The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-07
H0LL0MAN HURLS
N0-HITTER WED.
BY BEN PHLEcAR
AP SportSWrifar

WHetucI uS Tau SURVIVE IL.
Holloman, a fun-loving Georgian
nicknamed after the last Brownie
hurler to pitch no-hitter jumped
from low man in the bullpen to
pitching glory in nine hitless inn
ings against the Philadelphia Ath-
letics. He faced 81 men. Three Of
them walked and one reached first
on the pitchers own error. st.
Louis won, so.
The big highlander now will
have to whip the jinx that befell
the only other pitcher ever to open
his major league starting career
with hitless performance.
In 1892, far enough back that
baseball historians don't recognize
it as modern times" Charley
Jones broke in with Cincinnati with
no-hitter against Pittsburgh, al
though Pittsburgh scored one run.
Jones never won another major
league game.
In addition to this king-sized
ink, consider the pressure Hollo-
man will face the next time he
pitches:
4 rookie is on the spot every
time he starts game.
"A rookie with buildup Is on
more Of spot.
A no-hit pitcher often gets into
trouble his next couple of games.
Virgil Trucks, now Of the Browns,
pitched two no-hitters for Detroit
last year hut his record for the
season was q poor 5-19.
A rookie, such as Holloman, who
pitched no-hitter in his first start
win have all of these things going
against him the rest Of the season.
Holloman's performance over
Swallowed the rest Of the major
league activity yesterday but for
the record Detroit defeated WASH
ington, S-4, and Chicago stopped
,ston, 6-2, in the American
League, and Brooklyn whipped st.
outs, TO, and New York whipped
','cago, SIS, in National League
Comes.
Cleveland and New York weren't
r,eduled in the American League
Y rain halted the other two
'onal League games. Philadel.
4 was leading Cincinnati, 20,
the game was cancelled after
:" innings. Milwaukee and Pitts
III were tied, IL, after three
It's.
coy gathering Of 2,473, In
g Hollman's wife Nan and
-year-old son Gary Lee, wit
| the st. Louis spectacle and
4, r able TO como back to see
r. game free.
or Bill Veeck told the small
4 he was grateful they had
ri threatening weather to come
1. ard issued an invitation for
SRI to use their rain checks to
sn.e back again sometime.
pnso Newsom was the last
, o,gn'e hurler to pitch nine mo-
Il inn ngs but he lost the game
nst the Red Sox In 1884. He
up q safety in the 10th and
beaten, 2-1. Il
he last ST. Louis pitcher to win
no.hitter was Robert Groom
n the Chicago White Sox. Hol.
san's epic came s. years to the
y after Groom's.
Holloman, whose given name Is
Ava, came up to the Browns this
season after winning IS and losing
seven for Syracuse of the Interna.
tional League In 1852 and pitching
Saturce Of the Puerto Rican
League TO the Caribbean cham
pionship this winter
Billy Pierce Of the White Sox,
one cf two American League pitch.
ers to huri one-hiiter this season,
won his fourth game Of the year
as he set down the Red Sox on six
hits. A pinch.hit home run BY Del
WILDER with runner on base cost
him q shutout.
Ned Carver won his second
straight for Detroit after three
early-season setbacks, scattering
10 Washington hits and driving in
two OF the Tigers eight runs on 4
homer in the eighth inning.
Brooklyn, where .rhuharh" was
first applied 10 q baseball argu-
ment, had another one last night.
60. Louis finished the game under
protest after Z sixth.inning set-to
during which Cardinal Manager
Eddie Stanky and catcher Del Rice
we're chased from the park.
They were olSted for arguing
with Umpire Jocko Conlan. who
mad waved Jackie Robinson home
from third base after q collision
with Cardinal shortstop Solly He
mus. Hemus sprawled head first
IN the baseline, diving for 4 drive
ar the bay Of Res Campaneila.
Robinson. running from second,
eoliided with him and tell down.
conlan ruled Hemns had obstruct.
cd the base runner
Duke Snider and Gil Hodges hit
home runs for the Dodgers. Rookie
Ray Jahlouski biz two for the
Cards. who got only five hits OF
Carl Erskine.
The Giants battered six Chicago