THUR.SDA ', MY 24, 1944 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACE THREE THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1944 PAGE THREE Itaih9the IOuan 44 By BANK MANIHO Daily Sports Editor Senators Drop Second Overtime Tilt to Tigers Overmire Wins Fifth Victory on Error This column is written by Bill Mullendore, Sports Night Editor. By BILL MULLENDORE We received a rather interesting letter the other day, regarding our commentary on the recent All-Star game and taking exception in particu- lar to our remarks concerning one Phil Cavaretta, first baseman of the Chicago Cubs. The correspondent waxed a bit vitrolic on the subject not only of the injury to the reputation of the aforementioned Cavaretta but also on our mentality. Because the letter is too long, and also much too heated, to be printed in full here, we present a few of the more perti- nent excerpts and comment on them. The writer opens by denying our assumption that Caveretta was "something of a goat" and further asserts that he was "the shining star of the game." There follows a lengthy summary of his per- formances both at bat and in the field and a statement that his base- running was "flawless," together with reasons why. Then the cor- respondent continues with some general remarks as to Caveretta's abilities on the diamond, calling him a "ball player's ball player." The last paragraph is devoted to a lengthy discussion of our mental prowess and a none too gentle hint that we "apply for entrance into the state nuthouse." This, in essence, is a fair summary of the letter as we received it. In answering the above accusations, we would first like to point out something which their writer overlooked, either intentionally or other- wise. In the same sentence in which we termed Caveretta as "something of a goat" we also unqualifiedly called him "hero of the night." In our humble opinion, to choose one man from 50 players representing the pick of 16 Major League ball clubs as a hero is something of a compliment. We also devoted some four lines to a detailed account of his work at the plate, giving him due credit for pounding out a single and a triple and drawing three walks. We omitted his performance in the field, not because it wasn't entirely adequate but because it is not unusual for a first sacker of Major League calibre to handle 12 chances without error. Such a nerformance is the rule rather than the exception. Still, it was a good piece of work and entered into our choice of Caveretta as the hero of the game. The main thesis of the writer's argument concerns our contention that Phil's base-running left something to be desired, a contention sup- ported by the majority of sports writers around the nation. Caveretta, an unusually fast man, was twice thrown out at the plate on plays on which a runner is normally expected to score. On one occasion he was tossed out from medium deep right field by Stan Spence, not a particu- larly strong defensive outfielder.) The second time, he was a victim while trying to score from second on'a ground-ball single into left. The writer of the letter claims that "the play could have been called either way" and uses as evidence the fact that the National Leaguers issued a protest on the decision. To our nowledge there is no play in baseball which "could be called either way." A runner is either safe or out, according to the way the umpire sees it. We do not condemn Caveretta for his unfortunate career on the bases. He was undoubtedly a victim of circumstances. But one must admit that for a man as speedy as the Cub first sacker to lose a decision twice at the plate in thesamegame,andinthe All-Star Game at that, is in the realm of the unusual. There have been better hitting performances and finer fielding exhi- bitions in All-Star games than Caveretta's. We could point to Charlie Gehringer's feat of getting 10 hits in 20 tries during six of the dream games, or Billy Herman's 13 safeties in 30 . appearances. The same Gehringer handled 25 chances afield without error in those six games while playing second base, a position more difficult to field than the initial ELLIOTT STEALS SECOND-But it doesn't help. Bob Elliott, Pittsburgh third baseman (8) slides into second safe on a steal as Roy Hughes (right) Cub Shortstop reaches for the ball on a wide throw from Catcher Bill Holm. Umpire George Barr calls the play which occurred in the eighth inning at Chicago. The efforts of Elliott did not produce a run though, and the Cubs won the first game, 1-0. In Tenth Inning by C