Evening star., 1939-07-24
EightP|ay Havoc
With S|ugging
Averages
FeIIer Bags His 18th
As Washington Bows;
Red Sox Cut Lead
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer

ASSOCIATED fleSS sports writer.
Aching backs and the thought of
skidding batting averages spoiled
many major leaguer's holiday to-
day, following an epidemic of peer
less pitching performances in Sum-
days 14-game extravaganza.
Striking at air were batsmen who
faced the mystifying offerings of Bob
Bowman and Curt Davis of the st.
Louis Cards, Lou Fette of the Bos-
ton Bees, the Cleveland Indians Bob
Feller, Tommy Bridges of the Detroit
Tigers, Chicagos Ted Lyons and
Cincinnati's Whitley Moore.
Bowman, the freshman, came clos
est to the hall of the immortals as
he blanked the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1910, with three hits in the first game
of twin bill, retiring the first 20
batsmen to face him. Ernie Koy
spoiled his hopes of a no-hitter with
a single in the seventh after two were
out.
Fette HurIs Sixth Shutout.
Davis came right back at the
Dodgers in the afterpiece with A.
hit shutout relief job for the little
over seven innings he worked. That
gave the Cards and 81 victory and
possession of second place and didn't
help the peace of mind of the 27,499
FlatbuSh faithful who watched.
Lou Fette won his headlines by
way of his sixth ShutOut of the sea-
son the the Bees took the nightcap
from the Pittsburgh Pirates by 10.
Fette. in winning his 10th, held the
Pirates to six hits. The Pirates 80
triumph in the first game was
notable chiefly for the end of Chuck
Kleins 22-game hitting streak and
Elble FletcherS more modest IL
game stretch. Milt Shoffner. though
he lost the game, clamped down on
both of them.
Feller, the fireballer. treated rough
lv the last time out by the New
York Yankees, came through mag
niflcently yesterday with a Chit
performance that stopped the WASH
ington Senators, 11-2, and gave him
LID 1ctll VII VI lllt ScdSOll. 1 lie
Indians also squeezed out 4-3 win
in the second game when Ken Chase
weakened in the ninth.
Bridges Makes Comeback.
Tommy Bridges, raped hard in
his last three starts, came back with
an Shit job to win his 18th of the
season at the expense of the Phila-
delphia Athletics. who were smother
ed by 1873. The Tigers 13 hits gave
him plenty of room to work.
Ted Lyons was at his peak in
stopping the Yankees in the first
game and thereby running the
White Sox victory streak to six
games. He won, 8-5. with a 6-hit
job that saw the end of his AZ
innings of "passless' ball. In win
ming his 10th of the year he not only
hurled smartly but had a perfect
day at the plate with three singles
and a walk The Yanks won the
second game, 5-4, when Red Rolfe
singled home the winning run in the
ninth.
Moore InVlnclble on Slab.
Whitley Moore's fine Shit job in
the nightcap for the Reds gave the
National League leaders 40
triumph, after Lonnie Frey's double
in the 18th had given them the first
game over the Phillies, So. Gene
Thompson hurled eight scoreless
innings after a mediocre start for
his fourth win.
The Red Sox, by blasting the
Browns, 1875 and 11-3, stretched the
st. Louis losing streak to eight games
and at the same time cut the
Yankees American League lead to
71a games. Jimmy Foxx's 18th homer
was the days biggest blow.
And the plight of the Giants re-
mains sad subject at the Polo
Grounds. They lost their ninth
in a row yesterday, Us, bowling to
the Cubs as Bill Lee and Claude
Passeau refused to let them bunch
their IL hits. 1t marked the end of
their worst home stand of the year,
in which they managed to win but
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