Evening star., 1941-07-28
Crisis 10 Come
With Invasion
Of ST. Louis
Yonks' Streak Broken,
But Di Mag Adds Two
Hits to New String
Ry JUDSON BAILEY.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

The Brooklyn Dodgers are wob-
bling on the edge of precipice-
and everybody is wondering whether
they will get pushed off, or just fall
over of their own accord.
They dropped another double
header to the Pittsburgh Pirates
Yesterday. 4-3 and 80, to fall two
full games behind the st. Louis
Cardinals in the struggle for the
National League pennant.
A crowd of 40,903 that overflowed
behind ropes all around the Forbes
Field garden encouraged the Pirates.
For seven innings, in the opener,
portly Fred Fitzsimmons, the veteran
Brooklyn knuckleballer. eXerted his
jinx over the Pittsburghers. but
finally had to retire because of the
90-degree heat. Then in the ninth
Maurice Van Robays exploded a
double with the bases loaded against
Curt Davis and won the game.
In the nightcap, Truett RIP,
Sewell pitched a five-hit shutout and
the Buccaneers blasted out eight
runs the fifth inning. during which
Van Robays again doubled with the
bases filled and Vince Di Maggie hit
a homer with two on.
Lose Seven Out Of Nine.
The Dodgers now have lost seven
of their last nine contests, While
the Pirates, who squeezed back into
third place by a single percentage
point have won 9 of their last II,
and % out 81
The crisis for Brooklyn likely will
come later this week when the
Dodgers invade St. Louis for the
last series of their Western swing.
The Cardinals were not especially
impressive yesterday in dividing
double header with the Boston
Braves. They lost the first. 12-10.
and took the second. 8-6. Boston
punched four runs in the first inning
and the same number in the ninth
of the first game, and in between
Phil Mast hit two home runs and
Frank Demaree one. Howard krlst
got credit for mis- eighth victory
without defeat in the afterpiece,
although he had to be rescued by
Harry Gumbert,
Cincinnati split pair with the
Phillies in a Paul Derrlneer Day
program. Derringer won the opener
20. with five-hit pitching. but the
Reds made only four hits them
selves and both runs were scored
on a wild pitch by Boom Boom
Beck. who hasn't captured verdict
this year. John Podeainy then held
the Reds to four hits in the night
can and triumphed 81.
The Chicago Cubs stopped the
New York Giants in single tilt.
e,2. Vern Olsen and Jake Mooty
held the Terrymen to seven hits.
Yankee Streak Broken.
In the American League. the New
York Yankees were beaten after
winning nine in a row Thev took
the first half of a double-header
from the CHICAGO White SoX, 9-5,
but lost the second, 7-3. the Lefty
Thornton Lee. This still left them
111s games in front of the Cleveland
Indians.
The Sunday crowd of 52304
sweltering fans showed most con-
cern about the hitting Of Joe Di
Maggie. He connected for a tower
ing triple in the opener and hit his
23d homer. double and single in
the second.
He now has hit safely in 66 Of
his last ST games. 10 in row since
his record streak was stopped at 56.
Cleveland salvaged 40 decision
out of its Boston series with Joe
Heving holding the Red Soy to six
hits and getting timely hitting
support.
The big noise in the Junior circuit,
however, continued to come from
Philadelphia. where the Athletics
swept a double bill from the Detroit
Tigers, 81 and TO, to advance into
an almost exact tie with the White
Sox for fourth place. Jack Knott
and Les McCrabb each pitched
seven-hit ball and neither yielded a
walk during a great pitching show
backed by timely hitting.
The AS have won seven OF their
last eight games.