Detroit evening times., 1943-08-23
Huge Turnout
Sets Record
.For-Detroit
By LEO MACDONELL

lTluInpndnC llRerS To-Day Ceiw~
brated a smashing Sabbath Day
sweep over the Yankees. II TO o
and s to 3. at Briggs Stadium
yesterday which was witnessed by
5S,404 persons. greatest crowd in
Detroit baseball history.
Besides being a part of the rec
ord turnout, the fans saw baseball
freighted with roaring home runs.
including Rudy York's twenty
sixth smash of the season; superb
pitching and day of horror
afield for the once proud Yankees.
An estimated 10000 fans were
turned away and for the first
time since the stadium was en-
larged 10 its present huge capac-
ity in 1885, section of the field
was roped off for an overflow.
YEARS TOP IN MAJORS
Besides exceeding the formeR
Briggs Stadium mark of 1888.
established by the Tigers and In
dians on July 4. 1910, yesterdays
assemblaged topped the best in
the majors for the current season.
The Yankees drew $1,000 in New
York earlier in the year.
As a result Of the double VIC
tory the Tigers moved into SEC
ond place in the league standings
10 within hailing distance Of the
circuit leading Yankees as the two
teams eirded for resumption Of
play today In their crucial seven
game series.
In winning his fifteenth game
OF the season against nine set
backs, Trout. while fashioning a
shHteut in the first game. kept
nine hits we'll scattered, as his
teammates piled up IS safetieS
and an even dozen tallies OFF
Charley Wensloff and Marvin
Breuer.
Young Wensloff, rated one of
the outstanding recruit pitchers
of the -year.-was- seeking his
fourth straight conquest.
IT'S BRIDGES nth
The veteran Bridges notched
his eleventh triumph of the cam
paign as compared 10 only three
defeats when he turned the YAM
KEGS back with seven bingles in
the nightcap.
Besides being York's twenty
sixth homer Of the campaign. a
mighty four ply clout off Marius
Russo in the second game. marked
the big Tiger first baseman's
sixth such whack in nine contests
and his thirteenth OF the month,
five fewer than his record OF 18
for August in 1887. He has nine
more games this month in which
10 equal or surpass that high wa
ter mark.
The Yankee homers were con-
tributed by Charley Keller and
Bud Metheny also in the second
game. and they accounted for the
three runs of Bridges. II vas the
twenty-Second for Keller. runner
up 10 York IN the fence busting
duel
THREE OFF WENSLOFF
Three Tiger homers came in the
first game and were negotiated by
Pinky Higgins Jimmy Bloodworth
and Dick Wakefield-their sew
enth. sixth and fifth OF the sea-
son respectively With the excep-
tion of Wakefield'S. they came
without runner on base. Joe
Hoover was on when Wakefield
dubbed his And all three came
off WenSloff.
In the two games, the crumbling
Yankees totaled 10 errors OF COM
mission, not 10 mention lapseS
not. in the box score. as they
battled helplessly-at times even
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS show OF
Tiger power that was reflected
in "a hits and 20 tallieS totsled
by the powerhouse gang managed
by Steve O'Neill.
Seven of the generous total OF
10 Yankees niScues came in the
first affair. The veteran Frankie
Crosetti az shortstop accounted
for three Of the days New York
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