Evening star., 1943-07-23
Mats Trying 10 Save
Second After Two
Losses 10 Tigers

With third place rushing up to
greet the Mats, Manager Ossie
Bluege tonight with dispatch Rae
Scarborough to the mound against
the Detroit Tigers, who are threat
ening to supplant Washington as
runnerup to the Yankees, now own
ing a six-game lead and apparently
en- route to their seventh American
League pennant in eight years.
Washington has collapsed at
tempting to match New York's blis-
tering pace. Since sticking their
noses within .003 percentage points
OF first place three weeks ago, the
Mats have won II games and lost u.
Meanwhile the Yankees have been
mopping up everything in sight to
grasp comfortable lead.
Thus the second place struggle
involving Washington and Detroit
tonight at Griffith Stadium will be
no momentous affair. Half game
back of the Mats, Detroit will rely
on Tommy Bridges to move the
Tigers up a notch.
Detroit put distressing dent in
the Mats pennant plans last night
when it swept a double-he IS
and 10, before 22,068 fans. The
Tigers teed off on Dutch Leonard
in the twilight portion of the twin
bill, then fashioned one run off
Early Wynn in the night game and
saw Frank Overmire protect that
skimpy advantage.
Wynn Deserved Better Rate.
Wynn deserved a better fate. He
permitted only four hits and was In
serious difficulty only on one other
occasion. That time, with Over
mire on third base, Doc Cramer on
second and none out, he struck out
Joe Hoover and Dick Wakefield
successfully, then disposed of Pinky
Higgins on grounder.
Detroit manufactured its only run
in the fourth when Hoover beat out
slow roller down the third base
line, stole second, took third as
Wakefield grounded out and scored
as Higgins rolled into retirement
After the Tigers gave him that run
Overmire permitted only one Nat to
reach second base.
That occurred in the ninth inning
when Ellis Clary singled with one
out. George Myatt, who ran for
him, was forced by Johnny Sullivan,
but Angelo Giuliani walked to place
the tying run on second base. In
that crisis Red Marion batted for
Wynn and lifted an easy fly to
Cramer.
Leonard was staked to a 40 lead
in the first game, but that evapo-
rated rapidly. George Cases single
Stan Spence's double. an error by
Rudy York and Bob Johnson's long
fly gave the Mats two runs. Then
Gerald Priddy delivered his first
home run Of the season, an inside
the-park line drive to the center
field corner, to make it 80 In the
first inning.
Leonard Loses Grip.
Cases triple scored Jake Early
in the second inning to boost the
Mats into a 40 command, but with
two out in the third the Tigers went
to work as First Baseman Mickey
Vernon aided them. Hawaiian
Henry Dana batted for Pitcher Roy
Henshaw and tripled to center
Vernon then dropped Sullivan's high
throw that would have retired
Cramer. allowing Dana to score.
Leonard wild-pitched Cramer to
second and he took third on
Hoover's single off Clary's glove
Dutch unleashed another wild pitch
Cramer scoring and Hoover taking
second, and Hoover scored on Wake
fields single to center.
That situation existed until the
sixth, when singles by Cramer
Wakefield and Higgins locked the
score. With Wakefield on second
and Higgins on first. York then
parked a 3-and-0 pitch among the
customers in the center field bleach
ers to present Detroit a IA lead.
Dana stopped the Mats until the
ninth when Washington filled the
bases with one out as Sullivan
walked, Pinch-hitter Gene Moore
singled and Case walked. Manager
Steve ONeill hastily waved Dizzy
Trout to the mound and he checked
and ideas the Mats were nursing OF
capturing the game.
He disposed of Spence on a meek
grounder to York, Sullivan scoring
then Vernon lined to Cramer fo1
the final out.