Evening star., 1948-06-03

attempt to continue that effective
ness tonight at Griffith Stadium as
he tangles with the Cleveland In
dians. Bob Feller will pitch for
Cleveland and after events OF the
last two evenings that speed spe-
cialist is regarded by the Mats as
not so fearful foe.
On Tuesday night, the Mats
bumped off New York's Allie ReSn-
olds, who had a 6-1 record, and
last night they edged Bob Lemon
2-1. to deal him a third defeat
against seven wins. 1t was COM
bination of Scarborough's neat s.
hit pitching and luck-anointeo
bad hop single off the bat OF Earl
Wooten which belted the Mats into
a fifth-place tie with Detroit, a
game back of st. Louis.
The Indians held on to theii
league lead despite the defeat.
Scarborough Sparkles.
Scarborough sparkled in notchine
his fourth triumph. He presented
the Mats their sixth win in eigh1
games by rationing the Indians tt
one hit in the final four inning!
after Cleveland had locked th'
score at IL in the fifth on Johnn.
Berardino's single and Jim Hogan
double.
washington had scored its firs
run off Lemon in % innings thl
season in the fourth inning when 81
Coan singled with two out, stol'
second and came around on E'
Stewards single to right.
Coan also set up the winning rul
in the seventh when he beat out
drag-bunt. Stewart sacrificed ant
Coan shifted to third when Short
stop Lou Boudreau threw out Micke.
Vernon. In that situation Woote1
slapped a routine grounder at Thirt
Baseman Ken Keltner, but the bal
took a wierd hop over Keltner>
head, enabling Coan to score.
A throng of 20,405 saw Scar
borough remain the route for tn
first time in four starts, surviving
dangerous predicament in the nlnti
inning when Larry Dolby opened
with single.
| Walt Judnich flied out, bu
Boudreau walked to move Dolby II
second with the potential tying run
In that crisis Keltner shot ground
er to Shortstop Mark Christman
who launched the ball on a double
play Journey with a quick flip II
Second Baseman AL Kozar.
Wooten Surprises at Bat.
Despite the luck attached to hi
game winning hit, Wooten hasn'
been getting by on cheap safeties
The blond youngster, dispatched t
center field when Garden Gillen
water harvested a crop of corns, !
threatening to keep the Mats $4,000
purchase from Milwaukee viewin
the proceedings from the dugout.
Wooten wasn't supposed to hi
but at the moment he's getting alon
nicely with a commendable 80
average and there never has bee
any complaint with his fielding O
throwing.
Earls elevated batting mark ma
be attributed to his ability to sWitc
batting styles. Manager Joe Kuht
altered Wooten's stroke to eliminat
!, hitch" from his swing and tn
resultant rash of hits may insta
slim Earl in the Mats lineup as
regular.
NAT NOTES: Catcher Al Evar
heard from League President Wi
Harridge yesterday and WASH
; happy about it. AL learned
, cost him $25 to be tossed out {
, Saturdays struggle here with tf
Boston Red Sox by Umpire Re
Jones. When Coan stole secor
base in the fourth inning 1t WI
t his eighth theft of the year.
| When the Mats scored off Lemo
l in the fourth inning 1T ended
!. chain of % scoreless innings Il
! the Cleveland Highlander, who hs
/ blanked the Mats twice in previo'
starts.
!, Early Wynn will pursue his MT