Evening star., 1942-08-06
Pitchers Enjoy
Best Day With
Five Shutouts
Chisox Steel Beuts
Tigers Newhouser,
Five-Hit HurIer
BY JUDSON BAILEY.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
Pitching always is the handspring
OF baseball, but yesterday 1t was
almost the whole works In the major
leagues.
In the greatest one-day concen-
tration Of pitching prowess this sea-
son, five of the seven games played
ended in shutouts and not a single
home run was produced in the en-
tire card. In fact, there was only
one triple.
Rookie Max Macon, pitching his
first complete game since joining
the Brooklyn Dodgers several weeks
ago, muffled the New York Giants
to two hits in winning, 40, and for
the first five frames had a no.
hitter.
John Beazley of the ST Louis Car
dinals and Cecil (Tex Hughson OF
the Boston Red Sox each hurled
three-hitters, the former trimming
the Cincinnati Reds, SO, and the
latter stopping the Philadelphia
Athletics, TO.
But Hal Newhouser pitched five
hit ball and lost in the rarest game
of all, as Don Holloway stole homo
to give the Chicago White Sox q
10 decision over the Detroit Tigers.
Lee Spreads Seven Hits.
This was the second start for
Lefty Thornton Lee, the outstand-
ing hurler Of the American League
year ago. and it apparently proved
that the mysterious arm ailment
which kept him out Of action for
more than half of the season has
vanished.
Lee allowed only seven scattered
hits and famed six With the help
of four double-plays Newhouser
matched his opponents shutout pace
until the sixth. when Holloway led
of with q single and moved to sec
ond as Wally Moses beat out a bunt.
A moment later Myril Hoag hit
into a double-play and Holloway
reached third. Then, with Luke
Appling at bat, he streaked homo
and was called safe in a close de-
cision which Catcher Eddie Parsons
debated so vociferously that Umpire
Bill Summers waved him out of the
game.
It was the fifth straight triumph
for the White Sox.
The Red Sox backed up Hugh.
sons fine hurting with q l4-hit Of
fenstve spread over every inning
and gained half q game on tho
tdling New York Yankees.
Tribes Six-Run Rally Tells.
The only other American League
game was the one contest that de-
veloped into a batting melee. Cleve-
land curbing the st. Louis Browns,
8-5, In = night tilt with six-run
rally In the fourth inning after
being held to one hit for three STAN
zas by Denny Galehouse. The
Browns outhit the Indians, 12-11,
but couldn't bunch their blows.
In the National League, the Dodg-
ers and Giants finally turned in q
complete twi-night game at Ebbets
Field In Brooklyn after having been
halted twice by the dimout deadAne
while playing across town in the
Polo Grounds. With Macon pitch
ing swiftly as we'll as expertly, the
contest was finished in / hour and
81 minutes. The Dodgers made
good use of eight hits.
All the other National League
activity also was at night. In one
of the best games, Truett (Rip)
Sewell blanked the Chicago Cubs,
80. The Pirates put an end to
scoreless pitching duel between
Sewell and Les Fleming by getting
all their runs in the seventh on a
walk and four singles after two
were out. Each team made six hits.
Cards Get Early Start.
The Cardinals collected four Of
their five runs in the first three
innings of Bucky Walters, and the
Reds never had a chance against
Beazley, who struck out eight.
Although he didn't get shutout,
Tommy Hughes pitched flve-h1t ball
at Philadelphia to lead the Phils
to their second straight victory over
the Boston Braves, So, with the
help Of Danny Litwhiler. who hit a
triple and double good for three
runs.