Evening star., 1945-09-12
Wolff HurIs Tonight
As Tribe Inyades;
'Masterson Back
By JOHN B. KELLER.

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BY JOHN B. KELLER.
Clark Griffith was to 60 to Base
ball Commissioner Happy" Chand-
ler's meeting today, a meeting called
to make arrangements for the World
Series, but probably only as q for
mality.
AL clubs left with mathematical
chances for a pennant were invited
to have representatives present, and
it looks as though a mathematical
chance is all the Mats possess.
Two games behind the leading De-
troit Tigers and four losses away
after yesterdays final game with
Chicago's White Sox slipped from
their grasp in the ninth inning, the
second-place Mats must win and win
and win in their remaining 13 en-
gagements to become champions.
They'll be back in there battling
tonight as Cleveland's Indians move
into Griffith Stadium to open a
three-game series, the last complete
set to be played under lights here
this year. The Mats are to pitch
Roger Wolff, their 17-game winner
who had been scheduled to go yes
terday. The Tribe has Mel Harder
and Jim Bagby, among others, ready
for the tilt.
Tomorrow night the Mats will have
Walter Masterson, fresh out of the
Navy, to do their hurting. A Navy
slab duel is promised, for the Wash
ington club has been informed that
the fireballing Bob Feller, not so
long released from Uncle Sans sea
service, will do the hurting for the
| Tribe.
Masterson, who like Feller, was
a chief specialist in the Navy, was
discharged from service only yester-
day, but was to report to the ball
club today fit for immediate duty
His record for 1912, his last year with
the Mats, was none too impressive,
but the rangy bespectacled slabman
did a lot of fine pitching against
crack service teams in Hawaii.
Here on furlough from the New
London submarine base in July.
Specs worked out daily with the
club and showed a fast ball with
decided hop, a much better pitch
than he had before he took to the
sea.
Whether the addition of Master
son will do anything toward getting
the Mats through the rough stretch
ahead can't be told now, but neither
Masterson nor any other pitcher on
the staff will accomplish much
unless the Mats suddenly resume the
habit of making hits and runs.
Aside from 10-run game that
came when the White Sox kicked in
with six errors. the Mats in their IA
engagements here this month have
been in sad scoring slump. In IS
games, they have averaged but three
runs game and that without being
shut out once.
They dropped to their September
scoring low yesterday when they
were defeated, 2 to /.
Johnny Niggeling, surprise
starter, certainly gave the Mats a
good pitching job, but his pals
failed him, both at bat and afield.
So instead of getting a deserved
eighth victory he took an 18th de-
feat. Niggeling limited the White
Sox to four hits and John Dickshot
got three of these.
Dickshot doubled with two gone
in the first inning and singled at
the outset of the seventh. Between
those hits, just one White Sox saw
first. One walked in the third and
an error put another on in the
fourth. In the eighth, Dan Reyn-
olds beat out a bunt.
Then with Dickshot's third hit the
White Sox scored twice in the ninth
to grab the game. NiggeIing issued
his second pass to Wally Moses at
the start. Bill Mueller, running for
Moses, stole second, aided plenty by
Rick Ferrell's high throw. Floyd
Bakers bounce to the pitcher did
not help Mueller, but Dickshot hit
across the tying tally.
Dickshot also stole second and
when Fred Vaughn let the ball go
through for an error continued to
third. But Dickshot might have been
tagged had not Gil Torres, after
taking the return from the outfield,
slammed the ball against the run
ner's shoulder. A squeeze play with
Guy Outright bunting followed and
the White Sox were ahead.
Lefthanders stopped the Mats. The
aged Thornton Lee, who could not
curb them the night before, came
back to limit them to five hits in
seven innings. The fifth hit was a
triple by Vaughn in the seventh and
it produced the lone Nat score when
Ferrell gollowed with long fly.
One hit was made off Johnny
johnson in the last two innings. It
came after two were out and was a
triple by Buddy Lewis. But Mike
Kreevichs best was pop to the
second baseman.
The Mats scoring machinery had
run down.
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