Evening star., 1952-05-20
Maglie and Thomson
Combine Efforts 10
Put Giants at Top
BY the Associated Press

dering today if Sal (The Barber)
Maglie is ever going to be beaten
And you can't blame the Pitts.
burgh Pirates if they shake theil
heads in an emphatic negative
The 35-year-old right-hande,
from Niagara Falls hasn't beer
beaten this year in racking ur
seven victories to run his unde.
feated string over a two-year span
ito 10. He has met and whipped
all teams except the Boston Braves
and the Chicago Cubs.
In 62 innings, he has allowed
only seven earned runs for the
enviable average of 1.O2.
Thomson Shines, Too.
The Pirates have a special rea-
son for wondering if Maglie is un-
beatable. When he blanked them
40, on seven hits yesterday in one
of the three games played in the
majors. it marked the 18th straight
time the curve-ball ace has turned
back the cellar r-dwelling BUGS.
Third Baseman Bobby Thomson
supplied the batting power for
Maglie's second shutout of the
season as the Giants moved back
into a tie for first place with
Brooklyn. The Dodgers played a
IL tie with the Cubs in a game
called by rain after one was out
in the top half of the seventh.
Maglie's other goose-egg came on
April 20 at the expense of the
Dodgers.
Thomson drove in all of the
champions runs with a double
and two singles to pace an eight
hit attack against Howie Pollet,
Bob Friend and Ted Wilks. Pol
let, removed for a pinch hitter
after two innings, was charged
with his fifth defeat. He has won
only once.
While Thomson was welding his
big bat. Maglie gave only one base
on balls and famed six to run
his league-leading total to AZ
Strikeouts. Only one of the Pi-
rates advanced farther than first
base. That happened in the fifth
when George Metkovich and Gus
Bell put singles back to back.
Rain Halts Pitching Duel.
Billy Loes, who has won four
straight for the Dodgers, and Turk
Lown hooked up in a pitching
duel before rain put an end to the
night proceedings. Before things
were called off, the game was held
up by rain for 40 minutes at the
start of the third inning.
Loes started badly by yielding
singles to Eddie Miksis and Dee
Fondy, but then struck out five
in row, two short of the major
league record.
Although Lown didn't give up
his lone hit of the game until the
fifth, the Dodgers were the first
to score. The Brooklyn-born
Chicago hurler lost control after
one was out in the third. Billy
Cox walked and stole second on
a play that so enraged Miksis
that the Cubs shortstop was ban
iShed from the game.
Lown also walked Peewee Reese,
Jackie Robinson and Andy Pafko,
forcing in Cox. The Cubs tied it
up in the fourth when Toby At
well walked and went all around
on Hal Jeffcoat's double.
Red Sox Veterans Click.
In the only game played in the
American League, Lou Boudreau
again called on his sharp fielding
oldtimers to give the Boston Red
Sox a 80 victory over the De-
troit Tigers. The victory. cred
tied to Rookie Bill Henry, lifted
the Red Sox into a virtual second
place tie with idle Washington.
Walt Dropo and Clyde Vollmer
drove in the winning runs with
long flies in the seventh. Ellis
Kinder and Mel Parnell, pitching
veterans, came on to save Henry
when the Tigers threatened.
The veteran combination of
Vern Stephens, Dropo and Bill
Goodman also came up with four
double-plays, three in the first
three innings. Don Lenhardt
robbed Johnny Groth of an extra
base hit in the fourth with a SEN
sational catch against the left
field screen.