The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18
ARNOvICH MAIN COG IN CURRENT
 DRIVE OF TEAM
Jewish Outfielder Never Stops Trying-Leads
 Eaters
By GEORGE KIRKSEY Limited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, May 18.-(UP)-For the hustling championship of the ma iors. the Phillies offer little Mor- ris Arnovich, their Jewish outf1elder who by his determination and bull- dog grit has blossomed into one of the National leagues outstanding outfielderS.
 With 5 for 5' perfect day at bat yesterday, Arnovich advanced to the National league batting leader ship with a percentage of .425. Arno- vich,s lusty hitting helped the Phli- lies beat the Pirates, 7-3, and con- tinue to amaze baseball fans with their refusal to roll over and play dead.
 There is no more determined player in baseball than Arnovich. Hustling for a last-place club through a 154-game schedule isn't often done by any player but Arno- vich has never pulled up since he joined the Phils from Hazelton in 1886. Arnovich makes few mis- takes but nobody yet has caught him failing to give the "old Rutgers try" every minute he's on the ball field.
 Arnovich's hitting and hustling is one of the main reasons why the Phillies, despite the fact that they are tied with the Pirates for sev- enth place, are only 3 1-2 games from the National league lead. They've won 10 out of g and every time they come home in front every body wonders how they do it. Hugh Mulcahy's smart, 5-hit pitching, combined with Arnovich's hitting were the answers yesterday.
 Bucky Walters pitched Cincinnati to within half a game of the top by scoring a 6-1 triumph over the Boston Bees. He allowed only seven hits and had shutout until the ninth. Fred Farmhouse knocked Harry Craft, Reds outfielder, un- conscious with a pitched ball and riled the Cincinnati crowd. Ival Goodman hit homer No. 4.
 The Giants moved to sixth place by humping the Cards, 9-5. Mel Otis 9th homer with two on helped Hal Schumacher score his first vic- tory despite the fact that he had to be rescued in the seventh.
 Brooklyn battled the Cubs to a 9-9 tie in 19 innings, longest game thus far this season. The Dodgers made 16 hits, and were aided by six Cub errors but had Is men left on base. The lead changed hands six times until Brooklyn tied it in the ninth on Koy's single and Cos carart's double.
 The Yankees stretched their win- ming streak to seven in a row by defeating the Browns, 4-3, scoring the winning run on Johnny Berar- dinos error. Monte Pearson held the Browns to four hits for his fourth victory. Tommy Heinrich hit his second homer.
 The Red Sox>lost ground by bow ing to the White Sox, 6-3, in 10 innings. Joe Cronin's homer with two men aboard accounted for all Boston's runs. Singles by Owen, Fresh, Radcliff and Bejma were re- sponsible for Chicago's three-run rally in the tenth, driving Jack Will son to cover.
 Eighteen-year-old Walter Master son of the Philadelphia sandlots pitched his first major league game by hurling Washington to a Al victory over Detroit. He allowed only six hits. Buck Newsom, mak- ing his first start for the Tigers. was slugged for four runs in the first frame. Jimmy Wasdell, Washington first sacker, hit A for A."