The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
Here And There
 Around The Major Leagues
(NEA Telephoto)
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York, July 9.-(UP)-Notes from the major league baseball cir- cult:
 It's a baseball axiom that a major league team wins the pen- nant by fattening up on weak op- position. So far the National Leagues leading Brooklyn Dodgers have followed that system almost to the letter, winning Il out of l2 from the last-place Philadelphia Phillies and nine out of Il from the seventh place Boston Braves. Brooklyn has Il more games with the Braves and 10 more with the Phillies and they should win more than IS of those tussles.
 Even the schedule for the next two weeks operates in favor of the Dodgers. They play l3 games against the western clubs, starting tomorrow at Ebbets Field, while the runner-up St. Louis Cardinals, who now trail by three games, face the job of pulling themselves out of a slump that has produced 8 i've. game losing streak, while on the road throughout the east.
 Tiger Pitchers of Form
 If you are one of the optimists that still believe the Detroit Tigers have chance to win the American League pennant, much less finish in the first division, take a look al their pitching department.
 Want to know who their top pitcher is Al Benton, six foot four inch righthander, who's performed exclusively in the role of a relief pitcher, wins the nod. All three of the veterans-Buck Newsom, Tom my Bridges and Schoolboy Rowe have failed to measure up.
 Youngsters Hal Newhouser, Floyd Giebell and Johnny Corsica are all having trouble of some sort but chiefly aren't winning. Dizzy Trout is the only pitcher coming through, at this time having the clubs most respectable-next to Benton-rec- ord of six won and four lost.
 Attendance department: The 60,- 948 fans who damned Yankee Sta dium to pay tribute to Lou Gehrig and wa.ch Joe DiMaggio lengthen his hitting streak, set new ate tendance record for the year, bet- tering by 8,867 the record set ear- fer in the season at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The Tanks bet- ter every other team in either league in total attendance and in average crowd per game-yes, even Brooklyn.
 Giant Nemesis
 Don't bring Fletcher" might well be the postscript to the New York Giants letter of invitation to the Pittsburgh Piraes to visit the Polo Grounds on July l3, IA and IS. Hit ting at just about 300 against all clubs this year, the Pirate first baseman has biffed the ball at a S64 clip in the 10 battles with the Giants.
 Despite denials from President Gerry Nugent of the Phillies, the rumor that began in Philadelphia a while ago that Rogers Hornsby would replace Doc Prothro as man. ager of the club has circulated so rapidly it's even reached this far.
 Here's hoping the campaign of the Sporting ..ews, baseball's trade paper, for uniformity of major league pitching mounds, gains enough packers to become a base ball law. As the News article point ed out, uniformity is required for every other part of the diamond, so why not the pitching mound. It has been found that there is as much as eight inches difference be- tween some hills and to add im- petus to the move, most of the com plaints have come from the star pitchers. who oughta know.