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A~16 *___WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 8, 1940.
American Leaguers Rated 5-2 Favorites as All-Stars Play on 'Neutral’ Field
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
Star Staff Correspondent.
The Managers Create a Caste System
ST. LOUIS. July 8.—One of the probable reasons why the All-Star
game is sick—it may even die, you know—is that a quaint sort of a caste
system is used in selecting the players to form the American and National
League squads.
We are reminded of this by the absence here of some of the hottest
hitters in the two leagues. The eight American League managers who
selected the squad which Joe Cronin will manage tomorrow in the eighth
annual All-Star game couldn't see Taft Wright, for instance, although
Wright's name has been 1-2-3 among the leading batsmen in both circuits
ever since the season started.
Indeed, as these lines are written, three of the five leading hitters
in the American League—men who are playing every day and distinguish
ing themselves as team players—are Wright of the White Sox, Rip Radcliff
of the Browns and Barney McCosky of the Tigers. None was chosen
to play in the All-Star game, nor was Wally Moses of the Althetics, w'hose
.315 average is higher than the marks of four outfielders who made the
team.
The chances are that here are four players who would be delighted
to be members of the All-Star team. We know that Wright, Radcliff and
McCosky never have been chosen. About Moses we aren't quite so sure.
We stress this point because most of the better players—those who have
been selected in the past from time to time—don’t give a snap of their
fingers for the spectacle. With no W'aste of words, they say they would
rather stay home and enjoy the three-game layoff the All-Star game
creates.
Dixie Walker's Case Presents an Argument
Wiry weren't Wright, Radcliff, McCosky and Moses chosen? We can
only guess. For that matter, let's look at the National League side. Why
wasn't Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers chosen? The last we
heard Dixie w;as hitting .333 for the Dodgers. This is 17 points higher than
the average of the best-hitting outfielder on the National League squad.
Four of the six fly-chasers who were honored aren’t even batting .300.
Our guess is that a fellow has to ‘’belong.’’ It is almost certain that
Walker wasn't selected because he went to Brooklyn and to the National
League as a washed-up, incompetent American Leaguer who had been
tried thoroughly by the Yankees and White Sox. It must be something of
the sort, because from the Dodgers were chosen Manager Leo Durocher
(batting .253), Pete Coscarart (batting .244) and Cookie Lavagetto (batting
.268).
Of course, it may be pointed out that Durocher, himself, is a fugitive
from the American League, also having been tried thoroughly by the
Yankees. All we can think of in rebuttal is that Leo the Lip failed a long
time ago and that, as manager of a team fighting for a pennant, etc., his
past generously has been forgotten.
Let's skip back to the American League and study the case, say, of
Wright. Here is a fellow who has maintained an average, for nearly half
a season, of about .360 This is about 55 or 60 points better than Joe Di
Maggio has been hitting.
Finney, of a Sudden, Acquires High Favor
We can picture the average American League manager making his
choices. He names Di Maggio because he wouldn't trade Wright tor
Guiseppe. He wouldn't trade because Di Mag fields better than Wright,
throws better, runs bases better and, over a stretch of years, has, will or
should hit better. The same goes for Radcliff, McCosky and Moses.
The average manager makes the same general comparison when he
appoints Charley Keller, although Keller is hitting less than Di Maggio's
.305. Among the American outfielders is Bob Johnson of the A's. He isn’t
batting .300, but he has been on All-Star teams before and that must
make him all right.
The point we are trying to bring out is that there doesn't seem to be
any premium on a good year if the player belongs to the wrong team.
Wright plays for the second-division White Sox. Radcliff plays for the
second-division Browns. Moses belongs to the seventh-place A's.
The best argument we can think of at the moment is that Louis
Klopsche Finney of the Red Sox, who has been in the American League for
eight years and whose best average (and then as a part-time performer)
was only .310 made the All-Star team becausa of his .350 or so average
for this year. Don't get us wrong Finney belongs on the team. But we
have a hunch the only reason Lou made it was because he now happens to
be playing for the high and mighty Red Sox instead of the White Sox,
Browns, Nats or A's.
In other words, he got a place because Lou, of a sudden, has acquired
caste. Wright, Radcliff and McCosky, with averages higher or approxi
mately as good, didn’t make the team because, for some reason, their
owners refused to sell them to Tom Yaw'key or somebody else owrning a
pennant-contending team.
