The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-24

llet, was completed yesterday
when the American League
staged a fast finish with a trio
of doubleheaders that boosted
the contributions past the half
million dollar mark.
A New York crowd of 69,136
paid an estimated $4,000 to see
the Yankees and the Washing
ton Senators. In Detroit, the I'll
gers and the st. Louis Browns
drew 50,758 and a gate of $685.
172. And approximately $4,000
came in at Philadelphia, where
the Athletics met the Boston
Red Sox.
These doubleheaders, redesig-
mated as relief games after the
first five American League
Army-Navy contests brought in
less than $4,000, enabled the
junior circuit to surpass its quo
Ia Of S250,000, although it fell
short of the 100000 produced
by the National League.
RUTH AND JOHNSON
Babe Ruth and Walter John
son were added attractions at
Yankee Stadium. The ex-slugger
of the Yankees and the former
pitching ace Of the Senators fac
ed each other in an exhibition
between games and the Babe
obliged by driving two balls in
to the stands.
AS for the pennant races, the
YAM eeS watched their Ameri-
can League lead shink to nine
full games while tie Brooklyn
Dodgers hiked their margin in
the National League to seven
and half.
The Dodgers, who open an i'm
portant four-game series with
the second-place Cardinals in
st. Louis tonight, turned back
the New York Giants in both
ends of a double bill that drew
1886 although Babe Ruth was
performing only a subway ride
away.
The first game went ten in
nings before Dolph Camilli came
up with the bases loaded and
blasted the only ball pitched by
reliever Harry Feldman for a
grand slam homer to trip the
Giants, Ga. Camilli also drove
in both the other Dodger runs,
but Mel OFT nullified these with
a tWo-run homer and Johnny
Mize gave the Giants a short
lived lead with a four Dagger
that Melted two runs in the top
half of the tenth.
OFT HITS PATH
Darkness held the second
game to five frames and again it
was last ditch rally that gave
TIE Brooks the nod, rs. OFT hit
his oath home run of the year,
but the Giants had to come from
behind with four runs in the
fifth to tie the score. Then Billy
Herman decided the issue with
a tWo-run single in the fifth.
The Pittsburgh Pirates ended
a st. Louis winning streak at
eight games when a home run
by Elbie Fletcher downed the
Cards, 5-3, but hurry Dickson
pitched the Red Birds to So
verdict in the afterpiece.
Claude Passeau and Lon War
neke hurled a pair of shutouts
as the Chicago Cubs BANKED the
Cincinnati Reds twice by identi-
cal scores of 80. Passcau gain
ed his 18th win, although he
yielded nine hits, while Warn
exc tossed a tWo-hitter for his
best effort of the year.
Boston and Philadelphia split,
the Braves taking Il c first game
81, and the Phils grabbing the
nightcap, 20, on Ribc Melton's
four-hit pitching.
BONHAM BLANKS MATS
In the American League. the
Senators handed Johnny Muir
ply his eighth straight setback
when they rallied for three runs
in the ninth inning TO beat the
Yanks, TO, but Ernie Bonham
BANKED Washington, 80, in the
nightcap. which was halted by
darkness after five and a half
innings.
The Boston Red Sox picked
up game on the leaders by
shutting out the Athletics, 20
and 10. Tex Hughson pitched
four hit hall in tho fret for bic