Evening star., 1939-07-05
Griff Is Loudest
Cracker in Day
Of Fireworks
Tabor of Bosox Hits
4Homers, Ties Mark;
Giants JoIted
BY WILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

1t seems that Emil (Dutch Leon
ard. the Washington Senators "Old
Man with the knuckle ball." was just
about the biggest flrecracker in
baseball's whole Fourth of July
package.
And what stirring triumph was
his 80 conquest of the New York
Yankees! 1t came in the first game
of the double header the champions
had dedicated to their pal and one
time first baseman, Lou Gehrig.
With the seasons biggest crowd
there to honor the Iron Horse"
with the Yankees determined to
make it a gala occasion, Old Dutch
stood up there and moved the Yanks
down, allowing only six hits in what
certainly must rank as one of the
most courageous pitching perform
ances of the year.
And that superlat4ve job must take
precedence over some other magni-
ficent baseball doings in a day when
249 SAL holiday noisemakers watched
their favorites in bargain bills.
Tabor Ties Homer Mark.
Such doings, for instance, as Jim
Tabor's four homers for Boston's
Red Sox-tWo of them with the bases
loaded to tie the major league mark;
or superb elboWing by Danny Mac
Fayden and Milt Shoffner of the
Bees in stopping the Giants twice: or
Buck NeWsom's shutout of the Cleve-
land Indians-or any one of a dozen
other feats.
But overshadowing them all stands
Old Dutch, coolly winning his third
game from the fearsome champions.
holding them to four measly runs in
30 innings he has toiled against them
this season as his knuckle ball has
done everything but laugh in their
faces.
Dutch won, 80. but the champs
won the second game for Lou by
ILL as Steve Sundra shelled the
Senators with Shit job that was
no slouch itself.
Tabor's homer feat was only part
OF the show, as the second-place
Red Sox slammed the Athletics all
over the lot in their twin engage
ment, by 17-7 and 1912. He had
lots OF home-run company, but he
stood out like Durante's nose.
The White Sox made the most OF
big inning in each of their games
with the st. Louis Browns to win,
7-3 and IA, with Ollie Bejmas
homer touching the spark to Chi
cagos winning, five-run drive
in the ninth inning of the second
game for the best bit of fireworks.
Newsom Hurls Shutout.
Big Buck Newsom also has cause
to smile as he reviews the Fourth.
His Sunday pitch" was good enough
to stop the Cleveland Indians in
their tracks, and the Tigers won,
40, as Detroit's biggest crowd,
56,272, howled its approval. Rain
washed out the second game.
The New York Giants title drive,
in the National League, went tenn
porarily glimmering when MacFay-
den and Shoffner handcuffed them
twice in Boston. holding the Jints
to total of II hits in the two
games and coasting into victories
by 81 and 1912.
The Cincinnati Reds stayed in
first place, though they bowed to
Mace Brown of the Pirates, 4-3, in
the second game. 1t was his first
full game and he made the most
OF 1t. The Reds combined seven hits
and Lee Grissom's shutout relief
hurting in the first game to win, IA.
There also is considerable JOY in
Mudville today, what with the
Dodgers winning two in a series
marked by more fireworks verbal
and otherwise. than base hits. They
beat the Phillies, 6-3 and 8-6, to
stretch the Quakers' losing streak to
unseemly proportions.
And Hank Leiber had a day of
it out in Chicago. He belted three
homers in the first game, but the
Cardinals outdid him in run produc-
ing and won, Ga Then the Cubs
turned around and won the second,
30, when Gus Mancuso singled
home the winning tally in the 10th.