Evening star., 1942-09-03
Davis Takes Hill
For Third Time
In -Four Days
Helps Shade RedIees;
Borowy Of Yankees
Neur No-Hit Tilt
BY JUDSON BAILEY,

The Brooklyn Dodgers now have
four and one-half game lead in
their National League pennant
prancing, so who's nervous?
Well, Mr.. Leo Ernest Durocher.
the Dodgers peerless pilot, appears
to be-for one.
What he's been doing with his
pitchers in recent days scarcely can
be described without a map and a
seeing-eye dog, but it may be worth
try to prevent posterity from con-
fusing the movements with those
of troops.
Yesterday Durocher called on no
fewer than five of his best pitchers
to curb the futile Cincinnati Reds,
80 in IL innings. From left to right
and start to finish his field in
cluded Curt Davis, Hugh Casev
Kirby Higbe, Les Webber and Whit
low Wyatt.
Davis started the game, although
ne had been used for relief two
Gays In a row in the preceding
series at Pittsburgh. In the sec
ond OF these appearances, on Mon
day, Davis replaced Larry French
IN the tenth inning when French
had retired the only man he faced
IN that frame on a fly ball
Casey Competent Relieyer.
Davis was knocked out in the
NTH Yesterday and Casey took COM
petent charge until removed for a
pinch hitter in the ninth. Then
Hlgbie, who had pitched the full
nine innings to beat the Pirates
tuesday. was sent to the mound.
He walked the first batter and i'm
medlately was tagged out in favor
OF Weber. The rookie gave one
nit In the tenth and then Durocher
taking no chances, called in WYATT
Tor his f1rst relief chore of the wear.
Inc Dodger ace finished STRONGLY
ana gained his 18th victory when a
walk, a sacrifice and a single bv
Arky Vaughan scored a run for
Brooklyn in the 18th.
Inc defeat was charged to pluckv
Bucky Walters. who himself made
three hits, batted in one Red run
and scored the other.
Inc triumph added another game
TO BrooHyn's slender margin be-
cause the New York Giants sl11ooed
out an 81 win over the st. Lo,Iis
Carolnals. Babe Young doubled
WIN the bases loaded for three runs
IN the third and the Giants tailed
Two more in the fourth to, rout May
hanlen Altogether New Yorklanane,
Il h1ts on four hurlers, while Bob
carpenter checked the Cards on
elght Tor his first victory. since,
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Pirates Stage Freak Rally.
The Boston Braves beat the Chi
caso Cubs, 2-l, in 10 innings. after
Lon Warneke had held them score
less Tor seven frames.
Inc Pirates stopped the Phils So
oy scoring four runs without a hit
N the eighth inning of their night
game. Frank Hoerst held the B1,cs
10 TWO singles, one of which drove in
a run in the fourth. In the bip
olowof1. Hoerst walked four men
and threw low to the plate on a
srounder. Then Relief Pitcher John
Podgajny hit two batsmen.
AT New York the Yankees syept a
oouole-header from the st. Louis
Browns, 30, on Charley Keller's
tWenty-flfth homer in the tenth in
ming and 60 on Hank Borovy's
masterful one-hit hurting. The mid
week crowd of 27,000 thought it was
seeing a no-hitter, not knowing that
Harland Gifts bounder of Joe Cor
don's glove in the first inning had
been scored as a single instead of an
error. When the totals were posted
on the scoreboard the fans, already
milling jubilantly on the field, booed.
Red Sox Keep Pace.
The Cleveland Indians rose into a
virtual tie with the Browns for third
place in the American League by
overwhelming the Philadelphia Ath-
letics, 1873. The Tribe scored eight
runs in the first inning, but Connie
Mack left his pitcher in-and
swapped catchers.
The Boston Red Sox kept pace
with the Yanks by taking a double
bill from the Detroit Tigers, 30 and
A. Charley Wagner pitched five
hit ball in the first game, which was
decided by Ted Williams twenty
sixth homer in the eighth inning.
Williams also doubled three runs
across in the second game to win
that-boosting his runs batted-in
total to l21 and giving the Sox the
twenty second victory in their last