The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-18
VETERAN HURLER
 WITH 'DEAD' ARM LEADING FOES
Boston Red Sox, Ex=Ath- letic, has Won l3, Lost
 Two; Reds Nose Cubs
By GEORGE KIRKSEY Limited Press Staff Correspondent

Limited Press Stan COrreSp0ndent) New York, Aug. 18.-(UP)-The baseball miracle man of the year is Robert Moses Grove, 39-year-old Boston Red Sox pitcher who has beat his way back from virtual ex- tinction.
 One day last season Groves arm went dead, and the medicos shook their heads and said, It will be dangerous for him to pitch again. His only cure will be a long and permanent rest" Yet today finds gray-haired Grove leading all the American league pitchers, with 13 victories and two defeats. He's won eight straight and hasn't been licked since the White Sox beat him, 7-5 back on June Il. Groves comeback is one of the most remarkable in all baseball an- nals. This spring Manager Joe Cronin did not even know if Grove would ever pitch another game. Grove went to Hot Springs in February and asked Cronin to let him condi- tion himself. He took the baths and hikes through the Ozarks. Then at the Red Sox Sarasota, Fla, camp he mapped out his own program, which called for 15 minutes of throwing each day. Not until the Red Sox started north with the Reds on an exhibition tour did Grove throw a ball in game. Then he told Cronin he wanted to try his wing. He pitched four innings that persuaded the Red Sox pilot he had enough to face the Tanks opening day
 Grove already is cinch to sur- pass his 1888 record, when he won IA and lost 4. With six weeks still to go he is likely to hang up several more victories. When he beat the Athletics yesterday, 7-1, it was his 284th major league victory. He as- pires to reach the 300-mark, a flg- ure reached by only five pitchers and only one southpaw, in modern times They are Cy Young, John- son, Mathewson, Alexander, and Ed die Plank.
 Pitching with his noodle as much as his arm, Grove scattered 10 hits among the As. Joe Vosmik hit a homer with one on, the big blow in Boston's 17-hit attack on Reninger and Dean. Vosmik, Tabor and Des- autels made three hits each.
 Overtime
 The Tanks kept the American league race status quo by making it three straight over Washington with a 10-inning, 9-8 victory. Alley Don- aid, who was hot as ball of fire during his 12-game streak, was knocked out of the box for the fourth straight time.
 The White Sox beat the Tigers, 2-1. Rookie Fred Hutchinson gave up only three hits in seven innings but in the fourth, a walk, Luke Appling's triple, and an infield out pushed over the winning runs.
 Doubles by George McQuinn and Chet Laabs in the 10th turned back the Cleveland Indians, 6-5, for the St. Louis Browns.
 The Cincinnati Reds retained their six-game lead in the National league when they nosed the Cubs, 7-6, in 10 innings, the last of their seven-game night schedule.
 The Cardinals kept up their pen- nant drive, handing the Pirates Az defeat. It was Pittsburg's ninth straight loss.
 Knocking Harry Gumbert out of the box for the second time in three days, the Dodgers trimmed the Giants, 5-1. Hugh Casey held the Giants to five hits, one of them Mel Otis 24th homer.
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