Not All of the Stars Are Here
McCosky belongs to the Tigers, and nobody, at this point, is selling
the Tigers short. Nor can anybody sell McCosky short. He can play
center field with anybody in the business and he is the one modem left
handed hitter who, in Clark Griffith’s opinion, can hit southpaws as well
as right-handers.
Barney's crime, as against those crimes committed by Wright, Rad
cliff, Moses, et al., apparently is playing with a surprising team which
already has produced, for All-Star service, such as Hank Greenberg, Buck
Newsom and Tommy Bridges. In other words, three are enough for one
team, especially a team which hasn’t won a pennant in five years, etc.
So the All-Star game fs sick. It's been sick ever since the brass hats
decided the fans had no right to vote because they didn’t know ballplayers
and couldn't vote fairly. That, at least, is the impression one gets
Another impression is that while this is the All-Star game and on all
Bides are stars, not all of the stars are here.
Major League Statistics
MONDAY, JULY 8, 1910.
AMERICAN
Result* Yesterday.
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Results Yesterday.
Boston. 1—2: Brooklyn. 0—1
New York. 6—2; Philadelphia. 4—4.
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GAMES TODAY. GAME TOMORROW.
(None scheduled.! All-Star game at St.
Louis, 2:30.
Both Sides Used
To Vagaries Of
Sf. Louis Park
Feller, Walters Likely
To Start on Mound;
Leiber Forced Out
By HAROLD CLAASSEN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
ST. LOUIS, July 8.—They are
playing the eighth rendition of the
Major League All-Star baseball
game in Sportsman’s Park tomor
row but it’s the first time the heroes
will tangle on a diamond equally
familiar to both sides.
Back in 1933 the game was started
in the Chicago White Sox Park a?
the answer to the fans’ prayer and
a sportswriter’s dream. Fittingly
enough, the dream player of all
time, Babe Ruth, smashed a home
run to give the American Leaguers
the first of five victories.
Since then the leagues have al
ternated as hosts. Now it is the
turn of the St. Louis Cardinals of
the National circuit to spread the
festive board before an expected
33,000 customers,
v Nationals Familiar With Park.
And in recent years the Cardinals
have shared Sportsman's Park with
their fellow townsmen, the Browns
of the American League.
Which all means that the wind
currents and shadows tormenting
the American Leaguers in their
regularly scheduled games with the
Browns have been studied by the
Nationals in their stopovers with
the Cards—that the sun spots dis
turbing the fielders in the senior
loop have been scanned by their
rivals.
With the terrain so familiar, bet
tors today argue that the American
League contingent was a 5-to-2
favorite on its pitching and batting
prowess. A pencil and paper champ
discovered the Nationals have won
in the even numbered years after
first crashing through in 1936, but
they still trail five games to two
for the series.
Pittsburgh and St. Louis Cardinal
stars already were on hand, having
met Sunday in a twin bill and
Manager Bill McKechnie, boss of
the Nationals, arrived late last night
with his Cincinnati contributions.
Joe Cronin, chief of the Boston
Red Sox and leader of the American
League's forces, will spend most of
the day traveling from Washington.
Starting lineups of both teams still
were in doubt.
Nicholson Replaces Leiber.
McKechnie announced that Bill
Nicholson, Cub outfielder, would re- j
place the ailing Hank Leiber of the
same club on his squad. Leiber is out
with a throat infection.
It was the second change in his
lineup to one for the Americans.
George McQwinn, Browns first base
man, may be unable to play, how
ever.
Should McQuinn's throbbing knee
keep him on the sidelines it is prob
able that Jimmy Poxx of the Red
Sox, only player to be chosen for all
eight charity contests, will go the
full route at the initial sack. This
would be some kind of poetic justice
since Foxx wasn't used even as a
pinch-hitter last year.
Although both Ford Frick, presi
dent of the National League, and
William Harridge, who holds a
similar job in the American, asked
that hurlers designated for tomor
row's contest see no service after
July 4,10 of the 16 flingers have gone
to the mound since that date.
Hubbell and Walters Rested.
Hugh Mulcahy of the Phillies has
worked twice in four days and was
beaten both times. Only Carl Hub
bell, the venerable southpaw of the
Giants, and Bucky Walters, 11 times
a victor this season for the Reds,
have been idle among the tossers at
McKechnie's command.
A1 Milnar, Cleveland lefthander,
and Tommy Bridges of Detroit, win
ner of the 1939 classic before a New
York audience, have rested in the
junior loop.
