The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-28
|HIGDE AND REESE |COMEBACKS AID
 BROOKLYNCAUS
Reds Stopped Az as Home Attendance Reaches I,-
 lO3,74O; Giants Lose
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

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 New York, Aug. 28-(UP)-Brook- lyn's World Series hopes had a rosy glow today for three good req sons.
 First, the Dodgers held their game and a half lead over the Cardin- als by trimming the Reds, 4-2, be- fore 30,103 last night in Ebbets field. Second, Kirby Higbe, who was knocked out of the box in his two previous starts, found his winning groove again and won his 18th game, allowing only seven hits. Third, and maybe most important of all, Pee- wee Reese, Dodgers kid shortstop who sobbed heart -brokenly in the clubhouse after his two disastrous errors against the Cardinals Tues day, shook off his mental hazard like veteran and played brilliantly in the triumph over the Reds.
 Asked if he planned to bench young Reese, Manager Leo Durocher stormed, "hell, nc," and installed Reese in the leadoff spot. Durocher and all the Dodgers acted sympa- thetically toward Reese after. his fa- tai boobies against the Cards and the treatment helped the fuzzy faced kid regain his poise. Last night in his first time at bat, Reese watched Johnny Wander Nicer blaze over two strikes and then belted 8 double down the third base line. He moved to third on an infield out and scored on Lava gatto's fould fly to Frank McCor- mick. That run sent the Dodg- CTS away winging. Afield, Reese was perfect, handling eight chances without miscue and one of them was 3-star special ton Eddie Joost's hard Init roller in the third.
 New Record Crowd
 Higbe moved down the Reds with one hit for seven innings and blanked them until pinch hitter Gleesons' duoble, Mike Mccormick $ single and Lonnie Frey's double scored two runs in the eighth. Mean- time, Brooklyn picked up four sepaarte runs off Wander Nicer, who was wild. He walked eight men and lost to the Dodgers for the fourth time. The crowd increased Brooklyn's home attendance t l. 103,740, a new Dodger record.
 As for the Cardinals, they refuse to quit. The Giants had them licked 5-2, going into the seventh butt he Cards stormed back to tie the count on singles by Crespi, Marion and Gumbert, Browns sacrifice and Hopp'S single. Then in theh 8th, Marion, Gumbert, Brown and Hopp singled in succession for two more runs. Walker Cooper home-ed in the ninth for another tally, making the score 8sto 5.
 The Giants knocked ~Out their jinX, Ernie White, who started with only two days rest, but their ex- teammate, Harry Gumbert, stopped them in a relief role and was the winner over Hubbell and Walter Brown. A crowd of 19,262 attended.
 Three Teams Out
 The Yankees. also playing under the lights In St. Louis, heat the Browns, 11-1, before 13,416- Browns largest night crowd of the year-and eliminated the three bot tom teams, the Athletics, Senators and Browns, from all mathematical chances at the pennant. Ernie Bon ham turned in a three hitter for his seventh victory while the Tanks smashed out IT hits, driving to cover Johnny 'Niggeling, who sometimes bothers them with his butterfly ball. Tommy Henrich's 18th homer with the bases empty launched the first of two Yankee scoring sprees in wich they made five in the third and six in the fourth.
 In the other American League games the Senators beat the White Sox, l1-3; the Tigers trimmed the Red Sox 6-3; and the Indians thumped the Athletics, 11-4.
 Charley Roots 200th major league victory as the Cubs defeated the Braves, 6-4, to gain an even break in a twin bill, featured the other National League action. The 42- year-old Root, who came in as a relief pitcher, helped win his own game with a 2-run single in the ninth. Salvo outpitched aPsseau as the rBaves won the first game, 6-0. Lashing out 21 hits, the Pirates lambasted the Phillies, 12-2.
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