Evening star., 1949-05-11
Haefner Makes
.VeeckLook Bad
In Spurning Him
'Boner of Yeur' Seen
In Tribes Choice of
Wynn Over Mickey
By Joe Reiehler
Assoeiuted Press Sports Writer


Bill veeck, dynamic head of the
World Champion Cleveland In
dians, may have pulled "the boner
of the year" when he preferred
Early Wynn to Mickey Haefner
in the Tribes five-man winter
deal with Washington.
Haefner didn't add to Weeks
joys yesterday when be pitched
the Senators to a brilliant one
hit. 10 victory over the Indians
in Cleveland.
Haefner would be pitching for
the Indians today had not Veeck
been scared off by his advanced
age of SO and his unimpressive
1948 won and lost record of 5-l3.
Had Veeck delyed deeper into
Haefner's record, he would have
learned some facts that might
have changed his mind about the
knuckle-ball artist. Although
Mickey's lifetime record is below
500, he is o .667 pitcher against
Cleveland. Including yesterdays
triumph, he has beaten Cleveland
16 times. while losing only 8.
Unlucky Against Tribe.
Some of Haefner's losses to
Cleveland have been heart-break-
ers. Last year. for instance. he
was shut out four times, three by
the Indians. In another. he pitch
ed II scoreless innings. only to see
the Indians win In Is innings. SO.
Back In i947. Haefner pitched
five-hit shutout against Bobby
Feller and follr I'd with a three
hitter agr - steve Gromek. the
pitcher who opposed him yester-
day. In his first two starts this
year. he dropped q 30 game to
Philadelphia. although he allowed
only four hits and was trailing
the New York Yankees 80 when
he bowed out for a ninth-inning
pinch hitter. The Mats won that
one in the 10th.
To make the day a complete
bust for Veeck and his Indians.
Washington's winning hit was de-
livered by First Baseman Eddie
Robinson. one of the principals in
the big deal between the two clubs.
Hal Newhouser, Detroit's sterling
southpaw, had no-hitter until
the fifth when the New York
Yankees raked him for two runs
and went on to knock him out of
the box In the ninth to defeat the
Tigers, 6-1. The victory increased
the American League leaders
margin over the Tigers to four
games.
Reynolds Goes ALI Way.
Allie Reynolds went the route
for the Yanks to register his
third victory against one defeat.
He received strong batting sup
port from Tommy Heinrich, who
blasted a two-run triple, and
Jackie Phillips. who hit base
loaded single. Johnny Groth of
Detroit went hitless for his third
straight game.
Yogi Berra, Yankee catcher, was
hit on the head by thrown ball
during infield practice before the
game. He was taken to hospital.
where x-rays showed no fracture.
He accompanied the team to
Cleveland.
Gerry Priddy batted in both
runs to lead the st. Louis Browns
to a 2-1 victory over the Boston
Red Sox. The victory snapped a
10-game losing streak for the
Browns. Priddy doubled in Dick
Kokos with st. Louis first run In
the third inning and broke up
the game in the last Of the ninth
with a home run.
Charley (Red) Embree per-
mitted the Sox only four hits,
including a first-inning home run
by Ted Williams. Losing Pitcher
Chuck Stobbs allowed only three
hits, but all figured in the scoring
The Athletics got only three
hits, but drew IL bases on balls
off loser Billy Pierce. Marino
Pieretti, Bob Kuzayva and Matt
Surkont to defeat the White Sox.
SO, in night game in Chicago.
Joe Coleman pitched the shut
out, doling out five hits for his
second victory against three
losses.
The entire National League
card was wiped out by rain.