A miraculous stop by St. Louis A Shortstop Leo Durocher and a f— brilliant into the dirt scoop by ___ I First Baseman Rip Collins robbed A1 of an obvious hit that ■ ■ ■ Lopez BUT Bob Beindorfer would have ruined RUNS, by Daffy’s spec- tacle. In all his years of following the sport, Bill McCullough, the National League’s official scorer Head little he never saw leagues accomplished fielding combined to produce the on the careers of baseball’s most that Sunday, says else. He won only three games more a “perfect” game. In 1922 Charley famous brother act, Dizzy and prettier play. than the Dodger bat boy won of the Robertson, Chicago White Paul Dean. After Diz pitched a The fact that it takes more than 1946. This record of three vic- set in Sox, the Detroit Tigers down beautiful two-hitter against the ability on the part of the pitcher is tories and two losses, with an in order for the full un- nine innings, Dodgers in the first game of a underlined by the number of of more than three runs beat average them 4-0. Not a man reached double-header, his brother ambled sung performers who have turned ranked him first given up every game, base against the right-hander. onto the field and stopped them the trick. A few stars like Bobby than no better thirty-ninth among Robertson never came close to without a hit. Feller, Walter Johnson, Dazzy hurlers. A National League year duplicating his feat and a few years Vance and Carl Hubbell managed later he was back in bush-league later slipped back to the minors. no-hitters, but Rube Waddell, with a sore arm. baseball And never since has any big-league Burleigh Grimes, Three-Fingered achievement Head’s memorable pitcher retired 27 batters in a row. Brown, Babe Ruth, Herb Pennock, I in Ebbets Field four seasons ago Jack Chesbro, Grove, Red A Lefty • Now the easy Sani-Flush way to on one of Long, Long Shot is a wry commentary Ruffing, Bucky Walters, Mort keep toilet bowls sparkling is evetl! As it cleans. Sani- baseball’s most preposterous hap- The plain no-hit game is a bet- Cooper and Van Lingle Mungo more agreeable. — Flush releases the light delicate frag- The no-hit game the ter than 2,200-to-1 shot. failed as little as a routine penings. Why? For by rance women selected themselves— of school- wistful dream every the simple reason that a no-hitter ground ball bouncing off a pebble. with their own stipulation that it boy pitcher — takes more than is a combination of good pitching, doesn't linger in the air. Cleans and No No Votes disinfects fast—safe as ever in all toilet in a hurler’s arm. conditions and Rita, witchery advantageous game systems. Just follow directions on can. it take a bundle of Almost always luck. The margin between a bril- On the other hand a number of At your grocer's; same price. The Products Co.. Canton 2. Ohio. horseshoes as well. In Head’s case, liant one, two or three-hit game earnest, second-raters Hygienic ACME uninspired his teammates helped a mediocre and a historic no-hitter is often somehow historic TWO-TIMER. Bob Feller accomplished pitcher accomplish an historic feat some unpredictable that doesn’t no-hit Head, Bill McCahan, did it twice for the Indians games. I denied many of the sport’s biggest show in the box score. It could be Don Black, Dick Fowler, Robert stars. an outfielder’s head-over-heels Burke, Jim Tobin, Bill Dietrich, Smi-h 30 In the last seasons, pitchers catch, a shortstop’s acrobatic “If Paul had told me he was Verne Kennedy, Wes Ferrell and have warmed up 75,000 times to stretch, a first baseman’s success gonna do that I’d of got a no- Sam Jones did little else that start big-league games. Only 31 digging a ball out of the dirt or the hitter for myself, too,” Dizzy has been remembered. In a recent times did a pitcher last the full charity in an official scorer’s heart. complained in the dressing room poll for entry into Baseball’s game without allowing a single The whimsical quality of luck afterwards. Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, hit. And only once in that period was demonstrated one Sunday It had taken more than desire N. Y.. these 11 pitchers polled in the familiar yellow can have luck and better-than-good afternoon in 1934, when it touched for Daffy to turn the trick, though. Continued on page 29 FRESHLY NEW VEL ENDS 90% OF DISHWASHING WORK! ”1 JUST SOAK AND RINSE... DISHES GLEAM WITHOUT WASHING OR WIPING!” •of* MRS. SAM F. PURNELL of Attica, Indiana “Believe me, this new Vel way works!” says Mrs. Purnell. “I soak my dishes a while in Vel suds ... then rinse! Even sticky dishes soak clean. A touch of the dishcloth is all even the stickiest ones need! I don’t wash, wipe or scour! You should see my dishes shine! Pots and .