The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02
PALS SINGLE
SP0ILS NH GAME.
FOR J. HAYNES
BY CARL LUNDQUIST
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

(Unlte0 freSS SCa1I Correspondent
New York, May 2. - (UP) - 1t
was just a garden variety single
and pitcher Joe HAYES of the Chi
cago White SoX never gave it a
second thought as the ball whlstled
past his ears and into center field.
That was in the third inning at
Detroit yesterday, but before the fin
ish that hit loomed bigger to Haynes
than the mightiest home run ever
smashed. For when it was all over
and the White SoX were to 0 win
ners over the Tigers, Hayes had
come within just one pitch of turn
ing in the first perfect no-hit game
in the major leagues in exactly %
years.
An there was irony at every turn
in his failure to achieve the greatest
distinction that can come to a
major league pitcher. The author
of the hit was his personal pal and
ex-team mate, Jimmy (Skeeter)
Webb, who coultn't have picked a
pitcher in either league that he
would rather have spared such dis
appointment. Webb, with the White
Sox last year, came to Detroit in a
trade that sent Joe Orengo to
Chicago.
It was on April 80 in 1922 that
Charley Robertson, also a White
Sox pitcher, tossed basebalrs last
perfect game and as was the case
yesterday, the Tigers provided the
opposition in a to 0 Chicago VIC
tory
For Haynes, previously nonentl-
ty in the majors, it was Just one
of the breaks of baseball"
| Il dUl't care too much as long as
we won and since somebody had to
get hit, I'm glad it was Jimmy,
he said.
$3.50 Pitcher
The SiX-foot, tWo-inch native OF
Lincolnton, Ga, won only five
games last season and in his seven
year major league career at WASH
ington and Chicago he never Wcn
more than eight games in one cam
paign. He said he never had a bet
ter break with his control ano
praised catcher Mike fresh for siz-
ing up the batters properly. Aside
from Webb's single. only six balls
were hit to the outfield and OF the
% men to face him no other batter
even gave a fielder hard CHARGE
! He struck out one man.
1t was the second one hitter
pitched in the Majors this season,
Hawk Wyse of the Chicago Cubs
turning back the Pittsburgh Pirates
with a lone single last Saturday. I'm
like Haynes, however Wyse walked
three batters and two others got on
through errors.
The victory, Haynes second with
out a defeat, kept the White Sox IN
first place ahead of the idle New
York Yankees in the American
league. The Sox got only six hits
themselves, scoring four runs in the
fourth off starter Walt Wilson on a
single, two triples, two walks and a
balk.
Woods He'll
In the only other Major league
game yesterday, the Boston Red SoX
won their fourth straight game, top
ping the visiting Washington Sem
ators, 5 to d, to qualify as base
balls hot and cold club. The Red
Sox, who dropped their first eight
games, continued to get adequate
pitching and timely hitting to pro-
long their streak on the right side
of the books. The Senators got only
four hits, three of them by George
Binks. Emmett O'Neill, the Red Sox
starter, who yielded only three hits
up to the eighth, was relieved when
he singled to drive home two runs
Outfielder Leon Culberson led the
Boston attack with three doubles.
All other games were postponed
because of rain.
YESTERDAYS STAR-Joe Hay
mes, 27-year-old right handler fol
the White SoX, who missed a per-
feet game no-hitter against Detroit
by one single, to win, 5 to 0.