The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-31
ST. LOUIS CARDS STREAK ENDED
 AFTER ii GAMES
White SOx Top Cleveland
 Twice; Giants Lose to Brooklyn
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY tVJnltAA presa Stan COrresp0ndent)

New York, May Sl - (U.P3 -- The hottest club In baseball finally was cooled off-that was the high spot of the Decoration Day double. headers which drew nearly 23000O fans into eight major league parks.
 After running of II straight vic. tories, seven of them by one-run, the st. Louis Cardinals finally bow ed to the Cincinnati Reds in the second game of twin bill. But the Cards knocked out Bucky Walters and carried the game to 1S innings before they finally bowed, S-2. Even la defeat they were dangerous right down to the last putout--they had runners on first and third when Pinch. Hitter Elmer Riddle whiffsd Johnny Hopp to end 1t. V
 The days i6 games were filled with thrills, comebacks, nosediveS and unexpected developments but the days No. 2 achievement, second only to the Cards defeat, was the Chicago White Sox's double tri- umph over the Cleveland Indians, 7.l and 6.2,
 Ted Lyons made monkeys out of the Indians In the first game. Yield- ing only five hits, and Thornton Lee completed the Tribes subjugation with e six-hitter in the nighteap, Joe Kuhel was the hitting hero, clubbing 6 three-run homer in the opener, and Q two-run circuit blow In tho nightcap, The double win trimmed the Indians lead over the White sox to two games.
 Double Trouble
 The days largest crowd-50 487-.- saw the Dodgers knock of tho Giants twice, 80 and 6-2, and move within two games of the League. Leading Cardinals, Whit Wyatt pitched Q masterpiece In the opener, allowing only Ave hits and not per- mitting c runner to reach second, Mountain Music Melton had the Dodgers beaten, 2-l, and had al- lowed only two hits when he eol- lapsed in the ninth inning of tho nightcap. Brooklyn raked him for Ave runs end four hits,
 The Cardinals came close to beat~ ing the leagues two top pitchers, Paul Derringer and Bucky Walters. The ylicek dthe Reds 4-l, and whipped Derringer ln the opener. and scored two runs off Walters in the ninth inning of teh nightcap to knot the count, 2-2. Harry 0umbert held the Reds to four hits in the opener and hit homer with one on. Goodman's single and Frank Me- Cormick's double with two out in the 18th broke the Cards streak in the nightoap. It was the second time this season they've been stopped Rt II straight. Elmer Riddles relief pitching, allowing only one hit In { 2-3 innings, played . prominent role In halting the Cards. x
 The Cubs and Pirates split, with Bill Lee pitching Chicago to . 7st, win In the opener and Rip Sewell, who was knocked out in the first game, coming back In 6 relief role to pitch and bat Pittsburgh to 0 6-4 triumph In the nightcap. sewell doubled in the ninth and scored on 0ustine's single.
 Two losing streaks came to an end In the Phillies-B Braves twin bill. The Phils ended Q siX-game losing skein by winning the opener, 6-5, and the Braves copped the nighteap, 4-i, to terminate an eight-game streak. Rookie Arthur Johnson, making his first big league start, pitched flve-hitter for Boston,
 The Tigers scored two victories over the Browns, 6-5 and l0-6, con,a ing from behind In both games. Pinky Higgins single in the ninth won the opener In which Buck Newsom failed to finish for the 10th time in il starts. Detroit slammed l8 hits in the nightcap. Rudy York hit homer In each game, running his total to i2.
 The Athletics trimmed the Sen- ators, "A and l4-4, for their 10th and 1ith victories In their last IA starts, It was the Senators 12th de- feat in row. &
 After three-run rally in the ninth won the first game 4.S, the Yankees collapsed in the nightcAp and bowed to the Red sox, lS-0. Crosetti's single drove In the tying and winning runs in the opener Mickey Harris held the Tanks to two-hits in the nightcap which Bos- ton collected IS hits. z Ne
 YESTERDAYS HERO - Three pitchers: Ted Lyons and Thornton Lee of the White SoX, who plastered twin dafaat nn tl,a Anaarieat1 League-Leading Indians, and Elmer