Evening star., 1945-09-10
Browns No-Hit Victims
OF As Dick Fowler,
Army Discharge
BY JOE REICHLER,
Associated Press SnnrtS WrifAI


The stirring big league pennant
races were forced to share the spot
light today with a 24-year-old Ca
madam Army discharge who re-
turned to the baseball front only "a
days ago.
The former soldier, Dick Fowler,
right-handed hurler Of the Phila-
delphia Athletics, celebrated his
first 1945 starting assignment for
the Mackmen yesterday by hurting
the seasons first no-hitter to whip
the st. Louis Browns, 10, in the
second game OF double-header.
The AS also won the opener, 60.
In spinning his masterpiece, Fow-
Ter allowed only five balls to be hit
out of the infield and walked four,
but two of these were erased by
double plays. Fowler had made
two brief appearances in relief ear
lier in the month.
The last previous no-hitter in the
majors was pitched by Clyde Shoun
for Cincinnati against Boston May
Is, 1914. Bobby Feller of Cleveland
was the last American Lacquer to
accomplish the feat, against the
Chicago White Sox on the opening
day in 1910.
Tigers Lead Is Whitfield.
The hectic American League flag
race entered the final three weeks of
the season with the flrst-place De-
torit Tigers only one game ahead of
the persistent Washington Senators
following yesterdays double triumph
by the Mats and victory and tie by
the Bengals.
The Tigers were forced to stage
late inning rallies to vanquish the
Boston Red Sox, 6-3, in the first and
obtain 3-3 thinning tie in the
second. Catcher Paul Richards was
the whole show for the Bengals in
the opener. His three doubles socked
in five of the six runs including three
in the ninth, and he scored the other
himself. A two-run homer by Rudy
York in the eighth for Detroit forced
the finale to 60 into overtime before
darkness intervened.
The feverish National League title
chase remained at a stalemate when
the top-perched Chicago Cubs and
the second rung st. Louis Cards each
swept their twin bill, leaving the
Bruins still three and a half games
in front.
The Cubs made short work of the
Braves as Ray Prim and Claude Pas
seau. in rare. form, Frustrated the
Hubmen. 81 and 40. Primes five
hitter was his 18th triumph. while
Passeau registered his 18th with a
superb three-hit sffutout.
The Redbirds had to win theirs
the hard way. After coming from
| behind to sneak in with the opener,
5-4, they made it two successive one
run decision over the New York
Giants by winning the second. 30.
Red Barrett, with only two days rest,
racked up his 21st success in the
/ afterpiece. but Al Jurisch had to
come to Ken Burkhardt's assistance
in the lid-lifted to receive credit for
the game.
Record Crowd.
| The seasons record crowd of 72,-
152. IS 5,534 paid. saw Ex-gob Bob
Feller outpitch Ex-GI Spud Chan
dler to pave the way for Cleve-
land 1913 and 4-3 double win over
the New York Yankees at the YAM
kee Stadium. and practically elm
mate the Bronxites from any flag
consideration. Homers by JEFF Heath
and Mickey Rocco accounted for five
Indian Tallies in the opener while
four-base blows by Les Fleming ano
Rocco produced three of the Tribes
four runs in the nightcap which was
curtailed to seven innings on ac-
count of darkness.
In the other twin bills, Cincinnati
came from behind twice to win both
contests from Brooklyn 6-5 and GA
needing 10 innings to take the first
AL Lakeman drove in the winning
runs in both contests. The Phils anc
Pirates split. After Walter Boon
BOOM Beck gained his sixth
straight triumph for Pittsburgh. 4-3
in the opener, Philadelphia jumped
on three Buc hurlers for "a hits
and a 14-3 decision in the nightcap