Evening star., 1942-07-12
Chicago Pi|esUp
Lead Off Wynn
With Few Hits
Score Is Held Down
As Dietrich FuiIs
To Touch Second
By BURTON HAWKINS.

Consecutive defeat number three
came to the Mats last night at
Griffith Stadium, to the great
amazement of nobody, as the Chi
cago White Sox won, 5-3, despite
that Pitcher Bill Dietrich neglected
the formality of touching second
base in the midst of a Chicago scor-
ing spree.
Dietrich's failure to touch second
merely made the score more respec-
table from the Mats viewpoint,
though, for while the Chicago
hurler's oversight cost the White
Sox a run in the ninth inning. it
developed the White Sox didn't need
that additional tally.
Dietrich squeezed Bob Kennedy
home after Bob had singled and
moved to third on Mike Tresh's
single with one out. After Moses
flied out Myril Hoag singled sharply
to left. apparently scoring fresh
from second.
He Didn't Touch Second.
Second baseman Ellis Clary of the
Mats, however, called for the ball
from Outfielder Roy Cullenbine and
stepped on second and Umpire Bill
MCGOWAN upheld the contention
that Dietrich had failed to tag
second en- route to third. Hoag thus
was deprived of hit and Tresh's
run didn't count, since Dietrich was
ruled forced at second.
The Mats entered their portion of
the ninth with 5-3 deficit and
Dietrich personally attended to
keeping the figures at that ceiling.
He whipped third strike past
Pinch-hitter AL Evans and tossed
out George Case before Stan Spence
and Mickey Vernon singled suces-
sively. But Cullenbine grounded
out to First Baseman Joe Kuhel for
the game ending tap.
Early Wynn, who was charged
with the defeat, and Bill Zuber re-
stricted the White Sox to eight hits
while the Mats were collecting
dozen OF Dietrich. Dietrich was
spacing those hits judiciously, how
ever, to leave 10 Mats on base.
Chisox Make Hits Tell.
Wynn economical on his distri.
button of hits In the first five In
nings, but the White Sox were In
serting their blows at damaging
intervals to construct . Al lead
with their ration of four safeties.
Chicago took q 10 lead in the
second inning. Wynn walked Taft
Wright and Luke Appling punched
double past Third Baseman Bobby
Estallela, with Wright hating at
third. Wynn tossed out Bob Ken
nedy as the runners held their bases
and Don Holloway was purposely
passed to set the stage for possible
double-play.
fresh upset that strategy with a
single to left that scored Wright
and Appling. Holloway and fresh
negotiated a double steal, but were
stranded as Dietrich famed and
Wally Moses grounded out.
The Mats picked up a run in the
third inning as Estallela's fly scored
Stan Spence from third. Spence
had doubled to open proceedings,
and he took third on Cullenbine's
single to right after Mickey Vernon
flied out.
Mats Waste Opportunities.
The White Sox matched that run
in the fourth, however, as Appling
walked, stole second after Kennedy
and Holloway flied out and scored
on Tresh's single to center. In the
fifth, Kuhel hiked the score to Al
through the simple procedure of
socking one out of the park. With
two out and none on he lifted a
home run over the right field fence.
Meanwhile the Mats had been
booting inviting opportunities. In
the first inning they loaded the
bases with one out on singles by
George Case and Spence plus a
walk to Cullenbine. Estalella tapped
to Dietrich though, and a double
play stymied that threat.
Dietrich was in trouble In the
second inning, too, as Johnny Sulh-
van and Wynn singled, but with two
out Case took third strike. Again
in the sixth the Mats threatened but
with two on and two out Bruce
Campbell batted for Wynn and was
tossed out by Holloway.
Washington got back In the game
though with a two-run outburst in
the seventh inning as Case, Spence
and Vernon singled and Cullenbine
inserted long fly that scored
Spence from third.