Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-02
McGaha Earns
New Respect
As Field Boss
PerY's Four-Hitter
Atheists to Success
Of Pitching Shifts
b the Associated Press

Mel McGaha. who passed up
pro football. quit basketball and
then had his baseball playing
days ended by a bus accident
that killed four teammates, is
quickly earning respect in his
new career as field boss of the
American League-leading In
dams.
Short on pitching when the
season began with top winner
Mudcat Grant in the Army,
Gary Bell still bothered by a
tender arm and Jim Perry in
effective in spring training.
McGaha shifted here, shuffled
there and came up with a work.
able staff.
McGaha, at IS the youngest
manager in the league, sent
Perry to the bullpen, brought
him along slowly and currently
has the 25-year-old right
handler in the regular rotation.
Last night Perry came up with
his best performance, a four-hit
job for a I'll victory over De-
troit.
Still Lead by Game
McGaha turned down a pro
football offer from the Los An
geles Rams after he was grad
uated from Arkansas, signed on
with the New York Knicker-
bockers, then left the pro cage
game to devote his full-time eff
forts to playing baseball. The
1913 bus crash, injuring his
shoulder, stopped that.
Now he's tapped with the Job
Of getting the Indians out Of
the woods. Dick Donovan has
become his workhorse with an
81 record, Grant is 80 as a
spot starter and Perry finally
seems to be responding to the
McGaha treatment.
The victory left the Indians
lead at one game over the
Yankees, who defeated the An
gels, So, behind Ralph Terry's
four-hitter. The White Sox
edged Baltimore, 80 in II
innings, Washington nipped
Minnesota, 4-3 in IL innings,
on Chuck Hinton's homer. and
Kansas City thumped Boston,
go.
Perry (4-O didn't allow a hit
until Dick Browns infield
single with one out in the sixth.
but lost his shutout with two
out in the ninth when Norm
Cash hit his 18th homer for the
Tigers, who had won 10 Of their
last II. Tito Francona supplied
the power for the Indians with
a two-run double in the first
and a two-run single in the
eighth. The loser was Frank
Larry I'D.
Yankees Draw 51,5S4
Pitching at Los Angeles be-
fore the largest crowd in the
American League this season.
81, 584-Terry (6-D struck out
eight and walked only two. Lee
Thomas drove in both Angel
runs with a single and homer.
The Yanks tagged 10 hits off
DO BelinSky (6-2), who also
hit two batters, made two wild
pitches and committed two err
rors. Bill Skowron played the
lead offensive role with a two
run single in the seventh and a
homer in the ninth.
The White Sox won in the
18th when Floyd Robinson
worked Hoyt Wilhelm (2-3
for a walk, stole second and
scored on a bad-hop single by
Charlie Smith. Two other
scratch hits-a pop-fly double
by Robinson and a bloop single
by Sam Esposito-drove in the
other Chicago runs. The Orioles
had tied it in the ninth on
singles by Jim Gentle, Jackie
Brandt and Ron Hansen. but
were stopped after that by Turk
Lown Old.
Norm Siebern's 4-for-5 per-
Torrance paced the AS Of
fensive that made it easy for
Dave Wickersham, winning his
sixth in a row after losing his
first. Siebern stroked two
singles, a double and a triple,
driving in three runs and scor-
ing three. Doom Schwan (1-6)
was the loser.