Evening star., 1952-05-03
Mats Opposing Fe||er
In Finale With Tribe;
Beaten by Garcia
By Burton Howkins

Bob Feller, who thus far this
season has experienced the an
guish of losing a one-hitter and
the Joy of capturing a contest in
which he yielded 18 hits. con-
fronted the Mats today as they
battled the Indians in the finale
Of a three-game series at Grit
faith Stadium.
Feller's one-hit pitching against
st. Louis was matched by the
Browns Bob Cain, who won a
10 decision when Bobby Young
tripled and scored as AL Roser1
fumbled Marty Marion's ground
er. In his next start Feller was
slammed for 18 hits and nine runs
by the Athletics, but coasted to
a 21-9 triumph.
Bob. bidding for his third win,
has pitched three no-hitters and
IL one-hitters in a brilliant
career. He has faced a succession
of weak Washington clubs, but,
strangely. they never have been
the victims of his more magnifi-
cent efforts. Against the Mats,
though, he has a highly credit
able 29-9 lifetime record.
Mats Reach Low at Bat.
The Mats, restricted to 80 runs
in IL games. were hoping to snap
their protracted batting slump
against Feller. Don Johnson, we'll
pounded by the Red Sox in his
only previous start, was to take
the mound against Bob and prob
ably only a fine effort will pre-
serve a starting status for him in
the future.
WaShington's batting futility
reached the depths last night as
it dropped a 6-2 decision to the
Indians before a crowd of 1926,
Mike Garcia held the Mats to
seven hits while the Indians
slammed Julio Moreno and Tom
Ferrick for Is, yet at one point
the Mats had Garcia on the ropes
but couldn't put him away.
That was in the fourth inning
when 1rv Noren, Frank Campos
and Mickey Vernon singled sue
cessively to fill the bases with none
out. The Mats got nothing out of
it, for Garcia famed Pete Runnels
and got CasS Michaels and Mickey
GrasSo to hit into force-playS.
Garcia Gets Stingy.
Thus reprieved, Garcia per-
mitted the Mats only two hits in
the last five innings and the only
run Washington got after the first
inning was wild-pitched across by
Garcia.
The Mats spurted into a 10 lead
in the first inning on Gil Coan's
single and a double by Irv Noren
but Dale Mitchell tied the score
In the second when he 1ammed
a home run over the rightfielC
fence. When Garcia wild-pitched
Yost across from third base in
the fifth inning that run loomed
large, but Larry Dolby injected a
bases-loaded pinch-single in the
sixth to score two runs and pre-
sent the Indians a 80 lead.
AL Rosen sealed the game for
Garcia in the seventh. Harry
Simpson, who didn't hit a three
bagger all last season. but who has
hit three in two nights against
the Mats, tripled to center. Bobby
Avila walked and Rosen then
hoisted his seventh homer of the
year into the leftfield bleachers.
NOTES-Garcia's victory was
the first by a right-hander over
the Mats this season Hank
Greenberg, general manager of
the Indians, is in town he
admits he'd like to have Sam
Mele, but says there's little chance
of landing him The Mats are
being visited by a succession of
Imoguls, for Frank Lane, general
manager of the White Sox, came
lin with the Chicago club in an
effort to deal.
Kazuaya Fukuzawa, a japanese
Star Scout flown here by the
American Legion for a two-week
visit, was to throw out the first
ball today Anastasio Somoza
president of Nicaragua, will toss
out the first ball tomorrow.