Evening star., 1951-08-12
Harry Wolfe Pitches
Brilliant Four-Hitter;
Power Takes Second
By Brion Bell, Jr.

Playing an entirely different
brand of ball from Fridays sad
exhibition which Washington lost
6-5 to New York, the District
printers swept two games with
New York at Griffith Stadium yes
terday to win the Union Printers
international baseball tournament.
Harry Wolfe pitched brilliant
four-hitter to beat New York in
the first game. 20, while the
Washington power broke lose in
the second to bury the visitors,
14-3.
Previously undefeated New York,
the defending champion, needed
only split to become the first
team to repeat as titliSt since
Washington turned the trick four
times in a row from 1887 to 1910.
Washington won the event in 1949
and was finalist last year.
1t was sweet revenge for the
Washington printers who watched
New York sweep two games in
Chicago on the final day last year
to take the title from the District
club.
Seven Walked in Shutout.
Wolfe walked seven men IN toss
ing his shut-out but was in COM
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struck out eight and refused to
allow more than one hit in any
inning. Charlie DaSsau'S long
triple was the only extra base
blow he surrendered.
Washington's Scanty scoring
came on a single to left by Al
Buschling in the second inning
which scored Perry Club from
second base and an error by Red
Davis, New York third pasemen.
on Don Bulmer's hard erounder. /
Davis miscue allowed Joe Glotz-
bach who had doubled with two
out to come around from second.
John Merrill, New York pitcher,
gave up only five hits and one
earned run but his mates could
not score on Wolfe.
In the second game Washington
punched all its runs into three
big innings. scoring four in the
third, three in the fourth and
seven in the eighth. i
Gene Collins, Washington start
er in the second game, went six
and two thirds innings, and al
lowed all the New York runs be-
fore giving way to Charlie Hines.
Hines turned in his third superb
relief job of the tournament,
allowing only one hit the rest OF
the way.
Club PAGES Attack.
Washington 14-hit attack-all
singles-was paced by Third Base
man Jerry Club who knocked out
three hard drives to bat in four
runs. Buschling. Collins, Teddy
Watson and Buck Reingruber all
got two hits apiece.
New York used four pitchers
including Merrill to try to halt ]
Washington's stream of hits. Five {
New York errors and several {
mental lapses added to the Dis I
trict clubs total. Harry Lahey {
and Charlie Dassau led the New :
York hitters with two safeties ,
apiece including a triple by both {
players. T
Notes: Ed Agoglio. New York
catcher, received the tournament S
most valuable player award. HIS g
teammate, Second BaSeman Harry 7
Lahey, was runner-up in the vot- ,
ing and Billy Garner, Washington
first baseman, finished third.
New York seemed fatigued from
Its strenuous schedule. A tourna- Il
ment ruling put in to break up
Washington title monopoly III the
3Os forbids the defending CHAM
plon from receiving bye ana the
New Workers played eight games
in six days. including two straight ,
double-bills Friday and yesterday. /
Washington saw action six times. I
The New York clubs title last
year was its first since 1908. Phil
Bounford, Washington manager,
at first announced he would start
Wolfe in the second game but re-
considered, trying a double duty
shift with his ace. {