Evening star., 1941-05-19
Revisinglineup,
Leading Brooks
Bow toCubs
Cards Close In With
Win Over PhiIs; As
End Tribe Streak
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer

Leo Durocher and his Brooklyn
Dodgers are discovering this isn't
going to be the kind of National
League race where you can take
anything for granted.
The Brooks, who never do things
in less than punches, looked fine
while reeling off that winning streak
of seven straight which hoiSted them
into first place. Then came an IL
inning defeat in Pittsburgh, and
Durocher decided it was a good
time to break up his combination.
In Chicago yesterday he stuck
Pete Reiser back in the lineup in
place of Jimmy Wasdell, who'd been
leading the club with .370 average:
benched Dixie Walker in favor Of
right-handed hitting Joe Vosmik,
and-the Dodgers blew IA de-
cision to the Cubs With the st.
Louis Cardinals meanwhile shading
the Phillies, 6-5. that left Brooklyn
only game in front of the Redbirds.
Cubs Chase Wyatt.
Even Durocher's pet pitching
magic, fast-baller WhitloW Wyatt,
lost its effect for once. Since he was
lifted opening day for a pinch-hitter
in his losing effort against the
Giants, Wyatt had gone to the post
seven times and netted seven vic
tories allowing total Of only II
enemy runs.
But this time. though Ducky Med
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straight and Cub errors made all of
the Dodger runs gifts. Chicago got
the Jump in the first inning and
never was headed. Wyatt finally
was knocked out in the seventh.
while Larry French survived his
mates fielding lapses to take nine
hitter.
For the Cards, Jimmy Brown was
the big hitter with three singles
and a double off the Phils' Lefty
Lee Grissom. But it was Johnny
Mizes single with the bases loaded
in the ninth that scored the de-
Gliding run The Cards had to play
a goodly price for the triumph. for
Catcher Walker Cooper was shelved
for probably six weeks when he
dislocated his shoulder in collision
at the plate.
Four in Row for Giants.
Back in third place. the New
York Giants ran their winning
streak to four straight by beating
the Pittsburgh Pirates. 5-4, the
Terrymen getting three in the sew
enth to win after the Bucs had
made the most of six bases on balls
to get all their runs in the first
two frames.
Meanwhile Paul Derringer, getting
his third win of the year, hauled
the Cincinnati Reds out of their
longest losing streak in more than
300 games. Two handy singles by
Rookie Chuck Aleno dovetailed with
/ Derringer's 7-hit. nine-strikeout
pitching for 4-3 defeat of the
Boston Braves after six losses.
Most Of the days hitting, and all
of the days homers, occurred in
the American League. The loVly
Philadelphia Athletics set the key
note by clubbing Rookie Preacher"
Dorsett and two Cleveland relief
pitchers for 16 hits and 1913
verdict. That ended the Tribes
victory string at five straight.
Tigers Triumph in Eleventh.
The second-place Chicago White
Sox, in beating Washington, 10-5,
and the New York Yankees got Is
safeties apiece. All of the Yankees
hit safely, Joe Gordon clouting a
3-run homer, to back up Lefty CO.
nez' Shit pitching for 1872 thump-
ing of the st. Louis Browns, Even
Gomez got two hits.
The Detroit Tigers, who seem to
be recovering from Hank Green
berg's departure, won their fourth
in a row, though they had to go
IL innings to do it. Two unearned
runs were the margin Of a 6-5
triumph over the Boston Red Sox,
who got one back when Jimmy FoXx
clouted a homer in the last OF the
1lth. but couldn't get TO relief pitch
pr AL RentOn for anV more.