The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-22
TANKS HELPED TIGERS INTO
 WORLD SERIES
By CARL LUNDQUIsT

United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 New York, Sept, 22 - (UP) The Detroit Tigers, who have won le out of 2e games in September, needed only an even break in their renaiEl- Ing six contests today to be sure of at least a tie for the American League pennant.
 Overlooked In the recent letdown of the Tigers Is the fact that they have been playing at c .6i6 perceI1t- age during the last month of the season, whereas their overall per. centage Is 674,
 They were in a strong position because of the unstinting coopera. ton of the Yankees, who practical. ly "impeached" the Senators by beating them two games in e row In Q "last ditch" series ct New York.
 Washington, with only three games left, all with the last place Athletics at Philadelphia, would have to sweep the series to tie the Tigers, provided Detroit gets an even break in It's last six.
 The only way the Tigers could lose the pennant would be to drop four or more games while Washington won all three.
 Chance For Browns?
 One extremely remote possibility involved last years Champion Browns, who could squeeze in by winning oil of their eight remain. ing games, four of which are with the Tigers. They are six games out of the lead.
 Washington Manager Ossie Blus ege, still defending his orderly TO. tation of pitchers with the asser. ton that every man on the stan is In top condition and Detroit hasn't Q well rested pitcher" couldn't have picked two men on his staff, who have had worse luck with the Yan. kees than John Niggeling and Mickey Haefner, his choices for the New York series.
 Niggeling, knocked out after one inning by Nick Etten's three-run homer in New Works 5 to 3 triumph yesterday, had failed twice before to beat the Tanks this season and his lifetime record against them is four wins and l6 losses. Haefner, who lost the opener, has dropped three and won only one against New York this year and his lifetime Yankee mark is four wins and eight defeats.
 Roger Wolff, who last pitched on Monday. has won three and lost one from New York this year. Two of his victories were four-hitters. the other @ shut-out. Emil Leonard also has Q shut out over them, although he has lost twice.
 Yankee power provided the mar gin yesterday, although 1t took only one hit to bring in the first three runs, Etten delivering after two walks. George Stirnweiss put the Tanks in front for good with his second homer in as many days af- ter Washington had tied the score at 3-all in the third.
 A double by George Binks of Bill Zuber and singles by Rick Terrell, Mike Kreevich, and George Myatt brought two Nat runs in the second, Binks, Terrell, and Gil Torres fol- lowed with singles to score another In the third.
 Relief pitcher Walter MaSterson, who suffered the defeat gave the Yankees an insurance run in the seventh. Stirnweiss plopped per- feet bunt down third, moved up on Bud Metheny's sacrifice and scored on Etten's single.
 Bluege now will start Wolff against Louis (Bobo) Newsom, Q "blue-chip" pitcher despite his IS losses. at Philadelphia today.
 At Detroit. the Tigers face Al (Boots) Hollingsworth, Brownie Lefty who lost in relief role in his only appearance against the Bengals this year. Tiger manager Steve O,Neill indicated he would start Jim Tobin, a liability since he came from the Boston Braves. The Tigers have dominated the Browns all season with lS wins and five losses.
 Tn the National League, Chicago's Cubs, defending their two-game lead, must beat a good Pirate right handler, Nick Strincevich. Paul Der- ringer, an able veteran, was the probable Cub starter,
 The Cards, playing the Reds in Q night game at St. Louis, will use little Sylvester (Blix) Donnelly, fac. ing Ed Heusser. who beat them his last time out.
 Tn the only other games yesterday, the Dodgers won two at Philadel- phia, 1 to 0 and ii to 5, to run their record for the season to l0 wins in i7 games with the tail-enders. Ralph Branca outpitched Charley schanz and won the opener when pinch hitter Tommy Brown tripled and scored on ETanchy BoFdagaray's saueeDe hunk Brown also paced the