Evening star., 1938-07-31
TRIBE 8-5 VICTOR
SCHASE BLOWS
Defeat Is Fifth Straight for
Griffs, Matching Record
for the Season.
BY FRANCIS f. STAN.
Stan Correspondent of The Star,

StAn correspondent OF The Star.
CLEVELAND, July 30-The Mats
tied record here today. In full view OF
10000 paid enthusiasts they lost an
S-to-5 decision to the Indians and
thereby equaled their longest losing
streak of the season-fve in a row.
1t might also be mentioned they lost
their fourth-place standing to the
Detroit Tigers, who won double
header.
The game was marked by the fact
the Griffs almost won it. The Indians
we're sailing serenely along with a
6-to-l lead and giving Mr. Ken Chase
of the Washington firm a thorough
going over The affair went into the
eighth inning and with two out Mel
Harder, on the strength of two bases
on balls and fluke single by Pinch
hitter Jimmy Wasdell, filled the bases.
This brought up Zeke Bonura. who
up to now had been known as the hit
less and fleldless wonder Mr. Bonura,
who was long overdue, cranked up and
drove home run into the distant left
field bleachers to score three runners
ahead of him and cut the score to 6-5
in favor of the Clevelands.
AS the score reveals the Mats failed
to win. 1t wasn't necessary for them
to win, anyway, to create excitement.
The mere fact they were close at a
stage late in the game sufficed.
Appleton Is No Puzzle.
AS result the horrible details were
not quite as horrible and grisly as
those connected with the previous
adventures of the Mats in the West.
Whereas the enemy had been ending
all battles in the first inning, today's
game went along for five and one half
innings as quite ball game. Chase.
after giving up a run in the first
inning, was bent on making it pretty
tough and Ken and Harder were
giving the trade run for their money.
In the sixth the Tribe struck and
gathered five runs to take 60 lead.
In the seventh the Mats finally broke
the ice and scored, and then in the
eighth Mr. Bonura went into his act.
The Mats. for the second time, were in
the game.
They didn't stick in it for long
Pete Appleton came out of the bull
pen to take up the pitching and he got
two hitters out in the Indians eighth
before you could say Joe Krakauskas.
But then Lyn Larry lifted a drive over
Taft Wrights head for triple and
Bruce Campbell hit home run inside
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8-5. With some difficulty, Relief
Pitcher Johnny Humphries, who sue
ceeded Harder, and Relief Pitcher
Dennis Galehouse, who succeeded
Humphries, ended the game with no
further Washington scoring.
Wright Knocks Himself Out.
Wright, who had knocked out three
OF the Mats total Of eight hits,
knocked himself out in a clumsy, vain
effort to get Larys liner. Taft start
I'd to run. with his eyes following the
ball He tripped on the bank IN left
field and crashed into the wooden
bleacher barrier, injuring his left
shoulder. Time was called while
Wright walked OF the field, and Al
Simmons replaced him in time to help
chase Campbells homer to the center
field corner.
Beginning at the start, Chase got
away nicely by retiring the flrst two
rlen in the opening inning. But then
Sammy Hale doubled of the right
field fence, and JEFF Heath followed
with hit Of similar length and
proportions. This made it 10.
The score stayed this way until the
sixth. when Mr.. Chase blew up. Hale
opened with single. and after Heath
had famed Averill singled. Then
Trosky singled to score Hale and
Averill, who had moved up on a
throw. A walk to Keltner followed,
and then Pytlak singled to drive
home Trosky, making it 40. Harders
sacrifice made the second out, but
Larry delivered with double to right,
counting Keltner and Pytlak.
The Mats seventh was one of bounty
considering it was Washington at
bat. The firm got one run when,
with two out and Cecil Travis on first
base, Sammy West plunked double
TO left. Then, in the eighth, they ex-
ceeded all expectations.
Two Mats Stranded in Ninth.
Harder, obviously tiring. walked Rick
Ferrell, and Wasdell lifted looper
over the infeld After Case and
Lewis went out. Wright drew walk.
filling the bases, and up walked Bo-
nura to hit his homer. When Travis
walked, Harder was lifted in favor Of
Humphries, who got the side out.
It began to look as if the Mats had
. chance, but then Appleton came out
to pitch, and Larry and Campbell put
on their act. Thereafter the Mats
made only a negative sort of a ges-
ture. With one down in the ninth,
Humphres walked Ferrell and Pinch
hitter Buddy Myer, and this brought
Galehouse to the rescue. Dennis neat
ly disposed of Case and Lewis to end
It all
Oh, yes. it was Cleveland's fifth
straight win.