Evening star., 1941-04-28
Dodger-Red Tilt
Gives Big Scrap
Fitting Start
Both New York Clubs
Showed From Leads
In Sunday Tiffs
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

This is the week the East and the
West meet for the first frantic show
down Of the infant major league
campaign and the two circuits
cleared their decks for action over
the week end by elevating a pair
ofs new leaders-the Cleveland In
dians and st. Louis Cardinals.
The intersectlonal strife was sched-
uled for a fitting start today at
Brooklyn with the world champion
Cincinnati Reds colliding with the
Dodgers as a sort of signal rocket
for the full fireworks that will be
set off tomorrow
Both opponents are cruising at fun
speed after being left at the post.
Since losing its first four games,
Cincinnati has won seven of its last
eight and has mopped up everybody
in the West except st. Louis, which
Is a score that will have TO be set-
tied later.
The Reds completed their division
al dynamiting Yesterday with 80
triumph over the Pittsburgh Pirates
as Bucky Walters bested Rip Sewel
in a pitching duel Each hurler
gave six hits and each walked four
batters. But SeWell weakened to let
in the winning run on a wild pitch
in the sixth.
Third in Row for Casey.
The Dodgers. after dropping their
first three games to the New York
Giants, have captured 10 of their
last II contests and bumped the
Giants out of the National League
lead with rs decision yesterday.
This was Hugh Casey's third straight
victory, all at the expense of the
Giants. He wasn't around at the
finish, giving way to a pinchhitter
in the sixth. but Lee Grissom filed
in nicely with three hitless innings.
Cookie Lavagetto had a perfect day
at the plate with four hits and Dolph
Camilli clouted his sixth home run
TO lead 14-blow offensive.
The Cardinals, who will invade
the Giants Polo Grounds tomor-
row, nailed down their fifth tri-
umph in six starts Sunday with an
6-5 conquest of the Chicago Cubs,
The St. Louis sluggers pounded four
Chicago chuckers for 13 hits. In
cluding a triple and a double by
John Mize, and Mort Cooper set-
tied down to an effective eight-hit
pitching performance after Yield
ing three-rm homer to Bill
Nicholson in the first inning.
Dodgers at Cards Heels.
This success was enough to lift
the Cardinals into first place yes
| terday, but the squeeze is so tight
that Brooklyn can move into the
lead if it wins today, while the
Redbirds are travelling.
In Sundays other National League
encounter the Boston Bees snapped
out of their losing streak with an
8-3 decision over the pitiful Phillies.
Sailor Bill Posedel held the tall
enders to three hits and had a
| shutout till Ben Warren homered
with two on in the ninth. Posedel,
who had had sore arm, also led
the Bees own 14-hit offensive with
four safeties.
Cleveland gained the American
League lead by nosing out the De-
troit Tigers. 2-1, while Washington
ambushed the New York Yankees,
6-3. In the spectacular mound
struggle at Cleveland, Schoolboy
Rowe gave only five hits to six the
Tigers collected off Bob Feller. But
one Of the hits off Rowe was
2-run homer by JEFF Heath in the
seventh stanZa. 1t was enough to
give Feller his third triumph in
four decisions.
ChisOx Shade Browns.
The Chicago White Sox shaded
the St. Louis Browns. rs. by get
ting Is hits to the Brownies II.
Bill Dietrich survived the full nine
innings for his third straight win.
The Boston Red Sox and Phils-
delphia Athletics were rained out,