The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
BLACK, HARRIS. ROOKIE AND vET, ABLE PITCHERS
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS limited Prose Staff COrrpSnOnd


 New York, July 6-(UP)-The war shortage of players and divers other reasons have been given for the closest American League race in history, but the Philadelphia Athletics came up with a double barrelled answer of their own to- day.
 Pitchers Don Black and Luman Harris furnished an answer for the How Come?" contingent which has been trying to arrive at an explan- ation for the fact that the Phil adelphia Athletics are only eight games away from the front-running New York Yankees who hold only a two-game edge over the Wash ington Senators.
 Black, rookie, and Harris. veteran, came through with twin four-hitters as the As nipped the Indians, 2-1 and TO, to drop the tribe into seventh place in a race that features a major change in standings almost daily.
 The win was Harris fifth of the year and Blacks fourth. Black would have had a shutout only for an error by catcher Bob Swift in the eighth. Swift threw to center field trying to nab Hank Edwards, who raced to third and later scored on long fly. Johnny Welaj drove in the winning run with a single in the 9th.
 The Senators divided with the Tigers, winning a twilight game, GA, after losing morning contest, 10-3. A crowd of 10,514 turned out for the first encounter and 20,O19 for the second.
 Wynn Won
 Rudy York sparked a 14-hit De- troit attack off three pitchers in the first game with his 10th homer as Dizzy Trout held Washington to six hits. Early Wynn allowed 10 Tiger hits in the second contest, but scattered them effectively as his mates hammered across six runs in the first four innings.
 Joe Gordon led the Yankees to a win over St. Louis, 3-2 and S-5. He hit his ninth homer in the top half of the 11th to break up a pitching duel between Charlie Wensloff and George Caster in the opener and punched out single double and triple to pace a 12-hit New York attack in the nightcap.
 Chicago split with the Red Sox to remain tied for third place with Detroit. Four Boston errors gave Chicago three runs and Az triumph in the first game but Yank Terry allowed only six hits to give the Red SoX a 6-1 decision in the nightcap.
 Brooklyn came out of five-game losing spell by trouncing Chicago, 6-3 and 3-2, to trim the National Leagues leading St. Louis Card inals' margin to three games. The Red Birds split with the Philies.
 Augis Galan's triple with loaded bases sparked a four-run sixth inning Dodger rally that gave Buck Newsom his ninth victory in the first game. Galan also came through with grandslam homer in the nightcap as Kirby Higbe and Ed Head halted the Cubs with seven | blows.
 The Phillies staged batting spree in the first game, trimming the Cards, 15-2, as Coaker Triplett led a 16-hit assault with successive homers in the seventh and eighth, Stan Musials seventh inning homer earned the Cards 4-3 decision in the second game.
 Pittsburgh split with the Giants, winning the opener, 8-4, but bow ing in the nightcap, 90. The Pir- ates batted around in the third inning of the first to score six runs and clinch the game for Max Butcher. Ken Chase pitched siX-hit ball for his first senior league suc- cess in the nightcap.
 The Cincinnati-B double header was postponed. ESTE RDAY'S STAR Augie Galan, who drove in seven runs as the Dodgers whipped the Cubs, 6-3 n q