Evening star., 1950-05-06
Fans Remain Loyal
To Mats in Defeat;
Macy Is Sabotaeed
By eurton hawkins

exciting episode 10 a mounting
list of thrilling early season SssaS
and although it was In q fruitleSS
cause last night Washington fans
are taking a shine 10 the clubs
fiery behavior.
WASHINGTON last ditch bid 10
conquest from Detroit ex-
pired when Clyde Vollmer famed
with the bases jammed and two
out in the ninth inning, but de-
spite the Tigers e-6 victory the
Mats lost no rooterS.
They kicked the game away
earlier with Shoddy support Of
Steve Macy which enabled De-
troit to produce five unearned
runs. but they displayed consid-
cradle heart, too, before bowling.
The Mats were back 10 a 500
level today as Ray Scarborough
took the mound against the
league leaders Fred Hutchinson,
but through the faint gloom OF
their two-game losing streak
shines the sparkling performances
of Gil Coan and Irv Noren.
Coan Matches lS4S Homers.
Both OF them are hitting .333
and IN nine eames Coan already
has matched his l949 production
of home runs with three. Noren.
a rookie who has captivated the
customers. has hit safely in seven
straight games, while Coan has .
string Of Ave.
Nolen lofted his second homer
OF the season in the third innins
to hoist the Mats into "a tie
and his single figured prominently
in a three-run outburSt which
presented Washington S-3 lead
in the fifth.
Then the Mats proceeded 10
kick runs away in wholesale guam
titles and the Tigers entered the
Mats ninth In command OF a e-5
lead
With one out Coan connected
on a Paul Calvert pitch and rode
1t over the wall. With two out
Eddie Robinson and Ed Stewart
singled successfully and Sherry
Robertson walked to AL the bases.
Fans Groan as Vollmer Fans.
Vollmer. representing the po-
tential winning run. batted for
Sam Dente, fouled of several
pitches in working Calvert to
80 count, then went down swing
ing as the l6.338 fans groaned.
The Tigers nailed Macy for two
runs in the second inning on Vic
WertzS single. Hoot Evers triple
and Johnny Groth's single, but
Noren locked the score in the
third with his homer after Coan
had singled.
Dente and Robertson got their
signals crossed in the fifth to pre-
sent the Tigers a run. With one
out Johnny Lipon walked then
sprinted for second. Catcher
Mickey Grasso's peg was perfect,
but neither Dente nor Robertson
covered second base and Lipon
continued to third as the ball
sailed into centerfleld. He scored
on Jerry Priddy's grounder.
The Mats shelled Virgil Trucks
from the mound with three runs
in the NTH when Eddie Yost and
Noren singled Robinson doubled
and Dente singled. but Detroit
tied it up in the sixth when Grasso
misjudged Evers' pop. Groth
walked and Dick Kryhoski dou-
bled.
TwO-Base Error Hurts.
Successive singles by Evers and
Groth and walk to Kryhoski
filled the bases in the eighth with
none out. but Don Holloway batted
for Aaron Robinson and forced
Evers at the plate. Pat Mullins
fly to Noren fetched Groth across.
Yost injected two-base wild
throw after fielding Llpon'S
grounder and Priddy doubled.
NAT NOTES: After failing to
strike out anybody in l9 previous
innings. Macy famed the first two
batters he faced last night, then
struck out three more. De-
troit's George Kell was clipped
on the jaw by ball in fielding
practice, but played despite q
headache.
Robertson replaced Al Kozar at
second base for the first time.
Noren. who exchanged words with
Plate Umpire Joe Paparella when
Irv disagreed on a called third
strike in the seventh inning. con-
tinued 1t in the ninth inning and
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