The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
MOUND WORK OF
 BIG LEAGuERS
 SENSATIONAL
HubbelI, Grove and FelIer won Yesterday. Tigers
 Take Two
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, May 15-tUP) There's rejoicing today in Carthage, Mo-, Meeker, Okla, and Ft. Worth, Tex. the three towns which claim Carl Owen Hubbell-because the, meal ticket" has survived with flying col ors his first test along the comeback trail.
 Hubbell, born in Carthage, raised in Meeker and now resident of Ft. Worth, won his first start of the season yesterday by defeating the Phillies, 2-1, in. 10 innings, and ev- cry baseball fan in those three southwestern cities and at every other cross road from Times Square to Hollywood boulevard takes spe- cial pride in Hubs triumph. There is no more beloved player in base ball than the quiet, modest soutpaw whose career hung in the balance after his elbow was. slit open last August for the removal of splintered bones.
 But nowhere was there anyone happier than Bill Terry, who went west with the Giants wearing a smile for the first time this season. The Giants, without Hubbell were strictly, second division-with him they are quite likely to scramble back into the crazy-quilt National league pennant race.
 It took Hubbell to give the Giants their first victory of the season over Doc Prothro's becky Phillies. They nicked him for Il hits, but many of them were scratchy. He paced himself well, and when in trouble was at his best. In the tenth after Arnovich had walked and May singled, Hubbell stopped the threat by forcing Whitney and Scharein to fly out. In the tenth with the score tied, 1-1, Ken O'Dea batted for Hubbell and hit the game winning homer. Whitney's homer was the only run made of Hub.
 Yesterday brought out the best pitching of the season. Bob Teller gave courageous exhibition in winging Cleveland to 9-4 victory over the White Sox. His mother, who came to Cleveland to see her son pitch on, Mothers day, was struck by foul from Mary Owens bat in the third inning. The blow opened 8 gash above her right eye and she had to be taken to 8 hos pital to have it stitched. Her son remained on the mound, and won his sixth victory. He famed six and allowed only six hits. Ben Chapman hit two homers and a triple.
 Lefty Grove. won his second tri- umph. by pitching the Red Sox to a 5-4 triumph over Washington in F innings. The 39-year-old southpaw weakened in the ninth and had to be rescued with one out. Tabor's single and doubles by Doerr, De- Sautels and Cramer defeated the Red Sox's winning 3-run rally.
 Red Ruffing rolled on to his fifth straight victory as he allowed only four hits in giving the Tanks a 10-0 win over the Athletics. A 6-run outburst in the sixth bumped George Caster, who. had allowed only one hit until that round. Babe Dahlgren his his second homer.
 Detroit snapped out of its slump with twin victory over the Browns, 14-4 and "A. Hank Greenberg hit homers Nos. and 6 in the opener and Rudy York's pinch homer with the bases loaded in the ninth fea- tured the second game.
 Lou Fette' grabbed pitching laurels in the National league with 4-hit game, in which the Bees beat the Dodgers, To. It was Fette's v fifth victory. Eddie Miller's single with the bases loaded won the game in the ninth. #
 The, Cardinals triumphed over the Reds, 9-5, knocking Whitney Moore out of the obx and dropping Cin- 'cinnati to third place. Bill Werber made three errors and Bill Myers, one, contributing to the Reds d 'wnfal. Lombardi and Craft hit homers but they came. too late.
 Pittsburgh won its first game from the Cubs since Aug. 9 last year when the Pirates slugged Gene Lil- lard for five runs in the first three frames to triumph, 5-2. Jim -Tobin kept the Cubs Il hits scattered.