Evening star., 1953-06-20
Harris Faith in Byrne
Unshaken by Defeat
In Debut With Mats
By Burton Howkins

4OAAA1Iy 0y1uCS UcdICu III his
Washington debut and wild in
the process, will discover Bucky
Harris doesn't abandon hope
easily. Tommy has the stuff to
win If he can get it over," Harris
declared today in the wake Of
Byrne's A loss to Cleveland last
night at Griffith Stadium.
Harris said he'll start Byrne
again Tuesday night against the
Browns. Tommy's wildness has
plagued him through the years,
but the Mats manager always
has envisioned Byrne as a spec
tacular pitcher If he had bit
more control and he's going to
give the sturdily constructed left
handler a chance to acquire it.
"An things considered he didn't
do badly" Harris said. II ex-
pected him to be wild since he
hadn't pitched for some time.
liked the way he got stronger as
the game went along. If he finds
the plate he could be quite a
pitcher"
Given Little Help.
Byrne got little batting support
from the Mats, who were held to
eight hits by Mike Garcia. The
Indians righthander registered
his eighth win and his third at
the expense of the Mats, who
didn't produce a run until the
eighth inning.
Byrne, who walked eight, lin
tied Cleveland to six hits, but
five Of them were jammed into
scoring innings. Tommy was
clipped for four runs in the first
five innings, then braced to hold
the Indians to one hit in the
last four.
Bob Porterf1eld, who has won
only one start since May %, will
try again for an eighth triumph
tonight when he takes the mound
against Early Wynn, striving for
No. 6. Wynn has faced the Mats
only once this season and
blanked them on. three hits,
while Porterf1eld hasn't pitched
against the Indians.
Dale Mitchell got Byrne off to
a discouraging start last night
when he opened the game with
a triple and later scored on
Larry Doby's outf1eld fly. The
Indians picked up another run
in the second on walks to George
Strickland and Jim Hogan, plus
Garcia's single.
Garcia Hits and Scores.
Garcia again helped his own
cause in the fifth when he sin
gled. Mitchell brought him
around with a double to center
and Dolby scored Mitchell with
a single to right.
Meanwhile, the Mats were CIV
ing Garcia little trouble. Jackie
Jensen bounced a ground-rule
double into the Mats bullpen in
the second inning, but Jim Busby
struck out, Wayne Terwilliger
sent Jackie to third by ground
ing out and Eddie FITZGERALD
famed.
Garcia owned a three-hit
shutout entering the eighth, but
singles by Terwilliger, FitzGer-
aid and Pete Runnels pried a
run from him. Clyde Vollmer
opened the bottom of the ninth
with a home run into the left
field bleachers and with two out
Terwilliger walked, but FitzGer-
aid became Garcia's seventh
strikeout victim.
NOTES: Art Houtteman, who
has famed 6 of the 10 batters
he has faced since being traded
to the Indians by the Tigers,
will pitch against the Mats to-
morrow, with Spec Shea due to
work for Washington. Johnny
Schmitz and Walter Masterson
will pitch for the Mats in Mon
days double-header with the In
dianS.
The Indians, leading the
league in home runs, haven't hit
one at Griffith Stadium. i
Cleveland picked up a full game
on the Yankees for the first time
in Is games, but New York still
has a comfortable margin. i
The Mats have lost 8 of their
last IL games.