Evening star., 1946-06-04
Three Injuries, Worst
To Evers, Is Bigger
Blow 10 Detroit
By Burton Hawkins

A hectic evening which wrecked
Detroits Tigers also succeeded in
disrupting the Mats unity, with
Manager Ossie Bluege and Second
Baseman Gerry Priddy exchanging
heated words which led to Priddy
being yanked from the lineup and
replaced by George Myatt.
Whether the Bluege-Priddy YER
bal explosion will result in steady
employment for Myatt at second
base will be determined by the man
ayers mood tonight when Cleveland
invades Griffith Stadium for the
opener of a three-game series under
lights. Bob Feller will try for his
eighth victory, with Mickey Haetner
slated to hurl for the Mats.
The manager-player shifting feud
followed a rundown play in the
fourth inning of last nights game,
taken by the Mats, IA. before 27,12l
fans. Priddy, who was having a
bad night, chased George Kell near
ly back to first base, then whipped
the ball to Mickey Vernon, who
dropped it as Ansel Moore scam
pered home from third base.
Rough Night for Priddy.
Priddy previously had been charged
with an error on Hoot Evers' ground
er in the first inning and in the
same session had gummed up a
ball, but recovered in
time to nip Dick Wakefield at first.
A fiery, sensitive performer, Priddy,
upon returning to the bench, resent
ed Bluege's criticism and came up
with some caustic comments of his
own. which prompted Gerry's re-
moval.
Despite the blistering language.
Prlddy's punishment is expected to
be of temporary nature. He is bat
ting a mild .268, but only Vernon
and Stan Spence top him among the
Mats in the vital runs-batted-in de-
partment and Priddy generally is
recognized as a brainy, scrappy sec
ond baseman and the backbone of
infield
Priddys departure marred his rec
ord of having played every inning
Of every game this season and
marked the initial appearance of
Myatt at second base, where he per-
formed admirably last year. Myatt
established himself in high
favor with the customers by betting
a single with the bases loaded in the
fifth inning, scooting to third on
Cecil Travis single that scored Yer
non and then stealing home
Kennedy Shines on Hill.
That 4-run fifth inning got the
Mats IA lead after the Tigers had
shelled Dutch Leonard from the
in grasping 4-3 advantage.
Bill Kennedy took over for Leonard
with one out in the fifth and the
only hit notched off him was Hank
double in the eighth.
Kennedy, a former Alexandria
freight yard brakeman and ex-
won his first game of
the year with his neat pitching and
the Mats to cling to third
place.
The ball game was the least item
lost by the Tigers. They. also lost
the services of Outfielder Evers for
at least five weeks. Evers, who re-
turned to Detroit's lineup 10 games
ago after suffering a broken ankle
and thumb in spring training
accident, had his jaw broken in a
third inning collision with Second
Baseman Eddie Mayo as they pur-
sued Leonard's pop fly.
Overmire on Casualty List.
Mayo, who also remained at
Georgetown Hospital last night, suf-
Tered no broken bones, but was
badly and is expected to be
out of action for several days.
Stubby Overmire, who
crashed into Myatt at second base,
lammed the fingers of his left hand
and also will be disabled a short
period.
Evers remains myth to Detroit
fans this season. He joined the
Tigers on May "a when they
launched their current road trip
and hasn't played a game at Briggs
Stadium this year. On the strength
of his return to Detroit S outfield the
Tigers dispatched Outfielder Barney
to the Athletics recently
m deal which brought third base
al -