Evening star., 1943-07-07
'F|opping Priiddy
Hands Detroit
Game in 18th
Error Ruins Stellar
Hurting Of Condini
And Scarborough
By Staff Correspondent of The Star.

And Scarborough
BY = Staff Correspondent of The Star.
DETROIT, July THE picture OF
a baseball player coming apart at
the seams Is young Gerald Priddy
of the Mats, who has come up with
a double slump-batting and field-
ing-and as q result Washington
today could display only three VIC
tories in nine games on a woeful
Western trip.
Priddy cost the Mats a game here
yesterday, committing a miserable
muff on Dick Wakeflelds easy
grounder with two out in the 18th
inning, permitting the Tigers to
lock the score, then push over the
winning run when Rae Scarborough
walked Ned Harris with the bases
loaded. The final count was to 3.
Priddy has been no help to the
Mats on this journey. At Chicago
in the seventh inning he fumbled a
double-play grounder slapped by
Jim Grant. The White Sox capital
lied on that error to produce two
runs and the Mats travelled IL
innings before capturing that game.
At st. Louis Priddy was no SEN
sation. He booted a George Nc
Quinn double-play grounder in the
eighth inning when the Browns
were leading, 80. Priddy's muf1
made 1t 40, the final score.
Feeble In All Phases.
While Priddy has been fielding
horribly, he also has been a feeble
specimen with bat in his hands.
He hasn't had a hit in his last 10
trips to the plate and since the
Mats vacated Washington. nine
games ago. Gerald has batted an
anemic .108.
All this would represent a dis
tinct disappointment to Manager
Ossie Bluege. who had regarded
Priddy as the key man OF his in
field. Priddy now is the jittery.
inept character Of Washingtonis
infield and he isn't hitting within
so points of what the Mats expected
Of him.
Scarborough deserved better
fate. In four successive innings
he had pitched himself out OF dan
ger marvelously and seemingly was
set to make 1t eight consecutive
innings OF shutout pitching In a
relief role, but Priddy messed up
his record.
The Mats had obtained what re-
sembled the winning run in the 10th
when Bob johnson doubled of the
left-field screen and scored on Gene
Moore's single, but Don Ross batted
for Dixie Parsons and opened the
Tigers portion Of the inning with
a double.
Joe Wood was inserted to run
for Ross. Corsica. after failing to
sacrifice. grounded to johnson at
third. Bob could have whipped out
Corsica at first base easily. but
when Detroit players shouted,
Third. third" the confused john
son peeked at third base, discovered
Wood had remained at second and
then held the ball as Corsica
streaked safely across first.
Walk Forces Winning Run.
That was all right. it developed,
for Wood proceeded to get himself
picked of second base by Jake
Early and Cramer forced Corsica at
second. Hawaiian Henry Dana
batted for Joe Hoover and singled
to right. Cramer stopping at second.
but at that point Priddy produced
the error that permitted Cramer to
score and Dana to scoot to third.
Scarborough then walked Pinky
Higgins and Harris in succession to
force over the winning run.
Milo Candini started for the Mats
and survived eight innings nicely,
yielding only five hits and getting
no worse than d tie out of it.
but Bluege again yanked him for a
pinch-hitter when the opportunity
arose and for the third straight
time Candini was deprived Of 4
chance to snatch an eighth sue
cessive triumph.
Candini yielded a run in the first
inning on Cramer's single. Hoover's
sacrifice and Higgins single and
the Tigers made it 20 in the second
when Rudy York's triple and Jim
my Bloodworth's long fv fashioned
a run. but Johnson tied the score
In the fourth when he belted his
fourth home run OF the season off
the second deck Of the left field
stands after Mickey Vernon had
doubled.
Bases Loaded in Ninth.
Candini allowed only two hits and
no runs in the next six innings he
toiled but when the Mats made
threatening gestures in the ninth.
Candini was lifted for Pinch-hitter
Sherry Robertson, who still hasn't
convinced numerous fans he's bet
ter hitter than Candini.
johnson opened the ninth with a
single but was forced by Moore.
Early then doubled to center. Moore
halting at third, and Priddy was
semi Intentionally passed to fill the
bases. In that situation. Johnny
Sullivan popped UP and so did
Robertson.
Tommy Bridges remained on the
mound for II innings before yielding
to a pinch hitter and Corsica re-
ceived credit for the win. The
Tigers collected IA hits of Candini
and Scarborough, while Washington