Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-06
Detroit
Drops. to
Second
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. CUP

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everyone was looking for
has finally been pitched but
1T turned out to be a fluke.
Johnny Whitehead. whose appe-
tite and thirst caused him to be
traded down the river by Jimmy
Dykes couple of years ago, was
the author of the majors third
hitter but he won't get credit
Tor it.
After blanking the Tigers for six
innings the rains came and washed
out Whitehead's opportunity to
join Bobby Feller anG Tex Carleton
in the hall of fame this season.
Whitehead's two-thirds of a per-
feet game came as surprise as
he was just hanging on with the
Browns after being recalled from
the minors. He had lost three
games and hadn't hung up a win.
WHITEHEAD RIGHT
But he was right yesterday in
the second game and pitched the
Browns to a 40 victory in the alb
breviated affair. AnG the defeat
was costly for the Tigers, because
it knocked them out of the Amer
lean league lead by the margin
of .0O2.
A few years ago Whitehead looked
like one of the most promising
pitchers in baseball. He ran off
seven straight in his rookie year
with the White Sox, but the high
and fast life in the big time was
too attractive to Johnny. Dykes
finally lost his patience with White
head and traded him to the Browns
for Johnny Marcum. 1t was one
of those nothing g-fOr-nothing deals
But Whitehead's brilliant show
ing yesterday may spur him to
get a new hold on his pitching
life and if it does the Browns may
profit in the long run. Only two
Tigers reached first-Metha on &
warlk and Greenoerg on Berar-
dino's error.
In the first game of the double
header the Tigers won over the
Browns, go, with Schoolboy Rowe
anneXing his fourth straight game.
Rowe gave up only six hits in
scoring his 10th triumph against
two losses. Rudy York hit homer
no. 19. Dick Bartell also hit one
The bases were empty each time.
The Tigers clubbed Niggeling, Law
son and Mills for IL hits.
Mel Harder frightened Clevelands S
pennant hopes by showing flash
of his old time form as he pitched
the Indians into first place with
a 10-1 triumph over the White
Sox. Harder gave up only five hits
and the lone run made off him
was an inside-the- park homer by
Mike Kreevich. The Tribe knocked
Ed Smith to cover in the sixth
after he had given up six runs
and continued their assault on his
successor, Pete Appleton. Lou Bou-
dreau, with a double and two sim
giles, paced Cleveland's 12-hit at
tack. .
OSTERMUELLER WINS
Joe Cronin's pitching pain was
relieved briefly when Fritz Oster-
mueller went the route and pitched
the Red SOx to Al victory over
the Yankees. 1t was the second
straight time Ostermueller has
gone the route and won. He was
bothered by SINUS trouble at the
start of the season and has lust
recently improved. If he can keep
winning the Red Sox can't be
counted out of the pennant race.
The Red Sox raped Ernie Bon
nam, the Yankee rookie making
his first start, for 10 hits. Jimmy
Foxx hit homer no. 25 with sCronin
on base in the fifth. The Yanks
made only seven hits off Oster-.
mueller and didn't score until the
eighth when Joe DiMaggio's single
drove in tally.
Whit Wyatt won his 18th VIC
tory-a major league high for him
he pitched Brooklyn to a
60 victory over the Giants last
night in the first arc light game
in history between the two Gotham
clubs. He gave up only six hits and
was never in trouble Dixie Walker.
with four hits, paced the Dodgers
ll-hit attack on Gumbert. Paul
Dean and Lynn. The victory trim
med the idle Reds lead to six
games.