The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-06
BROWNS TAKE
!. Is INNING CAME
UNDER LIGHTS
AS Lose 10 as Game Sets
Record; BithOrn, Rookie,
Beats Dodgers
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY

UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
New York, June 6.-(UP)-The
st. Louis Browns and Philadelphia
Athletics battled 16 innings under
the lights last night in the most
dramatic and longest major league
night game ever played.
Ten minutes after midnight the
Browns walked off the field at Shibe
Park, Philadelphia, victorious, 10.
Walt Judn!ch, st. Louis center
fielder, laced a triple off the right
field wall, opening the 10th and
scored on Chef Labs fly. The
game lasted three hours and seven
minutes and none of the 10,777
spectators left.
It was a heart-breaking loss for
Dick Fowler, AS 21-year old rookie
righthander who came up from
Toronto where he broke even last
year, winning 10 and losing 10. He
went the entire route, giving up nine
hits, walking five and tanning six.
1t was Fowler's third start this sea-
son. He lost previously to the In
dams and won a relief victory over
the White Sox.
Ex-A Won
John Niggeling, Browns knuckle-
ball pitcher, went IL innings, allow
ing nine hits, walking four and fan
ming six. George Caster, formerly
with the AS, allowed one hit in the
last four innings and took the VIC.
tory, his third against no losses.
The triumph brought the Browns
up above 500 and only half game
out of the first division. In add1-
ton to being the longest night game
ever played, 1t also was the seasons
longest game. The previous high
was a 14-inning affair between the
Cubs and Reds.
Buck NeWScm, who hadn't won a
game since May s, lorded it over
his former teammates again last
night when he pitched Washington
to a 80 victory over Detroit in 10
innings. 1t was doubly sweet to OF
Buck because 1t dropped the Tigers
from second to third. Newsom's
record Is now five victories (two
over Detroit) and eight defeats. He
held the Tigers to six hits and fan
ned seven. Harold White, who re-
Neved AL Benton in the ninth,
walked Bob Repass with the bases
loaded In the 10th, forcing in the
winning run. AS estimated 9,700
fans saw the game at Washington.
Dave KoSlo, rookie Southpaw,
cheered Manager Mel OFT last night
by pitching the New York Giants
81 victory over the st. Louis Car
dinals. Tt was a four-hit perform
ance. Koslo walked only one and
famed four for his third triumph.
Johnny Mics sixth homer (third
against his former mateS) proved
the winning margin although the
Giants added an extra run in the
ninth. The only Card run came
on Marion's walk and Browns
triple. Max Lanier, who had beat
en- the Giants twice previously, was
the loser. A crowd of 7,642 attend
ed at st. Louis.
The Cubs finally beat the Dodgers
after five straight lickings. Brook
lyn rocked the Cubs, 6-3, in the first
game OF doubleheader before H.
655 at Chicago but Jimmy Wilson,
outfit took q 4-3 victory in the 10
inning nightcap. Phil Cavaretta' s
double drove in the winning run.
Chicago fans bombarded Joe Med
wick with fruit in the opener after
the umpires ruled he made sit-down
catch Of Lou Novikoff's sinking
liner.
Reds Take Two
Cincinnati knocked off another
doubleheader, beating the Braves,
80 and 6-l. Johnny Wander Nicer
won his sixth game and Ray Starr
his seventh. Eddie Joost singled In
the winning run in the ninth in
ming of the opener and a six-run
rally iced the nightcap.
Pittsburgh snapped a 10-game,
two-week losing streak. capitalizing
on five errors and beating the Phils,
6-5. Rookie Johnny Barrett'S single
with the bases filled was the big
Pirate blow.
1 Although he had to leave the
game with bruised right leg after
being hit by q line drive, Lefty
Gomez received credit for the YAM
KEGS 6-3 victory over the Indians
Gomez, hit In the second, managed
to last through the fourth before
he had to leave. Joe Gordon ex-
tended his hitting streak to 81
straight games.
Lou Finney drove in three runs
and the Red Sox beat the White
Sox, AZ. Ted Williams triple ac-
counted for the other tally.
YESTERDAYS STAR = Hiram
Bithorn, Cubs rookie pitcher who
hurled three hitless innings against
the Dodgers In the night cap and
then doubled to start the winning
rally in the 10th which gave Chi
cago Its first triumph over Brooklyn
this season.