Show Sal Sa I Maglie Mag lie Hurls Brilliant One Hitter as G ints Win Wint 5 1 s Castiglione ione's iones Triple Ruins Hitter No-Hitter By Carl Lundquist N E W V Y 0 O R K May lay 5 UP UP- UP Pitcher Sal Sall Maglic Maglie of the Giants an going easy-going soul isn't mad at anybody except Pittsburgh batte batters bat bat- te s and he lie only hates them one oneat oneat oneat at a time His latest indignation Saturday was directed at Pete Castiglione one who broke up his no-hitter no in a very unusual manner Friday on on the second pitch of the game came anie which the Giants won 5 Castiglione hottest hitter in the majors at present blasted a leadoff leadoff lead lead- off triple over left fielder Whitey Lockman's head and scored on onan onan onan an infield out Thereafter Maglie the pride of Niagara Falls yielded yield yield- ed nothing that even cven remotely resembled a hit lilt Great Job Not a Pirate batter got past first base after aCter the second inning as Maglie l turned in one of the thc great jobs of his career And at atthe atthe atthe the finish when he realized how close he had come to no-hit no fame he ic couldn't help but recall what another Pirate did to him last summer The culprit then was Gus Bell who hit a homer to snap a string of scoreless innings at 45 when he was just four putouts shy of one of the most respected records in the National League books At that time Maglie was out to top Carl Hubbells Hubbell's string of 46 3 1 consecutive scoreless innings I and he might have made it but for the blast of another Pirate batter Maglie received elegant hitting I support from his colleagues as I Ithe the rebounding Giants won their fourth game out of the last five after dropping 11 in a row Bobby Thomson Hank Thompson Spider Spider Spi Spi-I der Jorgensen and md Monte Irvin all contributed homers Bell figured figured figured fig fig- in Maglic's latest disappointment I i too because he drove I in the only Pirate run on the infield infield infield in in- field out Braves Regain First FirstIn In other National League games the Braves regained first place by defeating the Cubs 3 9 the Phillies outlasted the Cardinals Cardinals Card Card- 6 5 and the Reds upset the Dodgers 5 In the American League the Yankees took over first place by topping the Browns 8 1 for their sixth straight victory vic vie tory the thc White Sox downed the Senators 6 5 in 11 innings Detroit Detroit De De- troit topped Boston 8 4 and the Athletics edged Cleveland 3 Vern Bickford became the first National League pitcher to win four games with a hitter five-hitter over the Cubs in which Bob Elliott hit hita a pair of two-run two homers to lead the Braves at bat Hank Sauer drove in all of Chicago's runs with a homer and a two run double The Yankees mopping up against the weaker western clubs came through strong in the late innings to provide lefty Ed Lopat with his fourth victory against no defeats A terrific catch by Jackie Jensen cut off one budding budding budding bud bud- ding Brownie rally while Atom Boy Mickey Mantle the other hot Yankee youngster hit a homer clear out of the park to account account account ac ac- ac- ac count for two runs The Yankees made 15 hits Gene woodling getting getting getting get get- ting three c J J I e 4 Red Team En End d Gets Escort Down the Utah Gridiron Bob Morris 12 is on his way to a nice gain after taking a pass I from Carter Cowley Red t team am quarterback and picking picking- up a con con- I voy 0 of or blockers including Grant Goodrich 34 and Jay Brown 51 This was one of best ground gaining plays of or spring game |