Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-12
BRIDGES WINS
FOR DETROIT
FROM ATHLETICS
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS

day passes in the major leagues
without some strong armed young
Ster grabbing the spotlight with a
prOdigious batting feat or brilliant
pitching chore, SO spare a thought
today for veteran Tommy Bridges
of Detroit who at SO rivals any
steel-armed STRIPPING.
The Tigers are in second place,
half a game ahead of the Senators
and four and a half games behind
the Yankees. And it's the perform
anceS of men like Bridges, long past
their prime who have put them
there, far above the ranking ac-
corded them in preseason eSti-
mates.
Bridges no longer has the We
locity in his fast ball-a hurricane
heave that made him one of the
most effective pitchers in the game
years ago-but the Strategical Savvy
gained in over - years of studying
American League batters still makes
him q potent force when he goes
to t. rubber for the Tigers.
VALUE SEEN
His value can easily be estimated
after yearterday'S 90 triumph over
the Athletics in the nightcap after
the PhiladelphianS had taken the
opener of a twin bill, 4-3.. The
third-plaCe Senators had split with
Cleveland and Detroit loss would
have dumped the Tigers into a tie
for second place with Washington.
Bridges, however, looked like the
tOsser Of old who went over the
20-game mark three times and rack
ed up four world series victories as
he set down the AS with only three
hits and faced only 20 men. Only
three men reached base off him, all
on singles, and one was blanked
out on a double play. He famed
four and had perfect control while
the Tigers garnered 10 singles, three
doubles and a homer by Paul Rich
ards off three pitchers.
Washington Walloped Cleveland
Ga, in the 10-inning nightcap aft
er the Tribe had blasted Milo Can
dini'S SeVen-game winning streak in
the first game, 81. A four-run
foray in the seventh and two in the
10th pulled the Senators home aft
er Allie Reynolds had to be re-
lieved when he became suddenly i'll
Candini lasted only one-third of an
inning as the Indians racked up
three runs in the first game.
ADDS TO LEAD
The Yankees added a full game to
their league lead by beating the
White SoX, 90, and 8-6. Spud
Chandler held the SoX to six hits
in the first game while Bud Meth
eny'S homer with none on in the
ninth featured a two-run Yankee
rally that won the ,nightcap.
Chet LaabS. 11th homer with the
bases empty provided the Browns
with 12-inning, 81 edge over the
Red Sox in the first game while
Nelson Potter pruned Boston's at
tack to five hits for a Az sue
cess in the finale.
The Cardinals continued to move
away frcr' the rest of the field in
the National League, stretching
their margin TO five and a half
games by Walloping Boston, 80 and
60 I'll inningS), as the runner-up
Dodgers split with Pittsburgh.
Harry Gumbert hurled the Car
dinals to their fourth successive
White-WaSh with a six-hit chore in
the opener for his seventh win,
fifth in row and his second shut
out. Whitley Kurowski'S tWo-run
tWo-bagger and George Fallons
squeeze bunt pushed across three
runs in the 1lth of the night cap.
The Dodgers dropped the opener
of twin-bill to the Pirates, 3-2
as Max Butcher held them to ten
hits. Mickey owens infield safety
sent in the tying and winning runs
of a four-piy rally in the eighth
that won the nightcap for Brooklyn
5-4.
Cincinnati tripped the Phillies, ia
ana 14-2. Bucky Walters won his
first game since May 26 with sew
en-hitter in the opener as he sur
vived one bad inning and made
three hits, including homer.
The Reds raped three pitchers
for II runs in the first four innings
of the second game, called because
of the curfew at the end of the
eighth. Ray Starr, working in his
third game in six days, allowed sev-
en- hits.
The Giants split with the Cubs to
remain in last place by three games
Ernie Lombardi's seventh homer
broke up the first game in the 10th
and gave New York the edge, 4-3
while Bill Nicholson duplicated the
feat with one on in the seventh
to give the Cubs the nightcap by the
same score.
Yesterdays star-Veteran Tommy
Bridges, who won his sixth VIC
tory by pitching a three-hitter tt
bring Detroit a 90 triumph ovei
the AS.
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