Evening star., 1938-06-12
VoHer Hurled BY Reds Wander Nicer He Beats Bees 80
ONLY 2S BATTERS
FACE ROCK LEFTY
None Reaches Second as 2
of 3 Walked Are Caught
Off First Base.
By the Associated Press.

CINCINNATI, June II. - Young
Johnny Wander Nicer, the Cincinnati
Reds 23-year-old southpaw from Jer-
sey, pitched himself into baseball's hall
of fame today with no-hit, no-run
performance against the Boston Bees.
IN his first full year in the major
leagues, the 6-foot, 190-pounder hurled
as fine a ball game as any veteran
could have done.
Only % men faced him, and only
three reached first base, all on walks
None got past first as he came in with
a 80 victory, the first National League
no-hit, nine-inning job since Daffy
Dean turned the trick back in 1884,
and the first southpaw to accomplish
the stunt in the majors since Bob
Burke did it for the Washington ball
club in 1881.
After it was all over, teammates and
fans carried the fast-balling strikeout
artist off the field on their shoulders.
Wander Nicer himself was surprised at
the finish.
Gee, I had no idea of pitching a
no-hitter," he told his mates. MY arm
felt better as went along and I bore
down harder, particularly in the late
innings"
McKechnie's Tutoring Helps.
Young Johnny, who got his season.
Ing with Durham, N c., in the Pied
mont League in 1885 and Syracuse Of
the International League last year,
showed the benefits of Will McKech-
. MES teaching this spring Erratic and
wild last year, after striking out 295
for Durham the previous season, he
was sent to Syracuse, where he won
only and lost II.
The Reds recalled him this spring.
and McKechnie, the clubs new man.
ager worked on Johnny's control dur
ing most of the spring training cam
paign He altered his delivery slightly,
with the result that Wander Nicer has
shown marked improvement.
Today he was in control of the
situation from start to finish as he
outpitched Deacon Danny MacFayden
to win his sixth game against two de-
feats. He retired the first nine men
to face him, lost momentary control
OF his fast ball in the fourth and fifth
and then breezed in by finishing of
the final 13 Boston batters in a row
He famed four.
Two Double-Plays Stop Bees.
The Reds fielded perfectly behind
him, but his mainstay was Ernie
(Schnozzola) Lombardi, who put the
game on ice with homer with one
mate aboard in the sixth inning. In
addition, after Johnny walked Gene
Moore to open the fourth, Lombardi
took Johnny Cooney's foul and fired
the ball to first to double Moore of
the bag. Again In the fifth, when
Tony Cuccinello, first up, was passed,
Lombardi tossed to first again and
caught Tony mapping with two out
in the same frame, Wander Nicer is
sued his third walk, to Gilly English,
but he died" on first as Johnny Rid
die grounded weakly to the box.
Wander Meer's no-hitter is the only
one in the major league books so far
this season. Bill Dietrich, bespectacled
Chicago White Sox right-hander,
hurled the last one, on June ! of last
year, against the st. Louis Browns
In the American League. Fred Frank
house, the Brooklyn Dodgers hard
luck" guy, had one against the Reds
last August 81, but the game was called
because Of rain after 7225 innings, and
the feat was not official.