Evening star., 1941-09-08
Three Games Up
Facing Series
With Cards
Reds Ruin Cos House
Gangs Chance With
Week End 2-l Edge
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
Around and about in the National
League today, the boys and girls
were wondering If maybe the Brook
lyn Dodgers weren't suffering from
hallucinations.
Who" they were asking, "do
those Brooklyns think they are
the Yankees?"
Now, the Dodgers insist they
haven't been reading the Yanks
mail to find the Bronx Bombers'
secret. However. the fact remains
that what was once a sizzling pen
nant race, as close as the install
ment man chasing his monthly pay
ment for the piano, now has be-
come actually about as close as Bill
Terry and the baseball writers.
At this writing, dem buns" are
bouncing along on a three-game
lead, and they'll hold it all day
today, for the whole outfit, National
and American Leagues both, takes
a holiday. Tomorrow, the Brook
lyns head west, make a brief stop
In Chicago and then hold their alb
solute-last 'crooshal" series with
the second-place Cardinals Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday in st.
Louis.
Dodgers, Cards Face Three Times.
And if the Dodgers reach st. Loo
with their three-game edge still in
one piece, or a reasonable facsimile
thereof, the hustle guys from the
Mississippi must sweep the three
game set to keep hoping they'll hit
the jackpot.
The bottom didn't quite fall out of
the House of Cards during the week
end, but the foundation took on
marked resemblance to grape jelly
when Cincinnati grabbed Saturdays
single contest and split yesterdays
twin bill by picking up a So de-
cision in the nightcap after the Gas
Housers did some gas-housing to
win the opener. LII.
While this was going on, the
Dodgers were proving-to Bill Terry
in particular and 34,361 slightly
daffy Ebbets Field customers in
general-that Brooklyn still is in
the league. They did this by sweep
ing three-game set with the
Giants, climaxing the Job with yes
terday's impressive double-header
win.
In the opener, the Brooks just up
and knocked the ears off their an
cient enemies. 1871. Kirby Higbe
tossed a six-hitter to become the
National Leagues first 20-game
pitching winner of the year. Dolph
Camilli clouted his 3lst and 32d
homers and knocked in five runs.
The nightcap, however, was a
horse from different garage. The
Terry Terriers whacked Whitley
Wyatt for three runs in the seventh
inning to take the lead However,
in the ninth, Ducky Medwick's single
sent two tallies home to tie. and in
the 10th Pete Reiser poked out
hit to push a run across for a 4-3
Brooklyn win.
The Cards won their opener only
after they almost tossed it away.
They were rolling along on a 6-1
edge until the Reds blew Howard
Krist right out of there with a five
run game-tying spree in the seventh.
But st. Louis came back with five
markers in the same inning, and
from there on it was just a breeze.
The nightcap, cut to eight innings
by darkness, saw Elmer the Great
Riddle toss a seven-hitter for the
Cincinnati win.
To the Yankees. who already have
their American League champion
ship slowed away, all this hullabaloo
was as much fun as the time your
Aunt Agnes slipped down the cellar
stairs carrying a basket of eggs.
Murderers' row slapped the second
place Boston Red Sox, 8-5. yester-
day to stretch their league lead
to 2012 games.
Browns Exercise Jinx.
The st. Louis Browns exercised
their jinx on the third-place Chi
cago White Sox again for 81
win behind Denny Galehouse, and
Tommy Bridges celebrated Bridges
day" at Briggs Stadium by treating
himself to a six-hit elbowing job
for Al Detroit victory over Cleve-
land
Vallie Eaves served up a five
hitter and pitched the Chicago
Cubs to 81 triumph over the
Pittsburgh Pirates, but the days
biggest laugh was the howl Casey
Stengel turned loose when his
Braves, the supposed hitless WON
ders, sprayed IS hits to pretty
nearly all sections of Boston to
pound the pathetic Phillies twice,