Evening star., 1942-09-02
Three Already Home
With Is While Two
Boast One Less
Cardinals Cooper Again
Matches Number on
His Shirt With Win
BY JUDSON BAILEY.

IT.
There has been no Bobby Feller
around this season, threatening the
sacrosanct ranks of baseball's 80
game winners, but it looks as though
the major leagues will have their
full quota of 20-game pitchers.
Right now Mort Cooper and
Rookie Johnny Beazley of the St.
Louis Cardinals, Claude Passeau of
the Chicago Cubs, Tex Hughson of
the Boston Red Sox and Ernie
Bonham of the New York Yankees
seem almost certain to cross the line
that is considered the mark of a
successful pitcher.
Cooper and Passeau won their
18th victories yesterday, Hughson
nailed his the day before, and
Beazley and Bonham have II each.
Additional prospects for the society
are Whitlow Wyatt of Brooklyn and
Johnny Wander Nicer of Cincinnati,
each of whom has won 16 games,
and an outside chance might be
conceded to some of the group of
t5-game winners, such as Curt Davis,
who has been doubling in relief roles
Tor the Dodgers and recently won
two games in two days.
Cooper came through last night
against the Boston Braves with a
4-3 triumph that kept the Cardinals
within 312 games of the frst-place
Dodgers.
Changes Numbers Again.
The superstitious righthander, who
wore uniform No. 13 until he found
he couldn't get over the hurdle of
13 victories few weeks ago, had
No. 18 on his back last night in his
system of rotating his numbers to
conform with his pitching goals.
He needed little life to beat the
Braves and this may have inspired
him to crack out a pair of singles.
one of which drove in two of the
st. Louis runs. In addition he
spaced nine hits, famed seven and
walked none.
AL Javery, the Boston ace. had
won seven straight and his team
mates gave him a two-run lead be-
fore the Cards started clicking, but
they finally made their 13 hits count,
getting the deciding run in the
seventh with a long fly after loading
the bases on three singles.
Brooklyn had placed the issue
squarely up to the Redbirds by win
ming an afternoon tussle from the
Pittsburgh Pirates. Az, on the five
hit hurting of Kirby Higbe. 1t was
the 14th triumph for the Dodger
righthander, who never before had
beaten the Pirates as a starting
pitcher. In six seasons in the Ma
tional League he had lost to Pitts
burgh nine times and won just once
IN relief assignment ~
Score Three Close Runs.
The Dodgers made 10 hits off two
Pittsburgh hurlers, but had to score
their runs one to an inning and
three Of them involved plays at the
plate. The defeat mathema ticany
eliminated the Pirates from the
pennant race. - = s~@r'
Passeau's 18th, victory was by a
los score that snapped SIX game
winning streak of the New York
Giants. The veteran was raped for
IS hits and his teammates con-
tributed to the confusion with five
errors, but Passeau never let the
Giants get out of control. In turn
the Cubs, after being held hitless
for three innings by Hal Schu-
macher made IL hits and blew the
game open in the sixth inning with
a six-run rally sparked by Bill
Nicholson's 10Th home run with
one on.
Cincinnati completed sweep of
Its four-game series with the tail
end Phils with 4-3 verdict achieved
In the 11th inning when Frank Nc
Cormick singled with the bases
loaded, Mccormick also had two
other hits and drove across the
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