Evening star., 1939-08-17
F|ashy Pitching
Wasted When
Mates Fail
Rook Has Hurrismen
Helpless; Cards Bag
Two as Reds Slip
By JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


The newest nominee for the
pitcher that went to the we'll once
too often is Emil (Dutch) Leonard
of the Washington club.
Because he had a phenomenal
knack for tying the world champions
in knots, Leonard very properly was
the first thought of his manager,
Bucky Harris, every time the Mats
faced the New York Yankees this
season.
Dutch stopped the Yanks the first
four times he was called, while no
other pitcher in the league could
beat them more than twice, but yes
terday they ended his jinx with a
40 conquest.
Leonard gave only six hits and
pitched five hitless, runless innings
in row. However, his offerings in
cluded a pair of doubles in the first
inning, one of them by Joe Di
Maggie, a home run by Di Mag. with
one on in the seventh, and another
homer by Red Rolfe in the eighth.
His own teammates were warped
into wrinkles by Marius Russo,
rookie southpaw, who pitched four
hitter.
Indians Take Two.
There were other notable examples
of pitching yesterday The Cleve-
land Indians swept double header
from the St. Louis Browns, 80 and
IL, with Mel Harder earning the
Shutout on seven hits and Lefty Al
Milnar taking the nightcap on four
missing credit for a Whitewashing
when Chet Laabs hit his fourth
homer of the last four games.
Fidler Bill MCGEE of the ST. Louis
Cardinals pitched a three-hit, 80
shutout in the second game of a
double-header with the Pittsburgh
Pirates after the Redbirds had won
the opener, 4-3, to narrow the gap
between them and Cincinnatis Ma
tional League leaders to six games.
Terry Moore's two home runs inside
the park were the deciding factor in
the first contest.
Joe MedWick remained out of the
lineup because of a sore back.
Bucky Walters of the Reds, only
2O-game winner in the ma jors, held
the Chicago Cubs to five hits, but
suffered his eighth defeat, 81. Augie
Galan doubled a run across in the
first frame and then homered in the
seventh. The Reds could accomplish
little with eight scattered safeties off
Claude Passeau.
Giants Drub Dodgers.
Sailor Bill Posedel pitched the
Boston Bees to a 90 victory over
the Philadelphia Phillies on six hits
in the first half of a double bill. and
had plenty of help. Henry Majeski
doubled with the bases loaded and
hit home run, and Buddy Hassett
tripled with the bases jammed. But
in the nightcap Hugh Mulcahy
stripped the stingers out of the Bees
for a 80 triumph.
The New York Giants pounced on
Al HollingsWorth in his Brooklyn
Dodger debut with three runs in the
first and scored four more off Tot
Pressnell in the fourth for 7-3 con.
quest, which went to the credit o.
Cliff Melton. The southpaW pitcher
had to be helped on the mound, but
not at the plate. He contributed 6
perfect day at bat with a double, two
singles and sacrifice.
During the game the Giants an.
nounced the indefinite suspension
of Second Baseman Burgess White
head for breaking club rules. One O.
his infractions was showing up lat
for games.
Another second baseman, char
named Charley Gehringer, got bacl
into the Detroit Tigers lineup aftel
a long illness to deliver a pincl
home run with one on in the nintf
inning. This tied the score agains
the Chicago White Sox, but the lat
ter won out in the 18th inning, 7-6
on two singles and an infield out.
The Boston Red Sox and Phila
delphia Athletics were idle.