Senators Bosox's gening J&p0f * Flag Hopes 1949—A—13 Cellar-Diving Carry D. 2, Washington, C., Tuesday, August 4 Boon to Boston Seen Griffs, Defeated in 16 League Leaders ly the Associated Press or AMERICAN. Draw Batting—Dilllnger. St. Louts, 349; Win, Lose, Last 18 Face Dt Maggio. Boston, .344 In 15 Contests Left Of Tilts, RUns—williams, Boston, 97; Joost. BURTON HAWKINS Philadelphia. 92. By Runs Batted in—Williams, Boston. Boston. 105: Stephens. 104._ _ There's a Future in Tribe's Hits—Di Maggio, Boston, 125; Wil- Farming With Nats Wynn Tonight liams. Boston. 123 a disturb- Weary Boston, and Ma-t/ Is no immediate hope of the Nats creating Doubles—Williams. There Burton Hawkins jeski. Philadelphia. 27. little of marked Joe Reichler By — Cleveland. 14; ance in the American League. There is prospect By Triples Mitchell. Philadelphia. 9 Nats will begin to get a Associated Press Sports Writer Early Wynn, the former Wash- Valo, improvement next year. By 1951 the Home runs—Williams, Boston. 2"; Director Ossie ington chattel who escaped with a Stephens, Eoston, 25. talent from the minors. By 1952 Farm Washington's cellar-diving Nats, St. Loula. trickle of 4-3 over the Nats the Stolen bases—Dillinger, club. victory only 9. Valo, Philadelphia, 8 a steady flow of material to the mother currently the sorriest looking club Bluege predicts time he faced them this season, Pitching—Reynolds. New York. 11-1. That's the situation and no amount of in the majors, may decide the .917: .Vynn. Cleveland. 8-2. *00. will attempt to heap additional Strikeouts — Trucks, D»troit, 108; it. The Nats are destined American League pennant race. Newhouser, Detroit, 88. bleating will remedy indignity on his ex-mates tonight successful trades or prudent Through a strange quirk in the NATIONAL. to suffer, barring when the Cleveland Indians invade Batting—Robinson, Brooklyn, .3871 farm schedule, Washington and the St Louis. .330. purchases, until their own system yields Griffith Stadium for the opener of Slaughter. third-place Boston Red Sox have Runs—Re-se. Brooklyn, 81; Retain- currently being harvested. »on. Brook'yn. 79. a crop of youngsters a three-game series. _ played only seven games against Runs batted in—Robinson, Brooklyn. Less than two years ago the Nats embarked Wynn, stocky right-hander who 81: Hodges. Brooklyn, 78. Into that each other. That means they will Hits — Robinson. B.ooklyn, 138: on of their farm system. owns an 8-2 record, will be opposed York. 135. expansion meet 15 more times this season, Thomson. New scouts instead of one, their first by Mickey Harris, hard luck left- Doubles—Thomson. New York. 25; expansion—14 8 at Boston’s Fenway Park. Jones. Philadelphia. 24. farm director, stocking lower classification clubs hander who has been unable to Triples—Robinson, Brooklyn, ana On the other hand, the weary Ennis. Philacelphia. 8. the of teams and win for the Nats since being ac- Pittsburgh, 27; with youngsters, purchase Washingtonians, now 3Va games Home runs—Kiner. quired from the Boston Red Sox Oordon. New York. 23. Nats — minor league park improvements—the out of the basement after winning Stolen bases Robinson, Brooklyn. dollars. six weeks ago. 25: Reese. Brooklyn, 15. have poured a half million only 12 of their last 50 games, Pitching—Sewell. Pittsburgh. 8-1. five is evident in Washington. The Washington swept straight .833; Branca, Brooklyn. 12-3. -890. No result have met the league-leading New ■— games from the Indians early in Strikeouts Spahn, Boston, POl Nats are in seventh place and fans under- York Yankees 12 times and the Branca, Brooklyn. 83. the season, but since has captured are irritated. They may expect no second-place Cleveland Indians 15 standably only one of 10 decisions. The In- Burton Hawkina. of the team for at least three times. upward surge dians meanwhile have recovered baseball team is in the hands The way the Nats have been Gil Advances years. The future of Washington's from a disheartening start to Bogley N. C.; floundering, it wbuld come as no of youngsters now playing for Charlotte, N. C.; Concord, provide chief contention for and startling news should the Red the, Emporia. Va.; Orlando, Fla.; Fulton, Ky.; Hagerstown, Md., league-leading New York Yankees, Sox win 12 of the remaining 15 j In National Junior Newcastle, Pa. Scarborough Drops Tough One. j games. One of them is practically The Nats dropped their in the bag for Boston. That's the 16th! Lookouts Will Be Overhauled tussle in 18 games last night j game of July 7, called after six Tennis Tournament on the ladder to the majors. despite Ray finest1 Those players have been placed innings