The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
PosseouHits And Pitches Cubs Co Win

INV AWaMk OMAaE N0AN Not even the thrill of e ganie-win. ming homer by Cub pitcher Claude passeau. the return Co form of Mors ton Cooper of the Braves or the winning debut Of Bobo Newsonn of the Senators could oVershadow an ordinary triumph in an unimport. ant game by the Pittsburgh Pirates today.
 The Pirates. by beating the Giants. 10 to 8. managed to pull up within one percentage point of the floundering sixth place New York. ers-certAinly no extraordinary achievement.
 But as they played their game at Forbes Field last night, drama was enacted that never before had taken its place in baseball The Pirates. first major league team ln history to demand collective bar. gaining rights from club officials. waited until the last minute before giving Manager Frankie F'risch a vote Of confidence by not going out on a strike that had been generally expected.
 Bucs Batter Bams
 Once on the field. they gave him another vote Of confidence by bat. tering six Giant pitchers for l5 hits, eQualling their seasons high and showing sustained power. throughout the game for the first time this year.
 The Pirates teed of on Giant ace pitcher Bill voiselle for two runs tn the first inning and sent him to an early shower in the third. unmind. ful of the fact that he was fresh from a flveshit shutout over the vaunted St. Louis Cardinals. Jimmy brown and Elbie Fletcher each made three hits and Bob Elliott. Frankie Oustine. and pitcher Edson Bahr got two apiece. Bahr. who won his third game. had to give up in the nth. a victim of his own hitting pr0wess. He injured a leg running out a three-bagger. but Ken Gables preserved his victory.
 Passeau. the aging Cub mound artist who attained baseball i'm. mortality by pitching a one-hit vice tory against the Tigers in the World Series last Fall. won another memorable game against the Dodgers at Chicago. to o on four hits. when he crashed homer in the last of the ninth. There was criticism y of Manager Charle 0rimm's strategy when PaSseau was permitted to bat in the last of the ninth after Clyde Mccullough got on by being hit by a pitched ball. Passeau stiiied the critics by blasting the ball into the bleachers to best rookie Joe Hatten in a stir- ring duel.
 Cooper. plagued for two years by arm trouble. was his old unbeatable self at Cincinnati, holding the Reds hitless for six innings in a 3 to victory for the Boston Braves. The Reds made two of their three hits in that inning for their only run. Tommy Holmes with two doubles and two singles in four times at bat. led the Braves.
 Phils Swat Cards
 Lefty Ken RafEensberger turned in a five-hit. 6-2 victory for the suddenly spunky Phils at St. Louis He was backed up by a grand islam homer by Prank Mccormick in the third. It was McCormick's sixth Of the season.
 Newsom. returning to the Sem ators for the fourth time in his career. beat the White Sox. 3 to 2 at Washington and had a no-hitter until Guy Outright singled in the seventh. when Chicago got both of its runs via another hit by Don Holloway and two walks. Newsonl gave up only those two hits.
 The Yankees beat Cleveland, 6 to 5 at New York on a fiuke bunt by Charley Keller in the Ilth with the bases loaded. Relief Pitcher Joe KFakauskas hit his bat with a throw and the ball dropped fair. psnch-runner Steve 5ouchock slid- ing home with the winning run.