Evening star., 1945-09-13
Masterson 10 Oppose
FeNer in Struggle
'0f Former Tars
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

Tension is high and feelings are
strained as the Mats storm through
the stretch of the flaming American
League flag race, but there is no
let-down in their play.
Tempers may flare and fines may
be plaStered on careless players, yet
the club spirit remains high. The
Mats morale was somewhat shaken
by the last-minute defeat at the
hands of the Chicago White Sox
Tuesday, but they came right back
to get themselves within a game and
half of the leading Detroit Tigers
again.
The feud that f1ared between Fred
Vaughn, second-string second base
man, and Manager Os Bluege after
the latter imposed a $100-fine on the
inflelder for sluggish play Tuesday
that hurt the Mats championship
chances has died down to a flicker.
But the fine sticks.
Now more than ever it looks as
though the pennant is up to the
series between the pace-setting Tigers
and the runnerup Mats that gets
under way here Saturday.
A sparkling interlude in the mad
scramble is promised tonight as the
Mats take on the Cleveland Indians
for the second time in the final
series between these clubs. 1t is to
be something of Navy night, for two
former sailors will be pitching rivals.
Masterson Opposes Feller.
Ex-CPO Walter Masterson, just
returned to the Mats from the New
London submarine base, will do his
first big league pitching since 1912.
Opposing MaSterson will be another
ex-CPO, Bob Feller, famed fast
baller who returned to the Tribe
only last month after distinguished
service in the Navy that began in
December, 1941.
MaSterSon and Cecil Travis, who
came back to the club only last week
from the Army after long service,
will be honored by the Washington
club before the game. And each will
be presented a $1,000 War Bond
After that ceremony, the Mats will
get down to the serious business of
trying to lick the Tribe again. If
they get the pitching and the timely
punch such as Roger Wolff provided
last night, the Mats should hit the
mark.
Wolff put on virtually a one-man
show, as he ran his victory string
for the year to 18 games in 5-l
triumph. He restricted the Tribe to
four hits and got the most important
hit of the 10 the Mats cleaned Of
Steve Gremek in the seven innings
the latter toiled.
| Rogers clout was a devastating
double to right-center that came in
the sixth inning when the Mats
had the bases loaded with two out
He drove across three runs to shat
| ter IL tie that had existed from
the first inning and took all the
heart out of the Cleveland club.
Yell for VOLTS Hide.
VOLTS four-hitter, which hap
pened to be his third winning one
OF the season, was a sparkling piece
of business, considering the manner
In which 1t got under way. Three
of the hits, all singles, came in the
first inning to get the Tribe a run.
The wolves in the stands were
no brothers to the Wolff on the hill,
for they were bowling take him
out before the opening round was
over. But their howls changed to
gleeful barks as Wolff settled and
proceeded to NOW down the Indians
with regularity.
After that first inning, just seven
Indians got on the runway and
three of them made it through force
plays. Gromek's single at the start
OF the third lining was the last hit
off Roger. He walked jeff Heath
at the outset of the seventh and in
the eighth he walked Pinch Bate,
Wheeler at the start and Mickey
Rocco after two were out.
The second walk in the eighth
made Wheeler the only Indian to
get as far as second base after the
first round.
Match Cleveland Tally.
The Mats matched that first-in-
ming Cleveland score with George
Cases single and steal and Joe
Kuhel's two-bagger. Then all was
fairly quiet until the home sides
sixth. One was out when Travis
singled and an error by Shortstop
Cihocki put Kreevich on. Guerra S
hoist to right was too short to get
Travis home, but Kreevich advanced
to second on the throw to the plate
Here Gil Torres drew a base-flling
pass and put everything up to Wolff
And Roger responded in big
way. He rifed the ball between the
center and right fielders and the
ball game was in.
To make it safer, though, Travis
doubled over an extra tally in the
seventh before Ed Klieman came on
to stop the Mats.