Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-21
Fine Pitching
OF Yanks Has
Rivals Jittery
Turley Gets Fourth
Win Over Route;
Runaway Feared

oupeIp plICIllIlg Iho Seilt Tic
Yankees away winging and
tangled the already frayed
nerves Of officials OF the seven
other American League clubs.
No one Is using the word
runaway" yet, but Yankee OPP
ponents are thinking II as they
take stock OF the pitching Situ-
alton up and down the line.
The season is only one week
old and the Yankees show a
lh2-game lead. produced not so
much by their noted batting
power as by a pitching staff
that appears deep. talented and
almost invincible. II you can't
hit EN-, how are you going to
beat emp
A four-hit. TO mastery Of
the Orioles by Bob Turley yes
terday was the latest blow TO
rival club officials, who see an
inverse ratio between Yankee
success and their own gate re-
ceipts.
Fourth Route Job
While Turley was becoming
the fourth Yankee pitcher TO
go the distance this spring, two
other clubs continued to act
like party-crashers. The Sem
ators and Athletics. who aren't
supposed to be there. are in
second place. Roy Sievers
belted a home run in the 10th
inning TO give the Senators a
6-5 victory over the Red Sox,
victims in all three Of WASH
ington's victories. The Ath-
letics routed the White Sox.
3D., while Cleveland beat De-
troit. Az.
Turley. big 27-year-old right
handler from Troy. H.. struck
out eight and walked seven be-
fore 2l.597 fans in Yankee
Stadium. Don Larsen. Of World
Series perfect-game fame, got
the Yankees started last Tues
day with a four-hit shutout Of
Boston. Johnny Kucks pitched
a seven-hitter over the Red
Sox and Whitley Ford, handi-
capped by arm trouble last
year, came up with a flve-hit
victory over the Orioles.
/ In only one Of their f1ve vic
/ tories have the Yankees had to
reach into the bullpen and
Bobby Shantz, the Saturday
starter, didn't exactly cause
Manager Stengel mental an
guish. Shantz had a three-hit-
| ter going against the Orioles
until he weakened In the ninth.
Slow Starter
! Turkeys success yesterday
was particularly pleasing to
Stengel, who always worries a
little about the big highlander
| In early season.
II always have quite a time
with him in spring training,
Stengel said. He didn't go five
or six innings during the ex-
hibition games. But he has good
/ habits and he's in shape. That's
the important thing"
I'm the spring I'm the worlds
worst pitcher. Turley said. Il
guess 1t always seems to take
longer for me to get cranked
up than the other pitchers.
Then I managed TO pull a mus
Gle in my back the first week at
st. Petersburg. I wondered II
1t would bother me when the
season began. But 1t hasn't hurt
me again since"
The Yankees got eight hits
against Connie johnson, the
loser. and two believers. The
biggest Yankee hit was an in
side the-park homer by Norm
Siebern.
Four HOmers by Tribe
Cleveland hit four homers to
account for all Of its runs in
the victory over the Tigers.
Roger Maris, Rock Colavito.
Minnie MinoSo and Dick Brown
did the swatting for the visiting
Indians at the expense Of Jim
Burning. a 20-game winner last
year. Minoso's line shot into
the lower left-center seats
broke a % tie in the eighth.
Ray Boone homered with one
on In the sixth TO account for
Detroit's runs. Ray Narleski
won. but got help from Herb
Score in the ninth.
Five-hit pitching by Jack
Urban and three-run homers
by Bill Tuttle and Billy Hunter
featured Kansas City's victory
over Chicago. The homers
were hit of Bill Fischer. who
had gone l0025 innings with
out giving up a four-bagger
The last home-run ball he
pitched was May %. 1857. to
Hal Smith Of Kansas City
Urban lost his shutout in the
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