Evening star., 1938-05-04
GAS HOUSE GANG
IS NOT S|LENCED
Shows 1t Still Is Factor, With
Warneke and New Battery
Shining.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

The old Gas House Gang amt what
it used to be- In fact it hardly has re-
covered frcm the shock received when
its greatest mouthpiece. Dizzy Dean,
was sold up the river to Chicago. But
with flock of new Gas Housers begin
ming to show promise, the ST. Louis
Cardinals may have their usual piece
TO say about the National League PEN
nant race.
Latest to encourage the fans hope
that St. Louis may cause trouble In the
National League pennant chase are Lon
Warneke, veteran right-hander, and
the new battery Of Bill MCGEE and
Herb Bremen.
Warneke has won his last two starts
in fne style MCGEE, getting his
first trial as starting pitcher. prob
ably clinched job as a ball player
as we'll as jug player in Pepper Mar
tins band when he limited the Boston
Bees to six hits and famed six to out
point able Lou Fette. 3 to 2. Bremen.
who may fill the Cards demand for a
regular catcher, provided the first of
two runs with a homer and Don Gut
teridge made the third the same way
Diz Not Good Despite Arm.
Meanwhile Dean. who retired from
game last week with sore pitching
arm. worked his f1ipper for seven good
innings against the Phillies and got
credit for Chicago's So victory. Diz
was hit hard and looked tired when he
turned over the job to Charley Root,
but the Cubs gave him enough support
to make up for any shortcomings.
Along with expert fielding. young Joe
Marty produced a homer to send Chi
cago into the lead and old Gabby Hart
nett clinched the decision with an
other.
The victory put the Cubs closer to
the top as Cincinanti's Reds brought
the New York Giants l1-game winning
streak to an undignified end by licking
the league leaders, 10 to 2. While Paul
Derringer pitched eight-hit bail. the
Reds collected six runs and the game
in the fifth when Hal Schumacher
found his old-time jinx over Cincinnati
no longer was effective.
Brooklyn's star rookie, Forrest Press
nell. handed the Pittsburgh Pirates
their fifth straight defeat as the
Dodgers manufactured a six-run sew
enth inning to win, 10.
The American League standings were
shufiled as Philadelphia's Athletics.
whose status closely resembles that Of
the Cards, hoped from eighth to
sixth place and both the Boston Red
Sox and New York Yankees slid past
Washington.
With Buck Ross hurting five-hit ball
and getting the benefit of six-run
outburst in the third, the AS trimmed
the Chicago White Sox, 7 to q Cleve-
lands league leaders outlasted the
Senator's, 10 to 9.
Old Lefty Grove. who pitches with
his head as much as with his arm these
days, went 10 innings to beat Detroit,
4-3. for his third victory and to be-
come the eighth finger in ma jor league
history to register 1000 strikeouts. He
whitfield six and would have had lot
easier time if he hadn't thrown home
run balls to Hank Greenberg and
Charley Gehringer. Lefty also con-
tributed a sacrifice to the winning
score
Lou Gehrigs first four-ply wallop of
the season cheered the New York
Yankees fans and helped beat the St.
Louis Browns, 5-l. 1t came in the
four-run first inning. Lou also hit a
double and Tommy Heinrich tossed in
a homer.