Evening star., 1940-08-10
.low-Hit Games
Mark 4 Of 7
Skiirmishes
Victorious Return to
Reds Of Thompson Is
High Light, However
By JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

1t must be new heat wave that's
causing the red-hot pitching in the
major leagues these days.
The program yesterday, four
sevenths of which was produced at
night, included a tWo-hit game,
two 4-hitters and 5-hitter. Com
ing on top of Johnny Whitehead's
short-form no-hit stunt and other
fine f1inging earlier in the week,
this constituted nothing less than
a siege against the batters.
The most important pitching de-
velopment of the day, however, was
not the best performance. It was
the return of Gene (Junior)
Thompson to service for the Gin
cinnati Reds for the first time since
he was spiked in Brooklyn July %.
He signalized his return by beat
ing the st. Louis Cardinals, 7-2 and
giving the National League cham
pions a record of two victories in
row for the first time since July
81, when he should have taken his
1CSuAdl Itll IL anu COulull L.
He held the Cards to eight hits
and confined their scoring to one
inning while getting the assistance
Of a 10-hit attack.
Whitlow Wyatt Days Star.
The days best hurting was turned
in by Whitlow Wyatt, lean right
handler of the Brooklyn Dodgers,
who shut out the Boston Bees, 10,
with four hits. striking out seven
and scoring the games only run
himself. Only two batters got as
far as second base and none
reached third until two were out in
the ninth. Dick Erickson gave a
valiant rebuttal, eight hits. but
three singles in the eighth licked
him.
Another four-hit pitching show
was the one Truett (Rip) Sewell of
the Pittsburgh Pirates put on in
beating the Chicago Cubs, So. He
faced only 80 batters and might
have had shutout except for Bill
Nicholson's 18th home run with one
on in the seventh. 1t was Sewell's
10th win against two defeats.
The triumph raised the Pirates
into the first division for the first
time since the early days of the
season and dropped the Cubs out
of it for the first time in the same
period.
Red Ruffing and Steve Sundra
of the New York Yankees collabo-
rated in the two-hit pitching per-
formance which subdued the Phila-
delphia Athletics, 20. Rufing
started and gave up one single in
the first inning, then voluntarily
retired with one out in the third
because of pulled muscle in his
left leg. Sundra, who hadn't won
game all year, then took over and
allowed only another single for the
remainder of the route. The Yanks
themselves got only eight hits.
Tough for Ed Smith.
Lefty Ed Smith of the Chicago
White Sox stif1ed the slugging De-
troit Tigers with five hits and struck
out II, but it took a double by
Mike Kreevich behind Smiths
single and sacrifice to bring home
the deciding run-the only earned
run of the game-in a 80 victory.
The st. Louis Browns saved De-
troit from loss of the league lead
by coming from behind to down the
Cleveland Indians, 4-3. For six in
nings Mel Harder held st. Louis to
two hits while his mates got him a
80 lead. Walt Judnich's 21st home
run with one on helped erase that
advantage and in the ninth Har-
land Cliffs double, a scratch single
by Don Heffner and a lusty one by
Bob Swift scored the winning run,