DETROIT, July 19--(AP)--The Detroit Tigers gained another extra inning victory over the Washington C Senators by winning 2 to 1 today when Emil (Dutch) Leonard's de- fense cracked wide open in the tenth inning with three errors that broke up the game. Yesterday Detroit won in 11 innings. With the bases loaded and none out, Roger Cramer rolled to Joe Kuhel, whose throw to the plate was muffed by the veteran Rick Ferrell, permitting Frank Over- mire to score the winning run. Over- mire, who did a magnificent job of scattering 11 hits, thus attained his fifth victory of the season. The only run off Overmire came in the third inning when Rudy York dropped an easy fly ball to permit Leonard to score from third. The Tigers squared it in the fifth on a cheap run that developed on Ferrell's passed ball. Overmire resolutely stamped out a threat in the Washington half of the tenth. Then in the Tiger half, the little pitcher opened by drawing the only pass of the game. Kuhel booted Joe Hoover's sacrifice and George Myatt kicked Eddie Mayo's roller to fill the bases. Ferrell topped off the, fumblefest by dropping the throw to the plate on Cramer. The victory gave the Tigers a 2 to 0 series edge and a 9 to 3smargin this season over Washington. De- troit thus moved into a fourth place tie with Washington and the Cleve- land Indians, who downed the Phila- delphia Athletics. Overmire, who blanked the Chi- --- cago White Sox in his last start. should have had another shutout. He spaced eight hits in the first five innings, permitting only Leonard, who scored, to advance to third base. The Senators gave him no further, trouble until the tenth when Johnny Sullivan singled, took second on a wild pitch and reached third on Leonard's bunted single. With first and third occupied and none out, Overmire induced George Case to pop up. Mayo threw Sulli- van out at the plate on Myatt's rol- ler, and Jake Powell grounded into a force play. The Tigers didn't do much with Emil (Dutch) Leonard, who had a four-game winning streak but even- tually went down to his fifth defeat. All told, the Tigers gathered seven hits. In the fifth Hostetler singled and went to third when Joe Orrell crossed up the Senator defense and tapped a single to right when the infield rush- ed in for a bunt. A passed ball while Bob Swift was batting scored Hostet- ler. Detroit filled the bases in the ninth on two singles and a hit batsman, but Swift flied out to end the threat. While voicing a heated claim that Leonard committed a balk, Coach Al Vincent was chased by umpire Hal Weafer. The defense gem was Stan Spence's one-hand leaping catch of Cramer's drive in the sixth. Cramer returned to the lineup when Jimmy Outlaw pulled a leg muscle in the first in- ning. atcher Rick Ferrell Cubs Lose to Braves; Indians Whip Athletics; Red Sox Defeated Major League Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE Tenth Victory For Andrews BOSTON, July 19-(AP)-Airtight pitching gave Nate Andrews his tenth triumph of the season today and enabled the Boston Braves to shake the Chicago Cub jinx and de- feat the visitors, 6 to 1, in the open- er of a four-game series. The lone Cub tally came in the sixth when Roy Hughes and Phil Cavaretta doubled in succession. The Braves got off to a good start in the first, filling the bases with Max Macon's single, Tommy Hol- mes' double and an intentional walk to Ab Wright before Chet Ross singled across two runs. Three more tallies in the sixth crossed the plate when Wright and Ross singled and Dee Phillips waled. After Bill Wietelmann forced Wright at the plate, Andrews scored Ross Chicago ......000 001 000- 1 7 1 Boston .......200 003 10x- 6 10 0 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 1) Coming Events The Graduate Outing Club will meet Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the northwest corner of the Rackham Building for a hike. All graduate and professional stu- dents and alumni are cordially in- vited to attend. I Michigan nsack. There are others, but these will suffice as illustrations. But, as we said before, no one has ever been thrown out twice at the plate under such circumstances. Cav- aretta was lucky-the snuffed-out runs did not have a bearing on the outcome, but it is well within the realm of possibility that they might have. Suppose the final score had been 3-2 in favor of the American League. Those runs would have looked mighty big. We are not saying Cavaretta is not a good ball player. On the contrary, we commend him as one of the finer first basemen extant. Nobody