Evening star., 1942-06-17
ST. Louis, Boston
Streaks Parinq
Leaders Edge
Goshousers Cop ID of
Lost II as Hubmen
Annex 9 in q Row
By SID FEEDER.
Associated Press staff Writer.

This is just to let the happy
Gowanus girls and boys in general
and Larry MacPhail's Brooklyn
Buns in particular in on a little
secret. There really is another
team in the National League.
The way the pats on the back
are bouncing around the Flatbush
side of the East River these days
no one seems to realize that the
Dodgers may be in a fight for the
pennant yet. But just in case it's
been overlooked over there, the st.
Louis Cardinals are on the prowl.
And with six wins in a row and
IA out of their last II, they are
strictly not an outfit to be brushed
off like a blond hair on your coat
lapel.
At any rate, the seasons first
"crooshar series is cooking up to
start Thursday, wnen the used
to-be Gas Housers wheel their cir
Gus into Ebbets Field. At this
writing the Cards are just four and
one-half games away, having dis
posed of the Giants. 4-3 yesterday
on the strength of Enos Slaughters
l0th-inning homer and some nifty
relief elbowing by young Mig Beezley.
the kid who is making the rest of the
pitching staff look good. That
two-hit. five-inning job was the fifth
game the tall Tennessean either
has won or saved in relief since the
Cards started cooking with gas
in their current run on May 25.
Red Sox Continue Hot.
And. taking another chunk out
of the same steak, it might be
pointed out that the Red Sox, over
in the American League. also still
can make trouble. even if the New
York Yankees are bouncing along
on a nine-game lead after splitting
their flve-hour twi nbill with De-
troit yesterday. For the Red Sox,
sparked by Lefty Judd's six-hit curv-
ing last night, knocked off the be-
wildered Brownies from st. Louis,
4-2, to run their winning streak
to nine-count em-in row.
Which makes it pretty close to a
dead heat on the thermometer, at
the moment, as to whether Joe
Cronin's clouters or Billy South
worth's babies are the big leagues
hottest set of fireworks just now.
The Brooklyns were idle yesterday
as the Cards started their Eastern
swing against the New Workers. For
nine innings it was a tight affair
between Old King Carl Hubbell on
one side and first Howie Pollet and
then Beezley on the other. Mig
took over in the sixth after it be-
came evident from two Giant
homers that Howie had brought his
boom boom ball along. In the 10th
Slaughter broke it up by parking one
OF the Hubs slants among the cash
customers in the right field seats.
Innovation at Detroit.
Over in the American League. the
Yanks and Tigers put on something
new-starting a double-header in
Detroit at pm. The Bronx boys
blew the first game. rs. on Rudy
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Jimmy Bloodworth's Sth. And they
were on the way to kicking the
afterpiece away when the Detroits
loaded the bases on Hank Borowy in
the ninth inning. But Fireman
Johnny Murphy arrived with his
hook and ladder curve as usual to
save So decision and keep Borowy
among the seasons undefeated
elbowers with five wins.
Completing the American League
picture, Rookie Orval Grove and
husky Bob Harris hooked up in
tight tussle at Chicago under the
lights. and Grove won out, 2-1, as
the White Sox nipped the Athletics
on ninth-inning run to climb into
sixth place in the league standings.
Johnny Wander Nicer had his
swift and his slants just right at
Boston and pitched the Cincinnati
Reds to a 5-0-victory over the Braves
with seven-hit performance. An
other of the days neat twirling jobs
was the seven-hitter served up by
Johnny Podgajny. The result was
the Phillies ended their nine-game
losing string by pounding the Pitts
burgh Pirates, 81.