Evening star., 1950-06-05
Win Is Out Of Il;
Mats Have a Streak ,
But It's in Reverse
By Burton Hawkins

SCeVe Macy, VINO mas Deen pump
ing along O rocky road since he
beat the Yankees in his first two
starts, will attempt to check the
Mats tobogganing tendencies
when he goes against Detroit's
Dizzy Trout here tonight.
The Mats and Tigers will have
a series of streaks going for them.
Washington has lost five straight
games and 8 out of its last IL.
Detroit has captured five' success
sive decisions and 8 out Of 10.
The undefeated Trout will be bid
ding for his third consecutive tri-
umph, while Macy will try to avoid
being belted from the box for the
fifth time in a row.
1S Out Of 81 on Road.
Detroit also has whipped the
Mats three times in as many
games here in compiling an amaz-
ing road record of 1S wins in 81
games. The Tigers have been gal
Looping on a treadmill, however,
picking up only half a game on
the leading Yankees in their last
10 engagements.
Art Houtteman restricted the
Mats to six scattered hits yester-
day in winning. 80. The big right
handler permitted only two run
ners to reach second base and
none to advance to third. Bob
Kuzava and Mickey Harris held
the Tigers to eight hits. but the
Mats couldn't capitalize on that
effective pitching against Houtte-
man. who captured his sixth vic
tory.
Minus their top hitter in the
injured Sam Mele, the Mats
haven't produced more than eight
hits in any of their last five games.
Their only consistent hitter at
the moment is Eddie Yost, lead
off man, who has belted .407 in
the last six games. Offsetting that
is a general slump by his mates.
Ostrowski Star in Field.
AL Evans, for instance, has
skidded to .206 with only one
hit in his last 20 attempts. After
getting off to a flashy start, Ed
Stewart had plummeted to .270
by batting .128 in his last 13
games.
Johnny Ostrowski, hitting .1S9
for the year. is giving little indi-
cation of bolstering the Mats at
tack. Since being obtained in that
six-player deal with Chicago, he
has been hitless although his field
ing has been superb.
Ostrowski covered considerable
geography in hauling down Don
Kolloway's long drive in the Sec
ond inning and came up with the
games best catch in the eighth
with. diving stab Of Jerry Prid-
dy's sinking liner.
Sherry Robertson and Bob Or
tiz, alternating in the outfield due
to Gil Coan's head injury, are
batting PA and .240, respectively
and Sam Dente is hitting .23O.
The Mats thus are taking the field
these days with five regulars hit
ting .270 or less.
Big Day for Houtteman.
Houtteman had a happy time of
it yesterday. He announced his
engagement to Shelagh Marie
Kelly. a professional swimmer of
Railway. N. j., and celebrated the
occasion with an impressive per-
formance against the Mats.
The Tigers fashioned a run off
Kuzava in the third inning when
Aaron Robinson singled and came
around on Johnny Lipon's triple
to left. It marked the 10th
straight game in which Lipon has
hit safely.
The Detroiters failed to tally
again until the eighth when
George Kell and Hoot Evers dou-
bled and Johnny Groth singled.
Yost singled in the Mats first
and moved to second when Stew
art grounded out. but was strand
ed. Robertson opened the Mats
second with double but prompt
ly was picked of the bag BY
Houtteman.
Thereafter Houtteman was III
complete command. Only four
other Mats reached first base as
he walked none and struck out
four.