The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-23
TOBIN TWIRLS
 2ND NO-H|TTER
 IN SHORT CAME
By GLEN PERKINS

United Press Stan Ccrrespondent)
 New York, June 2S--(UP)--Jim Tobin, the Boston Braves nothing ball and no-hit artist, today had pitched his second no-hit game of the season but no preparations were being made to enter the feat in the record books.
 Darkness deprived Tobin of a chance to take his place alongside Johnny Wander Nicer as the only other pitcher in modern baseball history to hurl two ro-hit games in one season. Only 8 very few have pitched two in their careers.
 Following yesterdays first game in which Ron Northey / clouted a 18th inning home run to give the Philadelphia Phillies 10 tri- urnph over the Braves, Tobin took the mound and pitched five hitless innings before the game was called. According to baseball's rules, if the home team is ahead, four and & half innings constitute a game in the event the umpire deems 1t neces- sary to call the contest. Thus, Tobin did hurl a Ilo-hit game. but the record books enter only those who pitched nine or more innings. The Braves, with homers by Tommy Holmes and Butch Niemar1, won the nightcap 50.
 - Charley Schanz, who relieved Bill Lee in the seventh inning of the first game, allowed only two hits in the nine innings he worked and was rewarded with the victory when Northey hit his all-important circuit blow, the l1th hit given up by loser Al Javery, who went the route for Boston.
 Takes His Time
 Whit Wyatt, who doesn't believe the season starts until mid summer, held his own opening day at Ebbets field and pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to an easy 10--3 victory over the New York Giants. Wyatt went the route for the first time this season and scored his second victroy as he coasted along with a stX-hitter.
 Bat Barrage
 The Pittsburgh Pirates unleasfed a 26-hit attack that brought them from behind to victory in both ends of a doubleheader with the Cincin- natl Reds and strengthened their hold on second place. Rip Sewell spotted the Reds three runs in the first inning of the opener and then checked them for the rest of the way to win 9E4 as his mates gath cred 12 hits off two Cincinnati hurlers. Five runs in the sixth in- ming of the nightcap overcame a Al deficit and allowed the Bucs to go on to a "A decision. Nick Strincevich was the winner.
 St. Louis at Chicago in the Na- tional league was rained out.
 The tight American lueague race got tighter as the leading St. Louis Browns took a 10-3 shellacking from the Chicago White Sox. Bill Dietrich was never behind as his mates clouted three St. Louis hurl- CTS for extra base hits. Oddly enough, the Browns outhit the Sox, 12-1i.
 The second place Boston Red Sox split with the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston taking the first game, 5-4, in l2 innings when Mike Rba doubled and came home on Pete Fox's single to win his own game. In the afterpiece Bob Es- talella's hit in the ninth inning scored the marginal tally for the As 3-2 edge. Russ Christopher was the winner.
 First Blank
 The Washington Senators bowed to the New York Yankees, Bill Zuber holding the Mats to four scat tered hits for a 70 Yankee vic- tory. It was the first time this season the Mats have been shut out. The victory gave the Tanks 3-l edge in the series. the first series they have won this month.
 THhe Detroit Tigers edged the Cleveland Indians, 4-3. Joe Oren- go's eighth inning double scored Charley Metro from second with the marginal run and gave Rufus Gentry victory for his eight hit effort.
 YESTE RDAY'S STAR-Ron Northey, Philadelphia outfielder who hit his ninth rome run of the