Evening star., 1941-08-08
Corps
Complete With
His Recovery
Yonk Leod Unchanged
By 5th Loss in Seven
Tits; FeIler Bows
BY JUDSON BAILEY.
Associated Press Sports Writer.


The st. Louis Cardinals are back
on top of the National League see
saw today, but their position in the
standings is not as important as
the fact that Mort Cooper is back
with his pitching magic
Until he developed elbow trouble
in June. the 27-year-old right
handler figured to be the ace Of
Billy Southworth's pitching corps.
Then when he had to have an op-
Grafton nobody knew whether he
would pitch better-or not at all.
Cooper returned to the lineup
July 27 and pitched part of the
ninth inning against the Boston
Braves. Then he was given a start
ing assignment against the poor
Phillies last Sunday. He hurled q
slx-hit victory.
Yesterday came the real test when
Cooper was sent out against the
Cincinnati Reds and pitched and
batted the Cardinals to a 80
eleven-inning victory that put st.
Louis in front of the idle Brooklyn
Dodgers again by just a shade. The
Cards have haf-game lead but
their percentage advantage is only
.6442 to .6436.
Cooper's Single Tells.
Cooper held Cincinnati scoreless
until the seventh In a pitching duel
with Bucky Walters, whom the Cards
nicked for run in the second.
Then they struggled scoreless again
until the eleventh, when Johnny
Mize singled, Enos Slaughter dou-
bled, and Estel Crabtree and Cooper
singled for two runs.
The Reds got one of these back in
the eleventh, bringing Sam Nahem
to- the mound for the final out, but
this scarcely detracted from Cooper,s
ninth victory and the fact that the
Cards staff is complete again.
In the only other National League
game, the Pittsburgh Pirates took a
4-3 decision over the Chicago Cubs
on Al Lopez's homer with two out
in the ninth. Sparked by Hank
Lelber's circuit smash the Cubs
scored three times in the second in
ming to drive Ken Heintzelman from
the box, but Lloyd Dietz held them
scoreless the rest OF the way. Pitts
burgh capitalized on their seven
hits off Jake Mooty. 1t. was the
Pirates sixth straight triumph and
their 18th in 81 games.
The New York Yankees dropped
9-5 verdict to the Boston Red Sox
for their fifth loss in seven contests.
Heber Dick) Newsome limited the
Yanks to eight hits. Ted Williams
hit his 22d homer and two singles to
lead Boston's 12-hit attack on three
New York pitchers.
Detroit Beats Feller.
The defeat did not reduce the
Yankees American League lead,
however. for Detroit downed Bob
Feller and the Cleveland Indians,
4-3, in Is innings. Feller struck out
l3, but walked II, and in the eighth
inning forced in one run with a pass
when the bases were loaded. John
Corsica didn't allow a run for eight
innings, but Clarence (Soup) Camp
bell came through with a pinch
homer with two on in the ninth to
tie the score for Cleveland, and
bring in Schoolboy Rowe, who got
credit for the victory when the
Tigers made three singles in the
18th.
The Washington Senators sent the
once-hopeful Philadelphia Athletics
crashing to their fifth straight de-
feat.
The Chicago White Sox went on
a hitting spree in the last four in
nings of night game, pounding out
II hits to beat the st. Louis Browns,
ILL, behind the seven-hit hurting
of Buck Ross. Taft Wright, Don
Holloway and Joe Kuhel collected
10 Of the blows, including Kuhels
18th homer.