Evening star., 1941-08-27
70 Of 80 Games
With Teams in
Second Four
St. Louis Misses Moore,
Slaughter in Garden;
Red Sox Go Third
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer


Brooklyn's beloved buns have
met the enemy and although they
didn't conquer, neither were they
conquered.
1t had been apparent that the
Dodgers and their fierce foes, the
ly matched even before they came
up to their crucial 4-game series
at Brooklyn this week and every
thing that was done in their two
double-headers served to emphasize
this fact.
Brooklyn resembled a whirlwind
in winning yesterdays opener, 8-3,
and then subsidized into zephyr be-
fore the magnificent pitching Of
Mort Cooper in losing the eight
inning nightcap, 81.
However, the series was not quite
as much of a stalemate as the scores
would indicate, because the Dodgers
came out with their Ia 1a-game lead
intact and seemed to have an edge
in the remaining schedule.
After meeting the sizzling Gin
cinnati Reds tonight at Ebbets
Field, Brooklyn will have 80 con-
tests left to play. Ten of them, in
cluding three at St. Louis, are
against the Western clubs, and all
the others are against the second
division Eastern group-no less than
nine with the last-place Phillies,
who have beaten Brooklyn only once
this season.
Cards Miss Two Regulars.
The Cardinals without Terry
Moore and Enos Slaughter in the
outfield did not appear the same
club and except for Cooper's great
pitching and a fielding breakdown
by Peewee Reese of the Dodgers In
yesterdays nightcap, st. Louis
would have been routed.
Brooklyn made a dozen hits of
four pitchers in the first tilt. Six
were for extra bases and all of them
except two home runs might have
been held to singles by good field
ing. Curt Davis pitched an effec-
tive 7-hitter and smacked his sec
ond circuit blow of the season.
Dolph Camilli blasted his 26th.
Don Padgett and Johnny Mize
made six of st. Louis hits and pro-
duced all the Cards runs, two on
Mics 14th homer.
Cooper pitched a hitter In
the nightcap and would have had
a shuteut except for another homer
by Camilli in the eighth inning
Cooper was matched for six score
less innings by 40-year-old Fred
Fitzsimmons, but in the seventh
Reese made two consecutive er-
rors at shortstop, and Johnny
Hopp, who had been held hitless all
day. doubled to score both run
ners
The double header drew a crowd
of 39107. 5000 more than the park
could seat.
Because of Mondays rain, all the
National League contests were dou-
ble-headers. The world champion
Reds split with the New York
Giants, Pittsburgh divided at Bos-
ton and the Chicago Cubs cap
tured two from the Phillies.
Reds and Giants Split.
The Giants beat Bucky Walters,
IA. then had the Reds retaliate
with 5-4 decision on six-hit hurl-
ing by Junior Thompson
Jim Tobin, using his newly de-
veloped knuckleball, pitched a
four-hit game to stop the Pirates,
4-3. and Max Butcher came back
with a six-hitter to win the night
cap. 6-1.
The Cubs collected three home
runs for 5-4 victory, then romped
to an 11-3 triumph in the after
piece with Dom Dallessandro hit
ting a grandslam homer and Paul
Erickson pitching six-hit ball.
In the American League the Bos-
ton Red Sox regained third place
by beating the Cleveland Indians
9-4
The Philadelphia Athletics swept
a double bill from the Detroit IT.
gers. who were held to six hits In
each game