Yanks Face Ophiltfight in Tiger Series
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14-C THE DETROIT TIMES Serb 1C44 'Little World Series' Opener Attracts 28,000 Fans Manush Sees By LEO MACDONELL sev ere set hack as a result of Yankee uniform does things like »«rft of the iucccm of New jjbhihhhhhhs their double defeat at the hands that to players—some of whom York tftmu.” pr With the possibility that a of the Athletics Sunday. are just that—players with Harold Newhouser of the league championship may all But the shocking Philadel- uniforms. Tigers was seeking his sixth Tiger McCarthy Battle hut he derided here this week, phia story notwithstanding. Joe •Moe never lets his victory in seven starts with the plunged McCarthy and his hand of Yan- players forget they are cham- Yankees and 26th of the season Sports the Tigers and Yankees one of the Gotham kees still feel they are cham- pions," first of their three- overall. into the pions and will remain so. A acr bet pointed out “That Is the Paul (Dizzy) Trout willpitch Hur'ers Gave game "Little World Series' at for the Tigers Wednesday and With Yanks Briggs Stadium today. Pennant Race at a Glance Frank (Stubby) Overmire Yankees New Life A great week day crowd of Thursday. The Tigers have won 21 out By EDGAR HAYES 28 000 pennant fever fans were in •Not including today's game. I *> LEO MACDONELL \Y *l. Pet. Games Behind Remaining of their last 28 games, tapping BRIGGS STADIUM. Sept. IS— the stands when the two pennant off this run with their smash- per- MH Queen. one of three recruit DETROIT 78 02 Ml ..> 14 The weatherman produced a contenders took the field. ing twin success in Cleveland game of pitchers who helped put the Yan- ST. LOUIS 78 63 .563 Uj IS Sunday. They have beaten the fect day for the opening earlier A sweep of the series or vic- Y kees bark in the race when NEW YORK 76 64 .543 2 14 Yankees 12 times and dropped I I the Little World Series between veterans faltered, in two out the three ' ' Ws^jk in the season tory of seven decisions to the Tigers and Yankees. It was McCarthy games might well point to one BOSTON 74 66 .520 4 14 them. and it looked as if Joe They ¦Sfjlf V- strictly The might have a second division cluh or the other as the 1943 Amer- GAMES LEFT TO PLAY have completed their fill. shirtsleeve weather. seasons games with fans who on hands, is expected to wake ican League champion, should DETKnfT—At home: 3 with New York. 4 with Boston, S with interclub few bleacher arrived h-s clubs, winning the his first appearance in Bngg> the Browns run into more Philadelphia, 4 with Washington. Away: none. three 13 and los- early sought protection from ing nine to White Stadium in the trouble ST. LOUIS—At home: 4 with New York, 8 with Boston, 3 the Sox. and hot sun in the shadow of the At this writing the Tigers with Washington. 3 with Philadelphia. Away: none. taking an even dozen and suf- scoreboard. f against were perched on top the league, NEW’ 4<)KK—At home: none. Away: 4 at St. Louis, 3 at fering setbacks in 10 The fans were slow in arriving, one-half game ahead of St. Detroit. 3 at Cleveland, 4 at Chicago. Cleveland. They lost 13 and in contrast to the Sunday double- nine competition HANK BOROWY YANKEE’S PITCHING HOPE header. A of fans .t v Louis and two in front of New BOSTON—At home: none. Away: 4at Detroit, 3at Cleveland, won in with crowd 28.000 • • pßlJggglgS . • . the Browns. , . he’s McCarthy’s choice to stop Tigers was on hand. • . X ' P. V . York, the Yankees suffering a 8 at St. Louis, 4 at Chicago. r r Among the early arrivals was E» IWflP Heinie Manush, one of the great- ¦r 'f t est hitters in the historv of the Tigers. He has been managing Fevers. the Scranton team and has re- Queen, a 200 turned now to • make his home pound fastball- the winter. He’ll work ininwnn here during er from the OphilTFight in Tiger at a Detroit plant during the off of West Virginia, whose Yanks Face Series hills season. name doesn t even appear in the American League s Red Rook, has HOLD CONFAB won five out of six games since Heinie and Dick Wakefield had joining the rluh a few weeks ago a confab before the game. Dick The only game he lost was a 2 PLACE IN FLAG RACE was the star of the Winston- 0 WE'RE IN IST to shutout to the Indians. LOOK, Boast Poor Salem team when Heinie was He came up from the Newark Duck Season managing Greensboro