Evening star., 1942-08-15
Seven in Game
Beats Record
Mats Shared
New High for Season
Cinch for Champs;
Pitchers Shine
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Arc light baseball has no greater
foe than the New York Yankees,
but the absence of the sun doesn't
seem to bother the world champions
when they begin wiping runners
of the base paths with their de-
fensive specially, known to the trade
as the double play.
Holders Of the major league record
for twin killings in season, the
Yankees established q new mark for
a single game last night when they
completed seven while walloping the
Philadelphia Athletics, 11-2.
The old record for nine innings
was six, set by the Cincinnati Reds
in 1925, and tied by four other teams.
The Washington Senators, only
American Leaguers sharing In the
record, were the last to tie 1t in
1888.
BY killing two birds" with one
play In every inning except two,
the Yankees stretched their total
of two-ply executions to $50 for
Ill games.
Record Appears Cinch.
With 43 games in front of them,
they need only A more double plays
to crack the record of 1875 for 154-
game season which they set last
year.
Even with the help Of seven double
plays and a l5-hit Yankee attack.
Lefty Gomez had to have help from
his old standby, Johnny Murphy, to
hang up his sixth pitching victory
against four defeats. Tommy Hem
rich drove in four Yankee runs, two
Of them with his 10th homer.
The record-breaking feat was the
standout performance of a baseball
day that produced other sparkling
jobs, particularly among the pitch
ing stars.
In another night contest, Mort
Cooper hurled the st. Louis Card
inals to q 40 decision over Gin
cinnati, blanking the Reds on two
hits.
The shutout, 18th Of the year for
the Cards, was Cooper's seventh
and his third two-hitter. 1t brought
his record to IA victories, against
a half dozen defeats. He famed
six batters and walked none.
At New York, King Carl Hubbell
tossed = four -hitter at the Phila-
delphia Phils as the New York
Giants triumphed, So. Two of the
Philadelphia hits were homers by
Danny Litwhiler and Ron Northey,
but the Giants got Hubbel more
than enough runs to give him his
seventh win in q victory string that
is the longest In the National
| League.
Witek Has Big Day.
| Mickey Witek bagged three of New
Yorks six hits, driving in runs with
two of them and putting q runner
in scoring position with the third.
Bean balls" were forgotten at
Brooklyn, where the Dodgers wall
loped the Boston Braves, 1910 and
7-3, in the first meeting Of the two
teams since their "duster" throwing
provoked new league rule against
the practice.
Curt Davis hurled . seven-hit
shutout in the opener, while the
Dodgers banged three Boston pitch
ers for Is blows. Whitlow Wyatt
pitched the nightcap for the Ma
tional League leaders. but he had
to weather q ninth-inning uprising
in which the Braves got half Of
their eight hits and two Of their
| runs.
Dolph Camilli hit q home run In
each game, with two mates on base
in the first and one in the second,
to bring his total to 10 and tie
Johnny Mize of the Giants for the
| league lead.
The Chicago Cubs downed the
Pittsburgh Pirates, I'll, backing up
Lon Warneke's seven-hit pitching
with an 18-blow attack, including
homers by Bill Nicholson and Stan
| Hack.
In the only other game In the
American League. Hal White tossed
a four hitter at the Chicago White
Sox as the Detroit Tigers triumphed,
| I'll.