Evening star., 1947-08-31
Page Captures
Third Victory
In Three Days
Ferrick Suffers His
4th Straight Loss
In Relief Role
By Burton Hawkins
Stor stoff corresnondent

NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-The Mats
built themselves up to a cruel let
down here today when three pinch
hitters delivered ninth inning singles
to produce the tying run against the
New York Yankees, who bounced
back to win 6-5, with two out in
their portion of the inning.
Johnny Lindell, Yankee left field
er, lined single into left field, after
George Stirnweiss and Tommy Hen
rich had walked with two out, scor-
ing Stirnweiss, and dealing burly
Tom Ferrick his fourth successive
defeat in relief role in a period
of 10 days. Joe Page, who replaced
Frank Shea in the ninth, captured
his second triumph over the Mats in
less than "a hours and his third
victory in the Yanks' last three
games.
Eighteen Mats were poured into
the game by Manager Ossie Bluege,
who was forced to insert outfelder
Tom Mcbride at third base in the
ninth inning, after practically ex-
hausting Washington's bench in ma
neuvering for the tying run.
Mats Rally Ties Score.
Washington entered the ninth
with 5-4 deficit, but with one out
Cecil Travis batted for Eddie Yost
and dropped pop fly single in
right field. Frank Mancuso lined to
shortstop Phil Rizzuto, but Early
Wynn lashed a single to right which
sent Al Evans, running for Travis,
to third.
Shea, who hasn't won a game in
seven weeks after being an early
season sensation, was within one
pitch of triumph. He shot two
strikes past Wynn before he singled
Page came in and also had two
strikes on Mcbride, who batted for
Johnny Sullivan, but in that crisis
Mcbride singled to right, scoring
Evans, before Buddy Lewis popped
out.
Ferrick, the Mats third pitcher,
got Rizzuto on fly to Stan Spence
in the Yankees ninth and he
whipped a third strike past Page,
but then walked Stirnweiss and
Heinrich successfully to invite dis
aster. The invitation was accepted
by Lindell, whose scorching single
bounded past left fielder Joe Grace
and would have been en- easy triple.
Mats Take Early Lead.
= Shea, who has been bothered by
sore arm, presented the Mats with a
10 lead in the second inning when
he walked Spence, Jerry Priddy and
Yost successfully with none out.
Mancusos long fly to Joe DiMaggio
enabled Spence to score and the
bases again were loaded when Ray
Scarborough grounded to Third Base
man Billy Johnson, who attempted
to trap Priddy and failed. In that
situation, however, Johnny Sullivan
drilled into a double play.
Priddy's tumble OF George Nc
Quin,s slow roller and Aaron Robin
sons lusty triple to center, locked
the score in New York's second and
the Yankees moved into 81 lead at
Scarborough's expense in the third
when DiMaggio lifted mighty 400
foot homer into the left-feld stands
after Stirnweiss had walked and
stolen second. 1t was DiMaggio'S
18th homer of the year.
A walk to StIrlweiss, Henrich's
double and Lindell's single scoring
both runners hoisted the Yankees
into a 81 lead in the fifth. but the
Mats sliced that advantage to So in
the seventh. Spence singled for the
first Washington hit since the first
inning, moved to third on Yost's
double to left and scored when Stirn-
weiss threw out MancuSo.
Vernon Hits Home Run.
With two out in the eighth and
Sullivan on base as the result of
single, Mickey Vernon lined his sixth
home run of the season into the right
field stands, the ball barely clearing
the barrier to land in the first row
of customers.
Milo Candini, meanwhile, was set
ting down the Yankees in order in
the seventh and eighth, but in the
ninth Ferrick arrived on the scene
to lose his seventh game of the year.
1t was Washington's 10th defeat in
IA games with the Yankees.
A crowd of Is 5,07S saw Shea, sturdy
(See MATS, Page A-15)