Evening star., 1945-09-08

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clubs opposition so jittery anything
can happen.
With a display of baserunning
that astounded the 1854 in Grif-
fifth Stadium last night, the Mats
scorcher just about knocked st.
Louis noldover champions out of
consideration as pennant contend
ers. The 80 beating given the
Browns threw them six games off
the pace of the leading Detroit Ii
gers, seeming too much to make
up in the short time left.
Now it appears the race is left to
the Mats and the Tigers, for the
licking the latter handed the New
York Yankees yesterday left Col
Larry MacPhail's clan 61s games
off the lead and practically elimin-
ated it from the contention.
George Steals Three Times.
All Case did last night to unpoise
the Browns was steal second base
twice, steal home once and score
once again from second base
through the aid of two rather short
fly balls hit by George Myatt and
Buddy Lewis.
But for Cases sparkling achieve
ments on the base paths, the big
share of laurels would have gone
to Roger Wolff for his four-hit
pitching job to get his 17th win and
to Joe Kuhel for his inside -the-park
home run, the first four-baser hit
by a Washington player in Wash
ington this year. And some might
have gone to Bob Muncrief, beaten
st. Louis pitcher, who also turned in
four-hitter.
Case started his sizzling show right
after drawing one of the two passes
Muncrief issued during the game
He walked at the outset of the Mats
first batting turn and promptly stole
second. Myatt's infield retirement
sent George to third. Then came
the most spectacular of Cases three
thefts.
While Muncrief was getting his
arm back to deliver his first pitch to
Lewis, Case tore from third to home
He Slid over the plate just under the
pitch, to be waved safe by Umpire
Joe Rue. But Catcher Mancuso die
not agree with Rue's decision, and
the hottest argument between player
and umpire in Griffith Stadium this
year ensued.
Banishes Mancuso and SeweH.
Manager Luke Sewell of the
Browns joined in the debate until
Umpire Rue tired of it all. First he
waved Mancuso from the game
then he turned on Seweu and ban
ished the manager. The wrangle
consumed fully Is minutes. With
out it, the game would have been
played in season record time, instead
of the hour and 80 minutes it re-
quired.
Case brought in the next Wash
ington run in the third inning, that
he started with a single He stole
Immediately after reaching first
Myatt lofted to Milt Byrnes in fair
ly short center. Case never hesi-
tated about leaving second after the
catch and made third easily. Lewis
then hoisted to Byrnes in left-cen-
ter and not so very far behind
shortstop.
The average baserunner never
would have tried to score from third
on this fly, but again Case never
hesitated. His dash so surprised
Byrnes that the latter's throw came
in off the line with never a chance
Of heading off the Washington speed
king.
Right on top of this Kuhel poled
the ball to the angle back of right
center and tore around the bases
for his second homer of the season
Cases steals were his 26th, 9th
and 28th of the year and moved him
up to a tie with Myatt, his teammare
and George Stirnweiss of the
Yankees.
Browns Runs Unearned.
After that homer by Kuhel, the
Mats got just one more hit off Nun.
Grief, a bunteo single by Lewis ir
the sixth. But the Browns, who got
but one safety off Wolff in the first
five frames, clustered two back Of
an error in the sixth for two un.
earned runs.
Two were out when Byrnes walked
then went to third as Lou Finney
singled. With third out at hand
Myatt fumbled George McQuinn'.
grounder and Byrnes scored. GENE
Moore singled Finney home before
Junior Stephens bounded to the
pitcher.
Thereafter, but two Brownies got
on base. Finney got his third single
in the eighth and an error put MARI
Christman on in the ninth. Each
time there were two out and the
third out was made easily.
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