The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-07
Red Ruffinc Still Greet
 With Yonks

New York, June 7.--tUpDThe aging red.head. now q llstle gray, kept lohblne the ball into batters and all over Yankee Stadium fans were wondering out loud why they couldn't 90 down there themselves and connect with a few of those seemingly soft pitches.
 The fans were no more baffled than the White Sox bAtters, who took their batting llcks Confldent- ly--eut flltllely.
 And at the finish. 42.year old Charley Ruffing, using his heart and his head to compensate for c curve and fast ball that had seen better days, had given the Yankees Q four.hit, Co 0 victory. ft was his fourth straight triumph, his second shutout in . row and it brought his string of consecutive ecoreless innings to @. Tn q l.S innings he has given up just %
 iotA 'Dog.tired'
 Juhllantly celebrating his seth birthday behind the plate as catch. er-naanager was angular Bill Dickey. Together, he and Ruffing formed major league baeeball's oldest pitch. er-catcher combination, and at the finish both were "dog.tired" but happy.
 The Yankees, winning their fourth straight and their eighth game in nine starts, made 1t easy for big Red Co win his S80th major league game by scoring three runs in the first inning A single by George Btirnweiss. three walks and Dickey's single gave Ruffing all the margin be required. John Rigney, White Box starter, was plagued by a muscle injury in his arm and gave up in the third inning.
 NeW York gained no ground on bhe rampant Red Sox, however. The league leaders maintained their e,e game edge by beating the Browns. 5 to ( at Boston for their eeventh win in a row and their lsth victory at home against west. ern teams without a defeat. Brownie pitcher. Jack Kramer became so tn. censed at the situation that he pushed umpire Hal Weafer about the infield in protest against a decision at first base In the fourth and threw a baseball over the grandstand when he was elected from the game Homers by Bobby Doerr and Ted Williams gave Bos. ton enough edge to survive a ninth inning Brown rally of two runs on Walt Judnich's homer.
 Sid Hudson pitched the Senators to their first shutout of the season ia night game at Washington. holding Cleveland to four singles ia a to victory in which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower vas one of ehe fans on hand. The Mats batted out starter Bob Lemon in the first with a three.run rally on two hits and three walks.
 seoesy ProviAeA Thrills
 Frank secory Of the Cubs pro- vided the days most dramatic mo. Hent in the Nasi0nal when he hit Q homer wdth the bases loaded in the l2th Co provid a lO-e victory ever the Giants ct Chicago. New York, trailing 6 to 0, tied the score with three-run rallies iii the 0th and 9th. Babe Young started the ninth inning uprising wtih a homer.
 The Dodgers made nine runs in the fifth to beat the Pirates. l3 to s at Pittsburgh. Augie Gala and Ferrell Anderson each made three hits in the i7-hit attack off four Buc pitchers. Pittsburgh made four runs in it's half of the fifth. two coming on Jim Russell's hom- CT.
 The Phils also made l7 hits for their sixth victory in eight games. beating the Reds ct Cincinnati. Q co , with an attack good for % bases. They handed Joe Beggs his first defeat after fiv wins, kn0cking him out in the first in. ming. Frank Mccormick of tn