The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-25
TIGHT HURLINC
MARKS MAJORS
sunday GAMES
Season But Week Old and
Schumacher Turns in
One-Hit Performance

NEW YORK. April 25.-(uf3
Tight pitching featured the four
National LEAGUE baseball games
Yesterday, eight Fingers going the
routc and Hal Schumacher Of the
Giants spinning the masterpiece
Of the day in a onc-hit perform
ancc against the Dodgers.
Il WAS the second time during
this ON, week old season that 4
pitcher had come so close to crash
inc the hall Of fame" following
Bob Fcller's 1898 debut achieve
mcnt against St. Louis.
The veteran Danny MacFayden
pitched a thrce-hitter for Boston;
Dizzy Dean held his exist. LOUIS
mates 10 four SafctieS; and JIM
Tobin of the Pittsburgh Pirates
stopped Cincinnati wiki five 0aSG,
blows. The four winners limited
their opponents to l3 hits and one
run, three OF the games oellS
sutouts. The losing twirlerS pitch
ed well enough to win almost any
ball game with only Il hltS-ah
average of less than eight per
game-and 10 runs being chaIEed
up against them.
Schumacher beat the Dodgers
10. He faced Van Mungo, who
was reached for 10 hits but was
extremely effective in the clutch.
The only run off him was Mel
OTIS circuit clout in the second
inning. Ii was the caly Sunday
home run in the league. Schu-
macher led his team at bat with
three singles.
MacFayden pitched the Bees to
q 20 decision over the Philadel-
phia Phillies. allowing singles to
Klein. Whitney and pitcher Bucky
Walters. The latter d0led out but
seven hits. but walk, passed
ball and Cucinello's single brought
home the Bees first run in the
fourth frame. Fletcher'S single
and English'S double provided the
other in the eighth.
The Cubs whitewaShed the Cards
so behind Deans maSterful pitch
ing. Two doubles by Terry Moore
and singles by EnoS Slaughter and
Max Macon were the only hits he
gave up. The Cubs reached Macon
for eight, Lazzeri and Hartnett
each getting two.
Tobin gave up only one run as
the Pirates nosed Cincinnati 2-l.
1t was Pittsburgh'S sixth straight
victory Of the season and they re-
manned the only undeteated team
in the majors. Paul Waner singled
home Ray Berries with the win
ming run in the eighth. TObin's
performance was only one hit bet
ter than the one Peaches Davis
turned in for the Reds. The Pr
rates reached him for only six
safetieS. including triple and
single by Tobin. who scored the
tying run on Rizzo'S one base
blow.
In the American league, it look
ed for a while as though Bob Eel
Ter would pitch his second shutout
of the season, but he weakened IN
the ninth and was reached for five
hits as his Cleveland Indians down
cd the Detroit Tigers 9-4. He held
the Tigers scoreleSS for the trst
eight frames, doling out but three
hits and tanning IL batSmen. The
Indians blasted Bill from the De
troit mound with a five-run burst
in the second that clinched the
game. Hale, Troslly and Lark hit
home runs for Cleveland.
The New York Yankees scored
twice in the eighth to nose the
Washington Senators 4-3. 1t was
a "fluke" victory with Cecil Ira
Wis bungling being the deciding
factor. With the Senators leading
by one run and the bases loaded
in the eighth. CroSetti hit Q lazy
grounder to Travis, VINO, in trying
to complete a double-play from
second TO first, permitted HOag
and Gordon to score the tying and
winning runs. Bill Dickey had
driven in the YankS' previous runs
with a homer and single The Sen
ators outhit the YankS OF. Kemp
Wicker, who pitched only the Sth
inning, was the winning pitcher
and Kendall Chase, who started
for Washington, was the loser.
The Philadelphia Athletics won
their first game of the season 1914
over the Boston Red SoX. George
Caster, leading hurler of the AS
last year, made his first start and
held the SOx TO eight hits. The
Mackmen hammered four Boston
mOundSmen for Il, including hon.
ers by Bob Johnson and rookie
Dario Lodigiani.
The st. Louis Browns noSed the
Chicago White Sox As. Mel MAJ
zcra singled home Don Heffner,
who had doubled, with the Win
ming run in the ninth. The Sox
had scored all of their runs in the
ninth. With a 80 Shutout in sight,
Jim Walkup weakened in the final
frame and had to be relieved by
Ed Linke, who received credit for
the victory.