Evening star., 1943-05-17
Superb Morale
Making Griffs
Hard 10 Beat
Prove Their Courage
In Defeating Tigers
Twice in Comeback

~ l. AOoAoy Way Va CllC III st
time in years the Mats are looking TO
a successful invasion of the West
and for the first time this season
Washington's baseball team is be-
ginning to demonstrate some of that
power it was supposed to pack, all
of which makes Manager Ossie
Bluege an exceedingly happy man.
In snatching double header from
the Tigers Yesterday at Detroit, II
and 1916. the Mats mustered 81 hits
and into the proceedings they
poured their first home run of the
season. authored by Mickey Vernon
a triple and four doubles. What
Bluege likes most about his team
though, is its heart.
The Mats dropped an 80 decision
to the Indians in the opening game
at Cleveland, then bounced back to
grab the next two games. Detroit
hammered Washington pitching for
an 81 verdict Saturday but the Mats
came back to take those two re-
freshing triumphs yesterday before
a crowd of 23399.
Fight Through To Victory.
Washington's recent wins haven't
come easily. but the Mats haven't
been getting discouraged easily
either. Against the Indians. Wash
ington had a 10 lead and two out
in the ninth when Catcher Angelo
Giuliani failed to catch an easy
foul fly and the Indians locked the
score at H. Washington won that
one, 80, in the 18th.
On the following day Cleveland
came up with the tying run in the
eighth inning, aided by an error
by Shortstop Johnny Sullivan, but
the Mats responded with two runs
in the ninth to take that contest,
81. In the nightcap yesterday,
Alex Carrasauel permitted a 60
lead to evaporate when the Tigers
manufactured six runs in the sixth
inning
1t figured to be blow that would
debate the Mats morale but in the
eighth they produced a cluster of
four runs.
Bluege has to like that sort Of
spirit. It's transformed the Mats
into club that now is being taken
more seriously. In third place, a
half game out of second and only
one and half games from the top
spot, the Mats are being regarded
as the leagues dark horse. Their
foes are discovering the Mats are
dangerous.
Wynn Yields Only S Hits.
Washington invaded this village
with four triumphs in six games
on its Western trip and Bluege
was to dispatch Ewald Pyle aftet
his fourth win here today as the
Mats opened 4-game series, Op-
posing him was to be Denny Gale
house.
The Mats have been doing all
right in double headers. They
have played four and three times
they've swept both ends, splitting
with New York and twice triumph
ing over Philadelphia, Boston and
Detroit.
1t was Early Wynn. registering
his first win of the year, who got
the Mats off to a good start against
the Tigers. He limited them to five
hits, yielding his only run with
two out in the eighth inning of
the opener when Joe Hoover
slammed homer into the upper
deck Of the left-fleld stands.
Meanwhile, the Mats had con-
structed TO lead. Gerald Priddy
was on the business end of a dou-
BILE steal that presented Washing
ton run in the fourth inning and
in the fifth Vernon delivered a
homer off Virgil Trucks into the
upper deck of the right-held stands
that scored George Case ahead of
him.
Washington clustered four runs
in the seventh inning off Johnny
Corsica and Roy HenshaW, Vernon
poking home two more runs with
double after Ellis Clary walked
and Case doubled. After Bob john
son grounded out, Stan Spence
walked and Priddy doubled to score
Vernon, Wynn later scoring Spence
with single of Hoovers glove.
Carrasquel Blows Up.
Washington nicked Stub Over
mire for three runs in the first in
ming of the second game on singles
by Clary, Case and Johnson, plus
Priddy's double. They boosted their
advantage to 40 in the third when
Case walked, stole second, continued
to third on Dixie Parsons low
throw and scored after Vernon flied
to Doc Cramer in center.
Singles by Vernon, johnson and
Spence and Priddy's infield ground
er fetched the Mats a 60 lead in
the sixth, but that was the inning
Carrasquel went to pieces after
threatening it for five innings.
The Tigers had been smashing
Carrasquel, but mostly were hitting
emphatic outs. In the sixth, how
ever, they caught up with him as
Hoover, Cramer and Dick Wake
field contributed singles, Rip Rad
cliff doubled and Jimmy Blood
worth tripled Milo Candini was
rushed to the mound and pitched
single to Hoover that scored Ned
Harris and Joe Wood, tying the
score, but thereafter Candini
checked 'em.
Washington's 4-run eighth inning
was started by Vernon, who walked.
johnson shot a tremendous triple
to center and he scored when
Cramer dropped Spence's long fly,
Stan continuing to third on the
error. Priddy singled Spence over,
and he scooted to third on Jake
Early's pinch single to score on a
| Candini bunt.