Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-26
MAHAFFEY LATEST
TO GAIN SPOTLIGHT
Holds SIugging Yankees to
Win, 1913, in First Start
for MaCkmen.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

THE current rookie crop in the
major leagues has been un-
usually good, producing a
number of young sluggers
who have been showing the older
players a few things about hit
ting the ball, but it has not been
particularly rich in good pitchers.
In fact it was something of an
event yesterday when two of the
younger generation of hurlerS
turned in good games on one aft
ernoon.
Leroy Mahaffey of the Athletics, who
has been tried out in the majors before,
but did not make the grade, was the
one winner of the two. Making his
first start for the world champions, he
turned back the New York Yankees in
neat fashion, stopping their batting
spree with SEVENTH game to win,
~ to 8. Mahaffey, who came up this
year from the Portland Pacific Coast
League club, perhaps recognized kin
dred soul in Dusty Cooke of the Yam
KEGS, for he allowed Cooke two hits, in
GLIDING a home run, which aided his
average considerably.
Leon Chagnon of Pittsburgh pitched
well in the second game of the Pirates
double header, but he could not cope
with the experience of his rival Red
Lucas, and the Cincinnati Reds broke
their losing streak with 4-to-3 vic
tory. Lucas himself scored the winning
run in the ninth inning. The Pirates
gave Cincinnati its tenth straight de-
feat In the 10-inning opener by a 6-to-5
score.
The rest Of the days pitching tri-
umphs went to veterans of at least sew
eral years standing. Adolfo Luque,
one of the .ancients of the National
League, held the New York Giants to
four hits in 10 innings as Brooklyn won.
to 3, for its nineteenth victory out of
20 games in winning streak that start
ed when the Robins and Giants clashed
in their last series. The Robins, how
ever, found one rookie very useful.
Gordon Slade, who celebrated his debut
as a big league regular Saturday by
hitting home run his first time at
bat, f1elded brilliantly to help Luque
out In the pinches.
The projected battle of the National
Leagues strikeout artists in the remain
ing game yesterday turned into slug
ging match, in which neither Bill Hal
lallan of st. Louis nor Charley Root of
chicago lasted the full game. Hallahan
maintained his margin by tanning four
men to Roots three during the few
innings each pitched st. Louis held
the league lead by rallying for four
runs in the seventh inning and 6-to-3
victory.
The fourth National League game.
between Philadelphia and Boston, was
raired out.
Fred Marberry and Ted Lyons held
the hurting spotlight in the American
League, Marberry gave the Boston Red
Sox only three hits for a 5-to-0 shutout
as Washington attained its ninth VIC
tory in 10 contests.
Lyons pitched his sixth consecutive
winning game for the Chicago White
Sox, holding the Cleveland Indians to
four hits, while Chicago pounded out
is to win, 9 to /. He also achieved a
record unequaled so far with his eighth
victory in nine games.
Detroit and st. Louis provided the
leading exception to the rule that the
pitchers had the upper hand for the
day by driving out % hits between them
as the Tigers won the game. to 8.
Detroit used two pitchers and st. Louis
four.