The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-14
EX-SkILOR 40 WINNER OVER TELLER
By CARL LUNDQUIST ITYnttad praee StafP GOrreSuOndent

OJnited Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Sept. 14.-(UP)-Base- ball-mad Washington hailed eX- sailor Walter Masterson today as the secret weapon" which might defeat the Detroit Tigers in the des- perate stretch battle for the Amer ican league pennant.
 Masterson rose from obscurity by beating the most famous pitcher in baseball, Bobby Teller, and the Cleveland Indians with a tWo-hlt' 4 to o shutout that put the Sena- tors a half game behind the tense Tigers, who dropped their second game in a row to the Athletics, to I2
 Masterson as a "secret weapon" was strictly legitimate when Mana. ger Ossie Bluege brought him out or the dugout last night and intro duced him again to Washington fans. He and Cecil Travis were pre- sented with $500 war bonds for their military service by owner C!ark Griffith and the 25-year-old right handler went right out and earned every penny of the gratuity. .,
 Masterson was greeted a little coldly by the Senators who had ex- pected Dutch Leonard or Mickey Haefner for this crucial contest. They remembered him only as Kid who had an unimpressive record of five victories and nine defeats in l942, his last year before going to sea.
 They forgot that Stanley (Bucky) Harris, previously manager at Washington, had picked the young ster off a Philadelphia sandlot after seeing him throw just one pitch. He played only two minor league games in his four-year career.
 Superb
 Against the Indians he was su- perb. Lou Cihocki tapped him for a single in the second and eVentually got to third. That was the only nv he gave up until Frankie Hayes sim gled in the eighth. Only four Cleve- land players got on base, the. other two on walks. That was quite a stunt, facing batters he hadn't ever seen before and being matcheo against the greatest major league pitcher in more than a decade
 Teller was of form. Tn the third inning he walked Buddy Lewis ana Joey Kuhel outwitted him by dump ing e bunt over his head. Both players scored on George Binks' hit and Binks came. in on a single by Gil Torres. Tn the fifth George Myatt beat out a hit, stole second and scored on fly to left, coming on home on bad relay.
 The Tigers, acutely short of sound pitchers, lost at Philadelphia when Jim Tobin walked home the winning run in the ninth. He had gone into the inning with a 2 to 1 lead but Bill McGhee tripled and scored on Bobby Estalella's single. Dick Sie- bert doubled and George Kell walk ed to fill the bases. Another walk proved the clinching run.
 Rain complicated the National league picture. The Cubs, two and a half games ahead, play the last place PhIls in a double header to- day while the Cardinals meet the reVenge-bent Dodgers in another double bill at St. Louis. If rain in- tel feres again in either case, the games may be washed from the schedule since the teams change opponents tomorrow.
 Seven in Tenth
 Tho White Eox won one of the weirdest games of the year at New York, getting seven runs on seven hits in the 10th for a ' to 0 victory Bill Zuber had held them to one hit up to that stage. Bill Dietrich was the winner. giving up six hits Johnny Johnson pitched the l0tf and yielded one more.
 The Browns beat the Red Sox, to 1, at Boston when Skeeter New. some, trying for a double play ir the ninth. threw the ball into the stands and a runner scored from second.
 The Pirates won two from the Braves at Pittsburgh, { to and Z to 0. They got only four hits tc win the opener and punched three hits to take the second game. Al Cerheauser and Fritz OstermuelleI where the winners.
 The Reds topped the, Giants. s to 2, at Cincinnati before only 2ei paying tans. Steve Mesner singled home the winning run in the seventh for pitcher Earl HaErist.