Evening star., 1950-06-13
Detroit Now Regarded
By New York Players
As The Team 10 Beat
By Jock Hand
Asseeiefed Press Sports Writer


Seriously disturbed by Detroit's
solid strength, the New York
Yankees remained hopeful today
Of making a major deal before
the deadline at midnight Thurs
day.
The champions have more re-
spect than ever for the Tigers
after watching them bounce back
from two Yankee Stadium defeats
to win the finale and then sweer
three straight at Boston.
Many of the Yanks now regard
the Tigers instead of the Red
Sox as "the team to beat" The
Red Sox lost plenty of prestige
by dropping four in a row after
rolling up that 29-4 record score
on st. Louis last week.
Pitching is the big Yankee prob
lem. It's the same story in Bos-
ton. The difference is that New
York owns excess talent that could
help other clubs.
In that category go Sec
ond- d-baseman George Stirnweiss,
Catcher Ralph Houk or Gus Mar
hos, Pitcher Don johnson and an
outf1elder.
Pitching Situation Desperate.
The Yankee pitching situation
is desperate. johnson, sidelined
by a skin ailment, remained in
New York when the club headed
West. That left Casey Stengel
with seven pitchers, including Joe
Page and Duane Pillette, the lat
ter just recalled from Kansas
City. Page. troubled by a sinus
condition. has pitched only one
inning since June 3.
Best guess on a deal probably is
Chicago. The White Sox have
an abundance of left handed
pitching. with Bill Wight, Billy
Pierce and Bob Cain. They also
have Ray Scarborough. Despite
statements that Ray would not be
traded. he can be had for the
right kind of player strength.
After the disastrous Detroit Sc
ries, the Boston club also can be
expected to go all out for that
additional starting pitcher. But
the Red Sox, loaded with cash,
have little surplus talent.
Red Rolfe, Tigers manager, said
last week he expected to make no
deals. Red had his eye on First
Baseman Mickey Vernon of Cleve-
land, but no deal came off. For
the present he's alternating Dick
Kryhoski and Don Holloway at
first against right and left-hand-
ed pitching. The rest of the club
is solid.
Tigers Open Home Stand.
A look at the June records en-
phasizes the Tigers sizzling pace.
Although they still trail the Yanks
by a half-game in the won-and-
lost columns, they're out front by
.O02 in percentage points.
Since they left Briggs Stadium,
the Tigers have won 10 and lost 2.
Now they dig in at home for 10
games. starting with three against
the Athletics.
The Red Sox, winning only six
Of IL at Fenway Park against the
West, ventures into the badlands
where they have failed so miser-
ably in the past. First stop for
the Sox. now a fading third, is
Cleveland. Then comes Detroit.
All told, there will be Is games
away. And the club has Vern
Stephens and Dom Di Maggie on
the sidelines with injuries. Johnny
Pesky also had been ailing.
The Yanks start with three at
Chicago and four at st. Louis be-
fore riding into Cleveland and
Detroit on their 13-game jaunt.
They took 8 Of 13 at the stadium
against the Western teams.
Despite the telephone-number
scores at Boston, the St. Louis
Browns won 7 of IL in the East.
Now they open at home against
Washington.
Poor Trek for Dodgers.
With Branch Hickey still scout
ing for pitching help, the Dodgers
come home to play 16 games at
Ebbets Field. trailing the Cardinals
by two full games. The Dodgers
were somewhat less than sensa-
tional in the West. compiling a
So record.
The Cardinals piled up an 8-3
record at st. Louis. Now thev
face long, tough 17-game road
trip, opening in Philadelphia to-
night. This can make or break
the Cards. who hit disaster in
Brooklyn on their last visit.
The New York Giants were the
sensations of the league until they
hit st. Louis and dropped a three
game series. Now they come home
to the Polo Grounds. where they
have played poorly all season, to
open against Pittsburgh. In the
west. Leo Durocher's boys stepped
at an 8-4 pace.
Despite better-than- 500 rec
ord Of 5-4 in the West, the Phillies
lost ground in the race. They
went away second by 11a games
and came home third by IA.