Evening star., 1941-08-02
Last-PIace Club
Lead TO Game
Dodgers ToppIe Cubs
In Close One; Yonks
OverwheIm Browns
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Press Sports Writer

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There is new mosquito causing
trouble in the National League these
days and it's the last insect you
ever would suspect-a species known
as the Phillies.
The Philadelphia club has perma-
nent address in the cellar of the
senior circuit, but here in August
when it should be tending to its own
business it has fiuttered into the
limelight by winning several games
in a short span of time.
Most important, it nosed out the
st. Louis Cardinals, 81, in IL in
nings last night to cut the Redbirds'
first-place margin to single game
over the Brooklyn Dodgers. who
nosed out the Chicago Cubs, 5-4.
For seven innings the amazing
struggle at st. Louis was a scoreless
pitching duel between Bill Crouch
of the Cardinals, a former Philly,
and 81 johnson of the Phillies, O
former Card.
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The tail-enders broke the spell in
the eighth with one run, but the 81
year-old johnson held out until the
ninth, allowing only two hits, before
he finally was scored upon. Then
it was Enos Slaughter, who hadn't
made hit during the entire three
game series with the Dodgers, who
singled Johnny Hopp across the
plate after two were out.
The 10000 jubilant St. Louis fans
cluttered the field with papers and
straw hats in celebration and the
game was delayed, but their en-
thusiaSm was premature. In the
18th, after Lon Warneke had taken
the mound for the pace-setters,
Catcher Benny Warren of the Phils
smacked a homer into the stands
for victory.
Previously the Phillies had split
even in four-game series with both
the Cincinnati Reds and the Cubs.
The Dodgers added three new
players to their roster yesterday and
used all of them in achieving their
triumph over Chicago.
Allen Is Dodger Winner.
Johnny Allen. veteran American
League pitcher obtained on waivers
from the st. Louis Browns. started
on the mound and got credit for the
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in the seventh. Tom Drake, fresh
from Nashville. relieved him. Tom
Tatum, an outfielder who also came
up from Nashville. started in center
field and batted in Brooklyn's first
run. The chief power in the Dodg-
ers' drive, however, came from four
hits by Dolph Camilli.
The Cincinnati Reds held onto
their slim third-place margin by
beating the Boston Braves, ST.. be-
hind the two-hit hurling of Johnny
Wander Meer
The Pittsburgh Pirates, striving
hard to oust the Reds, roughhoused
the New York Giants, 6-3, clinching
the game with a four-run third ina
ming when Vince Di Maggie singled
with the bases loaded. 1t was New
York's sixth straight defeat and
ninth setback in 10 games on their
Western trip. 1t also was their fifth
loss of the season to Big Max
Butcher. who didn't allow them a
run until the eighth.
Yanks Blank Browns.
Only two contests were scheduled
in the American League and in one
of them the New York Yankees
overwhelmed the st. Louis Browns,
80, to take tighter grip on first
place
Lefty Gomez allowed only five
hits and even though he walked II
men. filling the bases with three
passes in the ninth, he was effective.
Tom Heinrich hit his goth and 2lst
home runs and two singles to lead
New York's 14-hit attack.
Joe Di Maggie also contributed a
double and single to extend his
new hitting streak to Is games and
make it II out of 72 in which he
has hit safely.
Washington trimmed the Chicago
White Sox, 30.