Evening star., 1962-09-02
Cheney Loses
Shutout in 9th;;
Hobaugh Wins
Wagner Hits 33d
In 81 Defect as
La Loses Ground
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer

~ @OSSS StO0Ib0
By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer
Bob Schmidt, the champion
golfer Of the Senators, teed off
on one Of Dan Osinskfs pitches
with two out in the bottom of
the 18th tonight to give the
Senators a 80 triumph over
the Angels.
Schmidt. the big, blond
catcher who was batting for the
first time, hit a smash that
hugged the foul line and hit
the wall Of the Senator's BULL
pen with a thud. 1t was his
ninth some run of the season.
1t didn't appear that extra
innings would be necessary
when Tom Cheney was two
outs away from his second
straight shutout in the top Of
the ninth. But after Lee
Thomas blooped a singled to
left, Leon Wagner bombed his
33d homer to rightcenter, tying
the score.
Cheney caused more than a
ripple among the TITS fans
and 2,255 members of The
Stars Knot Hole Club when
he had a no-hitter going for
five innings.
Ed Hobaugh won in relief
after loading the bases In the
top Of the 18th. Osinski, who
beat the Senators in a relief
role last night, was the loser.
The Senators reached Dean
Chance for a run in the first
when Bob johnson singled to
run his hitting streak to IA
games, Chuck Hinton singled to
center, and Harry Bright scored
johnson with a high hopper
that he beat out for a hit.
Jim King made it 20 in the
fourth when he arched his 18th
home run over the fence in
right.
Joe Hoppe. who replaced Jim
Fregosi in the Angels lineup
just as the game started, had
the only two hits off Cheney
until the ninth.
Fregosi's jammed thumb did
not hold up through infield
, practice. and Hoppe replaced
him at the last minute. Hoppe
lined a single to left as leadoff
man in the sixth, and in the
eighth he ripped a liner Just
over Cheney's reach.
Cheney pitched the 10th, and
ran his strikeout total to 10
before he left for a pinch-hit-
ter. With the exception of the
one pitch to Wagner, he pitched
one Of the Senators top efforts
OF the season on a hot, sticky
night.
During his no-hit bid, the
only hard chance behind him
was a spectacular play in the
first by Ken Hamlin, who lost
his cap as he raced into CENTER
field and shared a low liner by
Lee Thomas.
Hobaugh was in a peck of
trouble in the 18th. He walked
Moran, and after Lee Thomas
popped up, Wagner was out on
a force play that missed being
a double play by an eyelash.
Bob Rodgers then hit one
through the middle, Wagner
stopping at second. Torres hit
a smash that Hobaugh stopped
but too late to throw to get
anybody, and the bases were
filled. George Thomas flied to
Lock to end the threat.
NOTES-Don Rudolph puts
his streak of 26 scorelesS in
nings on the line today against
Eli Grba. The first eight of the
streak were against the Angels
Several hundred midshipmen,
in their summer whites, were
the first of three groups to visit
the Senators for three days.
They cheered when the magic
message board showed U.S.
MA. Sez Beat Army"
Chuck Hinton was given a
single on the ball to Felix Tore
in the fourth inning of Friday
nights second game. The rul-
ing took an error away from
Lee Thomas, and added an
earned run to Don Lee. It ap-
peared from the press box that
the ball glanced off Thomas
glove. permitting Hinton to
reach first, but Umpire Joe
Paparella said that Hinton had
the play beat, and that the ball
hit his arm as he ws crossing
the bag.