Evening star., 1940-08-24
Revived Yanks
And Cards Hot
Shots
N. L. Champions Drop
9 of IS; Cleveland
Plays 500 Boil
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

The music's the same, but they'll
have to rewrite the words for the
third-act finale of the major league
pennant races.
It's no longer a case Of how far
will Cleveland and Cincinnati win
by, but who wants the flags. OF
course, there's no immediate danger
to-day or tomorrow-that they'll
blow their chances. but for the last
couple of weeks the Indians and
the Reds have appeared like any,
thing but a couple of clubs going
after the jackpot. The Reds have
dropped 9 of Is and the Tribe barely
has stayed over the 500 mark for
that stretch.
AS matters stand now, with the
Indians trying to save one game Of
three from the fast-coming New
York Yankees and the St. Louis
Cardinals sailing along on an eight
game winning streak, it seems to be
question Of whether those two
clubs started their stretch drives
early enough to get anywhere.
Feller Out to Halt Yankees.
The Indians called on Rapid Rob-
ert Feller today in the finale against
the Yanks. Their two prize left
handlers weren't of any more use
in the stadium during the last two
DAYS than your dollar straw hat in a
rainstorm. After Al Milnar was
given thorough going over Thurs
DAY, the Yanke went to work on AL
Smith yesterday and posted a So
decision behind the siX-hit elbow
ing and hitting of Steve Sundra.
Steve broke up the ball game with
a two-run single in the seventh to
lift the Yanks within seven games
of the lead and slice the Tribes
pace-setting edge to four games over
the second-place Detroit Tigers.
whose game with the Boston Red
Sox was rained out.
Meantime, the Reds old jinx-
Casey Stengel and his otherwise
stingless stingers from the Boston
beehive-turned up with their old
stuff in Cincinnati and knocked off
the National League pace settlers,
7-2, behind steady twirling by Jim
Tobin and some fancy failing by
Max West and Chet Ross, each Of
whom hit a homer and drove in
three runs.
Since Brooklyn's second place
Dodgers also lost, blowing a 5-4 yer.
dict to the Chicago Cubs in II in
nings, this loss didn't mean much
to the Reds right quick, leaving
their lead at 6l2 games, but back
of Brooklyn came the Cardinals.
Cards Make 1t Eight in Row.
The ex-Gas House Gang, which
seems to be reinfated with some Of
the stuff it lost during the last
several years. whipped the Phillies,
So, on Bob Bowman's six-hit hurl-
ing to run their winning string to
eight straight. This boosted the
Cards into undisputed possession Of
third place, since Sweet William
Terry's New York Giants lost a
1910 merry-go-round to the Pitts
burgh Pirates and dropped to the
bottom of the first division.
BY their victory the Cards climbed
to Az games from second place and
II from the top. The Dodgers might
have benefited, too, but their re-
made infleld couldn't stand the
strain. Pete Reiser, replacing the
injured Pee-Wee Reese at short field,
threw wild to the plate in the elev-
enth inning with the bags loaded
and none out to let in the winning
Cub run.
George Caster tossed three hitless
relief innings to save a GA victory
for the Athletics over the st. Louis
Browns at Philadelphia.