But it is an even bet that Bob
Feller, the Cleveland howitzer, will
go the mound first for the Amer
icans with Walters as his opponent.
The American League moguls
scheduled their summer meeting for
this afternoon while the National
League’s gathering was down for
tonight.
Eagles Waste No Time
Washington Eagles piled up their
runs in the first four innings to
down Ballston A. C.. 10-5. Franklin.
Eagle second baseman, got three
hits and three runs.
Cameos Work Overtime
Cameo Furniture won a 14-inning
game over the Carolina A. C. at
Bowling Green, Va„ yesterday, 3-2.
Pitcher Printz's double scored the
winning run.
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Arcade Market Lads
Make Sensational
Keystone Duo
Pull Triple, Two Double
Plays in Upset Win
Over Plaza Tile
The young keystone combination
of the Arcade Market team of the
National City Sunday B League is
Washington’s latest sandlot sensa
tion. Several fielding gems turned
in by Carlton McClanahan, short
stop, and George Catloph, second
baseman, materially aided the Mar
ketmen to defeat Plaza Tile, first
half champions, 5-3, and pull an
upset yesterday on the North Ellipse.
The game was one of the best on
the city’s sandlots this year, with
both teams playing errorless ball
all the way. Highlight of the con
test was a seemingly impossible
triple play in the fifth inning that
stopped a Plaza scoring threat and
broke the team’s spirit. With men
on first and second, McClanahan
speared a high, hot drive far to his
right and tossed to Catloph to
double the runner at second. Cat
loph then tossed to Joe Sacre at
first to triple the runner there.
The second-base combination also
pulled two double plays during the
game.
In other Section B clashes Capi
tal Cafe downed St. Francis Xavier,
10-3; Washington Home Improve
ment won from Variety, 9-5, and
Atchinson <fc Keller nosed out Ter
minal Ice, 3-2.
Section A got under way in the
second half with Klien’s Tavern,
first-half winner, taking an easy
victory as expected over Marvin’s
Credit, 14-4. In other contests
Miller Furniture defeated Flood
Plumbers, 6-1; Packard downed
D. G. S., 3-2, and Orange Disc
won over Small by the same score.
Cardinal A. C. and Kneesi Cubs
went into a first-place tie in the
Junior League, as Uline Ice, the
previous leader, lost to Kneesi, 5-2.
The Cardinals won from Friendship,
12-4, to keep pace with Kneesi, as
they moved up from second place.
Woodridge nosed out Naiman’s, 5-4,
and Police Boys’ Club No. 44 downed
Southeast Boys’ Club, 11-3, in other
Junior contests.
Denied Radio Account, 500 Dodger Fans Accompany Team
Yank Job Fifth to Beckon Farley From Politics; Redskin Hoffman Cowboy Actor
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. July 8.—Tattle
tales: An Auburn-Texas A. & M.
grid series is as good as made—
with San Antonio entertaining
in 1942 and Birmingham in 1943.
Bob Quinn wouldn't let ’em air
i yesterday’s Dodger-Bee bill. Said
Station WOR is so powerful it
would keep Beantown fans away
from the park. So—500 Brooklyn
rooters went to Boston on a spe
cial train. Prediction: The 1942
Cub double-play combination will
read (left to right): Storey (San
Francisco) to Stringer (Los An
geles) to Waitkus (Tulsa). Help
wanted: Coach Mose Simms of
6t. Mary’s (Texas) wants a cen
ter and wants him badly,
i Today’s guest star. Jim
Bchlemmer, Akron Beacon
Journal: “So Jim Farley is to
retire from political life to be
come president of the Yankee
baseball dynasty! This is the
same Mr. Farley who was to re
sign as postmaster general to be
come: 1, high commissioner of
boxing: 2, high commissioner of
baseball; 3, manager of Churchill
Downs; 4, president of the na
tional pro football league; 5,
President of the United States.”
Master minding. In Friday's
20-inning thriller. Leo Durocher
ordered three batters passed|
Result: Three double killings.
Gene Sarazen, who lost the
Open playoff last month and
Craig Wood, who dittoed a year
ago, cried into each other’s beer
at lunch the other day. Stanley
McGinnis, the Broadway roast ,
beef king, wants to sponsor a
heavyweight prospect. (Line up
at the right, boys). Antonio
Fernandez, South American wel
ter and middle weight champ,
makes his U. S. debut Thursday
night at Paterson, N. J„ against
A1 Franklin, with Jimmy Brad
dock promoting.
