Evening star., 1947-07-23
Mats Hur|er bemoans
'Wi|dness in hotchinq
His Eleventh Victory
By Burton Hawkins


For the first time In eight years
the Mats may have a 20-game win
ner in their midst, but sturdy,
bronzed Early Wynn cringes from
a prediction along that line and. in
fact, is displaying no great satisfac-
ton over his IL victories to date.
His two-hit, 6-l triumph over the
second place Detroit Tigers last
night at GrifIith Stadium was no
marvellous masterpiece of pitching
to the fellow who achieved it.
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Wild" fumed Wynn. who by little
stretch of the Imagination could
have registered his first major
league no-hitter with better breaks.
The first hit of him in the second
inning was q scratch single OF
Shortstop Mark Christman's glove
and the second followed an error by
Third Baseman Eddie Yost on what
would have represented the third
out in the fifth inning.
Wynn was wild, walking six and
hitting another batter, but he also
was extremely effective in notching
his first triumph over the Tigers
this season. He now has defeated
every club except Boston and he has
appeared against the Red Sox only
once.
O'Neill Protests Decision.
Wynns latest win was under the
cloud OF protest by Manager Steve
O,NeiH Of the Tigers, who contended
Detroit made a double-play in a
confusing rundown play in the sixth
inning. He. was overruled by Um-
pire Bill MCGOWAN.
With Wynn on third, Yost on first
and one out, Buddy Lewis raped q
grounder at Third Baseman George
Kell. Wynn was trapped between
third and the. plate and chased
back to third base. only to f1nd
Yost occupying the bag. Wynn
stepped over the base on discovering
Yost there and Catcher Bob Swift
tagged Yost and then Wynn.
It was one of those situations
In which,umpires earn their salaries
If Wynn had returned to the base
while Yost was occupying it, Swift
could have tagged Yost for the first
out. then tagged out Wynn for a
double-play in the event Wynn
wandered off the base. Since Wynn
didn't touch the base, however, Yost
was entitled to it.
1t SINNERS down to ONeill con-
tending Wynn touched third and
MCGOWAN saying he didn't. Umpires
don't lose those sort of decisions
at league headquarters. ONeills
protest probably will be filed in the
waste basket.
BY that time. incidentally. the
Mats had compiled 6-1 lead.
Mickey vernon's first inning triple,
scoring Lewis, shot the Mats into
a TO lead against AL Benton.
Tigers Get Run in Fifth.
The Tigers produced their only
run in the fifth. Swift walked and
sacrificed before Eddie Lake
lined out. Roy Cullenbine also
walked and in that situation Dick
Wakefield lifted a foul along the
third base line which Yost missed.
Wakefield then singled to center,
scoring Swift, before Kell fled out
Washington bounced back with
four runs in the fifth. Yost launched
he uprising with double to right
With one out and took third when
Lewis grounded out. Sherry Rob
,rtson's single fetched Yost across
md Vernon followed with single
% score Robertson. who had stolen
econd. Mickey took second on the
hrow to the plate and Stan Spence
vas passed Intentionally. Jerry
deep smash to left caromed
If Wakefield's glove for a double.
coring Vernon and Spence, but
Jerry was out at third attempting
% stretch the hit.
Successive singles by Al Evans,
Wynn and Yost brought the Mats
heir final run in the sixth at Stub
oy Overmire's expense before ONeill
odged his protest.
Eddie Mayo's single off Christ
mans glove with two out in the
second and Wakefield's sixth inning 1
single represented the Tigers only
1its of Wynn. The Mats clustered
II hits off Benton, Overmire and
Hal White. with Vernon contribut-
ng triple and two singles.
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