The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
TIGERS SEEK NO.
TWO FROM YANks

Detroit. Sept. 13-AP-General
Manager Jack Zeller and Vice
President Walter o. Briggs, Jr., OF
the Detroit Baseball Company, are
Ia Chicago today TO attend Com
missioner Kenesaw NJ. Lands
meeting to complete world series
arrangements and the feeling grows
In this sector that their journey is
not In vain.
Pennant winners generally get
the breaks and once they get them
they make the most of the sltua-
ton. The Tigers were Just that
kind OF a baseball team Thursday
when they came from behind 10
tame the New York Yankees 10
3 and stay half game and three
percentage points ahead OF the
Cleveland Indians.
Today the Tigers, victors in sew
en- OF their last eight games, all
of which were played under ire
mendous pressure, seek TO make
II two straight In the three contest
series. Tommy Bridges, who won In
his last appearance in a relief role,
will fling for the Bengals and
Marius Russo, young southpaw
who has won six straight games,
for the Yankees.
Second Baseman Joe Gordon was
the Yankee who contributed the
break that put the Tigers on the
victory trail Thursday In the
eighth inning while attempting TO
complete a cinch double play The
heaved the ball into the Yankee
dugout. Before the third man
was retired a total Of ten tigers
had batted and four runs had
crossed the plate.
The Tigers had at least a half
dozen heroes, the chief of whom
were Lynwood Rowe. who scored
his l4th mound victory as com
pared with only three losses. and
Big Hank Greenberg, who hit his
32nd homer of the year aud his
sixth in the last eight games. De-
troit has won seven Of these starts.
Alley Donald started for the
Yanks Thursday and 1t was the
same old story-the Tigers are his
hoodoo club. He has lost four
games and has never beaten De-
trolt in two seasons in the Amer
lean League.
The Tigers got to Donald for
eight hits and to his susccessor.
Marvin Breuer, for one. Rowe gave
up II safeties but was most effec-
tive with runners on. New York
left II men on the sacks.
The Tigers were first to score,
counting in the opening inning on
q single by Barney McCosky, walks
TO Dick Bartell and Greenberg and
long fly ball from the bat Of Rudy
York.
Rowe yielded two hits in the
second but escaped being scored
on. In the third Joe DlMaggio
tripled after Red Rolfe and George
Selkirk singled and two Yankee
runs scored.
Greenberg's homer knotted the
count in the sixth but New York
came right back to go ahead and
2 in the seventh on singles by
Rolfe and Charley Keller and Di-
Maeeio's infield out.
Without warning the Tiger eighth
inning explosion occurred. McCos.
Ky flied out and Gehringer walked
Greenberg then hit blazing
grounder that Rolfe scooped IN.
He threw 10 Gordon forcing Geh
ringer but the relay to first was
wide and Hank reached second,
forN piaytered Il single 10 centsY.
scoring Greenberg with the tying
run and took second on the throw
TO The plate. Bruce Campbell was
walked Intentionally Frank Hig.
gins who had looked weak in his
nrst three trips hammered a sin
gle to right scoring York. Billy
Sullivan's line single to right
scored Campbell Breuer relieved
Donald and Rowe laid down a sur
prise bunt for single that scored
Higgins. Bartell then walked after
which McCosky. up for the second
time, rolled out.