Evening star., 1940-09-22
Benga|s in Most
Dominant Spot
Yet Enjoyed
SchooIboy in Trouble
In Only One Inning
Scoring 10Th Win
BY DALE STAFFORD.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

DETROIT, Sept. 21.-Lynwood
Thomas Rowe, baSeball's storyboOk
pitcher, wrote another chapter to-
day in one of the games greatest
comeback sagas.
The Arkansas Express Of old.
Rowe stifled the Cleveland Indians
with a meager five hits as he pitched
the Detroit Tigers to a 5-to-O victory
that gave them a commanding two
game edge in the current crucial
series with the Tribe and the same
margin on top of the American
League standings.
The win. 18th of the season AS
compared to only three defeats for
Rowe. left the Tigers in the most
dominant position they have en-
joyed all year in their circuits most
topsy turvy pennant race in 80
years.
Big Crowd PAYS Tribute.
Rowe was the show today and
the ovation he received from the
crowd of AZ 800 as he strode off the
diamond a winner was something TO
be remembered.
Not only did the foot A. inch
giant muff1e the bats of the Indians
when hits meant runs but he con-
tributed a un-scoring single to tne
attack that wrecked Cleveland's
hopes.
In only one inning was Rowe in
trouble. That was the seventh.
VI hon SirnioS and E11oA
the bases with two out, The Tigers
were ahead, to 0.
Up to the plate as a pinch hitter
strode Odell Hale. Rowe's fellow
townsman from Eldorado, Ark. who
has been batting against Lvn since
boyhood Hale was supposed 10
know Rowe's pitching. but Rowe ap-
peared to know more about Hsles
batting because he struck him out.
There died Clevelands last and
only real threat, Rowe pitching To
only six hitters in the last two
innings.
Always in Hea dimes.
In days good and evil, Rove
never has been out of the head
lines. He came to the Tigers in
1888 as "Schoolbov" Rowe. a bov
not yet of voting age with a blazing
fast ball and a devastating curve.
In 1884 and 1886 Rowe won
grand total of 81 games. Detroit
took two penants and Lyn was the
toast of Detroit.
Then came a bad arm and the
evil days. and no pitcher probably
tasted disappointment more bitter
than Rowe's. Two years ago he was
sent back TO the Texas League in
the hope that the sun might heal his
ailing wing. One critic suggested
that Rowe become an outfielder be-
cause of his batting. but it wss
pitch or nothing for the big fellow.
Last year he enjoyed fair season
and this year, combining cunning
with the resources still at his COM
mand, he has been a sensation.
For the first four innings TODAY
the game was almost replica of
yesterdays, except that Rowe
pitched better than did Louis Buck
Newsom. Al Milnar, Cleveland
southpaw, held Detroit to a couple
of singles and a triple in this span.
Hemsley May Be Lost.
The triple came in the fourth
inning from the bat of Frank
(Pinky) Higgins and because of it
the Indians may not have Catcher
Rollie HemSley for the rest of the
season. With two men out and the
bases empty Higgins lined to center
and Roy Weatherly tried for a div
ing catch. The ball went by Wealth.
erly and was finally retrieved by Ben
Chapman, who threw to Ray Mack.
The latter'S relay to the plate
caught Higgins. but the Tiger third
sacker, former locking halfback
for the Texas University football
team, bowled HemSley over Rollie
left the came in the next inning and
was taken to hospital. where X
ray films showed that he was badly
bruised. Hemsley returned to his
hotel. He told interviewers that
he hoped to be able to play again
before the season ends.
Inc lower nail OF the IlPer bat-
ting order, impotent of late, went
to work in the next inning and pro-
duced two runs. which would have
been sufficient in view Of Rowe's
fine pitching.
Fox Is Batting Star.
Pete Fox, who belted a couple of
doubles and single, opened with a
two-bagger to left. He reached
third as George Tebbetts rolled out.
Rowe then singled to center, scoring
Fox. A surprise bunt single by Dick
Bartell caught the Indians unawares
and Third BaSeman Ken Keltner
heaved the ball into right field,
Rowe reaching third and Bartell
second. Rowe then scored after the
catch of Barney McCoskys long fly.
Charley Gehringer got an infield
hit, but Bartell was thrown out after
overrunning third on the play.
The lower half of the Detroit
lineup produced again in the sixth,
with the assistance of another error,
this one by Chapman.
With one out Rudy York walked.