The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-21
BROOKLYN AND BOSTON EARLY
 B. B. STANDOUTS
Shakeup of YanIxs Due, Since Red SOx Won
 Series in New York
BY GEoRoE KTRKsEY

United Press Stan COrFeapondens)
 New York, April 2i--(UP) Along the baseball front today the two important questions under discus- sion were
 D Are the Brooklyn Dodgers more formidable than rated9
 2) Can the Boston Red Sox give the Yankees battle?
 After c week of play the Dodgers are riding the National league crest again and their ace of aces, Whit Wyatt, hasn't been out of the start CTS gate. Laid low by 0 heavy cold Wyatt, who copped % decisions last year and was the only DodReI pitcher to halt the Tanks in tho world series, Is recovering rapidl and may be able to make his firs start tomorrow.
 Pressure On
 Meantime the Dodgers are rock, ing along ct @ merry .7l4 clip. True they have been bowling over second division opposition, Giants, phils and Braves, but they are puttirp the pressure on the Cardinals, Re,t and other pretenders early. En. couraging in the Dodger picture ls the fact that they are carrying ol without help from their big gum Besides Wyates absence Brooklyn big hitters, Vaughan, Reiser or Camilli, haven't started to click Vaughan is batting .lo4, Reiser 20 and Camilli .227.
 The Red Sox threw Q fright tn. to the Tanks over the weekend by taking a series from the champions at Yankee stadium, They had six pitchers in a row go the route almost unheard of for the Red Sox but yesterday Joe Dobson, who hurled c six-hitter in his first start. was plastered out of the box by the supposedly weak -hitting Senators.
 Nevertheless, the Red Sox still lend the American league and have shown enough all-round strength to make Manager Joe Mccarthy con- sider shaking up the Yankee line- up. First Baseman I'd Levy has made only one scratch hit in l0 times at bat and may be benched any day for Buddy HaSsett.
 Revenge
 Jack Wilson, an old Red Box hand, enacted revenge on his for. mer teammates yesterday when he hurled Washington to . i0-4 tri- umph over Boston. He gave UT only five hits while the Senators rapped Dobson and Ryba for lb, including homers by Case and Re- pass.
 Rookie Harry Sketchley's first inning double with two mates on enabled the White Sox to defeat the Tigers, Bel. Duncan Rigney let the Bengals down with six hits ill outpitching Dizzy Trout.
 Cleveland rode to Q 4-3 victorJ over the Browns on the hitting O. Rookie Outflelder Orls Hockett, wlac singled, doubled and tripled. Ker Keltner hit his second homer o' the season with Q mate on base k help the Tribe get up to the 300 mark.
 With Kirby Higbe winning his first game, the Dodgers thuniped the Braves, o-2. Higbe gave up seven hits. The Dodgers made il off Barley, Spahn and ToSt. Dixie Walker drove in two more runs, making six in two days for him.
 Pirates Whacked
 Scoring six runs in the eighth of Max Butcher and Hank Qornicki, the Chicago Cubs waylaid the Pi- rates, 8-2. Ten Cubs went to bat in the inning, with Lou StringeTs triple doing tho big damage.
 A homer by Alban Glossop, Giant castoff, with the bases loaded, eli. Abled the phils to down the Giants, 6-3. Danny Litwhiler's homer with Q mate on accounted for the other Phil run.