The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-24
'Hedd'sNo-Hit Game P0yoff
 Courage

NtW 1OEA, ApIA eE-NSE wa years ago a Louisiana surgeon look cd at Ed Heads shattered left arm and told him he'd never pitch again. Today, the courageous Dodger hurl- CT was in the company of baseballS big league immortals who have hurled no-hit, no-run games.
 That surgeon was only half right because Head never did pitch an- other game as a southpaw, but with the heart of youngster who wouldn't let his dream of becoming Major Leaguer fade away, he learned to throw with his right hand.
 The best witnesses of how well he accomplished the conversion are the Boston Braves. They were the vic. tins of his 5 to 0 no-hit triumph at Ebbets Field yesterday, the first to be pitched by a Dodger hurler since James CTex) Carleton stopped Cln- cinnati without @ safe blow in April of 1940.
 Sore Arm
 There was drama in the fact that Head was out there at all. Only Q few short weeks ago in spring train. ing, his arm twinged with pain and there were anxious moments before he knew whether the soreness might end his baseball career forever.
 Only four Boston players got on base, three by walks and one by an error. Only one, Carvel (Bama) Powell, reached second He was safe on Pee Wee ReeSes miscue and moved up on a sacrifice in the fifth. a ninth inning Boston threat ended suddenly when Charley Workman, who had walked was doubled off first base by catcher Terrell Ander- son after Head struck out Connie Ryan.
 It was the successful end of a fight to make good after tragedy struck him In 1885. Then Head was o clever sandlot Southpaw for the Ouachita Parish High School team at West Monroe, La. Tn Nis crash Heads pitching arm and shoulder were crushed. The surgeon, his uncle, said he might be able to save 1t, but that he was through as a pitcher
 Head refused to give up. Like a baby learning to walk he learned to toss stones with his right hand and soon got enough distance and ac- curacy to play ball again. In lo3e he got @ professional job with Jackson, Miss, and moved to Abbeville of the Evangeline League in 1889. Finally he reached the Dodgers and was just hitting his peak when he con. vinced army doctors his arm was sound enough to become a GI,, and he left in n1id-seaSon of l044.
 Yesterday saw his first Major League appearance with the team since he was released from service. And he might have been forgiven for not showing up ct all. The night before he became the father of a six-pound son, Rickey Dean Head, and he admitted he was "in the clouds".
 T knew had no-hitter right along," he said. T got a little wor- ried when walked Workman in the ninth, but everything worked out. l was using a slider and slow stuff mostly. Boy, what a thrill. And in- cidentally, the Hickey in my boys name has nothing to do with my boss, Dodger President Branch Rickey."
 There were 26,7e7 witnesses to Heads history making feat at Eb- bets Field and most of them tried to mob him with typical Flatbush eonViviality ct the finish,
 Ed Stevens two run double in the fifth and catcher Terrell Anderson's first Major League homer in the sixth were the key offensive blows In the Dodger victory, the sixth in a row aftt1' an opening day loss
 Cards, Cubs Win
 The Cardinals also kept pace with their sixth straight triumph after an opening day defeat, beating the Reds at Cincinnati, 3 to 2 with two runs in the eighth to give relief pitcher Ken Burkhart the victory, Bert Haas and Eddie Miller of the Reds got homers off starter Ted Wilks.
 Claude PasSeau of the Chicago Cubs turned in another fine pitch Ing job, striking out seven batters and yielding only five hits in a 3 to 1 victory over the Pirates at Pitts burgh. Frank Colmans homer was the only damaging Pirate blow. Phil CAvarretta. who doubled, scored the winning run in the eighth on an er- TOT after being sacrificed to third.
 Oscar Judd of the Phils avenged a earlier defeat by the Giants, top- ping them 8 to at Philadelphia. Ron Northey's two-run homer high lighted a three run first inning and the Phils added five more in the