Dodger Ditty.
Extra innings in July
Mean extra winnings by and by.
Short, short stories.
Des Moines wants Lee Savold
and Arturo Godoy for the Drake
Stadium later this summer. Cy
Pfeiffer, who used to be the Reds’
bat boy, is doing a fine job of
first basing for their Durham
(N. C.) farm. Bob Hoffman, ex
Southem California back (now
the property of the Washington
Redskins) is in Hollywood playing
bit parts in Westerns. Jimmy
Dykes was the only American
League manager who had a kind
word for Detroit's surprising
Tigers last spring. Art Doering,
young Chicago golfer who walked
away with the trans-Mississippi
title, is considering a fat offer
from a Tulsa oil firm and may
change his address.
Take your choice—Some say
Jack Dempsey is making a come
back. Others say it's a come
down. All agree it’s a fine come
off.
♦ Tee-Hee Dept.—Headline in the
Herald-Tribune: “Phillies Teach
Baseball at World’s Fair.”
Revised version—Bill Terry:
“Is Brooklyn still in the lead?"
Nats Need All-Star Tilt Recess
For Realignment of Forces
To Combat Invading West
By BURTON HAWKINS.
Washington's weary collection of
ballplayers of varying caliber today
launched a brief but welcome vaca
tion, all the Nats except Pitcher
Dutch Leonard and Third Baseman
Cecil Travis relishing the three-day
rest occasioned by the All-Star
game tomorrow at St. Louis.
Leonard and Travis, the Nation
als’ representatives in the annual
collision of the elite of the Amer
ican and National Leagues, were no
items of envy to the remainder of
the club, content to fish or rush
home to visit the family.
To Manager Bucky Harris the
loafing period represented a chance
to align his pitching staff in more
orderly fashion and perhaps mull
over a miracle or two which would
serve as a derrick to hoist his outfit
out of the cellar.
' With the invasion of the Western
clubs starting Thursday the Nats
apparently will require all the vigor
they can. recoup in their midsum
mer lull, for first to battle the Nats
will be the pennant-contending De
troit Tigers and following them will
be the equally pennant-hungry,
even snarling, Cleveland Indians.
Meanwhile there has been ample
evidence the natives of the village
are starving for baseball, even with
the Nats possessing a team which
may finish lower than any Wash
ington club in 20 years. Some 15,
000 fans saw the Nats and the Ath
letics in their double-header battle
of the basement on Thursday and
19,000 reported to Griffith Stadium
yesterday to view the team split a
double-header vith the Red Sox.
orove tnecKS rvais in nrsi uame.
Naturally that situation won’t
exist with a team which continues
to lose. The pro-Boston attitude of
yesterday's crowd reflected a shift
in sentiment against the Nats, but
the fact such a gathering could be
lured at all should spur the man
with the awning eyebrows to fortify
his club.
The Nats were no sensation in
that first game, what with being
held to seven scattered hits by the
ancient Lefty Grove and giving
their own Leonard miserable sup
port in losing, 7-1. Four of the
Red Sox runs were unearned.
Leonard was nicked for a run in
the second inning, when Ted Wil
liams walked, scooted to third on
Lou Finney’s sharp single to center
and scored as Jim Tabor forced
Finney at second. Then came a
hectic second inning, in which Bos
ton produced, four runs, with con
siderable aid by Catcher Rick Fer
rell and Shortstop Jimmy Pofahl,
who committed grievous errors.
Washington scored its only run
in the fifth inning when Ferrell
tripled to left and scored on Leon
ard’s scratch single, while the Red
Sox added single runs in the sixth
and seventh frames. Leonard, who
yielded nine hits, was yanked for
Pinch-hitter Johnny Welaj in the
eighth and Alejandro Carrasquel,
returned to the Nats by Jersey City,
hurled a hitless ninth.
The second engagement was more
heartening, with little Rene Mon
teagudo surviving an 11-hit attack
to register a 7-4 victory and snap
the Nats’ three-game losing streak.
Rookie Wild in Second Game.
Alex Mustaikis, a towering right
hand recruit from Scranton who was
pitching for the first time in the j
major leagues, humped into trouble
when he walked George Case and I
Buddy Lewis in the first • inning.;
Gerald Walker smashed a single to
center, .coring Case and moving j
Lewis to third, and Walker took I
second as Catcher Joe Glenn fum
bled the throw to the plate.
