The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-09
Teller Throws III |1HitterWith AiIing Back

NEW 1OIk, Aug. S-\OEJ~oobUy Feller's old pal and batterymate, Frankie Hayes, was the latest mem- Der today of not-too-exclusive so- ciety of players who have spoiled no-hit games for the Cleveland fireballer by popping him for meaningless singles.
 Teller, pitching with tightly taped back which still pained him from a muscle injury suffered Sun day, registered the eighth one-hit- ter of his miraculous career yes- terday, beating the White Sox at Chicago, 5 to 0. It was regarded in many ways as an even greater achievement than his no-hit game against the Yankees on April 30 because yesterday Teller might have been excused for not having shown up at the park at all.
 In fact he even had permission to take it easy awhile" from Man. ager Lou Beaudreu, but the chance to become the American Leagues modern strikeout king and its first 30 game winner since 1881 preclud- ed loading
 So Teller went to work and until the seventh no Chicago player got the Semblance of a hit. Then N stepped Hayes, who was his catcher when he no-hitted the Yankees and who smashed homer in the ninth inning of that game to give bullet Bob his one-run margin of victory.
 The last time they had been to- gether in game on the same dia- mond they had been team mates. That was when Teller and Hayes were the starting battery in the all-star game at Boston after which Hayes was waived to Chicago.
 His hit was borrowed time" blow, because he previously had sent up lazy foul which outfielder George Case just missed. He lofted a fly to center which Pat Secrecy raced in to get, but stopped chasing when shortstop Boudreau signaled that he could catch it. The ball dropped between them.
 T called for the ball too soon, " Boudreau said. Tt was my fault and not Seerey's that he didn't get to the ball"
 Hayes and Bobby Doerr of the Red Sox broke up Teller no-hitters this season and Doerr also spoiled one for him in 1889 Others in the fraternity" are Billy Sullivan of the Browns G938, Earl Averill of the Tigers 1939), Dick Siebert Of the Athletics Q94O), Rick Terrell of the Browns (l94D and Jimmy Outlaw of the Tigers (1945).
 It was FeDer's Fist victory and his five strikeouts brought his total for the year to 25l, 92 shry of the 343 mark set in 1904 by Rube Wad- dell of the As.
 The White Sox won she second game, ' to in 10 inhengs as Earl Caldwell chalked up his second re- lief victory over Cleveland in less than A hours. Caldwell had beat en them the night before and won his own game yesterday with 10th inning squeeze single with the bas- es loaded Joey Kuhels homer in the ninth tied the score and sent it into extra innings. It was Cald- wells eighth win.
 The Red Sox stayed 13 games ahead of the Yankees by winning to 3 and 10 to 6 decisions from the Athletics at Boston. Johnny Pesky's two-run homer elinched the first game while Dom DtMaggio with double and homer drove in four runs to set the pace in the second game. Rip Russell also hit first game Boston Homer.
 YESTERDAYS STAR-Bob-
 by Teller of Cleveland, who
 pitched the eighth one-hitter
 of his career, his ninth shutout
 this season and his 2lst vic-
 tory, and all with an aching
 back, beating Chicago, to 0.