Evening star., 1939-05-18
lefthander's Efforts
On Mound Wasted
Many Years
Vito Even Lost Great
Chance With Yonks;
Red Sox ToppIed
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Everything happens to left-handed
pitchers and the Brooklyn Dodgers,
so now they have the uncrowned
hard luck champion of the major
leagues-Vitautas c. Tamulis.
Except that Vito is well-fed in
these perilous times it might not be
amiss to label him the champion of
the world. He lost chance with
the world champion Yankees
through no fault of his own and
this is tops in tough breaks In base
ball.
Vito'S plight came to light-or
more precisely darkness-again YES
terday when the Dodgers game with
the Chicago Cubs was ruled a go
tie after 10 innings of fighting and
fumbling in windswept Wrigley
Field.
This was the longest game in the
National League in seven years.
Among other effects, it made writer's
delve into the records to redetermine
that the longest game In major
league history was Ii tie in 26
innings played by Brooklyn (of
course) and the Boston Braves on
May l, 1920.
Second Tie for Tamulis.
1t also was the second tie game of
this 1889 season and the other (of
course involved the Dodgers and
Tamulis. That was a IL affair.
also ended by darkness. at Phila-
delphia April 81, as Tamuiis made
his seasons bow with flve-hit, five
strikeout job.
The chunky southpaw always has
been a winning pitcher. but has had
a hard time proving it. He Joined
the Yankees after a good season
with Newark in the international
IN 1884 and pitched an impressive
SeVen-hlt victory which earned him
berth with New York for 1885,
when he appeared in 80 games, WIN
ming 10 and losing 5.
But he became i'll, was sent back
to Newark and by the time he was
able to 60 again the Yankees
weren't needing southpaws.
He was obtained by the Browns
last year and, after dropping his
first three starts, was waived to
Brooklyn, where he produced a
dozen victories.
Third Dodger Hurler.
This spring he has had to buck
Manager Leo Durochers desire to
experiment and, since his fashv
but unproductive debut, has been
called upon only twice to start. Once
he was knocked out, along with a
lot OF others, in a game which the
Dodgers finally won. On the other
occasion he shut out the Cardinals,
20.
He was the third hurler called
upon yesterday and, in his slow,
solemn fashion, reeled off II score
less innings on four hits. With the
temperature at about As degrees.
cold fingers contributed nine errors
to the early inning scoring. but the
batters never had chance against
Tamulis and Rookie Walter Higbe,
who worked the last seven innings
for the Cubs on one hit.
Pitching had an important place
in most of yesterdays other games.
Monte Pearson, although wild, held
the st. Louis Browns to four hits
as the Yankees won their seventh
straight, 4-3.
Bosox Are Tripped.
Bill Dietrich and Clint Brown
gave up only five in the Chicago
White Soxs 6-3 10-inning triumph
over the Red Sox, and Rookie
Walter Masterson scattered six
singles in Washington's Al victory
over the Detroit Tigers.
Philadelphia and Cleveland took
the day off.
In the National Hugh Mulcahy
limited the Pirates to five hits for
the Phillies' 7-3 conquest; Bucky
Walters spread seven for Cincinnati
against the Boston Bees to win, 6-1,
and the Giants beat the Cardinals,
9-5, on nice rescue performance
by Dick Coffman after Johnny
Mize hit his seventh homer of the
season with one on in the seventh.