Evening star., 1957-04-19
9th Straight Loss
To Lew Brings
Blost by Tebbetts
BY the Associated Press

6y tne ASSOCIATED frebb
The baseball season. is only
four days old, but already they're
stirring up controversy over the
outlawed spitball in the National
League
Lew Burdette of the Braves
says he doesn't throw a splitter.
Birdie Tebbetts, Cincinnati man.
ager. insists he does, calling the
Milwaukee shutout ace "a cheat
ing spitballer." Warren Giles,
league president, says You have
to prove it to me-"
Whatever Burdette does when
he spins his stuff for the Braves,
old Satch Paige had a term for
tout -psychologizin' the hit
ter"
That's what Burdette had in
mind when he said. Its the best
pitch I've got-and I don't throw
it." in reply to Tebbetts' re-
newed cry after the Redlegs lost
to the big righthander, 10. yes
terday in Milwaukee. 1t was
the eighth successive time Bur-
ldette. who led the National
League with six shutouts amid
similar splitter" charges last sea-
son. has whipped Cincinnati and
ITebbetts is pretty tired of him
getting away with murder"
viii Lodge Official Protest
Birdie, who insists Burdette
went to his mouth before every
pitch" chirped so loud his boss,
General Manager Gabe Paul,
decided to lodge an official pro-
test today and ask Giles for a
Qualification Of Rule 8:02. which
states a pitcher can not "apply
a foreign substance of any kind
to the ball" under penalty of a
To-day suspension.
Until Someone--the umpires
or someone-presents evidence
that Burdette is using the spit
ter, I'll do nothing about it."
Giles said, adding that "a lot of
pitchers make a hitter think
they're throwing a splitter. but
there's nothing illegal about it,"
/ Asked for comment on Teb-
belts charges. Burdette said
laughlingly. Its a perfect day
I've got Birdie chirping."
I Legal or not, Burdette's VIC
tory. fashioned on Hank Aaron's
first home run of the year in the
sixth inning of Hal Jeffcoat,
handed the winless Redlegs a
second defeat and left the
Braves and Dodgers the only un-
beaten clubs in the league. Bur-
!dette yielded only six hits To
the delight Of 41.5o6 fans. the
days biggest crowd.
The Dodgers. with Sal Maglie
throwing a four hitter. knocked
OF Pittsburgh. 6-l. The Cubs
cracked is hits to defeat the
Cardinals. 1912. And the Giants
kept Philadelphia winless, 6-2.
i Indians Win in llth
In the American League, the
winlesS Tigers lost their third in
a row. this time to Cleveland
|. 8-3. in IL innings. The Yankees
again had to rally in the ninth
beating Boston. 80. The White
Sox handed Kansas City its first
defeat. So. behind Jack Harsh
mans four-hitter. And Wash
ington broke the ice with a Ga
victory over Baltimore.
! Maglie. who will be 40 a week
from today. struck out FIVE and
walked three while gaining a 23-s
lifetime record against the
Pirates in his 200th major league
start. The lone Pirate run wa,
unearned. Duke Snider. the
leagues 1856 home-run king
smacked his first of the year and
Gil Hodges hit his second for the
Dodgers. who cracked Southpaw
Luis Arroyo and three reliefers
Tor IA hits. Two errors by Short
stop Don thinner permitted
Pittsburgh's only run in the
eighth.
Young Moe Drabowsky, the
Cubs bonus righthander, per.
. mitted just four hits in whip.
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