Evening star., 1941-07-25
FIashySt. Louis
HasFight Of Old
Gas House Gang
Series With Giants
Swept; Yonks Goin
10-Gome Margin
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ASSOCldJtQ tItSS SpUIlS WTlleT.
There never will be another "gas
house gang" until there is another
Pepper Martin, but the present ST
Louis Cardinals are the next best
thing.
They are a hard-hitting. fast
running. never-Say-di outfit with
eight hitters batting more than 300
and seven pitchers with a winning
percentage. four of them having
a combined Won-lost record of 36-ll
They have bristling, fiery-eyed
little boss named Billy (The Kid
Southworth, who plays his cards
with an abandon never equaled in
the major leagues.
This explains how the Redbirds
have performed such phenomena as
winning 90 games by one run and
how one pitcher. Lefty Ernie White.
captured three contests in As many
days to sweep series from the
New York Giants
White Fans Two for Win.
The Cardinals nosed out the
Giants. 80, yesterday to bag their
second eXtra-inning tilt in two days.
White, last of four pitchers used
by Southworth, famed two men in
the 10th to get credit for his 10th
triumph of the season.
1t was a strange encounter. PLAYED
in 100-degree heat before 10000
fans, only 5000 of whom were paying
customers.
The Giants made only four hits
in the regulation nine innings. five
altogether, but one was Babe
Youngs single with the bases loaded
in the first. This was good enough
to give New York a 2-l lead with
St. Louis having two out and nobody
on base in the last of the ninth.
Then the Cards broke out with one
Of their famous rallies. Frank Cres-
pi and Terry Moore. who hadn't hit
all day, singled and Johnny Hopp
doubled. scoring Crespi, but Moore
was tagged at the plate.
In the tenth Enos Slaughter
singled and Jim Brown doubled for
the winning run, giving the Cards
their fifth straight victory and ex-
elusive possession of the National
League lead. half-game ahead Of
the idle Brooklyn Dodgers.
Bucks Tie Giants for Fourth.
The defeat tossed the Giants into
fourth-place tie with the Pitts
burgh Pirates. who edged out the
Phillies. 80, in the ninth for their
18th victory in IS contests. The
Pirates were shut out by Lee Girls
som til 1.-The seventh, but got ] run
then and 2 in the ninth. Stu Mar
tins single with the bases loaded
providing the winning margin.
Babe Dahlgren's sixth inning
homer, his 14th of the season
snapped a tie and gave the Chicago
Cubs 5-4 victory over his former
teammates, the Boston Braves. in
the other National League engage
ment.
The New York Yankees continued
their triumphant stride at the front
OF the American League, beating the
Cleveland Indians, Al. and stretch
ing their first-place margin to 10
games. Charley Keller's oath homer
with one on in the fifth decided
the issue, pointing the Yanks to
their sixth straight victory and 37th
in 43 games. 1t was the 18th time
they had beaten the Indians in 16
games.
Dickey'S Hurt Not Serious.
Catcher Bill Dickey was beaned
by one OF Jim Bagby's fast balls,
but the blow was a glancing one
and he was able to walk off the
field unassisted, apparently just
shaken up. However. he was kept
in hospital overnight.
The Philadelphia Athletics made
13 hits. including homers by Sam
Chapman and Benny Mccoy, to
whip the St Louis Browns, 9-7, and
take over fifth place from the De-
troit Tigers. who were beaten again
by Washington.
The Boston Red Sox retaliated
for Wednesdays shellacking by the
White Sox with an Ill drubbing
OF the Chicago crew. Mickey Harris
allowed only six hits and Boston
made the most of 10. Jim Tabor
hit a homer with the bases loaded
and doubled two other runs across,