Evening star., 1938-06-16
RED ROOKIE ROUTS
DODGERS IN PINCH
Clinches Classic After He
Walks Three With Only
One Out in Ninth.
By SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

Associated Press Sports Writer,
Johnny Wander Nicer moved into
baseballs hall of fame last Saturday.
Now he owns it.
The Cincinnati Reds 23-year-old
southpaw fastballer, in his first full
year in the major leagues, reached a
new all-time pitching high last night
in Brooklyn by hurting his second no
hit, no-run game in a row.
That's something not even the
Mathewsons, the Johnsons, the Youngs
ever did
In all baseball history, only 10
pitchers ever have turned in two no-hit
games over their entire careers. None
ever had come through with two in one
season.
And now, along comes young johnny,
who started his baseball in a church
league near his home in Midland Park.
N. j., and then was given the go-by
from three big league clubs, to toss two
no-hitters in two consecutive appear
ances-all in the space of four days.
Last Saturday. pitching against
the Boston Bees, he hurled the first
nine-inning National League no-hitter
since Daffy Dean turned the trick in
1884 Last night he repeated against
the Brooklyn Dodgers, 60, before a
sellout crowd of 38,748 which packed
Ebbets Field to see major league night
ball inaugurated in the metropolitan
area.
Rallies in Pinch In Ninth.
Eight men reached base, all on
walks, as his mates f1elded perfectly,
but Johnny pitched his way right out
Of every pinch. Even in the ninth,
when, with one out, he loaded the
bases on consecutive walks to Babe
Phelps, Cookie Lavagetto and Dolph |
Camilli. the Dodgers murderer
row." he got hold Of his control again |
to finish the job. In that spot, he
forced a runner at the plate for the |
second out and got Lippy Leo Dur
ocher to fly to center on q two-and- |
two pitch to end the game.
Except for that one inning, only one
other Brooklyn runner got as far as
second base against the 6-foot, 190-
FOUNDER and his fireball, as he posted
his seventh win Of the year against
two defeats.
As early as the fourth, Johnny had
hunch he might repeat his no-hit
job. There must have been something
in the way the Brooklyns were swing
ing. or possibly it was because his
father, and mother were in the stands,
and Pop" was seeing his first big
league game.
MY arm felt as fine at the finish
as 1t did at the start" he said after
the game, and then left for his par
ents' home in New Jersey.
No-hitters are nothing new to
Johnny. During his sandlot days
around home, he pitched five in one
season. three of them in succession.
That's when the Dodgers discovered"
him, signed him up and sent him to
their farm in Dayton. At the end of
that season, there was mixup in the
transfer papers and the Dodgers had
to let the young gold mine" 60.
No. Minor in 1886.
There followed term with Scran-
ton. Then he was shipped to Nash
vile of the Southern Association. |
After one losing game there he was
bundled OF to Durham, N. c., in the
Piedmont League, where in 1896 he
won 10 games, was the strikeout king
with 205 "kayos" and had 2.65 |
earned-run average per nine innings. |
That earned him the title of No. / |
minor Lacquer Of the year, and the |
Reds brought him up at the start of |
last season. They shipped him to |
Syracuse for the rest of the cam
paign for seasoning. And now he's |
back-bvt to stay.
His classy performance, which was |
made easier when Buck McCormick's |
three-run homer put the finishing |
touches on a four-run game winning |
rally in the third inning, completely |
overshadowed two other first-rate |
pitching jobs on yesterdays program.
Jim Tobin, the Pittsburgh Pirates' |
young right-hander, hurled q five-
hitter in whitewashing the New York |
Giants, 20.
Inc oeIeat, however, didn't cut the |
Giants league lead any. since Deacon |
Danny Macfayden duplicated Tobin's |
trick against the second-place Chicago |
Cubs to give the Boston Bees a 10 |
victory. Not a man passed first |
base against Danny.
Yanks Get Fifth in Row.
Over in the American League the |
Cleveland Indians retained their half
game lead over the New York YAM
KEGS when both came from behind to
score victories. The Tribe snapped q |
five-game losing streak to top WASH
ington. GA. The Yanks stretched
their winning streak to five straight |
with Ga decision over the Chicago 4
White Sox. !
Swingin' Sammy Chapman hit his
seventh homer as the Athletics made it |
two straight over the Tigers, 7-6. Jim
my Foxx walloped No. 10 to pace the
Boston Red Sox to q IA victory over
the st. Louis Browns.
The Cardinals collected 16 hits to |
win OFT slugfest from the Phillies.