The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
ST. LOUIS CARDS INDIANS, TAKE OVER IN MAJORS
Sundra, Yank CastOff, Has Sweet Revenge-Novi-
 kOff Benched
BY GEORGE KHRKsEY


 United Press Stan CoErespondent)
 New York, April 3e.-(UP)- There wasn't any talk in big New York town today about Q nickle world series in the fall.
 The high-riding Giants (how did they ever get up there in the first place?) and the Yankees had the slkids put under them over the week end and dropped back in the race. The Giants, beaten Saturday by the Phils and Sunday by the Dodgers. slipped all the way to third. The Tanks. clipped by one of their former teammates in revenge drama Sun- day, nosed down to second because of a little matter of mathematics involving games played.
 Cards, Indians
 The new leaders are the St. Louis Cardinals, who have cli1cked off i've out of six, and the Cleveland Indians who've copped four out of five. Both clubs are definitely pennant pos- abilities. The Cards have been Tnur. dering the ball and also have been getting brilliantly pitched game every now and then. The Indians are getting the pitching.
 Slamming 13 hits of four Chicago pitchers, the Cardinals rapped the Cubs, 8-3, and took over the Ma tional League lead. Morton Cooper held the Cubs after Bill Nicholson hit a three-run homer in the first. The Cubs benched Lou Novikotf, heralded rookie, for miserable play afleld and failure to hit. His batting aver. age was .164 when Augie dalan re- lieved him in left field.
 The young master himself Bobby Teller, pitched the Indians into the American League lead. He outdueled Schoolboy Rowe to give the Tribe a 2-1 decision over the Tigers. It was Feller's third triumph and the second time he's licked Detroit, 2.l. He allowed only six hits, famed five and walked three (fewest in any game he's pitched this season). JeH Heath's homer with Q mate on base in seenth won for Cleveland. Sweet Revenge
 Steve Sundra, cast adrift by the Tanks, pitched Washington to O 6.3 victory over New York. The defeat dropped the Tanks SPA points be- hind the Indians. Sundra allowed only i've hits and pitched against his former mates as he never did for them. Joe DiMaggio hit homer No. 5 in the ninth. making IS for the Tanks in IA games.
 Bill Dietrich hung up his third straight victory as the White sos nosed out the Browns, 7-6. With thu bases filled after scoring two run! in the ninth, the Browns rally wa killed when pinch hitter Roberto Estalella hit into a double play end ing the game. It was the Browns fifth straight loss, plumping then, in the cellar.
 Brooklyn moved into second place with its sixth straight triumph, a 7-5 triumph over the Giants. The Dodgers knocked Carl Hubbel out of the box and collected l4 hits, in. cluding Dolf Camilli's sixth homer. Hugh Casey, although he failed to finish, received credit for his third triumph.
 The Reds, playing their old stingy game of winning by one run, beat the Pirates, 3-2, for their seventh win in their last eight starts. After Elbie Fletcher homered with one on in the first Bucky Walters stopped the Pirates cold. Rip Sewell wild pitched the Reds winning run home, Jimmy Gleeson scoring all the way from second.
 Sailor Bill Posedel, back in action after a five-week layoff because of Q sore arm, pitched the Bees to an S-3 victory over the Phillies. He al- lowed only five hits and held the Phils scorless until Ben Warren hit 8 three-run homer In the ninth.
 YESTERDAYS HER0-Bob Fel- Ter, Cleveland ace, who pitched his | M