Lewis scored on a wild pitch,
Walker taking third, and Gee scored
as Tabor threw wild past Foxx at
first base after fielding Zeke Bo
nura’s grounder.
Boston whittled Washington’s lead
to 3-2 in the third inning, producing
a brace of runs on doubles by Foxx
and Williams and Finney's single.
The Red Sox locked the score at
3-3 in the fourth when Cronin
singled, stole second and third, and
scored on Mustaikis’ double to left.
The Nats snatched a 5-3 lead in
the fifth, however, when Mustaikis,
after fielding Bonura’s tap in front
of the plate, threw wild past Foxx,
allowing Lewis and Walker to score.
Washington collected its final two
runs in the seventh when Buddy
Myer looped a double to left, scoring
Lewis and Travis.
Visions of blowing another lead
in the ninth inning loomed before
the Nats, but after Dominic Di Mag
gio and Finney had doubled in
succession with one out, Monteagudo
braced to retire Foxx and Williams
and end the game.
Baltimore Truckers
Tilt in M. A. Softy
Meet Tonight
Overnight Transportation of Bal
timore will meet Powers Builders
at 7:45 tonight and Cameo Furni
ture will play Senate Beer in the
opening games of the annual Middle
Atlantic Softball Tournament in
volving 12 crack teams from Wash
ington, Maryland and Virginia.
The games will be played at Ball
ston Stadium.
The tournament will continue
Wednesday night, Greenbelt vs.
Dixie Tavern and I. B. M. vs. Beth
lehem Steel of Baltimore games
being scheduled.
Prizes for winning team and in
dividuals will be awarded.
A pitching duel is expected in the
nightcap, with Abe Rosenfield toss
ing for Senate and Arnold, former
Texas star, starting for Cameo.
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Official Scores
First Game.
BOSTOl*. AB. R. H. O. A. E
Doerr. 2b _ 5 1 0 3 2 0
Cramer, cl___ 5 112 10
Foxx. lb ..._ 3 0 0 13 0 0
Williams, if _ 3 3 2 2 0 0
Fifln-y, rf_ 4 1 3 2 0 0
Tabor. 3b_ 4 0 0 0 fi 0
Cronin, ss _4 1113 0
Desautels. c_ 4 0 1 4 0 0
Grove, p _ 4 0 1 0 2 0
Totals _ 3fi 7 0 27 14 0
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A E.
Case, cf _ 4 0 0 1 0 0
Lewis, rf_4 0 12 10
Walker. If_ 4 0 0 3 0 0
Bonura. lb_ 4 0 1 13 0 o
Travis. 3b _ 4 0 2 0 0 0
Woodworth. 2b_400200
Pofahl, ss_ 3 0 1 4 6 1
Ferrell, c _3 112 1
Leonard, p _ 2 0 1 - 0 4 o
* Welaj 1 0 0 0 0 O
Carrasquel, p_ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .. - 38 1 7 27 13 ~2
•Batted for Leonard in eighth.
Boston _'_ 014 001 100—7
Washington - 000 010 000—1
Runs batted in—Tabor. Williams. Fin
ney <3). Leonard. Desautels. Two-base hits
—Williams. Travis. Lewis. Three-base hits
—Ferrell. Cronin. Double plays—Leonard
to Pofahl to Bonura, Bonura (unassisted*.
Left on bases—Boston, ti; Washington 5
First base on balls—Off Leonard 3 off
Carrasquel, 1. Struck out—By Leonard.
4: by Grove. 3. Hits—Off Leonard. 0 in
8 innings: off Carrasquel, 0 in 1 inning
Losing pitcher — Leonard. Umpires—
Messrs. Hubbard, Rommel and Monarty.
Time—1:47.
Second Game.
BOSTON. AB. R. H. O. A E
In Maggio. cf_5 1 1 2 (| 0
Finney, rf -- 5 1 2 0 0 0
Foxx. lb -3 1 1 .0 2 0
Williams. If_ 5 0 2 5 0 0
Tabor, lib-4 0 10 o 2
Doerr. 2b_4 0 116 0
Cronin, ss_3 12 2 O 0
Glenn, c _4 0 o 3 o i
Mustaikus. p_ 3 0 1 2 3 1
Hash, p _0 ii 0 n o 4
•Carey - 1 0 0 0 o o
Totals - 37 4 11 24 11 ~6
•Batted for Hash In ninth.
