Evening star., 1942-07-01
Pitches Another Fine
Game Only TO Lose;
Lee Also Victim
Cub, Too, Drops 5-Hitter;
RedIegs' Aging Starr
Bags 18th Victory
BY JUDSON BAILEY,

Associated Press SpOIUS WRITER.
There were only two five-hit ball
game in the major leagues yes
terday and neither of them was
good enough to win.
If you were given a blindfold test
and asked to name one of the
pitchers who had the misfortune 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.
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. working on one days rest,
kept the Sox to seven safeties in
gaining his ninth victory, but
needed the aid of Chubby Dean.
Starr Scores 11th Victory.
The other losing five-hitter also
was pitched by Chicagoan in a
night game-the Cubs Big Bill
Lee getting turned back at Cincin-
natl Al by the RAIDS as Ray Starr,
the 36-year-old rookie, obtained his
18th victory against three defeats.
Lee was in frequent trouble be-
cause of walks. but Starr. hurting
a six-hit rebuttal, would have had
a shutout except for double steal.
The game was played for Army
Navy relief and. along with an ex-
hibition by Reds-Cubs stars against
the Great Lakes Naval team, drew
$4,000 from approximately 10000
fans.
Mort Cooper of the st. Louis
Cardinals matched STAIRS 11-3 won
and lost record by beating the
Pittsburgh Pirates AZ, but saw his
streak of consecutive scoreless in
nings snapped at 80 and lost what
ever chance he had of getting his
fourth straight shutout when Elbie
Fletcher homered in the first in
ming.
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 Halt Dodger Jinx.
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 removed for pinchhitter
with the score tied at Sail in the
third. Rookie Les Weber gave up
the winning run in the fifth.
Cliff Melton achieved his 10th tri-
umph as the New York Giants nosed
out the Phils, 4-3, on a run which
Melton himself singled home in the
fourth. The PhilS made a double
play in every one of the first four
innings, 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 four and one-half games
as they divided double header at
Philadelphia while the Boston Red
Sox swept pair of games from
Washington.
The Ianks dropped their first tus-
sic, 5-5, 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 rallied for three runs in.the
ninth TO win the second, 4-3, Relief
Pitcher John Lindell knocking in
the deciding run with single. The
Red Sox made 26 hits in humping
the Senators, 9-8 and So.