thought of calling Joe DiMaggio a has-been when he went hitless in five appear- ances at bat and muffed two the '36 classic, but he was the goat of the game nevertheless. Nobody cast any aspersions on Mickey Owen's backstopping ability when he drop- ped that famed third strike in the '41 World Series, but he was the goat chances in centerfield to boot back in of the series. We would take exception also with the term "ball player's ball player" as applied to Cavaretta. Such a name is usually reserved for the Ty Cobbs, the Babe Ruths, the George Sislers, the Pie Traynors, the Walter Johnsons, the Christy Mathewsons, and other such immortals. In our opinion the name of Phil Cavaretta cannot be mentioned in the same breath with them. But he is a fine ball player, and he is also still "some- thing of a goat" as far as the 12th All-Star game is concerned. Orval Grove Wins Eighth CHICAGO, July 19-(AP)-After losing eleven straight games to the Boston Red Sox this year, the White Sox finally managed to squeeze out a victory in their twelfth meeting to- day 5 to 4. The Chicagoans scored all their runs on four singles and three pas- ses in the fifth inning after Joe Bowman held them hitless the first four frames. Orval Grove struck out eight and walked none in pitching his season's eighth victory, but for the sixth straight start was unable to finish as the Red Sox threatened in the ninth with one away. The Bostonians, trailing 5-3 go- ing into the inning, scored once on three singles and had the winning run on base. Joe Haynes, relieving, walked Joe Cronin, pinch hitting, to fill the bases, but shortstop Jim Webb started a game-ending double play on Lou Finney's grounder. Boston .......010 200 001- 4 10 1 Chicago ......000 050 00x- 5 6 2 Cleveland Beats Mack men, 7-1 CLEVELAND, July 19-(AP)-The Cleveland Indians pounced on pitch- er Bob Newsom for a dozen hits today as they defeated the Philadel- phia Athletics 7 to 1. The victory was the Tribe's second of the series with the A's. Philadelphia knotted the count at one-all in the fourth on successive singles by Hal Epps, Frank Hayes and Dick Siebert, but Mickey Rocco opened the Indians' half of the fifth! with a home run. Two walks and Ken Keltner's third single of the game added another Cleveland run in the fifth. The In- dians collected three more in the sev- enth on four hits and a Philadelphia error. Two hits netted another run in the eighth. Philadelphia . .000 100 000- 1 9 2 Cleveland ....001 020 31x- 7 12 0 Empire Card Thrills Fans NEW YORK-(AP)--Wednesday's Empire City card at Jamaica did not lack for excitement. The featured Eastview Stakes, captured by War Jeep at $14.80 for $2, saw C. V. Whitney's Hindu Kush hurt a leg while acting up in his still gate and then have to be withdrawn. During the stretch run A. A. Bar- oni's Top General suddenly broke down and Jockey Hedley Woodhouse, who was thrown when the colt's leg snapped, narrowly escaped serious injury but was badly shaken up. CLASSIFIED W St. Louis.......55 Cincinnati ......44 Pittsburgh ......41. New York.......40 Philadelphia ....34 Chicago ........32 Brooklyn ........34 Boston ..........33 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Boston 6, Chicago 1. Cincinnati at Brooklyn, night. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, night. TODAY'S GAMES Chicago at Boston (2). Cincinnati at Brooklyn. St. Louis at New York (2). Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE Official Issuing Agency Here - Bonds Issued Day or Night Shows Continuous from 1 P.M. W St. Louis .......49 New York .......43 Boston ..........44 Detroit .........42 Cleveland .......42 Washington .....41 Chicago ........37 Philadelphia ....37 YESTERDAY'S L 37 37 41 44 44 43 42 47 Pct. .570 .538 .518 .488 .488 .488 .468 .440 GB 3 4%/ 7 7 7 8% 11 STARTS TODAY From The Moment They Met...ItF Was MurdWrI RESULTS Detroit 2, Washington 1 (10 innings). New York at St. Louis, night. Cleveland 7, Philadelphia 1. Chicago 5, Boston 4. TODAY'S GAMES Washington at Detroit. Boston at Chicago. New York at St. Louis, night. Philadelphia at Cleveland. Massachusetts Handicap Captured by First Fiddle BOSTON, July 19.-(P)-Mrs. Ed Mulrenan's grey First Fiddle, after running fifth in the backstretch, put on a blistering closing drive today to beat the Millbrook. Stable's Alex Barth by three quarters of a length in the $50,000-added Massachusetts Handicap before a 28,618 crowd at Suffolk Downs. A. C. Ernst's Alquest placed third in the eight-horse field. 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