Evening star., 1947-09-15
Coan, Wooten, Lyons
To Make Debuts as
Griffmen Tonight
By Burton Howkins

A change of cast, but not neces-
sarily a. new act will be presented
at Griffith Stadium tonight when.
three fugitives from Chattanooga
will be inserted among the Mats.
otherwise identified as Griffiths
Follies.
Only a TRANSMISSION can save the
Mats dwindling supply of customers
from giving up through sheer bore
dom, so Washington will get new
blood Immediately in the youthful,
and probably more ZestfuE form
of outfielders Gil Coan and Earl
Wooten and Second Baseman Eddie
Lyons. All will be rushed into ac-
ton tonight.
Finishing out the season with the
Mats, too, will be Pitcher Bill Ken
nedy and Hal Toenes. Kennedy,
who has seen previous duty with
the Mats. won 20 games and lost
II with the Lookouts, while Toenes
had 1913 record.
Welcome Relief to Fans.
New faces at this stage OF the
campaign will come as a welcome
relief to the Mats fans, who suf-
fered through a gruesome afternoon
yesterday when Washington abb
sorbed 1876 and "a beatings from
the Detroit Tigers. who will provide
the opposition again tonight.
Coan, a disappointment with the
Mats last season, returns to the, par
ent club with a 339 batting average.
while Lyons batted .296 and Wooten
hit -293 with Chattanooga. Coan
thumped % home runs, stole AZ
bases and whacked across % runs
in the Southern Association after
batting a meager 209 with Wash-
ington last year.
The Chattanooga contingent
joins the Mats at time when they
have compiled a 5-game losing
streak with a minimum of effort.
Detroit compiled TO lead In the
first two innings of the opener yes
terday. then grasped a 60 lead in
the first two innings of the second
game, all of which stirred no en-
thusiasm among the 11.170 fans.
Wertz PAGES Tigers. -
The Tigers glory boy in the first
game was 22-year-old Vic Wertz.
who contributed home run, triple,
double and single to Detroit's 20-hit
attack. Wertz scored five times and
batted across four runs. Hoot Ev-.
ers, with a home run. double and
two singles, and George Kell, with
a double and three singles, also had
the range on Washington pitching.
Detroit mauled Walter Masterson
for seven runs in two innings and
although the Mats threatened to
make game of it when they pulled
up to an 8-6 deficit, the Tigers
simply shifted gears and piled up
more runs at Scott Cary's expense.
The Mats only impressive pitcher in
that game, incidentally, was 18-year-
OLD Buzz Dozier. who hurled 23s
innings and yielded one hit.
Candini Is Knocked Out.
Milo Candini was no help in the
second game, for, the Tigers nailed
him for two runs in the first in
ming and four more in the second.
Masterson was more successful in
the nightcap, returning to permit
only two runs and five hits in ffve
innings of relief after Tom Ferrick
was yanked.
Washington compiled IL hits In
the first game, but Freddie Hutch
inson remained the route to capture
his 18th victory. The Mats dehv-
cred 13 hits in the second tussle,
II of them off Dizzy Trout. who
was replaced by AL Benton in the
ninth but won his 10th game.
Mickey Haefner will attempt to
snap the Mats string Of defeats
tonight, with another abbreviated
southpaw. Stubby Overmire, slated
| IN uork for Detroit