The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
81; Take Two
Game
Cubs, 6ients Split
Double Hsedsv; Tsibs
Whips Wsshinston
By JUDs0N BA. .EY


BY JUDSON IA. .EY
Associates Press Sports Wsisse
cit takes q great ball club to
survive q series of injuries ouch
as the st. Louis Cardinak i've
been getting. If the x>dbi is
succeed In winning the HA0sAal
League pennant, they will de-
serve double credit.
In the course Of beating the
Philadelphia Phillies So In ten
innings last night. the Cardinals
lost the services of third base
man Jimmy Brown for about
three weeks because of q broken
finger on his throwing hand.
A month ago their regular
catcher, Rookie Walker Cooper.
suffered . broken bone in his
shoulder and . dislocation of his
collarbone and since them both
first baseman Johnny Mize and
second baseman Frank Creepy
Crespi have had broken fingers.
These are in addition to the
usual bumps and bruises any
baseball team must contend
with. Crespi is back now and
Mize may be expected to return
to service most any day, but
Cooper. has at least another
month to 60.
The fact that these bad breaks
have not interfered greatly with
the Cardinals charge toward q
championship already Is q fine
tribute to the club and to the
resourcefulness of Manager Bill
ly Southworth.
Brown was hurt in the first
inning last night at Philadelphia
while sliding into third base for
a triple that brought his teams
first run. The Phils wormed
their way to a 2-l lead in the
fifth inning, but the Cards
scrambled to victory behind the
relief pitching of Howard Krist
who allowed only one single In
the last 5 "a innings and made
three hits himself. A double by
DON Padgett in the tenth knock
ed in the winning tally.
This triumph lifted st. Louis
two full games ahead of the Sec
ond-place Brooklyn Dodgers,
who were shellacked 81 by the
Pittsburgh Pirates in another
night struggle. The Pirates scor-
ed five times in the fifth on a
homer by AL Lopez, Mace
Browns overthrow Of first with
he bases, loaded, and . balk.
Three more runs counted on
Vince DiMaggio's homer in the
:ixth. Rip Sewell pitched six
hit ball and kept the Dodgers
shut out until the ninth.
Dick Erickson. who had won
only one previous game. pitched
the Boston Braves to a three hit.
20 shutout of the Cincinnati
Reds in a duel with Bucky Wal
ters. The latter allowed no runs
after the first inning.
The Chicago Cubs and New
York Giants divided q double
header, the Cubs winning 80
and then losing 81. In the first
game Claude Passeau kept IL
hits scattered and hit his own
third homer of the year for the
deciding run. Slugger Bill Mich
olson also collected his 18th
round tripper for the Bruins.
The nightcap started loosely
and finished tight as a strait
Jacket. Each team used three
pitchers and the count was tied
six-all at the end Of five innings.
The Giants went ahead in the
sixth on q home run by relief
hurler Bob Bowman, but the
Cubs tied the count In the ninth
on Stan Hacks second circuit
clout of the game. Then Jake
Mooty walked three men to load
the bases and Burgess White
head singled for q New York
victory in last half Of the frame.
Two games in the American
League escaped rain in the mid
west. The Cleveland Indians en-
HANGED their lead by whipping
the Washington Senators o..
and the Detroit Tigers downed
the Philadelphia Athletics 81.
Lefty AL Smith Of the Indians
had easy sailing after . four-run
fourth inning in which Hal Tos-
XIV smacked . three-run homer.
At Detroit Buck Newsom
pitched six-ball In going the
route for the second time this
season and Pat Mullin aided
with Q two-run homer.