in the same Rears, where hr* showed no great league, the Piedmont. promise in the spring. Later, how - Manush had his greatest season ever, he blossomed into a winner in 1927 when he led the American and pitching 21 scoreless in- many after Road Recordv League in hitting. Like so nings. hr was brought up to bol- On Tomorrow other experts, he predicts a bril- ster the fading Yankee staff. By JOHN CAHHMAN liant future for the Tiger youngs- By GILLIES DON InUnullontl K*«i l»r»Vf IhiU Writer ter. Won Eight Shutouts Many duck hunters are con- Today’s game was the first big The Detroit Tigers, riding on contest has seen Queen first revealed promise fused over the legal hour to start league Manush farm, the crest of a powerful wave, faced since the 1940 season. with Binghamton, a Yankee shooting ducks tomorrow’ morn- where, in he bagged 14 vic- off against the stumbling New 194 i. ing. It is simple if wildfowlcrs Steve O’Neill had a meeting tories. eight via the shutout route York Yankees today in the first of with his bovs before the game. refer to the weather report pub- Late in the season he was taken a three-game series w hich may all A new set of signals were given up the City club, an- daily page 1 of The De- to Kansas lished on but decide the outcome of the to outwit coach Art Fletcher, the other New York farm, where he veteran Yankee who has a reputa- troit Times. blistering 1944 American League helped the Blues win the Ameri- For example, the legal hour to tion as a signal stealer. d can Association playoffs. pennant race. The Yankees very start shooting is one-half hour Put during the winter of *4l he definitely are on the short end of MANY WRITERS HERE League In idian pitched in the Cuban and before sunrise. mei 83. odds. The brought the big- trouble, which, for the series out suffered arm which includes the eastern half gest collection of baseball writers a time, to end lus In order to regain the lead In threatened of Huron County. Sanilar, Lapeer, since the 1940 World Senes. Be- bavcball careei. the Detroit series, the Yanks St Clair and Macomb counties would have to stage one of the sides all the New York papers, . five triumphs in his last With ever seen many of the mid-western cities seven starts. Dulue! is another of of Lake St. Clair) the sun most dramatic stunts in baseball, for everything is had their men on hand to see the the younger Yankee pitching set rises at 7:17 a. m One-half hour Yankees and Tigers battle for first to ho against them. Their road record i who has been of great help hefore that is 6:47 a. m. place. time when the future is the most significant harbinger chib at a Hunters muM stop shooting at The writers found the housing looked blackest. 1 >ubi» I won 16 of the lot in store for the Yanks. sunset. This hour is also pub- conditions in Detroit crowded and games for Newark last year, POOR WORK most of them spent the morning and in the lished daily in the weather re- In the manner of 1908 sitting around hotel lobbies hoping port. Much the nightfall. ’Yankees, who left home in first to get a room before In the next meridian west, The St. I»ui« (’ardinals willbe the Monroe ! place and returned in the second which includes division, won housed at the Barium Hotel if the wK, dozen wins for marshes, hunters must wait f our the Yankees five of 1 1.1 games in their first road trip series is held here. the Yankees. (>ne thing to remember minutes this year seven contests Bevens. the is that the sunrise hour changes and of 17 HITTING DUEL weekly. Therefore, consult your !on their second. That’s .400 base- ball. • The fans were treated to a nice weather report daily for official hitting hours, and Next, the Yanks still are reel- duel hetwen Dick Wake- runrise and sunset field and York during hat- you determine the meridian ing under the impact of three Rudy after ting practice. which you are to hunt games lost to the Philadelphia Both belted a cou- belt in ple high ones into the stands. *V »v had posted a govern yourself accordingly. Athletics. New York fans were (Kosrrri pair timetables for > crowing about the easy touch the of victo- Official wildfowl j/r / fit \ ;ativ aSTT®** ti . * aJP »<¦» William Harridgr, president of ries against no defeats at the all Michigan arc available w ithout Yanks had in the A’s, who were the American League, was on last official reading.