The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-01
BROOKS, YANKS.
keep UP SIZZLING
BIG LEAGUE PACE
AS Rookie Stops World
Champs With Four Hits;
OFT Ties HOrnsby Mark
by GEORGE KIRKsEY

BY GEORGE KIRKsEY
| UNITED Press Stan Correspondent
New York, June /. (UP)-The
major leagues took time out today
to draw deep breath and see what
could be done about the Yankees
and the Dodgers, who are running
away with the pennant races.
The YankS, with an eight game
lead, look invincible, even with their
power hitters, Joe DiMaggio and
Charlie Keller, in batting slumps.
DiMaggio Is hitting .255 and Keller,
.237.
The Dodgers, with a six-game
lead, can't seem to go wrong. Some
Of the clubs and players in the
league already have given up. Jimmy
Wilson, Cub pilot, has been quoted
that nobody can stop Brooklyn.
Lloyd Waner, Pills veteran, pre-
dicted yesterday the Dodgers would
win by 10 games.
One Of the main reasons why the
YankS and Dodgers have commando
ing leads Is their ability to knock
OH the weak clubs. The Yanks have
won 81 Of their 81 games from the
White SoX, Senators and Athletics,
the three bottom teams, and have
lost only two to those three clubs
The Dodgers have COPIED 10 Of their
80 victories from the Cubs, Braves,
and PhilS and have lost only two
games to that trio.
Boston is Brooklyns deep-dish
apple pie. The Dodgers walloped
the Braves twice again yesterday,
1912 and 81, and didn't have to
work up sweat to do It. Every
close decision went against Boston
and finally the Braves got so hot
and bothered Manager Casey STEM
gel and Catch Clyde Kluttz were
tossed out Of the opener and Short
stop Eddie Miller given the gate in
the nightcap. Max West was lucky
he wasn't elected, too, for the dem
onstration he gave after Umpire
Babe Pirelli called ball he hit
over the fence good for only two
bases. Everybody in the park
thought 1t was either a homer or
q foul ball. It was the second time
this season he had a homer taken
from him by the jumps. Curt Davis.
winning No. Z, and Whit wyatt,
winning No. 4, did the Dodger pitch
ing. Dixie Walker homered inside
the park with the bases loaded in
the opener.
Harris Stops Yanks
After running their winning
streak to eight straight by defeating
the Athletics, lit, in the opener,
the YankS had their string snapped
when the Mackmen grabbed the
nightcap, AZ, behind Luman Har.
rts' four-hit pitching. Joe Gordon
got three hits in the opener and his
sixth homer In the nightcap, run
ming his consecutive hitting streak
to 10 games
The st. Louis Browns knocked
Cleveland into fourth place by tax
ing q pair from the Indians. sd
and 8-3. Eden Auker hurled his
seventh victory and started the
winning rally In the opener. John
ny Niggeling hung up his fifth win
In the nightcap. Chef Laabs and
Vernon Stephens hit successive
homers to tie the score, 3-3, in the
opener and George McQuinn hit
for the circuit with two mates on
In the nightcap.
Although losing to the White Sox,
Detroit gained second place. A five
run rally in the 10th enabled Chi.
cago to trim the Tigers, ga, with
Ed Lyons helping win his own game
with two-run single. The second
game was cancelled.
The Boston Red Sox grabbed
doubleheader from Washington, Ill
and 4-3 e innings, called because
OF Sunday law), moving into third
place. Scoring six runs of Buck
Newsom In the first inning, the Red
Sox hammered him for Il hits for
~ bases. Joe Cro1ain homered with
two on. Pinch-hitter Lou Finney's
single with the bases loaded in the
seventh won the nightcap.
Spread EN- Out
Howard Pollet outdueled Vern Oh
sen for a st. Louis Cardinal 80
victory over the Chicago Cubs.
Weather halted the second game in
the first inning. Although tapped
for 10 hits Pollet kept them widely
scattered. Johnny Hops single
drove in the big run. Stan Musial,
Gard outfielder, twisted his ankle
sliding into home and had to be
carried off the field. He may return
to the lineup against Boston to-
morrow.
With Bucky Walters and Ray
Starr pitching beautiful ball, Gin
cinnatl swept twin bill with Pitts
burgh, 81 and SO. The Pirates
have now lost nine straight. walters
allowed five hits for his fifth win |
and Starr six for his sixth. Clyde |
Vollmer, rookie outfielder called in
from Syracuse because four Reds,
outfielders are crippled, hit a hon.
err for the deciding run in the night
cap.
The Giants shared fourth place
with the Reds, taking two from the |
Phils, 80 and I'll. willard Mar
shall hit homer No. Z with two on |
in the nightcap. Bill Lohrman tossed |
q four-hitter and Bob Carpenter a |
seven-hitter.
YESTERDAYS STAR-Mel OFT, !
who drove in a run In each Giant
game and tied Rogers Hornsby's |
Iifottne Rms halted in record with |