| Show I t t 7 5 i G Gumber pr psT For 1 GOth Major Victory By Fritz Ho Howell Mowell well NEW YORK April 6 UP Harry CR-Harry Harry Gumbert towering hurler for fox the St St St. t. t Louis Cardinals champions of the tl-e he National league is getting set setto setwin to win his major loop game The tall guy from Texas is the first of the big le league gue pitchers to togo togo too go o the nine-inning nine route and he hed did d it imp impressively yesterday in holding the second team to six hits and nd a single ninth-inning ninth run run Gumbert has won 9 98 games and and nd hopes to get over the century hump ump early in the season Only seven even pitchers now in the big leagues agues have broken the mark Gumbert has proved a a. fine investment in- in vestment estment for the C Cards since 1941 when hen Branch Rickey traded Fiddler Fiddler Fider Fid er Bill McGee fo to o the Giants for him lim Since th then I Gumbert has las wo woh oh 30 games and lost 15 15 and six six of his wins were at the expense of the Giants against two losses McGee cGee won two and lost nine in 1941 for the Giants and hasn't been een with em since Six of yesterdays yesterday's nine exhibitions Lions jons were snowed under but most of f the clubs hoped to see action today oday should the weather clear The lowdown on the high spots American League St St. Louis General Manager Bill Dewitt said all Browns now in training raining have signed contracts and nd Manager Luke Sewell grinned broadly over the 2 10 victory over Toledo Washington Weather has put j j jand i the he whammy on the Nationals and nd Owner Clark Griffith and 1 Manager Ossie Bluege fear rains snow now and cold have set pitchers too oo far back for team to get off offo C to o a good start l Cleveland Russ Lyon pound 4 semipro catcher called for army exam xam April 17 but may take it I Wednesday in Indianapolis when Outfielder Cliff Mapes goes before doctors Skipper Lou Boudreau and Ken Keltner abed with colds Boston Joe Cronin elated over recent showing of Pitcher Emmet ONeil O'Neil who won one and lost four last ast year expects him to be clubs club's STo No 1 hurler Chicago i Coach Harold Muddy Ruel in charge today as Sox meet Cubs in French Lick exhibition Thornton Lee Bill Dietrich and Orval Grove to pitch pitch and and one of em em will get seasons season's opening as as- New York Yanks will try to eliminate today the reasons the Athletics handed them that 9 1 S set C t b a c k yesterday Outfielder Johnny Lindell gets head X-rayed X today oday In induction test Philadelphia Second Sacker Backer Ir Irving Irving Irving Ir- Ir ving ving- Hall who hit two doubles and a single in smothering the Yanks hopes the batting flurry means means hell he'll hoist his 1943 batting average of Detroit Paul Trout who won 20 and lost 12 last year finally has been nicked for a run Rochester Rochester Rochester Roch Roch- ester getting it yesterday But it was the first marker yielded by Trout in 11 exhibition innings he pitched five against Rochester Rochester Roches Roches- ter so everyone's satisfied National League Pittsburgh Holdout Vince DiMaggio DiMaggio DiMaggio Di- Di Maggio still on fence as Benswanger makes no move after confab on wage demands Art Cuccurullo southpaw rookie of ot Albany put in F 4 after exam Philadelphia Man Manager age r Fred Fitzsimmons picks Ken Raff ens- ens berger to pitch five frames and Moose Fralick four against Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton tort Red Sox today Boston Shortstop W Willi William I 1 1 1 am Whitey who hit last year had three cysts removed fro from in left eyelid and missed yesterdays yesterday's workout Chicago Infielder Don Johnson out of week end games with leg injury Outfielder Bill Nicholson reports leaving Outfielder Lou Infielder Roy Hughes and Pitchers Claude and Jodie Phipps as only absentees |
