The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-11

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 It'll now take miracle to get the Pirates back into the race. From now on ti's likely to be the Dodgers and the Cardinals right down the stretch. By brushing of the Braves twice, the Dodgers maintained their .003 percentage point lead over the Cards.
 Ernie White, with little relief aid from Bill Crouch, conquered the Pirates, 3-2, in the opener and Morton Cooper, pitching with only two days rest, subdued them, Az, in the nightcap. White had the Pirates shutout with three hits until the ninth when he weakened and Crouch rescued him. White, how ever, was credited with his 14th vic- tory. The Cards kayoed Rip Sewell in the eighth. He had allowed only Enos Slaughter's homer up to that pont. Terry Moore's single off re- lief pitcher Joe Sullivan with the bases loaded, drove in two runs.
 Phenomenal Pitching
 Cooper's pitching in the night cap was phenomenal in view of the fact that not so many weeks ago he had his arm sliced open and a piece of ossified cartilage taken out. Within eight days he's won three games, pitchng 10 2-3 innings against the Reds Thursday. With the score deadlocked, 1-1, the Cards staged the winning rally in the eighth. Browns single drove in one run and Marion's single scored two more. It was Cooper's tenth vic- tory.
 Brooklyn had a fairly easy time of it, taking over the Braves, 14-4 and 40. Luke Hamlin won No. 2 (for which he receives an extra $2OO under his contract) in the opener and Freddy Fitzsimmons shut out the Braves in the night cap for his fifth straight. It came near being a disastrous day for the Dodgers because Medwick, Camilli and Reiser were hit by pitched balls tossed by Dick Erickson in the opener. Medwick was hit on the elbow and had to retire. Camilli and Reiser were hit on the head but their protective helmets saved them and they continued n action. A fist fight between catcher Mickey Owen of the Dodgers and George Kelly, Braves coach, was averted by Umpire Conlan. Several Dodger fans threw pop bottles on the field.
 In the American League, the Tanks came out of their so-called slump by belting the Athletics twice 1l-2 and Al, and increased their lead to IA games. Marius Russo copped hs 10th victory in the opener in which the Tanks made 16 hits, including a pair by Joe DMaggio. Alley Donald outlasted Luman liar r1s in the nightcap which the Tanks won in the ninth when Bill Dickey who had gone hitless in 19 times at bat, walloped a triple with two men on. Then Dickey scored on Rizzuto,s single.
 Indians Bow
 The Indians took it on the chin twice from the White Sox and i,,st about breathed their last as pen- nant contenders. Ted Lyons and Thornton Lee combined to tame the tribe. Lyons won his 11th victory in the opener while Lee grabbed No. IA in the nightcap. Each allowed six hits.
 The Red Sox and Senators di- vided, Boston winning the opener 7-6, and Washington taking the nightcap, 8-2.
 Buck Newsom went down to his 18th defeat when the Browns beat the Tigers, 7-3, behind Bob Mun- crief's steady pitching.
 The Reds spoiled Charlie Rooi day when they beat the 42-year olc Chicago veteran, 3-1. Johnny Van. der Nicer scattered 2 hits to wir his llth game. Reds rookie Luxor from Knoxville made four of Gin. cinnat's II hits.
 IWo-run homerS by Harry Dan. ming and pinch-hitter Gabby Hart. nett in the eighth inning gave the New York Giants at 5 to 4 decision over the Phillies in the first game or their doubleheader. The Phil: gained an even break on the day b, making all the runs of their 4 to 1: aftermath victory in sixth innins rally that was sparked by Danny Litwhiler's l2th homer.
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