The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21
TIME, WEATHER NOW IN.FAvOR
 OF ST. LOUIS
Dodgers, Cards Split Sun- day as Latter Holds 21l
 Edge; Cooper Cops 2I
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent

New York, Sept. 21.--(UP)-Time and the weather, twin bugabooS to any last-ditch, day-by-day pennant race, prevailed today as the two most potent obstacles to the Brook lyn Dodgers National League Pen- nant Race.
 There cSe exactly seven days left on the schedule for 1942 and the Dodgers have 8 game for each day. four with Philadelphia, two with Boston and one with New York. Should weather prevent the playing of any of the games, the Dodgers might not be able to arrange re- play and thus miss one of their few chances to overhaul the Redbirds.
 St. Louis, in the drivers seat to- day with 2 Ia game margin, has six games and one open date in this last week of play. The Cards will play two contests each with Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Chicago at home and only have to win four to be assured of tie. That deadlock would result only if Brooklyn were to win all of its remaining games. Should the Dodgers lose one and the Red birds win four, it would be enough to clinch the flag for the Cardinals. Tn other words, the key to the pennant for St. Louis is num- Der "5"--any combination of Card inal triumph and Dodger defeats
 ShutOut Apiece
 The Cards maintained their mar gin over the Dodgers yesterday by swapping shutouts with the Cubs. Louis came through with a bril- liant 10 triumph in the opener when Johnny Hopp raced home in the fourth on 8 double steal. Hopp walked and streaked to third on George Kurowski's single. Then Kurowski broke for second with Mort Cooper at bat and Sal Her. nandez made a perfect throw to the bag, Bob Sturgeon relaying the ball to trap Hopp between third and home. But when Sturgeon tossed to Stan Hack, Hopp headed for the plate and was safe by shade as he scored standing up. Hopp's brilliant baSe-running saved the game, for had he slid in, Johnny probably would have been out because Her. nandez was down for the throw.
 Mort Cooper struck out nine men and allowed only four hits for his 21st victory as Lon Warneke held his former Cardinal mates to seven blows.
 Claude Passeau outpitched four St. Louis moundsmen and allowed only five hits to gain his 18th win as the Cubs won the nightcap, 80. The Cubs garnered seven safeties, winning the game with a three-run blast in the third.
 Passeau started the rally with a single and Stan Hack walked. Phil Cavarretta singled home Passeau and Max Lanier got the next two men out. Then Lou Novikoff singled, scoring Hack, and when second- sacker Jimmy Brown let the return go through him, Cavarretta also scored.
 The Phils whipped Brooklyn, 7-3, in the opener of their double bill, but the Dodgers drummed out a Az win in the nightcap.
 Danny Litwhiler's homer with none on in the second and Nick Etten's three-run four-bagger kayo- ed Whit Wyatt and gave the Phils enough to win in the first game. The Dodgers hustled four runs across in the first two innings of the nightcap off Ike Pearson and Johnny Podgany for victory as Buck Newsom checked the Phils with six hits.
 A triple by rookie Johnny Wyros- tek off Clyde Shoun with one on in the 18th gave the Pirates 2-1 | triumph over the .Reds. WyroStek also drove in the tying run in the ninth. Ray Starr pitched 12 innings for the Reds before giving away to Shoun. The second game was called after seven innings because of the Sunday law, with the score tied at 3-3.
 The New York Boston twin bill was postponed.
 BOrOwy Beaten
 Tn the American League, Gerry Priddy batted in both runs as the Yankees won the first game of a double bill from the Red Sox 2-1 Ted Williams 35th homer scored the only Boston run. Held to seven hits by Hank Borowy in the night cap, the Sox scored two in the eighth to win, 3-2, just before the game was called by darkness.
 The White Sox divided with the Browns. Johnny HumphrieS gave ur 12 hits but, helped by four St. Louis errors, gained 6-5 decision in the opener. Bob Muncrief pitched seven-hitter as the Browns rallied for four runs in the fifth to regist- CT a Az decision in the nightcap.
 Mel Harder pitched two-hittei as the Indians defeated the Tigers 20, in the opener of a double-bill But Detroit matched a two-rur nnth- -inning tribe rally with pail of their own in their half to eke out a 6-5 decision in the nightcap.
 Washington came from behind with seven runs in the ninth to beai out the Athletics, il-9, in the firsi game of their doubleheader. Tht Mackmen. blanked for eight innings in the nightcap, nicked Bill zubel for their second run in the 10th ts win Q 2-i decision.
 YESTERD ATS STARS-Mor Cooper, who scored his Fist win o the year. and Johnny Hopp. whoe' brilliant basesrunntng gave St. Louli single-run victory.