The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
RIP SEWELL HAS
DONE FINE JOB
FOR The PIRATES
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS
UNITED Press CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, July ll.-(UP)-1ne
Pittsburgh Pirates, dubbed the "Ac-
Gordon" club because of their clas-
sic collapses, have been painfully
barren of success stories for sew
eral years. But Truett Banks
SeWell, fancy name and all, is help
ing write new kind of saga for his
club.
Rip, whose dipper pitch has
brought him 10 victories and rank
ing as the best hurler in the majors
today, spends his spare time in
directing calisthenics for the Pr
ates while perfecting the SofteSt
pitch in the game.
SeWells repertoire includes all the
unorthodoX stuff-screWballS, sink
ers and KNOCKERS - butt his best
offering is his "butter-ball', a soft
slow one that takes off in the strato-
sphere and then drops itno the
strike zone.
Trumped the Cards
The 34-year old right handler
doesn't have his spots handmade
either, beating the toughest club
in the loop-the league leading Car
dinals-9-5 yesterday. Sewell, in
addition to keeping Is hits spaced
well enough to win, checked in with
three safeties of his own and out
smarted one of the fastest infields
in the senior circuit.
He was trapped off third and in
an attempted rundown drew catch
er Walker Cooper away from the
plate tented him into throwing and
then raced past the st. Louis back
stop to score.
The Pirates amassed Is hits off
four Cardinal pitchers, tallying five
runs in the first and sewing up the
game with a pair in the fourth.
Boston spoiled the Dodgers
chances of picking up a full game
on the Cardinals by defeating Brook
Ign, 30, behind the five hit hurl-
ing of Nate Andrews. Johnny Nc
Carthy slammed a triple in the
ninth inning off veteran Freddie
Fitzsimmons to send in Butch Me
man with the winning run.
Kirby Higbe, Brooklyn starter, was
elected by Umpire Bill Stewart in
the second inning for throwing down
his glove after second ball was
called on Chuck Workman with the
/ bases loaded. Higbe previously had
passed Connie Ryan for the Braves
first tally. Johnny Allen relieved
him and promptly walked Work.
man to force the second score.
In the American League, the lead
ing New York Yankees edged out
the Athletics, 6-5, as frankie Gro
settis third hit, an eighth-inning
single, provided the winning edge.
Marius Russo, who relieved Charlie
Wensloff in the seventh when the
AS slammed over four runs, was
cerdited with the victory.
Oscar Judd set back the Wash
ington Senators with five hits as
the Boston Red Sox handed Milo
Candini his second setback of the
season, Al, in night game before
1O,1O0 fans at Griffith Stadium.
Candini was clipped for seven hits
and issued seven walks, good for
three runs, in eight innings. Jim
Tabor stole home for the fourth
Boston run in the ninth.
Close Finish
Three straight walks plus pair
of singles and an infield out gave
the Browns four runs off AL Smith
in the first inning and an eventual
4-3 decision over the Indians in a
night game. The decision, the
Browns eighth in 10 starts against
Cleveland this year, pulled them
into a fourth-place tie with the
White Sox and tumbled the Indians
| into seventh.
A crowd of 1867 saw Bob Mum
Grief space II Cleveland safeties for
his seventh victory. jeff eHath and
Mickey Rocco homered for the
Tribe.
Smith passed three batters before
Mark Christman and Mike Kreevich
sliced out singles for three runs.
Christman scored on an inf1eld out
YESTERDAYS STAR-Rip Sew
ell who won his 18th decision as the