Evening star., 1950-08-29
League Leaders Try
For Perfect Record
All Griffith Stadium
By Burton Hawkins

By Burton Hawkins
The hard-pressed Tigers, beaten
in five Of their last eight games on
this Eastern trip but still cling
ing to first place In q hectic race,
have q double date with the Mats
this afternoon and tonight at the
Detroit teams favorite field.
Unbeaten In seven games at
Griffith Stadium this season, the
league leaders will send Dizzy
Trout and Hank Borowy against
Sandy Consuegra and Sid Hudson.
The day game will start at 2::30,
with the night game getting un-
der way at $3.50. This is the sec
ond and last Of those split double
headers that so upset Senator
LANCER Of North Dakota a month
or so ago.
The American Leagues pub
licity bureau has no record of
the Mats ever losing all their IL
games with one club at Griffith
Stadium in a season, but the
Tigers could accomplish that feat
and bolster their pennant chances
by sweeping the four game series.
Day games will be played tomor-
row and Thursday.
Trout Good Against Mats.
Trout has a 81 record against
the Mats this year. twice going the
route to win and picking up an
other victory in relief. On an
other occasion, the Mats disposed
OF him in q first-inning uprising.
The big, bespectacled Trout is
one Of the principal reasons the
Tigers are leading the league.
Dizzy's ii wins have taken up
some of the slack created by arm
ailments which struck down Hal
Eewhouser early in the season and
later rendered Virgil Trucks use
less.
While the Mats have been hap
less against the Tigers here, De-
troit will enter the series with no
sense Of complaceny, for at De-
troit the Mats have a 6-3 edge.
Thus far this season, the Mats
have won two more games from
Detroit than they did last year.
Pearce Has Good Night.
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Before q smattering of 2,726
customers last night. the Mats
beat the Browns. SO. and got a
lift from the highly respectable
pitching Of gangling Jim Pearce,
who had four-hit shutout going
with two out in the ninth inning
Making his first start in more
than month. the rookie right
handler walked none and per-
mitted nine hits. five of which
came in the ninth when Pearce
tired badly.
Meanwhile, the Mats were hav-
ing fun. compiling IA hits of Jack
Bruner and Harry Dorish. Mickey
Grasso. who batted across four
runs, and Johnny Ostrowski paced
the assault with three hits each.
st. Louis had a dismal time of
1t afleld. In Washington's four
run fifth inning, Catcher Les Moss
neglected to touch the plate on a
force play, touching of a debate
which was climaxed when Umpire
Berry ordered Manager zack
Taylor from the premises.
Fielding Lapses Help.
In the same session, Bruner cut
OF Jim Delsing's throw to the
plate after Grasso singled. He
fired to first base, neglecting to
note that the nearest player to
that position was himself.
The Browns aided the Mats
again in the eighth when Irv
Noren singled to right, sending
Cass Michaels to third. Noren
was trapped between first and
second when George Stirnweiss
cut off Ken Woods throw, but in
the ensuing rundown Bill Som
mers threw into Washington's
d,lgout, enabling Michaels to
score and Noren to reach third.
Irv later scored on Ostrowski's
single.
NAT NOTES-Gil Coan ex-
tended his hitting streak to IA
games. Coach George Myatt is
hospitalized with a leg infection
and Mickey Harris has taken over
coaching duties at first base. It
marked the first time Pearce has
gone the route since joining the
Mats last year.
A fan who didn't like Berry's
umpiring on the play which got
Taylor elected came out on the
field to tell Charley about it, but
returned to the stands when po-
lice converged on him. The Mats
have IL home dates left and to
equal the attendance of the 1949
last-place club. they'll have to
average more than IA 50O