Evening star., 1946-07-24
Scores Season 5 Fifth
Win Over Griffs, 81,
On Five-Hit Feat
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Stnff Corresnondent

LIZ AAsN14, cdlS 81. - DAZZLING
secession of the Mats from the
American League, Detroit's slim Hal
Newhouser is heading for a third
successive spectacular season. The
Tigers Southpaw is finding Wash
ington no barrier to fame, for Is
times in Is games over span of
three years Hal has whipped the
Mats.
Absorbing a beating from New
houSer is no novelty to the Mats,
who have been confronted by Hal
on five occasions this season and
have five straight losses to show
for it. On the rare days when he
isn't good against Washington, he's
lucky, for recently the Mats pos
sessed SO lead against him at
Griffith Stadium and wound up
taking a 1915 trimming.
Otherwise tough Newhouser has
required little luck to dispose of the
Mats. He had defeated them, 81,
1912, and 10, prior to yesterday,
when he added a 6-l, five-hit per-
formance here before 1888 custo-
mers to notch his 10Th triumph
against three losses.
May Match Groves Mark.
At his present pace, NeWhouser
will register more than 80 victories.
Only once since 1920, when Lefty
Grove won 81 and lost in 1881, has
an American League pitcher reached
the 30-game mark, although New
houser had 1913 record two years
ago.
In the National League only Dizzy
Dean, with a 30-7 record in 1884,
has captured 80 games since 1915.
The Tigers estimate Newhouser will
start Is or l6 more games this sea-
son. which should give him ample
opportunity to reach that 30-game
goal.
Against the leagues top pitchers
the Mats have been puerile. They
have faced the Yankees Spud
Chandler twice and have been
beaten twice. Bob Feller has
spanked EN- three times in as many
starts as has Tex Hughson. Dave
Ferriss has a 20 record against the
Mats. while Mickey Harris has won
four of five and the Browns Jack
Kramer has captured two of three
Score Run in Eighth.
The Mats owe their fourth-place
status to the leagues run-of- the
mine pitchers, for against Newhous-
er. Harris, Chandler, Feller. Kramer,
Hughson and Ferriss they have a
record of 2 triumphs and 81 de-
feats. The Mats have been getting
nowhere against the big boys
Against Newhouser yesterday the
Mats couldn't muster a run until
the eighth and by that time the
Tigers had accumulated four runs
off Dutch Leonard. They added
two more in the eighth off Chick
Pieretti when Al Evans unleashed
wild peg into left field.
Evans. in fact, had a dismal day
of it. Three singles and passed
ball by Evans lead to a brace of
Detroit runs in the third inning and
they added another in the fifth
when Evans came up with another
passed ball at a time when the
bases were loaded.
Lewis Double Gets Tally.
A Gerry Priddy error on Eddie
Lakes grounder, plus singles by
Doc Cramer and Hank Greenberg,
fetched the Tigers their fourth run
in the seventh. When Birdie
Tebbetts sacrificed with two on in
the eighth. Evans picked up the
bunt and proceeded to throw wild
into left field, permitting Jimmy
OUTLAW and Jimmy Bloodworth to
score.
Gil Coan. who had struck out in
three previous occasions, was safe
on Greenberg error on Coan's bunt
in the eighth. Buddy Lewis, twice
strikeout victim of NewhouSer's
lashed a double TO center to score
Coan. who had reached second on
wild pitch.
Bobo NeWsom was slated to face
the Tigers here today, with Dizzy
Trout due to pitch for Detroit.