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E
Case, cf- 3 1 0 5 0 0
Lewis, rf-_ 3 3 1 3 0 O
Walker If_ 4 2 2 0 0 0
Bonura. lb_ 5 0 0 2 0 0
Travis. 3b_3 112 10
Myer. 2b_ 4 0 2 1 1 0
Pofahl. ss_ 4 0 0 3 O 0
Early, c - 4 0 0 2 0 0
Monteagudo. p_ 4 0 2 0 0 0
Totals _34 7 8 27 ~2 ~0
Boston _ 002 100 001—4
Washington _ 300 020 20x_7
Runs batted in—Walker. Bonura. Foxx,
Williams. Mustaikus. Myers (2). Finney
Two-base hits—Foxx. Williams. Mustaikus,
Doerr. Myers. Monteagudo. Di Maggio. Fin
ney. Three-base hit—Monteagudo. Stolen
bases—Cronin (2). Walker. Double plavs—
Mustaikus to Foxx. Travis to Myer to
Bonura. Left on bases—Boston. <>: Wash
ington. 0. First base on balls—Off Mon
teagudo. 3: off Mustaikus. 5: off Hash. 1
Struck out—Bv Monteagudo. 2: bv Mustai
kus. 3. Hits—Off Mustaikus. 7 in 6-,
innings: off Hash. 1 in 1'innings. Wild
Pitch—Mustaikus. Passed ball—Glenn.
Losing pitcher—Mustaikus. Umnires—
Messrs. Rommel. Moriarty and Hubbard
Time—2:65.
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BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R.
Tigers and Reds
Enjoy Lull After
Regaining Top
All-Star Game Brings
3-Day Truce in Hot
Pennant Chases
By BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
While big league baseball shines
its shoes and goes "society” out
in St. Louis for the all-star game,
a pleasing three-day hush settles
over the swirling for first place in
both leagues.
The next three days will give the
Cincinnati Reds and the Detroit
Tigers time to gain a deep breath
after again reaching the top and it
will give the Cleveland Indians and
the Brooklyn Dodgers ample time
to review yesterday’s shortcomings
that cost them the league leads.
The Reds, no strangers to the top
rung, climbed there by dint of a
4-3 “gift” from the Chicago Cubs and
the Dodgers’ double defeat. The
Reds scored the winning run in the
eighth on a walk, a single, Billy Her
man's error that filled the bases
and Morrie Arnovich’s walk to ruin
Bill Lee’s bid for his seventh vic
tory.
Meanwhile, in Boston, the Brooks,
cheered by a large group of loyal
home folk, bowed in a pair of
heartbreakers, 1-0 and 2-1. Whit
Wyatt lost a four-hitter in the
first game when Johnny Cooney
singled home Eddie Miller. Then
the Bees got away to a lead in the
second game and hung on stubborn
ly to win. 2-1, as Bill Posedel and
Dick Coffman parceled out' seven
hits.
In the American League the Cleve
land Indians kicked away the Amer
ican League lead with a ninth
inning blowup in their game with
the White Sox, coupled with De
troit's well-earned victory over the
Browns.
Young Bobby Feller and old Ted
Lyons pitched superbly for eight
innings and then the Sox took full
advantage of a wild streak and
scored two runs without making a
hit, to win, 3-1. Lyons’ 6-hitter cer
tainly earned him the victory.
The Tigers climbed to the top of
the league and all over their St.
Louis ‘‘cousins,” 5-2. The victory,
10th for Detroit in 12 games
with the Brownies, was achieved
largely through Lynwood (School
boy) Rowe's 5-hit pitching.
The other National League
change in standings saw the Pitts
burgh Pirates erase a 5-game losing
streak by sweeping a 4-game series
with the Cards. They wTon yesterday
by 7-6 and 4-1 to capture fifth
place. Although outhit in both
games the Bucs bunched their blow’s
; and coasted home on the power
j hitting of Vince Di Maggio and
Maurice Van Robays.
The third-place New York Giants
split with the Phillies, winning the
first game. 6-4. with a 4-run first
inning outburst, but losing the
second. 2-4, as the combination of
Si Johnson's pitching and Joe
, Marty’s hitting proved too much for
j them.
In the American League the
I Yankees beat the Athletics, 6-3, in
' spite of homers by Bill Lillard and
Frankie Hayes, and then lost the
second game to Nelson Potter’s 6-hit
pitching, 10-5. Philadelphia's largest
crowd of the season, 37.129,
thoroughly enjoyed the second
game.
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