The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
SHOW UNUSUAL SKILL
 IN 8 GAMES
Five FOur.Hltters Hurled 1; Reds Only .OO4 Behind
 Brooklyn
BY GEORGE KTRKsEY
tUnItsd Press stsis Correspondent


 United Press gtafs COETespOndent)
 New York, May 2e = (U.P) - Four.hit games were three for . quarter or ten cents straight in the majors yesterday. in eight games there were i've four.hit pitching performances.
 Yankee Stadium was the scene Of c double fourshitter. gpud Chandler gave up only four singles iHl pitchs ing the Yankees to 6 D.0 victory over Washington. Ken Chase and Newton Jacobs combined to pitch c four.hitter for Washington but Chase, besides allowing two hits in seven frames, Issued i've walks and made the mistake of throwing q home run ball to Joe Demaggio. Then Jacobs gave Up two more hits in one inning, and he committed the serious biunder of throwing . home run ball to Charlie Keller with two men on base.
 There were three four.hit games In the National League and they were ell winners. Whit Wyatt, Dods gers and Sailor Bill Poged0l, Bees, each hurled one and Whitey Moore, and Joe Beggg, Reds, combined to manufacture tho other one.
 Nice Work
 Whit Wyatts four.hitter against the Phiis enabled the Dodgers to hold the National League lead as the Reds notched c double victory and moved within .004 percentage points of the Tlatbush T1oogies. All the Phiis hits of Wyatt were sine gies. Pee Wee Doege and Dixie walker, each with three hits, Jed the Dodger i2.hit attack on enoll and Hoerst. It was Dfookiyn's fourth straight.
 The Reds beat the Pirates twice, 2.i and 7.5. fn the opener Whitey Moore pitched hitiess bali for four innings. After Handiey had doubled, ?. Waner walked and Vaughan sin. gied, Moore was removed with two out. Then Joe Beggs allowed only two hits the last i.3 innings aiid received credit for the victory. The Reds made only Ave hits of Mace Brown but two Of them were singles by Frank Mccormick and Ernie Lombardi with two mates on base In the first and meant two AilieB. fn the nightcap Cincinnati rapped Bauers and Heintzelman for ii hits while Joe Turner gave tho Pifates 'Ix Ssiior lori Dill posedel pitched the Bees to c lei victory over the Giants, giving up only three singles and c double. Tony Cucclnell0, an infielder very much sought by the Giants, led the Bees offensive with c perfect [ for p day, in. ciuding two doubles.
 Cards Is0se 10 Of B
 Claude PasseauB 7.hit pitching paced the Cubs to . Tel victory over the Cardinals. it was the Cards 10th defeat in their last i3 games. The Cubs rapped Bowman, Russell and White for 10 hits with Rip Rus. sells single with tho bases loaded the high spot.
 Ted Lyons, oldest American League FighthRnder who'll Do 70 next December, pitched the White Gox into fourth place with . 7sD victory over the Browns. Lyons gave nine hits, winning his third game.
 Buck Newsom won his fifth vics tory as nc pitched tho Detroit Tigers to A 6si win over the Cieye. land Indians in ( night game that drew 2bfie fans into Municipal Stadium. NeWsom held the tribe to six hits and was backed up by z 10. hit Detroit attack that included Hank dreenberg's sixth homer Of the year.
 YESTERDAYS HERO - Whit Wyatt. Brooklyn righthander who kept the Dodgers in first place by pitching 6 4.hit victory over the DktiflAa