Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-22
Take
Lead Tonight by
Beating indians
Newhouser and Teller
Meeting in Cleveland,
Yonks, Red Sox Idle
By the Associated Press

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The Tigers go after undisputed
possession of first place in the
see-saw American League pen
nant struggle tonight while the
Yankees and Red Sox are idle
again.
| Detroit takes on the tough In
dams in Cleveland in the first of
a three-game series. The Yanks
and the Red Sox mark time in
New York. getting ready to open
a two-game series at Yankee
Stadium tomorrow.
The Tigers tied the Yanks for
the lead yesterday by trouncing
the Athletics, 80.
Newhouser VS.. Teller.
Hal Newhouser. 29-year-old
lefthander who pitched Detroit
to its last pennant five years ago,
opens the Cleveland campaign
tonight. He will be opposed by
Bob Teller, his old nemesis. The
two have faced each other Is
times over the years and Teller
holds a decided SO edge. The
other games ended in no decision
for either.
Only two years ago, however,
Newhouser beat Teller on the last
day of the regular season, caus-
ing the first post-season playoff
in American League history.
This year the two have identi-
cal 14-11 records. Newhouser has
won three out of five from the
Indians. Teller holds 81 edge
over the Tigers.
Manager Red Rolfe, pleased
with the punch the Tigers re-
gained against Philadelphia,
planned to start his regular line
up. That means Vic Wertz will
be back in right field, Hoot Evers
in left and Don Holloway at first.
The red-headed pilot said he
expected to pitch Art Houtteman,
his 19-game winner, tomorrow
and follow with Ted Gray Sunday.
1t will be Gray's first start since
he hurt his arm nearly two
months ago.
Teams Even Thus Far.
Rolfe is aware that beating
Cleveland will be no soft assign
ment. He realizes that the In
dams, all but automatically out
of the race. will be relaxed and
under little or no pressure. The
same can't be said of his Tigers.
The Indians have proved one of
the Tigers toughest adversaries
this year. They have clashed II
times, with each side winning
eight games. The other resulted
IN a 1913 tie. The victories were
evenly distributed, four for each
in Cleveland and Detroit.
Meanwhile, Manager Casey
Stengel of the Yankees has a
pitching problem. His team was
to work out at Yankee Stadium
today and two of his aces, Vic
Raschi and Ed Lopat, will try out
their ailing arms.
Raschi, 20-game winner, was
examined yesterday by the club
physician, DR.. Sidney Gaynor,
who reported that Vic was suffer-
ing from a slightly inflamed
muscle behind the shoulder. DR..
Gaynor was of the opinion Raschi
would be ready to pitch Sunday.
Lopat probably will start to-
morrow if he shows no traces of
his recent arm trouble. If he is
not up to par, Allie Reynolds will
face the Red Sox' Mel Parnell,
An injury-plagued pitching staff
Murdered the Athletics in their
game with Detroit yesterday. The
Tigers jumped on Joe Coleman.
who has had arm trouble, for six
runs in the first inning and were
never headed. Coleman, who
walked nine, fingered six innings
The As have only nine pitchers,
including three rockies.
Freddie Hutchinson went all
the way for the Tigers and was
raped for Is hits, five more than
the Tigers collected. Four double
plays eased Hutchinson's task.
SPAIN Gets His 21st.
In the National League, the
Braves defeated the Cardinals,
SO, and the Dodgers thumped the
Pirates, 1913, to remain tied for
second place. They trail the
league-leading Phillies by seven
games. The Phils and Cubs were
idle.
Warren SPAIN BANKED the
Cards on two hits to get his 21st
victory.
In the only other game, the
Reds defeated the Giants, 8-5.
The Reds piled up a I'll lead in
four innings for HOWE Fox. He
blew up in the eighth and granted
four runs before Frank Smith
came on to save the game.
The victory ended an 11-game
winning streak for Sal Maglie of
the Giants. The loss was Mag
lies fourth against Is victories.
Three of the setbacks were adj
ministered by the Reds.