with Red Sox in front, Scarborough’s the Nats’ top pitching performance in weeks. By th« Associated Press Next year there will be a new'deal at Chattanooga, 8-3, to enable Boston to make | The Lookouts Ray a 2-0 verdict to St. 2 — farm club in the double-A Southern Association. train connections. dropped KALAMAZOO, Mich., Aug. the Louis’ Karl Drews, who scattered rankers are sailing will receive the most promising players the Nats possess in The contest later was ordered The top eight Washington hits and allowed in the national minors and the shopworn specimens now playing for Chattanooga resumed at the sixth inning by smoothly along only one Nat to reach third. junior tennis tournament. will move elsewhere. League President Will Harridge. Scarborough, touched for 10 Four of the first five seeded The Nats soon will add an A classification club to their farm It did not go into the reeords as a hits, yielded a run in the fourth entrants were heading into the That link has been missing. They will attempt to obtain Boston victory. system. inning when Jerry Priddy singled, third round today after easy vic- with a triple-A club. At long last the Wash- Bosox Bag Tribe Series. a working agreement took second after Roy Sievers tories in early play. to resemble an organization instead of Boston holds only a 4-3 edge ington club is beginning fouled to Gil Coan in deep left Leading the way was Gil Bogley, relied too heavily on trades and over Washington, but all three of a helter-skelter outfit which has and scored on Sherman Lollar’s 18-year-old defending champion, befell them when Sid Hudson the Nats’ triumphs came early in the sort of good fortune which single. who annexed the Western junior in the season when they were the class D baseball to win 17 games in the majors That 1-0 deficit confronted the crown last week. He is from Chevy leaped from surprise of the league. Since then, Nats unitl the when it Md. wielded a vicious evil days have fallen upon the ninth, Chase, Bogley now is the key man in the Nats’ scheme of things. mounted to 2-0. Paul in the second round to Bluege boys from the Capital City. Lehner and racket task of a reconstruction of Louis- On him has been bestowed the complete The Red Sox advanced to within Ed Pellagrini singled successively, trounce MilledgeGalphin of and careful selection but Drews forced ville. 6—0, 6—1, and live up to his job demanding discreet judgment players 2Vi games of second and seven Lehner at third. requiring Bob who No. 1 for the tourney. of scouts. It’s a thankless, behind-the-scenes position games of the leading Yankees yes- Dillinger, took over the rating can Second-seeded Jerry De Witt* patience and time, but already Ossie show progress. terday, turning back the Indians, league batting lead at .349 with Ex- three of Oakland, Calif., didn’t have any There are 152 players in the Washington organization. 4-3, before a surprising Monday hits, singled to center, scor- ■ trouble either. He scored a 8—2, cluding those with Washington and Chattanooga, the Nats have afternoon turnout of 35,248 paid ing Pellagrini. 6—2 victory over John Du Priest 80 players with five minor league clubs they own outright. From fans. The victory gave the Red Dillinger Caught Napping. of Tacoma, Wash. three other teams with whom they have working agreements the Sox a 3-2 edge in the series. When the throw to the plate Playing in the fourth spot, Nats select any they want. Southpaw Mel Parnell gained skipped past Eddie Robinson and may players CUP—Here’s 15, to buckle at the knees under Whitney Reed of Alameda, Calif., his 15th pitching triumph, besting LIFTS STAR Mary Freeman, amiably pretending Jake Early, Drews tried to score, of The Star she acquired in winning the closed backstroke event for downed John De Vos of Kalamazoo, Bluege Is High on Echevarria Cleveland’s Bob Lemon with a the weight Evening trophy but was out on Scarborough’s re- women at Takoma Pool last on are Howard P. Bailey (left), assistant to the man- 6—3, 6—3. for instance, is at Emporia. He’s nine-hitter. Lemon allowed 10 night. Looking turn throw to Robinson, covering The Nats’ future catcher, of the D. C. which Keston Deimling of River Forest, "He’s safeties Ted Williams batted in aging editor of The Star, and Eddie Rosenblum, president AAU, sponsored the plate. Dillinger, believing Orlando Echevarria, 17 years old, and of him Bluege says, Photo. HI., rated fifth, had a little more the winning run in the seventh the meet. —Star Staff three were out, strolled off third the best catching prospect in the minors.” Such a sweeping state- difficulty with Earl Schulze of inning.