The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-24
0-HlTTER
 iS HURLED BY E. HEAD
Excl Establishes Himself as First Line ChuCker
 for Dodgers
(DY JACK HAND)

Ed Heads no-hitter dWarfS the rest of the baseball news today, emphasizing the latent strength of a Brooklyn staff that may give tie St. Louis Cardinals many anxious moments.
 The lean righthandsr from Sel- ma, La, couldn't have picked a more effective way of proving to the Brooklyn management that he had completely recovered from arm trouble that once threatened to end his big league career.
 First Line Chncker
 Making his first start since July, 1914, the ex-GI definitely establish ed himself as first line chucker on Leo Durocher's list although the skipper wasn't around to see the fun. Leo was busy appearing in a Brooklyn court in connection with his alleged battle with a fan at Ebbets Field last summer.
 The 26-year-old chucker, who started life as a lefthander, but shifted over to the other side after breaking his left arm in an acci- dent, left little to be desired. Sev- eral hundred of the 26,787 Brook lyn customers, mobbed him with congratulations after the final cut.
 Fine Fielding
 Head walked three men and one got lift on an error by shortstop Pee Wee Reese. Fine fielding plays saved him three times Rookie Carl Furillo ran to the exit gate in right center to drag down Tom my Holmes long drive and Pete Reiser made a fine stop on Al Ro- herge's smash in the third.
 The most exciting touch was pro- vided by rookie catcher Terrell An derson, who had hit his first big league homer in the sixth for the final run of the Brooks so mar gin over Boston's Mort Cooper. Ar ter Head walked pinch hitter Church Workman in the ninth. he struck out Connie Ryan and An- oersons bullet peg to first picked off Workman for a most important doube play.
 Needed Game
 It was sixth straight win for the Dodgers but they needed it to re- main in a first place with the St. Louis Cardinals, who also reeled off a sixth successive victory at the expense of Cincinnati 3-2 Re- liefer Ken Burkhart, the second of three Red Bird chuckers, received the credit when three singles, an error and an outfield fly cost Nate (Hard Luck Andrews another set back.
 The New York Yankees advanced into a first place tie with Boston by banking Philadelphia 80. It was a second straight nod for Al Gettel, who travelled north with the Tanks B" squad. over the Mackmen. Nick Etten's two-run homer doomed Lum Harris.
 The scores:
 National League Boston ............ coo 900 000--0 0 0 Brooklyn ....... coz O2l 0ox--5 10 Cooper and Masi; Head and Am derson.
 New York ........ 900 GOO 001-1 9 0 Philadelphia =. 300 OO5 oOx--8 l2 0 Feldman, Trinkle CD, Fischer (6) {, Emmerick CD and Cooper; Judd and seminick.
 St. Louis .. 900 100 020--3 8 0 Cincinnati .. OlO 100 000--2 5 ? Wilks, Burkhardt (6), Barrett t8) and Rice, Wilber t8) Andrews and Mueller.
 Chicago ...... 1o0 900 011-3 5 l Pittsburgh .. 00l GOO 00O--1 5 2 Passaau and Livingston; Albosta, Gerheauser (9) and Smith.
 American League.
 Philadelphia .... GOO GOO 000-0 0 New York .. 0l0 002 0Ox-3 2 2 Harris, Berry CD and Desautels; Gettel and Dickey.
 Washington GOO 900 o20 o6--8 l2 3 Boston .... 020 GOO 0CO 00--2 9 3 Masterson, Pierctti CD. Wolff, (s) and Evans; Johnson, Deutsch t8) |, Ryba CID, Wilson CID and Wag- her, Dreisewerd (8).
 Detroit ..... GOO 100 000-1 5 1 Chicago ........ 200 GOO lox-3 6 l pa,,+on and Tebtetts. Dietrich.