The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-01
HeLoses Slit
Till; Boudreau
Is Responsible
Big Bill Lee Also
Drops Five-Hitter;
Yonkees Split Poir
BY JUDSON BAILEY

Associated Press sports Writer
There were only two five-hit
ball game pitched in the major
leagues yesterday and neither of
them was good enough to win.
II you were given a blindfold
test and asked to name one of
the pitchers who had the misfor-
tune to lose such a well-pitched
game it's almost certain you
would name Lefty Edgar Smith
of the Chicago White Sox on
the first guess.
You would be right, of course.
Everything happens to Cotton
Top and last night it was Lou
Boudreau. The boy manager of
the Indians personally collected
four of the five hits made off
Smith and one was Boudreau's
first homer of the year.
BAGBY WINS 9TH
That explains in a nutshell
how Smith acquired his 18th
setback of the season opposite
two triumphs, although he has
pitched consistently spectacular
ball all year. Jim Bagby, work.
ing on one days rest, kept the
Sox to seven safeties in gaining
his ninth victory, but needed the
aid of Chubby Dean.
The other losing five-hitter
also was pitched by a Chicagoan
in a night game - the Cubs
Big Bill Lee getting turned back
at Cincinnati Al by the Reds as
Ray Starr, the 36-year-old
rookie, obtained his 18th victory
against three defeats.
Lee was in frequent trouble
because of walks, but Starr,
hurting six-hit rebuttal, would
have had a shutout except for a
double steal.
S36, 900 CLIPPED IN
The game was played for
Army-Navy relief and, along
with an exhibition by Reds
Cubs stars against the Great
Lakes Naval team, drew $780,
600 from approximately $4,000
fans.
Mort Cooper of the st. Louis
Cardinals matched Starts N1-3
won and lost record. by beat
ing the Pittsburgh Pirates AZ,
but saw his streak of consecu-
tive scoreless innings snapped at
80 and lost whatever chance he
had of getting his fourth straight
shutout when Elbie Fletcher
homered in the first inning.
Altogether Cooper allowed
nine hits, the most he has given
in any game this year, but the
Cards made the same number
off Rip Sewell and had things
their own way with Enos
Slaughter batting in three runs
and Jim Brown accounting for
the other on his first home run
of the year.
BRAVES TRIM BROOK
The Boston Braves stopped
the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 for
the first time in Is games over
a period stretching back into the
1941 season. Hugh Casey, the
relief specialist, started on the
mound for Brooklyn but was re-
moved for a pinch-hitter with
the score tied at Sail in the
third. Rookie Les Weber gave
up the winning run in the fifth.
Cliff Melton achieved his
tenth triumph as the New York
Giants nosed out the Phils 4-3 on
run which Melton himself
singled home in the fourth. The
Phils made a double play in
every one of the first four in
nings, but couldn't keep the
Giants from getting all their
runs in the same span.
The faltering New York
Yankees saw their American
League lead shrivel to Az
games as they divided .
double.header at Philadelphia
while the Boston Red Sox
swept q pair Of games from the
Washington Senators.
The Yanks dropped their first
tussle 8-5 for their third straight
loss and 10th in Is games. 1t was
the first defeat of the year for
Hank Borowy and the first win
for Lefty Herman Besse of the
AS. The champs almost booted
the second, but rallied for three
runs in the ninth to win 4-3.