Evening star., 1951-06-03
5-Hitter Hurled
By Bob Hooper;
.Dobson Loser
Eddie Robinson Scores
Lone Run for Chicago
In Weird Contest
By the Associated Press

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By the Associated Press
| CHICAGO, June 2.-The first
place White Sox, playing at times
like a sandlot team, had their Ia
game winning streak ended in
ignominious fashion today. 5-1,
oy the next-to-last-place Athletics,
whose Bob Hooper hurled a tight
! five-hitter.
Hooper, making his first start
since April % and notching his
first win of the season, got rous-
ing help from three former White
Sox xplayers-principally big Gus
Zernial, who belted fifth inning
homer, scored two runs and fielded
like a demon.
In losing their first game since
an 11-3 beating by Cleveland May
13. the Sox did some weird second
inning base-running that killed
a budding rally. Joe Dobson,
starting pitcher, sealed his own
fate by going to sleep on double
steal by the AS.
Five Games Short of Record.
Thus Paul Richards White Sox
failed by five games to match the
American League consecutive win
record of 19 set by the 1906 White
Sox and tied by the 1947 Yankees.
Dobson, seeking his fifth straight
win, had a one-hitter through six
innings. That hit was Zernials
home run
But in the seventh the Athletics
pushed across four runs on four
hits, spiced with Dobson's mental
lapse when Dave Philley raced
home from third and Wally Moses,
pinch-hitter romped from first to
second on a double steal. Both
Philley and Moses, like Zernial,
are ex-White Sox players. Zernial
and Philley went to the Athletics
in recent deal which brought the
Sox Paul Lehner of the AS and
Orestes Minoso of the Indians.
Only Sox Tally in Seventh.
The only Sox tally came in the
seventh when Eddie Robinson
central figure in a unique second
inning double play by the Athlet..
les, scored from second on JiM
Busby's single.
1t was the first complete ga-ne
this season for Hooper, who Hss
a protege Of White Sox Pi,es
Richards when both were with
Buffalo of the International
League in 1949. After failing to
finish twice against the Red Sox.
April 81 and %, Hooper had been
used mainly in relief.
The ga,py base-running cans3
with only one out in the secoxd
inning. Robinson was on second
and Busby on first as the result
Iof walk and Eddie Joost's bob
BILE of Busby's slow roller.
Chico Carrasquel singled to
right field, which was patrolled
for the first time by Ferris Fairl,
who customarily plays first base
for the AS.
Robinson. a slow runner, lum-
bered past third and halfway
home but decided to return to
third after Fain's throw whistled
to Joe Upton at the plate. But
fleet Busby already had reached
third. Busby raced back to second,
out Robinson was run down be-
tween home and third. Mean
while, Carrasquel was fired with
the ambition to race to second.
fully occupied by Busby. Cara
squal raced back to first and Busby
set out for third, being nailed on
a throw from Fain, who wandered
IN from the outf1eld to his old
first base post. to Allie Clark COM
pletlng an odd double play.
Dobson, who had pitched a one
hitter against the Indians May II.
walked zernial to open the
seventh. Philley singled to left
Lou Llmmer'S sacrifice advanced
lernlal to third and Philley to
second. Pete Suder was walked
intentionally. filling the bases.
Moses. hitting for Upton, forced
Suoer at second, but zernial
scored. Moses broke for second
ana while Dobson stepped off the
mound with his back to the plate.
Phllley streaked home from third.
Dooson, befuddled, threw wild to
the plate and Moses continued to
third.
Aernial Makes Great Catches.
Hooper's pop to the mound went
TO hit when Dobson lost the bali
In the sun, Moses scoring. Eddie
Joost and Fain followed with
singles, Hooper scoring and that
was the end for Dobson.
Aernlal made three great
catches in left field. His long
running stab of Nelson Fox's
short fly in the eighth held the
little second-sacker hitless. for
the first time in 10 straight games.
Fain also sparked defensively
in right field. He made a leaping
catch of Robinson's smash against
the wall in the fourth.
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