The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
BROOKLYN AND CLEVELAND SET HOT MAJOR PACE
Dodgers Won 8 Straight; !; HamIin a Hero; Gomez
 Loses Three Hitter
By GEORGE KHRKsEX

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 New York, April 3o.-(UP)- Home town day was celebrated in the majors first east-west games yesterday.
 Every home club won except the New York Giants, who were side- tracked in the ninth with the ty. ing and winning runs on base. Every other home town eastern club won in the National league. The home town western clubs swept the boards in the American league.
 Brooklyn and Cleveland, the major league pacemakers, contin- ued hotter than a firecracker. The Dodgers ran oil their eighth straight victory-longest winning streak of the season--by humping the world champion Reds, l3-2. The game showed the Dodgers at their very best and the Reds at their very worst. The gloom in the Reds clubhouse after the game was 50 thick you could cut 1t.
 Cleveland hung up its fifth straight triumph by turning back the Athletics, 8-3, and setting its seasons scoring and hitting rec. ords. Fifteen hits represented a high mark for the Indians and eight runs bested their previous high by one.
 Oddly enough, Brooklyn wound up in a first place tie with the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Giants, 5.4, for the only visiting club victory. The Cards started the day .006 percentage points behind the Dodgers but by mathematical quirk they achieved @ deadlock at .750.
 Terry Moore,s homer and a first class relief pitching by John Grod- zicki, Max La1laer and Ira Hutchin- son did the job. The Cards blasted their former teammate Bob Bow man to cover with four-hit, four run attack in the fourth.
 Nice Pitching
 The Dodgers clubbed the Reds Turner, Thompson, Logan, Hutch ings and Moore for 12 hits while Hamlin pitched his second straight four-hitter. The Reds two runs were holners by Frey and F. Mc- Cormick. In the last seven games Brooklyn pitchers have fashioned one three hitter, four four.h1tters and one six-hitter.
 In the other two National league games the Boston Bees beat the Cubs, 6.3, in the 11th and the Phil- lies trimmed the Pirates, 6-2. Sebby Sisti'S homer two two mates on base In the 11th sank the Cubs. Bill Crouch, who was tossed in on the Iigbe deal, held the Pirates to four hits and enabled the Phils to move up to seventh place while Pittsburgh plopped into the cellar.
 Weatherly and Keltner made three hits each to pace the Indians attack against Philadelphia'S chubby Dean and Herman Besse. Lou Bou- dreau hit a homer of BeSse.
 The Chicago White Sox ripped of their fourth in a row and climbed to second place with 3-2 win over Washington. Thorton Lee hurled a seven hitter. Joe Kuhel homered.
 Too Many Walks
 Lefty Gomez was the days hard luck man, the Tanks lowing to the Browns, 3-2, despite Ell Senors three.hit performance. Lefty walk- ed eight men, four of them in the first inning to force in 8 run. Jud- nicil's double following a walk pro- duced another St. Louis tally. Chet Laabs' homer was the winning mar gin. Dickeys double drove in both Yankee runs of Bob Harris, who pitched @ five.hitter.
 The Tigers got to Lefty Grove. their old nemesis, for five runs in the first three klnings, and hung on to beat the Red Sox, 5-3. Ted Williams returned to duty after nursing an ankle injury, and hit a homer. Jim Tabor also homered.
 YESTERDAYS HERO - Luke