Evening star., 1948-07-28
fCastoffs' Comebacks
Under SouihWoth
Mark Braves Drive
BY the Associated Press

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manager, continues to have amaz-
ing success with castoffs.
SouthWorth's latest find" is Nell
son Potter. the veteran Highlander
he picked up month ago as free
agent after the latter was fired by
Connie Mack of the Philadelphia
Athletics.
Potter thus joins those who have
made fine eomebacks under the ex-
pert guidance of Southworth. 9th
ers making good with the National
League leaders after having been
passed up as Washed-up veterans
include the Mccormick boys, Frank
and Mike; JEFF Heath, Jim Russell,
Bill Salkeld and Pitchers Bill Vol
selle and Clyde Shoun.
SouthWorth used Potter strictly in
relief roles for three weeks. Potter
consistently splendid work plus the
recent in-and-out performances of
Starters Warren SPAIN and Voiselle
prompted the canny Braves pilot to
reward the native of Mount Morris,
ILL.,, with starting assignment.
That was on July 18 Potter came
through with a neat 1912 7-hit vic
tory over the Pirates in Pittsburgh.
Comes Through Again.
Nels got his second start last
night and again came through with
a Well-pltched game. This time the
American League discard permitted
the Pirates only six hits in defeat
ing them 81 in Boston. He did not
allow a run after Ralph Kiner
tagged him for his 28th home run in
the first inning. He did not issue
a single base on balls and struck out
four including Kiner in the ninth
inning.
Potter helped win his own game
in breaking a IL deadlock in the
second inning, driving in Phil Mast
with the first Of his two singles.
The victory in the opener of a
20-game home stand enabled the
Braves to widen their first-place
margin over the rest of the field to
five and half games.
Boston's other major league entry
Joe McCarthy's rampaging Red Sox,
extended their amazing winning
streak to l3 straight by banking
the Tigers in Detroit, 80. Ellis
Kinder turned in his best perform
ance since his purchase from the
st. Louis Browns, holding the Tigers
to three hits. Hal NeWhouser, De-
troit's ace southpaw, was the victim.
Bostons triumph, together with
the Indians 1915 victory over the
Athletics in Cleveland, gave the Red
Sox a full-game lead in the tight
American League pennant race. Al
though the Indians trail by game
and a half to Philadelphia one,
they took over second place from
the AS through mathematical
oddity. The AS, with four more
victories and three more defeats
than Cleveland, are two percentage
points behind the Tribe.
Dodgers Pass Cardinals.
The Brooklyn Dodgers replaced
the st. Louis Cardinals in the run
nerup spot in the National League
by coming from behind with two
runs in the ninth to nip the Red
birds, 80, in Brooklyn in the only
game played in daylight.
Larry Jansen turned in his sec
ond straight shutout and 18th vic
tory of the season as he pitched
the New York Giants to a 80 tri-
umph over the Cincinnati Reds.
The victory moved the giants into
the first division, half game ahead
of the Pirates and one game behind
the Cardinals.
A crowd of $4,000 Detroit fans
saw the Red Sox snap Newhouser's
five-game winning streak by knock
ing him out with five runs in three
innings. Johnny Pesky and Bobby
Doerr did the heavy stickwork.
Kinder had no-hitter until Johnny
Lipon doubled with one out in the
sixth. The turnout upped Detroit's
home attendance over the million
mark to 1,000,l66.
Feller Marks Up No. 10.
Although he was tagged for a
grandslam homer by Sam Chap
man and wasn't around at the fin
ish, Bob Feller was credited with
his 10th victory of the season as
Cleveland got off on the right foot
in its home stand. Chapman's
homer knotted the count at SIS in
the fifth, but the Tribe came back
with four in the sixth off Phil
Marchildon, third AS pitcher.
Rookie Hank Arft, making his
major league debut with the st.
Louis Browns, drove in three runs
with triple and home run to lead
the Browns to 40 triumph over
the New York Yankees. Cliff Fannin
held the Yankees to three hits in
gaining his seventh victory. Arft
had arrived yesterday from Toledo
to take over the regular frst-base
duties.
Bob Scheflng's pinch single scored
Clarence Maddern with the run in
the 18th inning that gave the Chi
cago Cubs q 80 victory over Dutch
Leonard and the Phils in Phila-
delphia. The hit spoiled Eddie
Sawver'S debut as phjlIv rnanoger