Evening star., 1942-06-19
Walk Off With Game
After Free-for-AII
Upsets Lanier
Medwick's High Spikes
Stort Row; Yonks Drop
Series With Tigers
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer

Baseballs fiercest feud in many
seasons-the 2-year old rhubarb OF
the rowdy Brooklyn Dodgers and
the scrapping st. Louis Cardinals
has broken out again.
st. Louis came steaming into
EbbetS Field last night with a
seven-game winning streak and vi
sions of shaving down the Dodgers
four and-one -half-game National
League lead during their crucial
flve-game series.
But the Dodgers diverted the Red
birds attention with a free-for-all
at second base in the sixth inning
and Sneaked off with a So victory
that eventually may prove one OF
the most vital of the season.
1t was two years to the day from
the game in which Joe Medwick
was beaned by Bob Bowman of the
Cardinals and Medwick set off the
newest strife with a high, lunging
slide into ShortStop Martin Marion
Second Baseman Frank CreSpi
knocked Medwick down and the
players of both squads waded into
each other.
Battling Was Furious.
Unlike some baseball battles, it
was furious while it lastetd and
several players came out of 1t with
bumps on their heads, skinned faces
and other injuries. Dixie Walker
of the Dodgers twisted his leg and
had to withdraw from the game and
both Medwick and Crespi were
banished by the umpires.
When it was over Lefty Max
Lanier was so unsettled he gave up
q walk and two singles to let Brook
lyn tie the score at % and had to
be replaced by John Beazley to get
the final out in the sixth.
The Cards seemed still to be think
ing Of the skirmish when the
Dodgers drove three runs across in
the eighth to sew up the game.
Dolph Camilli walked and was
singled to third by JOHNNY Rizzo.
Billy Herman surprised st. Louis
with a perfect bunt down the first
base line, squeezing home Camilli,
and was safe himself when the
ratified Redbirds forgot to cover first.
French Bats in Runs.
Mickey Owen hit a perfect double
play ball to Marion, who threw
instead to third. forcing Rizzo, and
Lefty Larry French doubled two
additional runs across. 1t was
Frenchs fifth victory without a
defeat.
The game was a twilight might
affair arranged as a substitute for
the originally scheduled night game
which was banned by coastal dimout
regulations. Two innings were played
by sunlight and then the f1oodlights
were turned on. but the fstic fire
works that followed provided the
most illumination for the 21,0OO
fans.
This was the only contest carded
in the senior circuit and only three
games were played in the American
League.
The Detroit Tigers tumbled the
New York Yankees again. 81. on
the four-hit hurting of Virgil CFire)
Trucks. This gave Detroit the series,
three games out of four, and also
gave the Tigers an edge in their
seasons rivalry with the champions,
six victories to four defeats.
Tigers Make Few Hits Tell.
Charley Keller made two of the
Yanks four hits and drove in their
only run in the first inning. The
Tigers themselves were held to six
hits by Spud Chandler, but made
two of them good for a run in the
second and strung together four
in succession in the third for the
margin of victory-taking the luster
off Chambers feat in pitching no.
hit ball for the last five frames.
The Chicago White SoX exchanged
positions with the Philadelphia Ath-
letics again by winning. To, on the
five-hit hurting of Buck Ross and
Joe Haynes. who worked the last
inning. Ross allowed just two hits
till the eighth.
Washington beat the Cleveland
Indians, IL.