Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
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By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer

By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer
The Senator's Tom Cheney
put all of those deceptive
pitches of his together in one
magnificent performance last
night and shut out the Twins,
10. in the finest pitching duel
seen at D. c. Stadium.
A roaring crowd of 1906,
plus APIS members of The
Stars Knot-Hole Club. cheered
Cheney and his co-Star, Ken
Hamlin, whose third straight
hit in the seventh inning drove
in the only run of the game.
Southpaw Jim Kaat, who
had won seven in a row before
the Yankees beat him last week,
choked off the Senators only
early threat, but lost although
giving up only six hits.
Walk Leads To Run
Jim King drew a walk to
open the seventh and Bob
Schmidt. trying to hit to right,
pushed a bounder to Vic Pow
er. moving King to second.
King took third as Cheney also
rolled to Power.
Hamlin, a .205 hitter at game
time. then smacked his single
to left as King trotted in. Ham
lin was picked off first, but it
didn't matter.
Cheney struck out 10 and ,
walked only two as he con-
quered his usual trouble, lack
OF control. 1t was the first ma
jor league Shutout for the slen-
der, thin haired Southerner
from Morgan, Ga.
Cheney reached his heights
in the seventh and ninth
innings.
Earl Battey led off the sew
enth with a walk and Bernie
Allen doubled to left-center.
There was double-time action
in the Senators bullpen be-
cause Cheney had not pitched
nine innings previously this
season, and often has weakened
in the late innings.
However, Tom appeared un-
troubled as he reared back and
struck out Zoilo Versailles with
a pitch that really had some
thing on it. He famed Kaat on
three more consecutive strikes.
Lennie Green threatened to
ruin Toms shutout with liner
to right-field. but King took
off and hauled it down with a
one-handed stab after a long
run. The crowd cneered madly
as Cheney and King reached
the dugout.
The Twins went down in
order in the eighth, but it was
not that easy. Hinton came in
fast for Vic Powers blooper,
and after Hamlin made a
routine play on Rich Rollins,
the Senator'S Shortstop came
in fast. made a clean pickup
of Harmon Killebrew'S slow
roller, and threw him out.
Trouble beckoned in the
ninth as Bob Allison led off
with an infield hit that got
past Bob johnson between
third and short, and was
blocked by Hamlin at deep
short.
Battey, the All-Star Game
catcher, was next up, and
Cheney's first three pitches to
him were high and wide.
Tough in Clutch
But, as suddenly as he
temporarily lost his control,
Cheney regained it and struck
out Battey.
Allen popped to second for
the second out, and Don
Mincher, who has hit seven
home runs, batted for Versal-
les. Mincher took three vicious
swings but came up empty on
each and Cheney had his
Shutout.
The five hits off Cheney
were in separate innings, and
although three of them were
leadoff singles, Cheney was
tough in the clutch. Only in
the first and seventh did the
Twins have more than one base
runner.
Tom also pitched out of
trouble in the fifth despite two
errors, one his own when he
bobbled a bunt.
Kaat struck out only three
and walked five, but two double
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