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arm seemed strong enough.
The Yankees will testify there
seemed nothing wrong with
Shantz' arm last night. They hit
only nine balls out of the in
field. Bobby walked four and
struck out two. Rookie Johnny
Kucks was the losing pitcher.
Last nights victory was
Shantz' first complete game
since July 26, 1858, when he de-
feated the White Sox, 4-3.. His
last shutout was September 10,
1852, when he defeated the
Yanks, 20.
Nobody is ready to say that
Shantz has finally licked his arm
trouble. Only more work will be
able to tell that.
Don't cool off too fast" Ewell
cautioned.
Il won't" Shantz replied
solemnly. as a teammate finished
lacking up a horseshoe over
Bobby's locker.
Shantz' return to form shared
the baseball headlines with the
doings of the Detroit Tigers. on
the prowl for the first time since
they failed in their shot at the
pennant in 1850. The Tigers
took over the lead in the Arneri-
can League race by topping
Washington. 30, for their sixth
straight victory.
Meanwhile, the defending
champion Indians discovered it
was a brand-new season as their
pitching again went sour and
Baltimore grabbed its first vic
tory at Cleveland's Municipal
Stadium, So. The Orioles, who
padded the Tribes record Ill
victories last season by winning
only three from the champions.
hadn't won in Cleveland since
coming back into the league last
season.
The White Sox were the only
touted pennant contenders to
win yesterday, taking second
place as Rookie Dick Donovan
shut out Boston, TO. on four
hits.
Phillies Beat Braves
In the National League. with
more and more daylight showing
between first-place Brooklyn and
the rest of the pack, only two
games were played. Philadelphia
joined Milwaukee in second
place, AZ games behind the
Dodgers, by clubbing the Braves,
1874. Cincinnati clipped Pitts
burgh, SO, while rain postponed
the Chicago-Brooklyn and st.
Louis-New York games.
Donovan, a 24-year-old right
handler who had previous trials
with the Braves and Detroit,
picked UP his first major league
victory against the Red Sox. He
famed six and walked but one
while Chicago tagged four Bos-
ton hurlers for II hits. The
White Sox slugged Willard Nixon
for four runs and eight hits in
less than four innings as the
Highlander suffered his first
defeat in four decisions. Sherm
Lollar and Nellie Fox homered
for Chicago.
Four runs in the ninth won
for Baltimore, Smelling Mike
Garcia out of the game and
into his third defeat against one
triumph. Garcia, 1873 last sea-
son. the Orioles hitters until the
sixth, when three singles scored
a run. Gene Weddings leadoff
double and four single broke 1t
up in the ninth. Ray Moore
was the winner in relief of
Harry Byrd.
The Phils jumped all over
Warren SPAIN, Ray Crone and
Ernie johnson for six runs in
the fifth. Del Ennis got Herm
Wehmeier of to a 20 lead in
the lead with a home run and
the veteran Highlander took it
from there, allowing only four
hits. One was a solo homer by
Bobby Thomson. Another was
a bases-loaded triple by Andy
Pafko in the eighth. The game
was called because Of rain with
the Phils at bat in the eighth.
Cincinnati won in a breeze,
too, hanging a second straight
defeat on the Pirates. Joe Nux-
hall won it, contributing a home
run to the Redlegs' nine-hit at
tack while scattering six hits.