Evening star., 1941-09-10
Twin Bills Today
Big Factors in
Tit|eChase
Any Cancelled Game
Would Be Blow to
Redbirds' Hope
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer

Rain falls on the rich and the
poor alike and it was an impartial
storm that washed out both the
Brooklyn Dodgers and the st. Louis
Cardinals yesterday.
Neither team liked it because the
downpour created two double
headers today-the Dodgers at
Chicago and the Phillies at St.
Louis-right on the threshold of the
vitally- important three-game clash
of the National League leaders with
each other.
But the Weatherman by a slight
slip at this stage of the crucial COM
petition in the senior circuit could
crush the Cardinals virtually out of
sight. Trailing by three games. they
need to have every contest played
in order to maintain their oppor-
tunity of catching up.
Weather Forecast Omin0us.
The weather forecast in the Mid
west today was cloudy with possible
showers. If anything should pre-
vent todays games they would be
wiped off the schedule. Even if they
materialize there always is the
chance that some other tits might
be crowded out, so it is just as well
to consider. in elementary arith-
metic, what the effect of the ele-
ments could be.
AS the teams stand now, Brooklyn
has won 88 and lost At. compared
with st. Louis "a and 40
If all contests are played. and st.
Louis spurts TO capture Is of its
remaining 81 games for total Of
100 victories, Brooklyn still could
win by taking 13 of its remaining 10.
In that case the final standings
would be: Brooklyn, 1913; st.
Louis, l00-54
If the Dodgers were rained out
of two engagements. they would
have to take only IL and still could
lose six to beat the Cards l00-54
in percentage.
1t All FavOrS Dodgers.
If the Cardinals were knocked out
of two games, they would have to
win Is and lose only 3 to beat a
Brooklyn finish of 1913.
You can use any combination and
it will prove that any games rained
out of the schedule now means
Brooklyn has to win less and st.
Louis must win more.
Except for the contests involving
the two National League leaders all
other games yesterday were reeled
off on schedule.
Babe Young hit his 23d and path
homers to earn a Az victory for
the New York Giants over the Pitts
burgh Pirates. His first clout tied
the score in the eighth and his
second came with one on in the
10th to win the game.
The Cincinnati Reds clustered six
runs in the third inning to bag a
free swinging battle from the Boston
Braves. 81, for Bucky Walters 18th
win.
Feller Marks Up No. %.
In the American League Bobby
Feller obtained his 23d triumph
with nine-Ilit pitching as the Cleve-
land Indians overpowered the Phil
adelphia Athletics, 1871. The AS
contributed five errors toward the
Tribes attack, which included home
runs by jeff Heath, Lou Boudreau
and Jim Hegan, q rookie,
The New York Yankees squeezed
to 10 victory over the st. Louis
Browns on Tom Henrich's 28th
homer after Spud Chandler and Bob
Harris had waged masterful
mound battle to that point Chan
der allowed only four hits while
Harris gave seven.
Joe Di Maggie returned to the
lineup of the American League
champions for the first time since
he twisted an ankle August 10 at
Detroit and made a single by way of
showing he was ready to go.
Dick Newsome pitched four-hit
ball to shut out the Detroit Tigers
60. for the Boston Red Sox, who
sewed up the game in the second
inning when Dom Di Maggie no.
mered with the bases loaded.