Evening star., 1937-09-12
MATS OUT OF RACE
MATHEMAT|CALLY

JUG ClOutS 81 Willl dix
On After Lewis Slams
Round d-Tripper.
BY FRANCIS f.. STAN,
Staf Correspondent OF The Star.
n YEW YORK, N. Y, September
N 1.-THE Nationals dropped
out of the American League
pennant race for keeps today.
The old Yankee Stadium bugaboo.
which for nearly five months now
has baked the Griffs' efforts, struck
again and nullified five-hit pitching
performance by Jimmy De Shong.
And, as the Yankees walked off with
6-to-4 victory, Washington mate
matieally was eliminated from the
flag chase.
The Griffs and J. Brooklyn De
Shong were doing nicely until Joe
Di Maggie, the noted cream-puh hit
ter, came to bat in the fifth inning.
Thanks to a lusty home run by
Buddy Lewis the Washingtons we're
leading, to 3, when Jolting Jo-
seph pumped his forty-first home
run of the season far into the left
field stands with a teammate on
base.
The wallop converted the deficit
into 5-4 lead for the Bombers and
that was all Southpaw Kemp Wicker
needed. The Yanks scored another
run for good measure later in th-
game, but Wicker pitched the las
four innings in pretty close to pa.
and registered his fifth victory.
Yanks' Errors Help Mats.
HE Griffs raised all kinds of falls
hopes in the early innings, de-
spite 2-to-0 lead taken by the
Yanks in the first round. It began 10
look as If Washington was COINS
to score its first victory in the big
stadium since it helped the Yanks
open the season by handing them a
4-to-3 hiding on April 20.
But the Bonbers, who had won
seven straight games and tied one
against the Griffith A. C. since that
opening day here, proved too much
for De Shong to handle in the end
Tney were not exactly teeing off on
Jimmy, but when they struck it was
with typical ferociousness.
In the first inning, for instance
Di Maggie and Gehrig were walked
after two were out. Bill Dickey. at
tnls point, rammed a double to right
TO score both runners and rive
Wicker. a second-string pitcher, a
neat little lead. .--s@ssr
Wicker's mates, though. we're un-
veiled as Indian-givers In the Mats
third inning. They handed Wash
ington back the two runs. plus an
other. as a result Of two tnfleld
errors.
Lead Doesn't Last Long.
DE sHoNG started this rally when
he walked with one out Mel Al
mada's single sent Jimmy to third base
and when Gehrig booted Lewis smash
Tor an error De shong scored and Al
mada arrived at second base.
Cecil Travis singled Almada across.
tying the score, and after Fred Sing
ton fouled out young Jimmy Wasdell
sent an easy roller to Don Heffner at
second base. What should have been
the third out, however, was artistically
kicked by Heffner and Lewis took
advantage of the miscue to score the
run that gave Washington a 3-to-2
lead.
This particular lead did not stand
up for long. Johnny Mihalic made a
ridiculous error on Gehrig,s easv
roller to open the Yankee fourth and
when the ball was retrieved the Iron
Man was on second base. Dickev
lined out, but, after Jake Powej
walked, Myril Hoag singled Gehr;.
across to create a 3-to-3 deadlock.
wicker Improves Near Finish.
WHEN the fifth inning rollee
around Lewis took charge. Lead
ing of, Buddy smashed the ball far
into the right field pavilion, making
it to 3.
This, then. was where Di Maggie
came in. De Shong had no trouble
getting the first two batters in the
Yankee fifth. but Rolfe singled past
Wasdell ana Di Maggie walked I'D and
swung from his heels.
The other Yankee run wasn't
important, as things turned out. For
the sake Of records, it was showed
across when Rolfe walked to start the
eighth. Di Maggie popped out. but
Rolfe reached second when Ricl-
Ferrell threw wildly past first base q,
ne tried to pick Red off the bag Was
dell then made a sensational stop o
smash by Gehrig, but after Dicke
was purposely passed Jake Powell sin
gled and, presto it was 6 to4
After the fifth inning Wicker vir-
tuaily was unhittable. He faced onl,
l3 batters in the last four INNINGS an,
the only hit off him was an extremel,
scratchy affair engineered by Mihalic
FIRST up in the ninth, MihaIif
one back to Wicker. The bal
caromed off the pitchers glove 70
frankie Crosetti, but the Yank short
stop with time to throw out the r,In-
ner. fumbled.
1t really didn't matter, however. for
Stone and Rick Ferrell rolled out and
wesley Ferrell, batting for De Shone.
Wnl1ed ingloriously to end the game
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