The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-25
ATHLETICS " 0 N
IN CCESS|ON
after 2OL0SSES
BY GLEN PERKINS

BY GLEN tEhh1NS
| UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Aug. 25-(UP)-The
bunting was out in Philadelphia
today-and for very good reason.
The Athletics won a ball game last
night, and the oldtimers in the
Quaker City were still saying I told
you so. They knew that sooner OF
later Connie Mack would wave that
scorecard in the right direction and
the GAS" would emerge from game
victorious.
Some of the skeptics were of the
opinion that it was about time, fol-
the Mackmen had gone without VIC
tory from Aug. to Aug. "a. They
recorded 20 consecutive losses in the
stretch, not a record, but equaling
the American Leagues dismal mark
held jointly by the 1906 Boston Red
Sox and the 1916 Athletics.
The remarkable change of pace
came about in the second half of a
twilight night double header
against the Chicago White Sox at
Comiskey park in the Windy City.
A two-run rally during the last
half of the ninth in the opener gave
the Sox 6-5 victory. With two men
down and one on first, Ralph Dodgin
hit a game-tying double off Luman
Harris, and Guy Outright followed
with single to give Lee (Buck)
Ross the victory.
In the nightcap, however, Roger
Wolff, the GAS" last pitcher to re-
cord a win, stopped the Six, 81.
The Mackmen landed on Bill Die
trich for seven hits and all their
runs in the third inning to make
VOLTS job easy.
Slick Pitching
Spud Chandler of the Yankees
and Virgil (Fire) Trucks of the
Tigers turned in masterful pitching
performances as New York and De-
troit split. Chandler registered his
10th victory, 2-1, by holding Detroit
to four hits in the first game as
rookie Billy johnson drove in both
runs. Trucks faced only 80 batters
and allowed three hits, including
Nick Etten's homer, to win his 18th
game, 81.
The Cleveland Indians and the
Boston Red Sox split twilight
night twin bill on another pair of
splendid pitching performances
Rookie Allie Reynolds pitched five
hit ball for So Cleveland victory
in the opener Heber (Dick) New
some turned in a two-hitter in the
lighted portion to give the Red Sox
TO shutout.
Stan Spence blasted four for four,
including a home run and two
doubles, to pace the Washington
Senators to a 1914 victory over hte
st. Louis Browns. Rookie Milt Haef-
ner was the winning pitcher and
Steve Sundra was charged with the
loss.
In the National league the New
York Giants split with the Chicago
Cubs. Buster Maynard's ninth hon.
er of the season in the ninth inn
ing with mate aboard gave the
Giants the opener, 81, and Johnny
Allen his first pitching win since
coming to the New Workers from
Brooklyn. Ed Hanyzewski twirled a
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gain 81 victory for the Cubs.
Braves Lose in 10th
Stan Musials triple in the 10th
inning enabled Mort Cooper to hang
up his 18th triumph as the St.
Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston
Braves, 10. AL Javery was the loser
when the Cards made it IA in
row over the Beantowners.
The Cincinnati Reds swept
three-game series with the Philadel-
phia Phillies by winning a night
game, 40. Clyde Shoun, who re-
lieved Johnny Wander Nicer in the
fourth, was the winner when rookie
shortStop Ray Hamrick's wild throw
allowed three unearned runs.
Truett (Rip) Sewell, the senior
circuits leading hurler, won his 10th
victory of the year as the Pittsburgh
Pirates defeated the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 9-6, in an abbreviated
game. The contest was called after
six innings because of darkness, and
the umpires received quantities of
verbal wrath when they left the
field. In the free scoring game the
fans thought Brooklyn still had a
chance to win.