Evening star., 1946-05-27
Leonard Due 10 Open
Delayed Bronx 5et;
AS Series Swept
By Burton Hawkins
Stor StoH Correspondent

NEW YORK, May 27.-Yankee
Stadium will join baseball's night
life circuit tomorrow and when the
foodlights beam ON the initial tiff
of the Washington-NeW York scrap
for second place, some $1,000 fans
are expected to scan the proceed
ings, postponed from tonight be-
cause of wet grounds.
Entering tomorrow's engagement
with a three-game winning streak
and victorious in II of their last IA
games, the Mats will be attempting
to atone for early season indignities
heaped on them by the Yankees.
who have snatched four Of six deci-
sions from them.
Dutch Leonard, who shut out the
Yankees for six innings here before
pulling leg muscle in his only ap-
pearance against New York, will be
striving for his fifth successive tri-
umph. Despite his four straight
wins, Dutch has been no ball of fire.
surviving the distance only once in
five starts.
Manager OSsie Bluege's pitching
plans call for Walter Masterson or
Mickey Haefner to oppose the Yam
KEGS in the other game here, with
Roger Wolff and Sid Hudson slated
to face the Red Sox in a double
header at Boston on Thursday.
Mats Ready to ride" Dickey.
Bill Dickey, who recently sup
planted Joe Mccarthy as the
Yankees manager, will be making
his local debut as New Yorks pilot
and the Mats are hoping to make it
rough for him. Several of the Mats
are harboring against him grudges
which have been carried over from
service days. Dickey was a naval
lieutenant and some of the Mats
didn't relish the manner in which
he tossed his authority around in
the Hawaiian Islands. where he di-
rected 18th Naval District athletic
activities.
The Mats return here as a more
formidable team than the outfit
mauled by the Yankees earlier in
the year. Washington's pitching has
improved perceptibly and the Mats.
spanked by league-leading Mickey
Vernon. are hitting we'll.
Vernon boosted his batting aver
age to .4O5 at the expense of the
Athletics before 81 1892 approving
fans yesterday at Washington in the
first game. of a scheduled double
header, stretching his hitting streak
to % games with a home run and
two singles. The second game was
rained out.
The Mats collected only eight hits
OH Luman Harris, but they inserted
them at payof points. Vernon
slammed his fourth home run of
the season over the right field fence
to lead off in the second and stake
the Mats to 10 margin.
As Squelched in Sixth.
That advantage evaporated in the
fourth. George McQuinn walked
ana moved to second with one out
as lrv Hall beat out a roller to Cecil
travis. The shortstop's wild throw
past first let McQuinn score from
second. Hall. who took second on
the error, shifted to third as Jack
Wallaesa grounded out, but was
stranded as Gene Desautels was
passed purposely and Harris forced
DeSautels.
With two out in the sixth inning
Johnny Niggeling bumped into trou-
Die as Wallaesa doubled to center
and Desautels singled Jack across
But the Athletics enjoyed that lead
briefly, for the Mats bounced back
with two runs in their half of the
inning and Niggeling protected that
30 margin
With one out. Vernon beat out a
grounder to short and stole second
before jeff Heath walked. Travis
tanned. but Gerry Priddy drilled
triple to right. scoring both runners
PrlddY was left as Mike Guerra
grounded out
Nlggellng, who won his third
straight start after suffering his
only loss in relief role. was given
scare in the ninth inning when
Hal Peck and Pete Suder singled
successlvely, but Travis whipped out
Barney McCosky to give the Mats a
sweep of the three-game Philadel-
phla series. 1t was Washineton's
sixth win in seven games with
the AS.
The Mats arrived here last night
by train, abandoning the bus trip
when that became possible.