Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-24
Tobiin
Robbed
By GLEN PERKINS


/ jim Tobm of the Boston Braves,
who seldom pitches ON windy Gays
because it affects his tantalizlng
slow ball. reached the front door
of the hall of fame Sunday only
to have it slammed in his face by
Ford Mullen of the Philadelphia
PhillieS who robbed him of a no.
hit. no-rm game with a single.
Tobin. whose knuckle ball special
ty is considered the SloweSt pitch
tossed by any major Lacquer, had
the Philly batterS swinging until
they were doubled up Sunday, but
the best they could do was pop up
TO infielderS. drop easy grouncerS
and hoist toy flies to the outfield.
Behind his efforts. the Braves
punched their hits and won their
first game of the season to U,
but southpaw Al GerheauSer null
lifted their efforts by tossing 3
to 0 shutout victory for the Phil
lies in the second game at Boston.
GerheauSer held the hub hitters
to six hits and struck out nine.
Both pitchers contributed to the
offensive efforts, Tobin driving in
a run with a single and scoring two
himself. while GerheauSer hit two
doubles. driving in one run.
ST. LOUIS FANS HAPPY
Both factions of St. Louis fandom
had further cause for elation as
the Cardinals and Brownies re-
manned atop their respective leagues
with double victories over the Cubs
and White SoX which kept them un-
defeated for the season.
The Cards had hitfest in their
opener, at Chicago, getting 18 base
blows in an IL to victory behind
the pitching of Max Lanier, who
registered his second victory. Ray
Sanders led the offensive with three
doubles. while three Cub pitchers
shared the blame. The Cards had
a harder time of it in the second
game and neeGed George KroWs-
ki,S sixth inning homer with two
men on base to pull a to victory
out of the fire. Harry Gumbert,
who started, didn't have much on
the ball and George Munger relieV-
ed him in the second inning TO get
credit for the victory. Eddie Hany-
zeWski for the Cubs was effective
in all but the sixth.
BROWNS HOLD LEAD
The hitting and pitching of Jack
Kramer gave the Browns a 3 to 2
victory over the White SoX in the
opener at St. Louis. He had a
shutout going into the eighth when
an error by First Baseman George
McQuinn paved the path for two
| Chicago runs. His homer in the
second with one on gave the
Browns an insurmountable lead.
In the second game, the Browns
had to come from behind in the
| eighth to win 4 to 3. Relief Pitcher
/ George Caster, whose earned run
average of 2.13 per game was sec
ond best in the majors last year,
was credited with the victory over
relieving rookie Newman Shirley IN
the eighth. Orval Grove of the
Sox, who gave up only five hits,
was effective except in the late
innings.
Detroit, off to bad start oy los
( ing four straight, atoned for 1t by
winning a doubleheader at Cleve-
land, 6-2 and 4-3. Rookie Catcher
Mack Miller won the second game
| for relief Pitcher Hal NewhouSer
with a home run inside the park
with two men on base in the eighth
Paul Dizzy Trout was steady all
the way in the opener TO win a
seven-hit victory.
In the American league the Bos-
ton at Philadelphia doubleheader
and the Washington at New York
game were rained out. The Cincln-
natl at Pittsburgh twin bill was
called off after one inning of play
as was the New York at Brooklyn
game in the National.
/ YESTERDAYS STAR
jim Tobin, whose one-hit victory
for the Braves over the Phillies cll-
NAKED a comeback which began IN
194l after the Boston management
threatened to send him to the MN
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