Evening star., 1944-06-13
Fine and Suspension
For Metheny Seen
Following Fracas
By John B. KELLER.

Furore and fire could be eX-
Ipected in the remainder of the cur
rent series between New York S
Yankees and the Mats after the
flare-up in last nights opening en-
counter, but beyond tough tussling
between ball clubs that have found
the going pretty rough in recent
weeks no unusual fireworks are
likely.
One may look for this. however
The struggling will be plenty stren-
uous, even without any repetition
of the fracas that caused the ex-
pulsion of George Myatt of the
Mats and Bud Metheny of the
Yanks from proceedings in the
eighth inning last night before the
Mats got the decision in II innings,
to 3.
That fIacas merely was a passing
incident in which Metheny clearly
was the aggressor and he may draw
suspension as we'll as fine for
his behavior. When he threw
handful of dirt into Myatt's face
after being tagged out and knocked
down in force-out, Metheny
brought on the retaliation and while
Myatt as we'll as the Yank was ex-
PEELED from the contest, there likely
will be no penalty imposed on the
Nat second Sacker.
Metheny Custer Likely.
Whether Metheny will get the
custer for time after the report of
the umpires goes into the Office of
Bill Harridge, president of the
American League, is something else
again, but with that satisfactory
finish last night Os Bluege and his
Mats are not worrying.
The Yanks, who have been TAX
ing a lambasting from everybody
else in the league for the last three
weeks, didn't look particularly keen
against the Mats. Had the Wash
ington club had a decent punch
when it had an opportunity early
in the game to bang in run the
tussling would have been over on
regulation time. But they didn't
and they had to display world of
SdHeIlcSS 10 cop.
Johnny Niggeling did all he could
to get things over without undue
delay He pitched a six-hit game,
allowing three hits in the fourth
frame to let the Yanks match a run
the Mats had made in the opening
session off the left-handed Joe
Page, then he went along wonder
fully until pass, another hit and
a brace of errors let the New York
ers cross twice in the 10th.
Mats Prove Game.
That certainly put it up to the
Mats, who had gone along with six
hits off Page in the first nine frames
So Bob Ortiz was sent up to start
the 10th in place of Hills Layne,
who had replaced the expelled
Myatt And Bob came through with
vigorous strikeout. But Jake
Powell proved the big batter of the
night.
Jake beat out bounce to short
for hit. Stan Spence famed, but
Joe Kuhel walked. Then Gil Torres
raped single to send in one run
and Rick Ferrell hit to tie the score.
That brought Alley Donald to Pages
relief and Johnny Sullivan's best
was grounder to short for a force
play.
Niggeling, who has been in many
tough games from the outset of the
season, stopped the Yanks cold in
the 18th and the Mats went out to
win. Niggeling was out of the way
when George Case singled and stole.
Ortiz couldn't help, but Powell
again was the man of the moment
with bounce over the shortstops
head for the winning run.
The game could have been won
in the third had the Mats any sound
punch. Niggeling, with the Yankee
outfleld in, opened that inning with
triple. But he rested on Third
while Case, Myatt and Powell
smacked into oblivion. Powell made
up for his deficiency in that crisis
with his blows in the 10th and 18th.