The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
BROOKLYN MAY PICK UP FULL
 GAME AT PHIL
Cardinals Meet Chicago Cubs; Rookie AlbOsta
 Gets Chance Today
N PAIL sCHErFELs

z By PAUL SCHEFFELS
 United Press Stan Correspondent New York, Sept. 3--(UP)--Only .002 points separate the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers today in their battle for the 1e4l National league flag and, if all goes according to script, Brooklyn may bounce back into the lead. The Dodgers play the Phillies-whom they have beaten 12 times in 1s games this season-in Q doublehead- CT while the Cards engage the Chi- cago Cubs in c single contest.
 But the Dodgers have been hav- ing trouble recently with eastern second division clubs. They split Giants and the seventh place 2os- their four-game series with the ton Braves didn't turn out to be push-overs. The Dodgers had won i5 out of 10 games with Casey Stengel,s crew but Brooklyn went IS innings before eking out Q 6-6 victory in the first game of Q Labor day doubleheader. Then they were held to a 2-2 tie in the nightcap. That stando6 forced the Dodgers to assemble their weary outfit yester- day--a scheduled day of rest-to club out e e-2 triumph over Boston.
 Leads the Pack
 Kirby Highbe became the first National league hurler to win l9 games when he curbed the Braves with six hits and pitched the Dodgers within elbow distance of the Idle Cardwinals. He had a no. hitter until the sixth when West doubled and Powell singled for half the Boston runs.
 Third Baseman Lew Riggs led the Dodgers l2-hit parade with q double and two singles.
 Brooklyn will send Whit Wyatt, winner of 10 games, and rookie southpaw Ed Albosta, who won IS and lost four at Durham, against the Phils, who will counter with southpaw Frank Hoerst and right handler Rube Melton.
 The Cardinals scheduled south- paw Max Lanier to protect their seven game wining streak against the Cubs. Freshman southpaw Johnny schmitZ, up from Milwau- kee, will pitch for the Bruins Cin- cinnati invades Pittsburgh In Q night game to round out the Na- tional league card.
 The New York Yankees, needing any combination of three-Yankee victories and Red Sox defeats-- play Boston in Q two-gaYne series beginning today. If the Tanks clinch their fifth American league pennant In six years in this series, they will create an all-tilne high for pennant winning margins.
 The Tanks, winners of six of their last eight, lead the Red Sox by ieM games. In 1886, when they won the first of four successive flags, the Tanks beat out the Tigers by leh flames and the day they clinched the pennaf1t, their edge was i0 games.
 Philadelphia plays at Washing. ton in the other American league contest.
 Fine Fttchlng
 In the only other game played ln the majors yesterday, a year old veteran Charley Root hung Up the 2olst victory of his i7-year career when the Cubs defeated the Reds, 3-i. Root allowed only i've hits. Although his mates garnered only four safeties of Gene Thompson, they scored two runs and enough to win in the third on stringer's double, 6 walk. Hacks single and CavarettaS long fly.
 YESTERDAYS HERO - Kirby Higbe, who became the first Na- tional league pitcher to win 10 games and pitched the Dodgers to within .002 percentage points of the Idle league.leading Cards with Q Il. (. a k..A.a kan TAaaA