Evening star., 1940-06-19
Brooklyn Loses
Star and 4th
Tilt in Row
Rival Reds and Giunts
Also Get Setbocks;
Bosox Streak Ends
BY JUDSON BAILEY.
Associated Press Sports Wrtte-


Joseph (Muscles) Medvick the
big batter and leg man who was
supposed to bring the Brooklyn
Dodgers a pennant. is lying in a
hospital today and the question is
whether he took the Dodgers cham
pionship chance with him.
Medwick suffered a conclusion of
the brain yesterday when hit bv
one of Bob Bowman's pitches in
the first inning of game which
the st. Louis Cardinals ultimately
won, rs. in II innings. He's ex-
pected to be out of the lineup about
three weeks. after which he may
return as good as new-or he may
not.
Head injuries often are very
damaging. Jake Powell of the
Yankees was hurt just before the
season started and never has played
a game. although he's been back
with the club for some time. Lee
Handley of the Pittsburgh Pirates
was conked year ago last spring
and didn't get back into shape until
this season. Peewee Reese of the
Dodgers was knocked out in an ac-
cident similar to Medwick's on June
! and still is out of action.
Dodgers Fourth Loss in Row,
Loss Of a player as valuable as
Medwick is nothing less than heart
breaking to club in the heat OF a
pennant chase. It puts the Dodgers
right back where they were before
they spent that estimated $3.50 900
and four players for Medwick and
Pitcher Curt Davis a week ago
today.
Their defeat yesterday was the
fourth straight. They scored four
runs against the Cards in the first
frame, gave three of them right
back in the second and saw the
score tied in heeighth when Luke
Hamlin served up one of his WE'LL
known hone run balls to Enos
Slaughter with one on. The Cards
hung on to win in the 18th, while
Mort CoopeE shut out Brooklyn for
the last four innings. 1t was the
sixth straight win for st. Louis.
The Dodgers plight might be
worse except that their National
League rivals seem to have chosen
this exact time for an attack of the
staggers. ..-.
Bucky Walters. who won nine
games in a row at the start of the
season. was beaten for the fourth
time in a row last night as the
Phillies pounced upon the Cincin-
natl Reds. 81. Bob Bragan, a
rookie shortstop, caused all the
trouble by hitting two home runs,
one of them with one on, to win
the game In the ninth inning.
Walters gave up just five hits and
struck out eight.
At the same time the third place
New York Giants were getting a 6-1
going over by the Chicago Cubs in
a starlight session in New York. Jake
Mooty, Chicagos little freshman
Highlander, held the Giants to six
hits and had them shut out until
two were out in the ninth inning
Red Sox Streak Snapped.
The six-game winning streak of
the Boston Red Sox finally was
snapped at st. Louis in a motion
picture finish that starred John
Berardino. He came to bat in the
10th inning with the score tied and
the bases loaded-and hit a home
run for the Browns lit triumph
The New York Yankees were set
back for the third straight time as
the Chicago White Sox ended
f1ve-game losing streak of their own.
So, behind the six-hit hurting of
Southpaw Ed Smith, who also had
stopped the Yanks when he faced
them a couple of weeks ago in New
York.