The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
OneiI Gamble
 Beots Teller,
 Indions Twice
By CARL LUnIDoUIgT United Press Sports Writer


 New York, April 12-(UP)-- ceund strategy and the gamblers luck thta made it work, put base balls smiling Irishman, Manager Steve O'lgelll of the Detroit Tigers in even . more jovial mood than usual teddy.
 O'Neill borrowed an old World Series truck to sweep on important two game series with the Cleveland Indians by refusing to play his ace against an zee.
 fEe caused Q few raised eyebrows last week when he said that he wasn't going to use Hal Newhouser when Bob Teller pitched for the Tn. dIans. That made 1t sound as N he thought Teller was . better pitcher ttAn his left handed artist who won E4 games in the past two seasons.
 There isn't any sense In sending your best man against Teller when you have more chance to win with him In another spot" he said.
 That was no admission that he thought Teller the better man, 1t was simply his idea of shooting for one fairly certain victory and gaSfab~ ling for two. And it worked.
 Mayo Did It
 The tough part, of course, wAS in beating Teller, but the Tigers did 1t in ii innings yesterday, 3 to 2. after Newhouser won the Saturday game. Eddie Mayo's clutch double scored Eddie Lake with the run that beat Teller after Bullet Bob had held Detroit to five hits and struck out 70 up to that time. vir. Hil Trucks, who gave no hits after relieving Frank Overmire in the eighth, was the winner. Overmire gave up only four hits himself, all the Indians got.
 The victory moved Detroit to within half Q game of the leading Boston Red sox, who were beaten for the first time yesterday in split. ting e double header with the visit- ing Philadelphia Athletics.
 Ted Williams singled home the winning run for c l2 to II victory in 10 innings in the opener, after the slugging Red sox made six runs, three on George Metkovich'S homer to tie the score In the ninth. Bobo NewSom pitched three-hit, 3 to Q shutout to win the abbreviated Avesinning second game, treating the Boston sluggerS the same way he did the Yankees In beating them on three hits in his first start. JAck Wallaesa, Sam Chapman, and George McQuinn hit first game homers for the Athletics.
 Spurgeon (Spud) Chandler's slx- hit pitching gave him his second straight victory for the Yankees, 6 to 1 over Washington at New York. Joe DtMaggio and Charley Keller hit Yankees homerS and Oscar Grimes batted in two runs with long flies to give Chandler ell the support he needed.
 Two for Browns
 The St. Louis Browns, econoE.aie- ing on base hits, won two games on four safe blows In each, topping 4s- year.old Ted Lyons in the opener, 2 to l, and edging Lefty Thornton Lee and Frank PapiSh in the second game, ( to 2. Johnny Derardinos two run single with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth ruined lyons dream of Q 1 to 0 shut out In the opener, in which Nelson Pot- ter scattered seven hits. Wildness by Lee, who walked seven batteys, gave Brownie pitcher Newman (Tex) Shirley @ nine-hit victory jr the second game,
 Brooklyn swept It's three.gaIne series with the Giants At Ebeets Field, winning the finale, 2 to 1 be. hind fookie leftshander Joe Aatten. Giant errors by Shortstop Bill Fig" ney and first bAseman Johnny Mi5e gave the Dodgers the deciding xla in the third to ruin an otherwise good performance by hard-luck Bill Voiselle. Each pitcher gave up seven hits.
 Errors also gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 2 to 6 victory over the Cubs at chicago. The Red Birds, sweeping the two game series, were behind, 6 to { when starter Ray Prim of the Cubs hurt his arm ln the eighth. ErrorS by Don Johnson and stan Hack produced one run after which pinch. .hitter Bill Eadi- colt doubled home two more on fly ball that Bill Nicholson nals. judged. George Kurowski and Bus"