Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
Walk, Errors
Lead 10 Run
By LEO MACDONELL

Inc gOOo DredkS uldt have Cuz1e
TO Frank Overmire. the chubby
Tiger left-hander, have been few.
So we won't begrudge him his
victory over the Senators. z to j,
in a 10-inning game at Briggs
Stadium yesterday. even II IL was
tough luck for Emil DUTCH
Leonard.
The triumph. Overmire's fifth
against eight losses. deadlocked
the Tigers. Senators and Indians
in fourth place, since Cleveland
also won yesterday.
All three runs we're unearned.
so you will get an idea of what
a pitchers battle they staged.
The Senators collected IL hits.
four bunts being beaten out for
singles. On the other hand. the
Tigers garnered only seven safe
ties of Leonard, veteran right
handler of knuckleball fame.
COMMIT 3 ERRORS
The game might have continued
for innings more had II not been
for the collapse Of the Washing
ton defense.
The Senators made all of their
three errors in the tenth TO set
the picture and complete victory
for the Tigers. their second win IN
as many starts in the series
both overtime contests.
Overmire himself scored the
winning run. First up in the de-
Gliding inning. Overmire walked on
four pitched balls. Then Joe
kuhel muffed Joe Hoover's easy
hunt and fell down in the bargain.
Then George Wyatt fumbled Eddie
Mayo's grounder. filling the bases.
Then TO cap the climax and
make the sorry spectacle all the
sorrier from the standpoint Of
Leonard and his mates. Rick Fer
rell dropped Kuhels throw on a
grounder by Doc Kramer and the
game was over
The throw was perfect and
reached home in plenty OF time
time enough for Umpire Hal
Weafer TO call Overmire out. only
10 change his decision quickly
when Terrell dropped the ball
Yeh. il was pretty tough for
Leonard
TERRELL ERRS
Terrell. usually outstanding az
a catcher. was also responsible
for the other Tiger marker. which
came in the fifth inning on
passed ball Rick let one ri
Dutch's battling knuckleball
pitches get away from him.
Chuck Hostetler scored this run
after leading off with single, his
third Of the game. moving 10 Sec
ond on single BY Joe Orengo and
10 third when Boo Swift sac
rificed.
Leonard tailed the only Wash
ington marker in the third when
Rudy York contrived in some de-
monte fashion 20 muff a dlnky fly
ball that the oldest hot dog VEN
dor could have caught in his two
teeth.
There were two out az the
time and the catch would have
paved the way 10 a Shutout for
Overmire in regulation time
The play OF the season came
when Stan Spence. in the sixth
inning. under full steam and with
back TO the infield. ran almost -
the flag pole 10 make a SUPER
duper one-handed catch of
Cramer. one of the comparatively
few times the veteran Doc threat
ened an extra base blow.
In the ninth. Leonard COM
mitted what Steve O'Neill and
other Tigers claimed was a balk.
which would have scored York
from third with the winning run.
But Weafer said no.
Come 10 think Of H. maybe
Leonard was lucky, after all II
was his first defeat in his last five
starts.
A crowd Of 1906 paid custom
erS saw the contest.
Walter Boom Boom Beck,
veteran Highlander, whose labor
with the Tigers 10 date has been
confined TO relief pitching. will be
given his chance as starting
finger against the Senators today.
Beck started a game the last
time in the majors with the Pills
two years ago.
Milo Candini is supposed TO