Show Hi His Second No Hitter of Season Trucks Joins Join Vander Meer Mer Reynolds R I By 8 JOR lOF Associated Press Sports Virgil Fire Trucks W was 5 riding riding riding rid rid- ing on the clouds Tuesday but jf if the double hit no-hit pitcher of the Detroit Tigers was WiS going around in circles who could blame him The 33 year old carold suffering his poorest season in inthe inthe inthe the majors suddenly finds himself in the pitchers' pitchers mythical mythical mythical mythi mythi- cal Hall of Fame joining 1 Johnny V Vander Meer l and AI Allie ie Reynolds on a special pedestal reserved for those who achieve chiev no hitters in the same sea set son Eon Trucks Monday held the New York Yankees hitless at it the stadium and won 1 0 in a R sensational sensational sen sen- thrill packed performance perform perform- ance nce that cut the world champions champions' champions champions' cham chain American League lead to one game over the Cleveland Indians who oho defeated Washington Washing Washing- ton 7 72 The classic came just three months and 10 days after he handcuffed the Washington Senators tors without a hit or a run on May 15 The Birmingham also ha has pitched a one hitter a two two hitter hitter a hitter four A hitter five and two six Yet he has only five victories to show for his efforts as 5 s against 15 35 defeats Only Art Houtteman n a teammate has lost more A A. seventh inning double h by h Walter Dropo followed by Steve Ste single in lc oft off rookie Bill Miller l provided Trucks with the winning mar mar- gin It Jt was his third 1 0 triumph and md his first victory since he hurled a R one hitter against the Senators July Tuly 22 In In that game only a leadoff single ingle by Eddie Yost deprived him of oC a third no j Trucks also pitched nine scoreless innings against the I St. St Louis Browns Aug 6 fi but the Tigers lost 1 0 0 in 11 ii in in- The hardluck luck pitcher also ll o w was s on oti the losing end of two other shutouts against the Tigers who seem seeni certain to wind ind up in the cellar for the the r first time in Their heir year 52 American League career Even ven Monday Monda in his greatest greatest great great- est hour of glory the jinx was reluctant nt to leave him Jt It was S not until the Yankees were going going going go go- ing to bat hat in the seventh inning inning inning in in- ning that Trucks learned he had a I hitter no-hitter going Until then he lie along with all the players plyers and nd the fans was under the assumption that he had allowed a hit in the third in inning fling In that inning Phil Rizzuto chopped a simple grounder rounder to short Johnny Pesky fielded the ball cleanly and nd then bobbled it in his liS glove as he tried lo 10 pick it out for the throw to first After one b had bod rl stab slab b. b he grabbed it hid but I the he toss tos was low Jow ow and nd late and w was s S safe CC lohn John Drebinger o 0 official I t i e c i a I I 1 scorer and veteran baseball writer of the New York Times rimes called it an error immediately and the E K was sas flashed on the Scoreboard in centerfield Then after a moments moment's reflection he reversed himself Under the impression impression impression im im- im- im that the hall hail had stuck in the webbing of Pesi Pes PCS i ky ky's ys y's s glove Drebinger changed chanced it to a R hit Still Slin not satisfied Drebinger Drebin Drebin- ger telephoned Pesky in the visitors' visitors dugout as s the Tigers came to bat hat in the seventh and arid the shortstop readily took the bl blame me Rooted the Rail Ball I IIi It Ii was my fault I hooted booted the ball bEd I he explained I uJ had hadit hadit hadit it in my glove hut but it squirted loose Joose just as I reached to take it out Drebinger then reversed himself himself him him- self again ruled it an error and had the public address system announce it to the cus ens- The crowd greeted the announcement with a roar of approval and Trucks visibly affected worked all the harder in the three remaining innings He lie zipped through three men in the seventh struck out Billy Martin Marlin and disposed of pinch hitters Johnny r 1 Mize and Irv Noren Noi-en in the eighth Mickey 1 Mantle l h bee became cc a 3 m e Trucks' Trucks eighth strikeout victim to start off the ninth Center- Center fielder Johnny Groth then made a fine running catch of tit T Joe oe Collins' Collins liner to left center center cen cen- ter for forthe the thc second out The stadium was in a cauldron of or excitement as Hank flank Bauer came to bat The rhe outfielder smashed a hard grounder to the left of second but rookie A AI Al 1 Federoff gathered it in and tossed to first for the final out Only two other Yankees besides besides besides be be- sides Rizzuto reached base one on a w walk and another on an n error H It was only the third no no- hitter against the Yankees in their year 51 history Ray Caldwell Caldwell Caldwell Cald- Cald well of Cleveland did it on Sept 10 1919 and Bob Feller Feler of the Indians repe repeated on April 30 1946 I Third No No itier j This was wag the third no hitter in the stadium since the park parkas was as built in 1923 and oddly enough each W was lS the second for the pitcher Reynolds pitched his second on one there last year and Fellers Feller's in 1946 also was his second The Brooklyn Dodgers just about killed the Cardinals' Cardinals slim pennant chances sweeping both ends of a night day St. St Louis doubleheader 1 3 and 9 5 to boost their National League lead to 10 games The New York Giants Gants slipped II past the Cardinals into second place despite a 3 0 loss to Cin Cm- j |