Evening star., 1948-08-04
,GriHs' Wrath at Peal
In Loss TO Indians
Before 72,434
By Burton Howkins
Stor SfoH Correspondent

CLEVELAND, Aug. 4.-If the
Cleveland Indians capture the
American League pennant it win
be over the strenuously struggling,
protesting bodies of the Mats. Cleve-
land brings the Mats normally calm
corpuscles to boil, with the result
that Washington has played in
spired baseball, mostly in ioosing
cause, against the Indians.
Washington's last five games with
Cleveland have been tense spectacles
but some sort of peak for irritation
among the Mats was reached here
last night as the Indians grabbed
5-3 victory and the flag lead before
a throng of 72,434 and it was the
second largest night crowd in his
tory and Cleveland's biggest.
Mickey Vernon, the Mats phleg-
matte first baseman, considers he
has experienced violent battle
when he frowns at an umpire, but
last night the usually mild-man-
nered Mickey unleashed a torrent
of heated language at Umpire Jim
Boyer over difference of opinion
concerning a third strike.
Mats Blow Their Tops.
Coach Sam West, who avoids ar
guments, joined in the rhubaro, as
did Coach Clyde Milan, who doesn't
effervesce easily. 1t was a warmup
for what followed in the fourth
inning. when the Mats tossed a half
dozen towels from their dugout,
Pitcher Early Wynn threw his glove
high in the air and Manager Joe
Kuhel initiated Vesuvlus on a
rampage.
With Larry Dolby on first base
and the Mats owning a 20 lead,
Ken Keltner lashed a double to
left which caromed up the barrier.
Leftfelder Gil Coan Immediately
objected that a fan had interfered
with the ball, which would have
forced Dolby to halt at third on a
ground-rule double
Coan seemed to have a point, or
else the law of gravity ceased
functioning briefly, but the umplres
permitted Dolby to score. Christ
man and Umpire Ed Rommel, West
and Rommel, Wynn and Rommel
and Kuhel and Rommel had private
arguments later concerning that
point, while the entire Washington
bench expressed its displeasure
loudly throughout the game.
Washington had spurted into
20 lead in the first inning when
Ed Stewart laShed triple to left
center, scoring AL Kozar and Coan,
who had walked. The Indians
scored their hotly disputed run of
WYNN in the third, but the Mats
nicked Satchel Paige for 81 lead
in the fifth when Wynn doubled,
took third on Kozar's inf1eld single
and scored after Coan flied out.
Allie Clarks single and Doby's
double fetched the Indians a run
in the fifth and Shelled Wynn from
the mound Dolby came around
when Forrest Thompson was clipped
for singles by Keltner and Lou
Boudreau.
Paige. making his first major
league start was lifted for pinch
hitter in the seventh. In his seven
innings on the mound the famed
colored righthander allowed seven
hits, including a bunt, three infield
taps and pop fly single.
Hegan's Homer Gains Lead.
Jim Hogan hoisted the Indians
into a 4-3 lead in the sixth when
he lifted home run over the right
field fence and the Indians got to
Walter Masterson for a run in the
seventh without benefit of q hit.
Masterson loaded the bases on walks
and Joe Gordon scored when Hal
Peck, batting for Paige, grounded to
KOzar
Ed Klieman pitched the final two
innings tor Cleveland and didn't
permit hit.
NAT NOTES-In six games here
the Mats have played before 19l ,034
fans, or approximately the same
number of customers the st. Louis
Browns have attracted all season.
Last nights crowd boosted
the Indians over the million-and-a-
half mark at home, and when they
play the Mats here tomorrow an
all-time Cleveland attendance rec
ord will be set. Last nights
throng was the largest any Wash
ington team ever has played before.
Idle today, the Mats and Indians
will clash in a day game tomorrow,
with Ray Scarborough slated to face
Cleveland's Gene Bearden on the
mound. President Bill Veeck
of the Indians. who admires the
manner in which Kuhel has the