Evening star., 1942-08-12
|ndians-Benga|s
14,|nning Draw
Good Example
MiInur Pitches No-Hit
Ball for 26 Outs in
ScoreIess Come
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,


With the New York Yankees and
Brooklyn Dodgers monopolizing the
major league pennant race, fans
who like their baseball close must
be getting an occasional thrill these
days out of the way the other hrst
division clubs are scrapping for the
consolation prizes.
Yesterday. for instance, the Cleve-
land Indians battled the Detroit
Tigers for IA innings without q
score on either side. While the
Tribe missed chance to retake sec
ond place in the American League,
the deadlock produced the nearest
thing to a no-hit game in the cur
rent campaign.
After playing to a standoff in
the twilight half of doubleheader,
the two teams came back under the
lights and Detroit triumphed, 3-2.
Thus the Boston Red Sox. who
stopped the Yankees, 80, in an IL
inning daylight tilt, retained pos
session of second place at least for
another day.
At the same time, the New York
Giants recaptured third place in
the National League from Cincin-
natl by beating the Boston Braves,
Ga, while the Reds were going down
before the Pittsburgh Pirates, al.
At Cleveland. Lefty al Milnar of
the Indians bid seriously for the
flrst no-hitter since Lon Warneke
turned the trick for the St. Louis
Cardinals against the Cincinnati
Reds last August 30, and nearly
made 1t.
Hits With Two Out in Ninth.
There were two out in the ninth
inning when Roger Cramer singled
Tor the first blow OF Minar. But
the Indians also were held scoreless
by Tommy Bridges. although he
Yielded nine hits. The only other
blow on Milnar in the five extra
frames was a single by Rudy York
in the 18th.
At the end of IA innings the game
was called by darkness and an
American League rule that won't
permit daylight contests to finish
under lights. 1t went into the books
as scoreless tie, to be played OF
today as part of double header.
DIZZY Trout pitched the Tigers
to victory in the second game. lin
itfng the Tribe to seven hits while
his mates pounded Mel Harder and
Harry Eisenstat for a dozen blows.
All this happened within q few
hours after Lou Boudreau signed q
| neU confracf n ~, spo Ua t,> ~ pl;.~.
for three more years.
Detroits victory enabled the
Tigers to regain fifth place, with
the help Of the st. Louis Browns,
who snapped a nine-game winning
streak for the Chicago White Sox.
Denny Galehouse pitched the
Browns to 81 triumph, tossing q
four.hitter at the White Sox which
pushed them back into sixth place,
Lupien's Single Settles It.
| Tony Lupien's llth-inning single
drove in the run that gave the Red
Sox their hard-earned triumph over
the Yankees and chopped the
Bombers' margin TO IL games. Tex
Hughson went the distance for Bos-
ooai, 6oi1i1iiS ilio lftll VIII against
three defeats, although the 10 hits
he gave up represented twice the
number the Sox collected of Mary
Breuer and Johnny Murphy.
While the Brooklyn Dodgers were
idle, the st. Louis Cardinals reduced
the margin between them in the
National League to s12 games by
whipping the Chicago Cubs. 7-2.
Max Lanier hurled shit ball for
the Cards, but the Cubs made it
close until the ninth when the Red
birds routed Vern Olsen and scored
four OF their seven runs.
Van Lingle Mungo racked up his
first pitching victory for the Giants,
who hoped on Jim Tobin for five
runs in the third frame and coasted
in against the Braves for their fifth
straight win. Harry Danning drove
in half the New York runs.
Bob Elliott's 2-run single with the
score tied gave the Pirates the nod
over the Reds and enabled Hank
Gornicki to nudge Gene Thompson
In a pitching duel.