Sport: Tossed by Tobin

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 first man up; breezed by the next 26; walked Waner again in the ninth, struck out Dixie Walker to end the game (2 to 0). Tobin himself hit a home run for good measure. Afterwards he guessed aloud that he was just about ‘as happy as the time he hit three home runs against the Chicago Cubs in 1942. And the Boston hotel where he lives gave him a week’s free rent.