Evening star., 1947-09-07
Is Routed.
But Hangs Up
18th Triumph
Griffs Stogger to 9Th
Victory in 7 Games
After 81 Lead
By Burton Hawkins

The Mats assumed the role of men
of distinction yesterday at Grit
fifth Stadium, snatching third
straight victory from the league
leading Yankees. s-6, to heap en-
barrassment on New York's pen
nant-bound athletes, who only once
previously this season had been de-
feated in three successive games.
A ladies' day crowd of $500 saw
the Mats grasp 9-1 lead and stag
ger to their sixth triumph in seven
games, with Early Wynn achieving
his 18th win although he yielded
hits in wholesale style before being
supplanted by Milo Candini in the
midst of a four-run uprising by the
Yankees in the seventh inning.
Fourteen hits, II of them at
Wynn's expense, sprayed from New
York's bats, but the Mats were en-
ploying their IL hits to more ad-
vantage against five New York
pitchers. The shoddy struggle was
featured by 26 hits, but Johnny Lin
dell's eighth inning double was the
only extra-base blow of the crop.
Mats Get Good Start.
Wynn was presented with a 20
lead in the first inning. Karl Drews,
New York starter, clipped Eddie
Yost on the back. walked Buddy
Lewis and Sherry Robertson sacri-
feed. Mickey Vernon pumped a
single to center, scoring both rum
ners.
Washington's advantage reached
SO proportions in the third, when
Drews was belted from the premises.
Yost walked and Lewis raped a
single off Shortstop Phil Rizzuto' S
glove. Robertson's looping single to
left scored Yost and after Vernon
famed, Stan Spence singled to
right, scoring Lewis. Floyd Bevens
was waved to the mound at that
juncture and Jerry Priddy greeted
him with long fly to Tommy Hen
rich in right field which enabled
Robertson to score from third.
Singles by George McQuinn, Riz.
zuto and Pinch-hitter Bobby Brown
pried a run from Wynn in the
fourth, but the Mats bounced back
with another run in the fifth when
Vernon singled, moved to third or
grounders by Spence and Priddy
and scored on Frank Mancuso's
single to left off Don johnson.
Three Runs OFF Gumpert.
With considerable aid from the
Yankees, the Mats produced three
runs off Randy Gumpert in the
sixth. Wynn opened with single
and Yost was safe when McQuinn
bobbled his bunt. Lewis also bunted
and the bases were loaded when
Gumpert threw to third base toe
late to nip Yost.
Robertson singled off McQuinn's
glove, scoring Wynn and Yost
romped across when Second Base.
man George Stirnweiss tossed out
Vernon. Spence was passed inten.
tionally to reload the bases ano
Priddy got Lewis home with long
fly to Heinrich.
With one out in the seventh the
Yankees got tough. Lindell singled
to right and Joe Di Maggie walked
before Priddy permitted McQuinn's
smash to scoot between his legs
allowing Lindell to score. Bill john
sons fly to Spence scored Di Maggie
and successive singles by Aaron
Robinson, Rizzuto and Pinch-hitter
AL Clark fetched two more runs.
Candini Checks Rally.
When Wynn walked Stirnweiss to
jam the bases the potential tying
run was at the plate in the form
of Heinrich, but Candini entered
the game at that point and famed
him.
Lindells double and Johnson's
single netted the Yankees a run In
the eighth, but Candini retired Riz-
zuto, Pinch-hitter Jack Phillips and
Stirnweiss In order in the ninth.
New York's defeat, coupled with
Boston's win over Philadelphia, cut
the Yankees lead to II games, a
situation that. is creating no con-
Germ among the league leaders.