Evening star., 1944-08-27
Fighting by Fans
Contrasts Play
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Leonard Erased After
Six Frames; Zinser,
lefebvre Follow
By JOHN b. KELLER.

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There was more fight in the Gus
toners than in the Mats at Grit
fifth Stadium last night so the
Yankees walked away with lotto
3 decision while the more peaceful
in the ladies' night crowd Of 12,788
found greater enjoyment in the
several brawls in the stands than
they did in the game.
The cops who Quelled the fisti-
cutters were no buster than Joe
McCarthys crew in running around
the bases. Scores came of each of
the three pitchers the Mats used
Dutch Leonard for six innings, Bill
Zinser for part of the seventh
and Bill Lefebvre.
on this trio, the Yanks collected
13 hits, including Johnny Lindell's
18th home run of the year, q drive
INTO the open stand back of left
of Leonard in the first. There
were three doubles, all by George
Stirnweiss, and in the ninth he
pilfered third to run his stolen bases
to 80 and break his tie with the
Mats idle George Case for the
league lead.
The Yanks also got eight passes
four of Zinser in the seventh and
the Mats kicked in with five errors.
Oh Hank Borowy, the Mats got
10 hits, two Of them two baggers,
and five passes. and the Yanks
backed this pitching with errorless
ball.
The Yanks' victory enabled them
to hang on to second place by half
a game over third-place Tigers who
whipped the leading Browns in an
afternoon game In Detroit.
Yanks Score at Outset.
George Stirnweiss greeted Leonard
by hitting the first pitch to center
for two bases. Martin advanced
George a notch with q hoist to right
and the first score crossed as Deery
rolled out. Then Lindell slammed a
homer.
The Mats got one of the runs back
right away with Mike Guerra dou-
bling and getting around as Kuhel
grounded into retirement and Ortiz
skied to center.
The third saw both sides tally
the Yanks registering twice when
Washington strategy after two
were out failed. After Deery forced
Martin, who had bunted safely,
and Lindeu had singled, Etten was
passed purposely to let Leonard
get at Crosseti. The belittled bat
ter went to- three-and- two, fouled
on a flock Of pitches then rified
a single by Torres to send in the
run. .~,S
Leonard blazed the way to q
Nat tally by drawing a pass with
one gone. Kuhel dropped a double
in left and Ortiz's fly caught in
short left proved long enough to get
Leonard across.
Helped to Move Tallies.
Then the Yanks went to work in
earnest. In the fourth, Garbark's
single, a sacrifice, a passed ball and
Sullivan's failure to handle Martins
smash were good for an unearned
marker. In the fifth, successive
singles by Etten, Crosetti and
Grimes accounted for a score. A
wild pitch followed, then Garbark
was handed base filling pass
Sullivan took Borowy's roller, but
threw too late to head of Garbark
at second and Crosseti crossed. II
took a double play. nipping Grimes
at the plate and Stirnweiss at first
to pull Leonard of this tough spot
A corking throw to the plate by
Spence cut down Martin, trying to
score from second on a single, in
the sixth to give Leonard a score
less last round on the hill. The
details thereafter with Zinser walk
ing Yanks In the seventh almost as
fast as they came up needn't be
mentioned. What Lefebvre did as
a f1niSher didn't matter anvuav