Evening star., 1937-08-14

pieasa nfries affache6 70 2 n"e"
game winning streak TODAY a,
i tbe Red .Sox series rolled m.
and iokinelv wondered II they ought
10 parsoe black cats IN front n Pete
Appleton every fourth 6aV and then
make him walk under ladders
Pete Yesterday Grew me slab assign
ment and II was Frieav ne rbirt eenrh
InsSmuch as Appleton has been pretlv
much OF a flop this wear as a starting
pitcher he was an object NJ o,tv as ne
faced the rsmpagng Red Sox on rhe
famed linx dav
But superstition apparentiv is 2
word not IN Pietro's book Tbe srlzzieo
right hsnoer stepped out and pitched
Was1lnetonS : second ShutonL victory
Of the season. holding the BnstonS TO
SIX scattered hits and winning nv a
3-to-0 count. He vas IN Shorr. oTeat.
Not once did he allow pa Sc on balls.
He proba bly loSt his ca ro in The Wash
inetop Pitchers Union. Local IRA as
a result, but what did II matter He
Won. The Mats sill are pnthln reaching
distance Of fifth place and everything
was looking 100. TOO lovely
Now the question is. car Pete 10 It
more often in the future or was u
that FrIdsv The thirteenth business
After All. those are rare davs That
black caL and ladder walking toea
seems TO De fairly logical al thai.
Sox Easy for PETE.
QASE BALL sratisticianS prooa Div
will cite colo -bloodedlv thar petes
success NAV have been due N The
presence Of the Red Sox This is ths
club Appleton apparently ran bear nr
tossing his glove in the box He won
three Of his IA victories last wear from
Boston and so far this season he has
won three OF his six wins. That ls
prettv good average over one Team
In addition 10 his fine victory yes
rer6sp Pete won as a relief pitcher snd.
osck in Nav he pitched and barred to
n ll-to-> triumph in. Boston. Up IN
Back Bav he pitched seven hitter
and, with four hits off his own ha1
acruallv drove across seven runs. TIE
onlv other time ne faced rhe Soy This
year be worked aga in asa relief pitcher
and pitcned TO u re after - in
nines. In MS three-innine strArch
Pete gave UP one hit
Appleton never was better than he
was Yesterday in mat Boston series
opener. Only once did the So< look
- Y thev might score snd that rsllv
was Snuffed out by double plav
Mareum I< Cha s~d
pETE ns d Bostons bAavv. r9nr-
handed hltters swinging ~ his
curves sll dsv Eric McNair. vh7
ma de three Of ne Red Sox' hi1s. w2s
the only batter 10 really fsthom nm
The others were Ia king PpteS fas,
BALL across the middle and bring IN
mis- curve. He was INST plain good
The Mats. led bv Melo Alnada
hoped on JobDnv Msrcum for run
took third on sacrifice bv LEWIS and
raced across when Mills caught Cecil
Travis long foul In the hfth rhev
got their other Two runs and, In rhs
process. chased Marcum.
Appleton started this uprising by
singing with one ont. When Almada
followed with another single. pere
with a great burst Of speed raced -
third. From there he scored and A.
msda vent 10 third on single nv
Lewis. And on Travis ln6eld roIlAr
Almsda scored with the third and
5psl 11In OF the osms
The only time Appleton was anv-
where close 10 trouble Vas in rhs
eighth. when McNair and Cha prar
opened with singles But Desaute)s
double play and Waiberg inHeld ont
ended It,
Ne~Som Work. Taday.
RUCk- NEWSOM The ga srrulnuS GEM
wnom Clark Grir1th traded awav
last June, was 10 face Monte Weaver
today in the second ga me Of rhe Sc
ries. Nome has been having trouble
winning lately but. for that matter.
so has Newsom The MATS honestly
think they can beat Bhlshin9 Blcs
any time he shows his face in the box
1t is whispered that the rea son vhc
NeWSom ives not held over for tonor-
row TO face Wes Ferrell again wa,
that The Boston management Wa nted
10 insure gate next week in Back
Bsv In the only head -to-ha duel
between this pair Ferrell won close
decision and the Boston big wigs are
repu'ed TO prefer letting the score
sta nd as is until The Nsrs invad De Fen
wsv Park late next week
Tomorrow the Mats will face The
Sox in the firSt Sunday double -hea der
OF the season. Ferrell will pitch on.
Of the games and Ed Ijnke proha blv
will do the throwing in the other
game Lefty Grove and Archie Mr-
Kajr are down 10 do the Boston