The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
GENTRY GIVES TIGERS
 GREAT RELIEF
By GLEN PERKINS

hy NAEN EENMANN
 United Press Stan CoFrespOndent)
 New York, Sept. 7--(UP)-Yankee Manager Joe Mccarthy, the ol' black magic man of baseball, is making his pennant bid with Q squad of stripllngs from the minors which includes replacements for i2 players of the l043 championship team, browse through the hosterS revealed today.
 Compared with the other three contending teams, the Yankees have the most revamped lineup of all which probably accounts for their belated bid, since Mccarthy worked for weeks to eliminate Bugs" by experimenting. He simply switched players until in typical fashion he hit q winning combination.
 In contrast to the Yankees are the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns, both operating with virtu- ally the same squads as in i043. Only one Tiger regular, Second Baseman Jimmy Bloodworth, and two pitchers, Tommy Bridges and Virgil Trucks, are absent from the team which finished the race o year ago. The Browns had only to And replacements for three pitchers, Steve sundra, Charley Fuchs and Al Milmar; veterans catchers, Rick Terrell and Frankie Hayes, both traded away, and 6 substitute out- fielder, Hal Epps.
 The Boston Red SoX were hit hard, losing such stars as pitchers Ceci (Tex) Hughson, Catcher Hal Wagner, and Second Baseman Bob- by Doerr in the midst of their pen. fiant bid, but nevertheless have ell but four regulars and Ave pitchers who were along in lo43,
 Gone from the Yankees are Joe Gordon, conceded the top second baseman in baseball; Charley Kel. Ter one of the great outfielders and hItters of modern times; Billy Johnson, winner of the lo43 league Rooke award; spud Chandler. top pitcher in both leagues, and William Dickey, without c peer aS 6 catcher. The other losses were Outhelder Roy Weatherly, Catchers Rollie Heinsley and Ken Sears and Pitch. CTS Marius Russo, Charley WensloH, Johnny Murphy and Marvin Breuer'
 But Mccarthy never gave Up. He got Hershel Martin, q spirited out- fielder from Milwaukee. George stirnweiSs. c disappointment while serving as second fiddle to Gordon, developed into q standout fielder, the team's leading hitter and the leagues top base gteaier. oscar Grimes, shaky for awhile, became on adequate replacement for John" son at third. while Prank CrosettPs return cleared c major problem at shortstop,
 Hemsley, until called to the coiors recently. wAS c capable fll-in for Dickey and the unexpected steadi- ness of Mike darbaFk has kept the catching Up to par. No pitcher was able to match Chandler, but such rockies As Mel Queen, Floyd BeVeng and Walter Dubiel combined to Ill the gap.
 Pitcher Rufus Gentry, knocked out of the box 20 times this year, was strong oil the way to give De" triot c 8 to 2 victory over the White eox ct Chicago last night, provid- ing welcome relief to the over: worked Hal Newhouger and Pul (Dizzy) Trout. The victory moved the Tigers c game and half be- hind the leading Yankees and Q game behind the second place Browns.
 Roger (Doc> Cramer tripied and Eddie Mayo singled to provide the marginal run in the third after the Tigers scored twice in the first in" ming. Gentry held the White Box Ecoreiess after the third, permitting no player to get beyond first.
 There were no other games n either league.