The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-11
Makes 2,oo1st
Hitin Game
Against Yanks
Paul Woner Needs Onlv
5 More Blows TO Rsoeh
Exclusive 5000 Mark
BY JUDSON BAILEY
Associated Press Sports Writer

by JUDSON BAILEY
Associated Pre-. sports writer
Step by step the present stars
OF the major leagues are find
ing their way into the hallowed
company of basebalIs old-time
sll-time standouts.
The latest TO earn a place on
the permanent roll of the game
is Roger (Doc) Cramer, the De-
troit Tigers outfielder, who
made three hits against the New
York Yankees yesterday to lift
his lifetime total TO 2,001, level
that has been reached by only
seven other players still active
in the major leagues.
Dick Bartell of the New York
Giants entered the 1000 hit
class in April and Mel OFT, Paul
and Lloyd Waner, Jimmie Fox,
Joe Cronin and Charley Gehr-
niger already were there. Joe
Medwick and Billy Herman Of
Brooklyn have good chance
OF qualifying near the end of
the season.
! Cramer'T achievement, his 14th
year in the American League
called attention to Paul (Big
Poison) Waner, Who in his 18th
season needs only five hits to
total 5000. Including Cramer,
Just II batters in the history of
the major leagues have passed
1000 hits, but only six have
reached Waner's goal. Everyone
that made it now is memorable
ed in basebalPs hall of fame Mt
Cooperstown Ty Cobb, Iris
Speaker, Honus Wagner, Eddie
Collins, Nap Lajoie and Cap
Arson.
BLOODWORTH HOMERS
The three hits by Cramer were
important individually, but they
had nothing to do with the TiR-
ers beating the world champions,
Al. The blows that counted in
that battle were a l.omer in the
fifth by Jim Bloodworth and
another by Ned Harris with two
on in the 18th.
1t was the first time this year
that the Yanks had been beaten
in extra innings, but the over
time was not entirely wasted by
New York in this game. Joe
Gordon got an added turn at
bat and, with two out in the last
of the 18th, singled to extend his
hitting streak to 81 consecutive
games.
Paul Waner notched his O.
995th hit last night, but his Bos-
ton mates collected only three
others off Rip Sewell, who pitch
ed the Pittsburgh Pirates to a
80 shutout over the Braves.
It was the sixth straight win
in the longest strea of the sea-
son for the BUGS and the ninth
straight setback for the Braves.
SeWell drove in two Of the runs
by singing with the bases load
ed.
GIANTS WHIP REDS
In another night contest, the
New York Giants climbed into |
a third place tie in the National
League with Cincinnati by beat
ing the Reds, 81, their fifth .
straight victory over the Red |
legs.
Johnny Mize and Harry Dan
ming led the nine-hit attack on /
three Cincinnati hurlers, driv-
ing in two runs each Mize had
three hits in four times at bat,
including a pair of doubles.
Big Bill Lee acquired his .
eighth victory of the season as
the Chicago Cubs rallied for five
runs in the seventh inning to
beat the Phils, So. The Cubs
were held to four hits, but made
all of them in their big rally as
John Podgsjny's victory van
ished along with his vision of
Weather kept the Brooklyn
Dodgers idle at st. Louis again.
RED SOX WIN
The Boston Red Sox reinforc-
ed their hold on second place in
the American League by trim
ming the St Louis Browns, 1913.
All the losers runs off Tex
Hughson came on a homer by
Mike Chsrtak. Dom DiMaggio
and Bill Conroy homered for the
Sox.
The Chicago White Sox made
the Philadelphia Athletics ex-
change places in the cellar by
beating the A, Al.
The Cleveland Indians. held
scoreless for eight innings by
Buck Newsom, moved ahead
with three-run rally in the
ninth, but had 10 60 IL innings
10 beat the Washington Sena-