The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-22
BROWNS BINCLE.
AIDS CARDS WIN
AND HOLD PLACE
Dodgers Beaten With Two
Out in Ninth Pirates
Take Two
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY
United Press STAN Correspondent

United Press Staff Corvespondent)
New York, Sept. 20. (UP)-Now
seems the proper time to sing q
song Of praise for Jimmy Brown,
scrappy little infielder Of the st,
Louis Cardinals.
Long overlooked because Of the
ballyhoo for Joe Medwick and
Johnny Mize, Brown actually comes
as close as either Of them to being
the most valuable player on the
Cards. You can't judge Jimmy
Brown by batting averages, statis-
tics and records. He has that merry
spirit which makes champions, and
If the Cards come on to grab the
National league flag, Jimmy Brown
will be as much responsible for 1t
as any of the more highly pub
licized stars.
The Cards were still very much in
the flag chase today because of
Brown. The hustling st. Louis short
stop started the winning rally yes
terday in the ninth which enabled
the Cards to pull a victory out of
the fire against the Dodgers and
maintain their IL game margin
behind the Reds. With two out, Luke
Hamlin apparently had the Cards
licked, 5-4. He had only to get
Brown out. But getting Brown out
ina clutch is one of baseDali'S tough
est jobs. Little Jimmy dashed out
a single, and before Hamlin could
put out the fire he was licked.
Lynn Myers ran for Brown. Gut
teridge Topped single to short
center, and Myers sped to third.
Slaughter beat out q slow roller to
Camilli and Myers ran home with
the tying run. Then Medwick dou-
bled to ledt, scoring Gutteridge with
the winning tally.
The Cards victory was a highly
important one. If they had lost
they. would have been Ia games
behind the Reds, a gap almost too
large to bridge at this stage of the
race. The Reds have IL games left
eight withe Pittsburgh and four
with st. Louis), and the Cards have
10 (six with Chicago and four with
Cincinnati.)
Paul Perfect
The Reds made it II victories in
thir last is games when they beat
the Phillies, 8-3. Paul Derringer
hung up victory No. 23 to score his
eighth straight this season and his
18th triumph over the Phils In two
straight years.
He hasn't lost game to them in
that time. Lonnie Frey hit hts Sec
ond homer in two days with a mate
on base while Myers and Mccormick
collected three hits each In the Reds
13-hit attack on Pearson and Kork-
sleek.
During the eastern invasion which
just closed the Reds won 10 and
lost four while the Cards won 10
and lost two.
Terry's Trade
Hank Leiber CON-. to make
Bill Terry sorry he ever traded him
by hitting his 22nd home, with two
mates on base to spark the Cubs to
a 9-3 triumph over the Giants.
Claude Passeau held the Giants to
six hits, winning his 18th game.
Leiber also hit two singles and drove
In five runs.
Pittsburgh won twice from the
Bes, ga and TO, with rockies John
Gee and Oadis Swigart starring.
Gee famed IL men. Swigart allowed
only eight hits. Paul Waner was
stopped in the FIRST game after hit
ting in 20 straight games.
Marius Russo, who pitched the
pennant-clinching game, hurled the
aYnks to . 5-2 win over the White
Sox. Dickey hit homer No. a. and
Gordon banged 20. 26.
The Red Sox won from the
Browns, CD, on Deny Galehouse's
seven-hitter. Rudy York's single
with the bases loaded In the ninth
CAV the Tigers q T-6 win over the
Athletics. A six-run rally in tn
tn eighth enabled Cleveland to trim
Washington, 6-S.
YESTERDAYS HERO -. jimmy
Brown, Cards shortstop whose sim
gle started q winning rally In the