Evening star., 1941-07-30
LESS Than $1,000
See Contest Of
Z Innings
Tie to Be Played Off
Tomorrow; indians
Gain on Yankees
By JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports Writer
It's a fight to the finish between
the St Louis Cardinals and Brook
lyn Dodgers this week. but they came
out of their first meeting with moth
ing except unfinished business.
With practically the entire coun-
try, except possibly st. Louis, agog
over their crucial clash for control
of the National League pennant
race, they fought II innings to a
TT draw yesterday. This left the
Cards still two games in front.
Less than 1000 customers were
in Sportsmans Park for the 3lz-
hour show.
The Dodgers rolled away to 6-1
lead with Jim Wasdell hitting two
run homer in the first inning and
Dolph Camilli following with his
18th and 18th circuit clouts Of the
season on successive turns at bat in
the fourth and sixth.
In this interim big Johnny Mize
the famed ST Louis slugger, left
seven runners stranded.
Then in the sixth the Cards took
it all back with a six-run inning
Kirby Higbe. who had been wild but
lucky, gave three walks and forced
in a run. Curt Davis came in and
Terry Moore singled for two runs,
Johnny Hopp tripled for another,
then scored on a wild throw by
Durocher. and Mize sent the Red
birds ahead with a homer.
Medwick's Hit Ties 1t.
In the ninth Joe Medwick. a
former Cardinal, made his only hit
to single home the tying run for
Brooklyn. After three more innings
darkness forced them to quit. The
game was rescheduled Immediately
for tomorrow, previously an open
date.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Gin
cinnati Reds. camped hopefully in
a virtual third-place tie 10 games
back of the first-place Cardinals,
came through with triumphs.
The Pirates scored four runs in
the second inning and coasted to
a 5-3 victory over the Boston Braves
before rain halted play in the eighth.
1t was their tenth win in II con-
tests.
The Giants ripped off four runs
against Cincinnati's Elmer Riddle
in the first three innings and then
the Reds fired back with two in
| tho i,, r.
win while Gene Thompson held New
York scoreless the rest of the way.
In the other skirmish the Chicago
| Cubs, on a spree that has netted
them 10 of their last II games
crushed the Phillies. 12-4. with Bill
with the bases loaded and BABE
Dahlgren and Stan Hack also bang.
ing round-trippers.
Tigers Whip Yankees.
F.. While the National League wa.
tying itself in knots, the New York
Yankees gave away a 6-3 decision
to the Detroit Tigers and the Cleve,
land Indians advanced to 1012 games
from the lead.
Four Yankee pitchers handed ou
13 walks. 5 of them coming in ont
| inning TO force across two runs anC
break a tie. This slovenly Worl
nullifed Joe Di Maggio's 24tl
homer and another by Red Rolfe
Cleveland conquered the Wash.
ington Senators. 81.
The ST. Louis Browns beat tn,
Boston Red SoX. 80. behind tn,
six-hit hurting of John Niggeling
Both Boston runs came on TeC
Williams Goth homer
The Shicago White Sox inter.
rupted the Philadelphia Athletics
parade with a 10 triumph. Er
Smith and Phil Marchildon matched
four-hit hurting In one of the year
finest pitching duels, but single
by Taft Wright followed by a tripl,
by Luke Appling in the fourth
decided the issue.