Evening star., 1945-09-19
GnAs Flag Hopes Flare While Cards Batter Cubs to Ropes
Indians and Brownies
May Wreck Tigers,
BIuege Points Out
By JOHN B. KELLER.

the American League pennant chase
at least mathematically and is con.
ceding nothing to the leading De.
troit Tigers.
Especially after each club threw
about everything it had in stock
at the other yesterday in Griffith
Stadium's 1945 baseball finale anc
the Mats trampled the Tigers, /:
to 5.
The wild win left the Mats or
even terms with the Tigers in the
victory column, but three games be-
hind the leaders in losses. 1t is
the latter item, plus the fact that
the Mats have but five more games
to play while the Tigers have eight
that minimizes the chances oil
Washington getting into the World
Series.
The Mats, idle today, open a two
game series in New York with the
Yankees tomorrow then move on to
Philadelphia for three games with
the Athletics and will wind up their
season Sunday.
Tiger Tribe Game on Air.
The Tigers we're to meet the
Indians in Cleveland today and play
there again tomorrow. Today's con-
test, incidentally. will be broadcast
by VOL starting at 2 O'Clock
(E. w. T). Saturday and Sunday
the Bengals will be hosts to the st
Louis Browns in Detroit and to the
Indians on Tuesday and Wednesday
OF next week. Then they will move
to st. Louis for their final series
OF the season, to be played Saturday
and Sunday, September 20 and 80
So should the Mats win their re-
naming five games, they still would
be nosed out Tor the pennant should
the Tigers take six of their remain
ing eight.
After the win yesterday which
still left the Tigers winners in the
crucial series, three games to two
Os Bluege processes to see some
hope for his Mats.
They picked up only one game
on us in the SERIES" Os points out
and they've eight tough games to
play. The Browns ought to be in
there with everything they have fol-
they're fighting to hold third place
And the Indians have Bob Feller
to throw at the Tigers twice.
Bluege Is Confident.
Now It's up to us. If we can 60
and I believe we can, in the games
in New York and Philadelphia, there
still may be a surprising finish to
this race"
Bluege was to take all Washington
club hands up to New York this
afternoon and the entire squad will
be on the road to the end. What
ever happens, there ought to be
plenty of baseball fireworks right
down to the last minute as the
Mats run out their string.
That roaring game yesterday
played on a soft field that less
than two hours before had appeared
beyond use following drenching by
a day and half of rain not only
saw the Mats run up their largest
score of the season at home, but
also the greatest number of player,
pressed into service in any Amer.
lean League encounter this year
Both managers, Bluege and Steve
ONeill, regarded victory so i'm
portant that 35 players saw service
is Tigers and Is Mats.
The Tigers threw five pitchers
into the game, the Mats four. Of
the Detroit assortment, the Mats
got is hits and two passes. Of
the Nat hurlers, the Tigers col
lected 10 hits and four walks. The
lone error was contributed by Short
stop Joe Hoover of the Tigers and
it let in a run.
Caster Losing Pitcher.
When it was all over, George
Caster, who twice before had
stemmed Nat rallies, was the loser
He was the fourth Tiger slabman
Dutch Leonard, who had been
knocked out of the first game of
the set and was the third Nat I'd
go to the hill yesterday, was the
winner. 1t was his seventeenth
triumph of the season.
Dizzy Trout opened for the Tigers
and the Mats raked him for four
runs before the first inning ended
Stubby Overmire gave up another
tally in the third. But the Tigers
matched these five runs in the sixth
when they drove the starting WAL
ter Masterson from the hill with a
drumf1re of doubles and got their
tying tally as Marino Pieretti came
on to pitch seven straight balls and
force over score.
Then Leonard took over to hold
the Tigers until the Mats jumped
on Caster and Hal Newhouser in the
seventh for four more runs with a
triple by George Case off Newhouser
coming when the bases were loaded
The Mats combed Zeb Eaton for
three more markers in the eighth
while Roger Wolff gave the Tigers
nothing more than one pass in two
rounds.
So the Mats finished their home
season with a record of 46 wins, 81
defeats and tie. Which was more
than expected of them.
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