Evening star., 1947-07-03
Mats Jo|ted by Yanks,
Saved From Shutout
BySpence's 'sHomer
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Stoff Correspondent

Stor Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, July 3.-For seven
weeks the Mats have been sticking
their inquisitive noses near the 500
mark-that even-b break level in the
won and lost column-and on every
occasion they've shown signs OF
wedging their way among the elite
somebody has bopped 'em.
The Mats have been neither hot
nor cold, but merely tepid. They've
won four in q row for their season
record, but they haven't been losing
games in wholesale style either.
They lost four straight games for
their years mark on the deficit side.
At times the Mats apparently
have been poised to make their move
into more select company, parlaying
fine pitching and timely hitting i'm
pressively, but about the time they
begin to have first division dreams
along comes a nightmare in the
form Of pitiful performance.
They've been within one game Of
their immediate goal once since
May 13. Numerous times they have
moved within two games of the 500
plane, but the climate has been too
brisk.
Yankees Hammer Haefner.
New York bumped the Mats three
games back of 500 here last night,
crushing Washington under an 81
barrage before a crowd OF $500.
The Yankees grasped q TO lead
against the puerile pitching Of
Mickey Haefner before Stan Spence
presented the Mats their only run
with an eighth-inning homer into
the rightfield stand. It was STAINS
ninth homer of the season.
The Mats were held to five scat
tered hits-including brace OF
doubles by Jerry Priddy-by Allie
Reynolds, who owned a 40 lead as
early as the third inning.
George Stirnweiss' double. his
theft of third and Johnny Lindells
single staked the Yankees to a run
of Haefner in the first inning and
they clustered three more in the
third. Stirnweiss tripled to right
and scored after Tommy Heinrich
flied deep to Spence. Lindell lashed
a single off Eddie Yost's glove and
Joe Di Maggie pumped Homer No.
10 into the left field stands.
Wynn, Hudson Hurl Tomorrow.
The Yankees blasted Mickey from
the mound in the process of sweep
ing to a TO advantage In the fifth.
With one out, Lindell was nicked by
a pitched ball and Di Maggie pro-
PEELED him to third with a single
to left. George McQuinn drilled
triple to right-center, scoring Lin
dell and Di Maggie, and McQuinn
scored after Bill johnson flied to
Spence.
New York picked up its final run
in the eighth at Milo Candinis ex-
pense when johnson singled, took
Second cn Phil Rizzuto's infield out
and scored on Palph Houk's single.
Early Wynn and Sid Hudson will
take the mound against the league
leaders here tomorrow in a holiday
double header, with Spud Chandler
and Don johnson slated to pitch for
the Yankees.
Fitz to Manage Charlotte.
Nat Notes: Joe Fitzgerald, the
Mats batting practice catcher, will
manage Washington's farm club at
Charlotte, N. c., next year. The
Yankees are leading the league in
all offensive departments-batting,
runs, hits, doubles, triples, home
runs, total bases and RUNS batted in.
In a pre-game sprint here last
night, Buddy Young, ex-Illinois
grid great and track star, beat Stirn-
weiss, Yankees second baseman, by
2 yards in 6O-yard dash. Young
whisked over the turf in so seconds,
one-tenth of a second of the world
record. He later circled the
bases in 14.2, far from George Cases
1875 mark due to the Negro f1ash's
inexperienced base running. =. He
slowed down considerably to round
third base.
Young, who will play football for
the New York Yankees this year,
received $500 for winning. >. An in
terested spectator was the Mats
Case, who was offered 500 to run
and countered with a 81, 900 demand.
. The Mats pumped three dozen
balls into the grandstand in batting
practice.