The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-13
TOBIN TAMES
 YANKEES AS
 TIGERS T.AKE2
By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Stan COrrespondeI

New York, Aug. 13-(UP)--AnY dangling doubts that the Detroit Tigers mean business about ..win-, ming the American League pennant were dispelled today after weekend debuts by the two pitchers they. picked up as flag insurance, .p,.l..sff, The Tigers aren't comfortably in front as yet - only two games to the good with the. tough Washing ton Senators dogging their tracks
 but there is good reason to think that they have established a trend which will hold them during the waning weeks of the season. 9 Yesterday Genial Jim Tobin, the exponent of the fluttering crawl ball" made his Dtroit debut as a fe- lief pitcher in the ninth inning against the visiting Yankees. The Yankees swung themselves weak for three innings against his tantal- izing losses and got nowhere. Then he broke their hearts in the 11th with three-run homer to produce a g to, victory. Tobin, top home run hitter among major league pitchers, connected with a 400 foot drive to end the game. Russ Derry had tied the score with homer for the Yankees, sending the game into extra innings.
 After Tobin's feats, Hal Newhou- ser had an easy time of 1t in win ming his 18th game, 8 to 2, in the nightcap, backed by 12 hits and four
 Yankee errors. Roy Cullenbine got Tiger homer.
 The double win followed a Satur- day victory in which George CasteE waived away by the Respondent Brownies, won his first relief role for the Tigers. -
 The Senators got only split at St. Louis, winning the opener, 9 to 5, as ex-Brownie Mike Kreevich led the 13-hit attack with two doubles and a single. Bob Muncrief pitched five-hit ball for the Browns in tak- ing the second game. to l. " '
 The White Sox lost their first Sunday game at Chicago this sea- son when Philadelphia won the opener, to 0, behind Jess Flores four-hit pitching, Chicago retaliated to take the second game, 5 to 3. George Kell. with four hits and a steal of home, paced the As in the opener. = Dave Ferriss, Boston's redoubtable rookie. won his 18th game against, five defeats, beating Cleveland, ' toI l, but the Red Sox succumbed to the steady pitching of another ex-GI., rookie Pete Center, who hurled an to ? victory for Cleveland in the second game. It was his sixth straight win. .e .iss Cubs 6h Up
 Chicago bulged its lead to six ana a half games with 4 to and 12 to 6 victories over the Phillies at Phil adelphia in the National. Paul Erickson, striking out eight. won the first game in which Phil Caxarretta, key player, suffered shoulder n- jury that may sideline him week. Hank Wyse had no trouble winning his 18th game as the Cubs upporsed him with IS hits in the second coh- test.
 Brooklyn and St. Louis, battling for second, cut each others necks. The Dodgers won the first game, 2 to 3, coming from behind after Bus ter Adams hit a first inning homer. Cardinal first baseman Ray Sanders made remarkable unassisted dou- ble play, taking ground ball and cutting over toward third to catch a runner off that base then racing to second and putting out a base run ner there. Ken Burnhardt outpitch- ed Hal Gregg in the second game, 3 to 0 Cardinal victory in which George Kurowski headed the hitting with a homer and single. ,,,.- Homers gave the Giants 3 to 2 and 6 to wins over the Reds at. New York, who now have lost nine straight. Danny Gardella's two-run homer gave Van Lingle Mungo his 18th win in the opener. Mel Ctt's pinch homer provided the margin in the second game. won in -reiief by Ace Adams. .4 -uts Elwyn Roe's second straight shut out, 3 to 0 over the Braves at Bos- ton, gave Pittsburgh a split after a ] T to 6 first game loss on timely eighth inning single by Tom Nelson, his third of the game. 's" o' YESTERDAYS STAR-Jim To- bin who won his debut with the Tigers at Detroit with three innings of shutout relief pitching climaxed