action and though
it didn't win the game it had its {
own significance. Outfielder !
Willie Tasby of the Senators
socked a two-run homer into {
the leftfield bleachers in the
eighth inning Of the first game.
1t was Willie's 18th, but what !
made it so notable was the !
length OF time by which it !
followed his 18th. Tasby hit
No. Is July 4 in the 10Th game :
of the season. He hit No. II
SIS games later.
One Of three players charged :
with not hustling last week,
Tasby has been trying to live
that down. He has six hits in
Is at-bats since then, including
a double, triple and yesterdays
homer.
Came the Ninth :
The homer, cheered by 5000 -,
customers, gave the Senators
a 4-3 lead. But the White I
Sox scored two in the ninth as
pinch-hitter Billy Goodman hit
a double down the leftfield line
to drive in Minnie Minoso and {
pinch-runner AL Pilarcik. Min
oso and Sherm Lollar had
singled to set up the downfall
Of Kutyna, who had given up
only six hits over the first eight
innings.
A double to left by Lollar, a
triple over Rightfielder Gene
Weddings head by Luie Apa-
ricio and a double to right by
Floyd Robinson gave the White
SoX two runs in the third.
They scored in the eighth on
two singles and a fielder's
choice. Chuck Cottier singled
in the fifth. stole second and
scored on Pete Daley's single
for the Senators first run.
Trailing, 81, Washington
scored three in the eighth, Bill t
Klaus triple to left and Wood t
ling'S double to right producing :
the first one.
Leftie Juan Pizarro gave the
Senators only five hits in the t
nightcap. The White Sox got l
IL off John Gabler, including 6
four singles in a two-run
seventh. Reliefer Tom Cheney
of the Senators, wild as a
politicians promise Saturday, ,
pitched the last 21s innings, ,
gave up no hits, struck out t
three and walked only one.