Hulking, long-jawed Pitcher Jim Tobin has always been tough to hit but never terrific. This year he is practically perfect: he gave the Giants three hits in his first game, the Phillies one in his second, the Dodgers none in his third. It was the first major-league no-hitter since the Cardinals' Lon Warneke blew down the Cincinnati Reds in 1941.
The Boston Braves' baffler throws a poky knuckle ball that dips and waltzes down & out just as it reaches the plate. Said the Dodgers' Mickey Owen last week: "What we needed was a net." Tobin walked Paul Waner, the...
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