Evening star., 1950-08-14

Bearden and KuzaVa
Seek TO Give Champs
Red Sox Treatment
By Burton Hawkins

With the Red Sox out Of the
way and needing an oxygen tent
to revive their pennant dreams
after losing three out of five here
Bucky Harris now hopes his Mats
will help squash the flag ideas Of
the Yankees.
Idle today after humping Bos-
ton, 6-5. yesterday, the Mats will
tangle with New York in after
noon and night games here to-
morrow. Harris doesn't disguise
the fact he'd like to cut the
Yankees down in the impending
four-game series. Memories of his
unwarranted dismissal by the
Yankees in 1948 still rankle.
Bucky'S boys thus far have been
extremely annoying to Boston and
New York. They've held the Red
Sox even In IA games and they
own a 5-4 edge over the Yankees
despite inferior talent. Somehow
the Mats get steamed up when
combating those clubs.
Bearden to Try Again.
Harris will send Gene Bearden
after his first victory for the Mats
in the afternoon game tomorrow
and come back with Bob Kuzava
at night. The Yankees have lost
seven of their last IL games.
The Red Sox left with their pen
nant hopes all but shattered, for
the Mats dropped them IL games
back of the Tigers in the lost col
umn. Some indication of what
Boston is up against is reflected
by the fact that if Detroit wins
80 Of its remaining so games the
Red Sox must capture IS Of A
merely to tie.
1t was AL Sima, who wasn't
around at the finish due to ar
error by Shortstop Sam Dente
who all but sealed Boston's fate
The. rookie left-hander hurled
creditably until relieved by Mickey
Harris in the eighth inning and
the Mats presented him a lead tc
work with.
The Mats hoped on Mickey
McDermott for two runs in the
first inning. but the Red Sox
bounced back. AL Zarilla smashed
a homer over the right-f1eld fence
In the third inning, and Boston
tied the score in the sixth when
Johnny Pesky singled, Billy Good
man sacrificed and Walt Dropc
singled.
The Mats retaliated quickly
with a four-run outburst in the
sixth. With one out, Johnny
Ostrowski and Dente singled sue
cessively, Dente taking second
when Zarilla threw to third.
Mickey Grasso was passed pur-
posely to fill the bases before
Sima famed.
Boston Rally Falls Short.
Eddie Yost, Cass Michaels and
Irv Noren singled consecutively
though, and the Mats owned d
So lead before Mel Parnen came
in to halt the uprising.
With two out in the eighth, tht
Red Sox became troublesome. Don
IDiMaggio had opened the inning
with double and shifted to thirc
when Pesky grounded out. He re-
mained there when Goodman flied
to Gil Coan in short left, but Vern
Stephens and Dropo singled
Dente gummed up Bobby Doerr'
grounder and Zarilla beat out a
tap down the first base line to
score a second run and leave the
bases filled when Mickey Harris
made his entrance.
Birdie TebbettS' single to left
scored the third run of the in
ming and left the bases jaml.- &
before Matt Bats batted for
Pitcher Willard Nixon and lined
to Coan. Harris retired the Red
Sox IN order in the ninth.
MATS NOTES: The Mats first
inning hit the jackpot for con-
fusion . Yost opened with a
double before Michaels famed and
Yost held second, fearing the ball
would be caught, when Noren
singled to left d. Sam Mele's deep
fly to center sent Yost to third
and then came the mixup ~. .
Bob Ortiz smashed a hit to CEN
ter and slid into second safely,
apparently with a double.
Yost scored and Noren attempt
ed to leg it home also he was
called out by Umpire Cal Hub
bard, whose view was blocked so
he didn't see that Birdie Tebbetts
dropped the ball the Red Sox
left the field, but Umpire Hank
Soar corrected Hubbard, who
changed his decision.
Meanwhile Ortiz had Strolled
away from second base toward
the dugout during the ensuing
argument Tebbetts went to
second and touched the base,
claiming Ortiz was out for run
ming the bases in reverse
Ortiz, sensing something wrong,
went to first base and remained
there the umpireS ruled he
was entitled to first base and Ortiz
officially was credited with a
single.
The umpires based their ruling
on the fact that runners may not
run bases in reverse if they do
it deliberately or with the idea
of making travesty of the game.
as the rules state since Ortiz
merely was the victim Of general
confusion he was permitted to re-
main at first base had he
been tagged before returning to
first base he would have been out,
because nobody bothered to call
time.
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