Evening star., 1945-08-17
|Newhouser Remains
As GriHs' Leading
Menace 10 Flag
By JOHN B. KELLER,
Star Stan Correspopdent.


DETROIT. Aug. 17.-Life would
be much nicer for the Mats II Hal
NewhouSer had some other job than
that of pitching for the Detroit
ball club.
But for Newhouser they we'll could
be leading the American League
flag race instead of trailing the
pace-setting Tigers by 81 games.
Newhouser yesterday left handed
his way to fifth win over the
Washington club this year and
helped to make the victory as de-
cisive as 9 to 2.
Not since the 1943 season have the
Mats defeated Newhouser Last year
he scored over them five times and
now he has a chance to run his
victory string to IL games with the
Tigers facing the Mats in a series in
Washington next month.
Early in yesterdays proceedings,
Newhouser was wabbling. In the
third inning, the Mats had a run
over and the bases loaded with two
out. Joe Kuhel sent liner into
the right field stand but it was foul
by foot. Had that blow been fair
it would have sent Newhouser right
out of the ball game. Right there
NeWhouSer braced. He went on to
strike out Kuhel and gave but three
more hits the remainder of the way
to run the Washington clubs total
for the game to six. He also gave
four passes, one in the fifth to
George Myatt, leading to the Mats
second run when Buddy Lewis
doubled behind it.
Blast Two Griff Pitcherx.
1t was Newhouser's third six-hit
job against the Mats this year. In
the As innings they have faced him,
the Mats have collected "a hits for
9 runs. Striking out yesterday.
he ran his total in games against
the Mats this season to %.
While Newhouser was moving
down the Mats. the Tigers feasted
on. the pitching served by Marino
Pieretti and Santiago Ullrich. They
hoped on Pieretti for II hits and 8
runs before he left in the fifth with
two gone. They got to Ullrich for
3 hits and l run. The Mats kicked
in with three errors and six of the
runs off Pieretti were not OF the
earned variety. But four solid hits
off him were involved in the max
ing OF the big cluster. 4
For four and one-half innings the
game was quite contest. The
Tigers got a run in the opening
round when they reeled of four
successive singles. Hank Green
berg made the third hit to drive
Red Boron home. Then Roy Cul-
lenbine's clout to left only filled
the bases and Rudy York drilled
into double play to end the inning.
Gil Torres began the third for
the Mats with hit and George
Binks sacrificed. After Pieretti
scratched a hit. pass to Myatt
filled the sacks. Lewis singled
Torres home, but Mike Kreevich
forced Pieretti at the plate before
Kuhel struck out.
York Triples and Scores.
York tripled In the Tiger fourth
and counted when Kreevich muf1ed
Bob Maier's hoist. The fiy was
hit deep enough to get York home
after a catch, at that. The Mats
came back in the fifth to tie the
game for the second time. then
the Tigers blasted Pieretti out of
tne game and romped in ahead.
Torres fumbled Skeeter Webb's
grounder to start the home sides
NTH. Then Kuhel picked up Borom,s
sacrificial tap and elected to throw
to second instead of first base. Webb
beat the throw. Doc Cramer singled
and the cushions were jammed
Greenberg's fly tailed Webb and
the scoring bee was on.
Cullenbine tripled and York sim
gled. Maier forced York, but made
second as Myatt threw wildly in trv-
ing for a double-play. Paul Rich
ards hit Tailed Maier and brought
on Ullrich. Newhouser greeted the
relief pitcher with a single that
counted Richards before Webb, I'D
for the second time in the inning.
lofted out.
A brace Of singles helped tn.
Tigers to a sixth-inning run of
Ullrich, who then settled down to
pitch nicely the remainder of the
term.
This series had Detroit fans Jam
ming their way through the turn
stiles at Briggs Stadium. There
were IS, ,681 paid at yesterdays game.
That brought to 911,372 the total
attendance at the Tigers 81 games
here this year. The last 20 games
in Detroit should set record for
a years attendance far ahead of
the one established in 1910 at
1,112,693.
The attendance figures sweeten
the Mats treasury, but the figures
OF yesterdays game were sour to a
second-place club that has hit the
skids on its final Western swing of
the year.