Evening star., 1942-05-18
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For Duration in
Beating Griffs
Chucker to Join Navy;
. Double Win Boosts
Chisox String to 6
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


Johnny Rigney, ace Of the Chicago
White Sox mound staff, will do his
future pitching for Uncle Sam, but
before he decided to don the navy
blue he had to win one for the boss.
The boss is Mrs Johnny Rigney,
the former Dorothy Comiskey. treas
urer of the White Sox And Johnny's
present to her In his last major
league appearance for the duration
of the war was a three-hit pitching
job against the Washington Sena-
tors in the second game Of yester-
days double-header.
After winning the first game, IL,
behind the six-hit hurting Of of Ted
Lyons. the White Sox rallied to
overcome a 3-run deficit and pull
the nightcap out Of the fire for
Rigney, As.
The double victory didn't get the
White Sox out of the American
League cellar, but it stretched their
winning streak to six straight games
and put them within striking dis
IsRA4NC VA oCfC44Ol1 PAoON.
His Lart for the Duration.
Rigney. a 27-year-old right
handler, told reporters that yester-
days game definitely" was his last
for the duration.
The New York Yankees saved
their lead in the American League
by gaining an even break with the
st. Louis Browns, but the second
place Cleveland Indians sliced the
margin to half game by humping
the Philadelphia Athletics twice.
At. st. Louis, a three-run homer
by Chet Laabs featured four-run
assault on Charley Ruf1ng in the
first inning of the opening game
and the Browns coasted TO q AZ
decision as Eldon Auker limited the
world champions to seven hits.
Alley Donald pitched f1ve-hit ball
for the Yanks in the second game
and Frank Crosetti's single brought
in the run that won It, 80, scoring
Joe Gordon who had three hits IN
four times at bat.
Jim Bagby and Al Milnar turned
in a pair of sparkling four-hitters
for the Cleveland Indians, who
downed the Athletics, Al and 9-3.
Bagby didn't walk man in the first
game as he registered his sixth
victory against one defeat. Milnar
helped his own cause in the second
game with triple and a double.
Bloodworth's Homer Wins.
Jimmy Bloodworth's 10th-inning
home run gave the Detroit Tigers a
4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox
in a single game at Detroit.
In the National League. the
Brooklyn Dodgers hiked their lead
from five games to 612, sweeping a
twin bill with the Chicago Cubs as
the Boston Braves lost to the Gin
cinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh
Pirates split pair with the Phila-
delphia Phils.
Kirby Higbe pitched four-hit ball
in the opening game and Les Webber
made his initial major league start
a winning one with a seven-hit job
in the nightcap, although he had to
be rescued when he grew wild in
the ninth. It was the sixth straight
triumph for the Dodgers.
Bucky Walters stole Jim Tobn's
thunder at Boston, pitching the
Cincinnati Reds to a e-3 victory
over the Braves. Walters yielded
only seven blows and blasted 2-run
homer of Tobin, who hit three home
runs in a row against Chicago last
Wednesday. Weather cut the sched-
uled double-header to single game.
PhiIs and Pirates Split.
The Philadelphia Phils kept the
Pittsburgh Pirates two percentage
points behind the second-place
Braves by winning the second game.
5-4, after the Pirates had grabbed
the first, To.
Singles by Danny Litwhiler, Ernie
Koy and Bobby Bragan produced
the nightcap's deciding run. Vince
Di Maggie led the Pirate attack in
the first game with two home runs.
The New York Giants and St.
Louis Cardinals divided their double
bill to remain deadlocked IN fourth
place. Carl Hubbell scattered eight
hits for IL decision in the opener,
his first triumph Of the year. but the
Cards came from behind to take the
afterpiece, 8-6.
The National League captured at
tendance honors for the day, playing
to 122, ,297 of the afternoons total of
182, ,780 paying customers. New York's s
Polo Grounds drew the largest
crowd, 49,745 turning out to see the
Giants and Cards.