The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
FeIIer's Fast One Has Lost Some of Zip

AACbAA A4CGBAE bugvSA0 ASaA tAAS sport pages today with sprouting hope, finding the story of the Chic ago White SoX' mistreatment of Bob Teller almost as interesting as the box-score lines devoted to their own names.
 It may be true what they said about Teller. They said the big fireballer had lost some of his fire during his service in the Navy, and that Rapid Robert had slowed down to where ordinary mortals could see him and upon occasion hit him as though he pitched for the Athletics.
 Teller came back late in the 1o45 season and was unimpressive as he won five and lost three. However, no one held 1t against him because of his late start, but the talk of a declining fast ball revived during Spring training,
 Won First Time Out
 The Indian ace quieted the dis cussion with a three-hit job on the White Sox to open the season, but Teller hasn't won since then. He lost a 10 inning siX-hit game to De- troit, and yesterday gave up nine hits in losing, to 2.
 Four of the hits came in success sion in the fifth inning as the Sox scored all their runs, and 1t was this brusque treatment of the pitcher who is supposed to blow the men down that encouraged other teams, most of whom have been blown down with regularity in the past.
 Feller's misfortune stole the spot light from the more normal pro- ceedingS in other games. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox both hit hard and often to win their games and move into 6 first place tie in the Amer League as the St. Louis Browns edged Detroit.
 The Tanks outslugged Washing ton Il to ', as Joe DiMaggio hit two homers and Tom Henrich one. Sherry Robertson homered for the Senators, who took an early lead off Joe Page and then wilted under the heavy Yankee barrage. Sid Hudson was the loser and Jake Wade the winner.
 Ferris Has Easy Time
 Boston got slx-hit pitching by Dave Ferriss to go with its II hits of Dick Fowler and Norm Brown, and turned in a 2 to o victory with the aid of five As errors.
 Virgil Trucks of Detroit and Nell son Potter of St. Louis engaged in tight pitching duel which went to Potter on Joe Grace's ninth-inning homer, 3 to 2. Potter allowed only three hits during the final six in- nings. St. Louis hit safely in every inning but the fifth, but Trucks allowed only single runs in the third and fourth before Grace's homer.
 Only two games were played In the National League, with Brooklyn holding its hak-ga1ne lead over St. Louis by beating the New York Giants, Ii to 3, while St. Louis trip. ped Pittsburg, 3 to 3.
 The Dodgers got ten hits, six for extra bases, and Sewed Up the game with a five-run burst in the fifth. Ed Stevens homer was the big blow of the inning. vic Lombardi scattered nine Giant hits as he maintained his mastery o6 them. He hasn't lost in Six starts against New York since coming into the league.
 Grace Days Star
 St. Louis scored two runs m Ohe first inning on three singles and two walks off Fritz Oetermueller, and got the decisive run in the seventh when Jim Russell commit ted a three-base on Terry Moore's hit. Pittsburg's ninth -inning rally off Fred Martin fell one run short.
 Yesterdays Star-Joe Grace of the Browns, whose Nne-drive homer in the ninth inning broke up a pitching duel between Virgil Trucks of Detroit and Nelson Potter, gave the Browns Q to ? victory that knocked Detroit out of first place.