Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-09
It's Bad Season for Starting
Hurlers i'm American Loop
Trout, Newsom
Pummeled by
Mats in Final
BY LEO MACDONELL

LEV
Billy Sullivan today recalled
that few starting pitchers finish
their games in the American
League this Spring.
1T sure IL a hitter's league"
the Tiger catcher declared.
Sullivan must have had in mind
the bombardment Of pitchers at
Briggs Stadium during the last
three days, the roar of which still
echoes through the vastness of the
ampitheater.
With the figures in hand for yes
Iterday's game at the stadium,
which the Senators won from the
Tigers, 9 to 3, the two teams in
three games totaled 81 hits--an
average of % hits game or IL
hits per team per game. In all AZ
runs were scored.
TIGERS TAKE TWO
While the Tigers captured two
of the three games. their only VIC
tories over Washington In IA
starts-seven of them Spring ex-
Inhibition contests-there was little
10 choose between the teams in
the statistics otherwise.
In the three games the Tigers
totaled "a runs and the Senator'S
i23 and the Tigers 81 hits and the
Senators 35.
Paul Trout, winner OF his last
two previous starts. was off form
yesterday and failed to get past
| the sixth inning. After shaky
first frame, Trout settled down
and for the next four heats pitched
mastery ball Then came the ex-
plosion, Buddy Lewis and Jimmy
Vernon hitting homers which.
lcombined with other hits FASH
Toned seven runs in one inning and
lput the contest on ice for the Sem
Iators.
BUCK HEARS WOLVES
The spleen of the inspired Sena-
tors was not centered on Trout
Buck Newsom came in for share
Iof il when the big Highlander
replaced Paul in the heat of the
sixth round lambasting. When
he took the mound Newsom was
lgreeted with cheers and boos.
Later Newsom heard the we'll
known cry of the wolves-'"rake
him OUT"
But the Senators were In hit
ting mood yesterday and ii il
doubtful if even Bob Teller could
have stopped them in their big
sixth.
Dutch Leonard went the route
for Washington. Knuckle Ball
Leonard has pitched better games
but he didn't need better one
yesterday.
$50 DExTERITES
A crowd of 1888 saw the con-
test. Many were from outstste, in
Icluding 300 from Saginaw and Bay
City and $50 from Dexter. The
iDexterites wore boards and bore
on their backs signs proclaiming
centennial Year at Dexter.
With two tallies the Senators
were off to flying start in the
first inning. There was one down
when Lewis doubled. scoring later
on two-bagger by Travis. Vernon
also whacked out double, Travis
scoring.
In the home half of the opening
heat. Gehringer .tripled and scored
on a single by Radcliffe. the Tigers
Thereby retrieving one Of the
Washington markers. The Tigers
benefited with a run in the fourth
from a rare play. Higgins doubled,
moved to third on Tebbetts' infield
out and then scored on a passed
ball. Croucher swung on the ball
for a third strike and was safe at
first as Early scrambled to regain
the ball.
In the fifth York doubled: ad-
l,vanced to ttSed on wild pitch and
scored later aftera catch of fly
off Higgins bat.
That was the end of the Detroit
scoring.
But the Senators were. still to
be heard from. They were heard
lfrom-in a big way in that horrid
sixth. With Trout and Newsom
lpitching. IL batsmen stepped to
the plate for Washington and
Eight of them hit safely and one
walked. a combination that pro-
duced seven counters.
II was all very. very sad from
tho TiOpr VioWnOipt
Gus Lesnevich Marries