Evening star., 1942-06-16
Tribe, Yankees
Closing Cellar
Door on Mats
Top Horrismen in IS
Off Comes; Newsom
To Pitch Tonight
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star staff Correspondent.

CLEVELAND, June 16.-The in
triguing mystery revolving around
the killing Of the Mats Cor who
poured the poison In Griff's cup Of
joyO has developed two outstand-
ing clues that necessitate discarding
the theory Of suicide. Under suspi-
cion are the Yankees and Indians.
The Mats have been treated re-
spectfully, almost cordially. by other
outfits In the American League, but
they have succumbed after q nnger-
ing and painful illness, to beatings
administered by New York and
Cleveland. Detective o. Simple Sta
tistics solved the case.
If the Yankees and Indians had
been tossed out Of the American
League the 1912 season may have
been serene and successful for the
Mats. In II games with those teams
Washington has won two, lost Is.
Against the remainder Of the league
the Mats have won 20, lost 81.
Tigers Have Been Helpful.
1t Is customary for the Mats to
be kicked around by the Yankees,
who have won 9 of the 10 games
they have played this year. Last
year New York captured 16 of %
games with Washington and in
1910 it won II of %. Washington
playing New York constitutes the
perfect crime.
The Mats were trembling a bit
as they arrived here to battle the
Indians in the opener of q 3-game
series under the lights tonight, too,
for Cleveland has whipped WASH
ington in six of seven engagements.
The Mats haven't enjoyed their aft
ernoons and evenings with the In.
dians this season.
Thankful are the Mats for the
presence OF the Tigers in the league,
for Detroit represents the only club
over which Washington owns an
edge. snatching four Of seven games.
Washington otherwise has split even
with Philadelphia and st. Louis,
lost four OF seven to Boston and
five OF nine to Chicago.
Newsom to Face Tribe.
Washington can discover no con.
ISOLATION in viewing its current l9-
game road trip, for the Mats have
won only seven games and lost Is in
foreign parks this year. Grifhth Sta
dium customers will testify the Mats
have played pathetically at home,
but they've been worse on the road.
With a fresh losing streak Of two
games the Mats tonight VIII rely
on big Buck Newsom to launch their
trim on - refreshing basis. After
being beaten five straight TINES
Newsom has hurled creditably In
his last two starts. beating the
Tigers, 3-2, on six hits and losing
q 4-3 12-inning tussle to Cleveland.
Expected to fortify Washington's
pitching staff is Rookie Ray Scar
borough. imported from Chatta-
nooga and due to join the Mats
today. Scarborough was plagued
by a streak of wildness when ex-
amined by Manager Bucky Harris
this spring. but the former Wake
Forest athlete reportedly has ac-
quired control.
Sore Arm Checked Ray.
A biology and chemistry teacher
at Clayton IN. c. High, the %
year-old Scarborough was offered
$4,000 by the Yankees while he
was pitching for Wake Forest. He
came up with a sore arm later,
however, and the scouts that had
been pestering him suddenly van
ished.
Last year Ray won 81 games with
Selma of the class B Southeastern
League, though, and the right
handlers fast ball and curve i'm
pressed Harris in Florida this
spring, but he was deemed too wild
to stick. If he's cured that wild
ness he could help the Mats.