Evening star., 1949-05-19
.FeIIer THROUGH
For Some Time,
.Rout Indicates
Tribe Ace Felt Yonk
Come Was Big Test
Of Long-AiIine Arm
BY the A&soeiased Press

| Ii BOD Feller meant what ne said
before the New York Yankees
whitewashed the Cleveland Indians
yesterday. 60, the Tribes falter-
ing mound ace may be through for
some time as a starting pitcher.
! With Vic Raschi checking the
world champions with two hits,
Cleveland didn't have a chance,
but chief interest was focused on
Feller's performance. There are
growing suspicious that the big
righthander's shoulder injury has
killed him for the rest of the cam
paign and Bob himself isn't sure
he won't be laid up for a while
longer.
This is the big test" he told a
reporter before the game. After
this one I should know whether
the shoulder is strong enough for
another year"
The answer was a savage 12-hit
attack paced by Tommy Henrich's s
two circuit clouts in the seven
innings Bob worked. 1t was Feller's
third loss of the season and Cleve-
lands fifth successive setback. The
Tribe has been shut out more than
any other team in the league and
has lost eight of it's last nine
games.
It's not all Feller's fault, of
course, but he'd be a big help If
his arm was right. Before the
game, Bob said Trainer Lefty
Weisman's ministrations had made
the shoulder feel better and that
he had pitched a half-hour of
batting practice a couple of days
ago with no apparent Ill effect. but
that he wouldn't know if it was
okay until he bore down in a game
Arm Bad Since Season Start.
Feller hasn't felt right since he
quit in the second inning of the
opening game against the st.
Louis Browns. The shoulder both
cred him against the Boston Red
Sox again, but last Sunday he
confessed he lust didn't have it"
against the Chicago White Sox.
Bob traces his trouble to an
incident in training camp when
he agreed to pose for pictures
making a throw to second base
rather than be labeled stuck up"
1t was raw, cold day and he had
just finished a hard workout, but
he agreed to pose and he evident
ly pulled a muscle.
The Red Sox, back in their
happy hunting ground yesterday
at Fenway Park, made it two in
a row over Chicago, IA. Bobby
Doerr and Ted Williams hit
homers to hand Marino Pieretti
his first defeat, while Ellis Kinder
staggered home with an 11-hitter.
Gus Zernial, the White Sox's
rookie outfielder. drove in all four
runs with a three-run homer and
a 400-foot double.
Home runs by Stan Spence,
Roy Sievers and Sherm Lollar
enabled the Browns to win their
ninth in 90 starts, downing Phil
adelphia. 8-6. A four-run upris-
ing against Bobby Shantz in the
sixth gave the Brownies a lead
they never lost. Eddie Joost and
Mike Guerra homered for the AS.
Cincinnati continued to upset
the National League picture,
knocking off the Boston Braves,
1879, on Grady Hatton's homer
with the bases loaded in the last
of the ninth. AS the New York
Giants bowed to Pittsburgh, 5-3,
Boston had a chance to gain the
| undisputed lead by victory.
Reds Kluszewski Helps.
Hatton was aided by Ted Klus-
zewski, the Reds first baseman,
who continued his sensational hit
ting squirt with four hits. Hattor
weighed in with a double and
triple as well as his grand slam
homer.
Eddie Erautt. who seems to
make a speciality of getting a win
or loss with a minimum of work,
was the winning pitcher on one
inning chore. The defeat went to
Nels Potter, Although Hatton' s
homer came off Red Barrett.
Brooklyn went on a 20-hit spree
to thump Chicago. 14-5, with Joe
Hatten coasting to his third VIC
tory, a 10-hitter. Roy Cam
PAMELA and Duke Snider hit home
runs for the Dodgers, Campanella' S
two runs driven in gave him the
league RBI lead with "a.
Johnny Mize hit homers Nos. 304
and 305 of his career, passing the
idle Joe Di Maggie to take the
lead among active major leaguers,
but the Giants lost to Pittsburgh,
5-3.
The Phillies made 1t two in a
row over the St. Louis Cards. 80,
on a double by Granville Hammer
and a single by Eddie Watkins off
Reliefer Ted Wilks. Harry
Brecheen had allowed only three
hits until he was lifted for pinch
hitter in the two-run Cardinal
seventh. Curt Simmons went all
the way for his first win.