Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27
Tigers Blank Browns, so, York Hits 2 Homers
Now a Games
Behind First
Overmire Winner,
TIGERS in Third
By LEO MACDoNELL

BRIGGS STADIUM Aug ID
Rudy York exploded two mighty
home runs 10 account for three
Of his teams runs as the Tigers
BANKED the Browns. 5 10 o, in
the second of the crucial four
game series at Briggs Stadium
Saturday
A roaring crowd of 1865 paid
customers saw the Tigers belt out
the Browns for the second shut.
out and slice the league leaders
margin TO four games between
the two clubs.
II was the third successive
Shutout for the Browns, starting
with a Scoreless performance in
the last game of a series in
Washington. 1t was also theNSt.
Louis clubs eighth loss in their
last 10 contests.
The Tigers, after the drubbing
Of the Red Sox by the Macks
again Saturday, moved into third
place, only a point behind the
second-place Yankees, who play a
night game in Washington Sat-
urday.
BEST IN PINCHES
Frank tStubby) Overmire
pitched the route for the Tigers
and held the Browns 10 six scat
tered hits. all singles but one, A
two-bagger by Vernon Stephens.
The little lefthander was at his
best in the pinches, buckling down
TO some fine chucking with rum
nerS on base. 1t was his ninth
victory as against II losses.
Sig Jakucki did the hurting for
the Browns and was combed for
10 hits TO 90 down 10 defeat for
the second time, against three
triumphs over the Tigers.
York's home runs. his FOUR
teenth and fifteenth of the season,
came in successive innings and
both were driven far up into the
second deck of the left field stands.
He blasted his first with none on
in the second and his other in the
third with Pinky Higgins on.
ALSO HIT TWICE
Higgins and Jimmy Outlaw also
bagged two hits each off the big
ST. Louis right-hander One of
Pinky'S blows was a-two-bagger.
a couple of smart double plays
disposed OF ST. Louis scoring
threats in the first two innings.
Then. in the Tiger half of the
second. York chalked up his first
! circuit drive TO give the home club
a lead they never rellnquished.
The Tigers also threatened more
scoring in the second, when Dick
Wakefield and Jimmy Outlaw fol-
lowed York with singles, but a
double play broke up the rally.
With two away in the third,
Higgins banked his double over
first base. Then came York's sec
ond homer and two more Tiger
TALES.
GET A SCARE
The Tigers got a mild scare in
/ the fourth when with one down,
/, Stephens doubled TO left and Chef
Laabs walked. But Overmire
settled down and both Milt
, Byrnes and Mark Christman few
, out 10 Wakefield
In the seventh. the Tigers
: punched three hits, one a two
! Dagger, yet failed TO score. Hoover
/ led off with drive 10 Labs
, against the left leld screen. The
eX-Tiger caught the ball. but il
, was ruled that he took it off the
screen. Hoover thinking he was
out, logged TO third and was
, tagged out by Christman on
Stephens relay of Laabs' throw
to the infield
Then Doc Cramer and Eddie
, Mayo each got a single after
| Overmire grounded out. but Jak.
/ ucki disposed of Higgins handily
/ TO end the inning.
! A costly error by Christmar
gave the Tigers two more mark.
. erS in the eighth. With one out
! Wakefield walked. Outlaw fol.
. lowed with a single and wher
: Christman let Richards groundel
= go through him for a two-base err
| ror, both Wakefield and OUTLAW
scored